We mustn’t dwell… no, not today, not on Rex Manning Day. Today marks the 30th anniversary of Rex Manning Day, the fictional day celebrated in the Allan Moyle disaffected teen comedy Empire Records. Rex Manning Day is celebrated to honor the memory and legacy of Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain, who on April 8th was found dead in his Seattle mansion on Lake Washington Boulevard from a self-inflicted gunshot wound after dying on April 5, 1994.
Directed by Allan Moyle, Empire Records takes place over twenty-four hours in the lives of the young employees at Empire Records when they all grow up and become young adults, thanks to each other and the manager. Dripping with attitude, pining, and real-life drama, Empire Records taps into the struggles of a generation by exploring social pressure, the importance of found family, and the power of music as a healing tool. Written by Carol Heikkinen, Empire Records stars Anthony Lapaglia,...
Directed by Allan Moyle, Empire Records takes place over twenty-four hours in the lives of the young employees at Empire Records when they all grow up and become young adults, thanks to each other and the manager. Dripping with attitude, pining, and real-life drama, Empire Records taps into the struggles of a generation by exploring social pressure, the importance of found family, and the power of music as a healing tool. Written by Carol Heikkinen, Empire Records stars Anthony Lapaglia,...
- 4/8/2024
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
Exclusive: Strand Entertainment, the newly launched management/production company of industry veterans Jeff Golenberg and Jason Shapiro, has signed actress Robin Tunney.
Best known for leading roles on Fox’s Prison Break, CBS’s The Mentalist and The Fix, ABC’s legal drama co-created by famed attorney Marcia Clark, Tunney was most recently seen recurring opposite Connie Britton and Taylor Schilling on Jason Katims’ Apple TV+ drama series Dear Edward, based on Ann Napolitano’s novel of the same name.
The actress made her film debut opposite Brendan Fraser in 1992’s Encino Man and quickly rose to prominence with roles in cult classics like Empire Records, The Craft and Niagara, Niagara, for which she was nominated for Gotham and Independent Spirit Awards.
Most recently appearing on the film side in Jeff Baena’s film Horsegirl starring Allison Brie, Tunney continues to be repped by Gersh.
Golenberg and Shapiro earlier today...
Best known for leading roles on Fox’s Prison Break, CBS’s The Mentalist and The Fix, ABC’s legal drama co-created by famed attorney Marcia Clark, Tunney was most recently seen recurring opposite Connie Britton and Taylor Schilling on Jason Katims’ Apple TV+ drama series Dear Edward, based on Ann Napolitano’s novel of the same name.
The actress made her film debut opposite Brendan Fraser in 1992’s Encino Man and quickly rose to prominence with roles in cult classics like Empire Records, The Craft and Niagara, Niagara, for which she was nominated for Gotham and Independent Spirit Awards.
Most recently appearing on the film side in Jeff Baena’s film Horsegirl starring Allison Brie, Tunney continues to be repped by Gersh.
Golenberg and Shapiro earlier today...
- 3/8/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Will Trent joins the list of greatest TV detectives with his great back story and complex crimes. Based on a novel series of the same name by Karin Slaughter, the series follows the titular Gbi Special Agent as he solves some very dark and disturbing crimes but being dyslexic makes that a bit hard. Will Trent has a very troubled past which still haunts him to this day. Will Trent stars Ramon Rodriguez in the titular role with Erika Christensen, Jake McLaughlin, Sonja Sohn, and Iantha Richardson starring in supporting roles. So, if you loved Will Trent here are some similar shows you could watch after finishing the series.
The Mentalist (Max & Prime Video Add-On) Credit – CBS
One of the best procedurals ever made which also had a highly intelligent protagonist like Will Trent is The Mentalist. Created by Bruno Heller, the CBS series follows the story of Patrick Jane,...
The Mentalist (Max & Prime Video Add-On) Credit – CBS
One of the best procedurals ever made which also had a highly intelligent protagonist like Will Trent is The Mentalist. Created by Bruno Heller, the CBS series follows the story of Patrick Jane,...
- 2/28/2024
- by Kulwant Singh
- Cinema Blind
“Prison Break” is getting another sentence, as a new series set in the world of the beloved Fox drama is being developed by Hulu, Variety has confirmed.
“Mayans M.C.” co-creator and showrunner Elgin James is writing the show, which is in early stages of development, via his Sierra Drive banner. The new installment, via 20th Television, is not expected to feature the characters at the center of the original jailhouse drama, Michael Scofield (played by Wentworth Miller) and Lincoln Burrows (Dominic Purcell).
James executive produces alongside Dawn Olmstead, “Prison Break” creator Paul Scheuring, Marty Adelstein and Neal Moritz. In addition to the “Sons of Anarchy” spinoff “Mayans,” James also co-created with Stephen Merchant the Amazon Studios/BBC One series “The Outlaws,” starring Christopher Walken.
“Prison Break” ran for five seasons on Fox and spawned a TV movie, “The Final Break,” and a low-budget spinoff, “Prison Break: Proof of Innocence,” which...
“Mayans M.C.” co-creator and showrunner Elgin James is writing the show, which is in early stages of development, via his Sierra Drive banner. The new installment, via 20th Television, is not expected to feature the characters at the center of the original jailhouse drama, Michael Scofield (played by Wentworth Miller) and Lincoln Burrows (Dominic Purcell).
James executive produces alongside Dawn Olmstead, “Prison Break” creator Paul Scheuring, Marty Adelstein and Neal Moritz. In addition to the “Sons of Anarchy” spinoff “Mayans,” James also co-created with Stephen Merchant the Amazon Studios/BBC One series “The Outlaws,” starring Christopher Walken.
“Prison Break” ran for five seasons on Fox and spawned a TV movie, “The Final Break,” and a low-budget spinoff, “Prison Break: Proof of Innocence,” which...
- 11/2/2023
- by Ethan Shanfeld
- Variety Film + TV
Clockwise from top left: The Craft (Columbia Pictures), Malignant (Warner Bros. Pictures), Enys Men (British Film Institute), How To Blow Up A Pipeline (Neon)Photo: The A.V. Club
It’s the last full month of summer and Hulu is here to help you escape the heat with some refreshing new titles and genre favorites.
It’s the last full month of summer and Hulu is here to help you escape the heat with some refreshing new titles and genre favorites.
- 7/31/2023
- by Robert DeSalvo
- avclub.com
Clockwise from top left: Dune (Universal Pictures), Terminator 2: Judgment Day (Tri-Star Pictures), The Ring (DreamWorks Pictures), Spider-Man 2 (Sony Pictures)Image: The A.V. Club
June marks a big moment for Netflix: it’s the first full month with the streaming platform’s new draconian rules on password sharing...
June marks a big moment for Netflix: it’s the first full month with the streaming platform’s new draconian rules on password sharing...
- 5/29/2023
- by Robert DeSalvo
- avclub.com
In a world that often celebrates the conventional and the mainstream, there’s something to be said for those who don’t quite fit in. Those of us who feel like outsiders can find solace in the weirder corners of pop culture, where the misfits and rejects are given a chance to shine. And when it comes to horror movies, there’s a whole slew of films where the weirdo reigns supremed. Here are 10 horror movies for outcasts and rebels – for all the weirdos who want something a little different from their scares.
1. The Craft (1996)
This teen horror classic is all about the power of outsiders. When new girl Sarah (Robin Tunney) joins a Catholic high school in Los Angeles, she falls in with a trio of misfit girls who practice witchcraft. As they explore their newfound abilities, they begin to attract attention from other students, and soon things spiral out of control.
1. The Craft (1996)
This teen horror classic is all about the power of outsiders. When new girl Sarah (Robin Tunney) joins a Catholic high school in Los Angeles, she falls in with a trio of misfit girls who practice witchcraft. As they explore their newfound abilities, they begin to attract attention from other students, and soon things spiral out of control.
- 5/3/2023
- by Kimberley Elizabeth
This episode of The Black Sheep was Written, Narrated, and Edited by Lance Vlcek, Produced by Lance Vlcek and John Fallon, and Executive Produced by Berge Garabedian.
I’ll always have a soft spot for the horror of the late ’90s. It wasn’t the best of the decade, but it does contain that silly and ambitious mix of dark edginess and psychological tension. Coming somewhat from the boom of the ’90s type of thriller, the religious horror resurgence came out of changing tastes. And though it didn’t all work out, there was a style and tone that I’ll always love. So what happens when an action superstar tries to grow while the genre around him changes into a different beast? You get the ridiculous but damn fun End of Days (watch it Here) on this episode of The Black Sheep.
Context of the time is crucial for...
I’ll always have a soft spot for the horror of the late ’90s. It wasn’t the best of the decade, but it does contain that silly and ambitious mix of dark edginess and psychological tension. Coming somewhat from the boom of the ’90s type of thriller, the religious horror resurgence came out of changing tastes. And though it didn’t all work out, there was a style and tone that I’ll always love. So what happens when an action superstar tries to grow while the genre around him changes into a different beast? You get the ridiculous but damn fun End of Days (watch it Here) on this episode of The Black Sheep.
Context of the time is crucial for...
- 3/30/2023
- by Lance Vlcek
- JoBlo.com
Thanks to nearly 100 episodes of “Nashville” and five seasons of “Friday Night Lights,” Connie Britton is often associated with the South. Few fans of ABC’s country-music drama will forget her crooning duet, “No One Will Ever Love You,” and fewer still will forget the fierce yet loving twang Tami Taylor put on every piece of advice she gave all those Texan school kids. When she was growing up, Britton did live in Virginia, which she’s said makes it easy for her to slip into the accent whenever she hears it. But she was born in Boston, Mass., lived in Maryland before moving one state down, and traveled back north when she went to Dartmouth College.
This truncated biographical travelogue is simply meant to prepare you, dear readers, for Britton’s work in “Dear Edward,” an Apple TV+ ensemble drama from “Friday Night Lights” and “Parenthood” showrunner Jason Katims.
This truncated biographical travelogue is simply meant to prepare you, dear readers, for Britton’s work in “Dear Edward,” an Apple TV+ ensemble drama from “Friday Night Lights” and “Parenthood” showrunner Jason Katims.
- 2/3/2023
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
Jason Katims’ adaptation of Ann Napolitano’s Dear Edward isn’t a wink-and-nudge kind of show, but in a late-season episode, a pair of characters are doing what amounts to a debriefing on the drama’s myriad plotlines and one of them realizes that two of the ongoing stories have been very, very similar.
“Oh, well that … echoes,” says the character who spent the season less involved in the various main arcs.
It’s hard to tell if the partially tongue-in-cheek acknowledgment represents self-awareness on the part of Katims and company that Dear Edward relies heavily on narrative repetition, or if he genuinely wasn’t sure that viewers would be clever enough to make the very obvious connections on their own. Either way, it isn’t exactly accurate. If you go to the Grand Canyon and you shout something and somebody 10 feet away from you shouts the same thing back at you,...
“Oh, well that … echoes,” says the character who spent the season less involved in the various main arcs.
It’s hard to tell if the partially tongue-in-cheek acknowledgment represents self-awareness on the part of Katims and company that Dear Edward relies heavily on narrative repetition, or if he genuinely wasn’t sure that viewers would be clever enough to make the very obvious connections on their own. Either way, it isn’t exactly accurate. If you go to the Grand Canyon and you shout something and somebody 10 feet away from you shouts the same thing back at you,...
- 2/1/2023
- by Daniel Fienberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
After years toiling in obscurity, two beloved icons, Brendan Fraser and Ke Huy Quan, launched major comebacks this year with The Whale and Everything Everywhere All At Once. In light of their recent Oscar nominations, we thought it would be fun to brainstorm a list of other stars we think are overdue for a comeback.
Tia Carrere Photo courtesy of Emilie Black
While technically, she’s been around without a break in her career, her parts over the last decade and more have been mostly voice work and guest appearances on television shows and in lower budget movies. Her work is always stellar and her presence online during the pandemic was a breath of fresh air. Her Aloha Friday live posts were something that kept many in a positive mood. Anyone who has met her will most likely say the same thing, she’s a joy to meet and absolutely fantastic.
Tia Carrere Photo courtesy of Emilie Black
While technically, she’s been around without a break in her career, her parts over the last decade and more have been mostly voice work and guest appearances on television shows and in lower budget movies. Her work is always stellar and her presence online during the pandemic was a breath of fresh air. Her Aloha Friday live posts were something that kept many in a positive mood. Anyone who has met her will most likely say the same thing, she’s a joy to meet and absolutely fantastic.
- 1/29/2023
- by Emilie Black
- JoBlo.com
"Empire Records" is a movie that not a ton of people saw, but many of us who came up in the late '90s/early aughts remember the 1995 film quite fondly. The movie was directed by Allan Moyle (who will always be my hero for giving us "Pump Up the Volume") from a screenplay by Carol Heikkinen. It centers on a day -- Rex Manning Day! -- in the life of a ragtag group of record store employees as they try to stop their shop, Empire Records, from becoming just another Music Town.
I worked at an independent music store in the early 2000s, one that was doomed to eventually be sold to a large chain. I have clear memories of all of us saying, "Damn the man. Save the Empire!" on more than one occasion. Sadly, there was no saving CD World and we were all soon out of...
I worked at an independent music store in the early 2000s, one that was doomed to eventually be sold to a large chain. I have clear memories of all of us saying, "Damn the man. Save the Empire!" on more than one occasion. Sadly, there was no saving CD World and we were all soon out of...
- 1/29/2023
- by Jamie Gerber
- Slash Film
“Harry Potter” actor Miriam Margolyes revealed on the “I’ve Got News For You” podcast that she disliked working with Arnold Schwarzenegger on the 1999 supernatural action movie “End of Days.” Schwarzenegger allegedly farted on Margolyes’ face in between filming takes. Margolyes said Schwarzenegger “deliberately” did it and she still hasn’t forgiven him.
“He’s a bit too full of himself and I don’t care for him at all. He’s a Republican, which I don’t like,” Margolyes said of Schwarzenegger. “He was actually quite rude. He farted in my face. Now, I fart, of course, I do — but I don’t fart in people’s faces. He did it deliberately, right in my face.”
“I was playing Satan’s sister and he was killing me, so he had me in a position where I couldn’t escape and lying on the floor. And he just farted,” Margolyes continued.
“He’s a bit too full of himself and I don’t care for him at all. He’s a Republican, which I don’t like,” Margolyes said of Schwarzenegger. “He was actually quite rude. He farted in my face. Now, I fart, of course, I do — but I don’t fart in people’s faces. He did it deliberately, right in my face.”
“I was playing Satan’s sister and he was killing me, so he had me in a position where I couldn’t escape and lying on the floor. And he just farted,” Margolyes continued.
- 7/19/2022
- by Zack Sharf
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Angelo Pizzo, the screenwriter behind such titles as Hoosiers and Rudy, is looking to complete a trifecta of iconic sports films with an upcoming title centered on automotive entrepreneur Carl Graham Fisher and the inaugural 1911 running of the Indianapolis 500, which Justin Escue will direct for Above The Line Productions, Diverse Media Group, T-Minus Productions and his company, My First Bike Productions.
This year’s Indy 500 is scheduled to take place this Sunday, May 29. The race sits alongside the Monaco Grand Prix and the 24 Hour of Le Mans as part of the Triple Crown of Motorsport—maintaining a reputation as one of the world’s most prestigious motorsport events.
Fisher, the protagonist of the as-yet-untitled feature, is an enigmatic, and until now mostly forgotten, true American anti-hero, responsible for not only the greatest spectacle in racing, but the building and creation of Miami Beach, Montauk Island, America’s first highways and byways,...
This year’s Indy 500 is scheduled to take place this Sunday, May 29. The race sits alongside the Monaco Grand Prix and the 24 Hour of Le Mans as part of the Triple Crown of Motorsport—maintaining a reputation as one of the world’s most prestigious motorsport events.
Fisher, the protagonist of the as-yet-untitled feature, is an enigmatic, and until now mostly forgotten, true American anti-hero, responsible for not only the greatest spectacle in racing, but the building and creation of Miami Beach, Montauk Island, America’s first highways and byways,...
- 5/26/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Hello, dear readers! This week’s batch of horror and sci-fi home media releases has a lot of fun offerings, both new and old. If you’re looking to catch up on some recent genre entertainment, there are plenty of options headed to both Blu-ray and DVD this Tuesday, including Wyrmwood: Apocalypse, Death Valley, Kicking Blood, and Slasher: Flesh and Bone. Scream Factory is also giving both The Craft and Escape From New York the 4K treatment this week, and if you’re looking for some cult titles, both Girls Nite Out and Without Warning are headed to Blu-ray on May 17th as well.
The Craft: Collector’s Edition 4K
Sarah has always been different. So as the newcomer at St. Benedict's Academy, she immediately falls in with high school outsiders. But there's something different about her new friends, and it's not just that they won't settle for being a group of powerless misfits.
The Craft: Collector’s Edition 4K
Sarah has always been different. So as the newcomer at St. Benedict's Academy, she immediately falls in with high school outsiders. But there's something different about her new friends, and it's not just that they won't settle for being a group of powerless misfits.
- 5/16/2022
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
"We mustn't dwell. No, not today. We can't. Not on Rex Manning day!"
From the lens of 2022, it seems impossible that "Empire Records" wasn't one of the biggest films of 1995. With a cast of favorites like Anthony Lapaglia, Debi Mazar, Rory Cochrane, Johnny Whitworth, Robin Tunney, Ethan Embry, Liv Tyler, and future Academy Award-winner Renée Zellweger, "Empire Records" is the inspiring tale of a group of record store employees who try to stop their sanctuary from being sold to a large corporate chain. The plan to "Damn the man, save the Empire" coincides with a huge promotional event, Rex Manning...
The post Casting Maxwell Caulfield as Rex Manning Was a Meta Stroke of Genius appeared first on /Film.
From the lens of 2022, it seems impossible that "Empire Records" wasn't one of the biggest films of 1995. With a cast of favorites like Anthony Lapaglia, Debi Mazar, Rory Cochrane, Johnny Whitworth, Robin Tunney, Ethan Embry, Liv Tyler, and future Academy Award-winner Renée Zellweger, "Empire Records" is the inspiring tale of a group of record store employees who try to stop their sanctuary from being sold to a large corporate chain. The plan to "Damn the man, save the Empire" coincides with a huge promotional event, Rex Manning...
The post Casting Maxwell Caulfield as Rex Manning Was a Meta Stroke of Genius appeared first on /Film.
- 4/8/2022
- by BJ Colangelo
- Slash Film
Rachel True, one of the stars of the teenage witch movie and 1996 cult classic “The Craft,” has landed the lead role in new supernatural thriller, “The Last Call.”
Variety has learned exclusively that True will be starring in the upcoming feature, alongside Academy Award nominee Bruce Davison and Emmy winner Keith David. The film begins shooting on Aug. 9 in Morristown, N.J., with planned shoots also in Los Angeles, Calif.
“The Last Call” follows Dr. Amara Rowen, a documentary filmmaker who, after what appears to be a cult mass suicide, is contacted by the group’s survivors. As she begins to learn the truth of the cult’s founder and its abilities, she and the surviving members are being hunted and killed, which could lead to a changing reality.
Playing Dr. Rowen, True was best known for her role as Rochelle Zimmerman in the 1996 horror film “The Craft,” which co-starred Fairuza Balk,...
Variety has learned exclusively that True will be starring in the upcoming feature, alongside Academy Award nominee Bruce Davison and Emmy winner Keith David. The film begins shooting on Aug. 9 in Morristown, N.J., with planned shoots also in Los Angeles, Calif.
“The Last Call” follows Dr. Amara Rowen, a documentary filmmaker who, after what appears to be a cult mass suicide, is contacted by the group’s survivors. As she begins to learn the truth of the cult’s founder and its abilities, she and the surviving members are being hunted and killed, which could lead to a changing reality.
Playing Dr. Rowen, True was best known for her role as Rochelle Zimmerman in the 1996 horror film “The Craft,” which co-starred Fairuza Balk,...
- 8/2/2021
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Welcome to this week’s Nxt UK review, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we have…what the… Mahgoogy: Hi there gang! I’m Mahgoogy! Hahahahaaaaaa!!!! Me: What the f—k is a Mahgoogy? Mahgoogy: Shut the f—king mouth! Hahahahaaaaaaaa!!!!! Mahgoogy is your friend! Mahgoogy brings you love! Hahahahaaaaaaaa!!!!! Me: Why is your hand rubbing your ass? Mahgoogy: I am the f—king God! Hahahahaaaaaaaaa!!!!! Me: I don’t get this character. Why am I writing this character? Mahgoogy: Jennifer Connelly played a girl who was naked when she was 11 in Once Upon A Time In America. Me: Wha…why the f—k would you say that?! Mahgoogy: The Gerbil Prince facilitates the Robin Tunney fan club. Me: What? Mahgoogy: It’s geesent! Me: What the f—k is a geesent?! Mahgoogy: Mr. Gnygguh pulls the trygguh! Me: Nope. F—k this. Mahgoogy: I…ah! (laser...
- 5/10/2021
- by Nathan Favel
- Nerdly
“We Are The Weirdos, Mister.” A phrase you’ll find printed over t-shirts, pin badges, mugs, earrings, tote bags, necklaces, and more all over the internet. It’s the most iconic line from The Craft, a film released 25 years ago that still has a rabid following today. For anyone unfamiliar with The Craft, it’s a line spoken by Fairuza Balk’s Nancy, an inferno in black lippy and sunglasses, the de facto leader of a homemade coven made up of outsiders who have taken the raw deal the world has given them and rejected it by learning to harness the power of nature. This line is everything. We are no longer going to be victims, it says. We will no longer be afraid. We reclaim our space, our power. That we are four teenaged girls will no longer mean we have to watch out for ‘weirdos’ – because it is us who are the weirdos.
- 5/3/2021
- by Rosie Fletcher
- Den of Geek
25 years later, they're still the weirdos, mister. Released on May 3, 1996, no one was expecting The Craft to become a cult classic. Made for just $15 million, the movie about four teen witches went on to make more than $55 million at the box office and become a massive hit in the video rental realm. But more than anything, for young women at the time the real magic was watching Sarah (Robin Tunney), Nancy (Fairuza Balk), Rochelle (Rachel True) and Bonnie (Neve Campbell) call the corners, perform spells and raise a little (literal) hell. They made it cool to be a weirdo. Add in some memorable one-liners, too-cool-for-school goth fashion and an iconic villainous performance from Balk and you have...
- 5/3/2021
- E! Online
Ava DuVernay’s superhero DC drama Naomi is rounding out its cast. In his return to the CW, former 7th Heaven star Barry Watson is set as a series regular, along with Mouzam Makkar (The Fix), Mary-Charles Jones (Kevin Can Wait), Aidan Gemme (Finding Neverland) and Daniel Puig (The System). Additionally, Amanda Marsalis has been tapped to direct and co-executive produce the pilot, from DuVernay’s Array Filmworks and Warner Bros. Television.
They join previously announced Kaci Walfall as Naomi, along with Alexander Wraith, Cranston Johnson and newcomer Camila Moreno.
Naomi, the network’s latest DC adaptation, comes from DuVernay and Arrow writer and co-exec producer Jill Blankenship. Based on the eponymous comic book series that debuted in 2019, co-written by Brian Michael Bendis and David F. Walker and illustrated by breakout artist Jamal Campbell, the show follows a teen girl’s journey from her small northwestern town...
They join previously announced Kaci Walfall as Naomi, along with Alexander Wraith, Cranston Johnson and newcomer Camila Moreno.
Naomi, the network’s latest DC adaptation, comes from DuVernay and Arrow writer and co-exec producer Jill Blankenship. Based on the eponymous comic book series that debuted in 2019, co-written by Brian Michael Bendis and David F. Walker and illustrated by breakout artist Jamal Campbell, the show follows a teen girl’s journey from her small northwestern town...
- 3/31/2021
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
It’s a common misconception that women are only in horror films to scream. Not so – the genre has put women front and centre for decades, showing men a trick or two about conquering evil. In the terrifying new online seance chiller Host, a group of female friends are left to deal with a malevolent spirit, while the sole male cast member runs shrieking into the night. Here’s a collection of some of the best fright flicks featuring fantastic female ensemble casts. Ladies, your time is now!
We Summon The Darkness (2019)
Alexandra Daddario stars in this rollicking Satanic panic horror thriller, about a trio of female heavy metal fans who, during an after party in a secluded mansion, dabble in deviltry and literally raise Hell. At one point Daddario says to a man telling her to be careful, “You don’t think we can fend for ourselves?” You go girl!
We Summon The Darkness (2019)
Alexandra Daddario stars in this rollicking Satanic panic horror thriller, about a trio of female heavy metal fans who, during an after party in a secluded mansion, dabble in deviltry and literally raise Hell. At one point Daddario says to a man telling her to be careful, “You don’t think we can fend for ourselves?” You go girl!
- 11/30/2020
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Witchcraft, in all of its pop cultural representations, has always been a bit queer. Whether it’s the hallowed image of an unmarried woman and her cat, Bette Midler with her iconic fake teeth, or a coven of angsty teens bonding over dark magic rituals, it’s no surprise that LGBTQ folks have always felt drawn to stories about the supernatural. While there is nothing explicitly queer about the original “The Craft,” Andrew Fleming’s 1996 dark comedy about a group of teen witches, the film’s swift and definitive transformation into cult classic included a healthy dose of queer reclamation.
While the recently released continuation, “The Craft: Legacy,” does not lean any further in the Sapphic direction, it does include a trans girl in the coven. What’s most refreshing about the character of Lourdes, played by 17-year-old newcomer Zoey Luna, is that she’s just one of the witches.
While the recently released continuation, “The Craft: Legacy,” does not lean any further in the Sapphic direction, it does include a trans girl in the coven. What’s most refreshing about the character of Lourdes, played by 17-year-old newcomer Zoey Luna, is that she’s just one of the witches.
- 11/3/2020
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
If you grew up in the Nineties, you were blessed with a steady supply of witch’s brew. Between movies like Hocus Pocus, Practical Magic, Eve’s Bayou, and The Witches — and in TV shows like Charmed, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Sabrina the Teenage Witch — outsider females with supernatural powers were ubiquitous.
But the movie that best defined the era’s seasons of the witch was The Craft. Released in 1996, the cult classic centers on a trio of teens (Fairuza Balk, Neve Campbell, and Rachel True) who bring the new...
But the movie that best defined the era’s seasons of the witch was The Craft. Released in 1996, the cult classic centers on a trio of teens (Fairuza Balk, Neve Campbell, and Rachel True) who bring the new...
- 11/2/2020
- by Jenna Scherer
- Rollingstone.com
Editor’s note: The following article contains major spoilers for the end of “The Craft: Legacy.”
For eagle-eyed viewers, the first trailer for Zoe Lister-Jones’ “The Craft: Legacy” packed one hell of a callback to the original 1996 film: a shot of star Fairuza Balk in character as Nancy Downs, the embattled leader of the teen coven that Andrew Fleming’s cult classic followed. While Nancy’s fate in “The Craft” wasn’t at all a happy one — she’s remanded to a psychiatric ward, her powers stripped after a “binding” by Robin Tunney’s Sarah Bailey — Lister-Jones’ film offers a new future for Nancy that could set the stage for a continuing franchise.
Set 25 years after the original, Lister-Jones’ film initially replicates the basic plot that kicked off Fleming’s film, following witch-in-the-making Lily (Cailee Spaeny) and her mother Helen (Michelle Monaghan) as they move in with her mom’s...
For eagle-eyed viewers, the first trailer for Zoe Lister-Jones’ “The Craft: Legacy” packed one hell of a callback to the original 1996 film: a shot of star Fairuza Balk in character as Nancy Downs, the embattled leader of the teen coven that Andrew Fleming’s cult classic followed. While Nancy’s fate in “The Craft” wasn’t at all a happy one — she’s remanded to a psychiatric ward, her powers stripped after a “binding” by Robin Tunney’s Sarah Bailey — Lister-Jones’ film offers a new future for Nancy that could set the stage for a continuing franchise.
Set 25 years after the original, Lister-Jones’ film initially replicates the basic plot that kicked off Fleming’s film, following witch-in-the-making Lily (Cailee Spaeny) and her mother Helen (Michelle Monaghan) as they move in with her mom’s...
- 10/31/2020
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
If you were hoping that The Craft: Legacy would include a reunion with the first film's coven, we're sorry to disappoint you right off the bat. While the sequel does pay homage to its predecessor in a few ways, we don't get to see or hear anything about the iconic '90s cast, which included Neve Campbell, Robin Tunney, and Rachel True. But the new generation of witches, played by Cailee Spaeny, Lovie Simone, Gideon Adlon, and Zoey Luna, take the reins as our new coven with an enthusiasm that's reminiscent of the first foursome. It isn't until the last half of the film that we start getting hints that there's more to the story behind Cailee's (Lily) power and the final moments of Legacy tie the two installments together.
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After the witches'...
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After the witches'...
- 10/30/2020
- by Mekishana Pierre
- Popsugar.com
Nearly a quarter-century has gone by since cult horror classic “The Craft” tapped into a pre-Harry Potter fascination with witches, giving teenage audiences a sense of how empowering it might feel for four young women, persecuted by date-rapey d-bags and openly racist prom queens, to invoke a little black magic in their desire to get even. That surprise hit was creaky even by 1996 standards, but its Goth-grunge attitude was hella edgy by comparison with “Clueless” and other clean-scrubbed YA offerings of the time, and one would hope that a Blumhouse follow-up made in the year 2020 might find a way to feel similarly avant-garde.
Instead, “Blumhouse’s The Craft: Legacy” comes across as “The Craft: Lite,” a watered-down, PG-13 reboot in which the outsiders are no longer treated as freaks, and their mission amounts to enlightening Neanderthal classmates and other assorted chauvinists about the risks of underestimating young women. Doing so...
Instead, “Blumhouse’s The Craft: Legacy” comes across as “The Craft: Lite,” a watered-down, PG-13 reboot in which the outsiders are no longer treated as freaks, and their mission amounts to enlightening Neanderthal classmates and other assorted chauvinists about the risks of underestimating young women. Doing so...
- 10/28/2020
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
You didn’t need to be a teenage witch — practicing or just aspiring — to vibe with Andrew Fleming’s 1996 cult classic “The Craft.” Underneath all the glamour (literally) is a film about alienation, bullying, and value in fighting back against people who want to keep you down. In short: perfect for teens, even better for teen girls. Nearly a quarter-century after Fleming’s film was released (and became a sleeper hit in the process), its magic has finally inspired
Zoe Lister-Jones’ “The Craft: Legacy” wears its affection and appreciation for the first film on its bedazzled sleeves, while making the case for the newly minted series to continue in a very different era than the one in which it was conceived. Lister-Jones’ callbacks to Fleming’s original come in a variety of forms, from winking nods to iconic lines and scenes to a firm handle on the original’s more complex emotions and interpersonal relationships.
Zoe Lister-Jones’ “The Craft: Legacy” wears its affection and appreciation for the first film on its bedazzled sleeves, while making the case for the newly minted series to continue in a very different era than the one in which it was conceived. Lister-Jones’ callbacks to Fleming’s original come in a variety of forms, from winking nods to iconic lines and scenes to a firm handle on the original’s more complex emotions and interpersonal relationships.
- 10/28/2020
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Does anyone remember how much attitude was on display in the original showing of The Craft? Well, you can bet that it’s been dialed up to 11 and had the dial snapped off soon after since this coming movie, which doesn’t look to be a remake but instead a continuation, is bound to be something that will at least try to outdo the movie that made it possible. Keeping with the idea of three wannabe witches needing a fourth, it looks as though the fourth witch is going to be a natural yet again, much as Robin Tunney’s character was,
What We Learned from The Craft Sequel Trailer...
What We Learned from The Craft Sequel Trailer...
- 10/8/2020
- by Tom
- TVovermind.com
The 1996 teen horror film “The Craft” has become a cult hit with Gen-Xers, and a new coven of teenage witches is still practicing magic and is up to no good in the first trailer for “The Craft: Legacy.”
“The Craft: Legacy” is a continuation on the original film directed and written by Zoe Lister-Jones. And Columbia Pictures and Blumhouse Productions have now set a release date for the film on October 28 just before Halloween.
The film will drop at midnight on rental services from premium video on demand for a $19.99 rental period or for $24.99 for digital purchase. “The Craft: Legacy” will also get an international theatrical release with territories finalized soon.
“There’s a lot of weirdos out here,” David Duchovny’s character says to the quartet of girls prowling the streets in the first trailer for the film. “We are the weirdos, mister,” the film’s protagonist played by Cailee Spaeny says.
“The Craft: Legacy” is a continuation on the original film directed and written by Zoe Lister-Jones. And Columbia Pictures and Blumhouse Productions have now set a release date for the film on October 28 just before Halloween.
The film will drop at midnight on rental services from premium video on demand for a $19.99 rental period or for $24.99 for digital purchase. “The Craft: Legacy” will also get an international theatrical release with territories finalized soon.
“There’s a lot of weirdos out here,” David Duchovny’s character says to the quartet of girls prowling the streets in the first trailer for the film. “We are the weirdos, mister,” the film’s protagonist played by Cailee Spaeny says.
- 9/29/2020
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
If the sound of teenage girls chanting “light as a feather, stiff as a board” sends nostalgic chills up your spine, you’ve probably got a thing for witch movies. There’s something irresistible about a cabal of girls experimenting with supernatural powers together, and of the venerated genre of teen witch movies, 1996’s “The Craft” is undoubtedly one of the best.
Genre powerhouse Jason Blum and his Blumhouse have now teamed up with writer-director Zoe Lister-Jones for a continuation of the cult classic, and the studio has just released its first official trailer. Scored to a haunting rendition of “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun,” the trailer hints at a glossier update to the original property, adding a chilling horror element that may disappoint fans of the earlier dark comedy.
Based on the 1996 film that starred Robin Tunney, Fairuza Balk, Neve Campbell, and Rachel True as teen witches who use...
Genre powerhouse Jason Blum and his Blumhouse have now teamed up with writer-director Zoe Lister-Jones for a continuation of the cult classic, and the studio has just released its first official trailer. Scored to a haunting rendition of “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun,” the trailer hints at a glossier update to the original property, adding a chilling horror element that may disappoint fans of the earlier dark comedy.
Based on the 1996 film that starred Robin Tunney, Fairuza Balk, Neve Campbell, and Rachel True as teen witches who use...
- 9/29/2020
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
It’s time to call the corners, again.
The first trailer for “The Craft” sequel conjures up new witches while resurrecting an old demon.
Directed and written by actress Zoe Lister-Jones, whose Sundance debut “Band Aid” charmed audiences in Park City, Utah, the fresh spin invokes the spirit of the original opening with the beloved “light as a feather stiff as a board” game. Despite a few other callbacks ( including “we are the weirdos”), the new film, “The Craft: Legacy,” appears to take place where the 1996 original left off. Cailee Spaeny stars as Hannah, who is forced to move and change schools when her mother (Michelle Monaghan) remarries. She gains three new brothers along with a new dad (David Duchovny). Hannah’s presence at the new school awakens the local teenage coven that realizes they’ve found their fourth.
But it’s not all bedknobs and broomsticks for the teen witches.
The first trailer for “The Craft” sequel conjures up new witches while resurrecting an old demon.
Directed and written by actress Zoe Lister-Jones, whose Sundance debut “Band Aid” charmed audiences in Park City, Utah, the fresh spin invokes the spirit of the original opening with the beloved “light as a feather stiff as a board” game. Despite a few other callbacks ( including “we are the weirdos”), the new film, “The Craft: Legacy,” appears to take place where the 1996 original left off. Cailee Spaeny stars as Hannah, who is forced to move and change schools when her mother (Michelle Monaghan) remarries. She gains three new brothers along with a new dad (David Duchovny). Hannah’s presence at the new school awakens the local teenage coven that realizes they’ve found their fourth.
But it’s not all bedknobs and broomsticks for the teen witches.
- 9/29/2020
- by Meredith Woerner
- Variety Film + TV
Blumhouse’s remake of cult 1990s film The Craft now has a release date, and it’s coming sooner than we’d have thought. Likely owing to the Covid-19 crisis, The Craft will hit streaming first on October 27th via Prime Video, which will make it one of the highlights of an already crowded season for horror fans this year.
The reboot has been on the cards since at least 2015, and will roughly follow the plot of the original Andrew Fleming movie, wherein a group of high school girls band together as a coven of witches. The 1990s Craft is fondly remembered for its era fashions and some great performances from Neve Campbell, Fairuza Balk, Rachel True and Robin Tunney.
In the case of the Blumhouse version, Zoe Lister-Jones has writing and directing credits, and comes off the back of a strong television background and the independent production Band Aid.
The reboot has been on the cards since at least 2015, and will roughly follow the plot of the original Andrew Fleming movie, wherein a group of high school girls band together as a coven of witches. The 1990s Craft is fondly remembered for its era fashions and some great performances from Neve Campbell, Fairuza Balk, Rachel True and Robin Tunney.
In the case of the Blumhouse version, Zoe Lister-Jones has writing and directing credits, and comes off the back of a strong television background and the independent production Band Aid.
- 9/26/2020
- by Jessica James
- We Got This Covered
Is this a thrilling, Chinatown-like Hollywood mystery, or a semi-docu about the making of the first TV Superman show? Or is it going to shed light on the mysterious death of actor George Reeves, the childhood hero we couldn’t believe had died by his own hand? Allen Coulter’s well-crafted show has a lot to say and says it well with an excellent cast… yet it needed something it doesn’t deliver. If you don’t require your movieland mysteries tied up in a neat bow, this could fit the bill.
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Starring: Adrien Brody, Diane Lane, Ben Affleck, Bob Hoskins, Lois Smith, Robin Tunney, Joe Spano, Kathleen Robertson, Larry Cedar, Molly Parker.
Cinematography: Jonathan Freeman
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Starring: Adrien Brody, Diane Lane, Ben Affleck, Bob Hoskins, Lois Smith, Robin Tunney, Joe Spano, Kathleen Robertson, Larry Cedar, Molly Parker.
Cinematography: Jonathan Freeman
Film Editor: Michael Berenbaum
Original Music: Marcelo Zarvos
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- 8/18/2020
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
One of the many horror remakes in the works is a reimagining of 1996’s cult favorite witch flick The Craft, which is coming from Blumhouse. Neve Campbell is already linked to star in one reboot of one of her classic 90s franchises, in the case of Scream, but don’t expect the actress to follow suit and be involved with the new Craft movie as well.
While speaking to Collider, Campbell – who featured in the original alongside Fairuza Balk, Robin Tunney and Rachel True – revealed that she had no interest in being involved with the project, though she wished the filmmakers the best of luck, especially given that the coronavirus pandemic may have affected their plans.
“With the new Craft, we’ll see. For me, I didn’t really wanna be a part of it, but I think they’ve got a very interesting take, and I hope they get...
While speaking to Collider, Campbell – who featured in the original alongside Fairuza Balk, Robin Tunney and Rachel True – revealed that she had no interest in being involved with the project, though she wished the filmmakers the best of luck, especially given that the coronavirus pandemic may have affected their plans.
“With the new Craft, we’ll see. For me, I didn’t really wanna be a part of it, but I think they’ve got a very interesting take, and I hope they get...
- 5/27/2020
- by Christian Bone
- We Got This Covered
Remember back in 2010-ish when basically ever horror movie you loved from when you were young had been remade, but only worse? Yeah, we’re not in that place anymore. The wounds will heal.
Jason Blum, horror producer extraordinaire and head of Blumhouse Productions, the outfit responsible for Paranormal Activity, Sinister, The Purge, Get Out, the recently released The Invisible Man, and 2018’s Halloween reboot is remaking 1996’s much loved teen witch movie The Craft and he’s confident it’s going to be a whole lot of fun. Blum tells Den of Geek it was the pitch from director Zoe Lister-Jones that really sold the project to him.
“It was one of the best pitches I’ve ever heard. She pitched it and you could see the entire movie in a 20 minute pitch which was amazing. It’s very rare,” he says. And while he (unsurprisingly) won’t tell...
Jason Blum, horror producer extraordinaire and head of Blumhouse Productions, the outfit responsible for Paranormal Activity, Sinister, The Purge, Get Out, the recently released The Invisible Man, and 2018’s Halloween reboot is remaking 1996’s much loved teen witch movie The Craft and he’s confident it’s going to be a whole lot of fun. Blum tells Den of Geek it was the pitch from director Zoe Lister-Jones that really sold the project to him.
“It was one of the best pitches I’ve ever heard. She pitched it and you could see the entire movie in a 20 minute pitch which was amazing. It’s very rare,” he says. And while he (unsurprisingly) won’t tell...
- 3/3/2020
- by Mike Cecchini
- Den of Geek
So this month I’d wanted to showcase something featuring Angela Bassett, who isn’t strictly a horror icon, but has some great roles in the genre, most recently starring in several seasons of American Horror Story, including Coven, which many consider to be the best of the series. But then something happened. I watched her 2000 film Supernova, and I realized about ten minutes in that I was watching a movie so miraculously inept that I just had to take you all on a journey about how a movie that cost anywhere between $60–90 million to make wound up looking like a rejected pilot for the Sci Fi channel. And I can tell you with certainty that it’s not even a little bit Bassett’s fault, but one that I’m more than willing to put squarely on the shoulders of director Thomas Lee.
The premise is actually pretty promising,...
The premise is actually pretty promising,...
- 1/29/2020
- by Bryan Christopher
- DailyDead
Initially playing out as something of a gender-bent “Napoleon Dynamite,” the first 20 minutes of Jeff Baena’s “Horse Girl” lean into a quirky character study before tipping into unexpectedly darker spaces. Star Alison Brie, who also co-wrote the film alongside her “Little Hours” director, turns in her best big screen performance yet, imbuing her Sarah with a compelling sweetness, and selling both her awkwardness and kindness in equal measure, keeping the film afloat when it makes more baffling leaps. And
Sarah’s obsessions are minor and sweet: she loves crafting, her horse Willow, her weekly Zumba class, and a schlocky supernatural crime show starring Robin Tunney and Matthew Gray Gubler in clever cameos. Her social life is nonexistent, but she loves her job at a local fabric store and her co-workers. That Sarah is something of an object of pity even before she begins experiencing mental and emotional instability sets...
Sarah’s obsessions are minor and sweet: she loves crafting, her horse Willow, her weekly Zumba class, and a schlocky supernatural crime show starring Robin Tunney and Matthew Gray Gubler in clever cameos. Her social life is nonexistent, but she loves her job at a local fabric store and her co-workers. That Sarah is something of an object of pity even before she begins experiencing mental and emotional instability sets...
- 1/28/2020
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
A funny thing happens about a third of the way into “Horse Girl,” Jeff Baena’s fourth Sundance feature after “Life After Beth,” “Joshy” and “The Little Hours.” Or rather, a funny thing stops happening: the familiar, steady-heartbeat rhythms of the low-budget social awkwardness comedy become erratic, tachycardiac, as the initially endearing foibles of the film’s heroine, Sarah (a revelatory Alison Brie), are found to have deeper roots and more painful ramifications than feels right to laugh at. It’s the point at which we realize that “Horse Girl” is not your classic, hackneyed Sundance indie and is instead a far weirder, harder and sadder subversion of just that stereotype. It’s the point at which the movie stops being cute, and starts being good.
The setup is such a convincing red herring though, that for a while it functions just fine as your standard offbeat dramedy, laden with...
The setup is such a convincing red herring though, that for a while it functions just fine as your standard offbeat dramedy, laden with...
- 1/28/2020
- by Jessica Kiang
- Variety Film + TV
Take a look at "Horse Girl", the new 'psychological thriller' directed by Jeff Baena, from a screenplay by Baena and Alison Brie, starring Brie, Debby Ryan, John Reynolds, Molly Shannon, John Ortiz and Paul Reiser, streaming on Netflix February 7, 2020:
"...a socially awkward woman with a fondness for arts and crafts, horses and supernatural crime shows finds her increasingly lucid dreams trickling into her waking life..."
Cast also includes Jay Duplass, Robin Tunney, Matthew Gray Gubler, Meredith Hagner, Dylan Gelula, Toby Huss, Angela Trimbur, David Paymer, Aaron Stanford, Dendrie Taylor, Lauren Weedman, Jake Picking and Luis Fernandez.
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"...a socially awkward woman with a fondness for arts and crafts, horses and supernatural crime shows finds her increasingly lucid dreams trickling into her waking life..."
Cast also includes Jay Duplass, Robin Tunney, Matthew Gray Gubler, Meredith Hagner, Dylan Gelula, Toby Huss, Angela Trimbur, David Paymer, Aaron Stanford, Dendrie Taylor, Lauren Weedman, Jake Picking and Luis Fernandez.
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- 1/21/2020
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
ABC has given a put pilot commitment to Rebel, a drama series inspired by the life of Erin Brockovich, the character played by Julia Roberts in the award-winning 2000 film.
Penned and executive-produced by Grey’s Anatomy showrunner Krista Vernoff, Rebel follows Annie “Rebel” Rebelsky, a legal consultant who, 20 years after a movie made her famous, is still working without a law degree.
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Rebel is described as a “funny, messy, brilliant and...
Penned and executive-produced by Grey’s Anatomy showrunner Krista Vernoff, Rebel follows Annie “Rebel” Rebelsky, a legal consultant who, 20 years after a movie made her famous, is still working without a law degree.
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Rebel is described as a “funny, messy, brilliant and...
- 10/31/2019
- TVLine.com
For some reason, two-time Golden Globe-winning X-Files and Californication actor David Duchovny has joined the cast of Blumhouse and Sony Pictures’ remake of The Craft. I’m a big fan of Duchovny and I think he can do better than this, but hey… I guess it a job!
Duchovny will star alongside the previously announced cast of Cailee Spaeny, Gideon Adlon, Lovie Simone, Zoey Luna and Nicholas Galitzine. This remake of the 1996 film seems completely pointless to me. But maybe writer-director Zoe Lister-Jones will be able to make a version of the film that’s better than the original, because I did not like the original.
The original film starred Fairuza Balk, Neve Campbell, and Rachel True as a group of three wannabe witches, who are looking for a fourth member for their rituals. A new student with a telekinetic gift, played by Robin Tunney, transfers into their school and they befriend her.
Duchovny will star alongside the previously announced cast of Cailee Spaeny, Gideon Adlon, Lovie Simone, Zoey Luna and Nicholas Galitzine. This remake of the 1996 film seems completely pointless to me. But maybe writer-director Zoe Lister-Jones will be able to make a version of the film that’s better than the original, because I did not like the original.
The original film starred Fairuza Balk, Neve Campbell, and Rachel True as a group of three wannabe witches, who are looking for a fourth member for their rituals. A new student with a telekinetic gift, played by Robin Tunney, transfers into their school and they befriend her.
- 10/17/2019
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Exclusive: The two-time Golden Globe winning X-Files and Californication actor has joined Blumhouse/Red Wagon Entertainment/Sony’s reboot of The Craft.
David Duchovny will star alongside the already announced cast of Cailee Spaeny, Gideon Adlon, Lovie Simone, Zoey Luna and Nicholas Galitzine. Zoe Lister-Jones is writing, directing, and executive producing the reimagining of the 1996 film. Timing feels ripe for a reimagining as the original film in the mid-90’s gave way to an onslaught of TV series and films that were both witch-themed and centered on female empowerment. The first movie, which starred Robin Tunney, Fairuza Balk, Neve Campbell, Christine Taylor, Rachel True, and Skeet Ulrich followed a newcomer at a Catholic prep high school who falls in with a trio of outcast teenage girls who practice witchcraft, and wage curses against those who tick them off.
With an expansive list of film and television credits spanning more than two decades,...
David Duchovny will star alongside the already announced cast of Cailee Spaeny, Gideon Adlon, Lovie Simone, Zoey Luna and Nicholas Galitzine. Zoe Lister-Jones is writing, directing, and executive producing the reimagining of the 1996 film. Timing feels ripe for a reimagining as the original film in the mid-90’s gave way to an onslaught of TV series and films that were both witch-themed and centered on female empowerment. The first movie, which starred Robin Tunney, Fairuza Balk, Neve Campbell, Christine Taylor, Rachel True, and Skeet Ulrich followed a newcomer at a Catholic prep high school who falls in with a trio of outcast teenage girls who practice witchcraft, and wage curses against those who tick them off.
With an expansive list of film and television credits spanning more than two decades,...
- 10/16/2019
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Zoe Lister-Jones is writing and directing a new take on 1996’s The Craft for Blumhouse, with Cailee Spaeny (Pacific Rim: Uprising), Gideon Adlon (“The Society”), Lovie Simone (Selah & the Spades) and Zoey Luna (15: A Quinceañera Story) set to star as the main characters. Deadline reports today that Nicholas Galitzine (“Chambers”) has also joined the cast. “The original, led by Robin Tunney, Fairuza […]...
- 10/8/2019
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Exclusive: British actor Nicholas Galitzine is set to co-star in The Craft remake from Columbia Pictures and Blumhouse. The Zoe Lister-Jones-helmed reimagining is being led by Cailee Spaeny, Gideon Adlon, Lovie Simone and Zoey Luna.
The original 1996 film — starring Robin Tunney, Fairuza Balk, Neve Campbell, Christine Taylor and Rachel True — is credited for giving way to an onslaught of TV series and films that were both witch-themed and centered on female empowerment.
Jason Blum for Blumhouse is producing with Red Wagon Entertainment’s Douglas Wick (producer of the original) and Lucy Fisher. Andrew Fleming, who directed and co-wrote the original, will serve as an executive producer alongside Lister-Jones, Lucas Wiesendanger from Red Wagon, Natalia Anderson, Daniel Bekerman, and Couper Samuelson, as well as Blumhouse’s Jeanette Volturno and Bea Sequeira.
Galitzine, who most recently starred in HBO’s Share and Netflix’s original series Chambers, is repped by Wme,...
The original 1996 film — starring Robin Tunney, Fairuza Balk, Neve Campbell, Christine Taylor and Rachel True — is credited for giving way to an onslaught of TV series and films that were both witch-themed and centered on female empowerment.
Jason Blum for Blumhouse is producing with Red Wagon Entertainment’s Douglas Wick (producer of the original) and Lucy Fisher. Andrew Fleming, who directed and co-wrote the original, will serve as an executive producer alongside Lister-Jones, Lucas Wiesendanger from Red Wagon, Natalia Anderson, Daniel Bekerman, and Couper Samuelson, as well as Blumhouse’s Jeanette Volturno and Bea Sequeira.
Galitzine, who most recently starred in HBO’s Share and Netflix’s original series Chambers, is repped by Wme,...
- 10/8/2019
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
If you’re not already familiar with the name Lovie Simone, then pay attention. This Bronx born actress is about to hit the big time. After several years of working on voice-overs, commercials, and minor independent films, the 20-year-old is about to achieve household-name status as one of the stars of the Blumhouse and Columbia Pictures remake of the iconic 1990s teen drama, ‘The Craft’. The original movie made breakout stars of its cast of Robin Tunney, Fairuza Balk, Neve Campbell, Christine Taylor, and Rachel True, and if the early signs are anything to go by, the remake is set to
10 Things You Didn’t Know about Lovie Simone...
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- 9/23/2019
- by Dana Hanson-Firestone
- TVovermind.com
We have some casting news for you today for the upcoming reboot of the film The Craft. Blumhouse tweeted out the cast list of the four girls who will star as the teenage coven. The girls are Cailee Spaeny (Bad Times at the El Royal), Gideon Adlon (Blockers), Lovie Simone (Greenleaf), and Zoey Luna (Pose). All these girls are pretty young up and comers, so I don’t know a lot of their work yet, besides that Spaeny played a pretty weird and annoying young lady in Bad Times at the El Royal.
I liked the original 1996 version of The Craft with Robin Tunney, Fairuza Balk, Neve Campbell, and Rachel True, but that was probably because I was 12 when it came out, and I was trying very hard to be dark and weird and shocking at that age. I’m not sure it would hold up at this point. But...
I liked the original 1996 version of The Craft with Robin Tunney, Fairuza Balk, Neve Campbell, and Rachel True, but that was probably because I was 12 when it came out, and I was trying very hard to be dark and weird and shocking at that age. I’m not sure it would hold up at this point. But...
- 9/20/2019
- by Jessica Fisher
- GeekTyrant
Following the news this past summer that Cailee Spaeny was "in negotiations" to star in The Craft reboot, Blumhouse is invoking the spirit by confirming Spaeny's involvement and revealing three new cast members for the reimagining of the 1996 cult classic.
On Twitter, Blumhouse revealed that Cailee Spaeny, Gideon Adlon, Lovie Simone, and Zoey Luna will star in The Craft reimagining:
The Craft has its coven! The movie, written, directed and produced by @ZoeListerJones, has cast Cailee Spaeny, Gideon Adlon, Lovie Simone and Zoey Luna to join the witchy, wonderful reimagining of the iconic ‘90s film. pic.twitter.com/qa4JxYGtyL
— Blumhouse (@blumhouse) September 19, 2019
As previously reported by The Hollywood Reporter, The Craft reboot will follow "Hannah, a high school outcast who falls into a friendship with three other young women and begins experimenting with witchcraft. They unleash a power that at first seems to solve problems in their lives but...
On Twitter, Blumhouse revealed that Cailee Spaeny, Gideon Adlon, Lovie Simone, and Zoey Luna will star in The Craft reimagining:
The Craft has its coven! The movie, written, directed and produced by @ZoeListerJones, has cast Cailee Spaeny, Gideon Adlon, Lovie Simone and Zoey Luna to join the witchy, wonderful reimagining of the iconic ‘90s film. pic.twitter.com/qa4JxYGtyL
— Blumhouse (@blumhouse) September 19, 2019
As previously reported by The Hollywood Reporter, The Craft reboot will follow "Hannah, a high school outcast who falls into a friendship with three other young women and begins experimenting with witchcraft. They unleash a power that at first seems to solve problems in their lives but...
- 9/19/2019
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Exclusive: The Craft remake has found its leads. Gideon Adlon, Lovie Simone and Zoey Luna are set to star in the Blumhouse and Columbia Pictures pic along with previously announced Cailee Spaeny. Zoe Lister-Jones is at the helm of the reimagining of the 1996 female-fronted, witch-themed cult classic.
The original, led by Robin Tunney, Fairuza Balk, Neve Campbell, Christine Taylor, and Rachel True, followed a newcomer at a Catholic prep high school who falls in with a trio of outcast teenage girls who practice witchcraft, and wage curses against those who tick them off.
Blumhouse brass Jason Blum is producing the project along with Oscar-winning Gladiator producer Douglas Wick, who also produced the first film, and Lucy Fisher for Red Wagon Entertainment. Lister-Jones penned the screenplay and will serve as an executive producer with Andrew Fleming, the director and co-writer of the original, Lucas Wiesendanger from Red Wagon, Natalia Anderson, Daniel Bekerman,...
The original, led by Robin Tunney, Fairuza Balk, Neve Campbell, Christine Taylor, and Rachel True, followed a newcomer at a Catholic prep high school who falls in with a trio of outcast teenage girls who practice witchcraft, and wage curses against those who tick them off.
Blumhouse brass Jason Blum is producing the project along with Oscar-winning Gladiator producer Douglas Wick, who also produced the first film, and Lucy Fisher for Red Wagon Entertainment. Lister-Jones penned the screenplay and will serve as an executive producer with Andrew Fleming, the director and co-writer of the original, Lucas Wiesendanger from Red Wagon, Natalia Anderson, Daniel Bekerman,...
- 9/19/2019
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Cailee Spaeny is in negotiations to star in Sony Pictures’ remake of the 1996 supernatural film The Craft.
Blumhouse is producing the film and Life in Pieces star Zoe Lister-Jones will write and direct it. She also co-wrote, produced, and starred in the indie comedy Breaking Upwards and wrote and directed the film Band Aid.
The original film starred Fairuza Balk, Neve Campbell, Robin Tunney, and Rachel True as a group of three wannabe witches, who are looking for a fourth member for their rituals. A new student with a telekinetic gift transfers into their school and they befriend her. “Bonnie ( Campbell), Rochelle (True) and Nancy (Balk), like Sarah herself, all have troubled backgrounds, which combined with their nascent powers lead to dangerous consequences. When a minor spell causes a fellow student to lose her hair, the girls grow power-mad.”
There’s no information on who exactly Spaeny is playing, but according to Variety,...
Blumhouse is producing the film and Life in Pieces star Zoe Lister-Jones will write and direct it. She also co-wrote, produced, and starred in the indie comedy Breaking Upwards and wrote and directed the film Band Aid.
The original film starred Fairuza Balk, Neve Campbell, Robin Tunney, and Rachel True as a group of three wannabe witches, who are looking for a fourth member for their rituals. A new student with a telekinetic gift transfers into their school and they befriend her. “Bonnie ( Campbell), Rochelle (True) and Nancy (Balk), like Sarah herself, all have troubled backgrounds, which combined with their nascent powers lead to dangerous consequences. When a minor spell causes a fellow student to lose her hair, the girls grow power-mad.”
There’s no information on who exactly Spaeny is playing, but according to Variety,...
- 6/24/2019
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
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