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Michael Dougherty Updates ‘Dead@17’ Status
An indie comic I picked up at the San Diego Comic Con this summer is Viper Comics’ Dead@17. Created by Josh Howard, the comic focuses on a girl, Nara Kilday, who is killed and then reborn to fight demons. It’s pretty good sh*t and knowing Trick ‘r Treat‘s Michael Dougherty is attached to direct is comforting. Too bad there isn’t much movement on the live-action adaptation. “That’s so early in development,” Dougherty tells MTV. “There’s just nothing to talk about right now.” He adds, “We’re still kicking around ideas. It’s really, really early.” Fingers crossed this project happens, there’s nothing like a hot chick slaying the undead.
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‘Skeletons’ – Creature Feature from ‘Strange Darling’ Director Receives Summer 2027 Release Date
Willa Fitzgerald and Kyle Gallner will reunite with their Strange Darling filmmaker JT Mollner for Skeletons, an upcoming creature feature that also stars Brie Larson and John Goodman. We’ve learned this week that it’s releasing in Summer 2027.
Skeletons will release in theaters from Sony on June 4, 2027.
The film’s cast will also include Ione Skye, Keith Carradine and Daithí Ó Haragáin.
From Sony Pictures, Skeletons is said to be a “modern take on the creature horror film.”
J.J. Abrams is producing. Mollner will direct from a script by Brian Duffield (Love and Monsters, No One Will Save You), based on the short story Fail-Safe by Philip Fracassi.
Skeletons is “told from the perspective of a young boy who slowly begins to discover that his beloved parents are hiding a disturbing secret about his mother’s true nature.”
The film hails from Infrared, Bad Robot Productions, and Assemble Media.