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Image: Escape It Las VegasLas Vegas has long attracted tourists for the obvious reasons, but it’s more recently also become a foodie destination as well as an immersive experience hub. Right off the Strip, you can be transported to Derry, Maine and have your own horrifying encounter with Pennywise the dancing clown, thanks to Warner Bros.’ Escape It Las Vegas—an escape room that takes you into the world of Andy Muschietti’s It films. Spoilers of the Week April 4-8Perfect for the horror fiend couple or a Galentine’s girl’s…

When the first season of the Channel 4 sitcom Derry Girls debuted in 2018, the show’s lead actor Saoirse-Monica Jackson had something of a flip out. Her performance as Erin Quinn, one of four Catholic schoolgirls (and an English fella) living in Derry on the Northern Ireland border in the final throes of the Troubles, was – she now realised – quite out there: full of adolescent facial contortions that dripped with awkwardness, disdain and indignation. Jackson had been inspired by the punk irascibility of her teenage…

Image via Warner Bros. You’re in for a real treat today, horror nerds. Some of the most anticipated projects of the year have filled out their crew and provided us with a release date… finally. And just when we thought 2023 couldn’t get any better, the horror genre continues to throw surprises our way. This year, we’re looking forward to The Nun 2, Saw X, The Exorcist, Insidious: Fear the Dark, and many more franchise sequels/remakes. We assume to see this energy follow through into 2024 as the horror genre…

Image: Courtesy of Egan Escape ProductionsTurns out you don’t have to travel to Derry, Maine, to feel the wrath of Pennywise the Dancing Clown. Las Vegas is now home to “Escape IT,” a new It-themed escape room from Warner Bros. Discovery Global Themed Entertainment and Egan Escape Productions. How scary can it be? Pictures suggest VERY VERY SCARY.From the press release, we learn that “Escape IT” covers 30,000 square feet and aims to offer “a revolutionary new take on the traditional escape room experience, offering fans…

In both Stephen King’s original It and Warner Bros.’ recent adaptations of the novel, one of the most alarming things the Losers Club discovers about Pennywise the Dancing Clown is just how long the extra-dimensional being has been terrorizing the people of Derry, Maine. The tiny taste of Pennywise’s history featured in 2019’s It Chapter Two was one of the most memorable moments in the film, and one imagines that’s part of why HBO Max is working on a new It prequel series set in the same world.Today, HBO Max announced…

Pennywise is back.Image: Warner Bros.Pennywise is coming back and there’s nothing anyone can do about it. After about a year of speculation, HBO Max has just officially ordered to series Welcome to Derry, theworking title for a prequel show set in the world of Stephen King’s It. Co-showrunner Jason Fuchs will write the first episode and Andy Muschietti (It, The Flash) will direct it. He’ll direct other episodes too and produce along with Barbara Muschietti and Fuchs. Brad Caleb Kane is the other showrunner. “To be able…

The Economic Club of Chicago isn’t necessarily known for its social media heft. So when Martin Scorsese appeared at its black tie dinner event in October, for a 46-minute discussion about his life and career, it barely made a ripple. Six weeks have passed, though, and finally the details of this momentous occasion have started to leak out. The biggest of them all? Scorsese has seen Derry Girls.The revelation came at the end of his discussion with Jeffrey Katzenberg, during a speed round in which Scorsese claimed to have…

Gas prices on October 03, 2022 in San Bruno, California.Photo: Justin Sullivan (Getty Images)It can be hard to understand what the hell is going on with the global energy market. Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in March, the news has been a non-stop churn of confusing updates about oil prices, gas supply, and a stew of acronyms (OPEC? SPR?). The whole thing can be intimidating to think about, even to energy reporters and folks who think about this issue professionally. “It’s one of the most confusing and…

Saoirse-Monica Jackson has teased DC’s forthcoming movie, The Flash, claiming that audiences will be “blown away” by Ezra Miller’s performance in the titular role. The 28-year-old Derry Girls star has been cast in an undisclosed role in the 2023 superhero film, which follows The Flash as he travels through time to prevent his mother’s murder.Speaking to Vanity Fair about the film, Jackson said: “Honestly, it was so amazing for me to see that level of production and that level of creative freedom and scope.“A lot of our…