With “Avengers: Endgame” already in the rear-view mirror (thought will no doubt continue to dominate into the new month), it’s odd to believe that the summer blockbuster season is really only just gearing up, with major releases hitting us each week. On top of the blockbuster commotion that is to come with a rather promising slate of high-profile films, there’s also the Cannes Film Festival coming up, which will no doubt give us a glimpse at what to look forward to for the remainder of the year.

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Netflix has made a name for itself as the go-to spot for anything true crime. Whether you want to watch a docu-series about a man (maybe) wrongfully accused in “Making a Murderer” or the true story of one serial killer’s heinous acts with “Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes,” the streaming service has you covered. And to capitalize on its subscribers’ desire for all things true crime, Netflix is set to release the upcoming Zac Efron-starring Ted Bundy biopic, “Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil And Vile” this May.

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The streamers came out in force at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. Writing checks in the millions for some of the highest-profile indies to debut, Amazon, Apple, and Netflix spared no expense with trying to secure some content for their respective streaming services. And in the case of the latter company, considering it has a Ted Bundy thing going on right now, it makes perfect sense Netflix would snatch up Zac Efron’s serial killer biopic, “Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile.”

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THR is reporting that Netflix is set to write a $9 million check to pick up the Efron starrer, as the latest in a long line of massive Sundance pickups in 2019.

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The Internet of recent years features some of the most incredible things on the planet. You can learn to do just about anything thanks to videos, follow and interact with some of the biggest celebrities on the planet, and also join powerful, cultural movements. But you can also get really, really creepy. And Netflix is finding that its subscribers are definitely getting a bit too creepy for comfort.

In a new tweet from the official Netflix Twitter, the service is pointing out a pretty terrible trend that seems to be sweeping the internet – Ted Bundy.

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Our cultural fascination and glamorization of killers, often male, over victims and survivors, always female, is nothing new especially when it comes to serial killers and our obsession with their merciless indifference and cold unfeelingness. Horror movies have learned to flip this script; the final girl put through hell that perseveres in the end (though thoroughly abused before she does), but serial killer movies seem content to remain fixated on our incomprehension with the unknowable twisted psyche and oh my, how horrific and monstrous they are, the end.

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Biopics are rarely made about people who had a negative impact on society, but serial killers seem to be the exception to that rule; between Michael Rooker’s portrayal of Henry Lee Lucas in “Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer,” Jeremy Renner’s star-making turn in “Dahmer,” and Charlize Theron’s Oscar-winning role as Aileen Wuornos in “Monster,” playing a serial killer can offer an actor some of the best material of their entire careers.

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If you, like everyone else on the planet, we’re hoping for a few days of respite following the announcement of the 2019 Academy Award nominations, given all the wtf omissions and snubs (no “Mr. Rogers” doc??), well, guess again. The Sundance Film Festival is upon us, it starts today and there is absolutely no rest for the wicked.

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Sundance is evolving as a platform.

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Zac Efron‘s post-Disney heartthrob career has mostly consisted of broad, mainstream fare like “Mike And Dave Need Wedding Dates,” “Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising,” “Dirty Grandpa,” and the forthcoming “Baywatch,” however, the actor has shown an interest in spreading his wings. Roles in Ramin Bahrani‘s underrated “At Any Price” and Lee Daniels‘ wild “The Paperboy” have highlighted a desire to add more dimension to his CV, but the actor’s next gig will shake things up considerably.

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