For years, the Road Runner has been uncaught because of defective products from ACME.. Wile E. Coyote never had a chance..
Will Forte will now represent.
This movie has been shelved for a long time but later this summer, on August 29, it is finally being released into theaters..
Deadline reports, while Warner Bros. long ago completed and tested the film, also starring John Cena and Lana Condor, they shelved it all the way back in the fall of 2023 amid rampant cost-cutting efforts led by Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav. The move ignited outrage not only among the film’s key creatives, but across Hollywood at large, leading the studio to shop the project. Multiple studios placed bids, but Ketchup Entertainment wound up landing the project in a deal valued at around $50M, as we first reported last March.
It was shelved in 2023 when WBD CEO David Zaslav decided to cancel it – along with a number of other films and shows – in order to receive a tax write-down.
Even Will Forte said at the time, “My thoughts were that it’s f–king bulls–t. It is such a delightful movie. It deserves so much better than it got,” he said. “I can not tell you possibly why the decision was made to not release it. But it makes my blood boil.”
There may be some spoilers here. Maybe not. That’s kind of the nature of this one.
First off, there are people far smarter than us—or at least people who say they are—who have already broken this film down and latched onto the meaning behind the title. Undertone isn’t just a name. It’s the entire point.
Our main protagonist, Evie, is the host of the Undertone podcast alongside Justin. The premise is simple enough: they’re playing ten anonymous audio files sent in by someone who refuses to explain who they are or why they sent them. Evie plays the skeptic, Justin leans into belief, and together they perform that balance for the show.
But as the movie unfolds, it becomes clear Evie isn’t really a skeptic. She’s hiding.
She’s masking fear, depression, and something deeper that she doesn’t want to confront. When she finds out she’s pregnant, the film quietly reveals another layer… this is not a joyful moment for her. It’s unwanted. And just like the recordings being forced into her life, it’s something she didn’t ask for but now has to face. From there, the movie settles into a slow, uncomfortable rhythm. We’re introduced to distorted audio, demonic undertones buried in nursery rhymes, and recordings that feel wrong in ways that are hard to explain. It’s not about what you hear. It’s about what you don’t hear. The silence. The gaps. The suggestion that something is just beneath the surface.
At the same time, Evie’s mother is dying.
And this is where the movie starts to hit differently.
While her mother fades in the next room, Evie retreats into headphones, noise cancellation, and the world of the podcast. She’s drowning out reality while simultaneously immersing herself in something just as disturbing. It’s not just avoidance… it’s a form of coping. Or maybe it’s a form of surrender. A lot of people have analyzed this film and pulled meaning from it. There are layers here, and most of them are subtle. But the last ten minutes? Subtle is gone.
The final stretch is chaotic. Loud. Disjointed. Almost overwhelming.
The movie has been quiet for so long, relying on tension and sound design instead of cheap jump scares. Then suddenly, everything breaks. It mirrors Evie’s emotional collapse as her mother’s death rattle fills the room. It’s uncomfortable, messy, and confusing… just like grief.
Everyone is going to walk away from Undertone with a different interpretation. But if you’ve ever cared for someone who was dying, this movie is going to land in a way that’s hard to shake. You hide from it. You distract yourself. You consume media that somehow reflects what you’re going through, hoping to find meaning in the pain.
That’s the undertone of this film… PAIN.
Evie isn’t a skeptic because she doesn’t believe. She’s a skeptic because she needs to be. Because believing means confronting everything she’s trying to avoid.
And in the end, loss doesn’t come cleanly. It comes with agony, confusion, fear, and despair. This movie has all of it.
Like we said… we watched Undertone so you don’t have to. But honestly, you probably should.
It may not be the “scariest movie of the year” like every trailer claims these days, but it might be one of the most effective. And depending on where you are in life—whether you’ve experienced loss or you’re in the middle of it—the undertone of this film might hit you harder than anything else you’ll see this year.
The excitement is real right now. A brand new trailer dropped today for Clayface, and it’s got people talking in a big way.
This isn’t your typical DC rollout either. The film is directed by James Watkins and stars Tom Rhys Harries as Matt Hagen, a disfigured actor who undergoes a transformation that turns him into something far more terrifying than anyone expected. The budget is reportedly around $40 million, which is actually pretty modest by superhero standards… but in a weird way, that almost adds to the intrigue. This feels less like a blockbuster and more like a calculated risk. A horror-driven swing inside the DC universe. And you can feel that immediately in the trailer.
What we’re seeing is full-on body horror. Clayface appears with what looks like bandages wrapping around his face like a mummy, cutting between strange flashbacks and moments that feel completely ungrounded. Then there’s that final shot… his face looks human for a split second before he swipes it downward like a glitchy computer program and it just dissolves into nothing. It’s unsettling in a way that DC hasn’t really leaned into before. This isn’t just dark… it’s uncomfortable.
What makes this even more interesting is that it doesn’t appear to be directly tied to Batman. From everything out there right now, Batman isn’t expected to actually show up. That said, this is still Gotham, and you can almost guarantee the presence will be felt through references, atmosphere, and the world itself. Honestly, that might be the smarter move. Let Clayface stand on his own and let the horror breathe.
And speaking of that… the timing couldn’t be better. An October release puts this right in the heart of Halloween season, and if DC plays this right with a steady rollout of trailers throughout the year, the hype could build in a very real way. This has the chance to pull in not just comic fans, but horror fans too… and that’s a lane DC hasn’t fully owned yet.
I’ll be honest, though… part of my excitement comes from something a little more personal. I’ve always liked Clayface. Going back to playing as him in Lego Batman: The Videogame on the Wii and Wii U, he was this big, goofy, fun character. Not the main villain, not the most popular… but memorable. And now seeing that same character turned into something this disturbing and serious… it’s kind of wild in the best way. It taps into that nostalgia but flips it on its head.
The movie looks great. It looks scary. And yeah… that $40 million budget might be a little scary too when you start thinking about box office expectations. It’s way too early to know how this thing is going to perform, but if the tone lands and the marketing keeps building like this, don’t be surprised if this ends up being one of the more talked-about DC releases in a long time.
This might be the one that quietly changes everything.
The Super Mario Galaxy Moviewhich is posting $18.7 million Friday on its way to a $71M three-day total at 4,284 theaters, off 46% week over week, will end up being the number 1 film for the weekend again..
FACES OF DEATH doesn’t stand a chance to get that big..
As a matter of fact, FACES OF DEATH has received little media attention.. little advertising.. little notoriety besides on horror sites or genre forums..
And those horror sites have not been too nice..
Bloody Disgusting wrote:
Smart commentary and a clever approach get Faces of Death off to a strong start, but it lacks the conviction to see its bolder ideas through to its forgettable and far too conventional end. Whereas watching the 1978 film felt like a rite of passage, this update superficially wades into ideas already covered more chillingly in films like Red Rooms.
Well this announcement may not be too exciting to every generation people over a certain age will highly anticipate Jamie Lee Curtis starring in a Murder She Wrote movie coming out in December of 2027
Jamie Lee Curtis’ “Murder, She Wrote” adaptation has tapped “Pitch Perfect” and upcoming “Legally Blonde” prequel director Jason Moore is going to direct ..
Disappears to be a very Niche movie idea. Jamie Lee Curtis obviously has the horror movie cred and many people who are not alive anymore fondly would recall Angela Lansbury giving us a weekly mystery murder show. We’ll see how it works..
Written and directed by breakout horror filmmaker Ian Tuason, undertone follows the host of a popular paranormal podcast who becomes haunted by terrifying recordings mysteriously sent her way.
More from their press:
“undertone plunges audiences into a terrifying soundscape and partnering with A24 to bring this chilling cinematic experience to Dolby Cinema allows audiences to experience every whisper, silence, and scream in Ian Tuason’s film,” said Jed Harmsen, VP & General Manager of Cinema & Group Entertainment, Dolby Laboratories. “Immersive Dolby Atmos sound will reveal greater details in each scare in this auditory horror film while the precision of the Dolby Vision picture quality provides sharper clarity in the darkness, making a suspenseful experience like no other.”
Dolby Cinema early access screenings will take place on March 9, prior to the nationwide theatrical release in other formats on March 13.
Mel Gibson is consulting with excommunicated Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò — who has called the late Pope Francis “a servant of Satan” — for the “The Resurrection of the Christ,” his follow up to 2004’s “The Passion of the Christ” that is currently still shooting in Italy.
Viganò, who is the Vatican’s former ambassador to the United States, was excommunicated in 2024 for refusing to recognize Pope Francis’ authority and rejecting the Second Vatican Council that modernized the Roman Catholic Church. He has repeatedly referred to Francis as a liberal “servant of Satan” and a “false prophet” in public statements. Viganò is also known to be a big fan of U.S. President Donald Trump, a critic of gay rights and a supporter of anti-vaccine positions
A new movie coming out on March 13th .. which, incidentally, is a Friday. Perfect timing .. is Undertone. It looks to be a really cool psychological horror movie about a podcast.
Undertone follows Evy, the co-host of a paranormal podcast who has built her brand on skepticism while her partner leans into belief. When Evy returns home to care for her dying mother, she begins receiving a series of mysterious audio recordings from an anonymous source. The recordings, said to be captured by a married couple experiencing strange phenomena in their home, contain unsettling sounds that defy easy explanation.
As Evy listens to each new file, the line between the recordings and her own reality begins to blur. The noises seep into her waking life, triggering paranoia, obsession, and a creeping sense that something is not just being heard… but responding. Rather than relying on gore or traditional jump scares, Undertone appears to lean heavily into atmosphere and sound design — turning audio itself into the weapon. It’s psychological horror rooted in suggestion, implication, and the terrifying power of what we can’t quite understand.
This movie looks really good. It has a great tone, a strong concept, and the potential to be something special. One of my favorite liminal horror films of the last 20 years has been Pontypool. That movie centered on a radio host during a strange outbreak, where words themselves began to unravel and reality started slipping through language. The horror wasn’t about gore or blood, it was about the ticking time bomb of strangeness inside your own brain, the kind you can’t quite process.
The trailer for this new film seems to carry a bit of that same energy .. and hopefully a lot more. The idea of a podcast serving as the framework for a modern horror story feels incredibly timely.
We’ll avoid walking under ladders and crossing paths with black cats on Friday the 13th… but we definitely won’t be avoiding this movie.
‘DC is moving into the horror world at the box office with a comic book horror movie Clayface..
That movie had been set for theatrical release via Warner Bros. on September 11, 2026.
Clayface will now release in theaters on October 23, 2026.
A lot of people didn’t really even know this was being made.. The movie is being compared to David Cronenberg’s The Fly and centers on an actor who injects himself with a substance to remain relevant, only to find out that he can reshape his face and form, becoming a walking piece of clay.
And the best part of all? It is a Mike Flanagan project! He did the screen play.. Even James Gunn said that he was not changing the sreenplay and he was a Flanagan fan himself.
But why isn’t Flanagan at the helm? Being too busy..
Flanagan’s commitment to other projects, including his take on Carrie, ultimately forced him to step back just as DC Studios was ready to fast-track the movie..
Back in November 2025, SCREEN RANT talked to Flanagan.. Flanagan said he was inspired by Batman: The Animated Series, specifically the two-part episode “Feat of Clay,” featuring Ron Perlman as the voice of the tragic villain.
“No, when we first started talking about Clayface, I hadn’t seen what Matt [Reeves] was up to. So it went all the way back to ‘Feat of Clay’, that incredible two-parter with Ron Perlman voicing the character, which was so formative for me as a kid,” Flanagan told Screen Rant.
Deadline is among those reporting that this weekend there’s expectations that 28 Years Later will unseat Avatar from the box office.
It’s a four-day weekend for Hollywood and there’s hopes that the newest zombie flick will make more than 20 million. And you know what, the movie Primates didn’t do half bad last week so maybe in these cold January weeks we still love and have that affinity for horror.
Bone Temple releases Wednesday in the UK, France, Belgium and Indonesia, then in Australia/New Zealand, Brazil, Germany, Mexico, Italy, Netherlands and Saudi Arabia on Thursday, followed by Japan, Poland and Spain on Friday. That’s a 98% offshore footprint, except Korea and Thailand…
