** FLESH OF THE GODS from MANDY director: Kristen Stewart and Oscar Isaac are set to star in the vampire film FLESH OF THE GODS. The project hails from celebrated MANDY director Panos Cosmatos who will helm, while Adam McKay and Betsy Koch are producing this new feature.
Set in Los Angeles during the 1980s, the story follows a married couple, Raoul (Isaac) and Alex (Stewart), who descend each evening from their luxury skyscraper condo and head into an electric nighttime realm of LA. When they cross paths with a mysterious and enigmatic woman and her hard-partying cabal, Raoul and Alex are seduced into a glamorous, surrealistic world of hedonism, thrills, and violence.
Cosmatos says in a statement: "Like Los Angeles itself FLESH OF THE GODS inhabits the liminal realm between fantasy and nightmare. Both propulsive and hypnotic, Flesh will take you on a hot rod joy ride deep into the glittering heart of hell."
Se7EN scribe Andrew Kevin Walker is penning the script based on a story by Cosmatos and Walker. Isaac and Gena Konstantinakos also produce. Filming aims to begin later this year. (thanks to DarkHorizons.com)
** THE EXORCIST BELIEVER sequel: In a surprising new report, The Insneider web site has revealed that celebrated creator/director Mike Flanagan is in talks to direct the next THE EXORCIST film at Blumhouse and Universal Pictures.
Universal famously snagged the rights to the franchise for $400 million in June 2021 with the intent being to proceed with a new trilogy of THE EXORCIST films like they did with HALLOWEEN in 2018 – even enlisting that trilogy's director David Gordon Green to helm at least the first film THE EXORCIST BELIEVER which released last year. That film, which serves as a direct sequel to the original William Friedkin classic and ignored the sequels, was at least profitable – making $137 million from a $30 million budget. However it was poorly received by critics and audiences with no real interest in any more. (thanks to DarkHorizons.com)
** THE POPE'S EXORCIST sequel: Producer Jeff Katz has revealed that a sequel to the 2023 Russell Crowe-led supernatural film THE POPE'S EXORCIST is officially in the works. Speaking on X, Katz said: "Amorth Nation – I just got the call. IT'S OFFICIALLY HAPPENING!!! 'E un seguito, amici miei.' [It's a sequel, my friends.] Thank you to the amazing ThePopesExorcist fans. You made this happen. Gas up your Lambretta – and get ready to ride."
Julius Avery directed the first film which made $77 million from an $18 million budget and was inspired by the actual files of Father Gabriele Amorth, chief exorcist of the Vatican. (thanks to DarkHorizons.com)
** TERRIFIER 3: The upcoming sequel will now open in theaters nationwide on October 11th!
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** M. Night Shyamalan's TRAP: Here's the first poster for the upcoming film, which arrives in theaters nationwide on August 9, 2024.
** BRING HER BACK from TALK TO ME directors: A24 will once again team up with TALK TO ME's Danny and Michael Philippou for a new horror movie starring Sally Hawkins titled BRING HER BACK. The plot of BRING HER BACK is currently unknown, but the film adds to the projects the Philippous are already developing, with a TALK TO ME sequel and a documentary project inspired by their own journey into the world of international underground deathmatch wrestling. (thanks to ComingSoon.net)
** SILENCE OF THE PREY: In a desperate bid to secure a future for her child, an undocumented immigrant mother takes a caretaker job. Unbeknownst to her, the elderly man conceals a horrifying truth - she's the next item on the menu.
** MIND BODY SPIRIT: Breathe. Find your center… before it finds you. Available on digital May 7.
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** LATE NIGHT WITH THE DEVIL: Coming on September 4th on Blu-ray from Umbrella Entertainment.
** MAXXXINE: Here's a new still from the upcoming film.
** WEAPONS: According the the Deadline web site, Alden Ehrenreich has been tapped to join the WEAPONS cast for New Line Cinema's upcoming horror movie. The film will be written and directed by Zach Cregger, who's best known for 2022's BARBARIAN, which served as his feature directorial debut. (thanks to ComingSoon.net)
** George A. Romero's BRUISER 4K UHD: Coming to 4K UHD in July from Indicator.
