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Diablo Cody says Jennifer's Body 2 will explore why Jennifer is a sympathetic character, and that it's happening "imminently." Fox, Kusama and a studio are still reported, not announced: https://t.co/heXhRTERr2

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NBC is developing a single-camera Coach reboot with Ty Burrell executive producing and set to star as a coach rebuilding his alma mater's basketball program in Minnesota, per Deadline. In development, not ordered. https://t.co/031oaKFtrg

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Mouthwashing hits Xbox Series X|S, PC and Game Pass on Oct. 29, two days before Halloween. No, I'm Not a Human follows on Xbox and Game Pass in 2027, per Xbox Wire. https://t.co/zJfhoZcOpM

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Saw Clayface? 5 details with deep DC roots, from a recast actor in 1940 to the cartoon that made Matt Hagen a movie star. Light spoilers: https://t.co/J9UYWYgBo9

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Obsession is coming to Netflix in the US on Nov. 17, per Netflix. Fun fact: Curry Barker says Netflix originally wanted it straight-to-streaming. Theaters won. https://t.co/ubAMNm2Rf7

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Wonder Woman turned 85 and DC gave her 2027. The Year of Wonder opens with Louise Simonson and Cian Tormey on Wonder Woman #41 (Jan. 20), then Stephanie Williams and Elena Casagrande for six issues. Covers, prices, free comics: https://t.co/8AzTEa6P73

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In the comics, Matt Hagen was a treasure hunter, not an actor. So where does Clayface's movie origin come from? Basil Karlo, a 1992 cartoon and a few ideas no comic tried. Ending spoilers clearly marked: https://t.co/qknTi7rRBv

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Marvel's "Crisis of Faith" crossover will test the trust between Peter Parker and Miles Morales in April 2027. Joe Kelly (Amazing Spider-Man) and Bryan Edward Hill (Miles Morales: Spider-Man) write. What we know: https://t.co/ccZRX2o7m7

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Mick Foley's favorite Christmas movie? Elf.

His favorite Christmas show? The Twilight Zone's 1960 episode "The Night of the Meek," with Art Carney. He rewatches it every year "just to put my heart in the right place." 🎄

From our NYCC 2026 interview.

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James Gunn's pre-Clayface body horror list: Shivers, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, The Brood, Altered States, The Thing, Basket Case, Videodrome, Re-Animator, The Fly, The Blob, Cronos and (of course) Slither. Clayface opens Oct. 23: https://t.co/dhmCCgbZUU

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Deadline reports final James Bond screen tests could start as early as Friday, with Jack Lowden, Callum Turner and Josh O'Connor among at least four finalists. Jacob Elordi is reportedly out. Nobody has been cast. https://t.co/wVpWv1yfMi

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Resident Evil 2, 3 and 4 remakes are on the Switch 2 eShop now, with launch discounts through Nov. 7 and physical editions due Jan. 29, 2027, per Capcom. Nintendo's guide to every RE game on Switch and Switch 2: https://t.co/VninjMBYK4

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Carrie is coming back. Prime Video has renewed Mike Flanagan's Stephen King series for Season 2, two weeks after launch. Flanagan: "we imagined a story that goes far beyond the prom." https://t.co/a6050H6kK3

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George A. Romero's early-1960s film Expostulations, once thought destroyed in a flood, gets its first public screening March 26, 2027, with a live orchestra, at the Pittsburgh theater where Night of the Living Dead premiered. https://t.co/rGWsF3RxhJ

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Deadstream's Joseph and Vanessa Winter will write and direct Future Me, adapted from Daria Vasileva's r/NoSleep story about an email from your past self, per Variety. In development. https://t.co/gsxkoxImaE

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American Horror Story is renewed for Season 14 at FX, per Deadline and TVLine, a week before the Season 13 finale (Oct. 29). No theme, date or cast yet. https://t.co/Cn0rOGyKpP

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Keanu Reeves is in talks to join Don Lee in James Wan's remake of The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil at Paramount, per THR. Talks, not a signed deal. https://t.co/uQLI5cqXlb

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NEON has acquired ‘NAZA’ — a documentary detailing the genocide in Gaza.

In US theaters now.

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Battlefield 6's Dead Space event is live through Nov. 10, and it's more than skins: Marker Incursion is a new 16-player PvE mode on Area 51. Pulse Rifle as a match pickup, cosmetic rewards. https://t.co/BReGhPEjs3

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40 years of AFI FEST opened last night with LAIKA's Wildwood and the whole company on stage. We were there. Parents: it's PG-13 — slide 2. 📸

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