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Where Are They Now? IT: The Children Of Derry, Maine.

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With all the recent news and hub-bub about the upcoming remake of one of Stephen King’s greatest achievements, IT, I wanted to take a look back at the 1990 mini series and one of the most infamous gangs in horror history. While, both the novel and the movie alike were both terrifying indeed, I for one have always marveled at the incredible bond that was formed between the “Lucky Seven” in the face of horror and tragedy. Not only did they have the pleasure of dealing with the phenomenon of Pennywise, but also the adults of Derry itself. Whether, it was Bev’s alcoholic abusive father,  Eddie’s over-protective stick in the ass mother, or that beast Henry Bowers; The “Loser’s Club” were anything but that. The stunning young actors that portrayed the children of Derry, Maine were given an extremely daunting task of getting it right. I feel like they did nothing short of a superb job of said statement. I can only hope the next Lucky Seven will do just as well. Where are they now you ask? Well, let’s take a look!

 

Jonathan Brandis (Bill Denbrough)

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Brandis went on to star in such films as Ladybugs, Sidekicks and the infamous series Seaquest. He also produced and directed the short film ” The Slainville Boys” in 2002. After the cancellation of Seaquest, Jonathan’s career went a bit stale which may or may not have led to his tragic suicide in 2003. He hung himself in his apartment and died due to his injuries. He was only 27. RIP Jonathan.

 

 

Brandon Crane (Ben Hanscomb)

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Brandon resides now in Clovis, California with his wife and children where he is a part of the local filmmaking community. Crane is currently tossing around ideas for a TV series that are unknown at this time and has recently taken up singing and has been working on a Jazz album. Really, his only significant role after IT was a recurring guest starring role on “The Wonder Years” as the character of Doug Porter.

 

 

Adam Faraizl (Eddie Kaspbrak)

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In the same year of the IT miniseries, Adam also appeared in Robocop 2 as one of the little leaguers.  Apart from that and a role in “Where The Red Fern Grows 2“, Faraizl has pretty much stayed out of the limelight. Adam graduated with a degree in Pacific & Asian Studies from the University of Victoria in British Columbia, Canada. Today, he is the beverage director for the Kenichi restaurant in Austin, Texas and is a renowned specialist and enthusiast in Sake.

 

 

Seth Green (Richie Tozier)

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Well unless you’ve been living under a rock, I think we can all agree that Seth has made a very successful career for himself up to this point. Between a string of hit movies under his belt, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, voicing Chris on Family Guy, and his Robot Chicken endeavor; I’d say little Richie is doing alright.

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Ben Heller (Stanley Uris)

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Seems to be IT was Heller’s only acting job. It could be Tim Curry dressed up as painted nightmare from Hell just traumatized Stanley boy out of acting for good. Who knows. The only word on Heller i was able to dig up is that he is in the sales field. So if you’re out there Ben and reading this, let us know what you are up to!

 

 

Emily Perkins (Beverly Marsh)

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IT wasn’t the only horror movie Perkins had her hand in. She also played Brigitte, the main protagonist in the Ginger Snaps movies and more recently had a role in last year’s Horror/ Sci-Fi Extraterrestrial. You also may have seen her in a few episodes of Supernatural from 2009 to 2011, as Winchester superfan Becky Rosen. Did you also catch her cameo in Juno? It is readily apparent that Miss Perkins is staying busy these days.

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Marlon Tayler (Mike Hanlon)

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Taylor had a few appearances on a few TV shows such as Sister, Sister and Where I Live. More recently however, his latest acting role was as Razor Ric in the hip-hop drama Know Thy Enemy. Today, Marlon hosts a Miami radio show called Miyayo under the pseudonym Messiah The Suppliyah. 

 

So there you have it. A reunion of these united in horror history souls would be ideal if not for the tragic death of Jonathan Brandis. Although, I would still love to see them together again. One can wish, yes?

 

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‘Evil Dead’ Film Franchise Getting TWO New Installments

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It was a risk for Fede Alvarez to reboot Sam Raimi’s horror classic The Evil Dead in 2013, but that risk paid off and so did its spiritual sequel Evil Dead Rise in 2023. Now Deadline is reporting that the series is getting, not one, but two fresh entries.

We already knew about the Sébastien Vaniček upcoming film that delves into the Deadite universe and should be a proper sequel to the latest film, but we are broadsided that Francis Galluppi and Ghost House Pictures are doing a one-off project set in Raimi’s universe based off of an idea that Galluppi pitched to Raimi himself. That concept is being kept under wraps.

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“Francis Galluppi is a storyteller who knows when to keep us waiting in simmering tension and when to hit us with explosive violence,” Raimi told Deadline. “He is a director that shows uncommon control in his feature debut.”

That feature is titled The Last Stop In Yuma County which will release theatrically in the United States on May 4. It follows a traveling salesman, “stranded at a rural Arizona rest stop,” and “is thrust into a dire hostage situation by the arrival of two bank robbers with no qualms about using cruelty-or cold, hard steel-to protect their bloodstained fortune.”

Galluppi is an award-winning sci-fi/horror shorts director whose acclaimed works include High Desert Hell and The Gemini Project. You can view the full edit of High Desert Hell and the teaser for Gemini below:

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‘Invisible Man 2’ Is “Closer Than Its Ever Been” to Happening

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Elisabeth Moss in a very well-thought-out statement said in an interview for Happy Sad Confused that even though there have been some logistical issues for doing Invisible Man 2 there is hope on the horizon.

Podcast host Josh Horowitz asked about the follow-up and if Moss and director Leigh Whannell were any closer to cracking a solution to getting it made. “We are closer than we have ever been to cracking it,” said Moss with a huge grin. You can see her reaction at the 35:52 mark in the below video.

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Whannell is currently in New Zealand filming another monster movie for Universal, Wolf Man, which might be the spark that ignites Universal’s troubled Dark Universe concept which hasn’t gained any momentum since Tom Cruise’s failed attempt at resurrecting The Mummy.

Also, in the podcast video, Moss says she is not in the Wolf Man film so any speculation that it’s a crossover project is left in the air.

Meanwhile, Universal Studios is in the middle of constructing a year-round haunt house in Las Vegas which will showcase some of their classic cinematic monsters. Depending on attendance, this could be the boost the studio needs to get audiences interested in their creature IPs once more and to get more films made based on them.

The Las Vegas project is set to open in 2025, coinciding with their new proper theme park in Orlando called Epic Universe.

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Jake Gyllenhaal’s Thriller ‘Presumed Innocent’ Series Gets Early Release Date

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Jake Gyllenhaal’s limited series Presumed Innocent is dropping on AppleTV+ on June 12 instead of June 14 as originally planned. The star, whose Road House reboot has brought mixed reviews on Amazon Prime, is embracing the small screen for the first time since his appearance on Homicide: Life on the Street in 1994.

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Presumed Innocent is being produced by David E. Kelley, J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot, and Warner Bros. It is an adaptation of Scott Turow’s 1990 film in which Harrison Ford plays a lawyer doing double duty as an investigator looking for the murderer of his colleague.

These types of sexy thrillers were popular in the ’90s and usually contained twist endings. Here’s the trailer for the original:

According to Deadline, Presumed Innocent doesn’t stray far from the source material: “…the Presumed Innocent series will explore obsession, sex, politics and the power and limits of love as the accused fights to hold his family and marriage together.”

Up next for Gyllenhaal is the Guy Ritchie action movie titled In the Grey scheduled for release in January 2025.

Presumed Innocent is an eight-episode limited series set to stream on AppleTV+ starting June 12.

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