Brad Dourif talks the branching paths of Child’s Play 8. Andy Serkis defends using A.I. in The Hunt for Gollum. An apocalyptic tsunami threatens earth in the latest trailer for Digger. Kathryn Newton and Lana Condor enter The Devil’s Mouth. Look… the point is, you are alive when they start to eat you. So try to show a little respect. It’s Morning Spoilers!
Cartoon Cat
In addition to Siren Head at Warner Bros., Deadline reports a horror film based on artist Trevor Henderson’s character, Cartoon Cat, is now also in development at Sony’s TriStar Pictures. Though no writer or director is currently attached to the project, the outlet states Roy Lee, Steven Schneider, Scott Glassgold, J. Todd Harris, Thomas Pettinelli, Marc Marcum are producing.
Child’s Play 8
During his recent appearance at Creep I.E. Con (via Bloody-Disgusting), Brad Dourif revealed he’s heard several pitches for an eighth Child’s Play movie from director Don Mancini.
If I know Don, I would say what he’s going to do is something completely different than I had thought of- that nobody had thought of. And he’ll go through a process of, like, making in his head this movie- I mean, I’ve actually-there is actually going to be another film made. I’ve heard maybe three pitches —that’s not a detail, and I’m not saying what they are—but they’re all different.
The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum
Andy Serkis spoke about his use of A.I. to digitally de-age the characters in The Hunt for Gollum during a recent interview with Variety.
There’s a little bit of de-aging for some of the characters and machine learning is part of the process. When you think about it, in the original Lord of the Rings films, Peter created MASSIVE, which was a program which allowed 1000s of orcs to all have their own individual mindset. So that is a brilliant example of an incredible use of AI. But we’re not creating AI shots in our movie, every shot is created in a traditional way. One of the things actually that I really wanted to do with this film was to bring back all of the great filmmaking skills, from miniatures to prosthetics and marry them up, because that’s my taste. I like it when you mix up different filmmaking techniques.
The Devil’s Mouth
Amazon has released a new poster for The Devil’s Mouth, premiering this July 29.
Spider-Man: Brand New Day
The Punisher tries to “get out of fighting” the Hulk in a new clip from Spider-Man: Brand New Day.
New clip of The Punisher in ‘SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY’.
Frank’s coffee obsession is starting to influence Peter. 😭 pic.twitter.com/6HtdAeR8W2
— Daredevil Shots (@_DaredevilShots) July 13, 2026
Digger
The latest trailer for for Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s Digger reveals meltwater from Judy the Glacier could cause an apocalyptic tsunami if not properly dealt with.
American Horror Story: Penthouse
Several cast photos from the set of American Horror Story: Penthouse have begun to surface online.
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
In a since-deleted Instagram post captured by Screen Rant, actor James Frain appeared to confirm his return as Ambassador Sarek in the upcoming season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.
The Beauty
According to a new report from Deadline, the cast of Ryan Murphy’s The Beauty have been released from their contracts, casting tremendous doubt on the possibility of the series returning for a second season.
Teen Titans Go!
Finally, the Titans contend with the Brain’s giant robot in another trailer for this week’s return of Teen Titans Go!
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