James Gunn Is Preparing for His Next Chapter In the DCU

Sydney Sweeney is heading to horror with a new film adaptation of The Masque of Red Death. Paul Wesley is returning to vampires for a new horror-comedy. Plus, what’s coming on the next episode of Severance. Spoilers, away!

The Masque of the Red Death

Deadline reports Sydney Sweeney will star in a new film adaptation of The Masque of the Red Death from A24 and writer/director, Charlie Polinger.

Trash’s Revenge

According to Bloody-Disgusting, the late Return of the Living Dead actors James Karen and Don Calfa will appear in Linnea Quigley’s meta-sequel, Trash’s Revenge, “with the magic of CGI.”

James Gunn’s DCU

In response to a fan on Threads (via Screen Rant), James Gunn confirmed he’s now “pre-writing” his next DCU project after Superman and Peacemaker season two.

Stagtown

Variety reports a film adaptation of the horror webtoon Stagtown is now in development at LuckyChap and Wattpad Webtoon Studios, Inc. with Benjamin Brewer (Arcadian) attached to direct. The story follows Frankie, Jeremy, and Felix “as they discover something is terribly wrong in the town of Stagtown and attempt to escape the horrors that the residents spend every day ignoring.”

Star Trek: Section 31

During a recent interview with TV Line, director Olatunde Osunsanmi stated he “worked hard” to uphold Star Trek‘s “ideals” and “optimism” in Section 31.

What we can say is we worked really hard to make sure we kept up the ideals of optimism and ‘What do we want our society to be in the future?’ In the end, Section 31 is good, it’s fun, and it’s a joy. Hopefully, they’re pleasantly surprised.

The Ugly Stepsister

Fangoria has three new images from The Ugly Stepsister, Shudder’s upcoming horror film adaptation of Cinderella.

Untitled Vampire Comedy

Deadline reports The Vampire Diaries‘ Paul Wesley is attached to produce a pilot for a currently untitled vampire comedy at Fox concerning “a determined 25-year-old vampire who struggles with running the family business for his murderous and suffocating vampire parents while trying to chase his dream to become an actor.” Wesley co-wrote the pilot with Unstable‘s Victor Fresco. Liz Friedlander (The Rookie) is attached to direct.

Severance

Spoiler TV has a synopsis and images from “Goodbye Mrs. Selvig,” this week’s episode of Severance. Click through for more.

Outie Mark contemplates the meaning of a message. Lumon grapples with the fallout of the Overtime Contingency.

School Spirits

Finally, Paramount+ has released a trailer for the second season of School Spirits releasing this January 30.

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