While it would’ve taken a flop of monumental proportions to stop the follow-up to Andy Muschietti’s IT from happening, said sequel has now been given an official release date.

Seemingly titled simply IT: Part 2 at this stage, the second part of Muschietti’s Stephen King adaptation will hit the silver screen on September 6th, 2019. Much like Muschietti will be back to direct, IT’s Gary Dauberman will be back to pen the screenplay.

For those unfamiliar with King’s source material or the 1990 two-part TV effort, the second part of IT will focus on the Losers Club as adults in the present day. Heading back to Derry, the group have to come together again to vanquish the threat of Pennywise once and for all.

At this stage, the adult Losers Club have yet to be cast, but expect a whole lot more on IT as we get it.

Eli Roth’s upcoming The House With a Clock in its Walls has brought in a new addition that will have genre fans grinning from ear to ear. Yes, as the title suggests, none other than Kyle MacLachlan has joined the film.

As per Deadline, the Twin Peaks favourite has been brought in to join Jack Black and Cate Blanchett in Roth’s adaptation of John Bellairs and Edward Gorey’s famed 1973 horror tale. In the movie, MacLachlan will play Isaac Izard, the creepy original owner of the titular house.

Roth is on directing duties here, with Eric Kripke penning the screenplay based on the original novel. The basic premise centres on a 10-year-old orphan who finds a whole world of hidden passageways, magic and, of course, danger in his uncle’s house.

As ever, expect more on The House With a Clock in its Walls as it continues to develop.

While David Gordon Green and Danny McBride are currently working away on their new Halloween movie, John Carpenter’s original 1978 classic is heading back to select cinemas this Halloween.

This October, the restored and remastered release of this iconic horror effort will be heading to the big screen alongside an exclusive interview and retrospective from the legendary Carpenter himself. For those well versed in Haddonfield and ‘the night that he came home’, this restored and remastered effort is indeed the same as-crisp-as-an-Autumnal-leaf restoration that was overseen by original cinematographer Dead Cundey and featured on the 35th anniversary edition release of the film back in 2013.

On this special return for the Shape and his original cinematic outing, the official word reads: Introducing the film, this special bonus explores the history of the film and the indelible influence Halloween has had on not only the horror genre, but the entire film industry. Carpenter explains why the film is meant for the big screen, the influences that inspire his filmmaking and how Halloween became the highest grossing independent film of all time.

At present, showings of Halloween are set to take place in the US, UK, Ireland, Canada, Australia and Germany throughout October and even in to November. For a full listing of just which cinemas are screening this all-time classic, visit Specticast – and the good news is that if there’s not a showing in your area, you can request one and Specticast will get in touch with your local cinema.

In another shake up for the DC Extended Universe, it now appears as if Jesse Eisenberg’s Lex Luthor has been completely cut from this November’s Justice League.

Eisenberg, of course, played Lex in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice; a portrayal that got a largely negative response from both fans and critics alike. Instead of drawing up images of the classical depiction of Superman’s greatest nemesis, BvS ended up giving us a Luthor who was like an overenthusiastic child who’d dosed up on one too many Skittles. In fairness to Warner Brothers, casting Eisenberg as Lex was a bold move, albeit a risky one, that they, at least in some ways, should have been applauded for making. Yes, the casting was totally out of left field and had us all scratching our heads, but so too did the news that A Knight’s Tale and Brokeback Mountain’s Heath Ledger had signed on to play The Dark Knight’s Joker or, to go even further back, that Mr. Mom’s Michael Keaton had somehow bafflingly landed the role of the Caped Crusader in Tim Burton’s Batman. Regardless, while Eisenberg being cast as Luthor was certainly a daring move, unfortunately it ended up being pretty much a total dud. And now, with Joss Whedon having taken over Justice League, it seems that Lex is taking a back seat for that upcoming ensemble effort.

Initially, Eisenberg’s Luthor was pegged to return for Justice League, with most reports stating that he had actually shot several scenes for the film. Given how Steppenwolf is to be the ‘big bad’ of this picture – the same Steppenwolf who a Batman v Superman deleted scene saw Luthor engaging with – it seemed as if Lex would be there to tie things together and watch the action unravel. According to the usually reliable Batman-News, though, the latest cut of Justice League doesn’t feature Luthor.

Many will see this as a positive movie for the most part, and it again looks like it could well be a case of Whedon stamping his own identity on the picture. After Zack Snyder stepped away from Justice League earlier this year to deal with the tragic death of his daughter, Whedon was put in charge of some fairly hefty additional shoots and reshoots. Some of these were done to alter the tone of the film a tad, some were reportedly done to tweak the character of Ray Fisher’s Cyborg (you’ll always be a Titan to us, Vic!), and now it appears that these changes have ultimately led to Luthor being left on the cutting room floor.

Of course, the more control and say Joss Whedon has on anything within the genre community is largely seen as a plus, and this wouldn’t be the first time he’s made some similar changes to a huge superhero effort – with him previously cutting William Hurt’s General Ross from Avengers Assemble. Given how well thought of Whedon is, it should be interesting to see how Justice League turns out. It would seem harsh to judge him too much on this film due to how he took over what many had already labelled a sinking ship, but you can’t not think that his involvement can’t help but to make anything better. Similarly, for better or for worse, plenty of Justice League credit needs to go to Zack Snyder after he put so much work in to the film over the past few years.

Ultimately, we’ll all have to see how things play out when Justice League is released across the globe from November 15th (November 17th, for us Brits), but don’t be expecting Jesse Eisenberg’s Lex Luthor to be present when this coming together of some of DC’s greatest heroes lands on the silver screen.

With M. Night Shyamalan now working away on Glass – his Unbreakable and Split sequel – the film has moved to bring in two familiar faces.

As per The Hollywood Reporter, both Spencer Treat Clark and Charlayne Woodard have joined the follow-up to reprise their Unbreakable roles. In that 2000 movie, Clark played the son of Bruce Willis’ David Dunn, while Woodard was the mother of Samuel L. Jackson’s Elijah Price. The pair join a cast that currently features Willis, Jackson, James McAvoy, Anya Taylor-Joy and Sarah Paulson.

Glass will look to pick up the action following the conclusion of Split in which McAvoy’s Beast will be butting heads with Willis’ Dunn while Jackson’s Price lurks in the shadows.

At present, Glass is set for a January 18th, 2019 release.