Kenneth Colley, English film and television actor whose career spanned 60 years has passed away at age 87.
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The games continue….Blumhouse closes deal to buy ‘SAW’ rights.
Blumhouse, the maker of horror hits like “Insidious” and “Five Nights at Freddy’s,” has acquired the rights to all future “Saw” films, shows and other properties featuring the murderous, torture-loving Jigsaw. Lionsgate, which has released all 10 films in the series, will continue to be a partner in the property. It will also be retaining its existing 50% ownership stake in and distribution of future installments.
American actor Gene Hackman dies age 95
Legendary Hollywood star Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa have been found dead in their Santa Fe home.
‘Final Destination: Bloodlines’ trailer released
A trailer has been released for the latest Final Destination movie, this is the franchises sixth installment titled Final Destination: Bloodlines. The tagline for the film is ‘Death runs in the family’.
The film is due to be released in Cinemas & IMAX May 16th 2025,
Check out the new teaser and poster below:
David Lynch, Visionary Director of Twin Peaks Dies at 78
Director-writer David Lynch, who radicalised American film with with a dark, surrealistic artistic vision in films like Blue Velvet and Mulholland Drive and network television with Twin Peaks, has died. He was 78.
Review: Séance (2024)
Séance is a new gothic period psychological drama about grief, adultery, and ghosts…from writer/director Vivian Kerr (SCRAP). Kerr also stars in film alongside Scottie Thompson (Bel-Air, MacGyver), Jilon VanOver (Hatfields & McCoys, Better Call Saul) and Connor Paulo (Revenge, Gossip Girl).
‘Star Wars’ actor Angus MacInnes passes away aged 77
Angus MacInnes, a Canadian actor who appeared in “Star Wars: A New Hope” and “Rogue One,” has died. He was 77.
Review: Scrap (2022) indie drama starring Anthony Rapp & Lana Parrilla
Scrap is the the feature writing/directing debut from Vivian Kerr (Séance) who also stars in the film alongside Anthony Rapp (Rent) and Lana Parrilla (Once Upon A Time)
Olivia Hussey, ‘Black Christmas’ Star, Dies at 73
Olivia Hussey Eisley, the British-Argentine actor who shot to fame as a teenager starring as Juliet in Franco Zeffirelli’s 1968 adaptation of “Romeo and Juliet” and went on to star in the slasher classic “Black Christmas” and the 1978 murder-mystery “Death on the Nile,” died Friday. She was 73.
New ‘The Mummy’ movie coming from Blumhouse and ‘Evil Dead Rise’ director
Lee Cronin (Evil Dead Rise) is writing and directing a new take on ‘The Mummy’, it has been announced today. Atomic Monster and Blumhouse, along with Cronin’s company ‘Doppelgängers’, are producing.The project was previously only known as a Cronin mystery movie that had been announced earlier this year and is now set for an April 17, 2026 release.
“This will be unlike any Mummy movie you ever laid eyeballs on before,”
he said in a statement to THR.
https://twitter.com/curleecronin/status/1870153037362118689?s=46
“I’m digging deep into the earth to raise something very ancient and very frightening,”
Atomic Monster and Blumhouse are co-financing the film. Producing are James Wan, Jason Blum and John Keville. Executive producing are Michael Clear, Judson Scott and Macdara Kelleher. Alayna Glasthal is the executive overseeing the project for Atomic Monster.
