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Horror Continues to Thrive at Box Office!
Early last week I wrote about the box office boom that has kicked off the New Year. After the success of THE UNBORN and MY BLOODY VALENTINE 3D, things have yet to slow down as Sony Screen Gems’ Underworld: Rise of the Lycans just missed out taking the top spot in this weekend’s box office. The third entry in the franchise took in an estimated $20.7m just behind PAUL BLART’s $21.5. It’s quite possible when the actual numbers come in that UNDERWORLD will take the #1 spot, but either way this is a solid opening for a horror film released with minimal advertising and also being the third film in a franchise. I think it’s safe to say a fourth is on the way… and for all of you who are quick to proclaim horror dead, think again. Don’t forget to write your own review of the films and tell all of B-D what you think.
Chris Columbus (Gremlins – writer, Home Alone – director) is headed back into the director’s chair for Thursday Murder Club, Amblin’s upcoming feature film adaptation of the same-titled novel written by Richard Osman. Variety first reported the news this morning.
It’s not a horror movie, mind you, but rather a star-studded murder-mystery. Think Rian Johnson’s Knives Out… only this particular murder-mystery is set in a retirement community!
Variety details, “The book, released in 2020, tells the story of four septuagenarian friends who live in a retirement community and solve cold cases for fun. When a shady property developer is found dead, the four find themselves in the middle of their first live crime.”
Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan and Ben Kingsley are “being eyed” to lead the cast!
Richard Osman’s 2020 novel was such a hit that it launched a franchise. Follow-up The Man Who Died Twice followed in 2021, with The Bullet That Missed coming along in 2022. And then there was The Last Devil to Die in 2023, with a fifth book in the series expected in 2025.
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