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Well Go USA Entertainment has picked up the North American rights to Shaman, Deadline reports today, a possession horror movie set in a remote Ecuadorian village.

Shaman will be released sometime in mid-2025, the site notes.

Sara Canning (A Series of Unfortunate Events), Daniel Gillies (The Originals), and Jett Klyne (Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness) star in the upcoming horror film.

“Shaman follows a missionary (Canning) as she and her husband (Gillies) seek to convert an Indigenous community in a remote Ecuadorian village. After a confrontation with the local shaman whose beliefs clash with her own, the missionary’s son (Klyne) is seemingly possessed by an ancient spirit.

“Forced to confront her faith and a demon older than her own religion, she must make an impossible choice that could either save her son or curse their souls.”

Antonio Negret directed the film, written by Daniel Negret.

Night Tree,...

Exclusive: Well Go USA Entertainment has acquired North American rights to horror-thriller Shaman.

The film premiered at the 2024 Austin Film Festival. The film is directed by Antonio Negret and written by Daniel Negret. The film stars Sara Canning (A Series of Unfortunate Events), Daniel Gillies (The Originals), and Jett Klyne (Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness). The film is slated for a mid-2025 release in North America.

The deal was negotiated by Brennan Lane for Well Go USA and Paradigm on behalf of the filmmakers. Myriad represents international film sales and will be available at EFM.

Shaman follows a missionary (Canning) as she and her husband (Gillies) seek to convert an Indigenous community in a remote Ecuadorian village. After a confrontation with the local shaman whose beliefs clash with her own, the missionary’s son (Klyne) is seemingly possessed by an ancient spirit. Forced to confront her faith and...

The Marvel Cinematic Universe is currently taking us towards the culmination of the Multiverse Saga. It's not going to do that this year or the next year, but the studio is in the process of planning out the final chapters of the story that it is telling within the MCU. Due to that, and the fact that the franchise is staging a bit of a comeback after a lacklustre 2023, fans are particularly excited about the recent titles that have been released and the ones that are on the horizon.

It's safe to say that films such as Deadpool and Wolverine and shows such as Agatha All Along have reinvigorated interest in the MCU as it heads towards those all-important final chapters of the Multiverse Saga, including Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars. And you know that Marvel is pulling out all the stops to ensure that those movies deliver, bringing...

Disney+’s Agatha All Along ended on a major cliffhanger, and as intense as the previous episodes have been, it was also an emotional ride for the characters. Joe Locke, who played Billy Maximoff slash William Kaplan, confessed that the scene where he was trying to find a body for his brother, Tommy, was difficult to film.

Credits: Kathryn Hahn in Agatha All Along / Disney+

Fans would recall at the end of WandaVision that the Maximoff brothers were still together when Wanda released Westview and let her family go. Her children, as well as Vision, vanished with the hex that she created around their town.

Joe Locke on Filming Billy Maximoff’s Most Intense Scene in Agatha All Along

The two-part season finale of Agatha All Along was packed with action, magic, and drama rolled into one epic journey. At the end of the first season, viewers were treated to...

The Marvel Cinematic Universe is back. There were some ups and downs along the way, but the studio has successfully reversed some of the issues with its Multiverse Saga and turned it back into must-see entertainment. That applies to both the big screen and the small screen, with its monumental cinematic showdown Deadpool and Wolverine scoring rave reviews and a $1.3 billion box office performance and its most recent Disney Plus series Agatha All Along also scoring strong viewing figures and a warm, positive reception from fans.

With two multiverse-changing Avengers movies on the horizon, that's a good thing. With excitement and good word-of-mouth back on its side, the studio is beginning to lay the foundations for how this saga will come full-circle, and it has some heavy-hitters on the horizon to do that in, including Captain America: Brave New World and Spider-Man 4.

And speaking of laying the groundwork, there...

Warning: This article contains spoilers for Agatha All Along.

I reckon adapting Tommy Maximoff's new origin story for the MCU after Agatha All Along teased his return would be the perfect story for Marvel Studios' speculated Young Avengers project. Three years after 2021's WandaVision ended with the apparent deaths of Wanda Maximoff and Vision's magically-created twins, Billy and Tommy, I was thrilled to see the former make his triumphant return to the MCU. Agatha All Along episode 6 confirmed that Joe Locke's "Teen" is in fact Billy Maximoff's soul in the body of William Kaplan, which made me hopeful that his brother would also return.

Billy and Tommy Maximoff were previously portrayed by Julian Hilliard and Jett Klyne, respectively, in WandaVision and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. However, inspired by their Marvel Comics stories, which detailed a convoluted story of the twins being reincarnated in the forms...

The world premiere of Shaman, the new horror-thriller from director Antonio Negret, is set for October 25 at the 2024 Austin Film Festival. Starring Sara Canning, Daniel Gillies, Jett Klyne, and Humberto Morales, this chilling film explores the collision between faith, culture, and an ancient evil that tests the limits of human belief. The film, which runs for 94 minutes and is set in the remote Ecuadorian Andes, offers a deeply personal and atmospheric take on horror, with the added weight of its director’s own experiences growing up in Latin America.

At its core, Shaman tells the story of Candice, a devout Catholic missionary living with her husband Joel and teenage son Elliot, as they work to convert an Indigenous community in the shadow of the Chimborazo volcano. Their efforts are met with resistance, particularly from the local Shaman, whose deep-rooted spiritual beliefs clash with the family’s religious mission. However, when Elliot falls gravely ill,...

Warning: Major spoilers ahead for Episode 6 of Agatha All Along.

The newest episode of Agatha All Along finally delved into the backstory of William Kaplan/Billy Maximoff. Audiences learned that Billy's spirit claimed the body of William Kaplan after a deadly car accident, and he has been trying to understand what happened and who he is ever since.

One of the biggest reveals was that Billy was traveling the Witches' Road in search of his twin brother, Tommy. This has already caused a massive backlash from the fandom, many of whom suspected that the journey was going to end in the resurrection of Wanda Maximoff, the Scarlet Witch. I also thought this was likely, not even including Tommy on a list of Wandavision characters to bring back for the new show.

However, that does not mean that this direction is a mistake. There are many reasons for Billy to search for his brother first,...

Warning: This article contains spoilers for Agatha All Along episode 6, "Familiar By Thy Side."

Three years after his departure from the MCU, Billy Maximoff has returned in Agatha All Along, but the Scarlet Witch's other son, Tommy Maximoff, is still nowhere to be seen. Wanda Maximoff and Vision's powerful sons were first seen in WandaVision episode 3, "Now in Color," and had the chance to show off some of their impressive gifts during the Phase 4 series. Since they were magically connected to the Hex, however, the twins disappeared when the Westview Anomaly was dismantled, leaving the MCU futures of Wiccan and Speed uncertain.

In WandaVision, Tommy Maximoff was portrayed by Gavin Borders as a five-year-old and Jett Klyne at ten, opposite Baylen Bielitz and Julian Hilliard's Billy Maximoff. Klyne reprised the role alongside Hilliard in 2022's Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness as variants on Earth-838, but the...

This article contains Major Spoilers for Agatha All Along Episode 5, "Darkest Hour, Wake Thy Power."

Teen's real identity might have been telegraphed, but Agatha All Along showrunner Jac Schaeffer understood the importance of that reveal's execution.

"You can do the most unsurprising thing in the most surprising way, and that's how you hook an audience," Schaeffer told Entertainment Weekly following Agatha's fifth episode reveal that Joe Locke is playing an older Billy Kaplan/Maximoff. Upon confronting Agatha (Kathryn Hahn) over the death of a fellow coven member, the witch describes "Teen" as "so much like your mother," causing him to blast Agatha and her remaining companions into the Witches' Road's mud traps. This, Schaeffer added, changes their power dynamic, since Agatha "starts with Billy being very much the familiar, the secondary to all the witches. Now we know he is also a witch, and that changes things. Also, we now...

The witches have taken over the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Agatha All Along has been entertaining fans of the franchise throughout spooky season, with Kathryn Hahn's infamously antagonistic witch seeking to reclaim the power that was once hers. But she hasn't been alone, as she and the mysterious Teen have put together a coven to walk the Witches' Road. It's a treacherous walk that very well could take the coven's lives, but if they make it to the end, they can get the one thing they desire the most.

The Disney Plus series is a spinoff of original MCU show WandaVision (which also starred Hahn as Agatha / Agnes) and it looks to further the overall story of the Multiverse Saga. Fans are convinced that Teen's identity will help it do just that. Something else that fans have helped the show do is enjoy an immense amount of success. And it...

Myriad Pictures heads to Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) with sales rights to Antonio Negret’s supernatural horror thriller Shaman and will launch talks this week.

The US-Ecuadorian co-production from Epopeya Films, Macumba Films, and Night Tree stars Sara Canning and Daniel Gillies from The Vampire Diaries, Jett Klyne from Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness, and newcomer Humberto Morales.

Shaman is based on a screenplay by Daniel Negret, the head of Australian producer Causeway Films’ London office who served as executive producer on the 2023 horror hit Talk To Me.

It centres on a Missionary working among the Indigenous...

The Austin Film Festival (Aff) is set to showcase a remarkable lineup of films at this year’s event, Variety is happy to exclusively announce the first selection of films, including the world premiere of “Ravens,” a magical realist biopic featuring recent Emmy-nominee Tadanobu Asano (“Shogun”).

Also among the highly anticipated premieres is the Texas-made thriller by Chris Beier and Daniel Wolfman centered around a washed-up Youtube star titled “The Ego Death of Queen Cecilia,” “Silent Notes,” a romantic neo-noir starring Daniel Durant (“Coda”) and the film adaptation of the Broadway play “The Piano Lesson” from Netflix starring Samuel L. Jackson and John David Washington, which just recently released a trailer. These films are part of Aff’s first wave of screenings, highlighting some of the year’s best in independent filmmaking.

Additional programming includes “Black Dog,” which received the Un Certain Regard award at Cannes this year as well as Ecuadorian horror film “Shaman.

Based on the harrowing real-life experiences of Maxwell Smart, The Boy in the Woods recounts twelve-year-old Max’s battle for survival during World War II. Set in 1942, the film finds Max living in occupied Poland when he becomes separated from his mother and sister. Facing imminent capture by Nazi forces, Max manages to escape into the dense forests near his hometown.

It is in these formidable woods that Max begins a solitary fight to evade the ruthless occupiers. Directed by Rebecca Snow in her narrative debut, the movie paints a vivid yet respectful picture of Max’s grueling journey. Drawing from Maxwell Smart’s own memoir, Snow crafts a deeply moving tale of courage against all odds. Through Max’s ordeal, we witness both the tragic realities of life under Nazi rule as well as the enduring strength of the human spirit.

Snow guides viewers through the film with a blend of empathy and care.

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The Boy comes to life on 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray on September 3 via Scream Factory. The 2016 horror film is presented in 4K from the original elements with Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos.

William Brent Bell directs from a script by Stacey Menear. Lauren Cohan, Rupert Evans, Jim Norton, Diana Hardcastle, Ben Robson, Jett Klyne, and James Russell star.

Special features include: a new commentary by film critics Julia Cunningham and Emily Higgins; new interviews with Bell, Menear, cinematographer Daniel Pearl, doll designer Todd Masters, and doll handler Tannis Hegan; and the trailer.

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The McU's new Avengers team avoids issues with older heroes' disjointed presence. Young Avengers have fewer on-screen hours for viewers to catch up. Young Avengers' appeal mirrors the early MCU, offering a fresh start.

One of the biggest positives about the Avengers being replaced in the MCU is that the new team will avoid a big issue with the originals. Avengers: Endgame was the last time that any version of Earth's Mightiest Heroes teamed up against a common threat, which was released more than five years ago. This may have had a negative impact on the wider MCU as its composite characters feel more disparate than ever in the lead-up to what will presumably be their first outing in the Multiverse Saga: Avengers: The Kang Dynasty.

As it stands, there are two incarnations of the Avengers being set up in the MCU. The first is the one that Sam Wilson...

To celebrate the release of his new film, The Boy In The Woods, we had the pleasure of chatting to actor Richard Armitage about his powerful new film, and his hit show Red Eye, for which the finale aired this past weekend.

The Boy in the Woods is a Canadian drama film, directed by Rebecca Snow and released in 2023. Based on the memoir of the same name by Maxwell Smart, the film dramatizes Smart’s childhood experience of having to fend for himself in the forests of Poland during World War II.

Chatting to Armitage, we chat about the lure of the film and its unique power, working with writer/director Rebecca Snow – who had made the acclaimed documentary Cheating Hitler: Surviving the Holocaust in 2019 – his history lesson about the real-life people involved in the story, the acting challenges that accompany doing accents, and he waxes lyrical about his young...

True story of Jewish boy in flight from the Nazis and hiding in the forest is told here with a fair amount of sentiment

This sweet if somewhat sentiment-and-string-section-forward Canadian film tells the true story of Max, a Jewish boy aged 12 from Warsaw, trying to evade capture during the second world war. Max’s mother (Berkley Silverman), aware that there’s only a little time left and she and her baby daughter won’t make it, manages to bundle Max off to go stay with a Polish family deep in the forest who will be paid for their troubles. Jasko (Richard Armitage) and Kasia (Masa Lizdek) are basically good souls, but when the authorities start coming round looking for hiding Jews and Max only just manages to convince them he’s Kasia’s little brother, the Polish couple feel they can’t risk endangering their own and their child’s lives for Max.

Photo: Brendan Penny, Amanda Schull Credit: ©2024 Hallmark Media/Photographer: Allister Foster

Hallmark Mystery has released details of a new, original mystery moving starring Amanda Schull and Brendan Penny.

The movie tells the story of a retired army medical examiner and a charming police detective working to solve a murder. Read on to find out more about the movie and its cast and see images taken on the movie film set.

Family Practice Mysteries: Coming Home on Hallmark Mystery Photo: Linda Ko, Amanda Schull, Brendan Penny Credit: ©2024 Hallmark Media/Photographer: Allister Foster

According to the official synopsis, small-town life turns deadly for retired army doctor, Dr. Rachel Hunt (Amy Schull) who returns home. Rachel is a smart, intuitive family doctor and was previously a trauma surgeon in the US Army. However, after losing her husband in combat, she retired from her commission and is now settling into a quiet new life...

Iman Vellani as Ms. Marvel and Hailee Steinfeld as Hawkeye avoid aging-out their characters, ensuring a lasting Young Avengers cast. Vellani and Steinfeld as the Young Avengers' leads won't face comparison issues to Iron Man & Captain America due to how well-received their casting has been in the MCU. Casting Vellani and Steinfeld and utilizing the benefits that come with it as leads of the team reduces pressure on the rest of the Young Avengers cast as Evans and Downey Jr. did with the original Avengers.

The potential Young Avengers movie of the Marvel Cinematic Universe has already avoided several big problems that could have faced its cast. At the end of The Marvels in 2023, the first three members of the Young Avengers' cast were confirmed. Iman Vellani's Kamala Khan/Ms. Marvel sought out Hailee Steinfeld's Kate Bishop, with the former telling the latter she is building her own superhero team.

Joe Locke had a ton of fun performing his chemistry read alongside Kathryn Hahn for Agatha: Darkhold Diaries.

Speaking to Variety, the Heartstopper star reflected on getting his part in the WandaVision spinoff and having the chance to play off Hahn as the powerful witch Agatha Harkness. "Me and Kathryn were wearing matching Vans and I remember [executive producer and head writer] Jac Schaeffer taking a picture of our matching Vans, and then that was the point I was like, 'Okay, maybe this is going well,'" Locke said, teasing a fight between them where he caught his co-star off-guard with a more aggressive line delivery. This particular performance, he added, "worked for the scene," describing the results as "amazing, and I just remember that feeling like, 'Wow, this is the coolest. I'm working with this most amazing actress.' It was great. I really think it's going to be a very, very, very good...

Despite disappointing box office returns for The Marvels, Kamala Khan actress Iman Vellani is excited about her MCU future and possibly teaming up with younger heroes to punch evil in its stupid face. While nothing is written in stone, the final scene of Nia DaCosta’s The Marvels hints at a potential Young Avengers film, with Iman Vellani playing a Nick Fury-type role as she recruits up-and-coming superheroes to commit exciting acts of derring-do. Speaking with Yahoo Entertainment, Vellani revealed who she’d like to team up with for a Young Avengers initiative, and some of her choices could surprise you.

Before we reveal the list, here’s some background for how The Marvels sets up its Young Avengers tease. We’re about to take a trip into Spoiler Town, so proceed with caution! At the end of The Marvels, Kamala Khan does her best Nick Fury impression while...

The following article contains spoilers for "The Marvels," including the mid-credits scene.

"The Marvels" has finally hit theaters, and across the board, star Iman Vellani, who plays Kamala Khan, aka Ms. Marvel, has received well-deserved praise. One just cannot look at her enthusiasm and joy and not smile. The film may be having a rough time at the box office, but if Vellani is the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, that future is bright. In fact, the future of the MCU is something /Film's own Ethan Anderton discussed while chatting with Vellani about "The Marvels."

During their conversation, Anderton asked Vellani about the mid-credits scene where Kamala Khan recreates the very first MCU post-credits scene. You know, the "Iron Man" one where Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) recruits Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) for his Avengers Initiative? Not only does Kamala show up at Kate Bishop's (Hailee Steinfeld...

The Toronto Film Festival has unveiled its lineup for the Industry Selects program of films beyond the official fest lineup and available for worldwide acquisition as each gets an in-person screening for film buyers and industry execs.

Leading the selection is director James Marsh’s Dance First, a biopic with Gabriel Byrne playing the literary giant Samuel Beckett and Sandrine Bonnaire, Maxine Peake, Aidan Gillen and Fionn O’Shea also starring; and director Neil Burger’s Inheritance, a thriller that has a woman played by Phoebe Dynevor learning her father Sam (Rhys Ifans) was once a spy, which puts her at the center of an international conspiracy.

Also picked for market screenings in Toronto is Jimmy Warden’s Borderline, set in 1996 Los Angeles and starring Eric Dane, Ray Nicholson and Samara Weaving as a pop star taken hostage; The Home, a horror pic from Purge series creator James DeMonaco, and starring...

Fest also announces Connections, Microsessions, and Spotlight sessions.

TIFF has announced the Industry Selects acquisition titles available to buyers during the festival, a 12-strong roster featuring new work from James Marsh, Rebecca Snow, and Neil Burger.

Gabriel Byrne plays literary giant Samuel Beckett in Marsh’s Dance First alongside Sandrine Bonnaire, Maxine Peake, Aidan Gillen, and Fionn O’Shea. Film Constellation represents worldwide rights and the film will close San Sebastian.

Phoebe Dynevor stars with Rhys Ifans for Burger in Inheritance, a thriller about a woman who uncovers her father’s espionage past. CAA Media Finance handles sales.

Snow (Cheating Hitler:...

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness covered a lot of bases throughout its runtime. Not only did it serve as the first standalone sequel for Benedict Cumberbatch's Sorcerer Supreme, but it was also the fourth Marvel Cinematic Universe project to explore the concept of the multiverse following Loki, What If…? and Spider-Man: No Way Home. In addition to dabbling in the superhero and horror genres, thanks to the deft hand of Sam Raimi, Multiverse of Madness transforms into a tragedy where Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen) is concerned. Throughout the film, Wanda intends to travel to a universe where her children, Billy (Julian Hilliard) and Tommy (Jett Klyne), are alive. She seeks the multiverse-hopping powers of America Chavez (Xochitl Gomez) to accomplish her goal, leading to death and destruction on an unimaginable scale as she fully embraces her mantle of the Scarlet Witch.

Exclusive: Principal photography has begun on the World War II drama The Boy in the Woods, a big-screen adaptation of the wartime novel The Boy in the Woods: A True Story of Survival During the Second World War by Maxwell Smart.

The film is currently shooting in North Bay, Canada.

Rebecca Snow (Cheating Hitler: Surviving the Holocaust) writes and directs the pic for Lumanity and JoBro Production. Myriad Pictures holds worldwide rights (excluding Canada) and will be selling the film at the American Film Market.

Billed as a “true-life survival story,” the film follows Max, a Jewish boy hiding in the forests of Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe during WWII. Max is an aspiring artist who escapes death when his selfless mother tells him to run away from the Nazi trucks which they are about to board. He befriends a farmer, Jasko, and his family, who take him in. But with mounting...

Fortunetelling is a great trick, but it only works if you know how to cold read -- absorbing everything in front of you and dropping some meaty guesses about what's on others' minds. Figuring out what's next for one of the biggest media franchises in the world is similar. Only President of Marvel Studios Kevin Feige (and those under NDAs) know what's next for the Marvel Cinematic Universe. However, we can take the hints they're leaving and deliver some fun ideas about what's coming next.

We're about to present twelve educated guesses about the next era of the MCU. Based on what the franchise has already shown us, hints from events like 2022's San Diego Comic-Con, well-sourced filming rumors, and (a lot of) speculation drawn from Marvel's extensive comic book history, we predict what's next for Marvel Studios. We're barely scratching the surface of possible storylines with Kang the Conquerer's rise to power,...

The Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Phase Four has included box office blockbusters like the billion-dollar-grossing “Spider-Man: No Way Home” and “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” (942 million worldwide and counting), plus the MCU’s first foray into television with hits like “WandaVision” and “Loki.” But what Phase Four has lacked for a majority of MCU fans is a sense of narrative drive and cohesion. As Variety‘s Adam B. Vary wrote last month, “Instead of the incremental escalation of the Infinity Saga, there is no sense yet of where Phase Four is heading — if, indeed, it is heading in any single direction.”

As of now, the MCU has a handful of dangling cliffhangers that don’t appear to have any connection to one another and that don’t appear to be building toward a franchise-uniting endgame: There’s Doctor Strange teaming up with Clea to fix an incursion in the multiverse,...

There’s no rest for the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Just one month after the conclusion of the Oscar Isaac-led “Moon Knight” and a month before “Thor: Love and Thunder” is slated to hit theaters, the newest series in the interconnected franchise is set to make its Disney+ debut.

Premiering Wednesday, June 8, “Ms. Marvel” stars newcomer Iman Vellani as Kamala Khan, a Pakistani-American teen from Jersey City who lives and breathes everything Avengers. A megafan of Captain Marvel (Brie Larson) who spends what some might say is too much time in a fantasy world of her own creation, Kamala, the MCU’s first Muslim superhero, sees her life changed forever once she discovers she has powers of her own. This shocking discovery, of which only her best friend Bruno (Matt Lintz) is aware, thrusts Kamala into a spotlight she’s not quite ready for, especially since she’s already living...

Spoiler Alert: This story discusses major plot points of Marvel Studios’ “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,” currently in theaters. Do not read until you’ve seen the movie.

Practically from the moment that Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige announced that Elizabeth Olsen would star in the Disney+ series “WandaVision,” he also made clear that the events of that show would tie into Olsen’s subsequent appearance as Wanda Maximoff in the feature film “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.”

What Feige did not reveal — and what Disney carefully obscured in its marketing for the film right up to its release in theaters — is that Wanda doesn’t show up as Strange’s compatriot in “Multiverse of Madness”: She’s the villain.

At the end of “WandaVision,” Wanda fully accepts her identity as the Scarlet Witch, one of the most powerful wielders of magic in the universe.

Warning: spoilers ahead for "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness."

Every big post-"Avengers" superhero movie requires some suspension of disbelief. Where's everyone who could help this hero? Do they draw straws to take turns saving the world? In "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness," the logistics of Elizabeth Olsen's Scarlet Witch's search for her family is even more confounding.

In the movie, Wanda Maximoff (Olsen) goes fully darksided while in pursuit of what she sees as the perfect alternate universe -- in which the kids she dreamed up in "WandaVision," Tommy and Billy (Jett Klyne and Julian Hilliard), exist and are...

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“WandaVision” has the chance to dominate the 2021 Emmy nominations judging from its submissions on this year’s Emmy ballots. The show has 45 entries across categories — 46 if you count Best Documentary/Nonfiction Special contender “Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of WandaVision.” Scroll down to see the list.

This is the first TV series set fully in the Marvel Cinematic Universe — as opposed to Netflix shows like “Jessica Jones” and ABC’s “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.,” which were more tangentially connected to the MCU. So it has the chance to do for this blockbuster movie franchise what “The Mandalorian” did for “Star Wars” last year when it won seven Emmys out of 15 nominations.

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“WandaVision” can probably be expected to do well in craft categories for bringing its movie-quality sci-fi action to the small screen. But don...

This article contains WandaVision spoilers.

The final episode of WandaVision is here, and it’s 45 minutes of big screen Marvel Cinematic Universe blockbuster chaos magic action…but on the small screen. And while pound for pound it’s a little lighter on Marvel Comics and MCU Easter eggs than what we’ve seen in previous weeks, there’s still Plenty to dig in to and fun things you might have missed.

In particular, this episode sets up at least two upcoming big screen adventures with both Captain Marvel 2 and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. But there’s elements from WandaVision that will also resonate in future MCU TV series on Disney+ as well.

Let’s get to work…and if you spot anything we missed, let us know in the comments!

Scarlet Witch Wanda gets her first official, full blown Scarlet Witch costume in this episode, and it looks really great.

This article contains spoilers for the WandaVision finale.

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In the season finale of Marvel’s Wanda Maximoff and Vision spinoff WandaVision, there were inevitable showdowns between two very badass witches and two surprisingly conversational synthezoids. Unanswered questions and tantalising post credits scenes lay ahead. But there was also a little disappointment in store for those fans who hoped there would be a major cameo appearance in the finale, or a possible entry point for the X-Men in the MCU.

We began the final episode right where we left off in the penultimate one, as Wanda and Agatha discovered the extent of each other’s powers. Agatha quickly revealed how easily she was able to absorb Wanda’s magic, which was inexorably amplified by Strucker’s Mind Stone experiments pre-Avengers: Age of Ultron, and Wanda soon realized that she was a bit out of her depth facing...

This article contains spoilers for WandaVision

You could say it all started with one Paul William Bettany.

Last month, the star of Marvel’s WandaVision got fans’ attention when he started teasing a new character arriving in the MCU spinoff series that had miraculously survived online leaks, which in turn meant that Evan Peters’ “Pietro” Maximoff definitely wasn’t who he was referring to.

“There is one character that has not been revealed,” Bettany told Esquire. “And it is very exciting. It is an actor I’ve longed to work with all of my life. We have some amazing scenes together and I think the chemistry between us is extraordinary and fireworks on set.”

The internet immediately got busy trying to work out exactly who Bettany was chatting about, and which character from Marvel Comics they could be playing. Robert De Niro as Mephisto? Keanu Reeves as Nightmare? It must be someone big and important,...

Spoiler Alert: Do not read if you have not yet watched Season 1, Episode 6 of Disney Plus’ “WandaVision.”

The last time we caught up with Wanda (Elizabeth Olsen) and Vision’s (Paul Bettany) quirky adventures through television eras, we were in the curly and corny and colorful 1980s, dealing with superpowered and superaging twins, Vision’s growing consciousness of the anomalies of “WandaVision,” a dog that died for the bogus reason of eating too many of the next-door sorceresses’ azalea leaves and Wanda breaking her own fourth wall to confront S.W.O.R.D.

The sixth episode of “WandaVision” was just as replete with sitcom zaniness — heavily inspired by the early aughts Fox series “Malcolm in the Middle” — and with scenes of the investigative research of agents and scientists-gone-rogue. But that also means that this episode has left us with, yes, you guessed it, a bunch of puzzles to crack.

This WandaVision review contains spoilers.

WandaVision Episode 6

Ah, remember last week? When you were living in the glowing warmth of corporate synergy? When Disney’s ownership of Fox meant that, aside from essentially creating a monopoly, the company could also finally introduce the X-Men into the MCU? What a wild time. And in the wake of that utterly satisfying and enjoyable reveal, we now find Westview changed once again. The ’90s never happened and instead the Visions are living in what seems to be the year 2000.

It’s Halloween and the family is preparing for the big night. If you’re keeping count, Billy (Julian Hilliard) and Tommy (Jett Klyne) are still around 10 years old. The recently arrived Uncle Pietro is crashing on the couch, and Vision (Paul Bettany) and Wanda (Elizabeth Olsen) seem to be back to normal. Or at least that’s what Vision wants Wanda to think.

For his first two features, Brandon Christensen has given us a pair of nightmarish examinations of parental paranoia with Still/Born and Z, with the latter officially headed onto Blu-ray and DVD this week, courtesy of Rlje Films and Shudder (it’s also now available on a variety of Digital platforms). Daily Dead recently had the opportunity to speak with Christensen and he discussed the inspiration behind the story of Z, the challenges of making “nothing” scary, collaborating with the film’s star Keegan Connor Tracy, and more.

Great to speak with you again, Brandon. You and Colin [Minihan] have collaborated together a few times now. I was hoping you could start off by discussing the process behind putting this story together for Z in particular, and how different that process was for you both this time around versus Still/Born.

Brandon Christensen: With Still/Born, Colin and I were both there from the beginning.

It’s creepy kids month here at Dread, and it really doesn’t get much creepier than Josh (Jett Klyne) in Brandon Christensen’s Z, a supernatural take on the dangers of having an imaginary friend that’s out on Blu-ray on September 1st. Do Not set up a play date with this kid. Josh’s mother, played by the […]...

Winner of Scariest Feature Film at the 2019 Popcorn Frights Film Festival, Brandon Christensen's Z is coming to Blu-ray, DVD, Digital HD, and VOD on September 1st from Rlje Films, and to celebrate, we've been provided with two Blu-ray copies of the horror film to give away to lucky Daily Dead readers!

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From the creators of Still/Born, Shudder has unleashed Z to come out and play with you. In celebration of the horror movie coming to VOD, Digital HD, DVD and Blu-ray on September 1, we've got an exclusive look for you to feast your eyes on.

In Shudder's Z, when Beth's (Keegan Connor Tracy) son (Jett Klyne) brings home an imaginary friend named "Z," she becomes concerned that he is falling too deep into a world of make believe. He starts to display extremely destructive behavior, blaming Z for all of his actions. But after he gets kicked out of school, Beth is forced to find a solution. She medicates her son, making him unable to see his imaginary companion. But now Beth sees Z...and he wants to be her friend.

Directed by Brandon Christensen (Still/Born) who co-wrote the movie with Colin Minihan, the Shudder horror film stars Keegan Connor Tracy...

Rlje Films, a business unit of AMC Networks, has picked up select rights to Z from Shudder, AMC Networks’ streaming service for horror, thriller and the supernatural. Z will be released on September 1, 2020 on VOD, Digital HD, DVD and Blu-ray.

Directed by Brandon Christensen (Still/Born) who co-wrote the movie with Colin Minihan, the horror film stars Keegan Connor Tracy (Final Destination 2), Jett Klyne (The Boy), Sean Rogerson (Grave Encounters), Sara Canning (War for the Planet of the Apes), Stephen McHattie (Watchmen), and Chandra West (White Noise). Rlje Films will release Z on DVD for an Srp of $27.97 and on Blu-ray for an Srp of $28.97.

Now you can win the Win the Blu-ray of Z. We Are Movie Geeks has two copies to give away. Just leave a comment below telling us what your favorite movie that starts with the letter ‘Z’. (mine’s Zotz! It’s so easy!

Deals announced in run-up to Cannes virtual market.

Raven Banner has swooped on Canadian distribution rights to horror Z, contagion thriller Sea Fever starring Hermione Corfield, Connie Nielsen and Dougray Scott, and supernatural thriller and Fantasia audience award winner Dead Dicks.

Z (pictured) explores what happens when a young mother begins to fear her introverted son’s imaginary friend may be terrifyingly real.

Keegan Connor Tracy (Bates Motel), Sean Rogerson (Grave Encounters), Jett Klyne (The Boy), Sara Canning (The Vampire Diaries) and Stephen McHattie (Pontypool) star. Brandon Christensen directed Z, and wrote the screenplay with Colin Minihan. Chris Ball, Kurtis David Harder,...

The creepy kid horror canon is extensive. Often paired with the possession film or another supernatural subgenre, many of these pictures look to mine the common fear of a child with innate evil. For parents, they also tap into the fear that your child is not turning the way you imagined they would–in fact, they may be utterly psychotic.

Co-writer and director Brandon Christensen initially codes his second feature, Z, so that it fits neatly into these trappings. It’s apparent right out of the gate: a textural montage of Joshua (Jett Klyne) illustrates the cerebral and visceral immersion of childhood, where toy planes and trains roar to life with all the hums and throttles of their real-life counterparts. This opening also injects the tiniest hint of menace into youth, quickly teasing tension and the threat of violence before snapping it away.

Then, after this moment of abstract childhood bliss,...

Many of us have a childhood memory of a monster that we were convinced lived in the closet, under our bed, or in a particularly shadowy corner of our room. It’s funny how, as we age, the shadows simply become shadows and our fears slowly fade. Suppose, however, that the specter in the shadows never really went away… we just no longer had the imagination to see him.

Z chillingly challenges the idea that we can outgrow our deepest fears. The cynicism of adulthood can’t necessarily save you from the things that go bump in the night and our greatest traumas have the power to haunt us forever. Z blurs the line between what is real and what is imagination… and it’s a nightmare.

Z is directed by Brandon Christensen (Still/Born) and stars Keegan Connor Tracy, Jett Klyne, and Sean Rogerson. The film enjoyed a warm...

The month of May officially kicks off today, and that means we have a new batch of films headed to the small screen over the next few weeks to keep you entertained. Everything kicks off today with The Wretched from the Pierce Brothers, which is a super fun witch-tastic time, and then next week, digital releases amp up with a handful of releases hitting on Cinco de Mayo: Arkansas, Cry Havoc, Exorcism at 60,000 Feet, and the new Creepshow series as well.

A few days later, Z from writer/director Brandon Christensen arrives exclusively on Shudder on May 7th, and the 8th looks to be a very busy day with the digital releases of A Good Woman is Hard to Find, Vampire Burt’s Serenade, and the next installment of Blumhouse’s Into the Dark series, Delivered. On May 12th, you can finally own Leigh Whannell’s The Invisible Man...

With May right around the corner, Shudder is making sure horror is in full bloom with another month of movies both old and new, with their upcoming titles including Brandon Christensen's Z, the second season of Wolf Creek, Dario Argento's Tenebrae, and the ’90s slasher I Know What You Did Last Summer.

Below, you can check out the full list of titles coming to Shudder in the Us in May, and be sure to visit Shudder's website to learn more about the streaming service and their scary good lineup!

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Winner “Scariest Film” – Popcorn Frights

Audience Award Winner – Calgary International Film Festival

A couple is shaken to the core when their eight-year-old son begins hanging out with a creepy and ominous imaginary friend. Starring Keegan Connor Tracy (Bates Motel), Sean Rogerson (Grave Encounters), Jett Klyne (The Boy), Sara Canning (The Vampire Diaries) and Stephen McHattie (Pontypool), Written...

"He saw you, too..." Shudder has released an official trailer for an indie horror thriller titled simply Z, the latest from director Brandon Christensen (of 2017's Still/Born previously). This originally premiered at the Overlook Film Festival last year, and is debuting to watch on Shudder this May. A family find themselves terrorized by their eight-year-old son's imaginary (or not?) friend that he calls "Z". Another tale of "parental terror" from the filmmaker behind Still/Born. The film stars Keegan Connor Tracy, Jett Klyne, Sean Rogerson, Sara Canning, and Stephen McHattie. It doesn't particularly seem like anything we haven't seen before, but the creepy monster reveal is a bit jolting. Horror fans definitely don't want to miss this one. Here's the first official trailer (+ poster) for Brandon Christensen's Z movie, direct from YouTube: A couple is shaken to the core when their 8-year-old son begins hanging out with a creepy and ominous imaginary friend.

Tagline: "Z Wants to Play." Z is the name of an imaginary? monster. Z is also the title to Shudder's latest horror acquisition. From director Brandon Christensen (Still/Born) and writer Colin Minihan, this feature focuses on a young boy and the terror he materializes into reality. Shudder will release this intriguing film in May, Mother's Day weekend. As well, the film stars: Keegan Connor Tracy ("Bates Motel"), Sean Rogerson (Grave Encounters), Jett Klyne and Stephen McHattie. Shot in Canada, the film's available release details are hosted here. The film's trailer shows Joshua (Klyne) and the creature that stalks him. First, it appears as a drawing. Then, it takes a human-like form as it terrorizes an entire family. But, how is this monster coming into existence? Director Christensen has talked about his latest film. Christensen says of the characters: "with Z, we once again have a film about a tortured mother and father,...