In today’s episode of ⁠Bingeworthy⁠, our TV and streaming podcast, host Mike DeAngelo dives back into the mystery of Apple TV+’s latest mystery series, “Monarch: Legacy of Monsters.” The show follows multiple characters in different eras on a twist-filled journey to uncover the mysteries of the organization at the center of the MonsterVerse films. The show stars Kurt Russell, Wyatt Russell, Mari Yamamoto, Anders Holm, Kiersey Clemons, Ren Watabe, and many more.

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Kurt and Wyatt Russell stopped by the Happy Sad Confused podcast recently to discuss “Monarch: Legacy Of Monsters,” Wyatt’s upcoming “Thunderbolts” movie for Marvel, and more. But what does Kurt Russell have up next? He hasn’t starred in a film since 2021’s “F9,” so he’s due for a new film, right? Perhaps maybe his old pal Quentin Tarantino‘s final film, “The Movie Critic“?

Continue reading Kurt Russell On Rumors That He’s In Quentin Tarantino’s ‘The Movie Critic’: “I Have No Idea” at The Playlist.

David Gordon Green may have made “Halloween Ends” last year, but does the “Halloween” franchise ever really end? Deadline reports that Miramax Television emerges victorious in a steep bidding war against Blumhouse Productions and A24 for the TV rights to “Halloween.” The deal with Trancas International Films allows Miramax to develop and co-produce a TV series based on the IP, including a first-look agreement on other TV projects for the international marketplace.

Continue reading Miramax Beats Out Blumhouse & A24 For TV Rights To ‘Halloween’ Franchise at The Playlist.

Three things are true. Everyone has an opinion on “Barbie,” you’re in a fantastic position if everyone is talking about your film (hello, Oscars),  and old, cantankerous DGAF filmmakers make for excellent copy. Like Paul Schrader, who has been in the headlines lately for his controversial opinions on Jonathan Glazer’s acclaimed “Zone of Interest” (which he called “great-ish,” but typically has some unkind things to say about it), horror filmmaker John Carpenter always speaks his mind because he’s just old and doesn’t give a f*ck (and to be fair, it’s been about three decades since Carpenter was like this at least).

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John Carpenter remains one of horror’s most revered filmmakers despite not making a film since 2010’s “The Ward” (or a good movie since arguably 1994’s “In The Mouth Of Madness.” But his name still carries weight, and so it dons Peacock‘s “John Carpenter’s Suburban Screams,” which premieres on the streamer next month.

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According to Peacock, the six-episode series explores true tales of terror that took place in seemingly perfect American towns.

Continue reading ‘John Carpenter’s Suburban Screams’ Trailer: Peacock’s True Crime Series With The Master Of Horror Premieres On October 13 at The Playlist.

For over a decade, there’s been an exhausting attempt to remake John Carpenter‘s 1981 dystopian flick “Escape From New York,” which had Kurt Russell flexing his action chops for the first time. However, the project has seen its fair share of developmental hiccups over the years, with it now attached to 20th Century Studios instead of New Line Cinema. But a decent update last month indicates signs of life on a potential return to Carpenter’s dystopian future America.

Continue reading Radio Silence Says Their New ‘Escape From New York’ Film Is A Continuation, “Not A Remake” at The Playlist.

On paper, you might not find much in common between Nicolas Cage and John Carpenter. Both are Hollywood legends, but one is known for his eccentric performances on screen while the other is known for his quiet demeanor and influential work behind the camera. But as they’ve gotten further along in their lives and careers, both now have an undeniable IDGAF energy that makes them two of the most interesting and refreshing people in the industry.

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If there’s a lesson to be learned from David Gordon Green’s trilogy of “Halloween” legacy-quels, it’s to quit while you’re ahead. His 2018 “Halloween” (a direct sequel to the original 1978 masterpiece and a ret-con of its many, many follow-ups) was a surprisingly effective combination of slasher reanimation and reconsideration, taking the horrors of that Halloween night, and its psychological effects on its survivors and the town where they happened, with uncommon seriousness (yet with flashes of self-awareness and humor).

Continue reading ‘Halloween Ends’: Pretty Please? Promise? [Review] at The Playlist.

No matter your thoughts on the horror genre as a whole, most people can agree that John Carpenter’s 1978 film, “Halloween,” is a classic. But what about the 11 other films in the franchise? Are they worth your time? The Playlist Podcast is here to tell you which ones to watch and which ones to skip as you prepare for the release of “Halloween Ends.”

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This episode of The Playlist Podcast is the result of a fun experiment.

Continue reading ‘Halloween’: The Best & Worst Of John Carpenter’s Classic Slasher Franchise [The Playlist Podcast] at The Playlist.

Every Tuesday, discriminating viewers are confronted with a flurry of choices: new releases on disc and on demand, vintage and original movies on any number of streaming platforms, catalogue titles making a splash on Blu-ray or 4K. This twice-monthly column sifts through all of those choices to pluck out the movies most worth your time, no matter how you’re watching.

Your correspondent’s personal pick for the best movie (and best performance) of 2021 leads off this week’s disc and streaming picks, alongside Pixar’s latest, a jaw-dropping array of new 4Ks, two from Charles Bronson, the long-awaited Blu-ray debut of a Walter Hill favorite, a new set from a sexploitation pioneer, and much, much more. 

PICK OF THE WEEK: 

“Licorice Pizza”: Paul Thomas Anderson’s return to the ‘70s San Fernando Valley was one of last year’s best films, and dodged the feeling of “Boogie Nights Redux” by adopting an entirely different vibe – relaxed and rolling rather than coked-up and manic.

Continue reading The Best Movies to Buy or Stream This Week: ‘Licorice Pizza,’ ‘Turning Red,’ ‘Escape from New York,’ and more at The Playlist.

Every Tuesday, discriminating viewers are confronted with a flurry of choices: new releases on disc and on-demand, vintage and original movies on any number of streaming platforms, catalog titles making a splash on Blu-ray or 4K. This twice-monthly column sifts through all of those choices to pluck out the movies most worth your time, no matter how you’re watching.

This week’s new release slate is a feast for 4K buyers, featuring recent favorites, all-time classics, and one of the great monster movies of the ’80s.

Continue reading The Best Movies To Buy Or Stream This Week: ‘Kimi,’ ‘Spencer,’ ‘Looper,’ & More at The Playlist.

John Carpenter has earned the respect of film fans and filmmakers around the world for basically revolutionizing genre filmmaking on multiple occasions with films like “Halloween,” “The Thing,” “Big Trouble In Little China,” and “Escape From New York.” But as the years have gone on and he hasn’t really been behind the camera in more than a decade, the filmmaker is known now as a man who loves to speak his mind, collect paychecks, and talk about sequels. 

Speaking to THR, John Carpenter continues to showcase his DGAF energy in a big way.

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John Carpenter essentially made the slasher film mainstream with 1978’s deeply influential “Halloween,” which also helped launch the acting career of a young Jamie Lee Curtis. While a franchise was born, subsequent sequels never really took off. That’s changed with 2018’s “Halloween,” a legacy re-quel from filmmaker David Gordon Green, a sequel to the original that discounts all the other films and picks up 40 years after the original movie. Carpenter is still involved as an exec producer, the composer, and an overall godfather.

Continue reading David Gordon Green Says ‘Halloween Ends’ Will Tackle The Pandemic & “Peculiar Politics” at The Playlist.

Every Tuesday, discriminating viewers are confronted with a flurry of choices: new releases on disc and on-demand, vintage and original movies on any number of streaming platforms, catalog titles making a splash on Blu-ray or 4K. This biweekly column sifts through all of those choices to pluck out the movies most worth your time, no matter how you’re watching.

Spooky season is upon us, and streaming companies and home video distributors are looking to scratch that itch with HD upgrades of several horror classics, as well as a new installment of a recent scary franchise.

Continue reading The Best Movies To Buy Or Stream This Week: ‘The Green Knight,’ ‘Free Guy,’ ‘Halloween’ 4K & More at The Playlist.

Of all the evenings for the Haddonfield Department of Plausible Human Behavior to close early, it’s deeply unfortunate that October 31, 2018 had to be one of them. For ’twas on that very night that the events soberly documented in “Halloween” (2018), David Gordon Green‘s fun first stab (intentional, as are all puns that follow) at revitalizing John Carpenter‘s beloved franchise, took place. And it is on the same night, a little bit during but mostly just immediately after all those creative impalings, knifings, shootings, beatings, and trappings-in-the-cellar-and-burnings, that “Halloween Kills” unfolds — though don’t worry overmuch if you can’t remember precisely the ins and outs of who got offed when and where in the previous film, as Green provides plenty of flashbacks and callbacks to remind you. 

Continue reading ‘Halloween Kills’ …And Kills And Kills, But Sadly Does Not Slay [Venice Review] at The Playlist.

It’s July 2021, and instead of talking about “F9,” “Black Widow,” or any of the summer blockbusters from this year, The Playlist Podcast is going back to the ‘80s to talk about two cult classic summer films, “Escape From New York” and “Big Trouble in Little China.” Why? Because they’re both celebrating big anniversaries. Oh, and because John Carpenter is one of the best filmmakers of all time and Kurt Russell is a national treasure.

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John Carpenter has been known for speaking his mind and no pulling punches when talking about the film industry and his career. This attitude is refreshing to hear from a legendary filmmaker and definitely can be attributed to his status as one of the best American filmmakers of all time. So, when talking about the upcoming sequel to his ‘Halloween’ franchise, “Halloween Kills,” he’s been no stranger to hyperbolic statements.

Continue reading John Carpenter Understands If ‘Halloween Kills’ Goes To Streaming: “Theatres Are Dead…It’s A Tragedy, But It’s True” at The Playlist.

John Carpenter is many things. He’s one of the best filmmakers to ever live (I’ll argue this to my dying day). He’s someone that revolutionized the horror genre. And he’s also someone that doesn’t bullshit you, especially over the past few years where it’s clear the filmmaker is just as happy playing video games as he is making movies. So, if the man who created “Halloween” is here to tell you just how great the upcoming sequel, “Halloween Kills,” is, then it’s probably because he honestly believes it.

Continue reading ‘Halloween Kills’: John Carpenter Calls The Upcoming Sequel “The Ultimate Slasher” at The Playlist.

It’s almost Halloween! Breathe it in, folks! It’s that time of year when you get to curl up with your loved ones and watch a scary movie, tell spooky stories, or, now, even lull your children into a cozy dreamlike state with the soothing tales of everyone’s favorite masked serial killer, Michael Myers.

READ MORE: ‘Halloween Kills’ Blumfest Teaser: Next Halloween, When The Sun Sets, He Kills

That’s right, in lieu of delivering us a new “Halloween” film this year, David Gordon Green, who directed the 2018 “Halloween” sequel as well as the upcoming films “Halloween Kills” and “Halloween Ends” (arriving in 2021 and 2022, respectively), along with illustrator Onur Tukel and Further Front Publishing announced the impending release of the illustrated (almost) all-ages story, “The Legend of Halloween,” based on the original motion picture screenplay of “Halloween” (1978) from John Carpenter and Debra Hill.

Continue reading ‘Legend Of Halloween’: David Gordon Green Has Written A Kids Book Based On John Carpenter’s Original Film at The Playlist.

For the beginning of its history, Blumhouse made a name for itself by launching new film franchises in the horror genre, including “Paranormal Activity,” “The Purge,” and “Insidious.” However, recently, the film studio has taken a look at popular IP that is ripe for rebooting, including “Fantasy Island,” “The Invisible Man,” and “Halloween.” And apparently, the rebooting is going to continue at Blumhouse with John Carpenter’s “The Thing.”

Speaking at this year’s Fantasia Fest, John Carpenter was asked if he had talked to Jason Blum and Blumhouse about possibly directing any features.

Continue reading Blumhouse Teaming With John Carpenter On A New Remake Of ‘The Thing’ at The Playlist.

Fantasia Fest, much like the majority of film festivals in 2020, has been hit pretty hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. However, instead of canceling or moving forward with a potential in-person festival, Fantasia has decided to go digital this year and has finished announcing its complete lineup.

READ MORE: Fantasia Fest 2020: First Wave Lineup Includes Neil Marshall’s ‘The Reckoning’ & More

And while the previous announcements were headlined by feature films that are premiering (makes sense for a film festival, huh?), the Third Wave announcement is headlined by a special presentation featuring none other than legendary filmmaker, John Carpenter.

Continue reading John Carpenter Masterclass Leads Fantasia Fest Third Wave Announcements at The Playlist.

Today, it’s being reported that Oscar-winning composer and film legend Ennio Morricone has passed away at the age of 91, due to complications from a recent fall. To say that Morricone is one of the most influential composers in film history is an understatement. There are few people who have worked over the decades in the film industry to have such a singular impact on the medium, specifically in the genre of Westerns.

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No one, outside of the upper echelons of Disney and Lucasfilm, knows, for sure, what’s going on with the future “Star Wars” films. As Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy has said previously, considering the Skywalker Saga (and thus, George Lucas’ vision of the franchise) has concluded, “We’re literally making this up from whole cloth.” Well, if Kennedy is reading this, I fully endorse “Doctor Strange” filmmaker Scott Derrickson’s idea for a new “Star Wars” standalone film.

Continue reading Scott Derrickson’s Dream ‘Star Wars’ Film Is An R-Rated Horror Set On Hoth & Inspired By ‘The Thing’ at The Playlist.

John Carpenter films are very much products of their eras and products of one incredibly unique filmmaker. That’s largely why remakes haven’t been so successful in the past. (One look at the remakes of “The Thing” and Rob Zombie’s “Halloween” will prove that.) But that doesn’t mean Hollywood is going to let those properties sit on the shelf gathering dust. Silly movie fan.

Continue reading ‘Escape From New York’ Remake Filmmaker Has The “Obvious” Star In Mind—Wyatt Russell at The Playlist.

The director of one of the most iconic horror franchises has revealed that he hated the sibling storyline for “Halloween” antagonist Michael Myers.

It is a fiercely debated topic among fans of the horror series as to whether the reveal in “Halloween II” that Myers is the brother of heroine Laurie Strode–played, of course, by franchise lead Jamie Lee Curtis–ruins the mystique of Myers.

Continue reading John Carpenter Couldn’t Stand the ‘Halloween’ Sibling Storyline He Created at The Playlist.