Tonight in Toronto, Laurie Strode makes a triumphant return to cinemas with David Gordon Green 's Halloween . While the latest installment of John Carpenter's iconic horror franchise - centering on the murderous, masked Michael Meyers - is the first to hit theaters in over a decade, Green's contribution to the canon goes back much further than that.
Supernatural horror pic The Nun is off to a mighty start at the North American box office, earning a blessed $22.4 million on Friday from 3,876 theaters for $50 million-plus weekend. If projections hold, the spinoff will score the biggest opening of any title in New Line and Warner Bros.'
According to Deadline , Golden Globe winner Colin Farrell and Academy Award winner Common have officially signed on to join Voltage Pictures and Freckle Films' forthcoming action drama film Eve which is being produced by Academy Award nominee Jessica Chastain . Farrell is set to play the role of Simon, a black ops organization leader whom Chastain's title character works for while Common will be portraying the character of Eve's ex-fiancee Michael.
The horror film "The Nun" lands in theaters Friday , and the competition doesn't appear to have a prayer. With early estimates predicting an opening-weekend take of $40 million $45 million -- and perhaps more -- the latest "Conjuring" spinoff is primed to knock the romantic comedy "Crazy Rich Asians" off its three-week perch atop the box office.
A bowl of popcorn, an inviting couch-there are a few essential ingredients for the perfect movie night. The most important of all is a good movie.
ADRIFT . If it's not quite as exciting as watching Roy Scheider square off against a particularly pesky shark, there's still enough of interest to keep the nautical drama Adrift afloat.
This might be the best thing a critic can say about a new horror film: Two nights after seeing Mara , the sleep-paralysis thriller from first-time director Clive Tonge, I had a nightmare about it. Better still, that nightmare precisely replicated scenes from the film.
Sure, sure, the fall film calendar includes the comic book adaptation Venom , but he's more antihero than superhero. In all other respects, look for a comparatively quiet time at the multiplex over the next couple of months, as Hollywood catches its breath before plunging into the year-end blockbuster'n'Oscar season come November and December.
Deadline brings word that Maria Sten will star opposite lead Crystal Reed in DC Universe's Swamp Thing series as Liz Tremayne. Liz Tremayne is a close childhood friend of Abby Arcane's , who splits her time between reporting for the local paper and bartending at her aging father's roadhouse bar.