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‘La Noria’: A Gorgeous, Must-See Horror Short of 2018

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Could we please talk about Carlos Baena’s short film La Noria for a minute? If you haven’t heard of this stunning film yet, it will undoubtedly be on your 2018 must-see list after this article.

Carlos Baena is an award-winning animator, whose impressive filmography includes A-list movies like Finding Dory, Wall-E, and Toy Story 3. After lending his talents to studios like ILM, Paramount Pictures, and Pixar, he has since branched out to bring his own passion project La Noria to life. The result looks like Monsters Inc. meets Insidious.

‘La Noria’ via NightWheel Pictures

This emotional, eerie film is about a little boy who comes face-to-face with terrifying creatures after experiencing a terrible loss. Baena is writing and directing the film himself to tell this deeply personal and dark tale. The Indiegogo page reveals the filmmaker is putting his own personal demons on screen.

Here’s a clip from Indiegogo:

“Having found himself in a dark and difficult emotional situation at one point in his life, Carlos always wanted to tell a story based on the dark and emotional journey in a very visual way.”

Baena has assembled an all-star team of industry professionals for the project. He found many of them could relate to the story of struggle and darkness that drove him to create the film. The crew’s staggering skills shine through, as La Noria’s gorgeously cinematic teaser trailer rivals big-budget productions.

La Noria will be stepping outside the comfort zone of most animated theatrical releases by touching upon some heavy subject matters. The short is being produced by Sasha Korellis under NightWheel Pictures, which is an independent film company started by Baena and Korellis in 2011. Their website states the company’s focus is “creating a new vision for animation and VFX films exploring darker, complex and emotional themes.”

La Noria demonstrates versatility of animation as a medium that could be used in Hollywood for far more than just kids films. The unique marriage of charming animation and atmospheric horror looks to be creating something truly special.

There’s no official release date as of yet; however, the film’s Facebook page states it should be complete sometime later in 2018. We’ll definitely keep you posted on any updates!

‘La Noria’ via NightWheel Pictures

In the meantime, support the film by donating to their Indiegogo! Donations of $15 or more will receive a digital download of the film as soon as it’s completed. There are plenty of other cool perks available as well for donators.

Check out the spooky trailer below, and let us know what you think in the comment section!

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New ‘MaXXXine’ Image is Pure 80s Costume Core

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A24 has unveiled a captivating new image of Mia Goth in her role as the titular character in “MaXXXine”. This release comes approximately a year and a half after the previous installment in Ti West’s expansive horror saga, which covers more than seven decades.

MaXXXine Official Trailer

His latest continues the story arc of freckle-faced aspiring starlet Maxine Minx from the first film X which took place in Texas in 1979. With stars in her eyes and blood on her hands, Maxine moves into a new decade and a new city, Hollywood, in pursuit of an acting career, “But as a mysterious killer stalks the starlets of Hollywood, a trail of blood threatens to reveal her sinister past.”

The photo below is the latest snapshot released from the film and shows Maxine in full Thunderdome drag amid a crowd of teased hair and rebellious 80s fashion.

MaXXXine is set to open in theaters on July 5.

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Netflix Releases First BTS ‘Fear Street: Prom Queen’ Footage

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It’s been three long years since Netflix unleashed the bloody, but enjoyable Fear Street on its platform. Released in a tryptic fashion, the streamer broke up the story into three episodes, each taking place in a different decade which by the finale were all tied together.

Now, the streamer is in production for its sequel Fear Street: Prom Queen which brings the story into the 80s. Netflix gives a synopsis of what to expect from Prom Queen on their blog site Tudum:

“Welcome back to Shadyside. In this next installment of the blood-soaked Fear Street franchise, prom season at Shadyside High is underway and the school’s wolfpack of It Girls is busy with its usual sweet and vicious campaigns for the crown. But when a gutsy outsider is unexpectedly nominated to the court, and the other girls start mysteriously disappearing, the class of ’88 is suddenly in for one hell of a prom night.” 

Based on R.L. Stine’s massive series of Fear Street novels and spin-offs, this chapter is number 15 in the series and was published in 1992.

Fear Street: Prom Queen features a killer ensemble cast, including India Fowler (The Nevers, Insomnia), Suzanna Son (Red Rocket, The Idol), Fina Strazza (Paper Girls, Above the Shadows), David Iacono (The Summer I Turned Pretty, Cinnamon), Ella Rubin (The Idea of You), Chris Klein (Sweet Magnolias, American Pie), Lili Taylor (Outer Range, Manhunt) and Katherine Waterston (The End We Start From, Perry Mason).

No word on when Netflix will drop the series into its catalog.

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Live Action Scooby-Doo Reboot Series In Works at Netflix

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The ghosthunting Great Dane with an anxiety problem, Scooby-Doo, is getting a reboot and Netflix is picking up the tab. Variety is reporting that the iconic show is becoming an hour-long series for the streamer although no details have been confirmed. In fact, Netflix execs declined to comment.

Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!

If the project is a go, this would be the first live-action movie based on the Hanna-Barbera cartoon since 2018’s Daphne & Velma. Before that, there were two theatrical live-action movies, Scooby-Doo (2002) and Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004), then two sequels that premiered on The Cartoon Network.

Currently, the adult-oriented Velma is streaming on Max.

Scooby-Doo originated in 1969 under the creative team Hanna-Barbera. The cartoon follows a group of teenagers who investigate supernatural happenings. Known as Mystery Inc., the crew consists of Fred Jones, Daphne Blake, Velma Dinkley, and Shaggy Rogers, and his best friend, a talking dog named Scooby-Doo.

Scooby-Doo

Normally the episodes revealed the hauntings they encountered were hoaxes developed by land-owners or other nefarious characters hoping to scare people away from their properties. The original TV series named Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! ran from 1969 to 1986. It was so successful that movie stars and pop culture icons would make guest appearances as themselves in the series.

Celebrities such as Sonny & Cher, KISS, Don Knotts, and The Harlem Globetrotters made cameos as did Vincent Price who portrayed Vincent Van Ghoul in a few episodes.

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