Eric Roberts Joins Psychological Horror Pic ‘Down Below’ From Filmmaker Spyder Dobrofsky

Artificial intelligence continues to be one of the hot topics as we head into the second week of the actors week with Congressman Adam Schiff joining the picket line to call for more AI regulation.

John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent Having impressed with Peter Hengl’s “Family Dinner,” a 2022 Tribeca world premiere, Vienna-based Capra Film is developing an ever expanding slate of movies and series which establishes it as a growing genre force to keep track of in Europe.  Founded in 2015 by producer Lola Basara and writer-director Hengl, Capra Film was the only production-house to have two titles at October’s Sitges Fanpitch, where Hengl’s  “Krampusnacht” won a Fantasia-Frontières Award, consisting of an invitation to Frontières, Fantasia’s vibrant industry platform, running July 26-29.  As a potential follow-up, Hengl is developing “Bug Boy,” a teenage body horror creature feature. Also in the Capra hopper are period horror film “Dracu,” from Schlegel, horror film “In the Moorland,” by Michael Winiecki, TV series “Newfall,” from Stefano Nurra, and vampire film “Thirst,” by Paul Ertl.

Shailene Woodley, Olivia Rodrigo and more stars were American Girls long before they became Hollywood A-listers.

SAG-AFTRA is officially on strike.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer SAG-AFTRA announced Thursday that it is on strike against the film and TV companies, marking only the second time in Hollywood history that actors have joined writers on the picket lines. The SAG-AFTRA national board held its meeting on Thursday morning and voted unanimously to approve a strike recommendation forwarded by the negotiating committee, Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, national executive director and chief negotiator of SAG-AFTRA, said during a press conference. “Union members should withhold their labor until a fair contract can be achieved,” he told the room. “They have left us with no alternative.”

performers to join film and television writers on picket lines as early as Thursday.The SAG-AFTRA actors union, which represents 160,000 members, said its national board would vote on a strike order on Thursday morning. If approved, Hollywood studios would face their first dual work stoppage in 63 years and be forced to shut down production across the United States.Both SAG-AFTRA and the Writers Guild of America (WGA) are demanding increases in base pay and residuals in the streaming TV era plus assurances that their work will not be replaced by artificial intelligence (AI).Fran Drescher, former star of “The Nanny” and the president of SAG-AFTRA, said studios’ responses to the actors’ concerns had been “insulting and disrespectful.”“The companies have refused to meaningfully engage on some topics and on others completely stonewalled us,” she said in a statement.

Kim Zolciak-Biermann referred to husband Kroy Biermann as “aggressive” in bodycam footage filmed weeks before their reconciliation.

After eight films and a limited series, Xavier Dolan says he’s retiring from filmmaking. The news comes from Spanish outlet El País, who interviewed the filmmaker about his new limited series “The Night Logan Woke Up.” Despite premiering the series’ first two episodes at Sundance this past January, an American release for it has yet to be announced.

Julia Roberts is marking a major milestone. On Tuesday, the 55-year-old actress celebrated her 21st wedding anniversary by posting a rare PDA pic with her husband, Danny Moder.

Julia Roberts is marking a major milestone. On Tuesday, the 55-year-old actress celebrated her 21st wedding anniversary by posting a rare PDA pic with her husband, Danny Moder.In the sweet shot, Roberts and Moder, 54, are engaged in a passionate kiss.

The unseen and the obscene are the subject of Pascal Plante’s disturbingly brilliant psychological horror, which takes an overused genre — the serial killer movie — and an often-misused technique — dark Lynchian surrealism — and somehow alchemizes the two into something new and original. It’s strong meat for sure (the courtroom-drama framing is deceptive, since this is not really a film about justice), but word-of-mouth cult status beckons, and a healthy nightlife on the genre circuit is assured.

Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis met on the set of -- which ran from 1998 to 2006 -- but didn't begin dating until April 2012. They were engaged less than two years later in February 2014 — the same year they welcomed their daughter, Wyatt — and they secretly tied the knot in 2015.

The Spice Girls may have gone their separate ways over 20 years ago, but they are still considered one of the biggest girl groups of all time!

Eric Roberts (“Babylon,” “Suits”) has joined Spyder Dobrofsky’s upcoming feature, “Down Below.” The psychological horror film, “centers around a young sheriff and a criminal suspect who find their lives intertwined when both become haunted by a sinister force on Christmas Eve,” per the official logline. Roberts portrays a police psychologist, who’s having difficulty with his patient, a suspended cop due to an act of violence against a civilian. Roberts is joined by Hutch Dano and Christopher Livingston.

Kim Kardashian is feeling the burn from striking Hollywood writers after a seemingly innocuous tweet raised hackles.

Robert Downey Jr. left Sarah Jessica Parker "angry and embarrassed" during their seven-year relationship. Downey and Parker dated after starring together in "Firstborn" in 1984.

Well, it seems Spider-Man might have one less foe to worry about.“El Muerto,” part of Sony’s Spider-Man Universe (as it is now known) and starring international music sensation Bad Bunny as a somewhat obscure character, has been removed from the studio’s upcoming release calendar. The movie, which is scheduled to be directed by Jonás Cuarón, was originally scheduled to be released on Jan.

The Blackening is a potent blend of comedy, and thrills that parodies and challenges the genre’s tropes, specifically those around a mostly Black cast. Under the direction of Tim Story and script by Tracey Oliver, it pays homage to some iconic horror franchises like Scream, Friday the 13th, and Saw with a bit of Cabin In The Woods sprinkled in for some extra razzle dazzle. In the midst of the chaotic hijinks, the narrative centers Black American culture and all of its complexities. The film stars Jermaine Fowler, Antoinette Robertson, Dewayne Perkins, Sinqa Walls, Grace Byers, X Mayo, Melvin Gregg, with Yvonne Orji, and Jay Pharoah. 

Back in the late 1980s and early ’90s, Sarah Jessica Parker and Robert Downey Jr. was a couple.

Emma Roberts had a special set visitor on the set of American Horror Story: Delicate.