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| Animated 'Texas Chain Saw Massacre' in the works | Dark Sky Films and Exurbia Films announced Tuesday they are producing an animated version of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. The film is due in 2027. The announcement also emphasized that no AI will be used to create the film. The film will employ animators crafting hand-drawn animation. The technique will utilize rotoscoping, an animation technique where images are drawn over live-action reference footage. It was invented in 1915 by Max Fleischer, used by Walt Disney in Snow White and Cinderella, and recently by Richard Linklater in his animated films Waking Life and A Scanner Darkly. Dark Sky and Exurbia will premiere the first footage at Texas Chain Saw Day Aug. 18 via Fathom Entertainment. |
| Tom Everett Scott: 'Elle' dad is out-of-touch sweetheart | An American Werewolf in Paris, 13 Reasons Why and The Summer I Turned Pretty actor Tom Everett Scott says his character Wyatt Woods has a close relationship with his titular daughter in Elle -- even if he doesn't always understand her. The Legally Blonde prequel is now streaming on Prime Video. It follows bubbly Bel-Air native Elle Woods (Lexi Minetree) to her new high school in grungy 1990s Seattle. "He is a fun, kind of out-of-touch dad. He's a plastic surgeon. He is a sweetheart," Scott, 55, told UPI in a recent Zoom interview. "He's a little superficial in the beginning," Scott added. "We'll get into it more as the series goes on. But it was just really fun to play and they wrote a lot of great stuff. There's a lot of great comedy. |
| 'Evil Dead Burn' comes to Universal Halloween Horror Nights | Universal Studios theme parks announced Tuesday that Evil Dead Burn will join this year's Halloween Horror Nights. The Halloween event runs Aug. 28 in Orlando and Sept. 3 in Hollywood and runs through Nov. 1. Evil Dead Burn was released July 10. UPI praised the film in its review for its inventive set pieces and exploration of familial horrors. The haunted house will recreate the Price family home from the film. Reunited for the funeral of Will Price (George Pullar), the Prices become possessed by Deadites and chase Will's widow, Alice (Souheila Yacoub). Universal will also offer Evil Dead Burn T-shirts, hats and acrylic figures for purchase. |
| 'Godzilla X Kong' actor Kaylee Hottle dies at 18 | Actor Kaylee Hottle died in an automobile accident, her father, Joshua, announced in a Facebook video Tuesday and her school, Texas School for the Deaf announced on social media. She was 18. Joshua conducted his video in American Sign Language which he and Kaylee spoke. Kaylee appeared in Godzilla vs. Kong and its sequel Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire as Jia, a deaf child who bonds with Kong. Her only other credit was an episode of Magnum, P.I. She was going into her senior year at TSD. The accident occurred in Frederick County, Md. Frederick County Sheriff's Office responded to the accident scene on Windsor Rd. at 2:52 a.m., according to local WBALTV. Kaylee was a passenger in the car driven by a 19-year-old man who struck a culvert. |
| 'Las Azules': Blues search for 'methodical' killer in Season 2 trailer | Apple TV is teasing Las Azules Season 2. The streaming service shared a trailer for the season Tuesday featuring Brbara Mori. Las Azules, aka Women in Blue, is a Spanish-language crime drama created by Fernando Rovzar and Pablo Aramendi. The series follows the women of Mexico's first female police force. In Season 2, Mara (Mori) and the Blues search for a "methodical" killer whose victims include a person with a connection to the student massacre of 1968. "Someone is delivering justice straight to the police's door, and the Azules are the department's last hope of stopping the killer. |