A24, the studio behind Academy Award-winning films such as Everything Everywhere All At Once, has announced a collaboration with Kojima Productions to adapt Hideo Kojima’s acclaimed video game, Death Stranding, into a live-action feature film. The announcement comes ahead of Kojima Productions‘ 8th Anniversary on December 16, marking a new milestone in video game-to-film adaptations….
Today, Prime Video released the official trailer for the first season of the adult animated musical comedy Hazbin Hotel. The series previously received a two-season order. The trailer features a new original song, “Ready For This,” from platinum-certified artist Sam Haft and Emmy-nominated Andrew Underberg, who contributed original music and lyrics for the series. The…
The HBO and Max brands have announced a multiyear pay-1 U.S. output deal with A24 that brings the award-winning entertainment company’s theatrical film slate exclusively to Warner Bros. Discovery’s HBO, Max and Cinemax. Among the films to be available under the new deal are Sofia Coppola’s award-winning Priscilla starring Jacob Elordi and Cailee Spaeny, Kristoffer…
Prime Video has announced a two-season order of the new adult animated musical comedy series Hazbin Hotel, from Vivienne Medrano, A24 and FOX Entertainment’s Bento Box Entertainment. You can watch the announcement video here, the “Happy Day in Hell” song teaser here, and the official trailer here. Created by Vivienne Medrano, Hazbin Hotel is based…
SHOWTIME today announced that its upcoming series The Curse will premiere on streaming and on demand for all SHOWTIME and Paramount+ with SHOWTIME subscribers on Friday, November 10, before making its on-air debut on SHOWTIME on Sunday, November 12, at 10 p.m. ET/PT. SHOWTIME also has unveiled an first look at photos from the series,…
Author’s note: This Talk to Me review was written during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors on strike, the film being covered here wouldn’t exist. If you are interested in helping those workers on strike, please consider giving to the Entertainment Community Fund. With Talk to Me,…
HBO announced today that its Original drama series The Idol will debut on Sunday, June 4 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT. The series will air on HBO and be available to stream on Max. In addition to revealing the release date, HBO has also provided us with the new teaser and photos, which you can view…
A24 has revealed the official trailer and poster for Talk to Me, the terrifying debut of Danny & Michael Phillipou that took festival audiences by storm. Opening in theaters on July 28, Talk to Me stars Sophie Wilde, Miranda Otto, Alexandra Jensen, Joe Bird, Otis Dhanji, Zoe Terakes, and Chris Alosi. In the film, Mia…
I don’t normally write my reviews with too much personal reflection; I tend to talk about a film’s emotional resonance, whether the filmmakers succeed in their intentions, or if they fall short. I’ll get into a bit of plot synopsis, and I normally wrap it up with examinations of the performances and the film’s overall…
The Quest is one of the most well-established story tropes in fiction, going all the way back to Chaucer and The Canterbury Tales and even further. It is not the destination but the journey that guides and dictates the story, as a wanderer learns of their destiny and their place in the world. All storytelling…
It’s difficult not to compare Ari Aster’s Midsommar to his previous film, Hereditary; in both, Aster uses grief as an entry point into explorations of horror and despair. In the case of Midsommar, that grief hits directly and quickly as Dani (Florence Pugh) is given some devastating news that destroys her world as she knows it. Her…