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's success was such that it became a long-running franchise: Universal made four direct sequels between 1940 and 1944, with a comedy spin-off, Abbott And Costello Meet, joining them in 1955. The UK's Hammer Film » • • • 12 September 2017 • by Heather Wixson •. This week’s list of horror-themed home entertainment releases is almost exhausting, as we have well over 30 titles coming our way on. For those who may have missed them in theaters earlier this year, you can now finally catch up with both (2017) and, as they’re both headed home on multiple formats. Cult film fans should keep an eye out for an array of releases this Tuesday, including,, the standard two-disc -ray for ’s,, Spider, and ’s entire series comes home in a five-disc DVD set from Well Go USA. Other notable releases for include,, The Hatred, Ruby,, and: The Complete Series. (Mondo Macabro, » • • • 25 August 2017 • by Nick Doll •.

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DC’s has been one of those movies stuck in development hell that just doesn’t seem to be able to catch a break. For years, was set to helm the film before he eventually moved on. Then, managed to steal away from Fox’s Gambit and locked him down as director. Unfortunately, he walked out, too. Now, it seems WB are starting from scratch with the movie, including employing a new screenwriter to serve up a fresh script. The Hashtag Show is reporting that has signed up for that aforementioned job. Based on his writing credits so far, he would seem to be the perfect candidate to showcase the supernatural, horror-infused side of the DC universe, so let’s hope this works out.

He’s closely tied with Universal’s, too, as he provided the » • • • 24 August 2017 • by MovieWeb •. The Dceu news has been flying all over the place over the last few days. A Joker origin movie is in the works with producing, is a standalone movie, there has been confusion about 's involvement in that movie and oh so much more. Now we bring you an update on the often discussed Movie movie, which has just hit another pretty major bump in the road. It looks like is taking the project back to square one following a round of underwhelming presentations from directors.

Edition Robert S Pindyck here. Variety reporter Justin Kroll took to Twitter to provide a brief but telling update on, which was confirmed to be part of the Dceu upcoming slate during San Diego Comic-Con. According to him, recently met with several directors who pitched their visions for the movie, and it didn't go well.

» • • • 02 August 2017 • by Michael Briers •. Things aren’t looking too good for Universal’s. As is standard for Hollywood’s interwoven franchises, the studio ran the risk of putting the cart before the horse by announcing big-budget fantasy flicks based on cinema’s most iconic creatures – think and Frankenstein’s Monster – long before became the first domino to fall. That was back in June, and after swallowing a financial hit in excess of $95 million, it’s clear that Universal’s classic monsters universe has endured a rocky start. In the fallout of, reports claimed that internal meddling and the so-called ‘Cruise Control’ effect hampered production, resulting in an overstuffed blockbuster that was so concerned with setting up the future that it failed to deliver a half-decent story centering on ’s unruly deity.

To make matters worse, we’re learning that director is » • • • 21 July 2017 • by Joey Paur •. As you know, is completely rebooting their classic Universal monster films and they are calling it the. We've already known that the vampire hunter is going to be a part of their big plans, and now they have a big actor that they hope to get on board. According to THR, That actor is. Was originally in talks to play before he was cast in, which didn't do as well as the studio hoped it would.