Imagine Jurassic Park but you can’t see the dinosaurs. People running scared, getting attacked, torn to pieces, and yet there’s nothing there. Are you watching a film before the visual effects are finished or are you watching The Invisible Raptor?
If it’s after December 6, it’s the latter. Directed by Mike Hermosa, The Invisible Raptor comes to on-demand and select theaters Friday. It’s about a killer raptor that escapes a lab and begins to cause chaos all over town. A killer raptor that just so happens to be invisible. io9 has an exclusive clip from the film below and… you’ll get the idea here.
Did that invisible raptor just steal and fire a shotgun? Yes. Yes, it did.
The Invisible Raptor stars Mike Capes, David Shackelford, Caitlin McHugh Stamos, Sandy Martin, Bobby Gilchrist, Richard Riehle, and the man himself, Sean Astin. Here’s the official plot synopsis:
After a top-secret experiment goes wrong, a hyper-intelligent invisible raptor escapes the lab and begins wreaking havoc in the surrounding neighborhood. When the creature’s identity is uncovered, it soon becomes clear that a disgraced paleontologist—alongside his ex-girlfriend, an unhinged amusement park security guard, and a local celebrity chicken farmer—is the town’s only hope for surviving the raptor’s ravenous rampage.
“An unhinged amusement park security guard.” Amazing. We haven’t watched The Invisible Raptor yet but its premise is so wacky, and this clip so funny, we just had to let you know about it. Here’s the full trailer. Are you going to check it out?
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Tim Burton isn’t sure what his next movie is yet, and it may not be the Attack of the Fifty Foot Woman remake. The Life of Chuck adaptation has finally set a release date. Plus, Yellowjacket‘s MIA bonus episode might happen after all, and get a new look at Creature Commandos. Spoilers now!
Deadline reports Celeste Domingo (Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire) has joined the cast of Scream 7 in a currently undisclosed role.
During a recent interview with Screen Rant, Tim Burton stated he has “no real projects at the moment,” casting doubt on whether he’s still attached to direct Gillian Flynn’s Attack of the Fifty Foot Woman remake.
I have no real projects at the moment. One thing I learned very early on is that until I’m on the set doing something I don’t know if I’m doing it. I’ve had projects, I was doing a Superman [movie] once, I did another project that I worked for a year upon, and it didn’t happen. When those things happen, it’s quite traumatic, it’s quite emotional. So, I’m very protective of myself. In Hollywood, when you’re doing something, you may think you’re doing something, until they tell you you’re not doing something. You get quite traumatized by those situations, so I wait until I’m on the set, and then I will tell you, “Yes,” because I’m actually doing it. But before then, I don’t know.
According to Screen Rant, The Life of Chuck is now scheduled for a May 30, 2025 theatrical release date through NEON.
Robert Egger’s discusses his history with Nosferatu in a new featurette.
The daughter of a famous slasher villain has second thoughts about taking over the family business when she falls for her first intended victim in the trailer for Bloody Axe Wound, available on VOD this December 27.
Yellowjackets co-creator Ashley Lyle clarified to Entertainment Weekly the promised “bonus episode” is still on the way, in some capacity.
The truth is that there is a bonus episode but we may need to wait a bit longer for it.
Entertainment Weekly also has several new images from season three. Click through to see the rest.
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James Gunn asked his followers on Blusesky what DC characters they’d like to see star in their own Christmas special on Max (presumably for 2026 at this point).
If DC Studios was to produce a TV Christmas Special starring one or more of our DC characters (in the tradition of the Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special), who would you want it to be?
Finally, Toonami has released a sneak peek at Creature Commandos ahead of its premiere this Thursday on Max.
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It’s not surprising that Wicked, already the U.S. box office’s highest-grossing movie based on a Broadway musical, is very nearly topping the album charts, too.
Currently sitting at the #2 spot on Billboard‘s Top Album Sales in the Soundtracks and Vinyl Album charts, the Wicked soundtrack debuted as a record breaker. According to Deadline, “the Universal Pictures, Verve Records, and Republic Records soundtrack to Part One of the movie musical was kept from the #1 spot on the chart (dated Dec. 7) by the debut of Kendrick Lamar’s surprise album GNX, which marks his fifth consecutive chart-topper.” But hey we think Kendrick Lamar’s muuuustaaaaard looks good with Ariana Grande’s Pink and Cynthia Erivo’s Green.
According to Deadline, reporting off Billboard’s figures, “Wicked had the largest debut sales week for a stage-to-screen musical film since Dreamgirls,” which was released in 2006, and “the last time a stage-to-screen musical soundtrack debuted in the top five was when Chicago hit No. 4 on the February 1, 2003 , peaking at No. 2 a week later. The last stage-to-screen movie musical soundtrack to eventually reach the top two was Les Misérables, which spent a week at No. 1 on the January 19, 2013, chart.”
Other wins by Wicked‘s soundtrack include it having launched “with 139,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending November 28—the biggest week for a full-length theatrical film soundtrack since Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper’s A Star Is Born earned 143,000 units in its second week;” Wicked has multiple bops (“Popular,” “Dancing Through Life,” “Defying Gravity”) that seem likely to further propel its success. The songs have also generated digital streams with “67.66 million” hits, which is not only huge for a soundtrack but “the largest streaming week ever for a stage-to-screen musical film soundtrack.”
On top of that, “of Wicked’s opening-week sum, album sales comprise 85,000,” with Wicked soundtrack vinyl sales representing nearly 39,000 copies. Long live physical media!
Wicked is now in theaters, with Wicked Part Two arriving November 21, 2025. You can find the Wicked soundtrack with all its available collectible releases here, but we are left wanting to know one thing: where’s the Mondo release?
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The Art of Moana 2 gives insight into that surprising third act reveal.
The Anora and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood star talks about her villainous Scream character.
Naomi Scott stars in Parker Finn’s hit horror sequel.