Billie Lourd is most certainly Hollywood royalty, even if she weren’t the daughter of the Princess of Alderaan. The 23-year-old actress, of course, is third generation Tinseltown, the daughter of Star Wars star (and Legion of Leia inspiration) Carrie Fisher, who is herself the offspring from the ultimately ill-fated and headline-making...
Tag - horror
Although common wisdom (and the MPAA) dictates that we shield our children from horror imagery, I can say from experience – and I think many of you will agree – that young kids can already grasp the thrill of being scared. Indeed, I think children might like being scared more than they let on. As children, we tend to be drawn to horror movies...
On this week’s 11th episode of the Legion of Leia Podcast, my co-hosts Anastasia Washington and Sabina Ibarra and I welcome guest Matthew Solomon, writer and director of the upcoming horror film Chatter. The film stars Tohoru Masamune, Brady Smith, Sarena Khan, Richard Hatch and Alison Haislip. Here is the info for the...
Legion of Leia was invited to Nerdist‘s Fathom Event premiere of The Hive. We got to chat with director David Yarovesky about his wickedly twisted horror flick and were also joined by his long time friend director James Gunn at the premiere to talk about the feature, their fave scary movies and more.
Wes Craven, director of Nightmare on Elm Street, Scream and dozens of other horror films has passed away at the age of 76 from brain cancer. Craven, who’s first feature film was The Last House on the Left back in 1972 was an icon of the horror world, combining genres and humor, creating his signature style. A Nightmare on Elm Street...
Legion of Leia Podcast Episode 5 – Jessica Chobot, D23, Star Wars, Marvel, Top Horror Films and More
On episode 5 of the Legion of Leia Podcast, Anastasia Washington, Sabina Ibarra and I welcome the lovely Jessica Chobot, host of Nerdist News and the podcast Bizarre States, which you guys definitely have to check out. This week we take on Disney‘s D23 and what we got to see. We talk about the cast of Star Wars, the upcoming animated...
The CW head Mark Pedowitz announced today that the creators of The Pretender, Steven Long Mitchell and Craig W. Van Sickle will be penning a Friday the 13th series at the network. I’ve been lucky enough to work with Mitchell and Van Sickle when I wrote a preview of the graphic novel prequel to The Pretender a couple years back. I...
Last weekend we hit the Etheria Film Festival where we got a chance to chat with Shevenge director Amber Benson (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) and screenwriter David Greenman (About Last Night). (We got a chance to interview Benson and star Megan Lee Joy a while back. Check it out here!) We chatted with them about the film, the horror genre and...
Guillermo del Toro’s upcoming gothic horror film Crimson Peak has a new trailer and it’s gorgeously freaky. We’ve been waiting for this period ghost story for a long time and if the trailer is to be believed, it was worth the wait. Here is the official synopsis: “In the aftermath of a family tragedy, an aspiring author is torn...
On this week’s Most Craved, horror director Adam Green joins myself and my co-hosts Silas Lesnick from ComingSoon.net and William Bibbiani from CraveOnline to promote his new movie Digging Up the Marrow. You know Green from Hatchet, his version of Frozen (not related to singing sisters) and Saber. We talked to Green about this...