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Henry James’ supernatural horror-thriller novella Turn of the Screw has been adapted over and over again throughout the years since it was first released back in 1898. And it looks like the adaptation train is still rolling down the tracks as today we have word that the classic novella is getting a fresh modern spin via Freeform. The teen-friendly network has put a series - described as a “twisty Gothic soap reimagined for modern times” - into development from Alexandra McNally, Josh Berman, and Chris King....

Turning Red is a heartwarming coming of age animated comedy that follows 13-year-old Meilin Lee (or Mei) on her journey from a young girl to a young woman. As if adolescence wasn’t already enough of a struggle, Mei is confronted with a family curse that transforms her into a giant red panda whenever she experiences powerful emotions. The film is directed by Domee Shi, who is also responsible for the wildly entertaining yet emotional animated short Bao....

Two new screen shots have been captured from the opening sequence of Wolverine and the X-Men. Thanks to Marvel Animation Age for locating the images. Check out the screenshots below. When an explosive event shatters the lives of the X-Men and takes away their mentor, the beaten heroes walk away from it all. But then they’re given a rare glimpse into the future, and see a world in utter ruin, ruled by mutant hunting Sentinels....

Continuing its streak of dominating the summer TV landscape, USA Network announced today a powerful line-up of new originals and fan favorite returning series. The network will launch two new series, including the provocative drama Graceland from White Collar creator Jeff Eastin, starring and Daniel Sunjata (Rescue Me) Aaron Tveit (Les Miserables), and the fun-filled reality competition series Summer Camp from the producers of Big Brother. This summer the seventh season of Burn Notice turns up the heat on Thursday, June 6 at 9/8c, followed by the much-anticipated launch of Graceland at 10/9c....

Just under a year ago, History’s Vikings came to an end after six season, but we are already being taken back into the world of Viking lore via the new Netflix spin-off series, Vikings: Valhalla, which revealed a first look at the streamer’s Tudum event. The series will be set 100 years after Vikings, this new series will see Sam Corlett playing the famous Viking explorer Leif Ericsson, who supposedly trekked across the seas to America centuries before Christopher Columbus set foot on the land of the free....

The Good Kate Beckinsale. The Bad We have seen this film many times before?Whiteout tells the tale of Carrie (Kate Beckinsale). She is a U.S. Marshal working out of a research station in the Antarctic. When somebody gets murdered (the first one to ever happen in that area), she is in race against time to figure out who did it. First of all, she must contend with the weather conditions of that region, secondly, there is six months of winter darkness on the horizon and this will make solving the problem that much harder....

For the past decade, the horror genre has seen a radical change from the tendencies that dominated it in the first years of the century. A new generation of auteurs has crafted some of the most original material in years, thanks to smarter screenplays, stronger characters, and arguments flowing from real life concerns. Aspects like the supernatural, gory violence, and jump scares are still ever-so-present, only this time around the films of Jennifer Kent (The Babadook, The Nightingale), Jordan Peele (Get Out, Us, Nope), Ari Aster (Hereditary, Midsommar), or Panos Cosmatos (Beyond The Black Rainbow, Mandy) feature stronger narrative and visual compositions....

Bill Watterson’s Calvin and Hobbes is one of the most famous and popular comic strips of all time. The strip, which follows the richly imaginative adventures of six-year-old Calvin and his trusty tiger, Hobbes, has been a worldwide favorite since its introduction in 1985. Watterson has made it clear that he isn’t interested in a Calvin and Hobbes adaption, but not all fans share this sentiment. So it’s fair to wonder — if an adaption did happen, what might it look like?...

Scottish director Kevin Macdonald (The Last King of Scotland, State of Play) has a knack for crisp storytelling and is in true form with his latest film, The Eagle. Set in 120 A.D., legionnaire Marcus Flavius Aquila (Channing Tatum) is assigned his first command, garrison leader of a fort dangerously close to Hadrian’s wall - or the end of the known Roman world. We find out that Aquila has specifically requested this most dangerous duty....

After the great reception and success of Arrow, which arrived at The CW in 2012, the network decided to expand its ties with DC Comics by bringing The Flash story to its screen, with Grant Gustin playing the Scarlet Speedster. Nobody imagined, neither the channel nor the actor, that it would become an absolute hit, the most acclaimed series of the latter called Arrowverse, and one of the most endearing versions of the character....

It’s been a pretty rough week for The Flash star Grant Gustin who had to speak out against social media bullies who were saying he was too thin to play the superhero on the hit CW series. A picture of Grant Gustin in the new suit for The Flash Season 5 leaked online with many stating that the actor was unnaturally skinny, which led to a heated message from Gustin about body shaming....

After nearly 15 years, the popular British daytime TV series The Jeremy Kyle Show has been canceled by ITV. The decision comes after the death of a guest who recently filmed an episode for the series where he failed a lie detector test trying to prove his faithfulness to his girlfriend. After shooting the unaired episode just a week prior, 63-year-old Steve Dymond was found dead on May 9. The police and ITV have not released any specific details on the circumstances of Dymond’s death, though he reportedly committed suicide....

Warner Bros. has set The King’s Speech screenwriter David Seidler to rewrite family drama The Judge, to be produced by Robert Downey Jr. and Susan Downey through their Warner-based Team Downey. The Judge is based on an original script by Nick Schenk, with David Dobkin attached to direct. The story centers on a big-city lawyer who returns home after the death of his mother to learn that his estranged father, a judge, is suspected of murder....

Disney has released the first poster for the live-action remake of the studio’s Oscar-winning animated musical classic The Little Mermaid. Helmed by Rob Marshall (Into the Woods), the film stars singer and actress Halle Bailey (grown-ish) as Ariel and opens exclusively in theaters nationwide on May 26, 2023. Take a look at the new poster below. The Little Mermaid made quite a splash after it dropped its first look trailer at the D23 Expo on September 9, with the video earning over 104 million global views by September 12, according to Variety....

Get ready to hunt some vampires on DVD and Blu-Ray this July. The Lost Boys 2: The Tribe will be released on DVD and Blu-Ray on July 29. The standard version will be priced at $27.95 SRP while the Blu-Ray disc will be priced at $35.99 SRP. The film stars Tad Hilgenbrinck, Angus Sutherland, Autumn Reeser, and Corey Feldman reprising his role of Edgar Frog. The sequel is set in the shady surf city of Luna Bay, California, where vampires quickly dispatch anyone who crosses their path....

The Mandalorian is less than two weeks away and chatter surrounding the first ever live-action Star Wars TV series is starting to ramp up. Much of that is due to general excitement from fans, but we’ve also got a new reason to talk about and speculate upon the show, as it’s been revealed that the first episode will contain a big spoiler that goes far beyond the series. This is a “universe” spoiler....

As seems to be a growing trend with newcomers to the MCU, The Marvels star Zawe Ashton wasn’t aware that she would be part of the MCU when she originally connected with director Nia DaCosta via a Zoom meeting. While there is a lot to be revealed about the upcoming Captain Marvel sequel, which also acts as a sequel to the Disney+ Ms Marvel series and WandaVision’s Monica Rambeau storyline, Ashton is known to play the villain in next year’s summer blockbuster, but it seems that when she first got involved in the movie the possibility of joining the MCU was not on her radar....

Some of the best comedies in recent decades have been filled with those little moments that tug right at the heartstrings. While these moments toe the line between genres, a comedy is still a subsidiary of the drama. Dramas are perhaps the primary genre of all film, with others that collide and make the film what it is. Drama is essentially the main genre of human existence, and perhaps the most realistic....

Even with some reviews from critics that were less than flattering, Black Adam is a big success. The film has opened to more than $67 million at the box office, marking the highest opening weekend domestically for a movie starring Dwayne Johnson. The critics were not overly thrilled with the film, which landed with a rotten rating of 40% at Rotten Tomatoes, but the good news for The Rock is that filmgoers disagree....

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has shared a behind-the-scenes peek at the ongoing reshoots for his upcoming DC outing, Black Adam. Taking to Twitter, the actor gives us another look at his black-and-gold superhero suit, as he strides on to set ready to change the hierarchy of power in the DC universe forever. You can check out the clip below. “Now the fun part…We go to work,” The Rock says in a caption alongside the footage....