There are a host of ways in which we have seen superheroes deconstructed in modern Hollywood, existing alongside MCU. Be it Will Smith’s drunk and foul-mouthed Hancock, or the genocidal Omni-Man, audiences are familiar with dark takes on tried and tested archetypes, a trend that has become quite popular in today’s day and age.
The cover of Ruins #2.
However, no matter how dark these things get, Marvel concocted the darkest of these deconstructions with its 2 issue miniseries Marvel: Ruins. Essentially, this version of the Marvel Universe sees everything that can go wrong go horribly wrong, such that The Earth’s Mightiest Heroes are dying or horribly disfigured by the accidents that gave them their powers.
The Ruins Timeline is too dark for mainstream audiences
A panel from Ruins #2
While some pretty dark concepts can be found on the cutting room floor of the films in the MCU, Ruins...
The cover of Ruins #2.
However, no matter how dark these things get, Marvel concocted the darkest of these deconstructions with its 2 issue miniseries Marvel: Ruins. Essentially, this version of the Marvel Universe sees everything that can go wrong go horribly wrong, such that The Earth’s Mightiest Heroes are dying or horribly disfigured by the accidents that gave them their powers.
The Ruins Timeline is too dark for mainstream audiences
A panel from Ruins #2
While some pretty dark concepts can be found on the cutting room floor of the films in the MCU, Ruins...
- 3/14/2024
- by Anuraag Chatterjee
- FandomWire
The great shake-up in cable TV continues, with Warner Bros. Discovery’s TruTV the latest channel to be overhauled.
The channel, best known for its comedy and reality shows, will shift its primetime lineup to a new sports slate beginning this coming Monday, March 11.
Moving forward, TruTV will be home to exclusive live games (including games in the upcoming March Madness college basketball tournament and MotoGP races) as well as alternative broadcasts of NBA, MLB and NHL games on TNT and TBS. It will also simulcast some of those games, as well.
Alternative telecasts (like ESPN’s Monday Night Football “Manningcast” or Amazon’s Dude Perfect Thursday Night Football option) have become quite popular in recent years, as sports broadcasters seek to bring in new, younger fans to their live events. Leagues, likewise, support having more coverage of their games.
In addition, TNT Sports will produce a slate of sports studio programming,...
The channel, best known for its comedy and reality shows, will shift its primetime lineup to a new sports slate beginning this coming Monday, March 11.
Moving forward, TruTV will be home to exclusive live games (including games in the upcoming March Madness college basketball tournament and MotoGP races) as well as alternative broadcasts of NBA, MLB and NHL games on TNT and TBS. It will also simulcast some of those games, as well.
Alternative telecasts (like ESPN’s Monday Night Football “Manningcast” or Amazon’s Dude Perfect Thursday Night Football option) have become quite popular in recent years, as sports broadcasters seek to bring in new, younger fans to their live events. Leagues, likewise, support having more coverage of their games.
In addition, TNT Sports will produce a slate of sports studio programming,...
- 3/7/2024
- by Alex Weprin
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Diablo 4‘s Season 2 update is a real game changer that impacts nearly every aspect of the experience in some way. However, some of the updates’ most important changes focus on the game’s roster of Nightmare Dungeons.
In short, Nightmare Dungeons are easier to navigate, filled with more enemies, and yield greater Xp rewards. It’s a global buff to the entire process of running dungeons. In the grand tradition of such updates, though, it turns out that some dungeons are still generally more effective than others.
With that in mind, here’s a brief look at some of the best (and worst) Nightmare Dungeons in Diablo 4‘s Season 2 update.
Every Diablo 4 Season 2 Nightmare Dungeon
As before, Nightmare Dungeons don’t become available in Diablo 4 until you’ve unlocked and enabled World Tier 3. As before, some Nightmare Dungeons don’t become available until after you reach World Tier 4. Put it all together,...
In short, Nightmare Dungeons are easier to navigate, filled with more enemies, and yield greater Xp rewards. It’s a global buff to the entire process of running dungeons. In the grand tradition of such updates, though, it turns out that some dungeons are still generally more effective than others.
With that in mind, here’s a brief look at some of the best (and worst) Nightmare Dungeons in Diablo 4‘s Season 2 update.
Every Diablo 4 Season 2 Nightmare Dungeon
As before, Nightmare Dungeons don’t become available in Diablo 4 until you’ve unlocked and enabled World Tier 3. As before, some Nightmare Dungeons don’t become available until after you reach World Tier 4. Put it all together,...
- 10/20/2023
- by Matthew Byrd
- Den of Geek
Blumhouse Television and MGM+ have a deal to produce eight original films together. A House on the Bayou, American Refugee, Torn Hearts, Unhuman, The Visitor, There’s Something Wrong the Children, and Unseen were part of this deal. The eighth film in the series is The Passenger, which Paramount Home Entertainment will be giving a digital and VOD release on August 4th, with an MGM+ release to follow later in the year. With the release date swifty approaching, a trailer for The Passenger has arrived online and can be seen in the embed above.
Directed by Carter Smith (The Ruins) from a screenplay by Jack Stanley, who has had multiple scripts featured on the Black List, The Passenger follows the journey two flawed, complex characters embark on after a sudden life altering event leads them to confront the troubles in their past to right the wrongs in their lives before time runs out.
Directed by Carter Smith (The Ruins) from a screenplay by Jack Stanley, who has had multiple scripts featured on the Black List, The Passenger follows the journey two flawed, complex characters embark on after a sudden life altering event leads them to confront the troubles in their past to right the wrongs in their lives before time runs out.
- 6/29/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
About fifteen months ago, we heard that genre regular Kyle Gallner – whose credits include Red, The Haunting in Connecticut, Jennifer’s Body, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Red State, The Walking Dead, The Cleanse, Alien Code, Ghosts of War, Scream, and Smile, among others – had signed on to star in the dramatic thriller The Passenger for Blumhouse Television and MGM+. Now it has been announced that Paramount Home Entertainment is planning to give the film a digital and VOD release on August 4th, with an MGM+ release to follow later in the year.
The film is part of the Blumhouse Television and MGM+ deal to produce eight original films together. A House on the Bayou, American Refugee, Torn Hearts, Unhuman, The Visitor, There’s Something Wrong the Children, and Unseen were also part of this deal.
Directed by Carter Smith (The Ruins) from a screenplay by Jack Stanley, who has had...
The film is part of the Blumhouse Television and MGM+ deal to produce eight original films together. A House on the Bayou, American Refugee, Torn Hearts, Unhuman, The Visitor, There’s Something Wrong the Children, and Unseen were also part of this deal.
Directed by Carter Smith (The Ruins) from a screenplay by Jack Stanley, who has had...
- 6/21/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
The last time WGA picket lines formed in 2007, writers didn’t have an efficient way to communicate with fellow strikers about group meet-ups, illegal productions, and all those clever placards. The only place they could turn to for regular information was this very space, in which the late Nikki Finke would post regular missives about strike action, the broken-off negotiations and the financial impact of the 100-day work stoppage.
My, have times changed. Even with the new and so-not-improved platform under Elon Musk, Twitter has become the go-to town square for writers looking for either marching orders or just plain encouragement from their fellow strikers. When writers aren’t trying to boost morale, they are posting selfies from the picket lines and sharing locations where more reinforcements are needed to battle the AMPTP, the trade association representing the entertainment companies.
“Twitter has turned into an invaluable tool in getting picketers to our lines,...
My, have times changed. Even with the new and so-not-improved platform under Elon Musk, Twitter has become the go-to town square for writers looking for either marching orders or just plain encouragement from their fellow strikers. When writers aren’t trying to boost morale, they are posting selfies from the picket lines and sharing locations where more reinforcements are needed to battle the AMPTP, the trade association representing the entertainment companies.
“Twitter has turned into an invaluable tool in getting picketers to our lines,...
- 5/22/2023
- by Lynette Rice
- Deadline Film + TV
From the director of The Ruins, Swallowed is a queer horror nightmare about drugs, bugs and the extremes we are willing to endure to protect the ones we love. Benjamin and Dom have been best friends since they were kids – and Benjamin has been in love with Dom for almost that long. But Benjamin is heading to sunny Los Angeles to pursue a new career. Fearing the worst for his friend in the cutthroat city, Dom concocts a plan to make Benjamin some quick cash. All they have to do is a quick drug run across the border. But all is not what it seems, as the bags of drugs they swallow for their smuggling trip turn out to be something far more deadly and disturbing than they ever could have imagined. Starring Jena Malone, Cooper Koch (They/Them), Jose Colon and Mark Patton (A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge...
- 4/27/2023
- by Peter 'Witchfinder' Hopkins
- Horror Asylum
Salem, Massachusetts brews up more Halloween activities than you can shake a broom at each October, so it was logical for Salem Horror Fest to take place during the spookiest month of the year. For its sixth installment, however, the festivities have moved to the spring, making it much easier to attend without throngs of tourists.
If last night’s opening night ceremony — headlined by a screening of Candyman with Tony Todd in attendance — is any indication, horror lovers will show up any time of the year. Held at the Peabody Essex Museum, the event kicked off with poignagnt opening remarks by festival director Kay Lynch. She briefly outlined the evolution of Salem Horror, which was born out of her desire for catharsis after the 2016 election.
With folk horror being a common theme among some of this year’s programming, Kier-La Janisse was enlisted to deliver a keynote address. Much like how her essential documentary,...
If last night’s opening night ceremony — headlined by a screening of Candyman with Tony Todd in attendance — is any indication, horror lovers will show up any time of the year. Held at the Peabody Essex Museum, the event kicked off with poignagnt opening remarks by festival director Kay Lynch. She briefly outlined the evolution of Salem Horror, which was born out of her desire for catharsis after the 2016 election.
With folk horror being a common theme among some of this year’s programming, Kier-La Janisse was enlisted to deliver a keynote address. Much like how her essential documentary,...
- 4/21/2023
- by Alex DiVincenzo
- bloody-disgusting.com
Triangle, Black Death, and The Banishing director Christopher Smith returns to horror with Consecration, coming soon from IFC Midnight and Shudder here in early 2023.
IFC Midnight will first release the film in theaters on February 10, 2023, Entertainment Weekly reports this morning. Consecration then comes to Digital on March 3, 2023.
Consecration stars Jena Malone (The Ruins), Danny Huston (30 Days of Night, “American Horror Story”), and Janet Suzman. Christopher Smith co-wrote the script with Laurie Cook.
In Consecration, “After the suspicious death of her brother, a priest, Grace (Jena Malone) goes to the Mount Saviour Convent in Scotland to find out what really happened. Once there, she uncovers murder, sacrilege, and a disturbing truth about her own past.”
Previously, Smith described the project as “a film about the nature of religion and how defining one thing as divine creates a false opposite that is heretical.”
He added: “This film is an opportunity to...
IFC Midnight will first release the film in theaters on February 10, 2023, Entertainment Weekly reports this morning. Consecration then comes to Digital on March 3, 2023.
Consecration stars Jena Malone (The Ruins), Danny Huston (30 Days of Night, “American Horror Story”), and Janet Suzman. Christopher Smith co-wrote the script with Laurie Cook.
In Consecration, “After the suspicious death of her brother, a priest, Grace (Jena Malone) goes to the Mount Saviour Convent in Scotland to find out what really happened. Once there, she uncovers murder, sacrilege, and a disturbing truth about her own past.”
Previously, Smith described the project as “a film about the nature of religion and how defining one thing as divine creates a false opposite that is heretical.”
He added: “This film is an opportunity to...
- 1/11/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Triangle, Black Death, and The Banishing director Christopher Smith returns to horror once more with upcoming supernatural thriller Consecration.
Per Variety, IFC Midnight and Shudder have acquired North American rights to the film. IFC Midnight will release the film in theaters in 2023 with Shudder subsequently taking the first streaming window exclusively.
Consecration stars Jena Malone (The Ruins), Danny Huston, and Janet Suzman. Smith co-wrote the script with The Banishing producer Laurie Cook.
In Consecration, “Grace (Malone) goes to the Mount Saviour Convent in Scotland to find out what was behind the suspicious death of her brother, a priest. She is initially helped by Father Romero (Huston), but she soon comes to distrust the account of the church as she uncovers murder, sacrilege and a disturbing truth about her own shadowy past that brings long-buried trauma to the surface.”
Arianna Bocco, president of IFC Films, said in a statement, “Christopher Smith...
Per Variety, IFC Midnight and Shudder have acquired North American rights to the film. IFC Midnight will release the film in theaters in 2023 with Shudder subsequently taking the first streaming window exclusively.
Consecration stars Jena Malone (The Ruins), Danny Huston, and Janet Suzman. Smith co-wrote the script with The Banishing producer Laurie Cook.
In Consecration, “Grace (Malone) goes to the Mount Saviour Convent in Scotland to find out what was behind the suspicious death of her brother, a priest. She is initially helped by Father Romero (Huston), but she soon comes to distrust the account of the church as she uncovers murder, sacrilege and a disturbing truth about her own shadowy past that brings long-buried trauma to the surface.”
Arianna Bocco, president of IFC Films, said in a statement, “Christopher Smith...
- 10/31/2022
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
Stars: Jena Malone, Cooper Koch, Mark Patton, Jose Colon, Roe Pacheco, Michael Shawn Curtis | Written and Directed by Carter Smith
Benjamin (Cooper Koch) and Dom (Jose Colon) have been best friends since they were kids – and Benjamin has been in love with Dom for almost that long. But Benjamin is heading to sunny Los Angeles for a blazing bright future in gay porn. Fearing the worst for his friend in the cutthroat world of the porn industry, Dom concocts a plan to make Benjamin some quick cash. All they have to do is a quick drug run across the border. But all is not what it seems, as the bags of drugs they swallow for their smuggling trip turn out to be something far more deadly and disturbing than they ever could have imagined…
Writer-director Carter Smith is probably best known for his 2008 horror film The Ruins, which explored a similar “body horror” theme,...
Benjamin (Cooper Koch) and Dom (Jose Colon) have been best friends since they were kids – and Benjamin has been in love with Dom for almost that long. But Benjamin is heading to sunny Los Angeles for a blazing bright future in gay porn. Fearing the worst for his friend in the cutthroat world of the porn industry, Dom concocts a plan to make Benjamin some quick cash. All they have to do is a quick drug run across the border. But all is not what it seems, as the bags of drugs they swallow for their smuggling trip turn out to be something far more deadly and disturbing than they ever could have imagined…
Writer-director Carter Smith is probably best known for his 2008 horror film The Ruins, which explored a similar “body horror” theme,...
- 9/8/2022
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
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