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Out of the dozens of film adaptations based on Stephen King novels, the vast majority are...shall we say, mediocre. One of the few directors who successfully cracked the code on translating King's books for the big screen is Frank Darabont, who set the bar insanely high with The Shawshank Redemption (1994) and The Green Mile (1999). Interestingly, both are prison-centric dramas that place less emphasis on King's usual penchant for horror and the supernatural in favor of character work.

Digger—overproduced drivel or cinematic masterpiece? That's the war being waged over Alejandro González Iñárritu's climate change satire starring Tom Cruise as Digger Rockwell, a greedy oil baron who leads the world to environmental ruin. Well, sort of.

Books could be written on Thor: Ragnarok and its unintended consequences for the entertainment industry. For the second time this year, an upcoming film is drawing comparisons to Taika Waititi's candy-colored, rock 'n' roll contribution to the Marvel Studios canon. The first was Travis Knight's Masters of the Universe.

What's got eight legs and no qualms about eating you alive? That'd be the giant, prehistoric spider in Don't Move. Adapted from James S. Murray (a.k.a. Murr on Impractical Jokers) and Darren Wearmouth's 2020 novel of the same name, the film centers on a church camping trip to the Ozark wilderness. The idyllic end-of-summer weekend goes sideways when the parishioners wander into the territory of a gargantuan, cave-dwelling arachnid that makes the Goliath birdeater look like a timid Chihuahua.

The debut trailer for writer-director Mike Flanagan's Exorcist reboot has arrived, and it basically confirms The Exorcist: Martyrs is a stealth legacy sequel to a previous entry in the franchise. Scarlett Johansson (Jurassic World Rebirth) leads the project as Julie Miller, a New York City homicide detective who brought down the serial killer known as Father Sunday (The Odyssey's John Leguizamo).

A Star Wars movie directed by Ben Affleck? It could have happened. The Oscar winner was in the running to direct Episode VII - The Force Awakens, but ended up passing on the job. Why Ben Affleck Turned Down Star Wars: The Force Awakens As he recently said on Josh Horowitz's Happy Sad Confused podcast, "I thought, 'Hey, I like Star Wars and I'm a fan, but I'm not the person to direct this movie.

RJ Mitte, who portrayed Walter White's teenage son Walt Jr. in AMC's Breaking Bad, has died at the age of 34. The unfortunate news was confirmed to Variety by a representative for the actor. “It is with profound sadness that we share the tragic passing of beloved actor, philanthropist, and passionate disability rights advocate RJ Mitte,” they said in a statement.

Hollywood is going underground. Way underground. Universal and Paramount are currently drilling for the horror equivalent of oil through competing film projects centered around the urban legend of subterranean Mole People. Universal and Paramount's Rival Mole People Movies Explained The Universal effort is positioned as a remake of the studio's 1956 creature feature, The Mole People, which is basically the red-headed stepchild of the Universal Monsters library.

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Two decades later, Oscar-winning director Alfonso Cuarón doesn't believe his dystopian tour-de-force Children of Men was a portent of things to come. To him, the film was immediate, resoundingly topical and, most unfortunately, perennial. "There's nothing prophetic," he asserted to Empire during an interview for the magazine's November 2026 issue. "There were people already warning us about everything. It's not that I invented anything.