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The Final Destination franchise is back on the big screen after a 14 year break between installments, but that’s not the only new horror movie waiting for your attention this week.

Here’s all the new horror that released from May 12 – May 16, 2025!

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The third installment in the Poohniverse, Peter Pan’s Neverland Nightmare is now available to rent ($12.99) or buy ($19.98) digitally. It’s exclusively available on Amazon.

From Jagged Edge Productions and ITN Studios, the twisted take on the childhood classic is written and directed by Scott Chambers, who produced the Winnie-The-Pooh: Blood and Honey films in addition to starring in the second installment as Christopher Robin.

In the British indie slasher, “Wendy Darling strikes out in an attempt to rescue her brother Michael from the clutches of the evil Peter Pan who intends to send him to Neverland.

Hayden Panettiere is looking back at one role she wishes she landed.

In a new interview, the 35-year-old Nashville actress revealed the one role in a hit Tyler Sheridan series that she’s bummed she missed out on that ended up going to one of her Heroes co-stars.

Keep reading to find out more…“There was one audition I was supposed to do for Landman,” Hayden told Us Weekly. “Ali Larter‘s role is what I was reading for, and as much as I wanna work with Taylor Sheridan — who’s just genius and, the creation of his characters and their relationships and stuff, he really is a genius — I was like, ‘There’s no way I am getting this.’”

In Landman, Ali, 49, plays Angela Norris, the ex-wife of lead Billy Bob Thornton‘s Tommy Norris.

Hayden went on to note that she regrets not auditioning for the role and...

“A Breed Apart” is a new live-action thriller, written and directed by Griff and Nathan Furst, starring Grace Caroline Currey, Virginia Gardner, Riele Downs, Zak Steiner, Page Kennedy, Joey Bragg, Troy Gentile and Hayden Panettiere, releasing May 16, 2025 in theaters:

“…when ‘Violet’ (Currey) accepts an invite to a private island with some of the world’s most famous social influencers, she expects a weekend of unrivaled viral opportunity.

“She soon becomes part of her own horrific reality show when the guests are pitted against each other…

“…to capture the island's legendary man-eating dogs…”

Click the images to enlarge…...

When I was twenty-years-old I watched The Breed, a cheesy killer dog movie starring Michelle Rodriguez at the height of her popularity. By no stretch of the imagination was it a “good” movie, but nearly twenty years later I still remember it. It’s the type of mind-numbing popcorn flick that goes great with an extra cheese pizza and a cold refreshing beer. It’s not the type of movie that I’d ever imagined would get a sequel, especially not nearly two decades later. While A Breed Apart isn’t exactly a direct follow-up to its predecessor, it maintains the absurdity of the original while doubling down on the comedy.

The plot

A movie set is abandoned when the canine actors unexpectedly contract rabies and attack their animal handlers. The dogs are left to freely roam the island until several years later when a group of influencers are called...

A fresh take on the Wes Craven-produced horror movie The Breed, Lionsgate’s new movie A Breed Apart is being unleashed next week, and we’ve got an exclusive clip for ya today.

A Breed Apart is described as “a hilariously harrowing tale of terror,” and Grace Caroline Currey and Zak Steiner are featured in our exclusive clip that serves up final girl energy.

Check out the clip below and watch the trailer underneath for a taste of the meta twist on the 2006 movie that pits a new group of survivors up against a pack of wild killer canines.

Virginia Gardner and Grace Caroline Currey star alongside Page Kennedy (The Meg) in the new movie directed by filmmaking brothers Griff and Nathan Furst.

In A Breed Apart, releasing in theaters and On Demand at home on May 16, 2025, “When Violet accepts an invitation to a private island with some of...

Hayden Panettiere is opening up about her extended break from acting in a new interview.

The 35-year-old actress took some time away from the spotlight after her ABC series Nashville ended in 2018, before returning for Scream VI, where she reprised her role as Kirby Reed from the fourth movie in the franchise.

Now, Hayden is dishing on her unexpecting break and how it was ultimately really good for her.

Keep reading to find out more…

“I had taken four years off. Didn’t know or plan to, but that’s just the way it panned out,” she told Us Weekly. “And I desperately needed it.”

The actress noted that the break was “never” in her mind and it happened organically and has allowed her to come back at a “different place in life.”

“The things that I’ve done before … it was just different enough that I felt like it...

In Theaters and On Demand and On Digital May 16, 2025 Directed And Written By The Furst Brothers Starring Grace Caroline Currey, Virginia Gardner, Riele Downs, Zak Steiner, Page Kennedy, Joey Bragg, Troy Gentile, Hayden Panettiere Synopsis When Violet accepts an invitation to a private island with some of the world’s most famous social influencers, …

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Watch the Trailer for The Surrender: "A fraught mother-daughter relationship is put to a terrifying test when the family patriarch dies, and the grieving mother hires a mysterious stranger to bring her husband back from the dead. As the bizarre and brutal resurrection spirals out of control, both women must confront their differences as they fight for their lives – and for each other."

Director: Julia Max Screenwriter: Julia Max Cast: Colby Minifie, Kate Burton, Neil Sandilands, Vaughn Armstrong, Mia Ellis, Pete Ploszek, Chelsea Alden, Alaina Pollack, Riley Rose Critchlow, Lola Prince Kelly Producers: Mia Chang, Lovell Holder, Robert J. Ulrich, Julia Max, Ian McDonald Executive Producers: Susan Gelb, Adam Maffei, Rob Massar Director of Photography: Cailin Yatsko Editor: Sushila Love Genre: Thriller, Horror Composer: Alex Winkler Language: English Runtime: 99 mins

Streaming on Shudder Friday, May 23rd



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The reviews are in. Until Dawn is about to enter theaters, critics have already shared what they have to say about the film adaptation of the 2015 PlayStation horror game. This feature was directed byDavid F. Sandberg, known for his work on DC's Shazam films, and stars Ella Rubin (The Idea of You), Michael Cimino (Never Have I Ever), Odessa A'zion (Ghosts), Ji-young Yoo, Belmont Cameli, and Maia Mitchell. While the video game featured a star-studded cast like Rami Malek, Hayden Panettiere, Brett Dalton, and Jordan Fisher, does this new batch of cast members convey the same feeling its predecessor had on the big screen?

The moment the review embargo for Until Dawn was lifted, the film debuted with a 63% Rotten Tomatoes score. But as of writing, it has dropped to 62% as more reviews have started to come out. Many have described the feature as "Cabin in the Woods meets Groundhog Day with a horror twist,...

Ever since the advent of CGI, genre movies — sci-fi, fantasy, and horror films, in particular — have enjoyed an exponential leap forward in terms of their ability to depict all manner of imaginative places and beings. To be clear, the work that goes into creating everything from "Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes" to "Dune: Part Two" is considerable, whether or not the majority of the work is being done with computers. It's certainly true that the actual work that digital artists, animators, rotoscopers and the like do is hard to grasp in layman's terms; just look at a comment section for any given trailer for an upcoming blockbuster, and you'll see some form of "the CGI looks so bad" sentiment, posted by someone who assumes that these effects are done with little more than a few mouse clicks and keystrokes. One of the drawbacks of filmmaking becoming so dependent...

The premise of Until Dawn, David F. Sandberg’s horror flick inspired by the video game of the same name, is promising despite its familiarity: A group of friends happen upon an abandoned residence in the middle of the woods and find themselves hunted by fatal forces of both the physical and supernatural variety. The stakes of this feature are also expectedly high: To avoid death, this crew of recognizable archetypes must outmaneuver their adversaries. And there’s even a twist that fans of the PlayStation game will immediately clock. This should be a recipe for success, if a minor one, but Until Dawn doesn’t really capitalize on these elements and, as a result, is erratically frightening and vaguely dissatisfying.

Written by Blair Butler and Gary Dauberman (Annabelle, Salem’s Lot), Until Dawn is the latest offering in a cinematic landscape littered with game-inspired movies. Just earlier this month...

Before “Until Dawn” was a movie, it was a video game that was also basically a movie. Developed by Supermassive Games and co-written by indie horror luminary Larry Fessenden (“Wendigo”), “Until Dawn” starred notable actors like Peter Stormare, Hayden Panettiere and future Oscar-winner Rami Malek. Players were guided through a mixed-bag monster movie in which early decisions reaped unexpected consequences as the game continued. It was essentially a 10-hour “cabin in the woods” b-movie you could rewatch/replay over and over, so characters died differently or stayed alive depending on your idle whims.

But the main story of “Until Dawn” was always the same: a group of teenagers goes to a secluded mountain lodge and are attacked by a deranged killer, and eventually supernatural monsters. That story has been almost entirely ignored — for better or worse — by David F. Sandberg’s extremely loose adaptation. There are still teens, there’s...

A decade past its namesake video game, Sony’s “Until Dawn” adaptation isn’t the “best” possible outcome. To get that ending, the studio would’ve had to move faster, turning its popular PlayStation title from 2015 into a movie — preferably, back when it had a prayer of casting Hayden Panettiere and Rami Malek as the mo-cap teens they played then.

The original “Until Dawn” follows a group of grieving friends terrorized by a mysterious presence at a snowy cabin. It’s got multiple endings, famously determined by player choice, but the game also has a memorable narrative with the potential to win nostalgia points among gamers at the box office. Theoretically. What director David F. Sandberg does with his take on “Until Dawn” is something altogether stranger, with an approach more bizarre than almost any film 10 years ago would have tried.

Written by Gary Dauberman and Blair Butler, this “standalone...

One of Wes Craven's cult classics is getting a spiritual successor this summer in the form of A Breed Apart. Written and directed by The Furst Brothers, the survival horror comedy puts a new spin on 2006's The Breed, a film produced by the legendary Nightmare on Elm Street and Scream director that starred Michelle Rodriguez and followed a group of college kids on a "deserted" island where dogs were bred to kill. The new feature modernizes the concept, instead centering on a private island retreat where a group of social media influencers are confronted with man-eating beasts and forced into a deadly fight for survival that pits them against one another. We're excited to include the chilling survival flick as part of Collider's Exclusive Preview event for summer movies and share a new image highlighting two of the stars who will be thrown to the hounds on...

Late A Nightmare on Elm Street, The Last House on the Left and Scream director Wes Craven was responsible for some of the most iconic movies, characters and moments in horror cinema, but he was also behind his share of duds, and one of 'em is getting a (very) loose remake.

Craven didn't actually direct 2006's The Breed, but he was a producer on the film, and recruited his A New Nightmare assistant director Nick Mastandrea to helm. The movie was not well-received (to say the least), so it was generally assumed that a remake could only be an improvement.

The original movie focused on two brothers and their friends travelling to an island cabin they inherited from their recently deceased uncle for a relaxing weekend getaway. The group is then besieged by genetically enhanced dogs bred to kill via an abandoned training facility on the Island. A Breed Apart...

“A Breed Apart” is a new live-action thriller, written and directed by Griff and Nathan Furst, starring Grace Caroline Currey, Virginia Gardner, Riele Downs, Zak Steiner, Page Kennedy, Joey Bragg, Troy Gentile and Hayden Panettiere, releasing May 16, 2025 in theaters:

“…when ‘Violet’ (Currey) accepts an invite to a private island with some of the world’s most famous social influencers, she expects a weekend of unrivaled viral opportunity.

“She soon becomes part of her own horrific reality show when the guests are pitted against each other…

“…to capture the island's legendary man-eating dogs…”

Click the images to enlarge…...

It’s been just about 20 years since the release of the Wes Craven-produced horror movie The Breed, and a brand new remake this year is taking an interesting approach to the material.

Watch the official trailer for A Breed Apart below for a taste of the meta twist on the 2006 movie that pits a new group of survivors up against a pack of wild killer canines.

Lionsgate’s A Breed Apart is described as “a hilariously harrowing tale of terror,” with the trailer mostly showcasing humans killing dogs rather than dogs killing humans.

Maybe skip this one, dog lovers…

Virginia Gardner and Grace Caroline Currey star alongside Page Kennedy (The Meg) in the new movie directed by filmmaking brothers Griff and Nathan Furst.

In A Breed Apart, releasing in theaters and On Demand at home on May 16, 2025, “When Violet accepts an invitation to a private island with some of the...

Back in 2006, the late, great Wes Craven produced a killer dog movie called The Breed (watch it Here), which was directed by Nicholas Mastandrea from a screenplay by Robert Conte and Peter Martin Wortmann and starred Michelle Rodriguez, Oliver Hudson, Taryn Manning, Eric Lively, Hill Harper, Nick Boraine, and Lisa-Marie Schneider. Now a remake of The Breed is in the works, going by the title A Breed Apart – and Lionsgate is planning to give the film a theatrical release on May 16th. With that date just one month away, a trailer for A Breed Apart has dropped online, and you can check it out in the embed above.

On the same day as the theatrical release, A Breed Apart will also be available On Demand and On Digital.

Brothers Nathan and Griff Furst directed A Breed Apart, and are also producing it through their Curmudgeon Films shingle. The Fursts are...

"Get ready for terror unleashed."...

Hayden Panettiere (Scream VI) is digging back into her horror roots with Collider’s exclusive first look at Lionsgate’s A Breed Apart. Set for a theatrical, digital, and on-demand release on May 16, the carnage-filled horror comedy is the latest to come from brotherly directorial duo, Griff and Nathan Furst — known collectively as The Furst Brothers. Using social media as a foundation, the movie builds an ominous and thrilling story with the help of its lineup of talent which, along with Panettiere, also includes Grace Caroline Currey (the Shazam! film series), Virginia Gardner (Beautiful Disaster), Riele Downs (Darby and the Dead), Page Kennedy (Blue Mountain State), Zak Steiner (Jessica Jones), Joey Bragg (Liv and Maddie), and Troy Gentile (The Goldbergs).

Giving us a bit of backstory, the opening sequences of today’s official trailer for A Breed Apart turn the clocks back 15 years and unveils the chaos and brutal massacre that befell a Hollywood production.

Exclusive: Veteran talent representative Mitchell Gossett has been elevated to Partner at Industry Entertainment.

Gossett began his decades-long career as a manager under his own banner in the 1990s before joining Ced Talent Agency in 2001, a firm known for identifying emerging young actors. Following a successful tenure there, he moved to UTA as an agent, where he represented Zendaya, Kiernan Shipka, Dylan Minnette, Bel Powley, Victoria Justice, Miley Cyrus, and others.

In 2012, he returned to Cesd as Senior Vice President of the Motion Picture/Television Talent divisions in both New York and Los Angeles, where he built a renowned scouting and development pipeline for young actors.

Gossett has guided the careers of a wide range of talent, from Jennifer Lawrence, Michael B. Jordan, Taylor Lautner, Kristen Bell, Demi Lovato, and Lucy Hale to Hayden Panettiere, Sean Giambrone, Miranda Cosgrove, Thomasin McKenzie, and Darren Criss. His current client list includes Antonia Gentry...

In 2022, Paramount Pictures and Spyglass Media revived the Scream franchise with a new entry (the fifth) that was a box office hit, earning almost $139 million at the global box office. Fourteen months later, Scream VI came along – and became an even bigger hit, pulling in almost $169 million at the global box office, a number that was up there with the series’ heyday, when the first Scream and Scream 2 made just over $170 million. (Scream 3 also made over $160 million – only Scream 4 failed to crack $100 million.) So, of course, the companies are moving full steam ahead with Scream 7. While the movie seemed, initially, to be on the fast-track to success, the track it’s on has turned out to be a shockingly bumpy ride.

Melissa Barrera Fired

Melissa Barrera entered the franchise with the fifth Scream as a character named Samantha Carpenter, who turns out to have been the...

It’s always tragic when a young actor dies before their time. Such a case appears to be for Michelle Trachtenberg, who was found dead in her Manhattan apartment on Feb. 26, 2025. Details are sketchy as of yet but the actress recently underwent a liver transplant and there may have been complications.

While she’d been less active in the last few years, Trachtenberg had carved out a good career from child actress to notable adult roles. In tribute to a starlet taken too soon, here’s a look at the best movie and TV roles of Michelle Trachtenberg’s career that we’ll always remember her by.

The Adventures of Pete and Pete

Trachtenberg first got attention with a recurring role in this 1993-1996 Nickelodeon comedy. She popped up in the second season as Nona, a local kid hanging out with the title characters. She was notable for always having a cast on one arm,...

Tributes from around Hollywood have poured in for “Gossip Girl” and “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” actor Michelle Trachtenberg, who died at age 39 on Wednesday morning. She was found dead in her New York City apartment, according to police, with the cause of death not yet revealed.

Comedian and former Nickelodeon child star Kenan Thompson shared a video on Instagram of the two of them on Nick, writing: “Our first Nick movie star has departed us!! She was my friend and now she rests!!” One of Trachtenberg’s first roles was in the Nick series “The Adventures of Pete & Pete.”

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“Sex and the City” actor Kim Cattrall, who acted alongside Trachtenberg in “Ice Princess,” shared a tribute on X, writing: “This is Heartbreaking. So talented, much too young. Rip Sweet Beauty. xo.”

Chase Crawford, who shared scenes with Trachtenberg on “Gossip Girl,...

The Law & Order universe is living proof that even the biggest stars didn’t just appear out of thin air. They had to start somewhere, and more often than not, that “somewhere ” ended up being a courtroom or a crime scene. At the recent SAG Awards, Mariska Hargitay took a moment to acknowledge the franchise’s (or perhaps the universe is a more appropriate word) incredible legacy, paying tribute to all the now-household names who once got their start in the Law & Order world.

Mariska Hargitay’s Olivia Benson is rarely seen in a courtroom nowadays in Law & Order: Svu | Credits: NBC

From Oscar winners to superhero leads, so many A-listers cut their teeth in this legendary crime series before skyrocketing to fame. Turns out, the real Hollywood Walk of Fame might just be the Law & Order guest star list!

SAG shines a spotlight on Law & Order A-lister alumni!

The 2010s was a pivotal time for animated movies. Disney ushered in the new decade with its action-adventure film Tangled while DreamWorks started a successful fantasy franchise with How to Train Your Dragon. Recently retired animation studio Blue Sky made fan-favorite Rio and the next installment of the Ice Age franchise, Ice Age: Continental Drift. As the decade continued, so did the expansive catalog of films, including Kubo and the Two Strings, Zootopia, and Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse.

These films made a lasting impact that projected the path ahead for many of these studios. Some animated films, however, failed to grab the audience's attention the way these titles did. Whether due to lackluster marketing or mixed critical reviews, these films still deserve to be discussed for their originality and broadening of the animation field.

Alpha and Omega Failed to Find Its Audience This Series Has 6 Films That Are Even Less...

Hayden Panettiere is remembering her brother Jansen on the second anniversary of his passing.

The 35-year-old Scream actress lost her brother suddenly in 2023 due to an undiagnosed heart condition.

On Wednesday (February 19), she took to social media to reflect on the difficult anniversary.

Keep reading to find out more…

“2 years ago today, I lost my little brother,” she wrote on Instagram. “This amazing human being touched the lives of so many. Especially mine. The pain isn’t quantifiable. I pray you’re in a beautiful place J. That you’re at peace and that when all is said and done…I’ll see you again. Rest easy brother. You are so missed and beyond loved.

Exclusive: Kasey Kitchen’s boutique entertainment and lifestyle firm Marque PR is expanding with a new Atlanta office set to open in April.

Marque PR was founded by Kitchen in 2020 and is headquartered in Los Angeles.

Clients of Marque PR include Hayden Panettiere, Peter Facinelli (Twilight franchise), Isaiah Mustafa, Steven Krueger (Yellowjackets), Toni Trucks (Seal Team) , Suzana Pires, Jae Suh Park, Kearran Giovanni (Major Crimes), Shanti Lowry, Riley Voelkel, Aleks Paunovic (Suits LA), Maz Jobrani, Daniella Monet (Victorious), Lauren Buglioli (Bad Monkey), Sarah Wynter (24), Zibby Allen (Virgin River), Alyshia Ochse (True Detective), Jenn Lyon, Susie Abromeit (The Purge), Carson Boatman (Days of Our Lives), Jessi Case (Mother’s Day), Seth Lee, Rhoyle Ivy King (All American: Homecoming), Patrick Gilmore (Travelers), Christopher Russell, Dan Payne (Virgin River), Nathaniel Potvin, Ross McCall, Andrea Laing (Yule Log), Julie Tolivar...

Hayden Panettiere is a petite American actress and singer best known for her roles as Claire Bennet in the TV series Heroes and Juliette Barnes in Nashville. She is 5 feet and ¼ inches (153 cm) tall and wears a shoe size 5 (US).

Her height is significantly below the average American woman’s height of 5 feet 4 inches (162.6 cm). Jasmin Savoy Brown, at 5ft 7 (170.2 cm), has a height advantage of roughly 17.2 cm (or about 6.77 inches) over Hayden Panettiere.

Hayden Panettiere, standing at 5ft ¼ in (153 cm), and Jasmin Savoy Brown, towering at 5ft 7 (170.2 cm), attended the world premiere of Paramount’s “Scream VI” at AMC Lincoln Square Theater on March 6, 2023, in New York City (Credit: Darla Khazei / INSTARimages / Cover Images)

Hayden Panettiere’s Go-To Heels and Towering Romance With Wladimir Klitschko

Hayden Panettiere has never let her petite frame define her confidence. As she puts it, ‘Beauty is an opinion, not a fact.’

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2024 was a massively successful year for horror movies, especially those from independent studios. With notable titles like A24's Heretic and a wide selection from Neon, including Longlegs, Cuckoo and Immaculate, the horror field saw an increase in audience reception. Looking toward the cinematic lineup in 2025, it's clear that the refreshing wave of new horror films is only growing.

Whether it's expanding franchises with anticipated, blood-curdling sequels or fresh takes on pre-established horror stories, 2025 contains a diversity of works that will have audiences squealing with joy and fear. If this year's releases are anywhere near replicative of last year's, long-time horror fans and apprehensive newcomers are in for a truly terrifying year.

Celebrated Director Scott Derrickson Sets Out to Direct an Equally Chilling Sequel The Black Phone 2

With staples from Blumhouse Productions, Sinister and of course, the first The Black Phone film, Scott Derrickson knows how to craft films that...

PlayStation is going all in on adaptations of their beloved video game IPs. Along with upcoming adaptations of Horizon: Zero Dawn, Helldivers, and more, one beloved horror hit is getting a dramatic reimagining with Until Dawn. The original game, which stars huge names like Rami Malek, Hayden Panettiere, and Peter Stormare, follows a group of teens as they survive a gauntlet of unique horror subgenres while on a desolate winter retreat. For the film adaptation, director David F. Sandberg and co-writer Blair Butler opted to do something much different for the franchise's feature film debut.

Several new posters from the horror video game adaptation, Until Dawn, have been revealed, and they introduce the monsters that will haunt the characters, stuck in a time loop, are forced to relive the nightmare over and over again. There will be a brand-new trailer debuting tomorrow ahead of the film's release in April.

The film is directed by David F. Sandberg with a script by Gary Dauberman and Blair Butler. Until Dawn stars Ella Rubin, Michael Cimino, Ji-young Yoo, Odessa A'zion, Maia Mitchell, and Belmont Cameli. Interestingly, Peter Stormare (Fargo) plays Dr. Hill, who was a character in the video game that the actor voiced.

The official plot reads:

One year after her sister Melanie mysteriously disappeared, Clover and her friends head into the remote valley where she vanished in search of answers. Exploring an abandoned visitor center, they find themselves stalked by a masked killer and horrifically murdered one by one…...

Last week, we learned that production has wrapped on a psychological thriller called Sleepwalker, starring Hayden Panettiere of Scream VI. Now, Deadline has revealed that the cast of the film also includes Justin Chatwin (Shameless), Beverly D’Angelo (Violent Night), Mischa Barton (The Oc), Lori Tan Chinn (Orange Is the New Black), Kea Ho (Sin City: A Dame to Kill For), Eric Lutes (Caroline in the City), Tom DeNucci (Junction), Rob Goon (The Roaring Game), and newcomers Laird Lacoste and Corinne Sweeney.

Written and directed by Brandon Auman, Sleepwalker follows a grieving mother who is haunted by the tragic loss of her daughter in a car accident that left her abusive husband in a coma. As she battles a surreal descent into darkness, her sleepwalking episodes intensify. Plagued by haunting visions of her husband inside their home, she grapples with the blurred lines between reality and nightmare. This is Auman’s feature directorial debut.

Reality and nightmare collide in the upcoming thriller Sleepwalker starring Hayden Panettiere (Scream VI), and Deadline brings us more casting news this week.

Beverly D’Angelo (Violent Night), Justin Chatwin (Shameless), and Mischa Barton (The Sixth Sense) have joined Hayden Panettiere in psychological thriller Sleepwalker.

Lori Tan Chinn (Orange is the New Black), Laird Lacoste, Corinne Sweeney, Kea Ho (Sin City: A Dame to Kill For), Eric Lutes (Caroline in the City), Tom DeNucci (Junction) and Rob Goon (The Roaring Game) also star, Deadline notes in their latest report.

“Sleepwalker follows a grieving mother who is haunted by the tragic loss of her daughter in a car accident that left her abusive husband in a coma. As she battles a surreal descent into darkness, her sleepwalking episodes intensify. Plagued by haunting visions of her husband inside their home, she grapples with the blurred lines between reality and nightmare.”

Leonardo DiCaprio’s...

Exclusive: Justin Chatwin (Shameless) has joined Hayden Panettiere in the psychological thriller Sleepwalker.

Also joining the cast are Beverly D’Angelo, Mischa Barton, and Lori Tan Chinn.

The film is being produced by Verdi Productions and Leonardo DiCaprio’s Appian Way Productions.

Sleepwalker follows a grieving mother who is haunted by the tragic loss of her daughter in a car accident that left her abusive husband in a coma. As she battles a surreal descent into darkness, her sleepwalking episodes intensify. Plagued by haunting visions of her husband inside their home, she grapples with the blurred lines between reality and nightmare.

The cast is rounded out by newcomers Laird Lacoste and Corinne Sweeney alongside Kea Ho (Sin City: A Dame to Kill For), Eric Lutes (Caroline in the City), Tom DeNucci...

When a horror movie marches into sequel, threequel, then franchise territory, there’s one thing above all else that audiences want to see — legacy characters. Sure, we love meeting new faces to either survive or fall into the killer’s hands, but it’s our natural human tendency for all-things nostalgia that makes us love at least one or two legacy characters making a comeback. Just look at the success that Scream has had in its fifth and sixth installments through bringing back the likes of Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox and Hayden Panettiere, something it will continue in Scream 7 with Matthew Lillard and Scott Foley. However, weaving legacy characters into the delicate threads of the Final Destination franchise has always proven to be an incredibly difficult thing because, well, death is kind of the point of the movie.

New York. New rules. New dimension.

Scream VI is getting a Blu-ray 3D release in Germany on February 27 from Turbine Media.

Priced at €24.99 (about $26), it has reversible artwork but no special features. The English Dolby Atmos track is included in addition to a German dub.

The film was converted to 3D for its theatrical run by Dneg, whose work also includes Dune, Venom, Jurassic World Dominion, and Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire.

The sixth installment in the slasher saga reunites Scream 2022 directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett and writers James Vanderbilt and Guy Busick.

Melissa Barrera, Jenna Ortega, Mason Gooding, and Jasmin Savoy Brown return as the survivors of the previous Ghostface killings. The move from Woodsboro to New York City for a fresh start, only to receive a call from Ghostface, who will stop at nothing to hunt them down.

Hayden Panettiere, Dermot Mulroney, Jack Champion, Henry Czerny,...

Hayden Panettiere is starring in the psychological thriller 'Sleepwalker'.The 35-year-old actress will play the lead role in the new movie that is being produced by Verdi Productions and Leonardo DiCaprio's Appian Way Productions.Hayden will portray Sarah, a grieving mother who is haunted by the tragic loss of her daughter in a car accident that left her abusive husband in a coma.As she battles a descent into darkness, her sleepwalking episodes worsen. Plagued by haunting visions of her husband inside their home, she straddles the blurred lines between reality and nightmare.Chad A. Verdi and Appian Way's Jennifer Davisson are producing the movie with Phillip Watson, Michelle Verdi, Chad Verdi Jr. and Paul Luba.Brandon Auman is directing and has penned the script for the movie – which recently wrapped production in Rhode Island.Chad A. Verdi stated: "We are thrilled to team up with Appian Way and collaborate on another project together.

Several new cast announcements have been made for the highly anticipated Scream 7. However, there's one actress, in particular, we've been eagerly waiting to hear will return. That actress is Hayden Panettiere, who played the role of Kirby Reed in Scream 4, Scream (2022) and Scream VI. While her involvement in the next installment remains unconfirmed, the good news is that this beloved Scream actress has just been revealed as the star of an exciting new project.

She will be starring in an upcoming psychological thriller titled Sleepwalker. Besides the Scream franchise, Panettiere is known for having roles in other movies, such as Bring It On: All or Nothing, I Love You, Beth Cooper and Amber Alert. You might've also watched her on the TV shows One Life to Live, Ally McBeal, Heroes and Nashville.

In Sleepwalker, Panettiere takes on the lead role of a grieving mother named Sarah. Sarah is...

Hayden Panettiere is making the rounds in a number of intense films. Firstly, she starred in the recent film Amber Alert, with Abbot Elementary‘s Tyler James Williams, and is about a game of cat and mouse with a car suspected to be involved in an Amber Alert. Next, Panettiere joined the killer dog film, A Breed Apart, which is directed by siblings Nathan and Griff Furst and produced through their company, Curmudgeon Films. Deadline now reports that the former Heroes star recently wrapped filming the psychological thriller Sleepwalker.

The new film comes from Verdi Productions and Leonardo DiCaprio’s Appian Way Productions. The synopsis, per Deadline, reads, “Panettiere portrays Sarah, a grieving mother who is haunted by the tragic loss of her daughter in a car accident that left her abusive husband in a coma. As she battles a surreal descent into darkness, her sleepwalking episodes intensify. Plagued by...

The lines between reality and nightmare will blur for Hayden Panettiere (Scream VI) in the upcoming thriller Sleepwalker, with Deadline announcing the project this morning.

Leonardo DiCaprio’s Appian Way Productions and Verdi Productions are producing Sleepwalker, written and directed by Brandon Auman. The feature adapts his same-titled short.

Deadline details, “Panettiere portrays Sarah, a grieving mother who is haunted by the tragic loss of her daughter in a car accident that left her abusive husband in a coma. As she battles a surreal descent into darkness, her sleepwalking episodes intensify.”

“Plagued by haunting visions of her husband inside their home, she grapples with the blurred lines between reality and nightmare.”

“We are thrilled to team up with Appian Way and collaborate on another project together. Hayden is a natural talent and is the perfect actress to bring Brandon’s passion project to life,” said producer Chad A. Verdi. “This...

Exclusive: Golden Globe nominee Hayden Panettiere (Scream) is starring in psychological thriller Sleepwalker, which recently wrapped in Rhode Island.

Producing are Verdi Productions and Leonardo DiCaprio’s Appian Way Productions.

Panettiere portrays Sarah, a grieving mother who is haunted by the tragic loss of her daughter in a car accident that left her abusive husband in a coma. As she battles a surreal descent into darkness, her sleepwalking episodes intensify. Plagued by haunting visions of her husband inside their home, she grapples with the blurred lines between reality and nightmare.

Chad A. Verdi (Bleed For This) and Appian Way’s Jennifer Davisson (Robin Hood) are producing, along with Phillip Watson, Michelle Verdi, Chad Verdi Jr. and Paul Luba. Executive producers include Taylor Digilio, Sera Verdi and Anthony Gudas. Brandon Auman penned the screenplay and is directing.

“We are thrilled to team up with Appian Way and collaborate on another project together.

With star Mason Gooding recently teasing Neve Campbell's return for Scream VII, the overarching continuity of the slasher movie universe is beginning to take shape. The popular horror franchise created by Wes Craven in 1996 remained confined to the California suburbs of Woodsboro during the first five installments before branching out to New York City in Scream VI, a reinvigorating departure expected to continue when Scream 7 is released in 2026.

In addition to the coastal change, series mainstay Neve Campbell was noticeably absent from Scream VI due to contract disagreements. Then, Melissa Barrera, was notoriously fired from the franchise following her pro-Palestinian support after Scream IV was released, prompting Campbell's return for Scream 7. Given all the moving parts, casting changes, new settings, and the like, it's worth delineating how Scream V and Scream VI relate to each other narratively and whether the former must be seen to comprehend the latter.

Patrick Dempsey's potential Scream 7 return has been clarified after a surprise casting announcement. In the slasher franchise's 2022 legacy sequel, it was revealed that longtime final girl Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell) is married to a man named Mark, which seemed to imply that she had married Dempsey's Scream 3 character, detective Mark Kincaid. However, it was recently revealed that the upcoming Scream 7, which is currently filming under the auspices of director Kevin Williamson, had cast Community star Joel McHale in the role of Mark instead, and that the character's last name is Evans.

Entertainment Weekly has followed up on this surprising casting announcement. After reaching out to representatives for both the production company Spyglass and Patrick Dempsey, they learned that the actor will not be appearing in the movie whatsoever. Although Dempsey had teased during an appearance on Today in October 2024 that he had been approached to reprise his Scream 3 role,...

Quick Links Not Changing The Past Is A Part Of The Thrill It’s Okay To Do A Faithful Adaptation The Until Dawn Movie Could Still Be Good

Of the upcoming slate of video game adaptations, the Until Dawn movie was easily one of the most intriguing. First released in 2015, before seeing a quietly-released remake in 2024, Until Dawn is an interactive drama horror game from the horror minds of Supermassive Games. Until Dawn was a surprise hit known for its stunning visuals, a cast that includes Rami Malek and Hayden Panettiere, and its frightening good setting and story. Until Dawn was one of the small handful of games perfectly tailor-made for an adaptation.

With the release of the official trailer for the Until Dawn movie, it appears much of that was thrown out the window. Instead of a retelling, the film will feature a cast and story independent of the game.

The underrated 1998 Pixar movie, A Bug's Life, has received a live-action adaptation... sort of. Although not technically a live-action remake of the animated classic, National Geographic has released two original series inspired by the World of Disney and A Bug's Life titled A Real Bug's Life.

According to FlixPatrol, A Real Bug's Life is currently No. 5 on Disney+'s Top 10 in the U.S., down a spot from yesterday. Narrated by Awkwafina (Raya and the Last Dragon), the Disney+ series follows "nine different micro bug worlds around the globe, where the forces of nature play out on a miniature scale and where tiny creatures rely on amazing powers and extraordinary alliances to make it through each day," reads the official synopsis. Some of the bugs that A Real Bug's Life focuses on include "a jumping spider looking for a home on the streets of New York" and "a Costa Rican...

Filming is currently underway on Scream 7 in Atlanta, which means the cast only continues to grow. The latest addition is another familiar face: Variety reports that Jasmin Savoy Brown (“Yellowjackets”) will officially return as Mindy Meeks-Martin.

Brown joins previously announced cast member Mason Gooding, who plays Chad Meeks-Martin, Mindy’s twin brother. The Meeks-Martin twins, introduced in Scream (2022) are the niece and nephew of the original Scream character Randy Meeks (played by Jamie Kennedy).

The Meeks-Martin twins survived the events of Scream VI, but barely, with Brown’s Mindy closing out the film with a post-credit scene humorously taking a jab at post-credit scenes.

Scream 7 marks the return of Neve Campbell as Sidney Prescott, Courtney Cox as Gale Weathers, and Roger L. Jackson as the voice of Ghostface.

Plot details are being kept under wraps still, but the seventh installment is expected to bring the focus back onto Sidney and her family.

(L to r) Odessa A.zion, Belmont Cameli, Ella Rubin, Michael Cimino and Ji-young Yoo star in Until Dawn.

One year after her sister Melanie mysteriously disappeared, Clover and her friends head into the remote valley where she vanished in search of answers. Exploring an abandoned visitor center, they find themselves stalked by a masked killer and horrifically murdered one by one…only to wake up and find themselves back at the beginning of the same evening. Trapped in the valley, they’re forced to relive the nightmare again and again – only each time the killer threat is different, each more terrifying than the last. Hope dwindling, the group soon realizes they have a limited number of deaths left, and the only way to escape is to survive until dawn.

Based on the 2015 scary video game, watch the first trailer now.

The story for the video game was written by Larry Fessenden and Graham Reznick,...

Until Dawn still doesn’t have a trailer, but a first look at the film reveals how the crew replaced the video game’s gameplay mechanic.

After releasing a short first look at the new Until Dawn movie, Sony pictures have released a full trailer for the video game adaptation, giving us a better look at the many monsters hunting for our young heroes.

The trailer introduces us to a group of teens trying to find Clover’s older sister. They soon find themselves in a strange time loop where they keep getting killed by various killers before the night resets and they’re destined to die again.

“If we want to survive, we have to make it until dawn,” one of the characters declares. It’s probably easier said than done, but we’ll find out if all of the group makes it until sunrise when Until Dawn premieres in April.

For those of you old enough to remember the 1990s, there was a trend in PC gaming during that decade which saw the rise of what was dubbed the "interactive movie." It was a concept that had been brewing since at least the days of producer William Castle and "Mr. Sardonicus," if not earlier but where Hollywood had tried and failed to put such an idea into movie theaters (see: the 1995 experiment "Mr. Payback"), the gaming industry made much better headway into combining the rich narrative and emotional experience of cinema with the personalization and immediacy of video games. Still, the format was inelegant; even watershed games like "Phantasmagoria" and "Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger" featured cutscenes with professional actors in-between moments of non-cinematic gameplay. In other words, the best "interactive movie" games were still just games with bits of movies interspersed throughout.

For my money, the dream...