No Madonna biopic? No problem for Diablo Cody. Instead of tackling the pop icon’s life story for the big screen, the screenwriter returns to genre comedy for the first time since 2009’s “Jennifer’s Body” for her latest script. That’s a long time away from horror, but hey, at least “Lisa Frankenstein” isn’t 2013’s “Paradise,” Cody’s first (and only) foray into directing.

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Can love last between a girl and a corpse? The new film “Lisa Frankenstein” presents a black comedy with a heart for horror. Producer and screenwriter Diablo Cody once again brings the genres together; her 2009 film “Jennifer’s Body,” directed by Karyn Kusama, has achieved cult status as fans rediscover it. Cody’s ‘Frankenstein’ script finds another talented multi-hyphenate helming the project.

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When will the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike begin to affect 2024’s theatrical release calendar? Well, it won’t be this coming winter, as Deadline reports that Focus Features adds another new release to their distribution schedule. And as February releases go, a new film penned by Diablo Cody will surely do well in theaters then. 

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“Lisa Frankenstein” is Cody’s first screenplay since 2018’s “Tully” and the directorial debut of Zelda Williams, daughter of the late, great Robin Williams.

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Where’s Academy Award-winning screenwriter Diablo Cody been since “Tully,” her last produced feature-length screen credit? Well, kind of everywhere actually. She’s penned the upcoming Untitled Madonna Biopic, she has an untitled HBO project in the works for David Spade, she worked on the revamped “Powerpuff” TV series that still hasn’t aired, and has written a bunch of TV movies too.

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How often have we seen a rom-com that focused on a guy and girl BFF combo where the guy secretly pines after the girl? A million times, right? That’s one of the oldest tricks in the rom-com playbook. But what if you throw in a spaceship heading to Mars into the mix? Well, then you have something a bit more unique, like in the new HBO Max feature, “Moonshot.”

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As seen in the trailer for “Moonshot,” the film follows the story of a guy who secretly has a crush on his bestie.

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While it’s not the most popular sub-genre of the teen romance pantheon, films involving one or both romantic interests being sick have been making waves over the last two decades. Movies such as “A Walk to Remember” and “The Fault in Our Stars” are pop culture touchstones. There was even a moment following those movies where films such as “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl” and “Me Before You” were poised to bring in the era of romances centered on folks with illnesses or disabilities.

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So, “Riverdale” is back from its hiatus which means we are back on the Cole Sprouse train (which we aren’t sorry about).

The star made a splash as Cody on “The Suite Life of Zach and Cody” and then just when we thought we had maybe seen the last of him, he came back into our lives, and into our hearts, as Jughead on “Riverdale.” Now, he’s stealing someone else’s heart as Will Newman in “Five Feet Apart.

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In 2014, John Green had audiences ugly-crying in the theater when the movie adaptation of his novel “Fault in Our Stars” hit the big screen. And in 2017, Nicola Yoon’s “Everything, Everything” stole our hearts with another star-crossed, illness-filled romance. Now, director Justin Baldoni (“Jane the Virgin”) introduces the latest tragic romance, this time between teens with cystic fibrosis, in the upcoming film “Five Feet Apart.”

As seen in the trailer, the film follows the story of Stella, a seventeen-year-old in and out of hospitals due to her genetic disease that weakens the lungs, causes unrelenting infections, and difficulty breathing for most of life.

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