News Shotgun 10/24
Quibi is officially dead, the first look at Tom Holland as Nathan Drake, Smokey and the Bandit is getting a TV reboot, Tim Burton is producing a new live-action Addams Family series, Willow is officially coming back on Disney+ and more in this week’s News Shotgun.
Everything Actioncast Ep 506 “Hocus Pocus, Unsolved Mysteries, Uncharted, Addams Family and More”
This week on the podcast, Zach and Chris talk about the death of Quibi, the first official look at the Uncharted movie, a new live-action Addams Family series from Tim Burton, the second batch of six episodes from Unsolved Mysteries, Hocus Pocus, the WNUF Halloween Special and more.
World War II Gets Animated with The Liberator (Trailer)
Netflix puts a new spin on World War II with the rotoscoped animation of The Liberator, which follows the men of the 45th Infantry Division aka The Thunderbirds, as they battled from Sicily to deep into Nazi occupied Europe.
Everything Action Theater: Unsolved Mysteries
If you’ve burned through all 12 episodes of the Netflix revival of Unsolved Mysteries since the second batch of episodes dropped earlier this week, why not head back to where it all began with Episode 1 of Season 1 of the OG Robert Stack version in the latest Everything Action Theater.
The Animaniacs Return in November on Hulu to Save us From 2020 (Trailer)
A 90s favorite is hopefully going to bring some much-needed joy to a terrible year when Yakko, Wakko, Dot, Pinky, and The Brain return in November for 13 new episodes of the Animaniacs on Hulu.
Meet Warrior Princess Raya on Her Quest To Find The Last Dragon in March (Trailer)
Disney’s next princess is an Asian warrior named Raya who sets out on a quest to find the last remaining dragon in the world of Kumandra to hopefully restore the land and bring its divided people back together.
Horror Villain of the Week: Mary Lou Maloney
A scheming, lascivious popular girl in 1957, Mary Lou Maloney is burned alive in 1957 accepting the prom queen crown and her evil spirit returns in the 80s looking for revenge.
New Release Round Up 10/20
Pumpkinhead gets a limited edition steelbook from Shout! Factory this week along with the final season of NOS4A2, Joe Keery going nuts in Spree, the latest addition to the Tremors series, and more on DVD and Blu-Ray.
Cool Santa is Back for The Christmas Chronicles 2 (Trailer)
Kurt Russell is back as cinema’s coolest Santa in The Christmas Chronicles 2 with wife and co-star Goldie Hawn joining the fun as Mrs. Claus in November on Netflix.
Musical Montage: Tuesday Knight “Nightmare”
When singer and actress Tuesday Knight was cast to replace Patricia Arquette in A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master, she pitched director Renny Harlin the idea of writing a song for the movie which became the movie’s intro, “Nightmare”.