Pop Culture Headlines — Siren Head Adaptation

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Possession Casting

Paul Dano (Riddler for DC‘s The Batman) will join Callum Turner and Margaret Qualley in the remake of the horror film Possession. Parker Finn, known for the film franchise Smile, wrote the script and is directing. In the original film, we follow a married couple in Cold War-era West Berlin whose relationship spirals into supernatural terror.

Clarissa Release Date

Variety confirmed that Neon announced the release date for the film Clarissa.

“Clarissa relocates Virginia Woolf’s single-day London novel Mrs. Dalloway to a contemporary African metropolis. The story centers on Clarissa, a society woman preparing to host a party at her Lagos home, where she unexpectedly reunites with once-intimate friends from her youth. Across a single night, the group revisits a shared past, surfacing memories of passionate love, hidden desire and lost ambition that build toward a bittersweet reckoning.”

Neon confirmed that the film will premiere in select theaters on December 11.

Siren Head Adaptation

The Hollywood Reporter confirmed that WB Discovery has purchased the rights to creature designer Trevor Henderson’s viral horror creation Siren Head. It’s a tall rotting skeletal figure with sirens for its head. Zach Cregger, known for directing Weapons, will write the script with Brian Duffield. Duffield is likely to direct.

New Comics This Week

Image Comics and Skybound are releasing Invincible Universe: Battle Beast #11. IDW Publishing is releasing Sonic the Hedgehog x Godzilla #1. IDW Publishing is releasing Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder #10. Dark Horse Comics is releasing Kingdom of Earth #1.

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