Emma Keates

New York

Writer at The A.V. Club

staff writer @TheAVClub | @emmakeates.bsky.social

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Articles

Stephen King's The Institute shares eerie first look at MGM Plus adaptation

1 day ago | avclub.com | Emma Keates

Prime Video’s Carrie series is heating up, but it isn’t the only Stephen King adaptation Amazon has brewing. It’s not even its only series about telekinesis. MGM+ (an Amazon subsidiary) just released a first look at The Institute, Jack Bender’s new take on King’s 2019 novel, which is just as creepy and sterile as fans may have hoped.
Pop star parasociality gets thriller treatment in Lurker trailer

1 day ago | avclub.com | Emma Keates

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Saoirse Ronan is a real live wire in Talking Heads' new "Psycho Killer" video

1 day ago | avclub.com | Emma Keates

In his own statement, Mills—who helmed films like 20th Century Women and C’mon C’mon—wrote that Talking Heads: 77, the album containing “Psycho Killer,” “literally changed what was possible in life for me… So to get to play with the subversive, uncategorizable beauty of Talking Heads, and to play with Saoirse who brought so much surprise, power, vulnerability and mischief to the party, it’s one of the best things I ever got to be a part of.” Ronan also expressed that to “simply be mentioned...
The Xenomorph gets some terrifying new friends in Alien: Earth trailer

1 day ago | avclub.com | Emma Keates

Skip to the content Alien: Earth wants to take you back in time. The new FX series from Fargo creator Noah Hawley serves as a prequel to Ridley Scott’s original Alien movie, focused on the planet that Ripley and co. left behind. But Hawley’s desire to turn back the clock extends past the show’s plot.
The Masque Of The Red Death passes from Sydney Sweeney to Mikey Madison

1 day ago | avclub.com | Emma Keates

Mikey Madison has been picky about her post-Oscar projects, but she may be adding a new commitment to her highly sought-after calendar. The Anora actor is currently in talks to topline Charlie Polinger’s The Masque Of The Red Death, a “wildly revisionist” adaptation of Edgar Allen Poe’s short story of the same name, per Variety. Sydney Sweeney was previously slated to lead the A24 film, but reportedly dropped out due to scheduling conflicts.
The Masque Of The Red Death passes from Sydney Sweeney to Mikey Madison

1 day ago | flipboard.com | Emma Keates

For one reason or another, Sydney Sweeney sure knows how to make the daily headlines. After announcing she would be launching a new men's soap made …
Warner Bros. Discovery hits cable TV department with layoffs

2 days ago | avclub.com | Emma Keates

Less than a year after its last major round of cuts, Warner Bros. is reportedly planning to axe more cable TV staffers. Sources for Deadline suggest that the layoffs will be in the double digits, but “well under 100.” The cuts will reportedly largely affect Discovery and its networks, including the Discovery Channel, Investigation Discovery, TLC, and more. The restructuring hasn’t gone as well as Zaslav may have hoped.
Octavia Spencer to put her studded Sexy hat back on for Ma sequel

2 days ago | avclub.com | Emma Keates

The horror studio announced the sequel this week at their Business of Fear symposium, per Deadline. Directed by The Help‘s Tate Taylor, the original Ma—now perhaps Ma 1—became a phenomenon due in part to its succinct title and tonally bizarre trailer. While the massive hype around the film always seemed somewhat distinct from the film itself, the plot follows Spencer as a lonely woman (the titular Ma, of course) who turns on a group of teens after inviting them to party in her basement.
Russell Simmons sues HBO for defamation over On The Record documentary

2 days ago | avclub.com | Emma Keates

“Despite voluminous support for Mr. Simmons in the form of credible information, persuasive evidence, witness statements, and calls for further investigation by notable members of the media, politics, and the civil rights movement, the defendants simply disregarded it, and released, and continue to re-release globally, a film that tremendously disparaged and damaged Mr. Simmons with salacious and defamatory accusations that he vehemently denies,” Ansari and co-counsel Carla DiMare wrote in a...
Warner Bros. Discovery hits cable TV department with layoffs

2 days ago | yahoo.com | Emma Keates

It’s another tough day for Warner Bros. Discovery staffers after a whole litany of tough days over the past few years. Last winter, WBD spun off its global linear TV department into a new operating division separate from Studios & Streaming.