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| 'Clayface' molds DC Studios' first horror movie | Warner Bros. Discovery and DC Studios released the teaser trailer for Clayface on Wednesday. The horror film opens Oct. 23. Clayface is a Batman villain and one of the shots shows a Gotham City Police car. Most of the one-minute trailer shows Tom Rhys Harries lying on a hospital bed with his face covered in bandages. Brief flashbacks show Harries as a handsome movie star and bad guys cutting his face. The end of the teaser shows his face mold like clay. Haunting of Hill House and Midnight Mass creator Mike Flanagan cowrote the script with Hossein Amini, from a story by Flanagan. James Watkins directs. Naomie Ackie, David Dencik, Max Minghella and Eddie Marsan also star. |
| Sam Reid performs Billy Idol in 'The Vampire Lestat' trailer | AMC is gearing up for the release of Anne Rice's The Vampire Lestat. The network shared a trailer for the series Wednesday featuring Sam Reid as the titular bloodsucker. The Vampire Lestat is inspired by the Anne Rice novel and is part of AMC's Immortal Universe based on Rice's works. The new show continues the story of Interview with the Vampire and serves as a Season 3 for that series, which starred Jacob Anderson as the vampire Louis de Pointe du Lac. Switching focus from Louis to Lestat, Lestat follows the title character as he becomes "the world's first immortal rock star on an electric multi-city tour, while he's haunted by 'muses' from his rebellious past," according to a press release. |
| Cush Jumbo: Lenker's not afraid of Hegarty in 'Criminal Record' S2 | The Good Fight and Vera alum Cush Jumbo says her Criminal Record police detective June Lenker is stronger and wiser in Season 2 of the Apple TV drama, which kicks off Tuesday. "She's more ballsy, more resilient. She's risen up the ranks a little bit," Jumbo, 40, told UPI in a recent Zoom interview. Set in contemporary London, the series follows rivals Lenker and Daniel Hegarty (Doctor Who icon Peter Capaldi) as they are forced to work together again on a new homicide case after acrimoniously parting ways at the end of Season 1. "As far as she was concerned, she was never going to see him again. If there was a Christmas party, she was not going to it. |
| 'Death of Robin Hood' teaser: Hugh Jackman is famed outlaw but no hero | A24 is giving a glimpse of the new film The Death of Robin Hood. The movie is a dark reimagining of the folk hero Robin Hood and is inspired by the 17th-century ballad Robin Hood's Death. Most frequently depicted as a vigilante hero who "robs the rich to give to the poor," this Robin Hood played by Hugh Jackman is instead a violent outlaw named Roman. "People speak of Robin Hood, tell his stories. They're all lies. Lies that I told long ago, so that fools would follow me into the dark," the character says in the trailer. "We were monsters." "This world cares only about blood, and blood is all I will give in return," he adds. |
| 'Coyote vs. ACME' trailer blends Will Forte, classic cartoons | Ketchup Entertainment is giving a glimpse of the new film Coyote vs. ACME. The studio shared a trailer for the movie Wednesday featuring Will Forte, Lana Condor and John Cena. Coyote vs. ACME blends live-action with classic Looney Tunes animated characters, including Wile E. Coyote, Roadrunner, Porky Pig and Daffy Duck. Forte plays Wile E. Coyote's lawyer, who helps the hapless coyote sue the ACME Corporation. Longtime Looney Tunes voice actor Eric Bauza voices several characters in the film. Coyote vs. ACME opens in theaters Aug. 28. |