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‘The Mandalorian’ Season 4 is not happening, ‘Ahsoka’ season 2 still is, says report

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> The two biggest news items in there, I’d say: > >Ahsoka saw a decline of 829 million minutes for its debut, around Mando season 3 levels, to 570 million for the rest of its run. But still, season 2 is happening, and it will go into production next year, leaving a sprawling gap between seasons of the show. Almost three years, most likely. > >The report says that the Mandalorian and Grogu movie is replacing season 4 of The Mandalorian, rather than joining it, where THR says “it also looks like Disney spent many years and untold capital struggling develop a new Star Wars movie and its best idea was an extra-long episode of a TV show.” > > ... > > The end result on the TV side is…there is literally one show that is still considered to be actively ongoing, Ahsoka, and that second season will arrive almost three years after the first. Andor has season 2 coming but it’s over after that. Skeleton Crew has to perform well to be renewed and we have no idea what it’s budget is.

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Wild boar spotted outside Forest of Dean pub

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> A group of wild boar have been spotted wandering past a pub. > >The footage was captured outside the Golden Lion in Cinderford, Gloucestershire, on 2 October. > >Boar were hunted to extinction 700 years ago, but became established again in the Forest of Dean in the 1990s. > >Forestry Commission wildlife rangers monitor numbers in the Forest of Dean each spring and carry out culls, if necessary, to keep the target population to about 400. > >The boars have been known to go hunting for food in the local neighbourhoods when foraging becomes harder in the nearby forest.

Horror movies Emperor • Now • 100%

The 10 scariest horror movies of the 2010s, ranked

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> Horror is arguably the most versatile genre of movies. A good horror movie does what it can to elicit feelings of fear, shock or disgust from its audience. Whether it's copious amounts of gore, jump scares or establishing a general aura of dread, there are countless methods by which horror movies can frighten their viewers. Effective horror movies attack the senses and play tricks on the mind. > > In regards to horror, every decade has its fair share of standouts that adopted certain trends and stylings of the period. The 2010s was a particularly great decade for the genre; a healthy variety in the horror movies of the time kept things interesting, and independent horror efforts saw the breakouts of many talented filmmakers. From a decade chock-full of choices, these ten offerings are the most frighteningly effective horror movies of the 2010s. The ranking will be according to their overall quality and effectiveness as horror vehicles, taking into consideration how visceral and impactful their scaryness is. 1. 'Sinister' (2012) 2. 'Hereditary' (2018) 3. 'The Babadook' (2014) 4. 'The Autopsy of Jane Doe' (2016) 5. 'Green Room' (2016) 6. 'It Follows' (2014) 7. 'Under the Skin' (2013) 8. 'Creep' (2014) 9. 'The Ritual' (2017) 10. 'The Conjuring' (2013)

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Disney lost nearly a third of a billion dollars on two Marvel movies

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> Disney made an estimated $296.4 million loss at the box office on just two of its Marvel superhero movies in 2023 according to analysis of recently-released financial statements. > >They reveal that the cost of making The Marvels and Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania came to a staggering $762.4 million (£609.3 million) before Disney banked $124.9 million (£99.4 million) in government incentives bringing its net spending on the movies down to $637.5 million. They both bombed at the box office. > >According to industry analyst Box Office Mojo, the movies grossed a combined $682.2 million with theaters typically retaining 50% of the takings and the remainder going to the studio. This reflects the findings of film industry consultant Stephen Follows who interviewed 1,235 film professionals in 2014 and concluded that, according to studios, theaters keep 49% of the takings on average. It would give Disney just $341.1 million from The Marvels and Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. No expense was spared on them. > > ... > > Disney does not publicly discuss how much it spends on specific productions and did not respond to a request for comment. Budgets are usually a closely-guarded secret. This is because studios combine the costs of individual pictures in their overall expenses and their filings don't itemize how much was spent on each one. Films made in the UK are exceptions and both The Marvels and Quantumania fall into this category. > > Studios shoot in the UK to benefit from its Audio-Visual Expenditure Credit (AVEC) which gives them a cash reimbursement of up to 25.5% of the money they spend in the country. > >To qualify for the reimbursement, at least 10% of the production costs need to relate to activities in the UK. In order to demonstrate this to the UK government, studios tend to set up a separate production company in the country for each movie they make there. > >The companies have to file financial statements which shine a spotlight on their budgets. They reveal everything from the headcount and salaries to the level of reimbursement and the total costs. Studios directly receive the revenue from theater tickets, streaming and Blu-ray sales and carry the costs of marketing as the function of the UK companies is purely making the movies.

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Francis Ford Coppola on why he experienced his career in reverse

faroutmagazine.co.uk

> Francis Ford Coppola directed The Godfather when he was just 30 years old. As if that wasn’t astounding enough, he rattled off The Conversation, The Godfather: Part II, and Apocalypse Now before hitting 40. For most directors, this run of stone-cold classics at such a young age would be the vindication of the talent they always believed they possessed. Fascinatingly, though, Coppola wound up feeling like he’d hit the pinnacle of mainstream Hollywood success too early and eventually needed to reverse his career. > >In 2007, Coppola released Youth Without Youth – his first picture since 1997’s The Rainmaker. A fantasy drama with a small $1million budget, it was a far cry from a $40m John Grisham adaptation starring a host of Hollywood A-listers. However, it wasn’t like Coppola had been reduced to working on low-budget indies against his will – he simply wanted to re-do his early career. > >The legendary director told DGA Quarterly Magazine: “I feel as though I’ve made a deliberate choice to reapproach filmmaking with the same attitudes and ignorance that I had as a young person. Obviously, I’m not a kid, but we all have a kid in us, and I approached this movie with the willingness to do whatever came into my mind.” > >Coppola had been inspired by his daughter Sofia’s film Lost in Translation, which she made outside the confines of a major Hollywood studio. He explained: “I just realised that maybe I should go off on my own and make a movie. I could finance myself and not tell anyone about it and not show anyone the script, not announce it, not anything. And ultimately, that’s what I did.” > >He admitted, “That gave me a new life, really. In a sense, I was reinvigorated, which is exactly what Youth Without Youth is about.”

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£30k? In London? Bargain!

I don't care how many people were murdered there!

Horror movies Emperor • Now • 91%

10 unoriginal horror movies that became cult hits

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> It’s surprising just how many cult-favorite horror movies were significantly influenced by earlier films and, when it really comes down to it, were totally unoriginal. While this may seem like a point of criticism, paying homage to horror movies of the past or filmmakers wearing their influences on their sleeve was never a bad thing, and just because a movie was derivative does not mean it’s bad. In fact, many of the biggest cult hits took premises already explored in other movies and expanded upon them to create something even better. > > Some of the best cult horror movies owe a lot to classic films of times past, as actors, directors, and writers have shamelessly ripped off well-worn tropes and clichés to create great B-movie favorites, satirical commentaries, or just plain laugh-out-loud hilarious horror comedies. As a genre known to repeat itself, it’s almost impossible to make a slasher movie these days without copying aspects from Halloween or The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. The incredible history of horror has informed plenty of great movies, and a knowledge of horror classics can make watching cult favorites even more enjoyable. 1. Scream (1996) 2. Friday the 13th (1980) 3. Lake Placid (1999) 4. Night of The Creeps (1986) 5. Sleepaway Camp (1983) 6. Sharknado (2013) 7. Galaxy of Terror (1981) 8. Chopping Mall (1986) 9. The Stuff (1985) 10. Piranha (1978)

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Gory new horror film [Terrifier 3]’s opening scene is causing viewers to ‘vomit’ after watching it

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> The new horror movie Terrifier 3 comes with a warning, telling viewers that they might feel “unwell” during the slasher from director Damien Leone, with the opening scene already prompting walkouts and vomiting. > >The Terrifier films, which follow the exploits of serial killer Art the Clown, have earned a reputation with viewers for the film’s extreme levels of violence and gore. > > The previous film reportedly made people “pass out” in theatres which Leone denied was a “marketing ploy” created to promote the independent movie. > > ... > > An image shared on the film’s X/Twitter account shows a note on a cinema door telling people: “Warning! This film contains extreme violence and excessive gore. If you are feeling unwell, please find a member of staff. Staff trained in first aid are on site.” > > The image is captioned with, “Don’t say we didn’t warn you…” > >Of course, while most people would be horrified by the sound of film that might cause you to need first aid, horror fans are seemingly gleeful at the thought. 

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How Brady Corbet made ‘The Brutalist,’ a 3.5-hour historical epic, for $10 million: ‘every single cent was on screen’

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> His initial films were accomplished, often brilliant, but “The Brutalist” represents a dramatic step forward. > > Critics hailed the movie as a masterpiece when it debuted at the Venice Film Festival; some compared its dark rumination on capitalism to that of “There Will Be Blood.” A24 bought the film and is planning a major Oscar push. Even if it doesn’t become an awards season darling, “The Brutalist” is indisputably one of the most audacious American independent films of this or any decade, boasting a run time of three and a half hours while telling a story that starts with American power at its postwar zenith and ends in the Reagan era. It was also shot in VistaVision, a large-format process popular in the 1950s, so it could be projected in 70mm like the screen epics of yesteryear. Oh, and it was all made for roughly $10 million — less than a tenth of what a major studio film costs. > > ... > > “We cut every corner we could to make sure that every single cent was on screen,” Corbet says. “It was a Herculean effort, and I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone, because it was just years and years of essentially working for free.” > > ... > > Despite the challenges, Corbet didn’t dream of making “The Brutalist” on a big budget. “I never thought, ‘I wish I had $30 million more,’” he says. “There’s a lot of strings that come with that kind of money. It invites lots of opinions. You have all these executives who don’t trust the director and bury them in notes. What you get is something antiseptic that lacks a signature. It’s the difference between a bowl from Crate & Barrel and a wabisabi ceramic.” > >Like the style of architecture referenced in its title, “The Brutalist” may be polarizing, but it is unmistakably the movie Corbet set out to make.

Horror movies Emperor • Now • 100%

'Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror' starring Doug Jones as Count Orlok releasing this month

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> Announced way back in 2016, David Lee Fisher was directing a new take on the horror classic Nosferatu, with Doug Jones (Hellboy, The Shape of Water) starring as Count Orlok. > > Eight years later, the film finally has a title and release date. > >Doug Jones stars as the titular Nosferatu in David Lee Fisher’s Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror, a remix of the 1922 original with new actors, dialogue, sound, and musical score. > >Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror premieres October 18 on Apple TV+. > >This movie is scene-for-scene the same story as the original silent film, but with a new cast and a green screen element for every frame of the movie. “What will be filled in that green screen is a digitally created backdrop from the original film,” Bloody Disgusting has been told.

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'Scream VII' releasing in theaters in February 2026!

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cross-posted from: https://feddit.uk/post/18202626 > > Neve Campbell is back as Sidney Prescott in the upcoming Scream VII, and it’s been officially announced today that the seventh installment will hit theaters on February 27, 2026. > > > > Original Scream scribe Kevin Williamson will direct Scream 7. The film, which is currently untitled, was written by Guy Busick from a story by James Vanderbilt & Guy Busick. > > > >Courteney Cox is expected to return as Gale Weathers, but hasn’t yet signed on. > > > >The franchise has been mired in controversy in the past several months, with new series leads Melissa Barrera and Jenna Ortega both exiting the project. Barrera was fired, while it was subsequently announced that Ortega wouldn’t be returning. At this time, we still don’t know if Jasmin Savoy Brown or Mason Gooding will be returning for Scream 7. > > > > According to Neve Campbell, the upcoming seventh installment will be a return to the franchise’s roots in the sense that Sidney Prescott will be the central character of the movie.

Horror movies Emperor • Now • 58%

'Scream VII' releasing in theaters in February 2026!

bloody-disgusting.com

> Neve Campbell is back as Sidney Prescott in the upcoming Scream VII, and it’s been officially announced today that the seventh installment will hit theaters on February 27, 2026. > > Original Scream scribe Kevin Williamson will direct Scream 7. The film, which is currently untitled, was written by Guy Busick from a story by James Vanderbilt & Guy Busick. > >Courteney Cox is expected to return as Gale Weathers, but hasn’t yet signed on. > >The franchise has been mired in controversy in the past several months, with new series leads Melissa Barrera and Jenna Ortega both exiting the project. Barrera was fired, while it was subsequently announced that Ortega wouldn’t be returning. At this time, we still don’t know if Jasmin Savoy Brown or Mason Gooding will be returning for Scream 7. > > According to Neve Campbell, the upcoming seventh installment will be a return to the franchise’s roots in the sense that Sidney Prescott will be the central character of the movie.

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Searches for big cats in Wales surge after increase in alleged sightings

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> Online searches for big cats in Wales have surged following an increase in alleged sightings. > >Research by AussieBoots has revealed that Cardiff and Wrexham saw a 100% increase in searches for ‘Big Cats UK’ from 2021 to 2023 – with Swansea seeing a 50% rise. > >It comes after multiple big cat sightings have been reported in the press across the country in recent months and years. > >The term ‘big cat’ is usually used to describe large wild felines such as tigers, lions, panthers, jaguars, leopards, cheetahs and cougars. > >Big cats such as pumas are solitary and their hunting range is dozens of miles. > >When big cats were banned as pets in the 1970s, it was legal to release them into the countryside to avoid expensive rehoming costs. > >Experts believe that owners from across the UK travelled to Wales to release their cats in to the remote environment. > > ... > > A BBC study collated more than 100 big cat sightings in 18 months across north and mid Wales. > >Another study recorded 123 Welsh sightings over two years with frequent reports of big cats in Flintshire, Denbighshire, Conwy and Gwynedd. > > ... > > Wales overall has seen a 50% increase in internet searches for big cats whilst Northern Ireland was the country that saw the highest rise in searches (133%). > >Scotland came second (127%), and England came third (84%). > >The UK saw an 84% increase overall. > >Pete Bryden from AussieBoots said: “The increase in big cat sightings across the UK has certainly captured the public’s imagination. > >“It’s fascinating to see how interest has grown, particularly in Wales where searches have surged. > >“Whether these sightings are fact or folklore, it’s clear that the British countryside still holds plenty of mysteries for us to discover.”

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'One in a million': Chinese woman with two uteruses gives birth to twins from separate wombs

> A woman from China’s northwest region has made headlines after giving birth to twins from two separate uteruses, a rare occurrence that has captured the attention of the medical world. The woman, known only by her surname Li, delivered the twins in September at a hospital in Shaanxi province, according to a report by the South China Morning Post (SCMP). > >The woman was diagnosed with uterus didelphys, a rare condition that affects only 0.3 per cent of women worldwide. This condition results in a woman having two fully formed uteruses, each with its own set of ovaries and oviducts. While it is already uncommon, Li’s case was even more remarkable because she managed to naturally conceive and give birth to twins—a boy and a girl—each from a different womb. > >The twins were born when Li was eight and a half months pregnant, adding a unique chapter to the limited cases of such births across the globe.

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Britons ‘healthier than Americans’ but more likely to doubt health, study finds

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> British adults in their 30s and 40s are healthier than their counterparts in the US – but are more likely to think their health is poor, a study has suggested. > >The health of the US “acts as a warning” of what Britain could be like without the “safety net” of the NHS, researchers said, with differences potentially down to access to healthcare, diet and levels of poverty. > > For the study, academics from the UCL Centre for Longitudinal Studies, University of Oxford, Syracuse University and University of North Carolina used data from the 1970 British Cohort Study and the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health. > >Analysis included 9,665 British people born in 1970 and 5,381 US adults. > >It found adults in the US were more likely to have high cholesterol and high blood blood pressure, while four in 10 US adults were obese compared to 34.5% of Brits. > > However, 18% of British adults were likely to report their health as poor compared to 12% of adults in the US. > > Britons were also more likely to smoke every day, with 28% reporting cigarette use compared to 21% in the US cohort.

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UK to hand over sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius after decades-long dispute

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> The deal to transfer the Indian Ocean archipelago to Mauritius includes the tropical atoll of Diego Garcia, home to a military base used by the UK and the US that plays a crucial role in the region's stability and international security. > >Under the agreement, the base will remain under UK and US jurisdiction for at least the next 99 years. > > The UK government said that the treaty would "address wrongs of the past and demonstrate the commitment of both parties to support the welfare" of Chagossians - the native people of the islands. > > Several leading Conservatives have called the decision "weak", with former securities minister Tom Tugendhat saying it is a "shameful retreat undermining our security and leaving our allies exposed". > >Since 1971, only Diego Garcia has been inhabited - by US military employees - after the UK expelled the Chagossians at the request of the US. Some moved to Mauritius and some have lived in the UK, in Crawley, West Sussex, since 2002. > >The islands had been a dependency of Mauritius when it was a French colony, but both were handed to the UK in 1845. Mauritius gained independence from the UK in 1968 and has since claimed the Chagos archipelago as Mauritian.

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Brighton: Surgeon operated with penknife he uses to cut up lunch

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>A surgeon at a crisis-hit NHS trust used a Swiss Army penknife to open up the chest of a patient because he claimed he could not find a sterile scalpel. > >University Hospitals Sussex has said the operation was an emergency, but the surgeon’s actions were “outside normal procedures and should not have been necessary”. > >Prof Graeme Poston, an expert witness on clinical negligence and a former consultant surgeon, told the BBC: “It surprises me and appals me. Firstly, a penknife is not sterile. Secondly it is not an operating instrument. And thirdly all the kit [must have been] there." > > ... > > The surgeon in the penknife case, who the BBC is not naming, was operating on a patient at the Royal Sussex Hospital in Brighton when he struggled to find a scalpel. > >Instead he used a Swiss Army knife which he normally used to cut fruit for his lunch. > >The patient survived but internal documents show the surgeon’s colleagues felt his behaviour was “questionable” and were “very surprised” he was unable to find a scalpel. > >The BBC has also discovered the same surgeon carried out three supposedly low-risk operations in two months where all three patients died soon after.

Horror movies Emperor • Now • 94%

What horror movies have you watched in Spooktober 2024?

Well the scariest month of them all is upon us, what horrors have you seen?

movies Emperor • Now • 96%

Daniel Day-Lewis ends retirement from acting after seven years

www.theguardian.com

cross-posted from: https://feddit.uk/post/18164703 > > Three-time Oscar winner Daniel Day-Lewis is ending his retirement from acting to star in his son’s directorial debut. > > > >The 67-year-old British actor quit acting after starring in Paul Thomas Anderson’s 2017 film Phantom Thread, and has largely stayed out of public life since. > > > >But he is now set to star in a film titled Anemone, directed by his son Ronan Day-Lewis, US independent production company Focus Features confirmed on Tuesday. > > > >The film will feature actors including Sean Bean, Samantha Morton, Samuel Bottomley and Safia Oakley-Green, and is currently shooting in Manchester. > > > > Father and son wrote the screenplay, which “explores the intricate relationships between fathers, sons and brothers, and the dynamics of familial bonds”, Focus Features said.

www.theguardian.com

> Three-time Oscar winner Daniel Day-Lewis is ending his retirement from acting to star in his son’s directorial debut. > >The 67-year-old British actor quit acting after starring in Paul Thomas Anderson’s 2017 film Phantom Thread, and has largely stayed out of public life since. > >But he is now set to star in a film titled Anemone, directed by his son Ronan Day-Lewis, US independent production company Focus Features confirmed on Tuesday. > >The film will feature actors including Sean Bean, Samantha Morton, Samuel Bottomley and Safia Oakley-Green, and is currently shooting in Manchester. > > Father and son wrote the screenplay, which “explores the intricate relationships between fathers, sons and brothers, and the dynamics of familial bonds”, Focus Features said.