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New Trailer for ‘Black Mirror’ Season Four Knows That Parenting is Scary

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Black Mirror is returning for season four! We don’t know when, but it’s still exciting! What we do have is a first teasing glimpse at one of the episodes, Arkangel, which appears to focus on the potential dangers of futuristic helicopter parenting.

In the trailer, a single mother (Rosemarie DeWitt) panics as she loses track of her young daughter on the playground. Once they are reunited, the concerned mother brings her daughter in for some sort of neural implant procedure (great!) to bring a “sense of security and peace of mind”.

The on-screen text boasts “the key to good parenting is control”. But you have to wonder, who (or, gasp! what) is in control?

Also, what are those creepy drawings? And what do the dogs know? I have questions and no release date to answer them!

via Vice

Arkangel stars Rosemarie DeWitt (2015’s Poltergeist, The Watch), Owen Teague (2017’s IT), and Brenna Harding (A Place to Call Home). The episode is directed by Jodie Foster and written by Black Mirror creator/producer Charlie Brooker.

Jodie Foster has made a significant name for herself as an actress, starring in The Silence of the Lambs and Panic Room. She’s taken a few turns as a director with episodes of Orange is the New Black and House of Cards (and 2011’s The Beaver, a film with such an odd concept that I forgot it existed until now).

In an earlier interview with The Independent, Black Mirror producer Annabel Jones spoke about Arkangel, saying:

“… this episode asks how do you be a responsible mother in a world in which you can be all-powerful and omnipresent? How do you exercise responsibility? How do you ensure you give your child independence in a world in which you can have a lot of control?”

via Variety

There’s currently no release date set for Black Mirror‘s fourth season (which will return on Netflix), but you can view more details and watch the (earlier released) full season trailer here. We’ll keep you posted on Black Mirror season four news as we hear it!

Check out the trailer and promotional poster for Arkangel below.

via Collider

Source: io9

Featured image via The Independent

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’28 Years Later’ Trilogy Taking Shape With Serious Star Power

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Danny Boyle is revisiting his 28 Days Later universe with three new films. He will direct the first, 28 Years Later, with two more to follow. Deadline is reporting that sources say Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, and Ralph Fiennes have been cast for the first entry, a sequel to the original. Details are being kept under wraps so we don’t know how or if the first original sequel 28 Weeks Later fits into the project.

Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Ralph Fiennes

Boyle will direct the first movie but it’s unclear which role he will take on in the subsequent films. What is known is Candyman (2021) director Nia DaCosta is scheduled to direct the second film in this trilogy and that the third will be filmed immediately afterward. Whether DaCosta will direct both is still unclear.

Alex Garland is writing the scripts. Garland is having a successful time at the box office right now. He wrote and directed the current action/thriller Civil War which was just knocked out of the theatrical top spot by Radio Silence’s Abigail.

There is no word yet on when, or where, 28 Years Later will start production.

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The original film followed Jim (Cillian Murphy) who wakes from a coma to find that London is currently dealing with a zombie outbreak.

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Watch ‘The Burning’ At The Location Where It Was Filmed

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Fangoria is reporting that fans of the 1981 slasher The Burning will be able to have a screening of the film at the location where it was filmed. The movie is set at Camp Blackfoot which is actually the Stonehaven Nature Preserve in Ransomville, New York.

This ticketed event will take place on August 3. Guests will be able to take a tour of the grounds as well as enjoy some campfire snacks along with the screening of The Burning.

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The film came out in the early ’80s when teen slashers were being churned out in magnum force. Thanks to Sean S. Cunningham’s Friday the 13th, filmmakers wanted to get in on the low-budget, high-profit movie market and a casket load of these types of films were produced, some better than others.

The Burning is one of the good ones, mostly because of the special effects from Tom Savini who had just come off of his groundbreaking work on Dawn of the Dead and Friday the 13th. He declined to do the sequel because of its illogical premise and instead signed on to do this movie. Also, a young Jason Alexander who would later go on to play George in Seinfeld is a featured player.

Because of its practical gore, The Burning had to be heavily edited before it received an R-rating. The MPAA was under the thumb of protest groups and political bigwigs to censor violent films at the time because slashers were just so graphic and detailed in their gore.

Tickets are $50, and if you want a special t-shirt, that will cost you another $25, You can get all the information by visiting the On Set Cinema webpage.

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‘Longlegs’ Creepy “Part 2” Teaser Appears on Instagram

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Neon Films released an Insta-teaser for their horror film Longlegs today. Titled Dirty: Part 2, the clip only furthers the mystery of what we are in for when this movie is finally released on July 12.

The official logline is: FBI Agent Lee Harker is assigned to an unsolved serial killer case that takes unexpected turns, revealing evidence of the occult. Harker discovers a personal connection to the killer and must stop him before he strikes again.

Directed by former actor Oz Perkins who also gave us The Blackcoat’s Daughter and Gretel & Hansel, Longlegs is already creating buzz with its moody images and cryptic hints. The film is rated R for bloody violence, and disturbing images.

Longlegs stars Nicolas Cage, Maika Monroe, and Alicia Witt.

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