Beyond Fest, the highest-attended genre film festival in the US, is excited to announce its full slate of 2017 programming featuring 32 events and 23 West Coast premieres of cinematic excess. Co-presented by Shudder, Beyond Fest returns to Hollywood’s famed Egyptian Theatre for 12 days of movies, music and mayhem spanning Friday, September 29th - Tuesday, October 10th to generate funds for the nonprofit 501c3 American Cinematheque. With a diverse slate that includes films from all corners of the globe Beyond Fest is proud to open withBrawl in Cell Block 99with directorS....

One of the greatest joys ofCollider Ladies Nightis welcoming a guest back to the show and celebrating how much they’ve accomplished in such a short period of time. That’s the case withDeWanda Wise. She was on Ladies Night for her very first franchise film,Jurassic World Dominion, in 2022 and now she’s back as the star and executive producer of aBlumhousehorror movie. Wise headlinesImaginaryas Jess, a woman who moves back into her childhood home with her husband Max (Tom Payne) and her stepdaughters, Alice (Pyper Braun) and Taylor (Taegen Burns)....

In today’s most confident news by a country mile, Activision Blizzard Studios has hiredBlack Pantherco-writerJoe Robert Coleto pen a sequel to itsCall of Dutyfeature film, which does not yet have a cast or a distributor. The studio brought onSicario 2: Day of the SoldadodirectorStefano Sollimaearlier this year to man the first film, written byKieran Fitzgerald(Snowden) and based on the massively popular first-person-shooter franchise that began in 2003.Varietyreports that Activision Blizzard wants a follow-up script ready to go “as soon as the first pic goes into production next year....

Music superstarCardi BandRiverdalestarLili Reinharthave signed on to joinConstance WuandJennifer Lopezin STXfilms' dramaHustlers, Collider has learned.Keke Palmer,Julia StilesandMercedes Ruehlhave also joined the cast, whileMette Towley(Cats) andTrace Lysette(Transparent) are in negotiations for supporting roles. Lorene Scafaria(The Meddler) will direct from her own screenplay, which was inspired by a2016New York Magazinearticle that went viral. Wu and Lopez will lead a savvy group of former strip club employees who band together to turn the tables on their Wall Street clients....

We were treated to an insane first look at Netflix’sCastlevaniaSeason 2 thanks to the bloody, magical, and darkly fantastical trailer revealed by executive producerAdi Shankarover the weekend. But now, Shankar is at it again, teasing (and rewarding) fans of the Konami classic with a new character reveal, courtesy of a first-look image. We’ll save the reveal itself for your eyes below, followed by a bit of an explanation for just who the character is and what part they might play in the season ahead....

On this episode of Collider Movie Talk, John Campea, Jon Schnepp, and Mark Ellis discuss the following: Collider.com reports the announcement of the upcomingPower Rangersmoviewill be titled“Saban’s Power Rangers”, with a budget in the $35 million range.Saban’s Power Rangersis directed byDean Israelite, and starsNaomi Scott,Dacre Montgomery,Ludi Lin, andRJ Cyler. Pitch Perfect 2was a phenomenal success for the studio. The sequel took in almost triple of what the original film made when it took home over $285 million dollars at the box office on a measly $29 million dollar production budget so it should come as no surprise that a third film is on the way....

From writerBrandon Boyce(Apt Pupil) and directorDean Devlin(Geostorm), the thrillerBad Samaritanfollows Sean (Robert Sheehan) who, along with his best friend (Carlito Olivero), is a valet at a local restaurant in Portland, Oregon, where the two men burglarize the houses of customers while they eat. It’s a situation that works for them, until Sean robs the wrong customer – a wealthy man named Cale Erendreich (David Tennant) – and discovers that he’s holding a woman (Kerry Condon) captive and, to save her, he must endure the wrath of the kidnapper, who now seeks revenge on him....

Denzel Washington’s legendary career has been marked by powerful dramatic performances that resonate with the souls of audiences worldwide. But his rare attempts at comedy with movies such asThe Preacher’s Wifeand2 Gunsoften fly under the radar. Perhaps the actor’s attempts at sidestepping the genre for years can be traced back to a 1990bromancecalledHeart Condition. For all of Washington’s outstanding acting roles and the accolades that come with them, he’s not immune to career mistakes, such as novice directorJames D....

Disney’s Creative Chief OfficerJennifer Leesits at the head of the table when it comes to the House of Mouse’s animated division, meaning she holds all the cards when it comes to the projects that Disney will move forward with.The next film on the slate for Disney isWish, which is a very special film for a particular reason—the film was commissioned as a celebration of the Walt Disney Company’s centenary year, marking 100 years since the legendary pair ofWalt Disneyand his brotherRoy Disney....

FollowingBlack Book, his extraordinary World War II spy drama from 2007, the Amsterdam-born directorPaul Verhoevenhas been laying low. With the exception of the experimental micro-dramaTricked, which was built on crowdsourced story ideas and received a limited release earlier this year, Verhoeven has only seen a handful of ideas dissipate in pre-production, which is particularly strange considering the critical praise that came withBlack Book. Well, this fall will finally bring the brilliant, subversive filmmaker back into the fold with the release ofElle, his controversial dramatic thriller that was met with divisive criticism upon its premiere at this year’s Cannes Film Festival....

A committed creator of spectacle who has become known as the “master of disaster,“Roland Emmerichis a director who is always dedicated to going for big swings. His most recent film, simply titledMoonfall, is perhaps his biggest swing yet in a career that is full of them. As the title ever so subtly hints, it is about the moon falling towards Earth and the attempt by a ragtag group to stop it only to bite off more than they were prepared for....

Warner Bros. has released a newFantastic Beasts and Where to Find Themfeaturette. The film, which takes place in New York City about seventy years before the events ofHarry Potter, follows magizoologist Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne), who must recapture magical creatures that have escaped. In this featurette, we learn more about Scamander and his personality. We also learn a bit about how the magical world operates in North America, specifically with regards to interactions between wizards and muggles (or as they’re called in America, “no-maj”)....

Warner Bros. has apparently gone all in onJ.K. Rowling’sFantastic Beasts and Where to Find Themfranchise. It was announced during the upcoming film’s live event earlier today that the magical adventure debuting this November will be but the first in a total of five feature films. That means Rowling, the studio, and their creative team has a lot of faith (and finances) invested in the world that directorDavid Yatesand leading manEddie Redmaynehave helped to bring about....