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R.I.P. John Carson, Hammer Films Veteran, Passes Away at 89
Sad news to kick off your Sunday as it’s being reported by multiple sources that Hammer Films veteran John Carson has passed away at the age of 89 in Cape Town, South Africa.
The hawk-eyed actor starred in films such as Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter, City of Blood, The Plague of Zombies, and Taste the Blood of Dracula. On top of being in several horror films, he often played villainous roles on TV and in adventure movies. One of his final appearances was in Neil Marshall’s Doomsday.
We send our condolences to his friends and family and thank him for all the terror he brought to the screen.
RIP John Carson – actor of many films for Hammer who has died in Cape Town. Thank you for all the cinematic pleasure. A sad loss. pic.twitter.com/nnRNMUjxw2
— Talking Pictures TV (@TalkingPicsTV) November 6, 2016
Filming is underway on The Invisible Man director Leigh Whannell’s Wolf Man for Universal and Blumhouse, which will be howling its way into theaters on January 17, 2025.
Deadline reports that Matilda Firth (Disenchanted) is the latest actor to sign on, joining Christopher Abbott (Poor Things), Julia Garner (The Royal Hotel), and Sam Jaeger.
The project will mark Whannell’s second monster movie and fourth directing collaboration with Blumhouse Productions (The Invisible Man, Upgrade, Insidious: Chapter 3).
Wolf Man stars Christopher Abbott as a man whose family is being terrorized by a lethal predator.
Writers include Whannell & Corbett Tuck as well as Lauren Schuker Blum & Rebecca Angelo.
Jason Blum is producing the film. Ryan Gosling, Ken Kao, Bea Sequeira, Mel Turner and Whannell are executive producers. Wolf Man is a Blumhouse and Motel Movies production.
In the wake of the failed Dark Universe, Leigh Whannell’s The Invisible Man has been the only real success story for the Universal Monsters brand, which has been struggling with recent box office flops including the comedic Renfield and period horror movie The Last Voyage of the Demeter. Giving him the keys to the castle once more seems like a wise idea, to say the least.
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