Born Again Set Pictures Herald the Bloody Return of Punisher

Russell Crowe discusses the future of The Pope’s Exorcist. The Minecraft movie set pictures reveal its take on the blocky aesthetic. Joker: Folie a Deux teases a deadly dance. Plus, what’s coming on Ghosts, and a look at Star Trek: Discovery’s return. Spoilers get!

Untitled David Chase Horror Movie

Deadline reports The Sopranos’ David Chase and Terence Winter are attached to write a horror film—their “first theatrical film screenplay and feature producing collaboration”—for New Line Cinema. Though details on the plot are currently under wraps, Chase intends to direct the project, himself.

Leigh Howard and the Ghosts of Simmons-Pierce Manor

Deadline also reports a film adaptation of Shawn M. Warner’s YA novel, Leigh Howard and the Ghosts of Simmons-Pierce Manor, is now in development at Stars Collective. The story follows “a teenage girl who teams up with a ghost with multiple personalities to solve the mystery of her parents’ murder.”

The Pope’s Exorcist, Parts II and III

During his recent appearance on The Six O’Clock Show (via MovieWeb), Russell Crowe revealed two potential sequels to The Pope’s Exorcist have been discussed at Screen Gems.

That’s in discussion at the moment. The original producers…they originally got the kickoff from the studio not just for one sequel but for two. But there’s been a change of studio heads at the moment so that’s going around in a few circles. But very definitely, man.

We set that character up that you could take him out and put him into a lot of different circumstances. And remember that the man that’s based on, Gabriele Amorth, he wrote twelve books. So we have more than enough source material to do one or two more of those films. But that probably won’t be until next year.

Minecraft

The first set photos of blocky props from the upcoming Minecraft movie have surfaced online.

Joker: Folie a Deux

Todd Phillips shared the first poster for Joker: Folie a Deux on Instagram with the promise of a trailer coming this April 9.

Daredevil: Born Again

New set pictures give us an even better look at Jon Bernthal’s return as Frank Castle, a.k.a. The Punisher.

Star Wars: The Acolyte

Entertainment Weekly has two new photos of Dafne Keen as the Jedi Padawan Jecki Lon in Star Wars: The Acolyte.

Star Trek: Discovery

Spoiler TV also has a new photos from the fifth season premiere of Star Trek: Discovery. More at the link.

Ghosts

Finally, Jeremy’s brother makes an unexpected visit in the trailer for this week’s episode of Ghosts.

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