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Rank Film (origin) Distributor Jan 17-19 gross Total Week 1 A Complete Unknown(US)

Disney £2.6m £2.6m 1 2 Mufasa: The Lion King (US) Disney £1.6m £26.1m 5 3 Sonic The Hedgehog 3 (US)

Paramount £1.1m £22.3m 4 4 Nosferatu (US)

Universal £1.1m £10.9m 3 5 We Live In Time (UK-Fr) Studiocanal £860,881 £6.8m 3

Gbp to Usd conversion rate: 1.22

Disney’s Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown opened to £2.6m this weekend across the UK-Ireland, landing in the top spot.

With just shy of 700 sites reporting, and a few still to report, the film has a location average of £3,714.

Timothee Chalamet plays the AmericanBlowin’ In The Wind singer from his early...

Rank Film (origin) Distributor Jan 17-19 gross Total Week 1 A Complete Unknown(US)

Disney £2.6m £2.6m 1 2 Mufasa: The Lion King (US) Disney £1.6m £26.1m 5 3 Sonic The Hedgehog 3 (US)

Paramount £1.1m £22.3m 4 4 Nosferatu (US)

Universal £1.1m £10.9m 3 5 We Live In Time (UK-Fr) Studiocanal £860,881 £6.8m 3

Gbp to Usd conversion rate: 1.22

Disney’s Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown opened to £2.6m this weekend across the UK-Ireland, landing in the top spot.

With just shy of 700 sites reporting, and a few still to report, the film has a location average of £3,714.

Timothee Chalamet plays the AmericanBlowin’ In The Wind singer from his early...

Director Leigh Whannell gave the classic Universal Monsters a shot of modern life in 2020 with his thrilling new take on "The Invisible Man." In the aftermath of that success, Universal Pictures and Blumhouse set about reinventing another monster in the form of the Wolfman. Originally, Oscar-nominee Ryan Gosling ("Barbie") was set to star in "Wolf Man" that had director Cory Finley ("Bad Education") flirting with the director's chair before Derek Cianfrance ("Blue Valentine") came on board. Things changed a lot along the way, with Whannell ultimately settling into the director's chair. But why did Gosling drop out?

Gosling is still credited on "Wolf Man" as a producer, for what it's worth. Yet, he doesn't appear on screen. Instead, Christopher Abbott stars as Blake, the ill-fated man who becomes a werewolf. In a recent interview with CinemaBlend timed to the film's release, Whannell explained that the film didn't change a lot once Abbott took over.

Horror fans were very excited when it was announced that Leigh Whannell had stepped in to replace the departing Derek Cianfrance as director on Universal/Blumhouse's Wolf Man reboot, since the filmmaker had previously delivered his own take on another classic Universal Monster which proved to be a big critical and commercial hit.

Unfortunately, it doesn't look like Whannell is going to be able to repeat The Invisible Man's success.

Wolf Man arrived in theaters on Friday amid mostly negative reviews (it currently sits at 54% on Rotten Tomatoes), and the movie has now come in well below its already modest opening weekend box office estimates.

The downbeat werewolf flick was on track for a $17M-$21M bow, but only managed to take in $10.6M over three days (analysts believe it'll hit $12M by Monday).

It's worth noting that Wolf Man did have a relatively low production budget of $25 million,...

Leigh Whannell's Wolf Man is now in theaters, and the Universal Monster reboot may be facing an uphill struggle after failing to take a big enough bite out of the box office over the weekend.

We're still waiting on international numbers, but the movie only managed to take in $4.45M on Friday (including Thursday previews) in North America, and is now on track for a $17M-$21M debut. This wouldn't exactly be a disaster for a film with a reported $25 million budget, but audiences really don't seem to be too fussed about this one.

Wolf Man has earned a C- CinemaScore, which is disappointing even for an R-rated horror movie. It's also dropped down to a "rotten" 54% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Again, overseas takings may be a lot better (and that relatively low budget has to be taken into consideration), but as things stand, Disney's Mufasa: The Lion King looks set to claim the No.

When Universal Pictures’ attempt at a Marvel-style “Dark Universe” flopped, Blumhouse stepped in with its own take on classic movie monsters. One of their biggest hits was The Invisible Man, which earned rave reviews and pulled in $144.5 million worldwide on just a $7 million budget.

Director Leigh Whannell, after working on The Invisible Man, shifted his focus to Wolf Man. For years, there’s been talk about a sequel focusing on Elisabeth Moss’s character, the “Invisible Woman.”

Jason Blum and James Wan have hinted that they’re open to continuing the story. However, Whannell recently told The Hollywood Reporter that he’s not interested in directing a sequel.

Whannell explained that crafting an ending is one of the hardest parts of screenwriting, mentioning his admiration for movies like Se7en, which he recently saw in IMAX.

He said he’s proud of how The Invisible Man ended and doesn’t want...

When Universal Pictures' plan for an McU-style "Dark Universe" fell apart, Blumhouse wasted no time putting its own spin on those iconic movie monsters. The Invisible Man was among the first and received rave reviews before grossing $144.5 million worldwide on a mere $7 million budget.

While filmmaker Leigh Whannell has since moved on to Wolf Man, there's been chatter for years about him helming a sequel revolving around Elisabeth Moss' "Invisible Woman."

The movie ended by teasing a vigilante-style follow-up and both Jason Blum and James Wan have left the door open to it becoming a reality in previous interviews.

Unfortunately, Whannell doesn't seem overly interested and closed the door on stepping behind the camera for The Invisible Woman while talking to The Hollywood Reporter (via FearHQ.com).

"An ending is the hardest thing to do in screenwriting. It’s the holy grail of screenwriting, and I revere movies with great endings.

Wolf Man is now playing in theaters in most major markets worldwide, and we're delving into the horror reboot's intense final act while touching on how this latest take on the classic Universal Monster differs from other versions of the terrifying tale.

Spoilers follow.

The movie begins with an overprotective (borderline abusive) father taking his young son hunting in the dense Oregon woods. After an encounter with an unseen creature, the man becomes obsessed with tracking the monster down.

We then jump forward 30 years, as Blake Lovell (Christopher Abbott) receives a letter informing him that his estranged father has legally been declared dead after going missing in the woods years earlier. Blake convinces his wife Charlotte (Julia Garner) and daughter Ginger (Matilda Firth) to accompany him to his dad's secluded house to pack up his belongings.

After swerving to avoid a shadowy figure standing in the middle of the road,...

The reboot of the classic Universal Monsters property The Wolf Man from Blumhouse Productions and The Invisible Man (2020) director Leigh Whannell is now in theatres – and JoBlo’s own Chris Bumbray wasn’t very impressed with it, giving it a 6/10 review that you can read Here and describing it as “well-acted, but not very scary.” Now, we want to know, what did you think of Wolf Man? Let us know by leaving a comment below.

The leads of this version of Wolf Man are Christopher Abbott and Julia Garner, both of whom were in the 2011 film Martha Marcy May Marlene. Abbott is taking on the role of a man whose family is being terrorized by a lethal predator. Garner is playing his wife. Sam Jaeger is also in the cast, along with child actress Matilda Firth, playing a character named Ginger: “Female, 10 years old, white. Blake and Charlotte’s daughter.

Universal and Blumhouse’s “Wolf Man” howls into theaters on Friday.

Co-written and directed by Leigh Whannell, who also made 2020’s update of “The Invisible Man,” this “Wolf Man” follows a young family, who encounter something horrifying in the woods and attempt to survive the night.

But is “Wolf Man” part of a larger cinematic universe? Let’s break it down.

Is “Wolf Man” part of a Universal Monsters universe?

It is not. At least not in the way that you’re imagining.

What does that mean?

A few years ago, Universal got very ambitious about what they referred to as the Dark Universe – a series of interconnected movies, much like Marvel Studios’ Marvel Cinematic Universe, that would feature Universal’s line-up of big screen beasts.

The first movie out of the gate was 2017’s “The Mummy,” a very expensive action movie starring Tom Cruise that underperformed at the box office.

It’s been an agonizing five-year wait for Leigh Whannell’s follow-up to his near-universally acclaimed The Invisible Man.

The Elisabeth Moss-led sci-fi thriller was the last hit movie before Covid forever altered the entertainment industry and world alike, having grossed nearly $140 million against a $7 million budget. Whannell’s victory lap may have been cut short as the U.S. population retreated inside during his film’s third week of release, but between The Invisible Man and his 2018 cult gem Upgrade, the Australian native officially reinvented himself as a must-see genre specialist, shedding his long-established identity as “one of the Saw guys” and “one half of Wan/Whannell.”

As the pandemic became more and more prolonged, Whannell and his co-writer/wife Corbett Tuck decided to channel their collectively challenging experience into Wolf Man, which is now another modern reimagining of a classic Universal monster à la The Invisible Man.

Somebody like Leigh Whannell (screenwriter of Saw and Insidious) knows the power of a franchise. "Sequels are mostly driven by the economics of Hollywood. 'We scored, we did well, and let’s do it again. Let's get them back there,'" he observes in a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter.

Disney’sBob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown,opens wide in around 700 sites across the UK and Ireland this weekend.

Timothee Chalamet plays the US musician from 1961, when the Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door singer was an unknown 19-year-old, freshly landed in New York from Minnesota. James Mangold directs the Searchlight title, with Elle Fanning and Edward Norton also in the cast.

Music biopics have – for the most part – performed robustly at the UK-Ireland box office of late. Studiocanal’s Amy Winehouse film Back To Black opened to £2.7m in April of last year and finished on £12.3m. Paramount’s Bob Marley: One Love...

After the low-key success of 2020’s reboot of The Invisible Man, hampered by theater closures during the pandemic but critically acclaimed, Universal and Blumhouse decided to take another whack at a proud member of the studio’s storied classic monsters franchise that also includes Frankenstein and Dracula. In this case, it’s 1941’s chilling The Wolf Man, in which Lon Chaney Jr. played the memorable title character.

Creating a whole new story for a contemporary setting, director and co-writer (with Corbett Tuck) Leigh Whannell is back after so skillfully reimagining The Invisible Man as a female-centric horror tale of domestic abuse, among other issues. That movie for my money was one of the most impressive of all recent horror movies because it not only took a legendary figure of terror but made it pertinent in all kinds of unexpected ways for audiences, particularly with a powerful lead performance by Elisabeth Moss.

Blumhouse Productions has become a household name in horror, known for delivering chilling films like Get Out, Insidious, and M3GAN. Their next project, The Woman in the Yard, is set to hit theaters on March 28, 2025, and promises to be another spine-tingling addition to their collection.

The trailer has just dropped, showcasing a dark and mysterious tale starring Danielle Deadwyler, a BAFTA and SAG-nominated actress.

The story revolves around a family living in a secluded farmhouse who are thrown into chaos when a mysterious woman dressed entirely in black appears in their yard. She delivers a cryptic warning, and as she draws closer, the danger intensifies.

The film, directed by Jaume Collet-Serra, explores psychological and supernatural elements. Collet-Serra, known for films like House of Wax and Orphan, teams up with writer Sam Stefanak to bring this eerie vision to life.

You can watch the trailer here:

The official synopsis reveals that Deadwyler’s character,...

Blumhouse’s trailer for The Woman in the Yard opens with a child’s voice-over. “When the sun is bright and the wind is still, she comes to you like a sudden chill,” says the child, adding, “Draped in black from head to toe, how she got there, you’ll never know.” And apparently, whatever you do, you shouldn’t let this terrifying presence inside your house.

Danielle Deadwyler leads a cast that includes Russell Hornsby (Bmf), Estella Kahiha (Will Trent), Okwui Okpokwasili (The Exorcist: Believer), and Peyton Jackson (Respect).

“From Blumhouse, the most successful global brand in horror, comes a new original chiller starring BAFTA and SAG nominee Danielle Deadwyler as Ramona, a woman crippled by grief after she survives a car accident that takes her husband (Hornsby). Seriously injured, Ramona now must care for their 14-year-old son (Jackson) and 6-year-old daughter (Kahiha) alone in her rural farmhouse. Then...

The horror thriller The Woman in the Yard, which is coming our way from Blumhouse Productions, Universal Pictures, and director Jaume Collet-Serra, was once set to reach theatres on January 10, 2025, but then it bumped off the Universal release slate entirely to make room for another Blumhouse / Universal collaboration, the Wolf Man reboot directed by Leigh Whannell. Wolf Man is now scheduled for a January 17 release, with The Woman in the Yard following on March 28th – and with that date just a couple of months away, the trailer for The Woman in the Yard (which will probably be attached to Wolf Man as well) has dropped online. You can watch it in the embed above.

The Woman in the Yard has been written by Sam Stefanak, who was previously a staff writer and story editor on the Netflix animated series F Is for Family. Details on the story have been kept under wraps but,...

Up next from director Jaume Collet-Serra (House of Wax, Orphan, The Shallows) is the Universal & Blumhouse thriller The Woman in the Yard, and the first trailer has arrived to give an ominous peek at the eerie title character.

The Woman in the Yard releases in theaters on March 28, 2025.

Watch the new trailer below, which sees a lone, strange woman shrouded entirely in black as she appears on a family’s front lawn without explanation and warns them “today’s the day.”

Danielle Deadwyler as “Ramona, a woman crippled by grief after she survives a car accident that takes her husband. Seriously injured, Ramona now must care for their 14-year-old son and 6-year-old-daughter, alone in her rural farmhouse. Then one day the woman takes form in their yard.

“Ramona assumes the woman is lost or demented, but as the woman creeps nearer and nearer to the house, it becomes clear she...

Universal Pictures has revealed the official trailer and poster for the horror thriller The Woman in the Yard, opening in theaters on March 28, 2025.

In the movie, a lone, spectral woman shrouded entirely in black appears on a family’s front lawn without explanation and warns them “Today’s the day.” Where did she come from? What does she want? When will she leave? Only The Woman in the Yard knows.

From Blumhouse, the most successful global brand in horror, comes a new original chiller starring BAFTA and SAG nominee Danielle Deadwyler as Ramona, a woman crippled by grief after she survives a car accident that takes her husband.

Seriously injured, Ramona now must care for their 14-year-old son and 6-year-old daughter, alone in her rural farmhouse. Then one day the woman takes form in their yard.

Ramona assumes the woman is lost or demented, but as the woman creeps nearer and nearer to the house,...

A new featurette entitled “Wolf Moon” has been released in anticipation of the release of Blumhouse’s upcoming Wolf Man. You can check it out above!

Synopsis: From Blumhouse and visionary writer-director Leigh Whannell, the creators of the chilling modern monster tale The Invisible Man, comes a terrifying new lupine nightmare: Wolf Man. Golden Globe nominee Christopher Abbott stars as Blake, a San Francisco husband and father, who inherits his remote childhood home in rural Oregon after his own father vanishes and is presumed dead. With his marriage to his high-powered wife, Charlotte, fraying, Blake persuades Charlotte to take a break from the city and visit the property with their young daughter, Ginger. But as the family approaches the farmhouse in the dead of night, they’re attacked by an unseen animal and, in a desperate escape, barricade themselves inside the home as the creature prowls the perimeter. As the night stretches on,...

The video game adaptation Five Nights at Freddy’s (read our review Here) quickly became Blumhouse Productions’ highest-grossing movie when it reached theatres and the Peacock streaming service back in October, surpassing the likes of Split, The Invisible Man, The Black Phone, M3GAN, the recent Halloween sequel trilogy, and the Paranormal Activity, Insidious, and The Purge franchises with its haul of $295 million. So, of course, there’s a sequel coming our way, aiming for a December 5, 2025 theatrical release – and fans have managed to take pictures of some of the filming locations in Louisiana!

One location is, of course, the Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza place:

The 'Five Nights At Freddy's 2' pizzeria sign has been revealed!#FNAFMovie #Fnaf pic.twitter.com/xOkBVGlrhS

— Fnaf Movie Updates (@FNAFMovieUpdate) January 10, 2025

Fans have also been able to learn that there’s an event called Fazfest going on in the movie, and images of the...

Blumhouse, the studio that redefined modern horror with The Invisible Man, is set to unleash the Wolf Man, in cinemas on 17 January. Directed by Leigh Whannell, the mastermind behind Upgrade and Insidious: Chapter 3, this darkly atmospheric film plunges audiences into a night of survival, dread, and deadly transformation.

Golden Globe nominee Christopher Abbott takes the lead as Blake, a San Francisco man grappling with the weight of familial turmoil. After the mysterious disappearance of his father, Blake inherits his childhood home nestled deep in the Oregon wilderness. With his marriage to Charlotte, played by Emmy winner Julia Garner, teetering on the brink, Blake convinces her and their young daughter, Ginger, to join him on a journey to reconnect with his past and each other.

Their arrival at the remote property begins with unease and quickly descends into chaos. Attacked by an unseen predator, the family takes refuge inside the farmhouse...

The highly anticipated horror film Wolf Man, directed by Leigh Whannell, is set to hit theaters on January 17, 2025, marking the seventh installment in Universal’s Wolf Man franchise.

Starring Christopher Abbott as the lead character Blake, the film explores a chilling transformation that redefines the classic werewolf narrative. A recently released clip offers audiences the most detailed glimpse yet of this reimagined monster.

The story follows Blake, a family man who moves from San Francisco to rural Oregon with his wife Charlotte (played by Emmy winner Julia Garner) and their daughter Ginger (Matilda Firth). They relocate to Blake’s childhood home after inheriting the property, left vacant following his father’s mysterious disappearance.

The suspense begins when, on a moonlit night, the family is attacked by a werewolf. Although they manage to barricade themselves inside, Blake is clawed during the encounter, setting off his horrifying transformation.

The new footage captures this transformation in graphic detail,...

There’s a reboot of the classic Universal Monsters property The Wolf Man coming our way from Blumhouse Productions and The Invisible Man (2020) director Leigh Whannell, aiming for a January 17, 2025 theatrical release – and while there has been some uncertainty about this one, as fans have been underwhelmed by the glimpses we’ve seen of a Wolf Man design, a SPOILERy clip has now dropped online to show us exactly what the film’s primary wolf man looks like. You can check it out in the embed above.

The leads of this version of Wolf Man are Christopher Abbott and Julia Garner, both of whom were in the 2011 film Martha Marcy May Marlene. Abbott is taking on the role of a man whose family is being terrorized by a lethal predator. Garner is playing his wife. Sam Jaeger is also in the cast, along with child actress Matilda Firth, playing a character named Ginger: “Female,...

Enter our contest by following the link at the bottom of this page for your chance to win a pair passes to the preview of the new film Wolf Man on Tuesday, January 14, 2025 at 7:00pm at the Mjr Troy!

Synopsis: From Blumhouse and visionary writer-director Leigh Whannell, the creators of the chilling modern monster tale The Invisible Man, comes a terrifying new lupine nightmare: Wolf Man. Golden Globe nominee Christopher Abbott stars as Blake, a San Francisco husband and father, who inherits his remote childhood home in rural Oregon after his own father vanishes and is presumed dead. With his marriage to his high-powered wife, Charlotte, fraying, Blake persuades Charlotte to take a break from the city and visit the property with their young daughter, Ginger. But as the family approaches the farmhouse in the dead of night, they’re attacked by an unseen animal and, in a desperate escape,...

There’s a reboot of the classic Universal Monsters property The Wolf Man coming our way from Blumhouse Productions and The Invisible Man (2020) director Leigh Whannell, aiming for a January 17, 2025 theatrical release – and while there has been some uncertainty about this one, as fans have been underwhelmed by the glimpses we’ve seen of a Wolf Man design, the first reactions have now made their way online, and they indicate that there’s nothing to worry about. According to these reactions, Wolf Man is an excellent, suspenseful, and emotional horror film. You can read some of them in the embeds below.

The leads of this version of Wolf Man are Christopher Abbott and Julia Garner, both of whom were in the 2011 film Martha Marcy May Marlene. Abbott is taking on the role of a man whose family is being terrorized by a lethal predator. Garner is playing his wife. Sam Jaeger...

Jamie Lee Curtis knows a thing or two about sticky situations. Like the one she found herself in when she’d agreed to star in an odd little series about a maple syrup heist gone comically awry, but then had to back out due to scheduling conflicts.

Nonplussed, she solved the problem herself. Convinced she knew who should replace her, she cold-called Margo Martindale — famed for her Emmy-winning turns on Justified and The Americans — and convinced her to step in as syrup farmer-turned-criminal mastermind Ruth Landry on Amazon Prime’s The Sticky. And when the producers called Curtis needing someone to play the hit man, she sold them on the idea of not just a gender swap, but also a pretty severe makeover for the battle-scarred Beau.

Here, Curtis tells Gold Derby about why she wanted to do a sitcom, how her Oscar and Emmy wins have changed her career...

Blumhouse and Invisible Man director Leigh Whannell's Wolf Man is set to hit theaters later this month, and tickets for the horror reboot are now officially on sale.

To accompany the announcement, we have some new posters, a TV spot and featurette giving us our best look yet at the other werewolf that Christopher Abbott's Blake will change into.

The new spot includes a (very) quick glimpse of the beast, but the featurette spotlights the full creature design via some concept maquettes. The video also features Whannell and the cast discussing this latest take on the classic Universal Monster.

It's entirely possible that what we've seen of the Wolf Man so far will not be the final form, as Blake could transform into a more lupine-looking creature towards the end of the movie.

See it. Fear it. Step into Leigh Whannell’s vision of #WolfManMovie. Only in theaters January 17. https://t.

What if someone you loved became something else?

From Blumhouse and visionary writer-director Leigh Whannell, the creators of the chilling modern monster tale The Invisible Man, comes a terrifying new lupine nightmare: Wolf Man.

Golden Globe nominee Christopher Abbott stars as Blake, a San Francisco husband and father, who inherits his remote childhood home in rural Oregon after his own father vanishes and is presumed dead. With his marriage to his high-powered wife, Charlotte, fraying, Blake persuades Charlotte to take a break from the city and visit the property with their young daughter, Ginger.

But as the family approaches the farmhouse in the dead of night, they’re attacked by an unseen animal and, in a desperate escape, barricade themselves inside the home as the creature prowls the perimeter. As the night stretches on, however, Blake begins to behave strangely, transforming into something unrecognizable, and Charlotte will be forced to...

Universal Pictures’ new Wolf Man featurette provides a sneak peek behind the curtain into the creation of the iconic creature’s look. Writer-director Leigh Whannell (The Invisible Man) hopes that “people will walk away from this film unable to forget the imagery,” and promises this is a wolf man no one has seen before.

It Comes at Night‘s Christopher Abbott stars as the titular character. The film also stars Julia Garner (Apartment 7A), Matlida Firth (Coma), Sam Jaeger (The Handmaid’s Tale), Ben Prendergast, and Benedict Hardie (The Invisible Man). Zac Chandler, Beatriz Romilly, and Milo Cawthorne round out the cast.

Julia Garner, Matilda Firth, and Christopher Abbott) in ‘Wolf Man’ (Photo © 2025 Universal Studios)

“Golden Globe nominee Christopher Abbott stars as Blake, a San Francisco husband and father, who inherits his remote childhood home in rural Oregon after his own father vanishes and is presumed dead. With his marriage to his high-powered wife,...

Nikki Glaser hosted last night's Golden Globes ceremony, and after last year's Jo Koy debacle, the consensus seems to be that the often controversial stand-up comedian did an excellent job.

Glaser, who is known for her scathing celebrity roasts, did have to tone herself down somewhat for the awards show, but still managed to slip a few outrageous observations and acerbic barbs in during her opening monologue, and Joker: Folie à Deux found itself in the firing line.

“Where’s the Joker 2 table? Oh right, they’re not here…”

Nikki Glaser roasts Joker 2 at #GoldenGlobes pic.twitter.com/9iXmYTBN8H

— Everything_DCU (@EverythingDCU_) January 6, 2025

One could argue that Todd Phillips' much-maligned sequel is a bit of an easy target, but to be fair, Glaser didn't exactly go for the jugular here.

Folie à Deux was met with negative reviews and had grossed just $206 million at the global box office (including...

There’s a reboot of the classic Universal Monsters property The Wolf Man coming our way from Blumhouse Productions and The Invisible Man (2020) director Leigh Whannell, aiming for a January 17, 2025 theatrical release – and tickets are now on sale at Fandango! The site notes that, “Want to be thrilled from the comfort of your own home? For a limited time, when you buy a ticket to Wolf Man on Fandango, you can get select horror films, such as Abigail, The Invisible Man, and Renfield, for just $5 on Fandango at Home, Fandango’s on-demand streaming service. This special offer ends January 20, 2025. Visit here for more details!”

The leads of this version of Wolf Man are Christopher Abbott and Julia Garner, both of whom were in the 2011 film Martha Marcy May Marlene. Abbott is taking on the role of a man whose family is being terrorized by a lethal predator. Garner is playing his wife.

Wolf Man director Leigh Whannell has teased one key difference about the titular monster because of the movie's use of "100% practical" effects. The upcoming Wolf Man reboot focuses on a family who take shelter in a farmhouse during a full moon, after they're attacked by a mysterious creature while on the road. As the couple and their daughter recover from the incident, the father, Blake (Christopher Abbott), begins to change, slowly transforming into the titular monster. The reboot was written by Whannell and Corbett Tuck, while being produced by Jason Blum and Ryan Gosling.

Speaking about the movie with SFX Magazine (via GamesRadar), Whannell revealed Wolf Man's titular monster will look different from previous incarnations because of the film's "100% practical" effects. The director confirmed the design will be different from the werewolf's classic look, but also revealed the version promoted at Universal Studios' Halloween Horror Nights also doesn't look like the movie's final version.

The Black Phone is a 2021 horror film directed by Scott Derrickson, based on a short story by Joe Hill. It stars Mason Thames as Finney, a boy kidnapped by a serial killer known as The Grabber (played by Ethan Hawke).

While trapped, Finney uses a mysterious black phone to communicate with the ghosts of The Grabber’s previous victims, who help him plan his escape. The film also features Madeleine McGraw, Jeremy Davies, and James Ransone.

In October 2023, it was announced that ‘The Black Phone’ would have a sequel, originally planned for June 2025, but it has now been moved to October 2025. Director and co-writer Scott Derrickson will return to write the sequel with C. Robert Cargill, and both will also produce the film with Jason Blum.

JustJared recently shared which cast members we can expect to return to the movie, and which new additions will be joining the production in so far undisclosed roles.

A sequel for The Black Phone is on the way!

The first movie, produced by Jason Blum‘s Blumhouse outlet, hit theaters in 2022 and picked up $161.4 million at the global box office.

In the film, a shy but clever 13-year-old boy, Finney Shaw, is abducted by a sadistic killer and trapped in a soundproof basement where screaming is of little use. When a disconnected phone on the wall begins to ring, Finney discovers that he can hear the voices of the killer’s previous victims. And they are dead set on making sure that what happened to them doesn’t happen to Finney.

By October 2023, it was announced the horror film would get a sequel and it was set to be released in June 2025. It has, however, been pushed back to October 2025.

Director/co-writer Scott Derrickson is back on to pen the sequel alongside C. Robert Cargill. The two writers will also produce,...

A few weeks ago, Prime Video put out all six episodes of The Sticky, a terrific comedic/crime saga starring the great Margo Martindale as Ruth Landry, a Canadian maple syrup farmer who schemes to steal millions of dollars of maple syrup (it’s loosely based on an actual heist that took place in Quebec). Her co-stars in the show include Jamie Lee Curtis (who also produced the show with Jason Blum), as well as the great Chris Diamantopoulos, who’s been in loads of stuff over the years, including The Office, Silicon Valley, the movie version of The Three Stooges (he was Moe), Red One, and much more. He’s also the official voice of Mickey Mouse for Disney, a role which has netted him two Emmy nominations.

Recently, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Diamantopolous, who discussed The Sticky and how he hopes it will turn...

The Mummy is on the cusp of another resurrection, and this time, it’s got a new boss in charge: Lee Cronin. Fresh off the horror rollercoaster of Evil Dead Rise, the director is now stepping into the dusty old shoes of an ancient curse, hoping to give the mummified franchise a much-needed jolt of life. After years of reboots, remakes, and re-whatevers, the classic terror is crawling back to theaters, with a release date set for April 17, 2026.

Tom Cruise | Credits: The Mummy / Universal Pictures.

Let’s face it, after Tom Cruise’s The Mummy debacle in 2017, where the only thing resurrected was our collective disappointment, the door to the Mummy universe creaked open again—though it might have just been the sound of a sarcophagus falling apart. So, Cronin’s got his work cut out for him.

If Cronin is going to hit the nail on the head with this reboot,...

The Mummy is set to rise from its tomb once again, with director Lee Cronin at the helm.

Coming off the success of his thrillingly nasty Evil Dead Rise revival (check out our review here), the Irish filmmaker was announced as director of an untitled horror project with a release date of April 17, 2026 earlier this year. Now, Blumhouse, Atomic Monster and Warner Bros. have revealed that it will actually be a new take on the classic Universal Monster.

Cronin will also pen the script.

"This will be unlike any Mummy movie you ever laid eyeballs on before. I'm digging deep into the earth to raise something very ancient and very frightening," said Cronin in a statement.

Atomic Monster and Blumhouse are co-financing the film, with James Wan, Jason Blum and John Keville on board as producers. Michael Clear, Judson Scott and Macdara Kelleher are executive producers. Alayna Glasthal is the...

Lee Cronin's The Mummy: With a release date of April 17, 2026, we now have an official title for the latest horror film from Evil Dead Rise's Lee Cronin, who is is writing and directing the film, produced by Atomic Monster, Blumhouse and Doppelgängers, for New Line.

"This will be unlike any Mummy movie you ever laid eyeballs on before. I'm digging deep into the earth to raise something very ancient and very frightening," said writer/director Lee Cronin.

As previously announced, Atomic Monster and Blumhouse are co-financing the film. James Wan, Jason Blum and John Keville are producers on the film. Michael Clear, Judson Scott and Macdara Kelleher are executive producers. Alayna Glasthal is the executive overseeing the project for Atomic Monster.

Lee Cronin is represented by CAA, Brillstein Entertainment and Jackoway Austen Tyerman Wertheimer Mandelbaum Morris Bernstein Trattner Auerbach Hynick Jaime LeVine Sample & Klein.

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It’s Blumhouse‘s turn to resurrect “The Mummy.” THR reports that “Evil Dead Rise” director Lee Cronin will write and direct the latest take on the undead horror trope via New Line. James Wan‘s Atomic Monster is also in on the action, with the banner and Blumhouse co-financing the project.

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Wan, Jason Blum, and John Keville produce “The Mummy,” with Cronin also producing via his Doppelgängers banner.

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Well, it is Christmas time, so it makes sense that Blumhouse would give us a lovely gift to unwrap – a new The Mummy movie! After several big-screen iterations, including 1932’s version with Boris Karloff, the cult-classic Brendan Fraser-fronted adventure movies, and the slightly more ill-fated, Tom Cruise-starring, supposed Dark Universe-starting 2017 take, Universal’s mummified monster is back. At the helm will be writer and director Lee Cronin, the man behind 2023’s excellent Evil Dead Rise.

A Cronin project had been on the books for a while, announced earlier this year, but confirmation that it’s a new spin on The Mummy came today via an Instagram post from Cronin and Blumhouse. It reveals the script’s title page, with the caption ‘Something terrifying will be unleashed in 2026’.

Jason Blum and James Wan are on producing duty, and the success Blumhouse had in reinvigorating Universal’s classic monsters for...

Blumhouse is continuing its quest to revive classic movie monsters for modern audiences. To that end, it has been revealed that Lee Cronin, of "Evil Dead Rise" fame, is set to write and direct a new take on "The Mummy," with Blumhouse producing the film for New Line Cinema.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Cronin's "The Mummy" will hit theaters on April 17, 2026. Mark that on your calendars and plan accordingly, horror fans. The announcement was teased by Blumhouse on Instagram (which you can check out below), revealing the title page for the filmmaker's script. "Something terrifying will be unleashed in 2026," the caption reads. In a brief statement, Cronin had this to say about it:

"This will be unlike any 'Mummy' movie you ever laid eyeballs on before. I'm digging deep into the earth to raise something very ancient and very frightening,"

Blumhouse is producing the film alongside James Wan's...

Buzzy genre filmmaker Lee Cronin (Evil Dead Rise) will write and direct The Mummy, a new film in the horror subgenre for New Line, Deadline has confirmed.

Plot details are under wraps. Atomic Monster and Blumhouse will co-finance and produce alongside Cronin’s Doppelgängers for release on April 17, 2026. Producers include James Wan, Jason Blum and John Keville. Exec producers are Michael Clear, Judson Scott and Macdara Kelleher. Alayna Glasthal is overseeing the project for Atomic Monster. Blumhouse corroborated THR’s initial report today on a new Mummy movie in a post to its official Instagram page, writing, “Something terrifying will be unleashed in 2026.”

Mummies have been a staple for horror filmmakers dating back to the 1930s, when Universal Pictures introduced The Mummy, starring Boris Karloff as the iconic Imhotep. The studio later turned The Mummy into a successful blockbuster franchise, starring Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz, beginning in the late 1990s,...

Back in June, it was announced that Evil Dead Rise director Lee Cronin had signed on to write and direct a new genre project for Atomic Monster, Blumhouse Productions, and New Line Cinema… and now we know what that mysterious project is. The Hollywood Reporter has broken the news that Cronin has come up with a new take on the concept of The Mummy! Cronin confirmed, “This will be unlike any Mummy movie you ever laid eyeballs on before. I’m digging deep into the earth to raise something very ancient and very frightening.” The film is set to reach theatres on April 17, 2026.

It should be noted that, since the project is set up at New Line Cinema, this “new take on the horror trope revolving around the ancient mummified undead” has nothing to do with the classic Universal horror property. We heard back in May that there are three...

Fresh off last year’s Evil Dead Rise, it was announced earlier this year that director Lee Cronin will next be directing an untitled horror movie for Blumhouse and James Wan’s Atomic Monster. Today, Cronin took to Instagram to reveal that feature is Lee Cronin’s The Mummy!

“This will be unlike any Mummy movie you ever laid eyeballs on before. I’m digging deep into the earth to raise something very ancient and very frightening,” said writer/director Lee Cronin.

Cronin is writing and directing the film, produced by Atomic Monster, Blumhouse and Doppelgängers, for New Line. New Line Cinema will be releasing this one in theaters April 17, 2026.

“Collaborating with Jason, James and the wonderful teams from these two storied and massively successful organizations is what perfect nightmares are made of,” said Cronin previously. “Getting to return to New Line Cinema and my wonderful partners over there is the cherry on top.

Blumhouse and Atomic Monster, the newly converged horror producers, will unwrap yet another iconic movie monster. “The Mummy” is coming from Lee Cronin, director of the campy and cult-approved “Evil Dead Rise.”

Cronin will write and direct the project, which has been dated for April 17, 2026, by New Line Cinema.

“This will be unlike any ‘Mummy’ movie you ever laid eyeballs on before. I’m digging deep into the earth to raise something very ancient and very frightening,” Cronin said in a statement.

The director’s label Doppelgängers will also serve as a producer, alongside James Wan, Jason Blum and John Keville. Blumhouse and Atomic Monster will co-finance. Michael Clear, Judson Scott and Macdara Kelleher are executive producers. Alayna Glasthal is the executive overseeing the project for Atomic Monster

Blumhouse has had good luck updating the classic horror figures from the Universal film library (most of them distributed by that studio...

The Mummy is being unwrapped from the dead once again.

Lee Cronin is writing and directing a new take on the horror trope revolving around the ancient mummified undead for New Line, The Hollywood Reporter can reveal.

The project was previously only known as a Cronin mystery movie that had been announced earlier this year and is now set for an April 17, 2026 release.

Horror powerhouses Atomic Monster and Blumhouse, along with Cronin’s banner Doppelgängers, are producing.

Plot details are being kept in the sarcophagus but Cronin is hoping to breathe modern life into ageless evil.

“This will be unlike any Mummy movie you ever laid eyeballs on before,” he said in a statement to THR. “I’m digging deep into the earth to raise something very ancient and very frightening,”

The news was confirmed with post on Blumhouse’s Instagram account.

Atomic Monster and Blumhouse are co-financing the film.

A couple of leaked screenshots from The Invisible Man director Leigh Whannell's Wolf Man reboot have found their way online (via Reddit), and they reveal our first glimpse of the movie's other werewolf.

Our first look at what was assumed to be the titular Wolfman via an actor in a costume at Universal Orlando's Halloween Horror Nights was met with a lot of backlash, but the most recent trailer appeared to confirm that this will be the creature responsible for the initial attack, leaving Christopher Abbott's Blake to change into a different beast altogether.

Whannell addressed the negative response during an interview with NME.

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Exclusive: Oscar winner Jamie Lee Curtis is the top choice to star in the Murder, She Wrote movie coming together at Universal, Dish hears. No deal yet, but we here she’s looming likely to play the Jessica Fletcher role popularized by Angela Lansbury in the hit series that ran 12 seasons on CBS series.

Script is by Lauren Schuker Blum and Rebecca Angelo, the duo behind the Craig Gillespie-directed drama Dumb Money, about the GameStop short squeeze of 2021. Murder, She Wrote is being produced by Lord Miller and Amy Pascal.

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We just got our first look at M3GAN 2.0! Returning director Gerard Johnstone shared his thoughts on the sequel, saying, “It’s very ambitious. I felt the story needed to be bigger, with more scale and scope, but it’s still a tiny budget compared to Marvel movies.“

The first M3GAN movie was a massive hit, earning over $181 million worldwide on just a $12 million budget. Critics praised its mix of horror and humor, and Deadline Hollywood estimated the film’s net profit at $78.8 million after expenses and revenues.

Universal loved the success and announced a sequel in 2022. By 2023, M3GAN 2.0 was officially confirmed, with Akela Cooper writing the script and Allison Williams and Violet McGraw returning. The release date was moved from January 2025 to June 27, 2025.

While we wait for the trailer, we know Williams and McGraw are back, along with horror legends James Wan and Jason Blum producing. New cast members include Timm Sharp,...