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One of the next Stephen King tales to make the leap to the screen is “The Institute,” a 2019 novel that will arrive in the form of a streaming television series from streamer MGM+.

Variety shares a first look image from the series today, seen up above. The site also reports, “[Stephen] King has come on board the project as an executive producer.”

Creator/producer Benjamin Cavell previews the storyline, “Kids with ‘The Shine’ [the telekinetic powers from King’s The Shining] are being kidnapped by some shadowy organization that we don’t fully understand. But the kids ultimately are able to find a way to rescue themselves. There isn’t some external force that comes and saves them, the kids have to band together and through their own ingenuity and ability, find their way out.”

Learn more on Variety and read on for everything else we know about “The Institute.”

The cast for the MGM+ series includes...

Warning! This post contains Spoilers for Star Wars: Inquisitors #4Darth Vader's brutality is on full display in his latest Jedi battle, rivaling his various showdowns with Obi-Wan Kenobi and Luke Skywalker. During the Dark Times, Darth Vader was in command of the Imperial Inquisitors, a force of deadly hunters who searched the galaxy for any surviving Jedi who survived Order 66. However, there were a select number of Jedi who demanded Vader's personal attention, and this small list of Jedi now includes none other than Tensu Run.

As seen in Marvel's canonical Star Wars: Inquisitors #4 from Rodney Barnes and Ramon Rosanas, Darth Vader has grown tired of his Inquisitors' recurring failures to capture or kill Tensu Ren, a Jedi Knight seeking to rebuild the Jedi Order who's also willing to face his hunters directly. As such, this new and final issue of Inquisitors sees Vader assembling the Grand Inquisitor, Fifth Brother,...

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With over 500 scripted shows now airing across broadcast, cable and streaming, it’s easy to forget that a favorite comedy is returning, or that the new “prestige drama” you anticipated is about to debut. So consider this our reminder to set your DVR, order a Season Pass, pop a fresh Memorex into the Vcr… however it is you roll.

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Horror movies are popular for many reasons, mainly because people enjoy being scared together. But the best horror doesn't just scare its audience; it also speaks to them. A truly good horror movie doesn't just leave its audience scared; it also makes them think.

Yes, killer clowns or indestructible monsters, these ghosts and residents of the uncanny valley scare audiences. But the movies that really stay in people's minds are the ones that pull their horror from something much more tangible and tap not into childish fears of the unknown but instead display the horror that exists in the societies of the viewers.

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Starring Sarah Paulson and Kiera Allen as a seemingly happy mother and daughter, Run quickly made a name for itself as one of the best horror films available on Hulu.

Here, the threat is much worse than murder.

Stars: Sean Young, Daphne O’Neal, Jack Pearson, Kayla Fields, Eric Roberts, Geoff Meed | Written and Directed by Geoff Meed

In the opening minutes of DC Down, Washington DC is hit by an earthquake that, among other things, causes the roof of The White House to collapse trapping President Powell and Vice President Jameson inside.

Lance Cushing a former combat engineer and search and rescue expert is called in to help get them out. He brings his fiance Katherine who is a seismologist along. It’s a good thing he did because it looks like there’s going to be some massive aftershocks, but her so far unproven “Dispersal Theory” might be able to protect what’s left of The White House from them. Meanwhile, Speaker of the House Wilder has been sworn in as acting President, and a militia group, The Virginia Lookout, led by Beck are heading to DC.

Bruce Berman, a senior executive who was previously chairman and CEO of Los Angeles-based Village Roadshow Pictures, has come out of retirement to board the recently-founded film studio Through the Lens Entertainment.

The company, founded by producer Aditya Chand, is headquartered in Singapore with operations in the U.S. and Japan. It aims to combine the opportunities of the East and the power and experience of the studio systems in the West, “to offer a new studio ecosystem out of Asia, that is built for the digital age.”

Two film projects are already underway and a third with “Slumdog Millionaire” star Frieda Pinto is in development.

Berman is taking the title of president and co-chairman and will join the board of the company that was incorporated in 2021. Another Vrp alumnus, Robert Corbin is joining the company as its chief financial officer. Corbin was previously Vrp’s executive director of finance...