Get a look at the Jim Henson Creature Workshop’s take on Grendel. Stranger Things season 5 teases what’s coming in new behind-the-scenes photos. Plus, Jack Black becomes Satan, with a festive twist. Spoilers, away!
Night Comes
Variety reports Dafne Keen, Samantha Lorraine and Alexander Ludwig are attached to star in Night Comes, a “survival horror thriller” directed by Jay Hernandez. Said to be “set against a cataclysmic event that threatens humanity,” the story follows “two sisters (Keen and Lorraine), who manage to survive, only to find themselves tasked with a mission that holds the fate of mankind in the balance.”
White Mars
Deadline also has word Lucy Hale will star in White Mars, a sci-fi thriller “set in an isolated Aquila Research Facility in Antarctica.” Directed by Martin Owen from a script by Matt Mitchell, Vicki Sargent, and Roo Berry, the story follows “microbiologist Sammie (Hale), as she fights to save her fellow crew members from a malevolent entity whose sole intention is to extinguish them all.”
Grendel
THR has our first look at the Jim Henson Creature Workshop’s take on Grendel in Robert D. Krzykowski’s upcoming film adaptation of the John Gardner novel.
Dear Santa
Entertainment Weekly also has our first look at Jack Black as “Satan Claus” in the Farrelly Bros.’ Dear Santa.
Star Trek: Section 31
The official Star Trek Instagram page has released character profile cards for the upcoming Section 31 movie.
Street Trash
According to Bloody-Disgusting, the Street Trash remake will release direct-to-digital this November 19.
Mickey 17
Meanwhile, Mickey 17 is now scheduled for an April 18, 2025 theatrical release date. [The Wrap]
Get Away
We also have another trailer for Nick Frost’s folk horror-comedy, Get Away.
Peacemaker
In response to a fan on Threads, James Gunn confirmed the second season of Peacemaker is “still shooting.”
Stranger Things
Finally, the official Stranger Things‘ Twitter page has released few behind-the-scenes photo from season five.
from the set of ST5 📷 #StrangerThingsDay pic.twitter.com/evRVBmBYzO
— Stranger Things (@Stranger_Things) November 6, 2024
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