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Netflix’s ‘Castlevania’ Season 2 to be Unleashed This Year
One of the greatest injustices dealt to mankind is that Netflix, Sam Deats, Warren Willis and Powerhouse Animations give us only a single season of Castlevania, with a mere 4 episodes. Certainly, the series is near perfect and what fans of the Konami staple series hoped for, but to make such a strong series–which was in production hell for years–and end the first season so abruptly is criminal! Put a stake through our hearts, won’t you?…
We’ve all been waiting on the edge of our seats since July 7, 2017 when season 1 aired, but now we can expect when Dracula will unleash his minions once more!
The day has come, and like a symphony to our ears, Castlevania season 2 has been officially announced (as reported by CNET). Trevor Belmont and crew will be returning to combat Dracula’s hordes in season 2 on October 26th, 2018, as confirmed by John Derderian (director of Japan and global anime)!
Additionally, the new season will be 8 episodes, and made by the O.G. cast from season 1; meaning Sam Deats will direct, Warren Ellis will be writing; Powerhouse Animations will animate; and Adi Shankar will serve as executive producer.
If it seemed like this announcement couldn’t get any better, the voice cast from the first series–Richard Armitage (Trevor Belmont), James Callis (Alucard), and Alejandra Reynoso (Sypha Belnades)–will be returning to take up their characters once again.
While this may also be a spoiler for the next season, Trevor Belmont voice actor Armitage confirmed that production is already in progress for a season 3 as well! I suppose that means Trevor makes it out of season 3 alive, but no complaints in the slightest from myself!
Along with Castlevania season 2 (and 3) news, Netflix has also announced its anime adaptation of everyone’s favorite kaiju fighting humanoid alien, Ultraman! Nerdist reports that Production I.G. (The End of Evangelion and Patlabor) are teaming up with Kenji Kamiyama (Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex) and Shinji Aramaki (Appleseed Alpha) to bring the CGI anime Ultraman in 2019.
The series is set to adapt the sequel to the original Ultraman series, following the story of Ultraman’s son as he defends the earth from malevolent alien forces.
If you’re wanting to get more on hordes of demons and evil forces beyond the stars, you can check our article covering the Doom: Eternal trailer!
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‘Evil Dead’ Film Franchise Getting TWO New Installments
It was a risk for Fede Alvarez to reboot Sam Raimi’s horror classic The Evil Dead in 2013, but that risk paid off and so did its spiritual sequel Evil Dead Rise in 2023. Now Deadline is reporting that the series is getting, not one, but two fresh entries.
We already knew about the Sébastien Vaniček upcoming film that delves into the Deadite universe and should be a proper sequel to the latest film, but we are broadsided that Francis Galluppi and Ghost House Pictures are doing a one-off project set in Raimi’s universe based off of an idea that Galluppi pitched to Raimi himself. That concept is being kept under wraps.
“Francis Galluppi is a storyteller who knows when to keep us waiting in simmering tension and when to hit us with explosive violence,” Raimi told Deadline. “He is a director that shows uncommon control in his feature debut.”
That feature is titled The Last Stop In Yuma County which will release theatrically in the United States on May 4. It follows a traveling salesman, “stranded at a rural Arizona rest stop,” and “is thrust into a dire hostage situation by the arrival of two bank robbers with no qualms about using cruelty-or cold, hard steel-to protect their bloodstained fortune.”
Galluppi is an award-winning sci-fi/horror shorts director whose acclaimed works include High Desert Hell and The Gemini Project. You can view the full edit of High Desert Hell and the teaser for Gemini below:
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‘Invisible Man 2’ Is “Closer Than Its Ever Been” to Happening
Elisabeth Moss in a very well-thought-out statement said in an interview for Happy Sad Confused that even though there have been some logistical issues for doing Invisible Man 2 there is hope on the horizon.
Podcast host Josh Horowitz asked about the follow-up and if Moss and director Leigh Whannell were any closer to cracking a solution to getting it made. “We are closer than we have ever been to cracking it,” said Moss with a huge grin. You can see her reaction at the 35:52 mark in the below video.
Whannell is currently in New Zealand filming another monster movie for Universal, Wolf Man, which might be the spark that ignites Universal’s troubled Dark Universe concept which hasn’t gained any momentum since Tom Cruise’s failed attempt at resurrecting The Mummy.
Also, in the podcast video, Moss says she is not in the Wolf Man film so any speculation that it’s a crossover project is left in the air.
Meanwhile, Universal Studios is in the middle of constructing a year-round haunt house in Las Vegas which will showcase some of their classic cinematic monsters. Depending on attendance, this could be the boost the studio needs to get audiences interested in their creature IPs once more and to get more films made based on them.
The Las Vegas project is set to open in 2025, coinciding with their new proper theme park in Orlando called Epic Universe.
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Jake Gyllenhaal’s Thriller ‘Presumed Innocent’ Series Gets Early Release Date
Jake Gyllenhaal’s limited series Presumed Innocent is dropping on AppleTV+ on June 12 instead of June 14 as originally planned. The star, whose Road House reboot has brought mixed reviews on Amazon Prime, is embracing the small screen for the first time since his appearance on Homicide: Life on the Street in 1994.
Presumed Innocent is being produced by David E. Kelley, J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot, and Warner Bros. It is an adaptation of Scott Turow’s 1990 film in which Harrison Ford plays a lawyer doing double duty as an investigator looking for the murderer of his colleague.
These types of sexy thrillers were popular in the ’90s and usually contained twist endings. Here’s the trailer for the original:
According to Deadline, Presumed Innocent doesn’t stray far from the source material: “…the Presumed Innocent series will explore obsession, sex, politics and the power and limits of love as the accused fights to hold his family and marriage together.”
Up next for Gyllenhaal is the Guy Ritchie action movie titled In the Grey scheduled for release in January 2025.
Presumed Innocent is an eight-episode limited series set to stream on AppleTV+ starting June 12.
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