Aug 30, 2017 | Hollywood Chronicles, Trending
The director Tobe Hooper, who died Saturday at 74, will always be remembered for one spectacularly terrifying low-budget horror film, and that’s because it happens to be one of the most uncanny movies ever made. When “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre” appeared on the...
Aug 30, 2017 | In Production, Trending
Gerard Johnstone has been tapped to polish the script to Warner Bros.’ “Justice League Dark” movie, sources tell Variety. Johnstone was one of the handful of directors in the running to helm the film and while the studio has decided to hold off on naming a director,...
Aug 30, 2017 | In Production, Trending
Disney-Marvel’s “Thor: Ragnarok” easily topped social media buzz last week with 57,000 new conversations, according to media-measurement firm ComScore and its PreAct service. The studio released a new poster on Aug. 24, and a new clips of Thor’s fight with Hulk on...
Aug 22, 2017 | Hollywood Chronicles, Trending
Jerry Lewis, who died last week at 91, was hardly the first comedian to make people laugh by acting transcendently idiotic. The Marx Brothers took hilarious head-spinning dives into the outer limits of surreal silliness. So did Laurel and Hardy, Abbott and Costello...
Aug 22, 2017 | Film Festivals, Trending
Javier Bardem, Gael García Bernal, Angelina Jolie and Helen Mirren will headline a series of public conversations about their careers as part of this year’s Toronto Film Festival. Many of these actors and filmmakers aren’t just trekking to Canada to take a jaunt down...
Aug 22, 2017 | In Production, Trending
Dylan O’Brien’s “American Assassin” easily topped social media buzz last week with 59,000 new conversations, according to media-measurement firm ComScore and its PreAct service. The activity was spurred by the studio holding a social promotion for fans to unlock the...
