Stephen King Anthology CAT’S EYE Gets 4K Release

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Cult ‘80s horror anthology Cat’s Eye – directed by Lewis Teague – has been given a 4K restoration and is heading to 4K UHD Blu-ray from STUDIOCANAL. It will hit UK stores on May 23rd and you can pre-order your copy here.

From the press release:

From the macabre imagination of Stephen King (the bestselling author of Firestarter, The Shining and Carrie) comes this trio of thrilling tales linked by a stray cat that roams from one story to the next in search of a girl he was tasked to protect.

Directed by Lewis Teague and written by the master of horror Stephen King, adapted from his own short stories, CAT’S EYE stars James Woods and Drew Barrymore with Kenneth McMillan, Robert Hays, Alan King and James Naughton.

In the first episode Quitters Inc., a New York family man (James Woods) is having trouble giving up cigarettes. A friend advises he turns to a shady self-help operation who outlines a litany of incrementally harsh penalties for him if he cannot resist the temptation to smoke again.

The second story The Ledge centres on Cressner (Kenneth McMillan), a mobster casino owner seeking revenge for his wife’s affair with tennis pro Johnny Norris (Robert Hays). Cressner kidnaps him and forces the athlete into a dangerous bet: if he can walk around the exterior ledge of his high-rise penthouse then Cressner will allow him to leave safely with his wife. But if Norris refuses then he will instead be blackmailed for drug possession and forced to suffer in prison.

In the closing narrative, a young girl (Drew Barrymore), has been having difficulty sleeping. Though her parents suspect the new family cat of wrongdoing, the girl knows better after she sees a horrifying troll emerging from her bedroom wall…

Commissioned by STUDIOCANAL, the restoration was scanned in 4K – 16 bit by Picture Shop LLC – USA, using the original 35mm negative.  The colour grading and restoration were completed by Hiventy Laboratory – France, who dedicated over 150 hours to manually cleaning and carefully removing sparkle, dirt and scratches.

SPECIAL FEATURES available on Ultra HD, Blu-Ray and DVD

  • NEW Interview with Director Lewis Teague
  • Audio Commentary with Lewis Teague
  • Johnny Norris on the Edge: Robert Hays Remembers Cat’s Eye
  • “Like Herding Cats”: A Conversation with Animal Trainer Teresa Ann Miller
  • Original Theatrical Trailer

 

  • Stephen King’s Cat’s Eye is released on May 23rd on 4K Restoration UHD, Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital.

2022 Hugo Award Finalists Announced

The finalists for the 2022 Hugo Awards and associated awards have been announced.

There were  1368  valid nominating ballots collected from members of the 2020 and 2021 World Science Fiction Conventions, also known as Worldcon.

The awards have been around since 1953.

The Hugo Awards are major indicator of the state of Science Fiction as Worldcon members tend to be genre’s most dedicated fans. They tend to consume a great many new works of science fiction every year and are willing to travel across the world to attend genre book conventions.

The Hugos are followed closely by fans and professionals alike for this reason. The awards also include The Lodestar Award (for Young Adult Fiction) and The Astounding Award for new writers. These latter awards are technically not Hugo Awards, despite being presented at the same ceremony and having the same level of prestige; they just have a different shaped award handed to the winner.

This year, Kieron Gillen ( @kierongillen ) has managed to be nominated for two different works in the same catergory, Best Graphic Novel. We are delighted to see that Fandom’s MVP Alasdair Stuart ( @AlasdairStuart ) be nominated for both Best Fanzine and Best Semi-Prozine.  Midnight Pals creator Bitter Karella ( @bitterkarella ) gets a Fan Writer nomination for their brilliant parody work and it’s also a delight to see popular Fan Artist Iain J Clark ( @iainjclark )  get a nomination as well.

The full list is below.

Best Novel

  • A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine (Tor)
  • The Galaxy, and the Ground Within by Becky Chambers (Harper Voyager / Hodder & Stoughton)
  • Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki (Tor / St Martin’s Press)
  • A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark (Tordotcom / Orbit UK)
  • Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir (Ballantine / Del Rey)
  • She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan (Tor / Mantle)

Best Novella

  • Across the Green Grass Fields by Seanan McGuire (Tordotcom)
  • Elder Race by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Tordotcom)
  • Fireheart Tiger by Aliette de Bodard (Tordotcom)
  • The Past Is Red by Catherynne M. Valente (Tordotcom)
  • A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers (Tordotcom)
  • A Spindle Splintered by Alix E. Harrow (Tordotcom)

Best Novelette

  • “Bots of the Lost Ark” by Suzanne Palmer (Clarkesworld, Jun 2021)
  • “Colors of the Immortal Palette” by Caroline M. Yoachim (Uncanny Magazine, Mar/Apr 2021)
  • L’Esprit de L’Escalier by Catherynne M. Valente (Tordotcom)
  • “O2 Arena” by Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki (Galaxy’s Edge, Nov 2021)
  • “That Story Isn’t the Story” by John Wiswell (Uncanny Magazine, Nov/Dec 2021)
  • “Unseelie Brothers, Ltd.” by Fran Wilde (Uncanny Magazine, May/Jun 2021)

Best Short Story

  • “Mr. Death” by Alix E. Harrow (Apex Magazine, Feb 2021)
  • “Proof by Induction” by José Pablo Iriarte (Uncanny Magazine, May/Jun 2021)
  • “The Sin of America” by Catherynne M. Valente (Uncanny Magazine, Mar/Apr 2021)
  • “Tangles” by Seanan McGuire (Magicthegathering.com: Magic Story, Sep 2021)
  • “Unknown Number” by Blue Neustifter (Twitter, Jul 2021)
  • “Where Oaken Hearts Do Gather” by Sarah Pinsker (Uncanny Magazine, Mar/Apr 2021)

Best Series

  • The Green Bone Saga by Fonda Lee (Orbit)
  • The Kingston Cycle by C. L. Polk (Tordotcom)
  • Merchant Princes by Charles Stross (Macmillan)
  • Terra Ignota by Ada Palmer (Tor Books)
  • Wayward Children by Seanan McGuire (Tordotcom)
  • The World of the White Rat by T. Kingfisher (Ursula Vernon) (Argyll Productions)

Best Graphic Story or Comic

  • DIE, vol. 4: Bleed, written by Kieron Gillen, art by Stephanie Hans, lettering by Clayton Cowles (Image)
  • Far Sector, written by N.K. Jemisin, art by Jamal Campbell (DC)
  • Lore Olympus, vol. 1 by Rachel Smythe (Del Rey)
  • Monstress, vol. 6: The Vow, written by Marjorie Liu, art by Sana Takeda (Image)
  • Once & Future, vol. 3: The Parliament of Magpies, written by Kieron Gillen, illustrated by Dan Mora, colored by Tamra Bonvillain (BOOM!)
  • Strange Adventures, written by Tom King, art by Mitch Gerads and Evan “Doc” Shaner (DC)

Best Related Work

  • Being Seen: One Deafblind Woman’s Fight to End Ableism by Elsa Sjunneson (Tiller Press)
  • The Complete Debarkle: Saga of a Culture War by Camestros Felapton (Camestros Felapton)
  • Dangerous Visions and New Worlds: Radical Science Fiction, 1950 to 1985 edited by Andrew Nette and Iain McIntyre (PM Press)
  • “How Twitter can ruin a life” by Emily St. James (Vox, Jun 2021)
  • Never Say You Can’t Survive by Charlie Jane Anders (Tordotcom)
  • True Believer: The Rise and Fall of Stan Lee by Abraham Riesman (Crown)

Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form

  • Dune, screenplay by Jon Spaihts, Denis Villeneuve, and Eric Roth; directed by Denis Villeneuve; based on the novel Dune by Frank Herbert (Warner Bros / Legendary Entertainment)
  • Encanto, screenplay by Charise Castro Smith and Jared Bush; directed by Jared Bush, Byron Howard, and Charise Castro Smith (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
  • The Green Knight, written and directed by David Lowery (BRON Studios/A24)
  • Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, screenplay by Dave Callaham, Destin Daniel Cretton, Andrew Lanham; directed by Destin Daniel Cretton (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
  • Space Sweepers, written and directed by Jo Sung-hee (Bidangil Pictures)
  • WandaVision, screenplay by Peter Cameron, Mackenzie Dohr, Laura Donney, Bobak Esfarjani, Megan McDonnell, Jac Schaeffer (created by and head writer), Cameron Squires, Gretchen Enders, Chuck Hayward; directed by Matt Shakman (Disney+)

Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form

  • The Wheel of Time: “The Flame of Tar Valon,” written by Justine Juel Gillmer, directed by Salli Richardson-Whitfield, based on The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan (Amazon Studios)
  • For All Mankind: “The Grey,” written by Matt Wolpert and Ben Nedivi; directed by Sergio Mimica-Gezzan (Tall Ship Productions/Sony Pictures Television)
  • Arcane: “The Monster You Created,” written by Christian Linke and Alex Yee; story by Christian Linke, Alex Yee, Conor Sheehy, and Ash Brannon; directed by Pascal Charrue and Arnaud Delord (Netflix)
  • The Expanse: “Nemesis Games,” written by Daniel Abraham, Ty Franck, and Naren Shankar; directed by Breck Eisner (Amazon Studios)
  • Loki: “The Nexus Event,” written by Eric Martin, directed by Kate Herron, created for television by Michael Waldron (Disney+)
  • Star Trek: Lower Decks: “wej Duj,” written by Kathryn Lyn, directed by Bob Suarez (CBS Eye Animation Productions)

Best Editor, Short Form

  • Neil Clarke
  • Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki
  • Mur Lafferty & S.B. Divya
  • Jonathan Strahan
  • Sheree Renée Thomas
  • Sheila Williams

Best Editor, Long Form

  • Ruoxi Chen
  • Nivia Evans
  • Sarah T. Guan
  • Brit Hvide
  • Patrick Nielsen Hayden
  • Navah Wolfe

Best Professional Artist

  • Tommy Arnold
  • Rovina Cai
  • Ashley Mackenzie
  • Maurizio Manzieri
  • Will Staehle
  • Alyssa Winans

Best Semiprozine

  • Beneath Ceaseless Skies, editor Scott H. Andrews
  • Escape Pod, editors S.B. Divya, Mur Lafferty, and Valerie Valdes; assistant editors Benjamin C. Kinney and Premee Mohamed; guest editor Brent C. Lambert; hosts Tina Connolly and Alasdair Stuart; audio producers Summer Brooks and Adam Pracht; and the entire Escape Pod team
  • FIYAH Magazine of Black Speculative Fiction, publisher Troy L Wiggins; executive editor DaVaun Sanders; managing editor Eboni Dunbar; poetry editor B. Sharise Moore; reviews editor and social media manager Brent Lambert; art director L. D. Lewis; web editor Chavonne Brown; non-fiction editor Margeaux Weston; guest editors Summer Farah and Nadia Shammas; acquiring editors Kaleb Russell, Rebecca McGee, Kerine Wint, Joshua Morley, Emmalia Harrington, Genine Tyson, Tonya R. Moore, Danny Lore; technical assistant Nelson Rolon
  • PodCastle, co-editors Jen R. Albert, C. L. Clark, Shingai Njeri Kagunda, and Eleanor R. Wood; assistant editors Summer Fletcher and Sofía Barker; audio producer Peter Adrian Behravesh; host Matt Dovey; and the entire PodCastle team
  • Strange Horizons, Vanessa Aguirre, Joseph Aitken, Kwan-Ann Tan, Rachel Ayers, M H Ayinde, Tierney Bailey, Scott Beggs, Drew Matthew Beyer, Gautam Bhatia, Tom Borger, S. K. Campbell, Emma Celi, Zhui Ning Chang, Rita Chen, Tania Chen, Liz Christman, Emma-Grace Clarke, Linda H. Codega, Kristian Wilson Colyard, Bruhad Dave, Sarah Davidson, Tahlia Day, Arinn Dembo, Belen Edwards, Rebecca Evans, Ciro Faienza, Courtney Floyd, Lila Garrott, Guananí Gómez-Van Cortright, Colette Grecco, Julia Gunnison, Dan Hartland, Sydney Hilton, Angela Hinck, Amanda Jean, Jamie Johnson, Sean Joyce-Farley, Erika Kanda, Kat Kourbeti, Catherine Krahe, Anna Krepinsky, Clayton Kroh, Natasha Leullier, Dante Luiz, Gui Machiavelli, Cameron Mack, Samantha Manaktola, Marisa Manuel, Jean McConnell, Heather McDougal, Maria Morabe, Amelia Moriarty, Sarah Noakes, Aidan Oatway, AJ Odasso, Joel Oliver-Cormier, Kristina Palmer, Karintha Parker, Anjali Patel, Juliana Pinho, Nicasio Reed, Belicia Rhea, Abbey Schlanz, Elijah Rain Smith, Alyn Spector, Hebe Stanton, Melody Steiner, Romie Stott, Yejin Suh, Sonia Sulaiman, Ben Tyrrell, Renee Van Siclen, Kathryn Weaver, Liza Wemakor, Aigner Loren Wilson, E.M. Wright, Vicki Xu, and The Strange Horizons Editorial Collective
  • Uncanny Magazine, publishers and editors-in-chief Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas; managing/poetry editor Chimedum Ohaegbu; nonfiction editor Elsa Sjunneson; podcast producers Erika Ensign & Steven Schapansky

Best Fanzine

  • The Full Lid, by Alasdair Stuart and Marguerite Kenner
  • Galactic Journey, founder Gideon Marcus; editor Janice L. Newman; associate writers Gwyn Conaway, Jason Sacks, and John Boston
  • Journey Planet, edited by Erin Underwood, Jean Martin, Sara Felix, Vanessa Applegate, Chuck Serface, Errick Nunnally, Evan Reeves, Steven H Silver, James Bacon, and Christopher J Garcia
  • Quick Sip Reviews, editor Charles Payseur
  • Small Gods, Lee Moyer (Icon) and Seanan McGuire (Story)
  • Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog, editors Amanda Wakaruk and Olav Rokne

Best Fancast

  • Be The Serpent, presented by Alexandra Rowland, Freya Marske, and Jennifer Mace
  • The Coode Street Podcast, presented by Jonathan Strahan and Gary K. Wolfe, Jonathan Strahan producer
  • Hugo, Girl!, hosts Haley Zapal, Amy Salley, and Lori Anderson; producer/editor Kevin Anderson
  • Octothorpe, by John Coxon, Alison Scott, and Liz Batty
  • Our Opinions Are Correct, presented by Annalee Newitz and Charlie Jane Anders, produced by Veronica Simonetti
  • Worldbuilding for Masochists, presented by Cass Morris, Rowenna Miller, and Marshall Ryan Maresca

Best Fan Writer

  • Chris M. Barkley
  • Bitter Karella
  • Alex Brown
  • Cora Buhlert
  • Jason Sanford
  • Paul Weimer

Best Fan Artist

  • Iain J. Clark
  • Lorelei Esther
  • Sara Felix
  • Ariela Housman
  • Nilah Magruder
  • Lee Moyer

Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book

  • Chaos on CatNet by Naomi Kritzer (Tor Teen)
  • Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao (Penguin Teen / Rock the Boat)
  • The Last Graduate by Naomi Novik (Del Rey Books)
  • Redemptor by Jordan Ifueko (Amulet Books / Hot Key Books)
  • A Snake Falls to Earth by Darcie Little Badger (Levine Querido)
  • Victories Greater Than Death by Charlie Jane Anders (Tor Teen / Titan)

Astounding Award for Best New Writer, sponsored by Dell Magazines

  • Tracy Deonn (2nd year of eligibility)
  • Micaiah Johnson (2nd year of eligibility)
  • A.K. Larkwood (2nd year of eligibility)
  • Everina Maxwell (1st year of eligibility)
  • Shelley Parker-Chan (1st year of eligibility)
  • Xiran Jay Zhao (1st year of eligibility)

PARANORMAL HITMEN Comics Being Developed As Series

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A television series adaptation is being developed at eOne based on the Paranormal Hitmen comic books from writer Brett Murphy and illustrator Wilson Gandolpho, Deadline reports.

Paranormal Hitmen is billed as a Ghostbusters meets Pulp Fiction (meets The Sopranos?) action-comedy, and follows two mob hitmen whose lives are turned upside down when they’re accidentally recruited into a secret government agency tasked with hunting down paranormal threats. They’ll have to juggle hunting ghosts and staying clear of their old mob boss, Alfonso Carboni, who isn’t too happy that his men left to work elsewhere.

The first volume of Paranormal Hitmen was only released by Behemoth Comics in March 2022, so it’s clear eOne wasted no time to acquire adaptation rights on the series.

Producers include Murphy and Gandolpho, as well as Brian Goldner and Josh Feldman. No writing team has yet been assembled, but that’s to be expected given the project is still in the earliest development stages.

Paranormal Hitmen is one of several projects that eOne currently has in the works. Among them, the studio is also developing a new Dungeons & Dragons TV series by Red Notice filmmaker Rawson Marshall Thurber, a Play-Doh feature film from writer Emily V. Gordon and produced by Jon M. Chu, a high-concept thriller titled Tarot from Scary Stories To Tell in the Dark filmmaker André Øvredal, as well as a TV adaptation of the YA novel They Both Die at the End, co-written and exec produced by Bridgerton‘s Chris Van Dusen.

 

 

LOCKE & KEY Will End With Season 3

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It turns out that the upcoming third season of Netflix’s supernatural thriller Locke & Key will be its last. We also learn that season 3 had long been conceived as the series’ final chapter, however, so fans can at least expect a satisfying conclusion to the story.

“Once we began working on the series, we felt three seasons was the ideal length to bring the story of the Locke family and their Keyhouse adventures to a satisfying conclusion,” explained executive producers and co-showrunners Carlton Cuse and Meredith Averill in a joint statement. “As storytellers, we are grateful that we had the opportunity to tell our version of Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez’s incredible story exactly the way we wanted. We’re keeping the magical keys, though, for our own personal use.”

First look still at Locke & Key season 3

Locke & Key follows the Locke family’s move to their ancestral home in Matheson, Massachusetts. There, they discover a mysterious collection of magical keys, which may provide answers as to the story of their father’s death. The keys, which provide access to mystical doors and powers, also make the Lockes the targets of malevolent forces who desire the keys’ power for themselves.

The show is currently wrapping post-production on its last season, which will comprise eight episodes. Darby Stanchfield, Connor Jessup, Emilia Jones, Jackson Robert Scott, Brendan Hines, Sherri Saum, Kevin Durand and Coby Bird, star in Locke & Key season 3.

No release date has yet been confirmed, but season 2 released in October 2021.

 

 

Horror Channel Announces a Host of UK TV Premieres for May

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There’s a raft of UK TV premieres heading to Horror Channel in May, as well as channel premieres of the two big-screen Dr Who Dalek movies! Films showing for the first time on British television include Stewart Sparke’s fun British monster film Book of Monsters (which features an appearance from STARBURST Fantasy Award Best Actor, Johnny Vivash) and the wild home invasion film Becky.

The full line-up:

Saturday, May 7th

10pm – She Never Died (2019)

Saturday, May 14th

9pm – Becky (2020)

10.55pm – Book of Monsters (2018)

Saturday, May 21st

9pm – The Changling (1980) (channel premiere)

Saturday, May 28th

10.50pm – Bloodline (2018)

Sunday, May 29th

3pm – Dr Who and the Daleks (1965) (channel premiere)

4.40pm – Daleks’ Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. (1966) (channel premiere)

For more information, head over to http://www.horrorchannel.co.uk

Tune in on Sky 317, Virgin 149, Freeview 69, Freesat 138.

ORPHAN BLACK Spinoff ECHOES Gets Greenlit

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The Clone Club is back! AMC Networks have greenlit an Orphan Black spinoff series, titled Echoes. 

The original series, which ran for five seasons between 2013 and 2017, starred Tatiana Maslany in an impressive number of different roles (and the associated wigs); Orphan Black centred on Sarah Manning (Maslany), who discovers she is one of several genetically identical human clones, raising fascinating questions about the moral and ethical implications of human cloning and its effects on personal identity.

Tatiana Maslany as various characters in season five of Orphan Black

Echoes will be set in the near future and takes a deeper dive into the exploration of the scientific manipulation of human existence, said the network. It follows a group of women as they weave their way into each other’s lives and embark on a thrilling journey, unravelling the mystery of their identity and uncovering a wrenching story of love and betrayal.

Pieces of Her filmmaker Anna Fishko will serve as showrunner and executive producer alongside John Fawcett, the co-creator and director of the original Orphan Black. The first season will comprise of ten episodes, and is due to premiere in 2023.

 

SHERLOCK HOLMES Spinoff Series In The Works From Robert Downey Jr.

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A Sherlock Holmes series is being eyed by HBO Max , which would be produced by Robert Downey Jr.

Deadline reports that the streamer and Warner Bros. are looking to build a Sherlock film-TV universe akin to the current Suicide Squad and The Batman ‘verses, which both exist across blockbusters and television series.

Two potential spinoff series from the Guy Ritchie-directed, Downey Jr. and Jude Law-starring film franchise are currently in the works. Word has it that these spinoffs would revolve around characters that have not yet been introduced in the films… However, a third instalment of the feature franchise (which was originally slated for a December 2020 release but has no new release date) would serve to introduce the aforementioned characters. Long story short, whether the series get made depends on the fate of that third film.

While filming hasn’t begun on this third movie, both Downey Jr. and director Dexter Fletcher (who takes over from Ritchie) have publicly reaffirmed their commitment to getting the feature made. We may yet see Iron Man in Victorian garb again.

 

 

 

EVE STRANGER Comics Being Adapted by BBC Studios

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BBC Studios has optioned the Eve Stranger comic book series and is adapting it into a television show, Deadline reports. The series is currently in development.

Veronica Gleeson is set to write the series about Eve, an “amnesiac for hire” with unlimited funds, a jet-set lifestyle and extraordinary abilities. Eve wakes up in a hotel room having forgotten who she is and how she got there. Beside her is a teddy bear, credit card, briefcase full of cash, a used syringe, and a letter in her handwriting detailing her next assignment. She’s living week by week, undertaking various, seemingly impossible jobs on behalf of a mysterious benefactor. Her blood carries nanobombs, and the contents of the syringe are the closest thing she has to a cure – it deactivates them for one week, but it also wipes her memory.

Per the comic book’s description, Eve Stranger wakes up each Friday morning “with a clean slate and a new job, from black ops action/adventure hero to personal shopper, scuba treasure hunter to space station saboteur.”

Being Human (the British/superior version) exec Matthew Bouch is producing the series, and described the comics as a “mind-bending journey, a wild mix of complex characters and comic book verve taking us on an action-adventure ride that dazzles even as it deepens in psychological richness.”

The comics were created by writer David Barnett, with illustrations by Philip Bond, and were released as a miniseries in 2019.

Kid Cudi Boards John Woo Action Thriller SILENT NIGHT

American rapper and artist Kid Cudi – who is credited as Scott Mescudi in his acting roles – has been tapped to star in the John Woo action thriller Silent Night. He joins a cast that includes The Suicide Squad‘s Joel Kinnaman.

The film follows Godlock (Kinnaman), a father on a mission to avenge his young son, after he was tragically caught in the crossfire of gang violence on Christmas Eve. Shot and almost killed while in pursuit of the murderers, Godlock vows to avenge his son by any means necessary. Mescudi plays a detective named Dennis Vassel.

Though that might sound like your pretty run-of-the-mill revenge thriller, Woo’s latest is said not to contain a single word of dialogue. Silent Night indeed. This marks the legendary Chinese filmmaker’s first Hollywood project since 2003’s Paycheck, though he is well known amongst Western audiences for directing the iconic Face/Off and Mission Impossible II. It’s also worth stating that Woo’s thriller bears no relation to last year’s Silent Night starring Keira Knightley, nor to the 2020 crime thriller of the same name.

Robert Lynn penned the screenplay, with the cast also including Harold Torres as the gang leader Playa, and Catalina Sandino Moreno as Godlock’s wife Saya. Silent Night is currently filming in Mexico City.

Mescudi was most recently seen in Ti West’s horror X and in the Oscar-nominated Don’t Look Up. He is set to write, star in, and make his directorial debut with Teddy – a Netflix comedy with Jay-Z and Jeymes Samuels (The Harder They Fall) attached to produce.

 

STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORDS Drops New Trailer

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Ahead of its debut on May 5th, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds dropped a brand new trailer.

The preview gives fans a glimpse at the upcoming adventures of Captain Christopher Pike (Anson Mount) and the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise as they journey to the far reaches of space. Strange New Worlds also stars Rebecca Romijn as the ship’s first officer, Una Chin-Riley, and Ethan Peck as Spock. Paul Wesley was also recently cast in the role of James T. Kirk for the series’ second season.

The Paramount+ series also stars Jess Bush as Nurse Christine Chapel, Christina Chong as La’an Noonien-Singh, Celia Rose Gooding as Cadet Nyota Uhura, Melissa Navia as Lt. Erica Ortegas, and Babs Olusanmokun as Dr. M’Benga.

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds premieres May 5th on Paramount+, with the first season comprising ten episodes.