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This February, we are getting a ton of entertainment on various platforms, including streaming services, television networks, and, last but not least, theaters. This upcoming month, we will finally see the release of the much-anticipated Marvel Studios film Captain America: Brave New World and Osgood Perkins‘ buzzy new horror dark comedy film The Monkey. So, we are here to sort out all of the brilliant upcoming movies that you might not want to miss seeing in theaters.

Love Hurts (February 7) Credit – Universal Pictures

Love Hurts is an upcoming action comedy film directed by Jonathan Eusebio from a screenplay co-written by Matthew Murray, Josh Stoddard, and Luke Passmore. The upcoming film follows Marvin Gable, a hitman who left his life violence behind to become a successful realtor, but when his past comes knocking back, he must fight to protect his new life.

Park City, Utah, January 31, 2025 — Today the 2025 Sundance Film Festival awards were presented at a ceremony for the jury and audience award–winning films at The Ray Theatre in Park City, where independent storytelling was celebrated ahead of the Festival’s conclusion. The 2025 Festival, taking place now through February 2, has featured premieres, screenings, talks, events, and more in Park City and Salt Lake City, Utah. All feature award-winning films are available online nationwide now through February 2. Select award-winning films will screen in person for ticketholders and passholders. Tickets can be purchased at festival.sundance.org/tickets.

Grand Jury Prizes went to Atropia (U.S. Dramatic Competition), Seeds (U.S. Documentary Competition), Sabar Bonda (Cactus Pears) (World Cinema Dramatic Competition), and Cutting Through Rocks (اوزاک یوللار) (World Cinema Documentary Competition). The Next Innovator Award presented by Adobe was given to Zodiac Killer Project.

Audience awards for films in competition were presented by Acura to Twinless (U.

The 2025 Sundance Film Festival — and perhaps its second-to-last in Park City — has wound down with the annual awards ceremony.

On January 31, jurors presented prizes in the competitive sections, including the U.S. Dramatic Competition, U.S. Documentary Competition, World Cinema Dramatic Competition, World Cinema Documentary Competition, and the Next lineup. Jurors across the sections looked at nearly 90 films representing more than 30 countries and territories.

Hailey Gates’ Iraq war satire, starring Alia Shawkat and produced by (among others) Luca Guadagnino, won the festival’s top award: the Grand Jury Prize in the U.S. Dramatic competition. The politically charged comedy, which follows an aspiring actress in a military role-playing facility, is still looking for U.S. distribution amid mixed reviews out of Sundance. Meanwhile in that section, Eva Victor’s staggering feature debut “Sorry, Baby,” a startlingly wise and unsentimental depiction of trauma set in American academia, won a Screenwriting prize...

Atropia, Seeds, Sabar Bonda (Cactus Pears) and Cutting Through Rocks were among the key winners at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival.

During a ceremony held Friday in Park City, Atropia won the Grand Jury prize for U.S. Dramatic Competition, while Seeds picked up the U.S. Documentary Competition award. Sabar Bonda (Cactus Pears) prevailed for the jury prize for the World Cinema Dramatic Competition section, while Cutting Through Rocks nabbed the award for World Cinema Documentary Competition.

Among the audience awards, Twinless won in the U.S. Dramatic Competition, and André Is an Idiot topped the U.S. Documentary Competition. DJ Ahmet collected the audience award for World Cinema Dramatic Competition, with Prime Minister prevailing for the World Cinema Documentary Competition.

Additionally, Zodiac Killer Project landed the Next innovator award, with East of Wall receiving the audience award for the Next section.

Sundance Institute acting CEO Amanda Kelso said in a statement,...

Awards for the 2025 Sundance Film Festival were handed out on Friday morning, with the Dylan O’Brien-fronted dark comedy “Twinless” taking home the audience award in the U.S. Dramatic Competition category. The film, which received a warm response upon its debut at the beginning of the festival, hails from writer/director/co-star James Sweeney and follows two strangers who meet in a twin bereavement support group. O’Brien also won a special jury award for acting for his work in the film.

Writer/director Hailey Gates’ “Atropia” won the U.S. Grand Jury Prize in the Dramatic category, scoring top honors for a film that started life as a documentary. Produced by Luca Guadagnino, the film stars Alia Shawkat as an aspiring actress in a military role-playing facility who falls in love with a soldier cast as an insurgent. Callum Turner, Chloë Sevigny and Tim Heidecker co-star.

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The snow from this year’s Sundance Film Festival has mostly melted off of Hollywood’s Dior boots, and as the Utah event draws to a close the time has come to crown a new class of indie filmmaking stars.

Multiple pedigreed juries will hand out prizes to movies in competition on Friday at Park City’s The Ray Theater — where buzzy titles will duke it out for honors including directing, acting, screenwriting and the most coveted honors, the audience award and the grand jury prize.

“Storytelling is important, part of human continuity,” Sundance interim CEO Amanda Kelso said at the top of the ceremony, quoting its founder Robert Redford.

This year’s U.S. dramatic jury consists Reinaldo Marcus Green, Arian Moayed (“Succession”) and Celine Song. Steven Bognar, Vinnie Malhotra, and Marcia Smith are presiding over the domestic documentary section. Actor Elijah Wood is the sole juror for the Next section,...

Bryn Chainey’s “Rabbit Trap,” starring Dev Patel, Rosy McEwen, and Jade Croot, is a three-hander folk horror deeply rooted in Welsh lore and the precarious balance between humans and the natural world. It concerns a couple (Patel and McEwen) living in a remote cottage who suddenly have a strange child (Croot) burrowing into their lives after they disturb a Tylwyth Teg fairy ring.

“You might try to bury something, but something, it’ll grow,” Chainey said of the traumas lurking at the fringes of the new Midnight section thriller. “I grew up loving the illustrations of Brian Froud. He’s the guy that designed ‘The Dark Crystal’ and ‘Labyrinth,’ and he wrote these amazing books about fairies and goblins and pixies, all the folklore of the Celtic part of the U.K.”

“For me as a kid, these things were real, they were just an extension of nature,” Chainey continued.

Fans have been waiting a long time to see writer/director Macon Blair’s remake of the Troma cult classic The Toxic Avenger (watch it Here), which wrapped filming way back in 2021 and unveiled a teaser trailer near the end of 2023, around the time it had its world premiere screening. Earlier this month, it was announced that Cineverse had acquired the distribution rights with the intention of giving the film an unrated wide release later this year. Now, we know the exact release date. Deadline has learned that the Toxic Avenger remake will be reaching theatres on August 29th, kicking off Labor Day weekend!

Blair’s version of The Toxic Avenger stars Peter Dinklage as Winston Gooze, a stereotypical weakling who works as a janitor at Garb-x health club and is diagnosed with a terminal illness that can only be cured by an expensive treatment that his greedy, power hungry employer refuses to pay for.

Take a look at footage from "The Toxic Avenger" remake of the 1984 schlock comedy feature, written and directed by Macon Blair, starring Peter Dinklage, Jacob Tremblay, Taylour Paige, Kevin Bacon, Sarah Niles, Julia Davis, Julian Kostov and Elijah Wood, releasing August 29, 2025 in theaters:

“…a horrible toxic accident transforms downtrodden janitor, ‘Winston Gooze’ into a new evolution of hero: ‘The Toxic Avenger’.

“Winston was a stereotypical weakling who worked as a janitor at ‘Garb-x’ health club...

"...and is diagnosed with a terminal illness that can only be cured by an expensive treatment...

"...that his greedy, power hungry employer refuses to pay for.

“After deciding to take matters into his own hands and rob his company...

"...Winston falls into a pit of toxic waste and is transformed into a deformed monster...

"...that sets out to do good and get back at all the people who have wronged him…”

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Peter Dinklage takes over the iconic role of The Toxic Avenger in director Macon Blair’s brand new reboot of the Troma classic, and Deadline has reported this morning that the new movie will be released wide in its Unrated form in theaters August 29.

We can confirm this report. Toxie will be back on the big screen for Labor Day Weekend!

Bloody Disgusting’s parent company, Cineverse had recently acquired all U.S. and Canadian theatrical, home entertainment, and streaming rights to the film through a deal with Legendary Entertainment, ensuring that The Toxic Avenger would get a mainstream theatrical release here in the United States. You guys demanded it, and we’re making it happen.

And much like Damien Leone’s slasher hits Terrifier 2 and Terrifier 3, we’re not chopping a single thing from Macon Blair’s vision. The Toxic Avenger will be released up on the...

Exclusive: Cineverse has set a 2025 release date for the The Toxic Avenger starring Peter Dinklange as Toxie, Deadline has heard. The reboot of the 1980s dark cult comedy will premiere as an unrated wide release August 29 kicking off Labor Day weekend.

Cineverse, which rocked the the box office with Terrifier 3 last fall, acquired all U.S. and Canadian theatrical, home entertainment, and streaming rights to The Toxic Avenger through a deal with Legendary Entertainment. Directed by Macon Blair (I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore) it stars Emmy and Golden Globe winner Dinklage (Game of Thrones) with Kevin Bacon, Elijah Wood, Jacob Tremblay, Julia Davis and Taylour Paige also starring.

The beloved midnight movie franchise was created by Lloyd Kaufman and Troma Entertainment.

A shocking accident transforms downtrodden janitor Winston Gooze (Dinklage) into a mutant vigilante. Armed with his signature mop, the unlikely hero battles freaks, gangsters...

Stephen King’s The Monkey trailer was so excessive, it was banned from TV (Photo Credit – Instagram)

A new Stephen King adaptation has taken the horror genre to an entirely new level, with a trailer so shockingly violent that it was outright banned from airing on TV.

King’s adaptations, which are well known for pushing boundaries, are never short on controversy, whether it’s the chilling child murders in ‘It,’ the disturbing scenes in ‘Gerald’s Game’ that caused viewers to pass out, or the intense moments from ‘Pet Sematary.’ But the trailer for ‘The Monkey,’ directed by Osgood Perkins, has managed to top them all.

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New trailer for ‘The Monkey’ from ‘Longlegs’ director Osgood Perkins.

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It may have taken a while, but now things are really moving for Peter Dinklage, Macon Blair, and the rest of the Toxic Avenger crew. After spending more than a year trying to secure a distributor, Blair’s take on the superhero spoof teamed with Cineverse, the distributor behind the Terrifier films,...

The 1998 high school horror flick The Faculty is the next on the line to get the remake treatment. Drew Hancock is in line to direct.

Audiences seem to be having a good time with Drew Hancock’s feature debut, Companion. The horror comedy comes from Boulderlight, the same team that brought the wild horror, Barbarian into the world back in 2022. Following the success of that film, they seem to have the pick of many a horror project in Hollywood.

For Drew Hancock, that next project could well be a remake of the 1998 high school horror, The Faculty.

The original featured an ensemble of young talent including a young Elijah Wood and Josh Hartnett and was a fun film, a kind of late 90s teen horror spin on Invasion Of The Body Snatchers. Salma Hayek popped up, as did Robert Patrick and Famke Janssen. With Robert Rodriguez directing, the movie possessed his trademark kinetic style,...

Sci-fi horror fans, we've got some exciting news you're going to want to hear! A beloved cult horror classic from the '90s is getting a remake, and it's stirring up some serious buzz. While remakes can be hit or miss, we're hoping the remake of this fan-favorite sci-fi horror will both honor the original and bring a fresh twist to the story. If it manages to strike that balance, it'll definitely be a hit in our book.

What horror classic is getting remade? Well, it'll be the 1998 sci-fi horror flick The Faculty, which starred talented actors such as Josh Hartnett, Jordana Brewster, Clea DuVall, Laura Harris, Salma Hayek, Famke Janssen, Shawn Hatosy, Christopher McDonald, and Elijah Wood. This movie was also a box-office hit, drawing audiences in with its mix of teen drama, sci-fi thrills, and horror elements.

The original film followed a group of teenagers banding together to...

A remake of the 1998 sci-fi thriller The Faculty is in the works at Miramax, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.

Robert Rodriguez, who directed the original horror film written by Kevin Williamson (Scream) that starred Josh Hartnett, Elijah Wood and Shawn Hatosy, will produce the remake. Drew Hancock is on board to pen the screenplay for the updated version.

Hancock also wrote and directed Companion, a sci-fi thriller set for a release this weekend by Warner Bros. Pictures. The suspense pic stars Sophie Thatcher and Jack Quaid and portrays a weekend getaway that goes violently wrong.

The original The Faculty featured a news editor and film critic played by Wood seeing the murder of a nurse. After she seemingly lives again, he decides to investigate the bizarre happenings.

Rodriguez, a veteran director and showrunner, also produced the original film alongside Elizabeth Avellan. The Alita, Sin City and Desperado filmmaker produced Disney+...

Back at the end of December 2023, just two days after the 25th anniversary of the release of director Robert Rodriguez‘s alien invasion horror film The Faculty (watch it Here), which reached theatres on December 25, 1998, scooper Daniel Richtman has revealed on his Patreon page that Rodriguez was on board to produce a remake of The Faculty. Now, thirteen months later, Variety has finally confirmed that scoop – and they have also revealed that the screenplay for the remake is being written by Drew Hancock, writer/director of the sci-fi thriller Companion, which reaches theatres tomorrow. JoBlo’s own Tyler Nichols already had the chance to see Companion and gave it a 9/10 review that can be read Here.

Rodriguez directed the original The Faculty from a screenplay by Scream writer Kevin Williamson (working from a story by David Wechter and Bruce Kimmel). The film has the following synopsis: To the students at Harrington High,...

The 1990s are hot again here in 2025, with properties including Scream, I Know What You Did Last Summer and even Idle Hands all plotting returns. Additionally, Variety reports today that Miramax is headed back to school with a remake of The Faculty now in the works.

Robert Rodriguez, who directed the original The Faculty back in 1998, is returning to produce the remake, with Drew Hancock (Companion) attached to write the screenplay.

The Faculty remake will be produced by BoulderLight.

Written by Kevin Williamson, the 1998 sci-fi horror film starred a cast of hot young talents including Jordana Brewster, Clea DuVall, Laura Harris, Josh Hartnett, Shawn Hatosy, Famke Janssen, Piper Laurie, Bebe Neuwirth, Robert Patrick, Usher Raymond, Jon Stewart, and Elijah Wood.

In that original movie, a group of small-town high school students, including an introverted photographer and a charismatic drug dealer, begin to suspect something’s off with their teachers. After realizing the faculty is,...

Miramax will go back to school with a new version of “The Faculty,” the 1998 sci-fi thriller that became a box office hit and cult favorite. Robert Rodriguez, who directed the original, will produce the film.

Breakout talent Drew Hancock is writing the remake’s script. Hancock’s debut feature, “Companion,” which he wrote and directed, hits theaters this weekend. It has earned rave reviews. BoulderLight, the production company behind “Barbarian” and Zach Cregger’s upcoming film “Weapons,” is producing the new picture.

The original version of “The Faculty” focused on a group of students who begin to suspect that the off-beat administrators and teachers at their high school are hiding a deadly secret. The original movie boasted a screenplay by Kevin Williamson and starred Jordana Brewster, Clea DuVall, Josh Hartnett, Shawn Hatosy, Usher Raymond, Elijah Wood and Jon Stewart in a pre-“Daily Show” role. It grossed an impressive $63.2 million...

Last March, we heard that production had wrapped on the Stephen King adaptation The Monkey, which is coming our way from the team of producer / genre regular James Wan and director Osgood Perkins, whose credits include The Blackcoat’s Daughter (a.k.a. February), I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House, Gretel & Hansel, and the recent Nicolas Cage horror film Longlegs (you can read our review Here). Longlegs was released by Neon – and they’ll also be giving The Monkey a theatrical release on February 21, 2025. In anticipation of the film’s release, Perkins was interviewed by SFX magazine, and during that interview he discussed the darkly comedic tone he brought to the material, the story’s setting, and the fact that he had to replace the cymbals-playing monkey from King’s short story with a drum-playing monkey.

Perkins wrote the screenplay for The Monkey. The film will tell...

Ashley Sutton is set for a guest star role in “Yellowjackets” Season 3.

Sutton will appear alongside previously announced guest stars Joel McHale and Hilary Swank in the new season of the Paramount+ with Showtime series. They join returning cast members Melanie Lynskey, Christina Ricci, Tawny Cypress, Lauren Ambrose, Sophie Nélisse, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Sophie Thatcher, Samantha Hanratty, Courtney Eaton, Liv Hewson, Steven Krueger, Warren Kole, Kevin Alves, Sarah Desjardins, Simone Kessell, and Elijah Wood.

The official description of “Yellowjackets” says the show is the “saga of a team of wildly talented high school girls soccer players who become the (un)lucky survivors of a plane crash deep in the remote northern wilderness. The series chronicles their descent from a complicated but thriving team to savage clans, while also tracking the lives they’ve attempted to piece back together nearly 25 years later, proving that the past is never really past and...

The Lord of the Rings stars Liv Tyler and Orlando Bloom were long rumored to be dating when they starred together in Peter Jackson’s epic fantasy trilogy. While both played Elves, the two were not paired together in the film. Tyler’s Arwen was betrothed to Viggo Mortensen’s Aragorn while Legolas was part of the Fellowship of the Ring.

However, after years of speculation, Liv Tyler shut down the rumors of dating the Pirates of the Caribbean star, stating that she was engaged to her first husband at the time. Appearing in an interview, Tyler addressed the rumors and mentioned that she was off-market but did admit in passing that they flirted.

Liv Tyler squashes rumor of dating The Lord of the Rings co-star Orlando Bloom Liv Tyler in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Credits: Warner Bros.

Liv Tyler played the Elf Arwen...

Yeah, I know. The first reactions to The Monkey have been nothing short of positive, and the upcoming film has received the stamp of approval from Stephen King himself.

“You’ve never seen anything like The Monkey,” King wrote on Threads. “It’s batshit insane. As someone who has indulged in batshittery from time to time, I say that with admiration.” Of course, King wrote the short story on which The Monkey is based.

Related Everything We Know About The Monkey, a Stephen King adaptation from Osgood Perkins and James Wan

The Monkey has been written and directed by Osgood Perkins, and he recently teased that the project will be very different from Longlegs. “I honestly feel f***ing great about [how different The Monkey is from Longlegs],” Perkins said. “I can’t think of another morbidly surreal horror comedy that’s also heartwarming and redemptive and stars a bona-fide movie hunk. That’s the best...

When it comes to festival midnight films, sometimes it’s best to go in blind and with a lack of anticipation. Rabbit Trap, the directorial debut of Bryn Chieny, stars Dev Patel (Monkey Man) and is produced by Elijah Wood (Lord of the Rings), which was enough of a hook for this writer. Unfortunately, even with minimal expectations, Rabbit Trap was massively disappointing.

Rabbit Trap Review

Rabbit Trap follows a married musician couple who move to a remote cabin in Wales, where they record a mysterious (and perhaps mystical) sound and meet a strange child who may be harboring a dark secret. Considering that spooky sounds and mysticism are two of the most eerie things there are, this film should work, but it just completely falls apart.

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The concept behind Rabbit Trap is pretty fascinating. It’s...

Frank Herbert’s Dune is often hailed as one of the most influential and groundbreaking works in science fiction. Meanwhile, J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings is a cornerstone of high fantasy. While both authors created sprawling universes with enduring cultural significance, in a revelation that surprises many, Tolkien reportedly harbored a strong dislike for Dune.

Elijah Wood in Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Credits: New Line Cinema

This unexpected critique raises intriguing questions. What could have prompted Tolkien, a master of crafting richly detailed worlds, to disapprove of a book equally celebrated for its complex narrative? And why did he avoid elaborating on his opinion?

Tolkien Hated Dune With an Intensity But Didn’t Comment Why Timothée Chalamet as Paul Atreides in Dune: Part Two | Credit: Warner Bros.

In 1966, J.R.R. Tolkien wrote a letter to John Bush, who had acquired a copy...

To many, he will always be Frodo Baggins, the brave little furry-footed hobbit who volunteers to bear the burden of carrying the dreaded One Ring as he leaves his bucolic existence behind while sacrificing himself to save Middle-earth in “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy.

But Elijah Wood has had quite a varied career beyond the Shire ever since he made his film debut at 8-years-old with a small part as Video Game Boy #2 in 1989’s “Back to the Future Part II.” He would go on to land the coveted central role in the epic fantasy franchise based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s enduring classic when he was 18. But his early output on the big screen consisted of a string of so-so ‘90s titles such as “Radio Flyer,” “Paradise” and “Forever Young.” However, he often earned praise for his part in even mediocre projects.

But when he reached his teens, Wood...

Plot: A married couple (Dev Patel and Rosy McEwen) living in an isolated home in the Welsh countryside encounter a mysterious child (Jade Croot), whose sudden, intense devotion to them suggests something sinister is afoot.

Review: Rabbit Trap is another entry into Sundance’s much-celebrated midnight section, a programme which has given us such horror gems as The Babadook, Hereditary, Talk To Me, and last year’s I Saw the TV Glow. Rabbit Trap, which comes from Elijah Wood’s Spectrevision label, is impeccably crafted and acted, but despite its programmed section, it doesn’t seem particularly interested in being a horror film. Instead, it’s more cerebral fare deeply rooted in Welsh folklore.

In it, Rosy McEwen plays Daphne, an experimental musician who composes atonal music using sounds recorded in nature by her audiophile husband, Darcy (Dev Patel). Set in 1976, they poor over their vintage audio equipment to put...

“The only way to be safe is to be the only one left,” we hear a voice-over say at the very beginning of the season 3 trailer, and by now we’re already reasonably perked up enough as to want to know as much as we possibly can.

The trailer shows us that we will be revisiting what happened in the woods a lot – a bunch of teenagers get lost in the woods and decide to kill and eat each other – and the modern day grown up versions of the survivors. The only thing question now is how far they can go to keep the secret forever?

‘Yellowjackets’ Season 3 – Trailer Teases “Tension Within The Team”

The Yellowjackets have just survived a brutal winter and are now in the loving arms of summer.

But that doesn’t mean that all their problems are behind them, because as Mother Nature eases up on the torture,...

In British writer-director Bryn Chaney’s feature debut, he uses Celtic folklore and the intimacy of sound to unpack a darkness that some might struggle to put in words.

Set in 1973, Rabbit Trap stars Dev Patel and Rosy McEwen as Darcy and Daphne, an influential musical couple from London who retreats to an isolated cabin in the Welsh countryside to finish their next album. But when Darcy records a sound not meant for human ears, he accidentally conjures ancient mystical beings from the forest.

Best viewed in Dolby, the film utilizes hypnotic sounds in every scene, largely through the field recordings made by Darcy in the surrounding woods. In addition to sounds of dripping water, clanging metal and crunching grass, Darcy demonstrates how the medium is sacred as he explains that “sound is a ghost … and your body is the house it haunts.”

After recording strange sounds in the forest,...

The 2025 Sundance Film Festival hit Park City, Utah, once again this year, bringing out Hollywood A-listers to toast independent cinema, find a home for their latest passion projects and find a warm place to land in the otherwise chilly, mountainous city.

Kicking off Thursday and running through Feb. 2, the independent film festival has so far highlighted excellent new work from writer and director James Sweeney with “Twinless,” in which co-stars with Dylan O’Brien (pictured below); a riveting and emotionally knotty two-hander called “Jimpa,” starring John Lithgow as a late-blooming gay man and Olivia Colman as the daughter he left behind; Juliette Lewis as a chair in the body-swap satire “By Design”; and the new music documentary from Oscar winner Questlove, “Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius).”

And all of that on just Day 1! Also along for the ride promoting their latest works and celebrating their peers’ latest were Sarah Jessica Parker,...

Peter Jackson undeniably did an impressive job adapting J.R.R. Tolkien’s novel The Lord of the Rings. The film is hailed as one of the most faithful adaptations of the book. However, it’s also important to recognize that even the best adaptations can miss critical details.

Peter Jackson and the Lord of the Rings cast | Credit: New Line Cinema

Although it is pretty common for a movie to miss some chunks of details and scenes while adapting a book it is acceptable to deal with it as long as it is faithful. Jackson also missed a few important details while adapting the book.

For instance, in The Fellowship of the Ring, Sting is the only sword that glows blue when Orcs are near. While this trait is showcased in the first half of the movie, it inexplicably vanishes in later scenes. This inconsistency is a hot topic among sharp-eyed fans.

Exclusive: The first trailer for Osgood Perkins’ The Monkey is quite the success, with a current running viewership across all platforms including TikTok of 109 million. The Neon movie opens February 21.

The movie, the first for Perkins after the success of Longlegs and based on the Stephen King short story, racked up more than 43M views in its first 24 hours of dropping online and clicked past 100M in its first 72 hours, arguably a record for a non-mpa studio independent horror movie. The figures come from WaveMetrix.

We reported back in September that among those horror films sans TikTok views, 28 Years Later was the second most watched at 60.2M behind It Chapter Two (96M views, $91M opening). 28 Years Later racked up well north of 146M global views.

Among other horror trailers that count TikTok views, The Monkey beats such pics as Smile which netted 100M views ($22.6M opening); The Black Phone at...

Among another impressive stack of new horror titles looking to spook audiences at this year’s Sundance, “Rabbit Trap” joins a growing library of psychological folk horrors that have recently offered more (deeply) unsettling creeps than out-and-out scares.

Bowing in the Midnight slot in Park City on Friday and the feature debut of Brit director Bryn Chainey, the film doesn’t just boast an Oscar nominee in Dev Patel among its somewhat limited cast (there are only three characters in the entire feature), but comes with the backing of Elijah Wood’s SpectreVision.

Set in 1976 in rural Wales, “Rabbit Trap” centers on Daphne Davenport (“Blue Jean” breakout Rosy McEwen), an experimental electronic musician who, alongside her troubled husband and collaborator Darcy (Patel), has moved to a remote abandoned farmhouse in the countryside. It’s here where, equipped with a wild laboratory of analogue synthesizers, tape decks, theremins and very little else,...

‘The Monkey’ is a horror-comedy movie based on Stephen King’s 1980 short story. Directed by Osgood Perkins and produced by James Wan it stars Theo James, Tatiana Maslany, Elijah Wood, and more. The film is set to be released on February 21, 2025.

The plot follows twin brothers, Hal and Bill, who discover their father’s old toy monkey in the attic. Soon after, deadly events begin to happen. Hoping to escape the curse, they get rid of the monkey and separate, but the killings continue, forcing the brothers to come together again to destroy the cursed toy once and for all.

Ahead of its February 21st release, the movie released a new teaser and you can check it out below:

"The most outrageous horror movie of the year." – @BDisgusting

The Monkey, from horror masters Stephen King, James Wan, and Osgood Perkins. In theaters 2.21. pic.twitter.com/gsWmXNG9JP

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The Sundance Film Festival 2025, beloved by independent film enthusiasts, opens the film festival circuit with thought-provoking panels, and red-carpet premieres. Despite the cancellation of other awards season events, the film festival has decided to proceed as planned in the wake of the devastating fires that have ravaged Los Angeles, causing the destruction of 15,798 structures and resulting in 28 fatalities. The extent to which the recent fires will impact the festival, renowned for its vibrant social scene and bustling calendar of events, remains to be seen.

This year’s lineup boasts diversity across various categories, featuring 57 short films and 87 feature films representing 33 countries and territories. The 2025 program is composed of 36 of 87 (41%) feature film directors who are first-time feature filmmakers. Sundance Institute supported ten of the feature films and projects selected in development through direct granting or residency labs.

Related: Sundance Film Festival 2025: All Of Deadline’s Movie Reviews

Among the buzzworthy titles premiering are Atropia,...

In this edition of Horror Highlights, we have details on Cineverse's upcoming unrated theatrical release of The Toxic Avenger reimagining, the trailer for The Sand Castle, the trailer and release details for Bloat, and a casting update for Spoiling You.

The Toxic Avenger Reimagining Theatrical Release Announced: "Cineverse, a next-generation entertainment studio, today announced the highly anticipated theatrical release of The Toxic Avenger, a daring and darkly comedic reimagining of the cult-classic franchise that first took the world by storm in the 1980s. Directed by Macon Blair (I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore) and starring Emmy and Golden Globe winner Peter Dinklage (Game of Thrones), this fresh take on the beloved anti-hero known as “Toxie” will premiere as an unrated wide release later this year. Cineverse acquired all U.S. and Canadian theatrical, home entertainment, and streaming rights through a deal with Legendary Entertainment.

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The annual IndieWire Studio at Sundance returns for the 2025 edition of the Park City festival. It will feature interviews with the talent behind 25 of the most anticipated films of the festival with discussions taking place in-person on Main Street.

Presented by Dropbox, the IndieWire Studio at Sundance will welcome actors, directors, producers, screenwriters, and documentary subjects for exclusive video interviews with IndieWire’s senior staff starting Friday January 24.

Among the talent we’ll be welcoming to the studio are Jennifer Lopez and Diego Luna (“Kiss of the Spiderwoman”), Josh O’Connor (“Rebuilding”), Sarah Jessica Parker (“The Librarians”), Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson (“Sly Lives!”), Marlee Matlin (“Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore”), Olivia Colman and John Lithgow (“Jimpa”), Alia Shawkat and Callum Turner (“Atropia”), Juliette Lewis (“By Design”), Rachel Sennott (“Bunnylovr”), Joel Edgerton and Kerry Condon (“Train Dreams”), Molly Gordon and Geraldine Viswanathan, Dave Franco and Alison Brie (“Together” plus Franco for “Bubble & Squeak...

Ted Bundy was never one to shy away from the spotlight. During the ten years he spent on death row, the convicted serial killer gave interviews with law enforcement officials hoping to push off execution and extend his own life. Investigators from all over the country travelled to a Florida state prison hoping to close cold cases that fit Bundy’s Mo.

Beginning in 1984, he formed a friendship of sorts with FBI profiler Bill Hagmaier who interviewed the notorious prisoner with the intention of gaining insight into the mind of a killer. But is it possible for a decent man to open his mind to extreme sadism and predation without awakening a darkness within his own soul?

In the latest episode of Bloody FM’s Murder Made Fiction podcast, Jenn and Joe conclude their series of Bundy-inspired texts with what is arguably the most successful depiction of the killer to date.

A while back, Game of Thrones veteran Peter Dinklage (Tyrion Lannister) filmed a movie called The Toxic Avenger, a reboot/remake/reimagining of a cult classic film of the same name from 1984, about a janitor who falls into a vat of toxic waste, gets superpowers, and gets revenge. The original movie was made by Troma, which specialized in glorious sleaze. The remake got great reviews from those who saw it, but for a while it felt like it was never going to actually get released into theaters, supposedly because distributors thought it was too niche.

Which is nuts, because obviously it's niche; that's the point of a movie like this. How are film studios going to find any new audiences if they never try releasing anything new? And yes, I know it's weird to call a remake of a 40-year-old movie "new"; I'm just frustrated.

Happily, Variety comes bearing good...

Another January brings another Sundance Film Festival, where 87 feature films, six episodic projects, and more shorts will enter the fray to hopefully help shape the movie year that will be. A festival of that scope, with many first-time directors, can be tricky to navigate and parse, but IndieWire is here to help with 24 films we’re most anticipating. And a few of these we are lucky to have seen in advance.

Sundance this year is, of course, still in Park City, even as the nearly 50-year-old festival eyes potentially another location beginning in 2027, with Salt Lake City, Cincinnati, and Boulder as the contenders. Back in December when the lineup was unveiled, Sundance’s director Eugene Hernandez and lead programmer Kim Yutani gave us a peek at sales titles and possible breakout features to look out for. It’s ever helpful to have a guide to some of the must-see titles heading into snowy,...

There’s a lot to unpack in Paramount+ with Showtime’s official Yellowjackets season three trailer. There’s (literal) backstabbing, lies empathically delivered, terrifying memories revealed, and promises of more bloodshed in the intense two-minute trailer.

The trailer was accompanied by new photos from the much-anticipated third season.

Critics Choice Awards winner Melanie Lynskey stars as Shauna, Emmy nominee Christina Ricci is Misty, Tawny Cypress plays Taissa, and Emmy nominee Lauren Ambrose is Van. Sophie Nélisse is Teen Shauna, Jasmin Savoy Brown is Teen Taissa, Sophie Thatcher is Teen Natalie, Samantha Hanratty is Teen Misty, and Courtney Eaton is Teen Lottie.

The cast also includes Liv Hewson as Teen Van, Steven Krueger as Ben Scott, Warren Kole as Jeff, Kevin Alves as Teen Travis, Sarah Desjardins as Callie, and Simone Kessell as Lottie. Elijah Wood returns in his recurring role as Walter. Two-time Oscar winner Hilary Swank and Joel McHale guest star.

It’s time for the Sundance Film Festival, and once again I’ll be heading to Utah to bring readers of JoBlo loads of reviews of all the latest indie flicks coming soon to a theater (or streaming service) near you. Located in Park City, Utah (for now anyways), Sundance is always one of my favorite events of the year. Being a movie fan, I love nothing more than binging on movies in the same festival that gave birth to the directing careers of legends like Quentin Tarantino, Kevin Smith, Jordan Peele, Damien Chazelle, and so many more.

As has been the case for the last decade or so, the festival is jam-packed with horror flicks, as studios – in particular A24 – have had some major breakouts there, including The Babadook, The Guest, Hereditary, Talk to Me, and last year’s I Saw the TV Glow. So what are we psyched to see?...

One of the best horror series ever is about to return soon. It's the smash-hit horror thriller Yellowjackets, and it's slated to release its long-awaited third season in just three weeks. After a painfully long wait, Yellowjackets season 3 will finally premiere on Paramount+ with Showtime with its first two episodes on Feb. 14. It will then have its on-air debut on Showtime on Feb. 16.

With the release date fast approaching, the official trailer has been unveiled, offering a sneak peek into the gripping new season filled with dark secrets, intense survivor conflicts, and more shocking twists. I don't know. Based on this thrilling trailer, Yellowjackets season 3 might just be the best one yet. Take a look below and see for yourself.

The stakes are higher this season, and the tension is more palpable than ever. While the survivors in the 1996 timeline face even darker challenges, the present-day group is unraveling more secrets,...

Yellowjackets Season 3 is coming soon!

The official trailer is here for the third season of the TV show, which follows survivors of a plane crash that left them stranded in the remote wilderness for 19 months when they were teenagers, leading them to resort to cannibalism in order to survive.

The dual-timeline show stars Melanie Lynskey, Christina Ricci, Tawny Cypress, Lauren Ambrose and Simone Kessell, and younger counterparts Sophie Nélisse, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Sophie Thatcher, Samantha Hanratty, Courtney Eaton, Liv Hewson, Kevin Alves, and Steven Krueger.

Warren Kole, Sarah Desjardins, Elijah Wood and newcomers Hilary Swank and Joel McHale also fill out the present-day cast.

Season 3 begins streaming with two episodes on Valentine’s Day (February 14) and on demand for Paramount+ subscribers with the Paramount+ with Showtime plan before its linear premiere on February 16 at 8 p.m. Et.

Here’s the official logline: “In season three, as summer arrives, the Yellowjackets...

Paramount+ with Showtime today revealed the official trailer for the third season of the Showtime original Emmy-nominated series, Yellowjackets.

The two-episode season premiere debuts Friday, February 14 on streaming and on demand for Paramount+ subscribers with the Paramount+ with Showtime plan before its on-air debut on Sunday, February 16 at 8 p.m. Et/Pt.

Internationally, the title will launch exclusively on Paramount+ in the UK, Australia, Latin America, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, and Austria. The season will also be available on Paramount+ France later in the year.

Created by Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson (Narcos), Yellowjackets is the saga of a team of wildly talented high school girls soccer players who become the (un)lucky survivors of a plane crash deep in the remote northern wilderness.

Equal parts survival epic, psychological horror story and coming-of-age drama, the series chronicles their descent from a complicated but thriving team to savage clans, while also tracking...

Fans of the Showtime series Yellowjackets (read our review of season 2 Here) have been patiently waiting to see the bonus episode that was supposed to air sometime between the second and third seasons… but the wait for that is going to be longer than expected, because the decision has been made to hold off on the bonus episode and have Yellowjackets season 3 premiere on February 14th. With that date just a few weeks away, a full trailer has arrived online and you can watch it in the embed above. The images are accompanied by the sounds of the song “Bodies” (as in “let the bodies hit the floor”), a song I will always associate with the Jason X trailer.

Yellowjackets is described as “equal parts survival epic, horror story, and coming-of-age drama.” The story centers on a team of wildly talented high school girls soccer players who become the (un...

The hit cannibal drama “Yellowjackets” is returning to our lives for Valentine’s Day, with “Yellowjackets” Season 3 headed to Paramount+ with Showtime on Friday, February 14.

The highly anticipated season will debut two episodes on Valentine’s Day on streaming and on demand for Paramount+ subscribers with the Paramount+ with Showtime plan before its on-air debut on Sunday, February 16. Watch the “Yellowjackets” Season 3 trailer below!

Internationally, “Yellowjackets” Season 3 will launch exclusively on Paramount+ in the UK, Australia, Latin America, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, and Austria.

The season will also be available on Paramount+ France later in the year.

Created by Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson, “Yellowjackets” is the saga of a team of high school soccer players who become the survivors of a plane crash deep in the remote northern wilderness. The series chronicles their descent from a complicated team to savage clans, while also tracking the lives they’ve attempted to...

“The only way to truly be safe is to be the only one left,” says Melanie Lynskey in Yellowjackets season three.

The warning comes in the new, official trailer (below) for the return of the survival-horror-coming of age drama that follows Lynskey and her fellow survivors of a plane crash that left them stranded in the remote wilderness for 19 months when they were teenagers, leading them to resort to cannibalism in order to survive.

The full trailer follows up on a previous, terrifying teaser that had revealed this season would be about both a haunting and a hunting, as the hit Showtime series continues to follow the survivors in dual timelines: present-day in 2021 with Lynskey, Christina Ricci, Tawny Cypress, Lauren Ambrose and Simone Kessell; and in the 1996 crash timeline with their younger counterparts and additional survivors played by Sophie Nélisse, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Sophie Thatcher, Samantha Hanratty, Courtney Eaton, Liv Hewson,...

The temporary alliances in both the ’90s and the present appear to be crumbling, and several characters are brandishing knives in the Season 3 trailer for “Yellowjackets,” which Showtime released Wednesday.

As the two-minute clip opens, we hear an ominous voiceover from Shauna (Melanie Lynskey): “The only way to be safe is to be the only one left.” A Drowning Pool song, “Bodies,” plays in the background, featuring the lyrics “let the bodies hit the floor.”

The trailer also features Lynskey saying, “Someone wants us dead,” after receiving a package with the mysterious symbol on it from the wilderness. So who’s behind the package? The 40-something Van (Lauren Ambrose) darkly notes, “The only people who know about this are us. Or dead.”

“People are willing to do some messed-up stuff, just to see another day,” says Melissa (Jenna Burgess) in the plane crash timeline. Meanwhile, Shauna (Sophie Nélisse) and...

Take a look at footage from "The Toxic Avenger" remake of the 1984 schlock comedy feature, written and directed by Macon Blair, starring Peter Dinklage, Jacob Tremblay, Taylour Paige, Kevin Bacon, Sarah Niles, Julia Davis, Julian Kostov and Elijah Wood, finally releasing in 2025 in theaters:

“…a horrible toxic accident transforms downtrodden janitor, ‘Winston Gooze’ into a new evolution of hero: ‘The Toxic Avenger’.

“Winston was a stereotypical weakling who worked as a janitor at ‘Garb-x’ health club...

"...and is diagnosed with a terminal illness that can only be cured by an expensive treatment...

"...that his greedy, power hungry employer refuses to pay for.

“After deciding to take matters into his own hands and rob his company...

"...Winston falls into a pit of toxic waste and is transformed into a deformed monster...

"...that sets out to do good and get back at all the people who have wronged him…”

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