Roger Corman Dies: ‘The Little Shop Of Horrors’ Director & Independent Filmmaker Was 98

The Exorcist franchise.The Doctor Sleep director, who is best known for his Netflix original dramas such as The Haunting of Hill House and The Haunting of Bly Manor, will helm what is being described as a “radical new take” on The Exorcist for Blumhouse and Morgan Creek.“The Exorcist is one of the reasons I became a filmmaker, and it is an honour to have the chance to try something fresh, bold, and terrifying within its universe,” Flanagan stated (via Variety). “Reuniting with my friends at Blumhouse, with whom I’ve made some of my favorite pieces of work, only makes this more exciting.”Notably, Flanagan’s upcoming film will be an all-new story and not a sequel to 2023’s The Exorcist: Believer, which was directed by David Gordon Green.

Exorcist film is in the works with horror filmmaker Mike Flanagan tapped to direct.Per a report by Deadline Hollywood, horror filmhouse Blumhouse has confirmed that Flanagan will lead a new entry in the Exorcist universe, telling an entirely new story. It has also confirmed that the movie will not be tied to last year’s The Exorcist: Believer from director David Gordon Green.In a press statement announcing Flanagan’s attachment to the next Exorcist film, Blumhouse promised that the director’s movie will be a “radical new take” on the horror franchise that has spanned nearly five decades.So excited we can finally confirm this! https://t.co/Z27QUv5wI1— Mike Flanagan (@flanaganfilm) May 30, 2024Flanagan – best known for Doctor Sleep and his acclaimed Netflix projects The Haunting Of Hill House, Midnight Mass and The Fall of the House of Usher – will also write and produce the currently untitled Exorcist film.The news comes after David Gordon Green exited the Exorcist franchise earlier this year due to last year’s Believer poor performance at the box office.

The Repair Shop host Jay Blades has pulled out of a public appearance at the last minute, with his team sharing that he is 'taking time out' following his split from wife Lisa Zbozen. The presenter, 54, was scheduled to appear at Hay Festival in Wales over this weekend, a literary festival which features a range of art, literature, science, politics, music and comedy activities and shows.

A huge shake up to the BBC One schedule has seen the finale of The Repair Shop dropped from its original spot.The 13th series of the hit programme began airing in April was scheduled to draw to a close on Wednesday, 5 June at 8pm However, the last episode in the series - hosted by furniture restorer Jay Blades - will air at a much later date now. Instead, EastEnders will air in the 8pm slot on BBC One, instead of the hit soap's usual 7.30pm spot. It has been moved due to a D-Day Special from The One Show.

The Repair Shop's Jay Blades was spotted without his wedding ring for the first time since his split from wife Lisa-Marie Zbozen.The presenter was snapped taking a drive around rural Shropshire in his black Range Rover, wearing his signature black glasses and looking sombrely focused on the road ahead. Jay's outing marks his first public appearance since Lisa-Marie announced they were ending their 18-month marriage. In a heartfelt Instagram post in early May 2024, Lisa-Marie confirmed their separation while sharing her emotional state.

Pat Saperstein Deputy Editor Fred Roos, casting director for landmark films such as “American Graffiti” and who went on to have a close relationship with Francis Ford Coppola, including producing best picture winner “Godfather Part II” and “Apocalypse Now,” died Saturday in Beverly Hills. He was 89.

Naman Ramachandran Raven Banner Entertainment has launched sales at the Cannes Film Festival‘s market on the reboot of Roger Corman‘s cult sword and sorcery film series, “Deathstalker,” which is currently shooting in Canada. Daniel Bernhardt (“John Wick,” “The Matrix Reloaded”) stars as the titular character in this reimagined instalment, directed by Steven Kostanski (“The Void,” “Psycho Goreman”). Bernhardt plays a barbarian cursed by a magical talisman, leading him into conflict with a malevolent wizard and monstrous assassins.

Lily Gladstone took a break from jury duty at the Cannes Film Festival on Thursday to present Ron Howard with Variety’s Profile in Excellence Award. Howard was the guest of honor at the annual Welcome to Cannes Party, hosted in partnership with the Gotham Film & Media Institute at Lucia Beach, where an array of industry veterans — including The Gotham’s Jeffrey Sharp, Focus Features’ Jason Cassidy, Disney’s Keleigh Thomas Morgan, the Sundance Institute’s Eugene Hernandez and more — donned their best beach chic attire (with sunglasses) to mix, mingle and sip rosé.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent The Bureau Sales has teamed with French production banner Paprika and filmmaker Vincent Munier on “Whispering in the Woods,” a documentary that will be teased to buyers at the Cannes Film Market. “Whispering in the Woods” marks Munier’s follow-up to “The Velvet Queen” (co-directed by Marie Amiguet), a critically acclaimed documentary that competed for a Golden Eye Award at the Cannes Film Festival and won a Cesar prize in 2022. The doc is currently filming across different locations, from the Vosges mountains to Tibet, and is expected to be delivered by next spring.

Pat Saperstein Deputy Editor Roger Corman, who died Saturday at 98, was famously involved with many of the greats of filmmaking at the start of their careers. In the case of Ron Howard, he helped the young actor transition from being a child star into a versatile director, giving him his first directing job with the action comedy “Grand Theft Auto” in 1977. Howard noted that Corman was also known for giving women more opportunities than they typically had in the film industry at that time, including Penelope Spheeris and Gale Ann Hurd.

The Hollywood filmmaking community remembered Roger Corman today as a man who had a “can-do” attitude about making movies. Along the way, he touched many lives, blazing a path for newcomers to enter the business and others to keep the lights on through his relentless drive to produce films.

Variety yesterday that he passed away on Thursday (May 9) at his home in Santa Monica, California, surrounded by family members.Corman was seen as a trailblazer in the world of independent film, producing and directing hundreds of low-budget movies and giving an early platform to leading figures in the industry, including Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, James Cameron, Jack Nicholson and Robert De Niro.“His films were revolutionary and iconoclastic, and captured the spirit of an age. When asked how he would like to be remembered, he said, ‘I was a filmmaker, just that,’” the family said in a statement.Known variously as ‘The Pope of Pop Cinema’ and ‘The Spiritual Godfather of the New Hollywood’, he made his name in the 1960s, creating his own studios New World Pictures and New Concorde, and was awarded an Honorary Academy Award in 2009 for his “rich engendering of films and filmmakers”.His own films were often made quickly with low budgets and specialised in genres such as horror, science fiction and action.Several major names received early credits in Corman’s work, including Nicholson in The Little Shop of Horrors (1960), Scorsese with Boxcar Bertha (1972), Cameron with Battle Beyond the Stars (1980) and Ron Howard with Grand Theft Auto (1977).Howard himself joked that Corman told him during the tumultuous making of his first film Eat My Dust that “if you do a good job on this film, you won’t ever have to work for me again!”Tributes have come in for Corman, with director John Carpenter writing on X: “Roger Corman, one of the most influential movie directors in my life, has passed away.

Roger Corman, the Oscar-winning “King of the Bs” who helped turn out such low-budget classics as “Little Shop of Horrors” and “Attack of the Crab Monsters” and gave many of Hollywood’s most famous actors and directors early breaks, has died. He was 98.Corman died Thursday at his home in Santa Monica, California, his daughter Catherine Corman said Saturday in a statement.“He was generous, open-hearted and kind to all those who knew him,” the statement said.

Roger Corman, who directed and produced hundreds of low-budget films and discovered such future industry stars as Jack Nicholson, Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro, has died. He was 98.

Jay Blades has reportedly "cut ties" with BBC's The Repair Shop, stepping back from the show following his marriage split and a tragic loss.The BBC host is said to be taking a break from the popular series and has been noticeably absent from filming due to personal issues. The news comes just six days after his wife Lisa-Marie Zbozen announced their marriage had ended. In what appears to be a subtle jab at the BBC show, Jay has removed all references to The Repair Shop from his social media accounts on X and Instagram, as reported by The Sun.

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A much-loved trainee accountant took her own life when she was hit by a train passing through a station in Greater Manchester at high speed, a coroner has concluded. Alanis Ogundipe, who was 26, was described by her family as a 'fantastically-talented, intelligent, independent and beautiful young woman with a big future ahead of her'.

Miranda Cosgrove‘s onscreen relationship is taking center stage in Netflix’s new movie Mother of the Bride, and you might be wondering about her real-life relationship status.

Jay Blades is reportedly taking a step back from TV work following the tragic death of his uncle and split from his wife.The presenter most well-known for The Repair Shop shared the harrowing news on Wednesday 1 May, that his uncle had been murdered after being stabbed on a peaceful residential road. As Jay addressed his fans, he said: "Hope you're all well.This is kind of like a public service announcement.

Amidst the recent announcement of The Repair Shop star Jay Blades' separation from his wife, Lisa Marie Zbozen, his sister-in-law Teresa took to social media to share a cryptic message.Teresa wrote on Instagram today: “Processing and trying to comprehend how or why someone you love could find themselves in this situation has been difficult. “Keeping the secret, using code words on messages and calls to be sure it's safe to ring, until it all became too much has left me a range of emotions.