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What a time to be alive! In our year of the lord 2018, Fangoria is coming back from its untimely digital death with a new print(!) magazine and plans to move into producing film, podcast, and horror novels. The resurrection comes courtesy of Texas-based entertainment company Cinestate – who you may best know for producingS. Craig Zahler’sBone TomahawkandBrawl on Cell Block 99. AfterFangoriafolded last year, Cinestate purchased the rights from its previous publisher, picking up the archives for more than 300 issues of Fangoria Magazine, as well as the assets and trademarks for Starlog and Gorezone, and staffing up with a new team to lead Fangoria into the future....

To celebrate International Women’s Day in no uncertain terms, a new teaser trailer for Hulu’s award-winning seriesThe Handmaid’s Talehas arrived. Season 2 will arrive sooner than you know it, and the first two episodes will be available to stream on Wednesday, April 25th. The Emmy-winning drama series returns with a second season shaped by Offred’s pregnancy and her ongoing fight to free her future child from the dystopian horrors of Gilead....

HBO Max debuted a new teaser for the upcoming retrospective specialHarry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts. The streaming event will reunite several key members of theHarry Potterfilm franchise—including lead trioDaniel Radcliffe,Rupert Grint, andEmma Watson—as they celebrate the 20th anniversary of the series’ first film,Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. The 50-second video teases the return of actorsRobbie Coltrane(Hagrid),Matthew Lewis(Neville Longbottom), andMark Williams(Arthur Weasley), as they each receive letters inviting them to join in the festivities....

Firestarterwill have its big premiere this Friday, May 13th.Eager fans ofStephen Kingadaptations have been chomping at the bit since the release of the trailer in February. This movie is based on King’s novel of the same name and is a remake of the 1984 film that starred a youngDrew Barrymoreas Charlie McGee. Charlie (who will be played byRyan Kiera Armstrongin the new movie) is a young girl who has special abilities that put her at risk of harming herself and others....

Jason Stathamhas signed on to lead the Warner Bros. creature featureMeg, which means he’s going to battle a giant prehistoric shark. All I can say is, what took so long? It’s the kind of thing I never knew I needed, but not that it’s out there, it seems so obvious. Jason Statham was born to take on a giant shark. This is destiny. National TreasurehelmerJon Turteltaubis set to direct the monstrous adventure film, which finds two men teaming up to fight a Megalodon, the 60-foot prehistoric ancestor of the great white shark when the beast starts tormenting swimmers along the china coast....

We already shareda little piecefrom our Collider FYC conversation withJojo Rabbitwriter-directorTaika Waitition securing the rights to incorporate Beatles music in the film, but now it’s time to open the floodgates to the full interview which included more interestingJojo Rabbitbehind-the-scenes details as well as a healthy dose of Taika Waititi humor. Waititi is as humble as they come, seizing opportunities to be self deprecating at every turn but the truth of the matter is, he crafted a film that really struck a chord and went on to secure six Academy Award nominations and a slew of other accolades from the The Toronto International Film Festival Grolsch People’s Choice Award to a DGA nomination and more....

Sad news today, folks.Kenny Baker, the British actor who spent decades bringing the belovedStar Warscharacter R2-D2 to life, has passed away at the age of 81. Baker originated the astromech droid in the firstStar Warsfilm,A New Hope, in 1977 and the 3-foot, 8-inch tall actor reprised the lovable little droid inThe Empire Strikes Back,Return of the Jediand all three ofGeorge Lucas' prequel films (with the help of computer animation), and acted as “R2-D2 consultant” onThe Force Awakens....

Merlin Entertainments and Warner Bros. have announced that they’ll be releasingThe LEGO Movie 4D A New Adventureto LEGOLAND Parks and Discovery Centers starting in January. At first blush, this looks like a quick way to cash in on the brand because whileThe LEGO Movieis fantastic, it’s still designed to sell toys (much like any blockbuster exists to sell toys; it just happens that LEGO was a toy before it became a movie) and other ancillary revenue streams....

The Netflix limited seriesManiacis one of the most enjoyable pieces of original content the streaming service has released thus far, but it’s also kind of insane. The premise for the show is hard to boil down to a simple logline, but it’s basically the story of a pair of individuals struggling with mental illness who agree to take part in a shady pharmaceutical study for a treatment that aims to replace traditional therapy....

The Marvel Cinematic Universe is a neat thing, but it has to adhere to its own rules. If a thing happened inIron Man, then it has to be acknowledged down the line. Of course, there are certain things that get tossed out or slightly ret-conned, but for the most part, the universe remains largely intact within its own canon. But if you wanted to throw out the canon and have some fun, what then?...

FromEli RothandJason Blum, the WE-tv supernatural thriller seriesSouth of Hell, which is airing all seven episodes in a binge marathon on November 27th beginning at 6 pm ET/PT, follows Maria Abascal (Mena Suvari), a 30-year-old demon hunter for hire in Charleston, South Carolina, who is skilled and fearless in her pursuit of the demons that live in others. Like those that she hunts, Maria is struggling with her own demon, Abigail, who resides inside of her, feeding on the evil Maria exorcizes from others....

Little has been confirmed about 20th Century Fox’s plans forX-Men: The New Mutants. We know thatJosh Boone(The Fault in Our Stars) currently sits at the helm and will direct from a script he co-wrote alongsideFault’sScott NeustadterandMichael H. Weber, withKnate Lee(a.k.a.Kante Gwaltney) also tacklingChris Claremontand artistBob McLeod’s early 1980s comic book creation;Simon KinbergandLaura Shuler Donnerare producing. As far as rumors go, they abound. Most of them center on casting choices, likeMaisie Williamsannouncing her interest in playing Rahne Sinclair / Wolfsbane in the movieback in April of 2016....

In This Week in Animation News, I’ll take a look at the previous week in the world of animation in order to get you caught up on everything you might have missed. It’s your one-stop shop for news regarding cartoons, anime, and animated web series. We’re talking movies, TV shows, digital shorts, and everything in between! WhileNew York Comic Conis rolling on–and there’s alotof animated news coming out of that convention–there are some updates and new stories to bring you this week....