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EXCLUSIVE: James Wan (Aquaman, The Conjuring) and his Atomic Monster production company and joining forces with Hivemind on the upcoming adaptation of Gideon Falls, the upcoming television adaptation of the best-selling Image Comics series from acclaimed creators Jeff Lemire and Andrea Sorrentino. Wan will executive…

EXCLUSIVE: Ingrid Bisu has been added to the cast of James Wan’s New Line horror thriller, which he recently revealed on social would be titled Malignant. Bisu, who shares a story by credit with Wan, joins previously announced cast Annabelle Wallis, Maddie Hasson, George Young, Michole Briana White, Jake Abel, and…

EXCLUSIVE: Michole Briana White and Jacqueline McKenzie have joined the growing ensemble cast of James Wan’s untitled Atomic Monster film, which marks a return to his indie horror roots. They join already-cast Annabelle Wallis, Jake Abel, George Young and Maddie Hasson. The pic is in production in Los Angeles, a…

EXCLUSIVE: Maddie Hasson has joined the cast of James Wan’s untitled Atomic Monster Film (AKA Silvercup) in a key role. She joins the current cast which includes Annabelle Wallis, Jake Abel and George Young. The pic reps a return for Wan to his indie horror/thriller roots. Pic’s storyline is under wraps. It will shoot…

EXCLUSIVE: Love & Mercy actor Jake Abel has been cast in James Wan’s untitled Atomic Monster feature aka Silvercup. Abel joins Annabelle Wallis and George Young in a pic which brings Wan back to his indie horror/thriller roots. The film is being kept under wraps, but will shoot in Los Angeles toward the end of…

James Wan’s Atomic Monster production company has picked up the rights to Nick Cutter’s novel The Troop. Novel follows a group of teens on a remote camping trip who must fend for themselves when their adult chaperone falls prey to an aggressive otherworldly infection. Cheap Thrills director E.L. Katz has been set to…

James Wan is set to direct an untitled horror film before he begins work on Aquaman 2. The plot is under wraps for a screenplay he’ll co-write with Ingrid Bisu, and that he’ll produce through the Atomic Monster banner with Michael Clear. Pic, per Variety, is being financed via Starlight Media and Midas Innovation, the…

It says Dark Phoenix on all the theater marquees but the latest installment in the hot mess of Hollywood superhero franchises should have been called X-Men: The Second Last Stand. I had hoped that Simon Kinberg’s directorial debut would reclaim the Dark Phoenix mythology that had been squandered by Brett…

James Wan, the executive producer of Swamp Thing, the DC Universe series that was abruptly canceled last week after one episode had streamed, shared his baffled reaction to the axing in a post on Instagram. “Don't really know or understand why #Swampthing was cancelled,” he wrote, “but I can tell you this — all the…

Born on the bayou? More like born yesterday. That’s how some fan sites and entertainment news outlets were probably feeling after repeating a Twitter-spawned explanation for the abrupt cancellation of Swamp Thing, the DC Universe series that premiered last Friday only to be uprooted six days later. The series of…

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EXCLUSIVE: After a brisk feature rights auction, the Nico van den Brink-directed horror short The Burden was acquired last night by JS Entertainment and Starlight Media. James Wan and Michael Clear’s Atomic Monster and Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert’s Ghost House Pictures are producing under their development deals…