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Disney+ Unveils New Teaser For The Marvel Series ‘Moon Knight’

Dune star Oscar Isaac becomes Moon Knight in the new teaser for the upcoming MCU/Disney+ series of the same name that features Ethan Hawke as the lead villain. Mohamed Diab (Clash) is both directing along with Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead (Resolution, Spring, V/H/S: Viral, The Endless), as well as serving as showrunner. The Moon Knight character was created by Doug Moench and Don Perlin and was introduced in the comic Werewolf by Night #32 in August of 1975, before getting his own comic in the early 80s. In the comics, Marc Spector is an ex-mercenary and boxer turned superhero, Moon Knight, after dying and being brought back to life by the ancient Egyptian god Khonshu. To hide his identity he creates the alter ego of high-roller and playboy Steven Grant. He also uses the identity of taxi driver Jake Lockley to obtain information from lower-level contacts. Moon Knight frequently goes head to head with the evil syndicate known as

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Nov 22, 2021

MoviesNews

Blumhouse Sets January Release for ‘The Black Phone’ – Starring Ethan Hawke

Director Scott Derrickson returns to horror to partner again with the foremost brand in the genre, Blumhouse, for his new horror thriller, The Black Phone whose release date has now been set for January. In the film, “Finney Shaw, a shy but clever 13-year-old boy, 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.” The four-time Oscar® nominee Ethan Hawke stars in the most terrifying role of his career in The Black Phone. Mason Thames makes his film debut in this terror-filled flick that is produced, directed, and co-written by Scott Derrickson, the writer-director of Sinister, The Exorcism of Emily Rose and Marvel’s Doctor Strange. Also starring in the film are

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

May 13, 2021

MoviesNews

Scott Derrickson’s ‘The Black Phone’ Scores An Early 2022 Release Date

Scott Derrickson, that is a name you should be very familiar with, after all, he is the writer-director behind The Exorcism of Emily Rose, Sinister, Deliver Us from Evil, and Doctor Strange. Derrickson is back with the upcoming horror The Black Phone which is currently in post-production and now has an early 2022 release date! Ethan Hawke (Sinister) and James Ransone (Sinister, It: Chapter Two) lead the cast that also includes Jeremy Davies (“Hannibal”), Mason Thames (For All Mankind), and Madeleine McGraw (American Sniper). In the film, “Finney Shaw, a shy but clever 13-year-old boy, 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.” Derrickson and Robert Cargill (Bermuda, Doctor Strange,

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Apr 28, 2021

News

James Ransone Joins Fellow ‘Sinister’ Franchise Alums For Scott Derrickson’s ‘The Black Phone’

IT: Chapter 2 actor James Ransone has been cast in Scott Derrickson‘s upcoming horror film The Black Phone, from Universal and Blumhouse. Ransone will star alongside his fellow Sinister franchise alum Ethan Hawke in the film whose plot and details are still being kept secret. Derrickson and frequent collaborator C. Robert Cargill (Bermuda, Doctor Strange, Sinister) adapted the script based on Joe Hill’s short story. In Hill’s tale, first published in his short story collection 20th Century Ghosts, young John Finney has been kidnapped and locked in a basement, a place stained with the blood of half a dozen murdered children. In his cell is an antique phone, long since disconnected…but it still rings at night, with calls from the dead. Derrickson, Cargill, and Jason Blum, for Blumhouse, are producing the film. Universal and Blumhouse will present the Crooked Highway production. Joe Hill is an executive producer. Ransone has had an impressive career in both film and TV, starring in

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Mar 20, 2021

NewsParamount+Streaming TV

Sinister & Doctor Strange’s Scott Derrickson Exec Producing New Series “Grace” For Paramount

Scott Derrickson, the writer-director behind Sinister and Doctor Strange, has a new film on the way, The Black Phone, but he’s already moved on to his next project, executive producing the upcoming series “Grace” for Paramount Television under his Crooked Highway banner. Written by Joseph Sousa, “Grace” centers on a man on death row for killing his wife who is set free when she resurfaces. But she may not really be who she says she is,” according to Variety. C. Robert Cargill and Sherryl Clark will also produce for Crooked Highway. Ethan Hawke (Sinister) reunites with Derrickson for The Black Phone, based on a story by Joe Hill. Hawke plays a kidnapper who has taken a kid to a creepy, soundproofed basemen where an ancient evil lurks, connected to a disconnected phone. Then, when night falls, the phone rings.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Mar 7, 2021

MoviesNews

Ethan Hawke Reunites With Sinister Director For ‘The Black Phone’

Four-time Academy-Award nominee Ethan Hawke is reuniting with director Scott Derrickson to star in the upcoming film The Black Phone, from Blumhouse and Universal. Derrickson, known for films such as Dr. Strange and Sinister in which Hawke starred, is set to begin production on The Black Phone in North Carolina this February. Derrickson and frequent collaborator Robert Cargill (Doctor Strange, Sinister) adapted the script based on a short story by Joe Hill. Derrickson, Cargill, and Jason Blum, for Blumhouse, are producing the film. Universal and Blumhouse will present the Crooked Highway Production. Joe Hill will be executive producing. Ethan Hawke is a four-time Academy Award®-nominated actor and screenwriter. Not long ago, he made his television debut in Showtime’s limited series, “The Good Lord Bird”, which he also executive produced and co-wrote, based on the National Book Award-winning novel by James McBride. “The Good Lord Bird”, produced by Blumhouse Television, is a seven-part limited series shot mostly in Virginia that brilliantly

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jan 28, 2021

MoviesNewsStreaming TV

First Look: Ethan Hawke Returns To “The Purge” Franchise

Ethan Hawke, star of 2013’s The Purge, returns as James Sandin in the season two finale of USA’s “The Purge.” Hawke stars as a security system salesman fighting to protect his family from home invaders during the annual Purge. James makes his appearance in the finale’s cold open, which flashes back to one week before the first national purge and the first time his high-tech security system is tested. Titled “7:01 AM,” the finale picks up as the purge rages while Esme, Ryan, Marcus, and Ben fight to stay alive and keep their loved ones safe. Tune in on Tuesday, December 17th at 9/8 C for the finale on the USA Network.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Dec 10, 2019

MoviesNews

‘Daybreakers’ Coming To 4K Ultra, Blu-ray & Digital For the First Time

Daybreakers is coming to 4K Ultra HD™ Combo Pack (plus Blu-ray™ and Digital) and Digital this September for the first time. It is the distant future of 2019, and a plague has turned almost every human being into a vampire. With the population of humans on the verge of extinction, a brave scientist, Ethan Hawke (Training Day, Boyhood, The Magnificent Seven), starts to develop a cure that could possibly convert vampires back into their original human selves. From visionary writer-directors Michael and Peter Spierig (Predestination, Jigsaw), the action-packed futuristic vampire film stars four-time Oscar® nominee Ethan Hawke (2014, Best Supporting Actor, Boyhood), four-time Oscar® nominee Willem Dafoe (2018, Best Actor, At Eternity’s Gate), and Sam Neill (Jurassic Park, Jurassic Park III, Hunt for the Wilderpeople). Experience four times the resolution of full HD with the 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack, which includes Dolby Vision®, bringing entertainment to life through ultra-vivid picture quality. When compared to a standard picture, Dolby Vision

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jul 22, 2019

Reviews

A Review Of The Cult Thriller Regression

Directed by Alejandro Amenabar, Regression is now out on DVD and Blu-ray. This dark cult thriller stars Ethan Hawke, Emma Watson, David Thewlis, Lothaire Bluteau, Dale Dickey, Aaron Ashmore, Julian Richings, David Dencik and Devon Bostick. The film begins with detective Bruce Kenner receiving a new assignment, investigating the rape of a young woman (Emma Watson). Angela claims that she was raped as part of a cult ritual carried out by her father, John (Denck). She speaks of dark rituals, human sacrifice and torture at the hands of the cult. John has no memory of the event that Angela speaks of. When detective Kenner employees the help on a psychiatrist (Thewlis), the two use regression therapy to retrieve the memories of that from John. John suddenly begins to remember the cult surrounding his daughter and a hooded man raping her as he looked on. Everywhere detective Kenner turns he sees the evidence of the massive cult and believes he’s next

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

May 16, 2016

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