Kyle Richards (“The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills”) is set to join Jamie Lee Curtis in Halloween Kills, the first of two back-to-back sequels to director David Gordon Green’s 2018 Halloween reboot for Universal Pictures and Blumhouse.
Richards is onboard to play an adult version of Lindsey Wallace, a neighboring kid Laurie Strode (Curtis) babysits in the 1978 original slasher.
Slated for release Oct. 16, 2020, Halloween Kills puts Green back in the director’s chair working off a script he co-wrote with actor and longtime collaborator Danny McBride (“Eastbound & Down”). Halloween creator John Carpenter also returns as executive producer.
Warner Bros. has released the final trailer for Joker, a standalone origins story for the most infamous villain in DC Comics history. Joaquin Phoenix toplines the film as Arthur Fleck, a mentally ill man pushed to sociopathy.
Set in New York City during the 70s, Joker veers away from previous DC Comics lore to present a portrait and cautionary tale of a disregarded man who only wanted to make people laugh. Todd Phillips (The Hangover) is at the helm. In theaters Oct. 4.
Indian stunner Priyanka Chopra (“Quantico”) is set to star in We Can Be Heroes, a kiddie superhero flick from director Robert Rodriguez (From Dusk Till Dawn) for Netflix. The film follows the children of Earth’s superheroes as they attempt to rescue their super parents from alien abduction.
We Can Be Heroes is written y Rodriguez and co-stars include Pedro Pascal (“The Mandalorian”) and Christian Slater (Heathers). Cameras are already rolling on the project.
Chopra, a former Miss Universe winner, is an international star, but is best know in the U.S. for her starring role as a hot FBI recruit on the ABC glammed up crime series “Quantico” and as a hot drug smuggler in the 2017 movie adaptation of Baywatch.
Disney has released a trailer for “The Mandalorian,” the eagerly anticipated original Star Wars series from producer, writer, and creator Jon Favreau premiering Nov. 12 on Disney +. The show follows a Mandalorian gunfighter in the outer reaches of the galaxy after the fall of the Empire and before the rise of the First Order.
Mandalorians are a multi-species of warriors from the planet Mandalore known for their work as mercenaries and bounty hunters and their distinctively cool armor — the most infamous in the Star Wars universe being Boba Fett. Pedro Pascal, of “Narcos” and “Game of Thrones” fame, stars as the titular Mandalorian.
“The Mandalorian” co-stars Nick Nolte, Carl Weathers, Giancarlo Esposito (“Breaking Bad”), and Gina Carano (Haywire). Notable directors include Taika Waititi (Thor: Rangarok), Rick Famuyiwa (Dope), Deborah Chow (”Better Call Saul”), Jurassic World star Bryce Dallas Howard, and Dave Filoni (”Star Wars: The Clone Wars”), who helms the pilot.
Twentieth Century Fox has released a first trailer for its upcoming sea monster thriller Underwater. Kristen Stewart (Twilight) stars as a research scientist forced to abandon her subterranean laboratory when a powerful earthquake hits.
The underwater tremor sets free a deadly threat that Stewart must combat to survive. Fortunately, she’s got a butchy hairdo which tells us she’s tough as nails! William Eubank (The Signal) directs from a script by Brian Duffield (Insurgent) and Adam Cozad (The Legend of Tarzan). In theaters Jan. 10, 2020.
Maika Monroe, star of the maybe-just-a little-bit overrated It Follows and the regrettably disappointing ID4 sequel Independence Day: Resurgence, returns in the indie thriller Villains, set to release in selected theaters Sept. 20.
Monroe plays a hot chick who robs a gas station with her boyfriend (Bill Skarsgard) only to have their car breakdown on the road. They seek shelter in what they believe to be an abandoned house, but end up in a dangerous couples’ (Kyra Sedgwick, Jeffrey Donovan) deadly lair.
Stunner Michelle Williams (“Dawson’s Creek”) is set to return in Venom 2, the eagerly awaited sequel to Sony’s adaptation of the Marvel comic based on the popular Spiderman villain, played in the 2018 film by Tom Hardy.
Williams will reprise her role as Annie Weying, wife to Eddie Brock/Venom and now symbiote sexpot She-Venom (c’mon, you’d hit that). Motion capture actor-turned-director Andy Serkis (Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle) is at the helm.
Williams made her horror film debut playing young Sil in the 1995 classic sci-fi thriller Species and co-starred in 1998’s Halloween H2O with Jamie Lee Curtis prior to making a name for herself on the hit 90s teen soap “Dawson’s Creek.” She has since starred in Martin Scorsese’s Shutter Island and numerous weepy dramas.
Mumbai milf Nazneen Contractor is co-starring in comedian Chris Rock’s much buzzed about new entry in the recently rebooted SAW franchise. Rock, who conceived the film’s story and serves as an executive producer, stars as a detective investigating a series of horrific murders.
Contractor will play a hot coroner working close with Rock’s character. She joins a cast that includes Samual Jackson as Rock’s (most likely foul-mouthed) father, Max Minghella (”The Handmaid’s Tale”) as his partner, and fellow “24” alumna Marisol Nichols as the hot police captain in charge.
Contractor is best known for her roles in J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek: Into Darkness and NBC’s “Heroes Reborn” as invisible hero Farah Nazan. She currently voices intergalactic pirate Synara San on Disney’s “Star Wars: Resistance.”
Chris Rock’s SAW reboot is helmed by Darren Lynn Bousman, director of SAW II, SAW III, and SAW IV, and is produced by SAW creators James Wan and Leigh Whannell. The film is tragically slated for theaters May 15, 2020.
Blumhouse Tilt has released a trailer for Bloodline, a violent psychological thriller starring Cuban stunner Mariela Garriga (“Nightmare Cinema”) and Seann William Scott (American Pie) as newborn parents doing their best to keep their family safe from outside forces.
Unfortunately for dad, that often means murdering people he deems dangerous.
Bloodline is such a departure from my previous roles. It was so great to work on a character with so many dimensions, challenging me as an actor to do something I have never done before in terms of tone.
Aww…Stiffler’s mom would be proud!
Henry Jacobson (Election Day: Lens Across America) directs from a script he co-wrote with Will Honley (The Hive). Bloodline arrives in selected theaters, Digital, and On-Demand Sept. 20.
Entertainment Studios has released a first trailer for 47 Meters Down: Uncaged, a sequel to Johannes Roberts’ surprise hit 47 Meters Down, starring Mandy Moore and Claire Holt as sisters abandoned at the bottom of the sea in a shark cage.
This time out, the story follows four hot bikini babes as they explore a mysterious sunken city overtaken by man-eating sharks that call it home.
Sistine Stallone, daughter of Sylvester Stallone, and Corinne Foxx, daughter of Jamie Foxx, make their feature film debuts alongside Sophie Nelisse (The Book Thief), Brianne Tju (”Scream”), and Nickelodean star Brec Bassinger.
