Fantastic Fest

One-fifth of humanity is supposed to volunteer to die in a new trailer for Caitlin Cronenberg’s Humane. Elisabeth Moss is a British super-spy in FX’s The Veil. And we’ve got new pics from Outlander season 7 part 2. Spoiler time!Ernie Hudson on Winston’s Evolution and the Future of Ghostbusters Crumb CatcherFollowing its recent premiere at Fantastic Fest, Deadline reports Doppelgänger Releasing has acquired the U.S. rights to Crumb Catcher, the feature debut of writer/director Chris Skotchdopole. Starring Rigo Garay, Ella…

When Marvel’s mutant-filled film Deadpool 3 hits theaters in July, we’re confident it’ll be great. However, no matter how amazing that massive film ends up being, we’re going to bet director Thomas Cailley’s new film, The Animal Kingdom, ends up being the best mutant movie of the year. It’s out in March and io9 has your exclusive look at its brand new trailer.Rainn Wilson’s First Fandoms: Star Trek And D&DIn the film, a world much like our own begins to see mysterious mutations. Humans just start becoming various…

Last year, Lee Cronin’s Evil Dead Rise put a fresh coat of (pleasingly gory) paint on the much-loved cult horror franchise. Now, there are rumblings anew for the 43-year-old series: a film from emerging horror star Sébastien Vaniček, whose Infested thrilled audiences at Fantastic Fest last year and will stream on Shudder later in 2024. But it won’t exactly be another Evil Dead sequel.Alex Winter on Innovative Horror Movies According to Deadline, which broke the news, Vaniček will co-write and direct “a new spin-off of the…

Image: Altered InnocenceLast year the Toronto International Film Festival played host to The People’s Joker, a queer, comedic re-imagining of Batman’s legendary foil in a Gotham City where crime was outlawed. Warner Bros, naturally, immediately did not care for this, and the film looked like it was destined for a life of limited showings at festivals, if even that. But in 2024 it will find new life.Altered Innocence has announced that it has secured the distribution rights for Vera Drew’s dark comedy—in which she also…

Image: Columbia PicturesMarvel writers Andrew Barrer and Gabriel Ferrari have been hit up by Sony to pen the screenplay for the company’s next big horror film, Gnomes.Per Deadline, the co-writers behind 2018's Ant-Man & the Wasp and 2022's No Exit will be taking a crack at expanding a Dutch short film of the same name into a full-length flick. That short was co-written by Jasper ten Hoor, Richard Raaphorst, and Ruwan Heggelman, with the latter taking over directing duties. (He’ll also direct the film version.) It…

Tobacco Force is here in Smoking Causes Coughing.Image: MagnetWe all know about the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the newly rebooted DC Universe, and even Sony’s Spider-Man Universe. But maybe, just maybe, one day we’ll get the Tobacco Verse. If that happens, it would all start here, with the release of the absurdist French superhero comedy Smoking Causes Coughing.Written and directed by Quentin Dupieux, the director of movies such as Rubber and Wrong, Smoking Causes Coughing follows an elite team of crime fighters called…

Screenshot: PeacockFeel like reliving those oh-so-memorable days of spring 2020, when we all thought the world was potentially about to end, The Stand-style? No? Then maybe you ought to give Sick a miss, a new film from the horror factory Blumhouse, although it might be a shame—this first trailer makes it look like a hell of a horror film.Of course, if you’re not ready for such a film, I don’t begrudge it of you to the tiniest degree. there’s something haunting about watching people disinfect food. But then there’s…

Image: RLJE Films/ShudderDirector Jason Eisener is clearly a fan of to-the-point titles; previously, he made Hobo With a Shotgun, about a hobo (Rutger Hauer) toting a you-know-what, and his latest has a similarly literal title: Kids vs. Aliens. A Fantastic Fest selection earlier this year, the film will soon be in theaters—with a new trailer that gives you a good glimpse of what looks like a very fun, nerdy, and energetic alien-invasion flick.KIDS VS ALIENS | Official TrailerHere’s the official synopsis: “All Gary wants…

Image: ParamountOf the many movies that took over the world this year, Smile was one of the more pleasant surprises. After an initial showing at Fantastic Fest led to strong reviews and word of mouth, the film went on to fuel Paramount’s pretty impressive run of theatrical releases this year. For a film that was originally meant to be a Paramount+ original and cost $17 million to make, ending its box office run at $216 million worldwide certainly made executives...well, you know.Smile’s a few days out from releasing on…

That there’s a brand new Marvel Studios movie coming to Disney+ this week is kind of amazing all on its own. That the film introduces several brand new characters as well as a whole new section of the Marvel Cinematic Universe is even better. And that the film’s director just so happens to be one of this generation’s most accomplished and prolific filmmakers is just the cherry on top.However while Michael Giacchino, director of Werewolf By Night, has worked on everything from Spider-Man and Thor to The Batman, The…