Depending on who you ask, this year’s The Nun II is either the eighth or ninth film in Warner Bros. and New Line’s The Conjuring Universe, and that’s because 2019’s The Curse of La Llorona was never actually marketed as being part of the universe, despite having a clear connection to it. So what’s the story there? […]
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“The devil exists. God exists. And for us, as people, our very destiny hinges upon which one we elect to follow.” In 2013, James Wan broke the box office again for horror with The Conjuring. At the time, he was riding high off the successes of Saw and Insidious, so to crack open yet another […]
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Cisgusting. We spent June discussing genderfluid dinosaurs, evil weaves and queer-coded hitchhikers, and we’re kicking off July with a discussion of the Sleepaway Camp of it all in James Wan‘s 2013 sequel Insidious: Chapter 2. Insidious: Chapter 2 sees Renai (Rose Byrne) and Josh (Patrick Wilson) Lambert recovering from their showdown with evil spirits that possessed their […]
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Actor Nicolas Cage finally gave his spin on the world’s most iconic vampire, Dracula, in this year’s Renfield. Director James Wan (Insidious, Saw, The Conjuring) recently revealed on Instagram that Cage nearly played the bloodsucking Count just over a decade ago. In 2009, Wan revealed that he was in the early process of adapting Castlevania for the big screen. Wan told Bloody Disgusting out of SDCC that “I’m very […]
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Producer James Wan revealed last night on IG that filming is officially underway on Mortal Kombat 2, which has Simon McQuoid returning to the director’s seat from a screenplay by Jeremy Slater (“The Exorcist,” “Moon Knight”). Martyn Ford (“The Sandman”), Desmond Chiam (“The Falcon and the Winter Soldier”), Ana Thu Nguyen (Suka) and Damon Herriman (House of Wax, The Nightingale) signed on a […]
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Ahead of Insidious: The Red Door releasing in theaters next month, James Wan and Patrick Wilson took part in an Ask-Me-Anything session over on Reddit last week. During the chat, Wan and Wilson answered various questions from fans about the Insidious franchise and beyond, but one answer from Wan in particular really caught our attention. […]
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Another Stephen King adaptation is in the works, with Deadline reporting today that James Wan’s Atomic Monster will produce a feature film adaptation of King’s The Monkey. The Monkey is a short horror story that appeared in Skeleton Crew, a 1985 collection that also featured The Mist, The Jaunt, The Raft, Survivor Type, The Reach, […]
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Based on the bestselling novel by Catherine Ryan Howard, Amazon Studios is turning “56 Days” into a television series, with James Wan’s Atomic Monster on board to produce. THR reports, “Lisa Zwerling (ER, When We Rise) and Karyn Usher (Bones, Prison Break) are adapting the book,” with Wan producing alongside Amazon Studios. “56 Days is a […]
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No running. No diving. No lifeguard on duty. No swimming after dark. Atomic Monster and Blumhouse are reteaming again with Universal Pictures, this time for the supernatural thriller Night Swim. Wyatt Russell and Kerry Condon will star in Night Swim from writer/director Bryce McGuire, and today the film has been given a brand new release date. Previously set for theatrical release on […]
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After firmly establishing themselves as filmmakers to watch with the expected success of Saw in 2004, director James Wan and writer Leigh Whannell reunited for Dead Silence. It would be the first of two Wan films to underperform in 2007, followed by Death Sentence. While he would go on to prove himself as a true […]
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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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Directed by Patrick Wilson, Insidious: Chapter 5 is currently scheduled for release this summer, and James Wan’s original Insidious movie comes to 4K UHD in celebration. Sony brings Insidious to 4K Ultra HD SteelBook on June 20, 2023. This marks the 4K Ultra HD debut of the 2010 horror movie, which of course launched a […]
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A24, Atomic Monster, Chernin Entertainment and 21 Laps Entertainment are joining forces to adapt Kane Parsons’ massively viral YouTube horror universe The Backrooms, Bloody Disgusting has learned. Chernin Entertainment will co-finance the film alongside A24. Shawn Levy, Dan Cohen and Dan Levine are producing for 21 Laps Entertainment. Lucas Ford from 21 Laps brought the […]
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This year is off to one hell of a start with horror hit M3GAN, which is smashing expectations at the box office. The film opened to $30.2 million domestically and a whopping $45 million worldwide, all but ensuring that we haven’t seen the last of the AI doll that danced her way into our nightmares […]
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Originally projected to open in the low $20M range, Universal Pictures’ PG-13 sci-fi horror M3GAN overperformed, opening to an impressive $30.2M making it the best opening for an original horror film since Jordan Peele’s Nope. It’s also the best opening for a PG-13 horror since A Quiet Place Part II and had a stronger opening […]
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