Even death is no match for a trio of elderly, stubborn, ever-sparring sisters, who refuse to rest in peace while their grudges live on…
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Fountain of Youth Film Picks Up Natalie Portman, John Krasinski and Eiza González
Credit: Jasin Boland/Marvel Studios
Apple TV and Skydance are moving full steam ahead on a thriller where the MacGuffin everyone is searching for is… a real (maybe) fountain of youth.
Terry Pratchett Book Club: Where’s My Cow?
The cover says it’s a picture book for “people of all sizes,” and I wish there were more of those, honestly.
Series: Terry Pratchett Book Club
Five SF Stories Involving Memory Manipulation
Image: Dana Almutawaaa (CC BY-SA 4.0 Deed)
In the midst of yet another wild, gritty, action-packed commute on public transit recently, my mind turned to the bathroom signs at work. Had I taken down the signs before heading home or was I just remembering a previous occasion when I had remembered? Memories are tricky things, easily misplaced or transformed into lies. This is why memories play so prominent a role in science fiction and fantasy.
Minecraft Movie Adds More A-Listers to Cast, Including Kate McKinnon and Jemaine Clement
Screenshot: Warner Bros. Pictures
The casting announcements for the upcoming movie adaptation of Minecraft may cause more than one block-shaped eyebrow to lift. In addition to Jason Momoa and Jack Black (the latter of whom is reportedly playing the game’s main character, Minecraft Steve), the film has tapped several other actors known for their comedic prowess.
Big Bad: Christopher Landon in Talks to Direct Adaptation of Horror Short Story
Screenshot: Universal Pictures
Christopher Landon, the writer-director behind horror films like Happy Death Day (pictured above) and Freaky, has a potential new project lined up after his departure from Scream VII.
Read an Excerpt From Where the Dark Stands Still
Liska knows that magic is monstrous, and its practitioners are monsters.
We’re thrilled to share an excerpt from Where the Dark Stands Still by A.B. Poranek, a young adult fantasy novel out from Margaret K. McElderry Books on February 27.
Nine More Movies Where Real-Life Writers Take the Spotlight
Writers have a reputation for avoiding the spotlight. After all, they spend all those hours… weeks… months in front of a screen or a notepad, living in their heads. (That’s where the real stories are!) So it’s always fascinating to see what Hollywood does with literary figures when they decide to give them starring roles—something that happens surprisingly often!
Back in the fall, we took a look at authors taking their star turn in nine feature films—all of which premiered before 2000. But over the last two decades, there have been many more films which have turned beloved writers into onscreen protagonists. Here’s a fresh look at nine post-2000 movies full of fantastical imagination, murder, doomed love, road trips, and even a ménage-a-trois! Perhaps it’s time to re-examine the notion that writers live quiet, sedate lives…
Every Book in the Right Time
Painting by Richard Edward Miller, c.1915
If you had told me, twelve years ago, that I would be just now getting around to The Night Circus, I definitely would have laughed. Maybe even snorted. It’s one of those books everyone was reading at the time, and now it’s one of those books seemingly everyone has read. I’ve been carrying a copy around for so long that I don’t have even the faintest memory of where I got it; only this week, when I finally cracked it open, did I discover that it’s autographed to someone else.
Everything about this specific copy of this book is a mystery to me, including why I haven’t read it yet. So I started, the other night, and was four or five chapters in before I looked up to realize it was bedtime.
How does this happen? How is it that sometimes, a book that’s clearly meant for a reader takes so long to find them?
Elantris Reread: Chapters Fifty-Three and Fifty-Four
Time to finish up Part Two, Cosmere Chickens! Are you ready? Because Paige and I are ready! So ready! Right Paige?
Paige: Beyond ready!
Lyn: Let’s not belabor the point and dive right in then, shall we?
Series: Elantris Reread
Revealing A Song to Drown Rivers by Ann Liang
Photo credit: Alyssa Liang
As a pawn in the follies of kings, Xishi must play both sides carefully if she hopes to survive…
We’re thrilled to share the cover of Ann Liang’s A Song to Drown Rivers, a reimagining of the legend of Xishi, one of the four great beauties of Ancient China. A Song to Drown Rivers publishes October 2024 with St. Martin’s Press.
Until Dawn Video Game Getting Film Adaptation From Team Behind Annabelle: Creation
Screenshot: PlayStation
David F. Sandberg, the director behind the two Shazam! films and Annabelle: Creation, is teaming up once again with Annabelle writer, Gary Dauberman, to adapt the 2015 PlayStation horror video game Until Dawn.
Noah Hawley (and FX) Wants Their Alien Series to Span Several Seasons
The much anticipated Alien series in the works at FX is set to start filming this year in Thailand, and showrunner Noah Hawley, who has worked on other FX shows such as Legion and Fargo, has plans for the series to go beyond one season.
Read an Excerpt From Someone You Can Build a Nest In
Shesheshen has made a mistake fatal to all monsters: she’s fallen in love.
We’re thrilled to share an excerpt from Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell, a creepy, charming monster-slaying fantasy romance publishing with DAW on April 2.
Godzilla Minus One Black-And-White Version to Hit Theaters for One Week
Godzilla Minus One has made over $50 million at the U.S. box office, no small feat for the Japanese monster movie from Toho International and the film’s director, writer, and VFX supervisor Takashi Yamazaki. Its success has led to a limited release of a black-and-white version of the film, cleverly called Godzilla Minus One/Minus Color, which will play in the U.S. for just one week.
Into This World We’re Thrown: Max Gladstone’s Last Exit (Part 12)
Welcome back to Reading the Weird, in which we get girl cooties all over weird fiction, cosmic horror, and Lovecraftiana—from its historical roots through its most recent branches.
This week, we continue Max Gladstone’s Last Exit with Chapters 23-24. The novel was first published in 2022. Spoilers ahead!
Series: Reading the Weird
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