‘Mad God’ and a Look at the History of Stop Motion Horror

There’s no discussing film history without bringing up Stop-Motion Animation. After all, isn’t simulating movement through a succession of incrementally different images a primitive form of stop-motion in and of itself? That’s why this laborious form of animation has existed since the early days of cinema, serving as a creative tool for pioneer filmmakers and […]

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“Wednesday” – Teaser and Images Give Us First Look at Jenna Ortega as Wednesday Addams!

A twisted new series from the mind of Tim Burton, Netflix’s “Wednesday” is set to premiere this coming Fall, and we’ve got a first look at star Jenna Ortega as Wednesday Addams out of Netflix’s “Geeked Week” this afternoon. Netflix kicked off their annual virtual celebrating with a short teaser trailer for “Wednesday,” along with […]

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Marketing Campaign for Netflix’s “Wednesday” Begins; First Look Coming to Geeked Week

Netflix has begun to market Tim Burton‘s live action series “Wednesday” with an official Twitter account for Wednesday Addams – @WednesdayAddams – and this afternoon the account has tweeted out a short promotional video featuring another beloved character from the world of The Addams Family – Thing. He teases that our first-look is coming real […]

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Netflix Planning to Premiere Tim Burton Series “Wednesday” This Fall

Spotted at Licensing Expo in Las Vegas by Collider this afternoon, it looks like Tim Burton‘s Netflix series “Wednesday” is coming this Fall, according to promo art at the event. The art is the same as the first piece of teaser art Netflix debuted for the series a while back, but this is the first […]

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‘Batman Returns’ Writer Claws into the Unmade ‘Catwoman’ Spinoff Movie Starring Michelle Pfeiffer

For this installment of Phantom Limbs, we’ll be taking a peek at Catwoman, the Batman Returns spinoff which was intended to bow during the mid-90s after the flagship franchise’s massive successes at the box office. To have featured Michelle Pfeiffer reprising her iconic role from that earlier Tim Burton comic book opus, the Catwoman movie […]

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‘Beetlejuice 2’ Talks Surface Again With Brad Pitt Reportedly Producing

We’ve been talking about a potential Beetlejuice 2 for so long now that I won’t believe it’s real until I’m sitting in my local theater watching it, but as Michael Keaton‘s career is once again in an upswing, Beetlejuice 2 has once again surfaced. This latest update comes from a reliable source, Jeff Sneider, who […]

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Jenna Ortega Teases Her Wednesday Addams for Tim Burton’s Upcoming Netflix Series

Fresh off this year’s Scream, Jenna Ortega is set to play the iconic character Wednesday Addams in Tim Burton‘s “Wednesday,” a live action series that’s in the works for Netflix. The series will follow the beloved Addams Family character’s “spooky coming-of-age,” and Ortega teases this new teenage take on Wednesday in a chat with The Hollywood […]

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‘The Addams Family’ 1991 Movie Coming to Netflix to Get You Ready for Jenna Ortega-Starring “Wednesday” Series

One of the hottest projects on the horizon is Tim Burton‘s live action series “Wednesday,” which is coming soon to Netflix. Most exciting of all, the series landed Jenna Ortega to play Wednesday Addams, the young actress fresh off a string of horror roles – including The Babysitter 2 and this year’s Scream – that […]

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Michael Keaton Reveals Why He Stopped Playing Bruce Wayne After Tim Burton’s ‘Batman Returns’

All these years later, Michael Keaton is returning to the role of Bruce Wayne/Batman in Andy Muschietti’s upcoming movie The Flash, a role he helped make famous on the big screen back in 1989 and later 1992 with Tim Burton’s films Batman and Batman Returns. Of course, the role was subsequently passed between several different […]

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The Camp, the Kink, and the Queerness in ‘Batman Returns’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Gay Sewer Gremlin. After closing out November with some Satanists in The Seventh Victim, we kicked off December with the queer-coded antichrist in Fear No Evil before getting into the rape-revenge weeds with David Fincher’s The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. Now it’s time to really get into the holiday spirit with what may be one of the kinkiest […]

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“Wednesday” – Danny Elfman Will Compose the Theme for Tim Burton’s ‘The Addams Family’ Netflix Series!

Tim Burton is headed to the small screen with a new live-action series centered on Wednesday Addams, coming soon from Netflix. The series, simply titled “Wednesday,” will follow the beloved Addams Family character’s “spooky coming-of-age.” Eight episodes have been ordered by Netflix, and we can expect the series to arrive sometime next year. Some more good news about this […]

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“Wednesday”: Meet George Burcea, Who Will Be Playing Lurch in Tim Burton’s ‘Addams Family’ Series

A few actors have taken on the role of Lurch, The Addams Family‘s long-suffering Butler, over the years, most famously Ted Cassidy, who played the original incarnation of the character for the classic “Addams Family” TV series. The (mostly) silent servant, a Frankenstein-like man, was always there at the pull of a noose, ready to […]

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“Wednesday”: Thora Birch Exits Tim Burton’s Live Action ‘Addams Family’ Series for Netflix

Tim Burton is headed to the small screen with a new live-action series centered on Wednesday Addams, which is coming soon from Netflix. The series, which is simply titled “Wednesday,” will follow the beloved Addams Family character’s “spooky coming-of-age.” Eight episodes have been ordered up by Netflix, and we’ve got a casting update today. Thora Birch (Ghost World, The Walking […]

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Igloo Celebrates Halloween on Christmas With Limited Edition ‘The Nightmare Before Christmas’ Cooler

Is Tim Burton and director Henry Selick’s classic The Nightmare Before Christmas a Halloween movie or a Christmas movie? It’s a question that inevitably gets asked on social media every year, and the reason there’s even a debate at all is because, well, it’s of course both! The beauty of the stop-motion animated classic is […]

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“Wednesday”: Tim Burton’s Live Action ‘Addams Family’ Series Casts Pugsley, Lurch, Thing and More!

It was officially announced in February that Tim Burton is headed to the small screen with a new live-action series centered on Wednesday Addams, coming soon from Netflix. The series, which is simply titled “Wednesday,” will follow the beloved Addams Family character’s “spooky coming-of-age.” Eight episodes have been ordered up by Netflix. Jenna Ortega (The Babysitter: Killer Queen, Scream) has signed on […]

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