We might have another blockbuster hit on our hands next month. Presales for ‘Sunrise on the Reaping’ are already turning heads. Robust demand for the film is hinting that a $100M+ opening.
Major shakeup for a film that was announced just two weeks ago, and is supposed to come out next year. Was this thing in production when these changes happened?
Halloween is on Saturday, and horror movies keep thriving at the box office. Beyond commercial success, arthouse horror remains at the forefront of American cinema.
A24 isn't being subtle. This Friday, "You Can See Everything" will expand to roughly 600 additional theaters, bringing it to 3,243 screens nationwide. That's a studio going after the top spot at the box office.
This year’s 12th edition of the Scary Movies festival at Film at Lincoln Center premiered Ari Aster’s extended version of “Midsommar” this past Saturday.
UPDATED: It turns out The Hot Mic’s Jeff Sneider had reported on this more than a year ago!
EARLIER: Ninja Thyberg impressed me with her 2020 directorial debut, “Pleasure,” and she’s now attached to direct a “Witches of Eastwick” remake for WB and Red Wagon Entertainment (via Daniel Richtman). Dana Fox (“The Lost City”) is writing the script. The original one, directed by George Miller, was about a trio of witches who become romantically involved with the devil.
The ‘Smile’ franchise has a new director. David Bruckner, who made “The Night House” and the 2022 “Hellraiser” reboot, has been hired to direct “Smile 3” for Paramount.