Freaky
Kathryn Newton Talks ‘Lisa Frankenstein,’ Young Avengers, ‘Big Little Lies 3’ and ‘Freaky Death Day’
Kathryn Newton’s feature film career continues to bear fruit. Just five years ago, she was a series regular on two hit television series, HBO’s Big Little Lies and Netflix’s The Society, but when the pandemic played a role in the un-renewal of the latter, Newton wasted no time amassing an impressive slate of films. First […]
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Screenwriter Michael Kennedy Talks ‘It’s a Wonderful Knife,’ Pitching ‘Freaky Death Day’ and ‘Scream 7’
After the warm reception to Freaky in 2020, writer-producer Michael Kennedy is back with It’s a Wonderful Knife, which adds another genre twist to a classic film premise. Inspired by Christopher Landon’s Groundhog Day-esque slasher Happy Death Day (2017), Kennedy conceived Freaky as a Freaky Friday slasher that Landon himself would go on to direct. […]
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Christopher Landon to Direct ‘Scream 7’
Spyglass is answering the call once more, throwing a new Scream movie into development. The company has tapped Christopher Landon — a scary movie stalwart whose credits include the Happy Death Day series as well as body-switching horror-comedy Freaky — to direct the seventh installment of the long-running franchise, multiple sources tell The Hollywood Reporter. […]
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‘We Have a Ghost’ Filmmaker Christopher Landon Talks His Amblin-esque Pivot, ‘Happy Death Day 3’ and ‘Freaky Death Day’
Christopher Landon wants to show you that he’s more than just the maestro behind two beloved comedic slasher properties, Happy Death Day and Freaky. His new supernatural family dramedy, We Have a Ghost, is not only a jump to a new subgenre, but it’s also a leap to bigger-budget filming, as his three recent Blumhouse […]
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‘Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania’ Star Kathryn Newton Talks Referencing Young Cassie and Keeping the Faith for ‘Freaky Death Day’
Nobody is having a better week than Paul Rudd, but Kathryn Newton’s past week comes a close second. The Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania star just celebrated her birthday on Feb. 8 while promoting her MCU debut as Scott Lang/Ant-Man’s daughter, Cassie Lang. The role has been a long-time dream for Newton, and as much […]
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How Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood Delivers Scares for ‘Halloween,’ ‘Black Phone’ and More
When Halloween Horror Nights opened at Universal Studios Hollywood in September, it was a true return to the full-throated event creative director John Murdy has been used to putting on for nearly two decades. “In 2020, the season was canceled — as, I think, everybody’s life in 2020 was canceled. But when we came back […]
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‘Freaky’ Director Blasts Studios Over Day-and-Date Releases Amid ‘Halloween Ends’ Launch: “It Destroyed Us”
Filmmaker Christopher Landon is voicing his frustrations about the theatrical window disappearing for some releases amid Halloween Ends’ subdued opening weekend at the box office. Landon took to Twitter on Saturday to lament day-and-date releases for films such as the latest entry in Universal Pictures’ Halloween saga, which opened wide in 3,901 theaters on Friday, […]
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Kathryn Newton on ‘Map of Tiny Perfect Things’ and Golfing with Bill Murray
The actor also has 'Ant-Man 3' on her docket: "Five years ago, if you asked me what my dream was, I would have said, 'To be in a Marvel movie.'"
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Moviegoing Teeters After 700 Theaters Reclose Overnight in North America
Heading into the pre-Thanksgiving weekend, 646 movie theaters closed down in the U.S. amid an alarming surge in COVID-19 cases, along with 60 cinemas in Canada.
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Behind Universal’s Bold Bet to Shorten the Theatrical Window
In inking deals with exhibitors to send films to homes earlier in exchange for a slice of premiumon-demand revenue, Universal studio chief Donna Langley sees the result as "additive, not the opposite."
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Filmmaker Christopher Landon on ‘Freaky’ and the Marketing Challenge of ‘Happy Death Day 2U’
'Freaky' filmmaker Christopher Landon wanted to 'make the goriest Disney movie possible.'
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Kathryn Newton on ‘Freaky’ and the Shocking “Un-Renewal” of ‘The Society’
'Freaky' is the culmination of years of dreaming for Kathryn Newton, who grew up watching co-star Vince Vaughn's movies.
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