After nearly three decades of making movies, Michael Bay will get into the TV business; or at least the Netflix business.  THR reports that the director is in talks to helm the streamer’s adaptation of “Barbaric,” based on the best-selling Vault Comics series of the same name.  A TV show about a barbarian and his talking demonic axe as they seek redemption sounds like quite the departure for the guy who made “Bad Boys,” “Transformers,” and “Ambulance,” but maybe Bay’s hefty camera movements suit this show’s purpose.

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As Spyglass Media Group scrambles to figure out what’s next for the “Scream” franchise, director Christopher Landon, who exited “Scream VII” last December, continues to land new projects. The latest for Landon after the creature feature “Big Bad“? Deadline reports he’ll direct “Drop,” the newest team-up between Blumhouse and Platinum Dunes.

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Paramount wrapped production on their upcoming horror film “Apartment 7A” earlier this month in the UK. And while details are scarce about the film at the moment, Bloody Disgusting has the scoop that the movie may have connections to one of the best horror films of the ’60s.  

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It may just be a rumor, but the horror news outlet claims the new film is a secret prequel to Roman Polanski’s 1968 masterpiece “Rosemary’s Baby.” Their source tells them “Apartment 7A” is about the woman who dies outside the apartment when Rosemary moves into the Bramford in the original film.

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Review: 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' Starring Megan Fox, Will Arnett And More

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Platinum Dunes Will Attempt To Reboot The ‘Friday The 13th’ Horror Series For A Second Time

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Be Afraid: Michael Bay's Platinum Dunes Reportedly Circling The 'Halloween' Franchise

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And just how many damn people wrote Jon Favreau’s “Iron Man”? We swear, while only four people are credited, it feels like we’re always hearing someone was a writer on “Iron Man.” So while Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby (they also wrote “Cowboys & Aliens” with count ’em, five other writers, oof), are credited as the writers, so are Art Marcum and Matt Holloway, the hired guns on the TMNT reboot.

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Deadline reports that the company that has largely been behind horror reboots like “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre,” “A Nightmare On Elm Street” and “Friday The 13th” has been tapped to bring the mutant reptiles back to the big screen. The franchise is a lucrative one spawning the very successful 1990s live action trilogy and numerous animated incarnations on both the small and big screen.

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Cary Elwes, and some of the original “Saw” cast are evidently returning for “Saw 7,” excuse us “Saw 3D.” This writer didn’t bother seeing the film, but wouldn’t this mean that half of them are on crutches or wheelchairs because they sawed their limbs off? Best of luck to this quality cinema franchise, sincerely.

God, it’s been pathetic news days lately. The guy who wrote the “The Thing” and “A Nightmare on Elm Street” reboot, Eric Heisserer has been hired to write “Final Destination 5” which we’ll just presume is being shot in 3D.

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The horror film, directed by music video helmer Samuel Bayer (who broke through with the video for “Smells Like Teen Spirit”), stars Jackie Earle Haley (“Watchmen”) in the iconic role of Freddy Krueger, and a roll-call of disposable teen stars.

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