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Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 only used 10 per cent of the dialogue recorded for Venom, according to voice actor Tony Todd.Venom serves as one of several antagonists in Spider-Man 2 but speaking at Fan Expo San Francisco 2023, Todd suggested a bigger role was originally planned (via Twitter user Evan Filarca).

EXCLUSIVE: Horror film Stream, from the producers of the breakout Terrifier franchise, has secured an August 21 U.S., Canada and Mexico theatrical release via Iconic Events Releasing.

Tom Hardy took to Instagram to compliment Tony Todd’s performance as Venom in Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, describing him as a “legend”.Todd is most famous for playing Candyman, the titular ghost of a series of horror films in the ’90s, as well as characters in the Star Trek universe in the shows The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine and Voyager.He has also appeared in a number of video games including Half-Life 2: Episode Two, Dota 2, Call Of Duty: Black Ops 2, Half-Life: Alyx, and Back 4 Blood.The actor returned to the film role of Candyman in 2021. Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 director Bryan Intihar happened to hear Todd’s voice in the trailer for the film at the same time that Todd had sent in his audition for Venom.According to the director, the timing couldn’t have been more ideal.

EXCLUSIVE: The DTLA Film Festival has set the full feature lineup for its 15th edition, taking place at Regal L.A. Live from November 1-5, announcing the Jack Huston starrer Hail Mary as its opening night film.

Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 senior creative director Bryan Intihar has shared that he felt “so scared” when it came to casting Venom in the upcoming PS5 exclusive.In an exclusive interview with Entertainment Weekly, Intihar and other members of the Insomniac Games team said that there was a lot of pressure to develop a new experience that would be as beloved as the original Marvel’s Spider-Man.“We knew it would be so anticipated and people would have a lot of opinions on it,” said Intihar. Casting the role was “one of the things I was avoiding for as long as possible, because I was so scared of who we were going to get to do the voice,” continued the senior creative director.As luck would have it, Intihar heard actor Tony Todd’s voice in the trailer for the newest Candyman movie in 2021.

EXCLUSIVE: Tony Todd (Candyman) and Natasha Henstridge (Species) have been tapped star alongside Isabella Blake-Thomas (Secret Society of Second Born Royals) in the YA supernatural thriller Karma’s a Bitch, which has just wrapped production. Others in the ensemble include Pearce Joza, Terry Hu, Matt Cornett, David Lipper, Rich Ting, Elise Luthman, Notlim Taylor, Abbie Georganna, Pedro Henrique, Eddie McClintock and Fernanda Romero.

Rene Rodriguez Shot during the pandemic and set on May 30, 2020 — just a few days after the death of George Floyd during an arrest by the Minneapolis Police Department — “Traveling Light” is an experimental attempt at social commentary that fails to provide any insight, emotion or even entertainment of the most basic kind. Nearly a year after its weird-fit premiere at genre-focused Beyond Fest in Los Angeles, this scrappy COVID-era quickie from eclectic director Bernard Rose (who made the original “Candyman”) opens today in New York and Seattle, with other cities to follow.It seems Rose was aiming for a loose riff on “The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie,” focusing on a gathering in the Hollywood Hills of the followers of a self-proclaimed guru/prophet (Danny Huston), where everyone drinks a concoction spiked with an unnamed hallucinogenic and eventually line-dances while chanting “Hare Hare,” even though there isn’t a single Hare Krishna in sight.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaQuiver Distribution has acquired North American rights to “Bitch Ass,” a horror movie that premiered at this year’s SXSW where it won the Midnighter’s Audience Award and earned praise for its sly reinvention of the slasher genre. The film stars Teon Kelley (“Tyler”), Tunde Laleye (“Black as Night”), Me’lisa Sellers (“Split”), Tony Todd (“Candyman”), and Sheaun McKinney (“The Neighborhood”) and was written and directed by Bill Posley (“Cobra Kai”).

EXCLUSIVE: Sierra McCormick (American Horror Stories), Tony Todd (Candyman), Katie Sarife (Annabelle Comes Home), Gina Hiraizumi (Doom Patrol), Emmy nominee Morgan Fairchild (Murphy Brown) and Nicky Whelan (The Binge) have boarded Robin Givens’ mockumentary-style comedy, The Nana Project. They join an ensemble that also includes Oscar and Golden Globe winner Mercedes Ruehl, Nolan Gould and Will Peltz, as previously announced.

EXCLUSIVE: Filming has wrapped on documentary Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story about the life and career of Robert Englund who shot to fame portraying one of Hollywood’s most iconic horror characters: Freddy Krueger.

Tony Todd (Candyman), Lydia Hearst (Z Nation), Bai Ling (Red Corner), Teala Dunn (Are We There Yet?), and Robert Picardo (Star Trek: Voyager) have joined the cast of Werewolf Game, an upcoming horror mystery from emerging genre directors, Jackie Payne and Cara Brennan.

From the moment Tony Todd, playing Titus Darq, a pencil mustache master of ceremonies hosting a “Good Horror Movie Night,” appears on the screen with a Vincent Price inspired cackle, you know Bill Posley’s hilarious homage to 1990s Black horror, “Bitch Ass,” knows exactly what movie it wants to be. In his opening welcome, accentuated by comical splashes of thunder, the keys of a creepy piano, and the nostalgic buzz of a VHS tape, Darq makes allusions to “Candyman,” “Tales from the Hood,” “Bones,” and so forth to prime viewers for Posley’s deliciously schlocky vision.

EXCLUSIVE: star Tony Todd wants the world to know he’s not retiring.

EXCLUSIVE: Screen Media has acquired U.S. rights to Benjamin Louis’ found footage horror film Stoker Hills, starring William Lee Scott (The Butterfly Effect), Danny Nucci (Titanic), Steffani Brass (Six Feet Under) and Tony Todd (Candyman), with plans to release it in theaters and on demand in January.

Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 at the PlayStation Showcase on September 9 also came the reveal that Tony Todd would be the voice of symbiote Venom, and he says the “game is massive.”A fan asked Todd on Twitter if the casting was true and how long he’d known about it, to which he replied “2 months or so. Game is massive.  That’s why it won’t come out till.

Candyman sequel has had a big opening weekend at the Box Office.The film, which is a direct sequel to the 1992 original starring Tony Todd, has grossed $20.7 million (£15.04 million) during its opening weekend which is particularly high for a summer horror movie (via Deadline).The film was especially popular with 18-34 year-olds, who made up 71 per cent of the audience turnout.The Nia DaCosta-directed feature is also performing well with critics – reviews see it currently scoring 72% on Rotten

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Ethan Shanfeld Nearly 30 years after the vengeful spirit first haunted the big screen in 1992, the Candyman is back.Serving as a “spiritual sequel” to the original supernatural slasher of the same name, Nia DaCosta’s “Candyman” — written by recent horror darling Jordan Peele — was met with mostly positive reviews.Read some highlights of what critics are saying below:Variety’s Owen Gleiberman:But now “Candyman” has been remade, by the director Nia DaCosta (I’m pleased to report that Tony Todd is

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film Critic“Candyman,” the 1992 slasher movie starring Tony Todd as a vengeful specter in a floor-length fur-lined coat, with a hook for a left hand and a devoted swarm of killer bees, was an urban-legend horror film that was ahead of its time but also, just maybe, a little too much of its time. Todd’s scowling ripper started off as an enslaved person’s son, Daniel Robitaille, who in the late 1800s was a successful artist.

EXCLUSIVE: Tony Todd (Candyman franchise), Tobin Bell (Saw franchise) and Chelsea Edmundson (Thunder Road) are leading the cast of sci-fi horror The Bunker, which is now shooting in Los Angeles.

Candyman franchise is set to be released this Spring.The Complete History Of Candyman will give horror fans an in-depth insight into the movie trilogy that ran from 1992-1999, including the main character’s origins (played by Tony Todd) in Clive Barker’s short story The Forbidden.It also delves into Jordan Peele’s up-and-coming “spiritual sequel” starring Yahya Abdul-Meteen II which is scheduled to be released later this year.“The Complete History Of Candyman presents an in-depth investigation

Gravitas Ventures has picked up the North American rights for a day-and-date release of Insight, an action film produced and directed by Livi Zheng. Ken Zheng wrote the screenplay and stars alongside Madeline Zima, Sean Patrick Flanery, John Savage, Adam Huss, Tony Todd, and Keith David.

Here’s an outstanding new trailer for the upcoming Candyman film from Nia DaCosta. The film is being described as a “spiritual sequel” to the 1992 horror film of the same name that returns to the now-gentrified Chicago neighbourhood where the legend began.The new film stars Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Teyonah Parris, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett and Colman Domingo, and Tony Todd and Vanessa Estelle Williams will both reprise their roles from the 1992 original.

If you've seen the eerie new trailer for Jordan Peele's reimagined Candyman and are jonesing for the original (as well as its not-so-awesome sequels) you are in luck. All three can be streamed through various services. Scroll down to see where.

The urban legend is back: The first trailer for Jordan Peele’s revamp of the 1992 horror classic “Candyman” dropped Thursday.

An urban legend is reborn in the first trailer for “Candyman”.

Henry Rollins has been announced as the voice of Tri-Klops in Netflix’s animated He-Man Reboot, Deadline reports. Tri-Klops is a henchman of the villain Skeletor. Both charaters are enemies of the main protagonist, He-Man.

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