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Time Out
10-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Time Out
This year's London FrightFest line-up has been unveiled
FrightFest has been a regular staple for UK horror fans since the '90s. The horror and fantasy film festival returns this year between August 21-25. For five days, London's Odeon Luxe Leicester Square and Odeon Luxe West End will be screening films like Macon Blair's The Toxic Avenger reboot, starring Peter Dinklage, satires on AI and influencer culture, along with a documentary on the ever-controversial A Serbian Film. The festival opens with the UK premiere of The Home, a psychological horror from the twisted mind of The Purge franchise creator James DeMonaco. SNL mainstay Pete Davidson defies typecast as Max, a rebellious youth who finds himself working at a retirement home. Some sinister secrets and some spine-chilling geezers are to be expected. For the closing film, the focus shifts to Gen Z with sure-t0-be-depraved social media riff Influencers. A sequel to the 2022 Shudder hit Influencer, the thriller finds Canadian actress Cassandra Naud reprising her role as CW, a shadowy Tom Ripley-like figure who targets influencers. The Toxic Avenger, also on the line-up, is the much-awaited reboot of the 1984 Troma classic of the same name. Much like its campy source material, it'll be heavy on the splatter, with Dinklage as the unsanitary superhero of the title. Directed Macon Blair, star of cracking B-movie thrillers like Green Room and Blue Ruin, The Toxic Avenger premiered at 2023's Fantastic Fest, but has faced numerous delays with distribution. At FrightFest, UK genre fans will finally get to witness the janitor-turned-avenger who battles gangsters and CEOs with a mop and toxic waste. Other hype-worthy titles from the line-up include Gerard Johnson's Odyssey (not to be confused with the upcoming Christopher Nolan epic), a neon-lit London nightmare full of coke and seedy alleyways, Flush, a French film with some abominable 'plunging' and 'plumbing' involved, and Borderline, a dark comedy with Ready or Not star Samara Weaving as a pop star and Smile 2' s Ray Nicholson playing her stalker fan. If you're the target demographic of all those unofficial Disney slashers like Blood and Honey, you can also book tickets for Bambi: The Reckoning, a blood-soaked retelling of the 1942 animated classic that will horrify everyone at Disney . Other more timely picks include Cognaitive, nightmare fuel for another worried about AI stealing their job, and The Haunting at Jack the Ripper's House, an eventful night of YouTube influencers being trapped at the serial killer's pad. In terms of retrospectives, FrightFest 2025 will feature a 4K restoration screening of Neil Marshall's claustrophobic cave horror The Descent with some of the cast in attendance. Filmgoers who look forward to Rocky Horror Picture Show singalongs every Halloween can also check out Sane Inside Sanity: The Rocky Horror Phenomenon, a documentary celebrating the film's 50th anniversary from a two-pager written in crayon to flop film and future cult hit. Even the infamously eyebrow-raising A Serbian Film gets the documentary treatment with A Serbian Documentary. With FrightFest marking its 26th year, festival co-director Alan Jones is promise a fest that 'will be epic in every sense, celebrating the inventive, transgressive and diverse'.
Yahoo
08-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Cineverse's Highly Anticipated Film The Toxic Avenger Oozes Into Hall H at San Diego Comic-Con
Featuring Writer & Director Macon Blair, Troma Co-Founder Lloyd Kaufman, alongside stars Peter Dinklage, Elijah Wood, Jacob Tremblay and Taylour Paige LOS ANGELES, July 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Cineverse (Nasdaq: CNVS), a next-generation entertainment studio, has announced today an unforgettable panel taking place on Thursday, July 24, 2025 from 5:30PM – 6:30PM at San Diego Comic-Con in support of The Toxic Avenger. Before it hits theaters on August 29, 2025, writer & director Macon Blair (I Don't Feel At Home in This World Anymore, writer for Marvel Comics/Dark Horse Comics), iconic Troma co-founder Lloyd Kaufman, and an all-star cast including Peter Dinklage ("Game of Thrones"), Elijah Wood (The Lord of the Rings franchise), Jacob Tremblay (Room, Wonder), and Taylour Paige (Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F, Zola) will come together for a toxic takeover. Get ready for mayhem, mutants, and mop justice! Taking place in Hall H, the panel will feature exclusive clips from the film, limited-edition swag for attendees and behind-the-scenes chaos with the cast and creators. Based on Lloyd Kaufman's original 1984 horror/comedy, when a downtrodden janitor, Winston Gooze, is exposed to a catastrophic toxic accident, he's transformed into a new kind of hero: The Toxic Avenger. Now, Toxie must rise from outcast to savior, taking on ruthless corporate overlords and corrupt forces who threaten his son, his friends, and his community. In a world where greed runs rampant… justice is best served radioactive. The Toxic Avenger is distributed by Cineverse, produced by Legendary Entertainment. About Cineverse Motion Pictures Group Cineverse super-serves passionate audiences by distributing content across all windows and platforms, from theatrical to digital to physical. Following the breakout box office success of Terrifier 3, upcoming releases include the franchise expansions of The Toxic Avenger (August 29, 2025), Silent Night, Deadly Night (December 12, 2025), Return to Silent Hill (January 23, 2026), and Wolf Creek: Legacy (2026) as well as 2025 releases Escape from the 21st Century, Lesbian Space Princess, and The Things You Kill. About Cineverse Cineverse (Nasdaq: CNVS) is a next-generation entertainment studio that empowers creators and entertains fans with a wide breadth of content through the power of technology. It has developed a new blueprint for delivering entertainment experiences to passionate audiences and results for its partners with unprecedented efficiency, and distributes more than 71,000 premium films, series, and podcasts. Cineverse connects fans with bold, authentic, independent stories. Properties include the highest-grossing unrated film in U.S. history; dozens of streaming fandom channels; a premier podcast network; top horror destination Bloody Disgusting; and more. Powering visionary storytelling with cutting-edge innovation, Cineverse's proprietary streaming tools and AI technology drive revenue and reach to redefine the next era of entertainment. For more information, visit Press Contact:For MediaThe Lippin Group, cineverse@ For InvestorsJulie Milstead, investorrelations@ View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Cineverse Corp. Sign in to access your portfolio
The Herald Scotland
02-07-2025
- Entertainment
- The Herald Scotland
10 Edinburgh International Film Festival line-up highlights
Some of Scotland's newest filmmaking talent will be showcased alongside some of the screen industry's leading figures across seven days in August. Read more: The event, led for a second year by director Paul Ridd and producer Emma Boa, will return to the recently-reopened Filmhouse for the first time in three years and expand to the Scottish National Gallery for the first time as part of a drive to attract new audiences. Here are just a few of the highlights of the programme which will unfold from August 14-20. Reality Is Not Enough: An "intimate and personal" documentary following the best-selling Edinburgh author Irvine Welsh will get its world premiere on the final night of the festival. Screen stars Liam Neeson, Ruth Negga, Stephen Graham and Maxine Peake will all read from Welsh's novels in director Paul Sng's film, which is said to reveal the writer's to reveal the 'inner world and outer life." New made-in-Scotland fantasy Grow is set in a self-proclaimed 'pumpkin capital of the world.' (Image: Supplied) Grow: Scottish filmmaker John McPhail, director of zombie musical Anna and the Apocalypse, assembled a star-studded cast for a fantasy set in the self-proclaimed pumpkin capital of the world. Golda Roshuevel, Nick Frost, Jeremy Swift, Alan Carr, Jane Horrocks, Tim McInnnery, Alan Carr, Sharon Rooney and Sanjeev Kohli all appear in the tale - shot entirely in Scotland - of a curmudgeonly farmer who takes in an unloved niece after discovering her in an orphanage. The Golden Spurtle: The annual world championship porridge-making contest in the Highland village of Carrbridge comes under the spotlight in Constantine Costi's documentary. The film, which captures the run-up to the final competition organised by long-time figurehead Charlie Miller, is said to offer 'a window into a uniquely competitive world.' The Golden Spurtle goes behind the scenes at the annual porridge-making contest staged in the Highland village of Carrbridge. (Image: Supplied) About a Hero: Artificial intelligence and the work of German filmmaker Werner Herzog are brought together in a documentary feature in an 'absurd deepfake universe,' based on a script generated by AI from his body of work. Piotr Winiewicz's film is billed as 'an eerie, fascinating exploration of the evolving nature of artificial intelligence.' The Toxic Avenger: The festival's 'Midnight Madness' strand will be brought to a case with a long-awaited remake of the first instalment of the superhero comedy franchise. Peter Dinklage, Jacob Tremblay, Taylour Paige, Kevin Bacon and Elijah Wood star in Macon Blair's feature, described as 'staggeringly violent and darkly humorous' by the festival. The Toxic Avenger will be screened at the Edinburgh International Film Festival. (Image: Supplied) Dragonfly: Academy Award nominees Brenda Blethyn and Andrea Riseborough star in a story of two neighbours who forge an unlikely friendship. The younger woman takes it upon herself to care for her neighbour, but as suspicions over her intentions grow, a shock act triggers a violent chain reaction. Andrea Riseborough and Brenda Blethyn star in the new suburban thriller Dragonfly. (Image: Supplied) Sean Connery Talent Lab: Six 'calling cards' from new Scottish filmmaking talent feature in the first showcase for a new venture launched last year by the Sean Connery Foundation and the National Film and Television School. Their short films focus on a young boy beginning to unearth a secret family trauma, an amateur basketball player under mounting pressure, a young woman who stands up to her employer at a grand ceilidh, the impact of addiction, a doctor forced to choose between medical protocol and her humanity, and a supermarket bargain hunt which turns deadly. Sacred Bonds: The six classic James Bond films Sir Sean Connery starred in between 1962 and 1971 will get rare cinema screenings at the festival was a long-time patron of, at the recently-reopened Filmhouse, close to his Fountainbridge birthplace. Members of the Edinburgh-born actor's family will introduce Dr. No, From Russia With Love, Goldfinger, Thunderball, You Only Live Twice and Diamonds are Forever. Andrea Arnold in conversation: The BAFTA-winning British writer and director will be at the festival to discuss a career which began as a TV dancer and presenter, before she began making short films in the late 1990s. She is best known for her features Fish Tank, American Honey, Bird and Red Road, her Glasgow-set debut starring Kate Dickie and Tony Curran, which will be screened at the festival. Kevin Macdonald and Andrew Macdonald in conversation: The two brothers have been two of the leading filmmakers of recent decades. Kevin's credits as director include the TV thriller State of Play, the feature films The Last King of Scotland and The Mauritanian, and the documentaries Whitney, Touching the Void and One Day in September. Andrew is best known as a producer of Trainspotting, Shallow Grave, Sunshine on Leith, 28 Days Later and The Beach.
Gizmodo
23-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Gizmodo
Could ‘Hawkeye' Return for Season 2 After All?
Jack Champion pushes back on those MCU Cyclops rumors. Toxie gets gory in a new red band trailer for The Toxic Avenger. Plus, a new look at New Vegas in set images from Fallout season 2. Spoilers, away!Speaking with Comic Book Movie, actor Jack Champion stated its 'news to him' that there are rumors he's in talks to play Cyclops of the X-Men in the MCU. It's, uh, definitely news to me. I mean, I don't…I hope it comes true, you know. I would definitely love to play that character, but…rumours [shrugs]. Toxie fights back against corporate negligence and psychotic greed in the latest red band trailer for The Toxic Avenger. According to insider Daniel Richtman (via Comic Book Movie), Marvel is renegotiating with Jeremy Renner to return for a potential second season of Hawkeye, following Renner's comments about Disney offering half his season one wage for a potential sophomore. Crystal Lake showrunner Brad Caleb Kane confirmed filming has begun on the Friday the 13th prequel series in a recent Instagram post. View this post on InstagramNew footage of Deborah Ann Woll and Charlie Cox on the set of Daredevil: Born Again has surfaced. Click through to see! AMC has also confirmed filming has begun on the third season of Interview With the Vampire. View this post on InstagramLikewise, a behind-the-scenes images of from the second season of Fallout have surfaced on Reddit. Head over there to take a look. Finally, Syfy has released a trailer for 'Reality Check,' next Thursday's episode of Revival. Want more io9 news? Check out when to expect the latest Marvel, Star Wars, and Star Trek releases, what's next for the DC Universe on film and TV, and everything you need to know about the future of Doctor Who.
Newsweek
20-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Newsweek
'Toxic Avenger' Reboot Trailer Shows Best Look at Peter Dinklage's Toxie
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. Entertainment gossip and news from Newsweek's network of contributors The red band trailer for "The Toxic Avenger" reboot is here and it gives us our best look yet at Peter Dinklage as Toxie, the eponymous hero. It also delivers plenty of dark laughs and gore. You can watch the trailer below. Read More: Ryan Reynolds' 'Dragon's Lair' Netflix Movie Recruits 'Muppets' Director The official synopsis for "The Toxic Avenger" reads, "When a downtrodden janitor, Winston Gooze, is exposed to a catastrophic toxic accident, he's transformed into a new kind of hero: The Toxic Avenger." "Now, Toxie must rise from outcast to savior, taking on ruthless corporate overlords and corrupt forces who threaten his son, his friends, and his community. In a world where greed runs rampant... justice is best served radioactive." Toxie in "The Toxic Avenger". Toxie in "The Toxic Avenger". Troma Entertainment Inc. While Dinklage provides the voice for Toxie, Luisa Guerreiro does the body work for the toxic superhero. Speaking about the new Toxie suit, filmmaker Macon Blair said, "The goal was to try to stay true to the vibe of Lloyd's original Jennifer Aspinall/Mitch Cohen creature, with some influence from the 'Toxic Crusaders' cartoon's look, while also trying to do something new and weird and lovable with Toxie's design. I love what Millenium FX did with it — part human, part mutant, all heart." Taylour Paige plays JJ Doherty in the film, an investigative journalist who is looking to expose the company Gooze works for and bring them to justice. Jacob Tremblay plays Winston's stepson, Wade. Kevin Bacon plays chemical industrialist Bob Garbinger while Elijah Wood plays his younger brother, Fritz. Macon Blair, who wrote and directed "The Toxic Avenger" reboot, previously collaborated with Wood on his feature directorial debut, 2017's "I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore." The reboot has been in the works for over a decade, but thankfully for Troma fans, things have changed since development began. The plan was originally to turn the "Toxic Avenger" reboot into a PG-13 action comedy. Blair has instead stuck to the splatter spirit of the original. "The Toxic Avenger" hits theaters on August 29. The film is written and directed by Macon Blair. "The Toxic Avenger" stars Peter Dinklage, Luisa Guerreiro, Jacob Tremblay, Taylour Paige, Kevin Bacon, Elijah Wood and Jane Levy. More Movies: Blumhouse Buys Rights to 'Saw' Franchise Jeremy Allen White Transforms Into Bruce Springsteen in Biopic First Look
