Ana de la Reguera is toplining the fifth chapter in Blumhouse’s politically-charged horror franchise The Purge. Everardo Gout (National Geographic’s “Mars”) is at the helm, working off a script from Purge creator James DeMonaco.
Slated to release in theaters July 10, 2020, the new Purge is set away from its metropolitan setting, but will continue to provide a satirical look at racial tensions and economic status…while showering us with violence, sweet, violence.
No word on what role Reguera plays, but she is joined on screen by Tenoch Huerta (“Narcos: Mexico”), Cassidy Freeman (“Smallville”), and Will Patton (Armageddon).
Fright fans may recognize de la Reguera from roles in “From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series,” Kevin Greutert’s creepy 2014 supernatural thriller Jessabelle, and 2011’s Cowboys & Aliens. She’ll next be seen in Zack Snyder’s Army of the Dead for Netflix.
Marvel Studios released today a first trailer for Black Widow, a standalone superhero prequel depicting Natasha Romanoff’s rise from troubled, sexy Soviet spy to righteous, sexy Avenger. Scarlett Johansson reprises the role for Aussie director Cate Shortland (The Berlin Syndrome).
In theaters May 1, 2020, Black Widow is set prior to the events of 2012’s The Avengers. Co-stars include David Harbour (“Stranger Things”), O-T Fagbenle (“The Handmaid’s Tale”), Rachel Weisz (The Mummy), and Florence Pugh (Midsommar) as Black Widow nemesis-turned-ally and Black Widow successor Yelena Belova.
Trailer is a hoot and Johansson is smoking hot…though we still wish her outfit was less motocross and more this.
Emma Dumont, of short lived X-Men series “The Gifted” and Charles Manson crime-drama “Aquarius,” co-stars alongside Spanish stunner Charlotte Vega (REC: Genesis) in Constantin Film’s reboot of its 2003 backwoods horror gem Wrong Turn.
Helmed by Mike P. Nelson (The Domestics) from a script by original Wrong Turn scribe Alan B. McElroy, Wrong Turn: The Foundation pits six New Yorkers against a mysterious and dangerous community living in the West Virginia mountains.
The original Wrong Turn starred Eliza Dushku (“Buffy the Vampire
Slayer”) as a final girl hunted by inbred cannibals in the West Virginia
mountains. The film took more than $28 million and spawned five gory
and highly entertaining sequels.
Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola reminded us recently that superhero movies, Marvel in particular, are not cinema. Peeps got very angry because it’s true—Joker and Logan being notable exceptions.
One glaring example of why comic book movies aren’t cinema is the lack of character depth. Take for instance the Hulk in The Avengers. Hulk should be rage personified. But, now, he’s become a bigger puss than Mark Ruffalo’s vagina. Original CBS Hulkster Lou Ferrigno calls him out on it.
Ferrigno says:
The Hulk needs to be hideous, he needs to be a creature. You see in ‘Endgame,’ Mark Ruffalo—I think it has a lot to do with him and Disney— I didn’t like the way it portrayed [Hulk]. It took away that beauty, that quality of the Hulk. That’s why a lot of people liked the series.
Mark is a wonderful actor. But we’ve had three different actors—we’ve had Eric Bana, Edward Norton and Mark Ruffalo. I like Bill Bixby the best, I like Edward Norton. But Ruffalo—I think he’s a wonderful actor, he blends in with the Marvel aspect of the Avengers—but I can’t take him seriously enough.
Bill has that intensity, and you knew that when he was in danger, you could feel that intensity. But because of Marvel and Disney, they’ve taken a different direction. You can’t take it as seriously as the original series.
Lou is 100% correct…and Ruffalo isn’t a wonderful actor. Lou is just being nice.
Kristen Connolly is joining Ana de Armas and Rachel Blanchard in celebrated Fatal Attraction, Indecent Exposure, and Unfaithful director Adrian Lyne’s new erotic thriller Deep Water, starring Ben Affleck and based on the novel by renowned novelist Patricia Highsmith.
Deep Water tells the story of a beautiful wife (de Armas) in a loveless marriage who makes a a willing cuckold out of her husband (Affleck) to keep their wedded facade going. When he grows resentful and bodies of her former lovers start popping up, she soon must find a way out before death do they part.
No word on what role Connolly plays in the film, but we hope it involves frivolous nudity and lesbian shenanigans.
Horror fans will recognize Connolly from her roles in Barry Levinson’s outbreak thriller The Bay and Drew Goddard’s fuck you to fright fans A Cabin In the Woods.
Brighton Sharbino, who played little sociopath Lizzie Samuals on AMC’s “The Walking Dead” up until Carol made her “look at the flowers,” is blossoming into a fine young lady, which is of no surprise being her big sister is stunner Saxon Sharbino.
Sharbino stars opposite Dominic Monaghan (“LOST”) in the apocalyptic thriller Radioflash. She plays Monaghan’s tech-savvy daughter who must learn survival basics when the world goes black and she must fend off new and familiar dangers in new lawless land.
Blumhouse has released a first trailer for its big screen adaptation of ABC’s classic late-70s/early-80s series Fantasy Island. Slated for release Feb. 14, 2020, the film is helmed by Jeff Wadlow (Kick-Ass 2) from a script he wrote with Jillian Jacobs (Truth or Dare) and Christopher Roach (Truth or Dare).
“Fantasy Island” follows guests to a magical island where their wildest wishes come true, but with potentially devastating consequences. Lucy Hale stars as a guest to the island with Michael Pena (“Narcos: Mexico”) in the the iconic role of Mr. Roarke – made famous by Ricardo Montalban.
Universal Pictures has released a first trailer for The Invisible Man, a modern day re-imagining of the classic H.G. Wells’ novel about a brilliant scientist who wreaks havoc on humanity when he discovers how to become invisible.
This time out, the mad genius (Oliver Jackson-Cohen) is also a stupidly rich and abusive husband who, after conquering invisibility, feigns his own death as part of a malicious scheme to punish his homely wife (Elisabeth Moss) for leaving him. Why he wouldn’t just use his power to spy on college coeds a la School Spirit is beyond us, but this looks like a thrilling remake…or what could have been a solid Hollow Man 3.
The Invisible Man is helmed by SAW scribe and Upgrade director Leigh Whannell. It appears in theaters Feb. 8, 2020.
“7th Heaven” alumna Rachel Blanchard is set to join Ana de Armas and Ben Affleck in celebrated Fatal Attraction, Indecent Exposure, and Unfaithful director Adrian Lyne’s new erotic thriller Deep Water, based on renowned novelist Patricia Highsmith’s book of the same name.
Deep Water tells the story of a beautiful wife (de Armas) in a loveless marriage who’s made a a willing cuckold out of her husband (Affleck) to keep their wedded facade going. When he grows resentful and bodies of her former lovers start popping up, she soon must find a way out before death do they part.
Blanchard plays the wife of a cheating man who gets involved with de Armas. Horror fans may recognize Blanchard from her work on the Canadian TV series “War of the Worlds” and Nickelodeon’s “Are You Afraid of the Dark” and the films Snakes On a Plane and The Rage: Carrie 2.
Thai director Ping Lumpraploeng’s indie creature-feature The Pool is now showing on Amazon Prime. Winner of the Fantastic Fest award for Most Fun Movie to Watch with an Audience, the thriller stars Ratnamon Ratchiratham (pictured) and Theeradej Wongpuapan as a couple trapped in a drained six-meter pool.
Things get deadly for the young lovers when a man-eating crocodile climbs through the drain at the bottom of the pool and attempts to make a meal out of the couple. Ratchiratham, a Thai pop singer, makes her acting debut with the film.
