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April26
Russell Crowe Is a Horror Movie Actor Who Begins to Unravel in 'The Exorcism' Trailer
by Kevin Dolak
The trailer for the latest take on the demon extraction genre dropped on Thursday with a first look at The Exorcism, which stars Oscar winner Russell Crowe as an actor who begins to unravel while filming a supernatural horror film.
The Exorcism, from director Joshua John Miller, will see an exclusive theatrical release beginning on June 7.
In this go-around in the genre that has captivated audiences since 1973's The Exorcist, Crowe is joined by Ryan Simpkins as his character's estranged daughter, who begins to suspect her father's troubles are more sinister than a relapse into former addiction issues.
Per the logline, Crowe stars as Anthony Miller, a "troubled actor who begins to unravel while shooting a supernatural horror film."
The cast is rounded out with several notable supporting actors, including Sam Worthington (Avatar: The Way of Water), Chloe Bailey (Praise This), Adam Goldberg (The Equalizer) and David Hyde Pierce (Frasier).
Newfoundland director found creeping terror of 'The King Tide' in a tiny coastal town
by David Friend, The Canadian Press
Newfoundlander Christian Sparkes has shot several films around his home province, but with his new psychological thriller "The King Tide" he saw an opportunity to wander into one unique town that had eluded him over the years.
With about 50 residents, the once-bustling fishing community of Keels, N.L. held a particularly creepy cinematic appeal for the director. Its jagged rock shores were visually ominous while its tiny wooden houses seemed frozen in time.
"The landscape is such a character," Sparkes said of the film, which opens in theatres across Canada on Friday.
"It's hard to recreate that type of authenticity."
The St. John's native had his eye on Keels over the years, though its isolated location made it expensive to shoot there.
"The King Tide," which he said carried a budget of about $9 million, finally allowed him to cross the town off his bucket list. It became the setting for a haunting, fictional island without a name where the entire film unfolds.
The island's isolated villagers see their lives forever changed after a mysterious infant washes up on their shores, the sole survivor of a devastating boat wreck.
They name the baby Isla, and raise her as their own. They also discover the baby possesses unexplainable healing powers that promise immunity to injury and illness.
As the years pass, they become reliant on Isla's abilities. When the young girl's powers start to fade, a panic sets in as the community begins to fracture.
"The King Tide" is a fresh entry in the folk horror genre with sharp performances from a cast that includes Frances Fisher, the frosty mother to Kate Winslet in "Titanic," and Aden Young, one of the lead detectives on "Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent."
'Deadpool & Wolverine': Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman battle in new trailer
by Michelle Butterfield
On Monday morning, Marvel Studios - via Reynolds - dropped a trailer for the upcoming Deadpool & Wolverine, teasing the third Deadpool movie with plenty of salty language, explosions and fighting between the real-life pals.
"Hi peanut," Deadpool says in the trailer's opening as he approaches a barfly Wolverine, who's apparently drowning his sorrows in a dark pub.
"I'm going to need you to come with me right now," he adds, in a pitch to recruit Wolverine to help him save the world.
Set to Madonna's 1989 hit Like a Prayer, the trailer proves why the new movie marks Marvel Studios' first R-rated film - numerous F-bombs and a painful claws-to-the-groin moment all happen within the first minute.
The other big reveal is that Deadpool and Wolverine will go up against one of X-Men's most dangerous villains of all time, Cassandra Nova, played by The Crown's Emma Corrin.
'Deadpool & Wolverine': Ryan Reynolds Shares New Teaser & Poster Ahead Of Full Trailer Release
by Armando Tinoco
Ryan Reynolds shared a new teaser and poster for the upcoming Deadpool and Wolverine movie.
"Look, eventually, you're going to hang up the claws and it's going to make a lot of people very sad," Deadpool says in the teaser. "But one day, your old pal Wade's gonna ask you to get back in the saddle again, and when he does, say yes. I've always wanted to ride with you, Log. Deadpool... and Wolverine!"
The teaser was dropped ahead of the full trailer release on Monday, April 22.
Deadpool & Wolverine is set to arrive in theaters on July 26, 2024. Shawn Levy is the film director, with Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick, Zeb Wells, Reynolds, and Levy credited as co-writers.
Hugh Jackman reprises his role of Wolverine in the Marvel film, which Levy said is not to be called Deadpool 3.
"As far as crafting the Deadpool and Wolverine story, I just felt privileged every day because you're talking about two massive movie stars in their most iconic roles," Levy told Screen Rant during CinemaCon. "It also gave me an opportunity. It's the third Deadpool movie, but it's not Deadpool 3. It's a different thing that's very much Deadpool and Wolverine. And it's not trying to copycat anything from the first two movies. They were awesome, but this is a two-hander character adventure."
Levy also teased that the film is "going to be gnarly" and "it's gonna be funny," adding that early screenings of the film "were extremely, extremely promising."
Box Office: 'Civil War' Draws Blood to Beat 'Abigail' and Stay No. 1 With $11M Second Weekend
Kirsten Dunst (left) and Cailee Spaeny in Alex Garland's "Civil War" (image courtesy A24)
by Pamela McClintock
Alex Garland's dystopian political action film Civil War about an America torn apart triumphed over new vampire pic Abigail at the weekend box office.
Civil War held in well to stay No. 1 in its second weekend with $11 million for a healthy domestic total of $45 million for indie studio A24. The film has succeeded in uniting both blue states and red states.
Heading into the weekend, Universal's Abigail was expected to take a bigger bite out of Civil War but instead opened to $10.2 million. That's still a respectable number for a studio film that cost a modest $28 million to make before marketing.
Horror often struggles overseas, where Abigail only took in $5 million from 62 markets for a global start of $15.2 million,
Abigail is from Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, the directing duo known as Radio Silence who were behind the reboot of the Scream franchise and the horror hit Ready or Not. Their new movie, written by Stephen Shields, follows the horrors that happen when a group of criminals kidnap a 12-year-old who is the daughter of an underworld figure. The only problem: The young ballerina is a vampire.
Warner Bros. and Legendary's Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire remained a force to be reckoned with in its fourth weekend, earning another $9.8 million to place No. 2 as it stomped past the $170 million mark domestically and a huge $485.2 million globally, including a mighty $119 million in China. And don't forget about Legendary and Warners' Dune: Part Two, which is on the cusp of crossing $700 million at the global box office.
Guy Ritchie's new movie The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare wasn't too far behind, with an opening of $9 million. The ensemble film, whose cast includes Henry Cavill, chronicles a covert World War II mission manned by a band of renegades who are tasked with destroying Nazi U-boats (it's loosely based on real events). The Lionsgate film boasts an A- CinemaScore.
Abigail Star Alisha Weir, 14, Says Family Was 'Pretty Shocked' by Her R-Rated Vampire Role
by Benjamin VanHoose
Transforming into the titular ballerina vampire out for blood in Abigail, 14-year-old star Alisha Weir stunned her friends and family.
"They were pretty shocked, especially when they saw all the blood," the Irish actress tells PEOPLE, adding, "I was getting messages saying, 'I don't know if I'll be able to see you the same after seeing the trailer!' "
In the new horror film, Weir, a breakout as the lead in Netflix's 2022 movie-musical Matilda, stars as Abigail, the pre-teen target of kidnappers seeking ransom. The band of misfits soon realize, though, that they're trapped in a mansion with a centuries-old lethal vampire forever stuck in a child's body.
She bites, beheads, stabs and bursts through doors, often drenched in blood throughout the film and dropping F-bombs. It was all "so much fun and really crazy" for Weir.
"There were so many cool parts. I think one of them would have to be the blood cannon, for me. Me and [costar] Melissa [Barrera] had a big blood cannon at the very end of the film, and you could only do it in one take. We were both really nervous because we didn't want to mess up since it would've taken a long time to clean it all up."
And, the young star points out, fake blood is "quite hard to clean off."
"At the end of the day we'd have to use bottles and bottles of shaving cream and as the movie goes on ... by the end we were so covered in blood, all you could see was our teeth and our eyes. We had to get straight into the shower to wash it all off."
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