Akela Cooper

‘Don’t Look’ – Janelle Monáe to Star in Universal Horror Movie Penned by Akela Cooper

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Akela Cooper (M3GAN, Malignant, The Nun 2) has been set to adapt the screenplay of a new Universal horror movie based on a Colin Bannon-penned short story, Don’t Look. Per Deadline, the mysterious new horror film will star Janelle Monáe (Glass Onion, Antebellum). Don’t Look is based on Colin Bannon’s unpublished short story, giving us not a single clue in terms of plot, and the logline for […]

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‘It’s Over’ – Akela Cooper Writing Feature Film Adaptation of Unpublished Horror Short Story

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One of the hottest horror writers working in Hollywood today, Akela Cooper (Malignant, M3GAN) has set up her next project, and Deadline brings us the scoop this morning. Akela Cooper will write the feature length adaptation of It’s Over, an unpublished short story from Jack Follman that Sony Pictures has scooped up this week. “The […]

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‘M3GAN’ – The Most Interesting Things We Learned from the Blu-ray

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Every bit as outrageously entertaining as horror fans would expect from Housebound director Gerard Johnstone, Malignant writer Akela Cooper, and producers James Wan and Jason Blum, M3GAN danced into theaters the first week of January. With a persuasive marketing campaign led by a buzzy trailer and a strong social media presence, the film performed beyond […]

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‘M3GAN’ Writer Akela Cooper Teases the Gorier Unrated Version We May Eventually See

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Akela Cooper has made quite a name for herself in the past couple years, first writing the screenplay for Malignant and more recently penning this year’s new box office hit M3GAN. With a sequel to M3GAN already in early development, Cooper reveals to Los Angeles Times that the original incarnation of the film was a […]

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‘M3GAN’ Review – Blumhouse’s Slick New Killer Doll Aims to Entertain

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Bloody Disgusting’s M3GAN review is spoiler-free. From the moment M3GAN was introduced in trailers and danced her way into the internet’s collective hearts, the high-tech killer doll seemed destined for horror icon status. It helped that M3GAN reunited producer James Wan and screenwriter Akela Cooper, both responsible for 2021’s highly entertaining Malignant, and put Housebound’s Gerard Johnstone at the helm. The horror-comedy does live up to […]

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‘Hell Fest’ Is a Halloween Treat for Old School Slasher Fans [Young Blood]

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Horror contemplates in great detail how young people handle inordinate situations and all of life’s unexpected challenges. While the genre forces characters of every age to face their fears, it is especially interested in how youths might fare in life-or-death scenarios. The column Young Blood is dedicated to horror stories for and about teenagers, as […]

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Animatronics and Contortionists: How James Wan and Ingrid Bisu Brought ‘Malignant’ Killer Gabriel to Life [Spoiler Interview]

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This article contains spoilers, including images. Be warned… Director James Wan‘s latest, Malignant, has set the internet ablaze with his bizarre spin on Giallo, drawing heavy inspiration from his formative years as a horror fan discovering the genre’s weirdest and wildest offerings from the dark corners of a video store. Screenwriter Akela Cooper brought the campy B-movie fun to the […]

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