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An official trailer has arrived for Shudder’s new docuseries Queer for Fear: The History of Queer Horror. A four-part series, Queer for Fear delves into the complete history of the LGBTQ+ community in movies from the horror and thriller genres. The first episode will hit Shudder on Friday, Sept. 30, and ahead of the premiere, you can watch the official trailer on Shudder’s YouTube Channel. Queer for Fear: The History of Queer Horror comes from executive producers Bryan Fuller (Hannibal, Pushing Daisies) and Steak House (Disney Launchpad, The Mustang)....

The iconic and beloved actress, Sigourney Weaver, claims she isn’t done with Hollywood and won’t be stopping anytime soon. The 72-year-old has been a part of countless blockbuster hits across her illustrious career, which includes nearly 70 feature films. She appeared in Alien in 1979 by director Ridley Scott before following that with Ghostbusters, Gorillas in the Mist, and Avatar, to name a few. Weaver has received three Oscar nominations; however, she’s yet to take home the coveted award....

It’s Coming This Tuesday…Soju After Movie Season 3: “Always Laid, Never Play’d!” The Farewell Tour! Starring B. Alan Orange Seann “Imperial” Mantooth with Paulington James Christensen III and Spooker Washington javascript:;|CLICK HERE TO LAUNCH THE italicsSOJU AFTER MOVIE SPECIAL SNEAK PREVIEW!} Subscribe to the Soju After Movie Podcast in iTunes! That’s right. The boys are returning for their final go around here at Movieweb. They are bringing back the first, the original, the only Internet Movie Radio show that actually matters....

The trio of directors behind the upcoming Sony sequel Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, and Justin K. Thompson, have revealed further details regarding the debut of obscure villain, The Spot. Speaking with Cartoon Brew, Dos Santos explained that they always knew The Spot would be the bad guy in the Into the Spider-Verse sequel, reasoning that the Z-List villain would be the perfect foil for Miles Morales....

America Chavez is making her official debut in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, played by Xochitl Gomez, alongside Benedict Cumberbatch’s Doctor Strange. Her first look from the teaser of the film has received praise from the audience and seems her role in the film would be of high significance. However, the latest concept art image has revealed that she could’ve made her debut appearance in Spider-Man: No Way Home along with her Cumberbatch’s Doctor Strange....

Christopher Lloyd, a shining star and staple in culture and childhood-defining classics like the Back to the Future franchise and the Addams Family movies, will be lending his comforting charm and trademark charisma to Spirit Halloween, a film about the spooktastic store, serving all our most urgent spooky season needs since 1983! First, Lloyd is confirmed for The Mandalorian season 3, and now this? Times couldn’t be any better. The man behind Doc Brown, beloved Uncle Fester, and the criminally underrated Al in the movie Angels in the Outfield, will be headlining the film alongside Rachael Leigh Cook, star of the signature ’90s rom-com She’s All That and The Babysitter’s Club....

Netflix saw the release of its most successful series last year, as Squid Game has reached heights even Stranger Things failed to match. The series follows hundreds of cash-strapped players accepting an invitation to compete in children’s games. Inside, the tempting prize of millions upon millions of dollars awaits; however, there are deadly high stakes within the competition as participants fight for their life. The series saw a big night at the 74th Annual Prime Time Emmy Awards Monday night, with Hwang Dong-hyuk winning for Outstanding Direction and Lee Jung-jae winning Best Actor in a Drama Series....

Have you ever wondered why the Starfleet crewmembers serving onboard the USS Cerritos on Star Trek: Lower Decks sleep on stacked cots in a hallway full of exposed electrical when the holodeck is only a few decks away? Well, Inkpot Award winner and Marvel Comics writer Dan Slott took to Twitter after asking himself the same question (and lucky for Trekkies everywhere, he got an answer from Mike McMahan himself). But while you might expect that the writer of multiple runs of She-Hulk, Spider-Man, Fantastic Four, Great Lakes Avengers, and many other beloved Marvel Comics titles would have been awarded the Star Trek equivalent of the No-Prize for pointing out the discrepancy, Lower Decks creator Mike McMahan (Rick and Morty) soon replied with a perfectly reasonable explanation....

Steven Soderbergh is set to direct The Girlfriend Experience, a film about the world of prostitution from the vantage point of a $10,000-a-night call girl. According to Variety, rather than going for star power, Soderbergh may set an adult film actress to play the lead role. Brian Koppelman and David Levien will write the script. This project marks the director’s first exploration of sexual relationships since his breakthrough film, sex, lies & videotape....

This past Fourth of July, Netflix finally hit us with the long-awaited and much-anticipated third season of The Duffer Brothers’ hit TV series, Stranger Things. And today it looks like Stranger Things season 3 has racked up record viewership over its first four days. In fact, the streaming giant is claiming that more member households have viewed the new season of Stranger Things after four days than any other Netflix original....

DREAMWORKS ANIMATION HAS A DREAM QUARTER “We had our strongest first quarter ever,” DreamWorks Animation founder and CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg said Tuesday as the Glendale, CA-based studio reported net income of $62.3 million, up from $26.1 million during the same quarter a year ago. The results far exceeded analysts’ expectations and sent shares in the company soaring in early trading today (Wednesday). After closing at $19.07 before the release of quarterly results on Tuesday, DWA stock was trading at $23....

AVATAR TICKETS ALREADY ON SALE It’s only August but tickets for James Cameron’s much-hyped 3D sci-fi movie Avatar, which is scheduled to open on December 18,have already cone on sale. The Hollywood Reportersaid that tickets for the midnight premiere at 75 AMC locations, most of them featuring IMAX 3D screens, are now available through online ticketers MovieTickets.com and Fandango. “Tickets being put on sale for a film four months in advance is unheard of,” MovieTickets executive vice president Joel Cohen told the trade publication....

TARANTINO AT CANNES: HOW I WON THE WAR At a time when the whole world is engaged in debate over the use of torture in wartime, Quentin Tarantino has brought his latest film, Inglourious Basterdsto the Cannes Film Festival showing scenes in which U.S. soldiers mete out to German WWII officers and enlisted men such brutality that Abu Ghraib looks like a parental smack by comparison. The band of U.S. heroes in the movie club Germans to death for refusing to talk, carve swastikas in the foreheads of those who do, scalp the soldiers they kill, and conspire to assassinate German leaders in an incendiary attack that takes the lives of hundreds of civilians....

SOME ENCHANTED THANKSGIVING As expected, Disney’s Enchantedappears to be proving as popular as turkey and cranberry sauce over the Thanksgiving Day holiday. The first two days of the holiday at the box office were reportedly dominated by the Disney animated/live production, according to analysts, with the movie earning an estimated $8.2 million on opening day. Its closest rival was Fox’s Hitman, which earned $4.5 million. Making a surprising showing in third place was Sony’s family flick This Christmas,with $4....

WILL REDSTONE FIRE HIS DAUGHTER? Shari Redstone, who appeared destined to succeed her father Sumner as head of the company that controls Viacom and CBS, has apparently fallen into disfavor with the 84-year-old media mogul and may be ousted from her present post with the company, published reports said today (Friday). The Wall Street Journalreported that Shari, president of National Amusements and vice chairman of Viacom and CBS, is negotiating her separation....

Taylor Swift will be directing her first full-length feature with Searchlight Pictures, the studio responsible for the Oscar-winning Nomadland. Searchlight presidents David Greenbaum and Matthew Greenfield put out a statement, according to Variety, that they are pleased to be working with Swift on an original script that she has written and will be directing. “Taylor is a once-in-a-generation artist and storyteller. It is a genuine joy and privilege to collaborate with her as she embarks on this exciting and new creative journey....

Now this is a collection! On May 29, Warner Home Video and Turner Classic Movies will honor one of Hollywood’s legendary “grand dames” on the anniversary of her 100th birthday (May 12) with the debut of the TCM Spotlight: Katharine Hepburn Collection. The Collection includes six films never on DVD before – The Corn is Green, Dragon Seed, Morning Glory, Sylvia Scarlett, Undercurrent and Without Love. The TCM Spotlight: Katharine Hepburn Collection features the beloved screen legend in some of her most memorable roles, and will also include special features such as Oscar®-nominated vintage shorts and classic cartoons....

Again facing relentless Terminators that will stop at nothing until John Connor, the future leader of the resistance, is eliminated, Sarah Connor stops running and starts fighting back against fate and the machines that are out for her son in the highly anticipated new series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles premiering Monday, Jan. 14 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. Unfolding where the film Terminator 2: Judgement Day leaves off, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles finds Sarah (Lena Headey) and her 15-year-old son John Connor (Thomas Dekker) alone in a dangerous world....

Ben Affleck’s Batman movie would have been “action-driven” and “James Bond-ian,” according to The Batman director Matt Reeves. Many Batman fans will forever be disappointed that Ben Affleck’s take on the iconic comic book character will never grace the big screen. While the actor and director came very close to continuing his tenure as The Dark Knight, Affleck eventually departed the project, leaving many of its details a complete mystery. Now, in a conversation with Esquire, director Matt Reeves has offered some details regarding Affleck’s script, and why it just wasn’t for him....

The production team behind The Wave and The Quake target oil production in another well-made, but predictable Norwegian disaster epic. The Burning Sea follows a heroic robotics engineer as she fights to save her trapped boyfriend. The film explores how rampant greed eventually leads to tragedy. Drilling platforms, like British Petroleum’s infamous Deepwater Horizon, become environmental catastrophes when they fail. The Burning Sea posits a worst-case scenario that is entirely believable....