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Last year saw two horror films with a pop musician plot — M. Night Shyamalan’s Trap and Smile 2. Smile 2 featured Naomi Scott as singer Skye Riley and if you wanted to own her songs, Graffiti Records is selling a limited 2500 copies of Smile 2: The Skye Riley EP LP. The vinyl album is available for pre-order at their website, which you can check out Here. The soundtrack will officially be released on June 20.

You can view the tracklist (via Griffiti Records) below:

Tracklist

1. Grieved You 2. New Brain 3. Just My Name 4. Blood On White Satin 5. Death Of Me 6. Just My Name (Piano Version)

Limit 4 per customer. Orders containing more will be cancelled.

Smile was based on Finn’s short film Laura Hasn’t Slept (watch it Here), which won the Special Jury Recognition Prize in SXSW’s Midnight Short category. Caitlin Stasey (Neighbours) played the title character in that short,...

May signals the transition between spring and summer, and the slate of new films rotating onto Netflix this month also reflect the pollen in the air and the later and later sunsets.

Whether the warmer weather and longer stretches of daylight encourage the scaredy cats to venture outside their comfort zones and watch some thrillers or whether it calls for more lighthearted fair in the form of animated adventures or romantic comedies, Netflix has its viewers set for all kinds of options in May 2025. For those looking to stream A Simple Favor, to refresh ahead of the sequel film Another Simple Favor now on Prime Video, the original film will be on Netflix until May 19.

Find the seven best new movies streaming on Netflix in May below:

Past Lives – May 1

Greta Lee and Teo Yoo in ‘Past Lives’

Those getting excited for Celine Song’s The Materialists coming to theaters...

Every month, Netflix releases new original and licensed content. But this May, things are taking a dark turn as one of the most unnerving psychological horror films in recent years makes its way to the platform. This movie was easily one of the best horror flicks of 2022 and has been available to stream elsewhere. But now, it's finally making its Netflix debut, giving a new wave of horror fans the chance to experience its relentless tension, disturbing visuals, and all the unforgettable spine-chilling moments.

Remember that creepy movie about the eerie, unsettling smiles? That’s Smile, and it's headed to Netflix on Wednesday, May 14, 2025. Netflix typically releases new content on its platform at 12:00 a.m. Pt/3:00 a.m. Et on their release dates. So, Smile will most likely drop at this time on May 14. Keep in mind that this is a film that Netflix licensed, meaning that it...

“Las Culturistas” hosts Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers and “Saturday Night Live’s” Ego Nwodim were among the winners of the fifth annual Ambies, the kudos handed out by The Podcast Academy to recognize audio entertainment.

Wondery, Audible, iHeart Media, Audacy, NPR, the CBC, Pineapple Street Studios, Higher Ground Productions and Crooked Media led the platforms and production banners that were honored across 28 categories. The awards were presented Monday evening at Chicago’s McCormick Convention Center as part of the annual Podcast Movement conference.

Podcast of the year honors went to “Hysterical,” the investigative story of a mystery ailment that spread through teenage girls in LeRoy, N.Y., a small town about 30 miles east of Rochester. The seven-part series hails from Wondery, Audacy’s Pineapple Street Studios. “Hysterical” also won the laurel for best reporting for the work of host and producer Dan Taberski. “Las Culturistas” (iHeart/Big Money Players...

Tonight, The Podcast Academy (Tpa), the preeminent professional podcast organization, announced winners at its Fifth Annual Awards for Excellence in Audio (The Ambies®) from the McCormick Convention Center in Chicago, which was hosted by multi-hyphenate comedian Tig Notaro. Additionally, Ira Glass was honored with the esteemed Governors Award, which recognizes a podcast or individual for the compelling influence they’ve had on the industry; and Sam Sanders received the Impact Award, which recognizes an individual or podcast that has made a significant, positive effect on its listeners.

The Ambies celebrate excellence in podcasting and elevate awareness and status of podcasts as a unique and personal medium for entertainment, information, storytelling and expression. The ceremony highlighted 199 nominees across 28 categories with winners selected by every voting member of Tpa. A full list of the 2025 nominees may be found here.

Fifth annual Awards for Excellence in Audio winners Podcasts Detail Podcast of the year: Hysterical; Wondery,...

The fifth Ambie Awards, honoring the best podcasts of the year, had a recurring theme throughout Monday’s ceremony: standing up for truth.

“I just want to put in a word for the facts,” This American Life host and producer Ira Glass said during his speech accepting the Governors Award for his and his show’s influence on the medium. “We’re in a war over facts, and we have to stand up for them.

Presenter Ronan Farrow made a similar case in handing out the award for best news podcast, which went to the kid-focused The Ten News. “If we want to live in a reality-based world … and want truth to survive,” Farrow said, support for the kind of journalism the nominees in the news category do, as well as local media, is essential.

The Ambies, which took place Monday evening at Chicago’s McCormick Place convention center, weren’t completely serious,...

Linda Lavin’s final role on television will be in “Mid-Century Modern” this Friday, so her co-stars and the sitcom creators made sure to honor the late star at their Hulu premiere on Tuesday.

“Linda Lavin was the most joyous, gracious, amazing person that you’d ever want to meet. She worked from the age of 5 to 87 and went out blazing like the star she was,” Nathan Lee Graham told TheWrap. “She truly was a pro at everything. This woman did everything: she could play the piano; she could sing; she could act, comedy, drama equally as well. She was a light. I call her the spiritual showrunner of our show. She’s the glue, she keeps us going. She’s the puppetmaster, she’s doing all of this tonight. So, she’s here.”

The Tony Award winner and Emmy-nominated actress died in December at age 87 from complications of lung cancer before Season 1 had wrapped.

It’s only taken another decline in his health for John to finally start questioning things about it. It’s all to come in Watson season 1, episode 7.

The new episode is going to be focused on a new case, as usual. There’s a woman who comes into the hospital sharing that something is trying to eat its way out of her, but this is far more than a case of psychological problems. It turns out that her memory keeps resetting, and that’s going to be intriguing to all.

Meanwhile, John experiences another decline in his health. He now starts to question people close to him.

A woman with a resetting memory in Watson season 1, episode 7

Reign’s Caitlin Stasey guest stars in the new episode as a woman with a resetting memory. This memory resets every three minutes, which makes treating her extremely difficult. How do you help...

Despite premiering two years after the first movie, Smile 2 picks up just a week after the events of Smile, and quickly shows how the franchise's horrific Entity traveled from Rose to Smile 2's protagonist, Skye Riley. The Smile movies are a recent horror franchise directed by relative newcomer, Parker Finn. So far, the movies have revolved around an invisible force called the Entity, which possesses unassuming victims and terrorizes them with visions of people smiling. Although Smile 2 follows some of the same beats as Smile, the movie successfully raises the stakes and expands the world of the franchise.

Though it would have been easy to make Smile 2 a completely separate story from the 2022 movie, the sequel includes various connections to the original film. These ties showcase how exactly the events of Smile lead into the events of Smile 2. The most obvious correlation between the movies is the opening scene,...

Quick Links Smile Needed a Sequel Smile 2 Raises the Stakes From the Original Smile 2 Improves Upon the Protagonist Some Horror Films are Perfect On Their Own

This article contains references to suicide and addiction.

Horror has always been a constant in fictional storytelling, and that will never change. The genre is the best vehicle for addressing societal issues. Get Out addresses concerns about race and Midsommar was a meditation on toxic relationships. But as Icarus has taught everyone, there is such a thing as flying too close to the sun.

Midsommar and Get Out work because they are self-contained stories with a beginning, middle, and end. A sequel to these films wouldn't add to the thesis of the original; it would take from it. That being said, there is room for sequels in the modern horror sphere. Sometimes certain films need follow-ups to tell a more concise story, like Smile 2.

Writer/director Parker Finn’s sequel to his 2022 horror film Smile (read our review Here, watch the movie Here) reached theatres last month, with JoBlo’s own Chris Bumbray praising the film as “one of the year’s best horror movies” in his 9/10 review. The movie has been doing well at the box office, pulling in about $132 million worldwide so far, and now we know when Smile 2 is going to be available to watch in the comfort of our own homes: Paramount is giving the film a digital release tomorrow, November 19th!

Smile was based on Finn’s short film Laura Hasn’t Slept (watch it Here), which won the Special Jury Recognition Prize in SXSW’s Midnight Short category. Caitlin Stasey (Neighbours) played the title character in that short, and reprises the role in Smile, making it a follow-up of sorts. Smile has the following synopsis: After witnessing a bizarre,...

Writer/director Parker Finn’s sequel to his 2022 horror film Smile (read our review Here, watch the movie Here) reached theatres last month, with JoBlo’s own Chris Bumbray praising the film as “one of the year’s best horror movies” in his 9/10 review. The movie has been doing well at the box office, pulling in $110 million worldwide so far, and now Paramount has decided to pull a new marketing stunt: as reported by Deadline, Paramount will let you watch the first 7 minutes of Smile 2 on this website – but to do so, you’ll have to smile into your webcam for the duration. As Deadline notes, “anywhere between a light smile to a full-out Cheshire Cat leer” will do. “If you’re thinking that you can somehow outsmart the tech, think again: The webpage, which flashes your image green upon smiling, expeditiously changes to flash a red outline at the drop of the smile.

Warning: This article contains spoilers for Smile 2.Smile 2 has proven that Naomi Scott can and should return as Skye Riley in Smile 3. Fictional pop star Skye was introduced in the 2024 horror sequel, which also stars Rosemarie DeWitt, Lukas Gage, Miles Gutierrez-Riley, Ray Nicholson, Dylan Gelula, Ral Castillo, and Kyle Gallner. Gallner is the only actor from 2022's Smile to return in a major capacity in the new movie, reprising the role of original survivor Joel in a prologue the explores the tense moments leading up to the character's death.

While a third installment in the franchise has not yet been greenlit at the time of writing, the box office performance of the 2024 movie means that there is a strong chance of a continuation. While it is not showing signs of becoming a smash success at the level of the original movie, it has already grossed $90.1 million against its $28 million budget,...

Directed by Parker Finn, Smile 2, the highly anticipated sequel to the 2022 horror hit, has spooked its way to box office success since its release on October 18. This Halloween season, it’s become a must-watch for horror fans, racking up over $23 million domestically during its opening weekend and holding onto a top spot at theaters. While Venom: The Last Dance dominated the weekend, Smile 2 landed a strong second place, but it didn’t stop there. The film has recently passed one of its biggest horror competitors at the global box office, marking yet another victory in its climb up the rankings.

The defeated rival? M. Night Shyamalan’s Trap, a thriller about a serial killer who haunts a concert crowd, didn’t quite hit the mark with audiences. Trap pulled in $82 million, sitting at 43rd place among 2024’s top box-office earners, but Smile 2 has just leapfrogged it with an $84 million tally,...

A Breed Apart, which is an “unconventional reimagining” of the 2006 Wes Craven-produced film The Breed, isn’t the only killer dog movie coming our way in the immediate future. Deadline reports that we’re also getting a survival thriller called Killing Breed from actor turned writer/director Matt Day, and Caitlin Stasey (Smile) and Damon Herriman (The Bikeriders) have signed on to star in it. Production is scheduled to begin in Australia in May 2025. The project was developed with the financial assistance of the South Australian Film Corporation and Architect is handling worldwide sales.

Killing Breed will pit a family, desperately fighting for survival at an isolated Outback lodge, against a raging bushfire, out of control and consuming everything in its path, and three savage dogs, trained to kill and now unleashed into the wild. Day said, “Killing Breed is a character-driven survival thriller grounded in raw, authentic emotion,...

Caitlin Stasey, celebrated for her standout performance in the hit horror film Smile, is ready to take on a new challenge as she takes the lead in the upcoming survival thriller Killing Breed. She is set to star in this movie, and we're here to share everything we know about it so far.

We must first start off by saying that there's not a lot known about this film at the moment since it was just announced. However, you can count on us to share every new piece of information as it is released.

Stasey is best known for starring as Laura Weaver in Smile. She played a crucial character in the film whose traumatic experience with a mysterious entity sets off a chain of events that drives the film's horror narrative.

In Killing Breed, it's unknown who she will be playing. However, we know what the movie will be about.

Described as a “character-driven survival thriller,” Matt Day will find himself in the director’s chair for Killing Breed, and Deadline shares casting news and the first details today.

For starters, Caitlin Stasey (Smile) and Damon Herriman (Better Man) lead the cast of the upcoming Killing Breed, which will be shooting in Australia in May 2025.

The survival thriller likely won’t be unleashed until 2026.

Deadline details, “Killing Breed pits a family, desperately fighting for survival at an isolated Outback lodge, against a raging bushfire, out of control and consuming everything in its path, and three savage dogs, trained to kill and now unleashed into the wild.”

The outlet also notes in today’s exclusive report, “Architect is handling worldwide sales and has launched the film to buyers ahead of the American Film Market.”

Architect’s Calum Gray previews, “Killing Breed is a classic Scylla and Charybdis story as we find...

Exclusive: Smile breakout Caitlin Stasey and The Bikeriders and Better Man actor Damon Herriman have been set to star in Killing Breed, a survival thriller from actor turned writer-director Matt Day.

Killing Breed pits a family, desperately fighting for survival at an isolated Outback lodge, against a raging bushfire, out of control and consuming everything in its path, and three savage dogs, trained to kill and now unleashed into the wild.

Architect is handling worldwide sales and has launched the film to buyers ahead of the American Film Market. Pic is due to shoot in Australia in May 2025 and was developed with the financial assistance of the South Australian Film Corporation.

Kristian Moliere produces for Triptych Pictures, alongside Grant Hardie, Ian Kirk, and Phil Hunt, as part of a genre slate collaboration between Monster Pictures Studios and Head Gear Films, with Charlie Kemball executive-producing for Head Gear.

Killing Breed’s...

Warning: The following contains major spoilers for Smile and Smile 2.

Trauma has always been a staple of the horror genre. In his classic (1977) novel The Shining, Stephen King wrote, “Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.” No modern genre creator embodies the darker side of this aphorism like Parker Finn. The writer/director’s burgeoning Smile franchise brings suffering to life with an apparition that feeds on the pain we carry inside us. And unlike the more hopeful messages in modern trauma allegories, Finn’s monsters too often emerge victorious.

Smile follows Dr. Rose Cotter (Sosie Bacon), a psychiatrist who works long hours helping her patients to avoid addressing her own mental health. When Rose witnesses a particularly brutal suicide, she becomes the new target for a terrifying creature that delights in twisting her sense of reality. This cruel beast exacerbates...

Warning: Spoilers lie ahead for Smile 2!

As the movie dominates its opening box office weekend, Lukas Gage is reflecting on his gory Smile 2 death. The follow-up to the viral 2022 horror hit sees the pop singer Skye Riley afflicted with the Smiler Entity curse just before going on a worldwide comeback tour, forcing her to confront her past demons and try and find a way to stop it. With Naomi Scott leading the Smile 2 cast, the movie is garnering large acclaim from critics and audiences alike, while also narrowly topping its predecessor's opening weekend at the box office.

During a recent interview with Screen Rant at New York Comic Con, Gage was asked about the nature of filming his Smile 2 death. The star began by praising the special effects team who put the sequence together, recalling that "the prosthetics on this were incredible" and required a lot...

Smile 2 cracks its way into theaters in time for Halloween on October 18, 2024, continuing the unnerving supernatural curse introduced by writer/director Parker Finn in 2022. The original chiller followed Rose Cotter (Sosie Bacon), a therapist increasingly tormented by a gaggle of grinning ghouls after witnessing a patient commit suicide. With nearly all the original cast members gone, Smile 2 shifts the focus to budding pop star Skye Riley (Naomi Scott).

Yet, beyond the returning writer/director and sinister premise, there is one more key connection between Smile and Smile 2. Understanding how the two films link together entails exploring the one character who reprises their role from the original and bridges the overarching narrative. Here's how Smile and Smile 2 connect as an official cinematic horror movie sequel.

2.5/5 Smile 2 Not Yet Rated

Release Date October 18, 2024Director Parker FinnCast Kyle Gallner, Naomi Scott, Lukas Gage, Rosemarie DeWitt, Dylan Gelula, Peter Jacobson, Raul Castillo,...

This article contains mild spoilers for "Smile 2."

As I write this article, the third installment of the gore-laden "Terrifier" series is obliterating the competition at the box office, a win for independent film, extreme horror, and non-studio-owned IP everywhere. Lifelong horror fans are no strangers to films with the same levels of ultraviolence and blood-soaked mania on glorious display, but these scenes are overwhelmingly found in independent or underground horror movies. This isn't to say that studio-backed horror films are incapable of bringing the pain, but even looking at something as notoriously grisly as the "Saw" series, the graphic depictions are stylized. Shots of dismembered limbs or meat being torn from the bone are interspersed between adventurous camera movement, cleverly spaced reactions to the carnage, and juuuuust enough of the gruesome goodies to throw the audience's imagination into overdrive. It's taking a page out of Alfred Hitchcock's handbook...

As Smile 2 emerges in cinemas, we explore the 2022 original, its parallels with The Exorcist, and the impact of realism in horror.

How wide do you open the door? It’s a question that, whether they consciously think about it or not, all horror storytellers have to deal with at some point.

Most writers and filmmakers are content to crack open the door just a little, letting enough of our everyday, unpleasant reality in to unsettle us without making us too uncomfortable. Movies like Halloween and Scream deal with death and blood, but they have all the lasting impact of rollercoaster rides – they thrill the senses, they make us jump and cringe, but they don’t leave us disturbed for hours afterwards.

What happens when a filmmaker opens the door further than most? Take a look at the reaction to The Exorcist when it first appeared in cinemas in 1973. News...

Smile 2 director Parker Finn opened up about whats next for the supernatural horror franchise, following the sequels theatrical release. The first installment was based on Finns 2020 short film titled, Laura Hasnt Slept, which starred Caitlin Stasey.

During a recent interview with Screen Rant, Finn addressed the possible future of the Smile franchise, revealing that the story definitely has a lot of potential to expand due to the franchises "thematically rich" character stories. "I do think that there are so many exciting places that Smile could go," he said. "For me, it's still always about wanting to do something thematically rich that's centered on character stories. I love where this film goes, and right now I'm excited for audiences to see Smile 2. Hopefully, if they embrace it, I think that there could be a really interesting future for Smile."

Related Smile 2 Review: 2 Years Later, This Horror Sequel Makes...

When you’re the son of a Hollywood icon like Jack Nicholson, expectations definitely run high. Ray Nicholson is stepping into that glare with the horror film Smile 2, sharing the screen with the talented Naomi Scott. Set to release later this week, this sequel to the hit Smile (2022) is helmed by Parker Finn and promises to be a spine-tingling ride.

Ray Nicholson in Smile 2 | Credit: Paramount Pictures

In Smile 2, Scott plays Skye Riley, a pop singer who faces terrifying challenges as she prepares for a world tour. While Ray Nicholson’s involvement in such a high-profile project is thrilling, some critics wonder if he can truly shine, especially with Scott poised to deliver a performance that’s sure to steal the spotlight.

Needless to say, Jack Nicholson’s son will need to bring his A-game to shine alongside Scott in what’s sure to be a nail-biting experience.

Just as Smile 2 diverged from the first film's smaller scale narrative by focusing on a pop star, the future of the franchise could go in many different directions. That is officially the case, according to director Parker Finn, who recently sat down with Screen Rant to tease the future of his IP. After the smash-hit success of the first film, Finn addresses the "exciting" prospect of doing more sequels down the line. His words:

"I do think that there are so many exciting places that Smile could go. For me, it's still always about wanting to do something thematically rich that's centered on character stories. I love where this film goes, and right now I'm excited for audiences to see Smile 2. Hopefully, if they embrace it, I think that there could be a really interesting future for Smile."

The first Smile film worked so well because it took a potentially silly concept seriously.

Writer/director Parker Finn’s sequel to his 2022 horror film Smile (read our review Here, watch the movie Here) is aiming for an October 18th theatrical release date, and with that date just a few days away, the final trailer for Smile 2 has just dropped online. You can watch it in the embed above.

Smile was based on Finn’s short film Laura Hasn’t Slept (watch it Here), which won the Special Jury Recognition Prize in SXSW’s Midnight Short category. Caitlin Stasey (Neighbours) played the title character in that short, and reprises the role in Smile, making it a follow-up of sorts. Smile has the following synopsis: After witnessing a bizarre, traumatic incident involving a patient, Dr. Rose Cotter (Sosie Bacon) starts experiencing frightening occurrences that she can’t explain. As an overwhelming terror begins taking over her life, Rose must confront her troubling past in order...

Writer/director Parker Finn’s sequel to his 2022 horror film Smile (read our review Here, watch the movie Here) is aiming for an October 18th theatrical release date, and with that date just a few days away, a new featurette has arrived online to give us another behind-the-scenes look at Smile 2. In this featurette, which is embedded above, we get some insight into how the film’s star, Naomi Scott of Aladdin and Charlie’s Angels, brought her pop star character Skye Riley to life. Speaking of Skye Riley, her EP has been released and is available Here.

Smile was based on Finn’s short film Laura Hasn’t Slept (watch it Here), which won the Special Jury Recognition Prize in SXSW’s Midnight Short category. Caitlin Stasey (Neighbours) played the title character in that short, and reprises the role in Smile, making it a follow-up of sorts. Smile has...

Parker Finn's 2022 horror film "Smile" has a novel premise and a monster that is difficult to describe. The film begins when the lead character, a therapist named Rose (Sosie Bacon), has a strange encounter with a student, Laura (Caitlin Stasey). Laura is in a panic, having spent several day beset by hallucinations. She has been seeing people she knows appearing out of nowhere and grinning at her fiendishly. She knows these people are, in fact, a singular shapeshifting demon of some kind, and it is encouraging her to die by suicide. Then, as she predicted, Laura also pastes on a bleak, intense smile, and slits her throat right in front of Rose.

Rose soon begins experiencing similar hallucinations, wherein people she knows appear in her mind's eye, all of them wearing a scary rictus. Rose soon discovers that the grinning entity is an ancient supernatural creature that feeds on trauma.

Writer/director Parker Finn’s sequel to his 2022 horror film Smile (read our review Here, watch the movie Here) is aiming for an October 18th theatrical release date, and with that date just a couple of weeks away, a new featurette has arrived online to give us a behind-the-scenes look at Smile 2. To find out what Finn and the film’s star, Naomi Scott of Aladdin and Charlie’s Angels, had to say about this follow-up, check out the video embedded above.

Smile was based on Finn’s short film Laura Hasn’t Slept (watch it Here), which won the Special Jury Recognition Prize in SXSW’s Midnight Short category. Caitlin Stasey (Neighbours) played the title character in that short, and reprises the role in Smile, making it a follow-up of sorts. Smile has the following synopsis: After witnessing a bizarre, traumatic incident involving a patient, Dr. Rose Cotter (Sosie Bacon...

Writer/director Parker Finn’s sequel to his 2022 horror film Smile (read our review Here, watch the movie Here) is heading for an October 18th theatrical release date, and tickets to Smile 2 screenings are now on sale. In the build-up to the release of the film, Finn sat down for an interview with SFX magazine, during which he not only revealed that this sequel uses ideas that he wasn’t able to work into the first movie, but also that he imagines the franchise carrying on with increasingly off-the-rails sequels!

Smile was based on Finn’s short film Laura Hasn’t Slept (watch it Here), which won the Special Jury Recognition Prize in SXSW’s Midnight Short category. Caitlin Stasey (Neighbours) played the title character in that short, and reprises the role in Smile, making it a follow-up of sorts. Smile has the following synopsis: After witnessing a bizarre,...

When Reign aired its series finale on the CW, it answered the question of what happened to characters like Kenna (Caitlin Stasey), who didn't remain in Queen Mary's (Adelaide Kane) life. The most popular CW series have become known for their science fiction and fantasy stories, particularly the Arrowverse and staple series Supernatural. The network, however, has dabbled in the genre of historical fiction in the past with dramas like Reign. Inspired by the life of Mary, Queen Of Scots, the series combined real moments in history with soap-opera-like fiction to create a compelling tale of Mary's life in France to marry Francis (Toby Regbo) and rise to power.

Though Reign centered on the life of Queen Mary, there were a lot of characters important to her story unfolding in the series. The story might not have been entirely accurate for history buffs, but the depth of the characters meant...

Writer/director Parker Finn’s sequel to his 2022 horror film Smile (read our review Here, watch the movie Here) is aiming for an October 18th theatrical release date, and in Smile 2 we’ll be following a new lead character: pop star Skye Riley, played by Naomi Scott of Aladdin and Charlie’s Angels. A couple of months ago, billboards promoting this previously unheard of pop star started popping up in Los Angeles and London, and a Skye Riley fan account appeared on Instagram, with an official website also arriving online. Now, a month away from Smile 2‘s release date, the fictional pop star has released a new single called “Grieved You.” A promotional video can be seen in the embed above, and the full song can be found at This Link.

The fact that the lead character is a pop star was first revealed in the trailer that was...

Paramount Pictures has released the new Smile 2 trailer and poster, which features the tagline, “It’s the Last Thing You’ll See.” The new installment opens in theaters on October 18, 2024.

Smile 2 is officially described as follows: “About to embark on a new world tour, global pop sensation Skye Riley (Naomi Scott) begins experiencing increasingly terrifying and inexplicable events. Overwhelmed by the escalating horrors and the pressures of fame, Skye is forced to face her dark past to regain control of her life before it spirals out of control.”

The film is a follow-up to Smile, which opened in theaters in 2022 and grossed an impressive $217.4 million worldwide, with $105.9 million coming from domestic theaters and $111.5 million from international markets.

The new movie was again written and directed by Parker Finn. The cast includes Naomi Scott, Rosemarie DeWitt, Kyle Gallner, Lukas Gage, Miles Gutierrez-Riley, Peter Jacobson, Raúl Castillo, Dylan Gelula, and Ray Nicholson.

Writer/director Parker Finn’s sequel to his 2022 horror film Smile (read our review Here, watch the movie Here) is aiming for an October 18th theatrical release date – and now we know exactly how long Smile 2 is going to ask its viewers to point their attention at the screen when it reaches theatres. The Physical Media X account reports that Smile 2 has a final running time of 2 hours and 12 minutes, or 132 minutes. The first film had a running time of 115 minutes, so this one has 17 minutes on its predecessor.

A couple of months ago, billboards promoting a previously unheard of pop star named Skye Riley started popping up in Los Angeles and London, and a Skye Riley fan account appeared on Instagram, with an official website also arriving online. Skye Riley is the lead character Naomi Scott of Aladdin and Charlie’s Angels plays in Smile 2. The fact...

Hulu is ready with an entertainment-packed August this year. The upcoming month will see the return of some of Hulu’s best original shows including Only Murders in the Building and also new hit movies like Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes. Just like every month, Hulu is ready to overload with you great content including new and old movies and TV Shows. So, we’re here to tell you about the 10 best movies and TV shows coming to Hulu in August 2024.

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (August 2)

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes is a sci-fi action film directed by Wes Ball from a screenplay by Josh Friedman. The 2024 film serves as a standalone sequel to the 2017 film War for the Planet of the Apes and it is the fourth entry into the Planet of the Apes reboot film series and the tenth film in the overall film franchise.

Paramount Pictures has released the teaser trailer and poster for Smile 2, which will open in theaters on October 18, 2024. The teaser features Skye Riley’s new single, “Blood on White Satin” (performed by Naomi Scott).

Smile 2 is officially described as follows: “About to embark on a new world tour, global pop sensation Skye Riley (Naomi Scott) begins experiencing increasingly terrifying and inexplicable events. Overwhelmed by the escalating horrors and the pressures of fame, Skye is forced to face her dark past to regain control of her life before it spirals out of control.”

The film is a follow-up to Smile, which opened in theaters in 2022 and grossed an impressive $217.4 million worldwide, with $105.9 million coming from domestic theaters and $111.5 million from international markets.

The new movie was again written and directed by Parker Finn. The cast includes Naomi Scott, Rosemarie DeWitt, Kyle Gallner, Lukas Gage, Miles Gutierrez-Riley, Peter Jacobson, Raúl Castillo,...

Writer/director Parker Finn’s sequel to his 2022 horror film Smile (read our review Here, watch the movie Here) is aiming for an October 18th theatrical release date – and with exactly four months to go before that date arrives, the first teaser trailer for Smile 2 has made its way online! You can check it out in the embed above.

As we reported last week, billboards promoting a previously unheard of pop star named Skye Riley recently popped up in Los Angeles and London, there’s a Skye Riley fan account on Instagram, an official website – and these promos came with the promise that the new single “Blood on White Satin” was set to be released on June 18th. Which was a viral marketing way of letting us know the teaser trailer would be arriving today. But yes, the single was also released:

Skye Riley is the lead character Naomi Scott...

Writer/director Parker Finn’s sequel to his 2022 horror film Smile (read our review Here, watch the movie Here) is aiming for an October 18th theatrical release date – and our friends at Bloody Disgusting have noticed that a viral marketing campaign for Smile 2 appears to be underway. Billboards promoting a previously unheard of pop star named Skye Riley have popped up in Los Angeles and London, there’s a Skye Riley fan account on Instagram, an official website – and these promos come with the promise that the new single “Blood on White Satin” is set to be released on June 18th. The suspicion is that Skye Riley is the lead character Naomi Scott of Aladdin and Charlie’s Angels plays in Smile 2, and that the first trailer for the film might be unveiled on June 18th.

This would make sense, as a trailer for Smile 2 was already...

It's time to prepare for Smile 2 as the marketing campaign for the sequel kicks off. On June 13, we got our first glimpse of Naomi Scott as pop star Skye Riley, the main character in the upcoming film, which premieres on October 18.

You can pre-add her hit new single "Blood on White Satin" right now on Spotify! And make sure to check out the following video clip for a teaser of the song.

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Her first song drops on June 18, and I imagine we can probably expect a more official film teaser that day, too!

Based on director and writer Parker Finn's 11-minute short film Laura Hasn't Slept, Smile quickly became a success and earned over $217 million off of its $17 million budget. Not long after the movie came out, Finn...

Writer/director Parker Finn’s sequel to his 2022 horror film Smile is aiming for an October 18th theatrical release date – and with that date just six months away, Paramount decided to start building the hype for Smile 2 during their panel at CinemaCon today. They showed a teaser trailer to the people who attended their panel, and in the audience was JoBlo’s own Lance Vlcek!

Lance describes what he saw in this teaser: “Story appears to be set around a Taylor Swift type of mega-star artist (Naomi Scott) who gets sucked into the curse of Smile. The sequel has a bigger budget and slicker look, seems to be bigger in scope. There was a very cool scene where a crowd of people under control of the entity are in a tight backstage hallway chasing Naomi Scott, all of the smiling in that creepy way. Plot-wise, it doesn’t give much away.

From December through February, we followed the progress as writer/director Parker Finn assembled the cast for a sequel to his 2022 horror film Smile (read our review Here, watch the movie Here) – a project we’re referring to as Smile 2 until we hear otherwise. The cast includes Naomi Scott of Aladdin and Charlie’s Angels, Lukas Gage of The White Lotus and You, Rosemarie DeWitt of La La Land and the Poltergeist remake, Dylan Gelula of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and Dream Scenario, Raúl Castillo of Army of the Dead and Knives Out, Miles Gutierrez-Riley of The Wilds and On The Come Up, and Kyle Gallner (Red State), reprising the role he played in the first movie. The film is aiming for an October 18, 2024 theatrical release date, so we knew it had to be going to production soon, if it wasn’t already filming – and now Gage has confirmed that production is already underway.

In recent weeks, writer/director Parker Finn has been assembling the cast for a sequel to his 2022 horror film Smile (read our review Here, watch the movie Here) – a project we’re referring to as Smile 2 until we hear otherwise. The film is aiming for an October 18, 2024 theatrical release date, and according to Deadline, Finn has just rounded out the cast with the two latest additions. We’ve previously heard that the cast will include Naomi Scott of Aladdin and Charlie’s Angels, Lukas Gage of The White Lotus and You, Rosemarie DeWitt of La La Land and the Poltergeist remake, Dylan Gelula of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and Dream Scenario, and Kyle Gallner (Red State), reprising the role he played in the first movie. The two new additions are Raúl Castillo, who had roles in Zack Snyder’s Army of the Dead and Rian Johnson’s Knives Out, and Miles Gutierrez-Riley...

Dylan Gelula may be best known for playing the role of Xanthippe Voorhees in 13 episodes of the Netflix series Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt… but since I haven’t gotten around to watching that show yet, where I know her from is the recent Nicolas Cage movie Dream Scenario, where her character has a very memorable interaction with Cage. Since Gelula’s section of the movie is also the part that sticks with me more than any other, I’m glad to hear (via Deadline) that she has been cast in writer/director Parker Finn’s sequel to his 2022 horror film Smile (read our review Here, watch the movie Here) – a project we’re referring to as Smile 2 until we hear otherwise. The film is aiming for an October 18, 2024 theatrical release date, so they need to get this one into production very soon.

Plot details are being kept under wraps, but...

Killer hogs will be unleashed in the upcoming survival horror movie Feral, coming soon from Australian director Jesse O’Brien (Two Heads Creek) and currently in pre-production.

Caitlin Stasey and Dougray Scott star in the upcoming creature feature.

In Feral…

“Stranded on a remote highway, a father and his estranged daughter struggle to survive against a pack of merciless feral hogs that begin hunting them in the middle of a state-wide dust storm.”

Addam Bramich and George S. Mahaffrey wrote the screenplay.

Altitude Films is handling sales on Feral.

In addition to his work as a director, Jesse O’Brien is also a visual effects artist who most recently worked as a visual effects coordinator on the high concept dinosaur movie 65. He also worked on Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile and George Miller’s Three Thousand Years of Longing.

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We’ve seen a couple casting announcements for writer/director Parker Finn’s sequel to his 2022 horror film Smile (read our review Here, watch the movie Here), which is aiming for an October 18, 2024 theatrical release date. Last month, it was announced that Naomi Scott of Aladdin and Charlie’s Angels has been cast in Smile 2, and yesterday we learned that Lukas Gage of The White Lotus and You is in the cast as well… and when seeing those announcements, I could only wonder, “Where is Kyle Gallner?” A genre regular, Gallner had a role in Smile, and his character made it through the whole movie. So why wasn’t his presence in Smile 2 being confirmed? Well, thankfully, now it has. The Wrap reports that Gallner will be reprising the role of police detective Joel in the film. Also joining the cast is Rosemarie DeWitt, whose previous credits include La La Land...

Smile 2 is the sequel to the 2022 psychological horror film directed by Parker Finn, focusing on a therapist who witnesses a patient's suicide and faces supernatural events. Kyle Gallner will be returning to reprise his role in Smile 2, along with new cast members Naomi Scott, Rosemarie DeWitt, and Lukas Gage. The release date for Smile 2 is set for October 18, 2024, so viewers will have to wait for the Halloween season to see the sequel.

An original cast member has been confirmed to return in Smile 2. Adopted from Parker Finn’s 2020 short movie titled Laura Hasn't Slept, the feature film follows the story of a therapist who begins to experience terrifying incidents after witnessing a bizarre and traumatic suicide incident involving a patient. Sosie Bacon plays the role of Dr. Rose Cotter, the traumatized therapist, and she is joined by other talented cast members like Jessie T. Usher, Kyle Gallner,...

Writer/director Parker Finn is gearing up to head into production on a sequel to his 2022 horror film Smile (read our review Here, watch the movie Here), aiming for an October 18, 2024 theatrical release date. Last month, it was announced that Naomi Scott of Aladdin and Charlie’s Angels has been cast in Smile 2, and now she has a co-star. Deadline reports that Scott is being joined in the cast by Lukas Gage, whose previous credits include episodes of Euphoria, The White Lotus, You, and the soon-to-wrap-up Fargo season 5. I first saw Gage in the Blumhouse horror production Into the Dark: Midnight Kiss.

Details on the characters Scott and Gage will be playing in Smile 2 have not been revealed. Plot details are also being kept under wraps.

Smile was based on Finn’s short film Laura Hasn’t Slept (watch it Here), which won the Special Jury Recognition Prize in SXSW’s Midnight Short category.

Naomi Scott, best known for her role in Aladdin, has been cast in the horror sequel Smile 2. Smile, the first film in the franchise, received rave reviews and was a box office success, grossing over $217 million worldwide. Smile director Parker Finn has hinted at a potential sequel and expressed his excitement about exploring unexplored elements and bringing back the terrifying entity in an unexpected and surprising way.

Aladdin star Naomi Scott has been cast in the upcoming horror sequel Smile 2. The latest update for the highly anticipated follow-up to last year’s horror hit Smile comes courtesy of Deadline, and while details of her role remain unknown at present, it’s likely that Scott’s character will be the next victim of the uncanny entity.

Scott is best known for her role as Princess Jasmine in Disney’s live-action Aladdin, in which she starred alongside Will Smith and Mena Massoud.

Knowing the identity of the monster in Smile takes away the fear of the unknown and eliminates the element of mystery that made the original film intriguing. We already know how it targets and terrorizes its victims. The story of Smile concluded satisfactorily with the death of Rose, and there is no dire need to continue the story with a sequel. Leaving it as a one-shot would have been enough to avoid potential burnout. The concept of Smile works better as a standalone film rather than a sequel or franchise. The curse and its origins were already revealed in the first movie, leaving little room for development in future installments. A sequel would likely be repetitive without adding meaningful new information.

After the resounding success of Parker Finn's Smile, the psychological horror will be getting a sequel in October 2024. The It Follows copycat revolves around Dr. Rose Cotter, played by Sosie Bacon,...