How a master of horror's unmade film was revived into the scary, sexySuitable Flesh

The body-swap terror tale adapted from an H.P. Lovecraft story and starring Heather Graham premieres at the upcoming Tribeca Film Festival. Hollywood is full of horror stories and this particular one spans decades. Heather Graham in ‘Suitable Flesh’.RLJE Films/Shudder The truth is even more concerning. I’m excited to see what the fallout’s going to be like." The project was originally developed in the ’90s by screenwriter Dennis Paoli andthe late director Stuart Gordon....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 378 words · Travis Manning

How a Moby song connects theStranger Thingsseason 4 finale to a heartbreaking season 1 moment

Did you catch this musical throwback? Warning: This article contains spoilers for theStranger Thingsseason 4 finale. Lucas and Eleven make a run at revive Max, who looks like it’s a goner. Hopper (David Harbour) comforts his wife after the loss of their daughter on ‘Stranger Things’ season 1.Netflix Listen to the song below. All episodes ofStranger Thingsseason 4 are streaming on Netflix now. EW’sUltimate Guide to Stranger Thingsisavailable onlineor wherever magazines are sold....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 73 words · Thomas Wood

How a night out with Keanu Reeves helped vampire movieDay Shifttake flight

Jamie Foxx stars as a San Fernando Valley pool cleaner who hunts bloodsuckers. Is there anythingKeanu Reevescan’t do? “It’s just the way he’s doing it is very extraordinary: by hunting vampires. Jamie Foxx in ‘Day Shift’.PARRISH LEWIS/NETFLIX Every one of us can relate to it.” AfterJohn Wick 2, a ton of people started throwing scripts at me. They were like, ‘Oh, you’ve got to direct, you’re next.'" Dave Franco and Jamie Foxx in ‘Day Shift’....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 208 words · Joseph Chambers

How a non-traditional revival of1776seeks to view American history as a reckoning

Plus, how it pushes itself beyond Hamilton. Sit down, John… because it’s someone else’s turn to speak. It almost transports the words into a place of poetry. Joan Marcus How can these words be something new? We are great believers that the audience can hold these two realities at the same time. Instead, she prefers to interrogate a work and give it new life. Joan Marcus When she first read1776,she was shocked at the potential within its dramatic scenes to do just that....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 401 words · Isaiah Arnold

How a scrappyDungeons & Dragonsgame night evolved into an R-rated animated series

Nine years ago, a group of friends gathered one night to playDungeons & Dragons. That game would change their lives. It sounds like some opening line a theatrical narrator might use to kick off a thrilling, high-stakes epic. (Back row) Travis Willingham; (second row) Taliesin Jaffe, Matthew Mercer, Liam O’Brien, Sam Riegel; (third row, L to R) Ashley Johnson, Mary Elizabeth McGlynn, Laura Bailey; (front) Marisha Ray.Chris Lockey, courtesy of Amazon/Critical Role...

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 182 words · Paul Moyer

How a starry social media campaign helped Andrea Riseborough land a surprise Oscar nomination

The first-time Oscar nominee tells EW the outpouring of support has been ‘baffling’ and ‘surreal.’ They’re all huge fans ofAndrea Riseborough’sOscar-nominated performance inTo Leslie. You’d be forgiven if you hadn’t heard ofTo Leslieuntil recently. Andrea Riseborough in ‘To Leslie’.Everett Collection The film premiered last year to little fanfare, earning only about $27,000 at the box office. That last-minute momentum helped propel Riseborough to herfirst-ever Oscar nomination. “It really has been baffling,” Riseborough told EW....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 214 words · Christine Gay

How A24'sBodies Bodies Bodiesbecame the summer's must-see horror-comedy

The Gen Z-skewering slasher film stars Maria Bakalova, Pete Davidson, Amandla Stenberg, and Lee Pace. Sun’s out, fun’s out! So how did she wind up directing A24’sPete Davidson-starring horror-comedyBodies Bodies Bodies(out August 5)? Eric Chakeen/A24 “My whole whole life has beenHedda Gabler,The Taming of the Shrew,” she says. “I was like, Can I yo have some f—ing fun?” “[It’s] likeMean GirlsmeetsLord of the Flies,” says Reijn. Gwen Capistran/A24 “But are they actually friends?...

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 299 words · Betty Morse

How Adam Sandler used hisSaturday Night LiveWeekend Update songs as blueprint for stardom

His true ascent to national stardom began with a series of goofy appearances on Weekend Update. Sandler began cutting his teeth in the local stand-up club scene while attending New York University in 1984. He was over there. Adam Sandler performs ‘The Hanukkah Song’ on “Weekend Update” on Dec. 3, 1994.Alan Singer/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal/Getty He was a timid comic: ‘Hey,’ he would mutter into the mic. “There weren’t many people there....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 166 words · David Mccormick

How Amazon's Latasha Gillespie has made tangible change in diversity and inclusion

“It’s constantly evolving.” Latasha Gillespie can remember the exact moment she saw herself represented onscreen for the first time. “It changed my life.” Latasha Gillespie at the AAPI VOICES event.Jonathan Leibson/Amazon/Shutterstock Gillespie made sure the directives were a collaborative effort between her team and the talent. Where does it feel restricting? Where does it feel bureaucratic? Cast of Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrrls.James Clark/Amazon Studios Where should we be going harder?...

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 231 words · Kelly Johnson

How Audible'sThe Sandmangot even bigger and better for Act II — including an EW cameo

It’s almost time to return to the Dreaming. Act II has a much bigger scope. “In Act II, Morpheus begins to realize he has obligations,” producer Dirk Maggs tells EW. Audible Morpheus is a pretty unreconstructed guy at the beginning of Act II. So we start by picking up the pieces Morpheus has left by the wayside." Act II differs from Act I in other ways as well. This necessitated strict safety protocols in the recording studio....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 170 words · Danielle Pace

How being Elvis' granddaughter influenced Riley Keough's take on rock star Daisy Jones

If you’re looking for trouble, you’ve come to the right place. When you’re in the presence ofRiley Keough,you’re in the presence of rock history. Now, that’s true in more ways than one. Riley Keough as fictional musician Daisy Jones; the actress’s grandfather Elvis Presley.Lacey Terrell/Prime Video; Gary Null/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images “I dated a few musicians (laughs). I’ve grown up with a lot of that in my life....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 142 words · Maria Hill

How Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas'Deep Waterchanges the end of Patricia Highsmith's novel

Adrian Lyne’s tale of adultery and murder is unfaithful to the ending of the original book. Warning: This article contains spoilers about Patricia Highsmith’s novelDeep Waterand Adrian Lyne’s new film adaptation. “It lacks the sizzle of Lyne’s earlier films,“he wrote. Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas in ‘Deep Water’.Claire Folger/20th Century Studios “Do we laugh more at sex scenes now? Or arethesesex scenes just funny?") The book ends with the cop walking out into the sunlight with a grinning Vic....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 125 words · Joshua Caldwell

How Billie Holiday and Aretha Franklin responded to adversity: 'You are not taking me down'

Pulitzer winner Suzan-Lori Parks speaks to EW about how she approached telling the stories of two music icons. Aretha FranklinandBillie Holidaynow have more in common than their shared threads as groundbreaking Black music artists. They’ve both been brought to the screen by Pulitzer Prize winnerSuzan-Lori Parks. Andra Day as Billie Holiday, left, and Cynthia Erivo as Aretha Franklin.Takashi Seida/Paramount Pictures; National Geographic/Richard DuCree Parks tells EW that the Holiday project came first in 2017, followed by Franklin in 2019....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 158 words · David Johnson