John Travolta battles an AI with a beef against reckless drivers, Uncle Fester gets his own Wednesday spinoff, and the Scary Movie franchise still sees fit to parody I Know What You Did Last Summer. Spoilers, ahoy!
Ed
Deadline reports that John Travolta, Crystal Reed, and Chet Hanks are attached to star in Ed, an artificial intelligence-themed sci-fi thriller from director Christopher J. Scott. The story is said to concern “a sentient AI chauffeur bot that escapes the lab and begins killing reckless drivers under the guise of public safety. Its grief-stricken creator must stop the carnage before the machine evolves into the embodiment of AI gone bad.”
Harness
Hot on the heels of upcoming sports-horror movie, Him, Variety has word that Fear Street trilogy director Leigh Janiak is attached to Harness, “a thriller set in a gruesome sect” of competitive horse track racers. The story involves “a wannabe female jockey and her trainer brother-in-law” who “become entangled in an illicit relationship full of blood, sweat, and sex that pushes the limits of their bodies and the law.”
Scary Movie 6
During a recent interview with Comic Book, Marlon Wayans listed off some of the movies Scary Movie 6 plans to parody.
I mean, you know, I’m just a fan of the whole genre, man. I Know What You Did Last Summer may have something in there. I think the Scream franchise is always a great one. I think Heretic was a wonderful film. Longlegs. Get Out. Nope. There are just so many great horror films to pull from that we plan on having a field day. Sinners.
Lice
Bloody-Disgusting has our first look at Emilie Hirsch in Lice, a “gruesome throwback to ‘80s high school classics.” The plot involves a deadly lice outbreak… parents, hold onto your hats for this one…
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Good Boy
Bloody-Disgusting also has a brand-new poster for Good Boy, a horror movie told from a dog’s point-of-view.
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Coyotes
Kate Bosworth and Justin Long contend with a pack of hyper-intelligent coyotes in the trailer for the aptly named Coyotes.
Hannibal
Bryan Fuller revealed to Screen Rant that he wants Zendaya to play Clarice Starling in a Hannibal revival that would adapt Silence of the Lambs.
My dream project is to do a limited series of Silence of the Lambs with Mads and Zendaya as Clarice Starling. If I could put anything out into the universe, I would put that into the universe.
It’s complicated now because Martha De Laurentiis died and she had a certain section of the rights, and now, Thomas Harris is trying to get the rights all under one umbrella. And I think that’s going to take a couple of years of straightening out. But the entire cast wants to come back: Mads, Hugh, Lawrence, Katie, Caroline – like everybody’s in. It’s just a matter of: Will the rights be able to be figured out again?
Uncle Fester/Wednesday
During his recent appearance on The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon, Fred Armisen confirmed Netflix is moving forward with an Uncle Fester spinoff series.
Yeah, we’re working on it. It’s fantastic.
Alien: Earth
Finally, Krull is visually referenced in the trailer for next week’s episode of Alien: Earth.
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