Halloween is here for Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker, who started decorating early for spooky season.
Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins tragically passed away at 50, and appreciation posts have been coming from musicians across all genres.
Alabama Barker sparked more engagement rumors after referring to her dad's Keeping Up With The Kardashians star girlfriend as her 'stepmom.'
Back in April, we reported on an upcoming Hellraiser HBO television series coming from genre luminaries like David Gordon Green and Danny McBride (Halloween), Michael Dougherty (Trick r' Treat), Mark Verheiden (Battlestar Galactica), and Roy Lee (It). Conspicuously absent from this list? Clive Barker, the original creator of the mythology that's spawned an iconic horror multimedia franchise. But now, per Deadline, Mr. Barker has been dragged back to Hellraiser, joining the HBO take on the material as a new executive producer. [caption id="attachment_786830" align="alignright" width="360"] Image via Entertainment Film Distributors[/caption] Barker is happy to join …
From director Brannon Braga and based on the acclaimed horror anthology written by Clive Barker, the Hulu original film Books of Blood tells the stories of two very different women – Jenna (Britt Robertson), a troubled college student trying to piece her life back together after suffering a mental break, and Mary (Anna Friel), a college professor who debunks psychics but then is challenged by one claiming to be able to speak to her dead son. As their stories interweave and we learn about the mission of a mercenary (Yul Vazquez) who’s trying to retrieve a book worth an extreme …
The long-gestating series adaptation of Clive Barker’s horror fantasy film Nightbreed has landed Trick r Treat’s Michael Dougherty as director. Barker revealed that the filmmaker had joined the project in an interview with ComingSoon.net, and Dougherty confirmed his involvement in an email. [caption id="attachment_932926" align="alignright" width="360"] Image via 20th Century Fox[/caption] Dougherty, who also directed the Christmas horror comedy Krampus and the big-budget sequel Godzilla: King of the Monsters, is currently working on the HBO series adaptation of Barker’s classic Hellraiser franchise as a writer and producer. Hiring him to …
Hulu has released a trailer hyping its upcoming horror movie Books of Blood, which is based on the acclaimed anthology by influential author Clive Barker. Books of Blood aims to take audiences on a journey into uncharted and forbidden territory through three uncanny tales tangled in space and time. These macabre stories are led by Britt Robertson, Rafi Gavron, Anna Friel, Yul Vazquez and Freda Foh Shen. Brannon Braga directed the film and served as an executive producer along with Seth MacFarlane, Erica Huggins, Alana Kleiman, Brian Witten, Jeff Kwatinetz, Josh Barry, Adam Simon and Barker himself. Jason Clark and …
Hulu's anthology feature-film take on Clive Barker's Books of Blood officially has a debut date smackdab in the middle of Spooky Season 2020: October 7. Directed by Brannon Braga (The Orville) and produced, strangely enough, by Seth MacFarlane's Fuzzy Door, Books of Blood will adapt three stories from Barker's landmark short story collections. Books of Blood stars Britt Robertson, Rafi Gavron, Anna Friel, Yul Vazquez, and Freda Foh Shen. No word yet on which stories are getting the film treatment here, but Barker's tales have a solid track record. Just some examples: His "The …
From director Greg Barker, who also directed a documentary about the same subject in 2009, the Netflix original film Sergio tells the real-life story of Sergio Vieira de Mello (played by Narcos alum Wagner Moura), a complex man who spent the majority of his career as a top United Nations diplomat navigating deals with everyone from presidents to war criminals, in order to protect the lives of the people. But after he takes one last assignment in Baghdad following the U.S. invasion, a bomb blast brings the UN headquarters crashing down on him, forcing him to confront his …
Barker's sinister short stories previously gave us Candyman and Hellraiser.
Seth MacFarlane is known for comedy. Family Guy, Ted, American Dad -- all projects designed to make us laugh. Which is why it makes perfect, inherent sense that his next project would be... a Hulu film adaptation of Clive Barker's Books of Blood? Yep, that's right. As reported by the Hollywood Reporter, MacFarlane's Fuzzy Door production company will be bringing a vision of grotesquery from one of our most celebrated, prolific horror authors to Hulu's streaming service in 2020. To quote one of MacFarlane's most indelible creations: What the deuce? Okay, let's be fair. MacFarlane …
With Pet Sematary set to close SXSW, It: Chapter 2 and Doctor Sleep in post-production at Warner Bros., and The Outsider in production at HBO, it's clear Hollywood is as enamored as ever with the work of Stephen King -- and now there's movement on another noteworthy adaptation. Collider has exclusively learned that Mike Barker, who has directed numerous episodes of Hulu's Emmy-winning series The Handmaid's Tale, is set to direct a big-screen adaptation of King and Peter Straub's bestselling 1984 fantasy novel The Talisman for Steven Spielberg's Amblin Partners and The … The post Exclusive: Stephen King’s ‘The Talisman’ Lands ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ Director Mike Barker appeared first on Collider.