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The lifespan of a movie these days can be very unpredictable. Take for instance Sydney Sweeney’s surprise hit Anyone But You (not Madame Web) and Pixar’s Elemental—two films which ended up getting legs after a few weeks of release. Here’s hoping that’s the case with Lisa Frankenstein, that it chops off some legs and runs. Lisa Frankenstein's Crew on Casting the Right Stars The sharp, darkly comedic film written by Jennifer’s Body scribe Diablo Cody and directed by Zelda Williams is a swerve unlike anything in theaters…

Teen romance isn’t dead anymore in Zelda Williams’ Lisa Frankenstein, the first-time feature filmmaker’s dark horror comedy. Written by Diablo Cody, it stars Kathryn Newton (Freaky) as a high schooler who spends her time hanging with the dead in a local cemetery. When lightning strikes the tomb of her favorite bachelor, it cracks open—and the suddenly living corpse played by Cole Sprouse (Riverdale) makes his way to woo Lisa.Lisa Frankenstein's Crew on Casting the Right Stars Lisa Frankenstein is a hyper-violent (yet…

Photo: Brendon Thorne/Getty Images for AFI (Getty Images), Image: Prime Video, Lego, Fox, Paramount, Lego, Warner Bros., Screenshot: Paramount, YouTube GQ/Universal Pictures, ParamountThis week, DC cast a House of the Dragon standout as superhero Supergirl, Lego shared Dune and Star Wars sets worth adding to your collection, 28 Years Later notched an important update to its zombie saga—and Star Trek marked the anniversaries of two of its most memorably weird episodes. - Cheryl Eddy Photo: Brendon Thorne/Getty Images…

Zelda Williams has wonderful memories of being on film sets as a kid, watching her father, Robin Williams, shoot movies like Hook and Bicentennial Man. But that doesn’t mean she inherited his bombastic sense of humor. “I’m a bit darker,” says Williams, 34. “I’m the person who laughed during Hereditary.” Williams is putting those dark impulses on full display in her feature directorial debut, Lisa Frankenstein, in theaters Feb. 9. Written by Diablo Cody, the film is an Eighties retelling of the Mary Shelley classic…

Remember Jennifer’s Body? 2009 audiences weren’t really thrilled to see Megan Fox play a high schooler eating teenage boys, but more recent audiences have been able to groove on its wavelength more. It’s now got something of a cult classic status, and for writer Diablo Cody, the turnaround’s been so strong that she’s apparently got eyes to do another one.Spoilers of the Week: July 1stLooking back on the horror-comedy with BloodyDisgusting, Cody confessed how Jennifer’s initial release and muted $31.6 million box office…

Zelda Williams directs Diablo Cody's script about a high school goth girl (Kathryn Newton) in love with a reanimated creature (Cole Sprouse) The story of Frankenstein’s monster serves as inspiration for an Eighties-set teen comedy/slasher film in the new trailer for Lisa Frankenstein. Written by Juno scribe Diablo Cody and directed by Zelda Williams (Robin Williams’ daughter, making her feature-length directorial debut), the “coming-of-rage” story focuses on the necrophilic infatuation Kathryn…

Phantom Of The Paradise (1974) - Clip: Life At Last (HD)Brian De Palma’s Phantom of the Paradise is a Phantom of of the Opera and Dante’s Inferno send-up, but within it there’s an homage in a fake play where one of the film’s most standout characters, Beef, performs a Frankenstein-inspired song “Life at Last,” penned by the film’s songwriter, composer, and star Paul Williams (who also wrote The Muppets’ “Rainbow Connection”). Phantom Of The Paradise (1974) - Clip: Life At Last (HD)Brian De Palma’s Phantom of the…

The CW is a network that’s often taken some strange swings, and whose shows like Riverdale or The Winchesters cause no small amount of confusion when they first get announced. When it was revealed in 2020 that the network was aiming towards a live-action reboot of The Powerpuff Girls, one of Cartoon Network’s most popular animated series back in the day, the reaction was more...erm, mixed than usual. Reboots themselves are always crapshoots, and it didn’t help that we already had a Powerpuff Girls reboot that didn’t go…

Image: LucasfilmAs we prepare to start a new season of streaming on Disney+, Amazon, and HBO, we’re getting a slow drip of teasers from all the services. We’ve got some new posters for She-Hulk and the confirmation of Mandalorian season 4. Leslie Grace’s Batgirl movie is done, but Grace’s Batgirl may live on. There are also a few new set photos for House of the Dragon. Watch out for that spoiler!Lisa FrankensteinDeadline reports Carla Gugino, Liza Soberano, Joe Chrest,and Henry Eikenberry have joined the cast of Diablo…