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Have ‘American Horror Story’ Fans Figured Out the Theme for Season 8?
It was recently speculated that the new season of American Horror Story would have a bit of a futuristic twist, but a group of dedicated fans have done some digging to determine what that may mean for Season 8. Their new findings seem to point in a promising (yet still unofficial) direction, and we think you’re gonna like it.
AHS fan Twitter account @ahsleak has found that a new trademark has been filed for the title “American Horror Story: Radioactive”.
https://twitter.com/ahsleak/status/973581487177072640
“So what?” you may say. Well, it’s worth noting that a similar trademark had been filed for AHS: Cult prior to its official announcement. Intriguing.
American Horror Story creator Ryan Murphy had hinted at a potential “futuristic” theme in a recent interview, saying “All I’ll say about it is I want to go to the future – still topical, but the future, which I’ve never done.”
A post-apocalyptic radioactive storyline would certainly be something we could qualify as “the future”. That being said, it could even hint at a future radioactive threat that ties in with the political overtones of AHS: Cult, or a catastrophic event like the Chernobyl accident.
Murphy had also said in a 2016 interview with the Hollywood Reporter that while AHS: Roanoke‘s mystery theme may not carry through to seasons 7 and 8, there are overarching plans to connect the seasons:
“You’ll see [seasons starting to come together] this season, and then you’ll really see it after this season. We lay a lot of pipe, and you’ll see it explode in seasons seven and eight.”
Another Twitter fan account, @AHS_FreakyNews, has also made a connection to the potentially radioactive theme, referencing imagery from openings of seasons past. This certainly stays in line with Murphy’s previous comments about a desire to tie the seasons together.
https://twitter.com/AHS_FreakyNews/status/973594211525320704
There are no official details on a release date or casting yet, but it’s probably safe to say that fan favorite Sarah Paulson is set to return.
In a late-2017 interview with Entertainment Weekly, Sarah Paulson (Murphy’s constant collaborator and muse) commented, “I have said before to that anything he decides to come up with, I’m always so game and on board with because it’s obviously been a wild ride for me. But there have been some preliminary conversations. I hope it’s the one I hope it is; let’s put I that way. I’ve heard more than one idea and there’s one in particular I really hope lands.”
Again, this is all speculation so of course this should be taken with a grain of salt. But we’ll be sure to keep you updated with more news as it comes!
For more on American Horror Story, check out the unfortunate legacy of Season One’s Murder House.
Source: PopBuzz
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‘Evil Dead’ Film Franchise Getting TWO New Installments
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.
“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
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.
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
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.
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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