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Early Vecna concepts Michael Maher, Jr. This early version of Vecna is based on a prehistoric fish and includes beady, yellow eyes, and spikes that Maher describes as an “armored shell.” In this design, the artist theorized that the harsh environment of The Upside Down might spark such an evolutionary change. It’s a solid addition. You probably need all the help you can get as the newest kid on a block populated by Demogorgons and Mind Flayers....

The Best New Blu-Ray Releases: Thor: Love And Thunder, Elvis, And More Marvel By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 3, 2022 7:00 am EST Let’s get this Blu-ray ball rolling, shall we? In our latest round-up, we have a new Marvel movie, Elvis wiggling his hips, John Travolta caught up in a conspiracy, a lost George Romero classic, the latest from Pixar, and two new 4K horror releases from the fine folks at Shout Factory....

The Daily Stream: A Perfectly Unnecessary, Itemized Batch Of 70 Stranger Things Notes Netflix By Joshua Meyer/Aug. 3, 2022 5:00 pm EST (Welcome to The Daily Stream, an ongoing series in which the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching, why it’s worth checking out, and where you can stream it.) The Show: “Stranger Things” Where You Can Stream It: Netflix The Pitch (Item #1): In the interest of science, I’ve decided to make an itemized list of everything I learned from binge-watching the last three seasons (2–4) of “Stranger Things....

The Flash Season 9 Will Bring The Series To An End CW By Valerie Ettenhofer/Aug. 1, 2022 2:32 pm EST The CW’s longest-running drama is coming to an end. “The Flash” will conclude with its upcoming ninth season, The Wrap reports. The series about super-speedy hero Barry Allen (Grant Gustin) just concluded its eighth season in June, and is set to wrap up with just 13 more episodes. The DC Comics-inspired series was one of just a handful of The CW shows that wasn’t axed this past spring, when the network announced the cancellation of seven different scripted series in one day....

The Most Uncomfortable Moments In House Of The Dragon Season 1, Ranked HBO By Scott Thomas/Nov. 1, 2022 4:21 pm EST George R.R. Martin loves to make audiences cringe. Martin’s “Game of Thrones” books and the massively successful HBO series the universe inspired — “Game of Thrones” and “House of The Dragon” to date, with more to follow — are rich with subversive and flinch-inspiring moments. Consider the former’s gasp-inspiring pilot finale....

The Night Of The Hunter Ending Explained: The Age-Old Battle Between Love And Hate United Artists By Lee Adams/Dec. 8, 2022 9:12 am EST When it comes to movies by one-and-done directors, there is no greater achievement than Charles Laughton’s “The Night of the Hunter,” one of the most singular American films ever made. Nowadays, we’d probably pitch it as somewhere between a pastoral fable and a proto-slasher, but when it was released in 1955 it was a vision so unique that neither critics nor audiences knew what to make of it....

The One Review That George Romero Appreciated The Most Orion Pictures By Anya Stanley/Oct. 13, 2022 5:48 pm EST George Romero has accrued well-earned praise over his 50-plus-year career. The “Godfather of the Dead” made a splash in 1968 with one of the first midnight movies, “The Night of the Living Dead,” introducing audiences to the prototype for what we would recognize as the modern-day zombie: shuffling around, eating people, must be shot in the head, that sort of thing....

The Rings Of Power Showrunners Wrote Most Of Season 2 Before Season 1 Aired Prime Video By Jeremy Mathai/Oct. 28, 2022 10:30 am EST In a lot of ways, it can feel like we’re living in a time when the boundaries between fan and artist barely even exist anymore. For better or worse (mostly for worse), social media has allowed viewers to provide near-instantaneous feedback on all manner of movies, shows, and other media the second that they air....

‘100 percent in flux’ Sony Pictures During an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Serkis revealed that not only was the mid-credits scene a late addition to the film, but earlier ideas included Spider-Man within the actual narrative: “[The mid-credits scene was] 100 percent in flux, yeah. It couldn’t have been more in-flux-y if you tried. Yeah, of course, it was something that they talked about from before I even came on to the movie....

Trust Doesn’t Rust In Playmobil’s New Knight Rider Playset With KITT And A Lone Crusader In A Dangerous World Playmobil By Ethan Anderton/July 11, 2022 4:45 pm EST The toy makers at Playmobil have really been digging into franchise favorites in recent years. They started off with the likes of “Ghostbusters” and “Back to the Future” and have since ventured into “Star Trek” and “The A-Team.” Their latest release turns the dial back to the television of the 1980s with a new playset inspired by “Knight Rider,” the action series that introduced us to the amazing talking car known as KITT....

‘He wanted to see if I’d flinch’ Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) As Bale recounted in a chat with Entertainment Weekly, Herzog sat down with the actor and made as clear as possible what the role would require. The film would, of course, tell the story of Dengler being held captive and all the trials that came with it. From eating snakes and maggots to being dragged along by a water buffalo (all of which Bale did for real), the stunts and events in the film were designed to provide an unflinching look at what the real-life Dengler and his fellow prisoners went through....

What Makes Bernard The Elf So Unique In The Santa Clause, According To David Krumholtz Disney By Witney Seibold/Dec. 18, 2022 11:00 pm EST The premise of John Pasquin’s 1994 comedy film, “The Santa Clause,” is darker than the movie’s PG rating might lead one to believe. Tim Allen plays a shiftless, no-good dad named Scott Calvin, perhaps named after the 16th-century philosopher John Calvin who espoused a belief in Christian predetermination....

While House Of The Dragon Is On Fast Forward, It’s Nice To See The Rings Of Power Slow Down Its Pace Prime Video By Rafael Motamayor/Sept. 20, 2022 11:00 am EST Ever since “Game of Thrones” ended its run, there has been a race to find the next big fantasy hit on TV. To everyone’s surprise, it wasn’t “Shadow and Bone” or “The Witcher,” or even “The Wheel of Time” that filled that hole....

Why Silent Bob’s Costume In Clerks III Couldn’t Legally Be An Exact Replica Of The Original [Exclusive] Lionsgate By Danielle Ryan/Oct. 7, 2022 3:56 pm EST Eagle-eyed fans of Kevin Smith’s View Askewniverse might have noticed that one tiny detail in “Clerks III” was missing, and it was a part of one of its most important character’s iconic costumes. Though Silent Bob (played by Smith himself) is a man of few words, he is a man of many hats, and wore an all-white one with the word “FELIX” stitched across the back in the original “Clerks” all the way back in 1994....

Why The Last Unicorn Is A Forgotten Animated Classic Jensen Farley Pictures By Jamie Gerber/Nov. 19, 2022 8:00 am EST “The Last Unicorn” was my favorite movie as a kid. I watched it over and over, never tiring of that gorgeous animation, the America soundtrack, or the strange sense of sadness I couldn’t seem to shake after the credits rolled. It was weird, wonderful, and unlike anything else I had ever seen....

A Half-Baked Script Wasn’t Enough To Sell Arnold Schwarzenegger On The Rock Hollywood Pictures By Andrew Housman/July 30, 2022 9:30 pm EST “The Rock,” Michael Bay’s gloriously over-the-top action hit from 1996, represents a transition stage for Nicolas Cage. Fresh off winning an Academy Award for “Leaving Las Vegas,” Cage ventured into blockbuster territory in his follow-up project, then rode the success into nineties action movie stardom with “Con Air and “Face/Off” the following year....

Featureflash Photo Agency / Shutterstock By BJ Colangelo/Sept. 1, 2022 9:00 pm EST This is a textbook example of “risk vs. reward,” as “Citadel” is supposed to be the home base for a series of localized spin-offs of the global spy thriller. On paper, this sounds like a real winner of a plan, but the execution has proven to be ridiculously expensive. This isn’t the first time a streamer has shelled out the big bucks for a Russo Bros....

Arnold Schwarzenegger Crafted An Iron-Clad Contract For His Terminator 3 Return Warner Bros By Eric Vespe/Oct. 15, 2022 10:30 pm EST The business side of Hollywood has always been convoluted, weird, and probably better left behind the curtain out of sight of movie fans. However, these days so much of the conversation around a movie, especially a franchise film, is about the moving and shaking that goes on in agent offices and studio accounting departments....

David F. Sandberg Is ‘100%’ Going To Return To Horror After ‘Shazam 2’; A ‘Lights Out’ Sequel Could Still Happen [Comic-Con] New Line Cinema By Devin Meenan AND Ryan Scott/July 23, 2022 7:40 pm EST David F. Sandberg’s rise is one that could make any aspiring filmmaker envious. During his 20s, he made short films on YouTube under the name “ponysmasher” (still his handle on Twitter). His 2013 horror short “Lights Out,” about a humanoid figure who disappears when the light shines, attracted enough attention that he was able to make it into a feature in 2016....

Tanjiro Finds His Spark Crunchyroll, Inc. In the midst of his battle with Daki, Tanjiro has an epiphany that leads to him fully embracing his destiny. He realizes it’s not that he is too weak to handle a powerful demon like Daki; it’s just that he’s not meant to rely primarily on the water breathing fighting style he’s been using thus far. This is a callback to what we learn in episode 1 of the Red-Light District Arc, during Tanjiro’s eventful visit with Rengoku’s father and little brother....