90’s Slasher Urban Legend Returns for Modern Reboot

A Ghostbuster is offered as Tribute in the new Hunger Games, the Toxic Avenger cleans up Los Angeles, and an Arrow star boards a movie adaptation of the world’s most popular autopsy simulator. Do you know what happens to a toad when it’s struck by lightning? The same thing that happens to Morning Spoilers!

The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping

Deadline reports McKenna Grace has joined the cast of the new Hunger Games as Maysilee Donner, Haymitch Abernathy’s fellow District 12 Tribute.

The Mortuary Assistant

Deadline also has word Willa Holland (Arrow) and Paul Sparks (House of Cards) will star in a film adaptation of the horror video game, The Mortuary Assistant, from director Jeremiah Kipp. Holland will play Rebecca, “the young woman confronting terrifying supernatural forces,” while Sparks has been cast as Raymond Delver, “Rebecca’s mysterious mortician boss, who appears to be a mentor, but also a potential threat.” According to the outlet, “the film is billed as a new chapter in the story that will expand on the game’s world and mythology, delving deeper into the lore of the demonic entities plaguing River Fields.”

Urban Legend

According to THR, Gary Dauberman is in talks to produce a reboot of the Urban Legend franchise. Shanrah Wakefield has been hired to write the script.

Final Destination: Bloodlines

Bloody-Disgusting has a new Spanish-language poster for Final Destination: Bloodlines.

The Toxic Avenger

The Toxic Avenger was recently spotted cleaning up the streets of Los Angeles in honor of Earth Day.

Fountain of Youth

Apple TV+ has released another trailer for Fountain of Youth starring Natalie Portman, John Krasinski, and Eiza Gonzalez.

The Bunker

A micropathogen specialist (Chelsea Edmundson) is sealed in an underground bunker until she can develop a bioweapon to combat extraterrestrial invaders in the trailer for The Bunker, co-starring Tony Todd and Tobin Bell.

Thorns

Elsewhere, an “ex-priest working for NASA” investigates a remote observatory that went mysteriously silent after receiving a radio signal from space in the trailer for Thorns, a Hellraiser-inspired sci-fi film including an appearance from Doug Bradley.

Darkly

Deadline reports Blumhouse has teamed with Jamie Lee Curtis on a television series based on Marisha Pessl’s novel Darkly. The story concerns a teenager named Arcadia “Dia” Gannon as she lands an internship at the titular Darkly, a “terrifying toy and game company” whose founder died under mysterious circumstances. “As Dia and her fellow interns delve into the heart of Darkly, they discover hidden symbols, buried clues and a web of intrigue.”

Love, Death + Robots

Netflix has also released another trailer for the fourth season of Love, Death + Robots.

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

Finally, the cast of Strange New Worlds meets Spongebob Squarepants in a crossover promotion at Paramount+,

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