In addition, the show has tapped April Parker Jones (If Loving You Is Wrong) to play the series-regular role of Colonel Haley and David Ajala (Falling Water) to recur as Manchester Black. So, who are these new characters? According to the show’s official description.

* Nina is the newest addition to the CatCo reporting team. A soulful young transgender woman with a fierce drive to protect others, Nina’s journey this season means fulfilling her destiny as the superhero Dreamer; much like Kara came into her own as Super girl.

Most of the views thought that Arrow and Flash will unite together but in that case we all are wrong. Arrow will move separately without any interference from Flash and vice versa. Though Stephen Amell revealed through a tweet the upcoming cast of John Barrowman, a.k.a Malcolm Merlyn has been selected for 3rd season. 2nd Season Arrow Finale also hinted that Thea, Oliver Queen Sister may come as villain. Which will be most difficult challenge yet Arrow has to fight, i.e. fighting with her own sister.

Subtitled “Gotham: Legend of the Dark Knight” and premiering Thursday, Jan. 3 at 8/7c, the Batman prequel series’ final, 12-episode run is described as “a farewell event that will focus on Bruce Wayne’s ultimate transformation into the Caped Crusader, as Jim Gordon tries to hold together a city on the edge of chaos‎.”

The most under represented group is serial killers. Huge numbers of movies are made about serial killers, but the film industry chooses to cast people that the audience knows and will tune in to see rather than actual serial killers. This is not to make fun of the issue but it used to be that 90% of the people considering themselves actors were doing other work so there are actors of every background without roles to play. When people talk about the deeper understanding the person would have for the role, that argues more for having the person on the writing/research staff. The actors may not have any real impact on dialog or wardrobe. There are people that are great at their professions but they probably would do well playing themselves in a movie because acting is not in their skill set.

Oliver discovers that after he and his father went missing, Moira and Thea stopped celebrating Christmas. Determined to make up for lost time and restore a sense of normalcy to the Queen household, Oliver decides to throw the family a Christmas party. Meanwhile, Tommy asks Laurel to spend Christmas with him but she points out that Christmas was also her sister Sara's birthday and she needs to be with her father. Tommy suggests changing things up might be the best way for everyone to heal but Laurel isn't sure her father is ready for that. Meanwhile, John tells Oliver someone is murdering the people on his father's list with arrows, which sends Oliver off to face his toughest adversary yet.

Super girl is a weird one. Its never had a stand out season ( or seasons) like arrow or flash. It took its best elements from the Superman mythos. It kills off or sidelines any male role models. ( all the fathers apart from Dean Cain are dead.. He might as well be Alex and Kara have forgotten about him) and now we have a trans superhero. Well ok. they better be able to have the power to raise the ratings because 3 seasons of weak stories have put this show on my drop list. if the first couple of eps aren’t any good it’s gone. Good luck Super girl writers.

Felicity tells Oliver he's all work and no play, so he asks Detective McKenna on a date. A jewel thief named The Dodger hits Starling City and targets someone very close to Oliver. Meanwhile, while working with Laurel, Theaters her purse stolen by a very fast pickpocket named Roy Harper. Moira makes a move against Malcolm.

With his night club set to open and a new romance brewing with McKenna, Oliver is as happy as he's been since returning to Starling City. But when Oliver's ex, The Huntress, suddenly returns to town, she threatens to destroy everything and everyone he cares about. Meanwhile, Laurel and her father struggle with the return of Dinah Lance who claims she has proof Sara is still alive. Thea gets Roy Harper a job at Oliver's club, but he's not too inclined to stop his life of crime. Oliver and Tommy are thrilled they were able to get Steve Aoki to play at the opening of their new nightclub, Verdant.

A angry resident of The Glades who calls himself The Savior embarks on a kidnapping and killing spree to punish those he believes have wronged the residents of his neighborhood. To make things worse, he broadcasts these murders online and claims he was inspired by Arrow's vigilantism. Oliver is horrified by this statement and vows to stop The Savior, but his manhunt in intensified after Thea comes to him in tears and tells him Roy has been kidnapped. Laurel is surprised when her father starts to believe her mother's claim that Sara is still alive. Meanwhile, Malcolm tells Moira to find the person responsible for his attempted murder.

When a young woman meets a violent death after partying at Verdant, Detective Quentin and his partner, Detective Lucas inform Oliver and Tommy that she was on the drug Vertigo. Oliver immediately pays a visit to the mental institution where The Count is locked up, but finds he is in no condition to deal drugs. However, when The Count escapes and Starling City is flooded with even more Vertigo-related violence, Oliver and John make it their mission to track him down. After Detective Quentin uncovers incriminating evidence against him, Tommy goes to great lengths to clear his name, and the fallout from his actions leads Tommy down a new, unexpected path. In a flashback to the island, Oliver recalls the lessons he learned from Slade and Shado.

Oliver and John learn that Deadshot is still alive and his next target is Malcolm. Malcolm invites Tommy to attend a benefit honoring Malcolm for his work with Starling City but Tommy refuses to attend. Oliver encourages his friend to mend his relationship with his father while he can. Meanwhile, Oliver struggles to balance his new relationship with McKenna and his duties as The Hood.

Deadshot returns to Starling City after taking down a U.S. Ambassador and six others overseas. By keeping tabs on A.R.G.U.S.'s manhunt for the assassin, Oliver, John, and Felicity, learn that a sting operation is underway to capture Deadshot alive. John is determined to see his brother’s killer dead, with or without Oliver's help. Meanwhile, Laurel takes drastic steps to protect a young witness, exacerbating friction between Tommyand Oliver. Later, Roy Harper unconventionally pursues all leads to find his new hero, but runs afoul of Detective Quentin. Back on the island, Oliver recalls how Shado helped him incrementally gain confidence with a bow and hit the target for the first time.

Oliver and John race to stop Malcolm Merlyn from unleashing his vengeance on The Glades. However, they run into a roadblock after Detective Quentin picks up Felicity for questioning. Tommy and Oliver’s already tumultuous relationship takes a turn for the worse after Oliver makes a confession about Laurel. After hearing of the danger in The Glades, Thea races to find Roy, inadvertently putting herself directly in the line of fire for Malcolm’s devious plan. On the island, Oliver, Slade, and Shado, are locked in a life-or-death struggle against Edward as his missiles lock on a full Ferris Air jetliner.

Finding it difficult to mend fences with Tommy and John, Oliver instead focuses on crossing another name off the list. While digging through a crooked accountant’s laptop, Felicity discovers a transaction that could help Oliver find Walter. To reconfirm the lead, Oliver gambles that Felicity can be counted on in the field for the first time. In a flashback, Malcolm reveals to Robert Queen and Frank Chen painful details surrounding his wife’s murder, and how that shaped his plans for the Glades. Meanwhile, Tommy stuns Laurel with the truth.

With the Undertaking days away, Malcolm dons his Dark Archer costume and black hood to conclude business with seismologist Dr. Brion Markov and his team. Oliver and Moira entertain a number of surprise and mostly unwelcome visitors. Hooded confrontations at home and the Merlyn Global Group reveal dark secrets. Meanwhile, Roy and Thea are still looking out for The Hood. Laurel makes a decision after Tommy's revelation. In a flashback to the island, Oliver, Slade, and Shado, struggle to prevent Edward from shooting a Ferris Air jet out of the sky.

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Chaos Walking is an upcoming American science fiction film based on Patrick Ness's 2008 novel The Knife of Never Letting Go, the first part of the Chaos Walking trilogy. It is directed by Doug Liman, produced by Robert Zemeckis, Allison Shearmur, Doug Davison, Jack Rapke and Erwin Stoff, from a screenplay written by Charlie Kaufman, Jamie Linden, Ness, Lindsey Beer, Gary Spinelli and John Lee Hancock. It stars Tom Holland, Daisy Ridley and Mads Mikkelsen. The film will be released on March 1, 2019.

In the near future, Todd Hewitt has been brought up to believe that a viral germ has killed all women in a colony world and unleashed Noise, the special ability to read people's and animals' minds. Later, he comes upon a patch of silence and soon discovers the source of the silence: a mysterious woman named Viola Eade. On the run, they learn more about the true history of the New World.

Chaos Walking is set on a colony planet where almost all women have been killed by a virus and all living creatures hear one another's thoughts in a stream of images, words and sounds called Noise. The cacophony drives many mad until a young man (Holland) makes a silent discovery: There is a girl (Ridley) who may be the key to unlocking the New World's many-layered secrets.

Ness, the author of the trilogy who also wrote A Monster Calls as well as its film adaptation, is in negotiations to write the new script pages for the planned reshoot. He will be joining a roster of screenwriters that includes Charlie Kaufman, Lindsey Beers, John Lee Hancock and Gary Spinelli, all of whom previously worked on the complicated and unique story.

Patrick Ness' Chaos Walking series takes place in a far future world where all women have disappeared and all living things can experience each other's thoughts via a ceaseless stream of sounds and images called the Noise. Protagonist Todd Hewitt (Tom Holland) lives in Prentisstown believing in his people's myths about the source of the Noise, and listening to the words of an insane preacher named Aaron (David Oyelowo). When Todd one day discovers a mysterious spot in the wilderness where the Noise is silenced, his frightened parents make him run away with only a map and a message. Soon Todd meets Viola Eade (Ridley), the girl who is the source of the silence, and the two must join forces to warn an incoming group of settlers about Aaron and the war-like people of Prentisstown.

In the future-set sci-fi epic, Holland plays Todd Hewitt, a boy from an all-male planetary colony, on the verge of manhood, when forced to flee home from the secrets he's learned after a bizarre viral outbreak that carries the primary symptom of hearing the thoughts of fellow denizens. However, his journey in the wilderness leads him to a surprising first encounter with the opposite sex in a wayward girl named Viola Eade, played by (a blonde) Ridley.

Chaos Walking, Doug Liman’s big-budget adaptation of the best-selling YA novel of the same name by Patrick Ness, is the latest big-budget movie to undergo significant reshoots, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. 

And, because of complicated scheduling issues with stars Tom Holland and Daisy Ridley, the reshoots could very likely force Lionsgate to push back the movie's release date, which is currently slated for March 1, 2019.

Lionsgate is spending between $90 million and $100 million on the pic, an ambitious sci-fi thriller that the studio hopes will launch a franchise that can stand out amid superhero movies, remakes and sequel tentpoles.

After the diminished returns for the last installment in the Hunger Gamesfranchise and the total collapse of the Divergent series, it's safe to say the market for movie universes based on YA properties is at a low ebb right now. Nevertheless, Lionsgate is hoping that Chaos Walking can buck the trend and launch a new franchise centered around its hot young stars Holland and Ridley. On the surface, Chaos Walking sounds mostly the same as other YA series involving youthful heroes in futuristic/dystopian settings battling evil - but with its stable of interesting writers and a curveball-throwing director like Liman, perhaps it can strike a different chord than prior YA franchises and find a foothold at the box office.

Chaos Walking is set on a colony planet where almost all women have been killed by a virus and all living creatures hear one another's thoughts in a stream of images, words and sounds called Noise. The cacophony drives many mad until a young man (Holland) makes a silent discovery: There is a girl (Ridley) who may be the key to unlocking the New World's many-layered secrets.

Ness, the author of the trilogy who also wrote A Monster Calls as well as its film adaptation, is in negotiations to write the new script pages for the planned reshoot. He will be joining a roster of screenwriters that includes Charlie Kaufman, Lindsey Beers, John Lee Hancock and Gary Spinelli, all of whom previously worked on the complicated and unique story.

Jonas, of course, was introduced to the world as part of a trio of sibling Disney performers the Jonas Brothers, notably seen in musical projects such as the Camp Rock series. However, his transition into real acting has been steady, notably on the mixed-martial-arts-centric Audience/DirecTV original series Kingdom, which just concluded its three-season run on August 2. He’s also been seen on Fox’s Scream Queens and notably fielded a recurring role as a creepy villain on CBS’s Hawaii Five-0, playing Ian Wright, a homicidal hacker who gives the task force a handful of problems.

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The young actors currently leading the Spider-Man and Star Warsfranchises, respectively, will be in front of the camera before Doug Liman (Edge of Tomorrow). No one knows exactly when the film will go into production or what the potential release date may be, considering the hectic schedules of the talent involved, but anticipation is high. Holland’s work in the MCU, Ridley’s completion of the Star Wars trilogy, and Liman’s appointment as the director of Dark Universe, a.k.a. Justice League Darksurely are first priority.

According to a synopsis by Lionsgate, the story takes place in a dystopian future and follows an all-adult male planetary colony where all the women have been killed by a mysterious viral disease that causes victims to experience the thoughts of other humans and animals as a ceaseless stream of sounds, words and images, which the colonists call the Noise.

Todd, the only boy in the all-adult male community, was raised to believe the explanations handed down to him about the mysterious Noise phenomenon by his elders, including the mad preacher Aaron (David Oyelowo).

But one day, Todd, a boy in the cusp of manhood, stumbles upon a spot in the wilderness—a patch of silence where there is no Noise.

He later escapes from Prentisstown with his dog and while being pursued by men from Prentisstown, he stumbles upon an eerily silent young girl Viola Eade (Ridley), who appears to be the sole survivor of the virus epidemic that was supposed to have killed off all the women in the New World.

Even if Chaos Walking doesn't work out, Ridley and Holland at least should be fine. Ridley is locked into playing Rey in the Star Wars movies probably for as long as she wants to keep the gig, and Holland too has a secure job for many years to come playing Peter Parker in the re-invigorated Spider-Man franchise. If Chaos Walking does work out, both actors will have a nice side-franchise to work on when they're not toiling away for Disney/Lucasfilm/Marvel/Sony.

Liman’s previous directorial credits include Edge of Tomorrow (2014) and Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005). Doug Davidson worked with Liman on American Made (2017), while Shearmur worked as co-producer on Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) and Disney’s Cinderella (2015).

The upcoming Chaos Walking movie is based on the first installment of Ness’s Chaos Walking book trilogy, titled The Knife of Never Letting Go, published in 2008. The story is set in a dystopian future on a distant planet ravaged by a virus that makes people hear the thoughts of others.

Lionsgate has not officially confirmed that it is planning for a Chaos Walking film trilogy but since the company holds the rights to all three Chaos Walking novels it is widely assumed that a trilogy will come if the upcoming film — based on the first installment of the trilogy– proves to be a box office success.

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Therein lies the biggest problem with “The Hidden World”: its hero. Hiccup makes for a far less compelling protagonist than his flying friend, not least because the young upstart makes it easy to agree with his deep-seated fear that he’s an uninspiring leader who’d be nowhere without Toothless. It doesn’t help that Baruchel’s voicework is more suited to a plucky kid than the leader of a viking tribe, which is only underscored by the fact that Hiccup’s father is voiced by Gerard Butler. (Also lending their voices to this installment are Cate Blanchett, Craig Ferguson, America Ferrera, Jonah Hill, Kit Harington, Justin Rupple, Kristen Wiig, and Christopher Mintz-Plasse.)

From DreamWorks Animation comes a surprising tale about growing up, finding the courage to face the unknown…and how nothing can ever train you to let go. What began as an unlikely friendship between an adolescent Viking and a fearsome Night Fury dragon has become an epic adventure spanning their lives. Welcome to the most astonishing chapter of one of the most beloved animated franchises in film history: How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World. Now chief and ruler of Berk alongside Astrid, Hiccup has created a gloriously chaotic dragon utopia. When the sudden appearance of female Light Fury coincides with the darkest threat their village has ever faced, Hiccup and Toothless must leave the only home they’ve known and journey to a hidden world thought only to exist in myth. As their true destines are revealed, dragon and rider will fight together—to the very ends of the Earth—to protect everything they’ve grown to treasure. For How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, series director Dean DeBlois returns alongside the all-star cast. The film is produced by Brad Lewis (Ratatouille, ANTZ) and Bonnie Arnold (Toy Story, How to Train Your Dragon,How to Train Your Dragon 2).

Initial release: 2019 (Turkey)

Director: Dean DeBlois

Budget: 129 million USD

Music composed by: John Powell, Klaus Badelt

Producers: Bonnie Arnold, Brad Lewis

What began as an unlikely friendship between an adolescent Viking and a fearsome Night Fury dragon has become an epic trilogy spanning their lives. In this next chapter, Hiccup and Toothless will finally discover their true destinies: the village chief as ruler of Berk alongside Astrid, and the dragon as leader of his own kind. As both ascend, the darkest threat they’ve yet faced—as well as the appearance of a female Night Fury—will test the bonds of their relationship like never before.

While not quite the “Boyhood” of animated movies (that time-lapse approach doesn’t really translate to the medium), “How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World” packs the emotional heft of the dozen or so years it has taken to get this far, tracking the loss of one parent, the discovery of another, and several momentous lessons in bravery and loyalty along the way. So, although “How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World” may be the third film in DreamWorks’ series, in many ways, it’s a first: After getting the greenlight to continue the saga, writer-director Dean DeBlois conceived installments two and three together, constructing a trilogy that enriches the original while also serving to entertain newcomers who know none of the backstory — and that’s key, considering that box office dipped nearly 20% between “How to Train Your Dragon” (DWA’s most successful non-“Shrek” feature) and its sequel, and the studio needs to regain some of that audience this time around.

Parents need to know that How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World is the third and final film in DreamWorks Animation's adventure trilogy. It continues the story of Hiccup (voiced by Jay Baruchel), now chief of the peaceful Viking/dragon utopia of Berk, and his Night Fury dragon friend, Toothless. The appearance of a new female "Light Fury" dragon -- a potential mate for Toothless -- leads to the discovery of a hidden dragon world. But when the safety of Hiccup's village and its inhabitants is threatened by a powerful dragon hunter, Hiccup must find a way to fight back and lead his people (and the dragons) to safety. Many of the talented voice cast from the previous two movies return, including America Ferrera, Cate Blanchett, Jonah Hill, Kristen Wiig, Kit Harington, and Gerard Butler. The original films had some rude humor and fantasy action sequences that could be too intense for little kids, so expect the same from this threequel. But you can also likely look forward to an exciting adventure story that's full of positive messages and role models and should be fine for big kids and up. 

This is where “Hidden World” soars, set to the ecstatic strings and Gaelic ululations of John Powell’s score, as the mating ritual — from a delightfully clumsy courtship dance to a high-flying sequence that might later be considered the two dragons’ official first date — lends itself to long passages with little or no dialogue. From its inception, this series has insisted on a widescreen style different from that of other animated features, attempting to map the live-action idea of “magic hour” onto virtual landscapes and stylized human figures. Here, the visuals outdo anything we’ve seen before, to such a degree that we might almost overlook the subtler innovations in the character animation: the nuances of expression on both the human and reptilian faces, and the wonderful nonverbal tactics the artists use to convey emotional intricacies neither Hiccup nor Toothless has had to communicate before, all of which pays off in an unforgettable final scene.

At least the villain is worthy of contempt. Grimmel, who looks a bit like Dracula-era Christopher Lee, believes the only good dragon is a good dragon — not that he minds using a small army of them to achieve this predatory end. Voiced with fitting panache by Abraham, he’s sinister enough to make you briefly forget, at times, that there’s no way a “How to Train Your Dragon” will end with all the dragons going extinct (but what a climax that would be!).

This is uncharted territory for animated movies. No matter how Pixar spins it — about waiting until the right idea comes along to continue the story — from “Finding Dory” to last year’s “The Incredibles 2,” toon sequels have always been driven by financial considerations. Granted, “Dragons 3” (as DWA staffers refer to the film internally) was hardly made for charitable reasons, but there’s an integrity to DeBlois’ approach that won’t be lost on audiences, who probably don’t know or care that the project survived massive changeover within the studio, including Jeffrey Katzenberg’s departure and the acquisition by NBCUniversal, while holding true to the principles with which it was conceived — namely, to wrap the story in a sincere and satisfying way. We’ll soon see whether “Toy Story 4” can say the same.

That’s in part because the series has taken its time. It’s been nearly five years since “How to Train Your Dragon 2,” which followed the original by four years; we’ve now been watching Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III (Jay Baruchel) and his dragon Toothless grow up for nearly a decade, and the movies have come of age with them. Directed once again by Dean DeBlois, “The Hidden World” strikes a bittersweet chord in reminding its young audience that all good things — including the age of dragons — must come to an end.

Though obviously aimed at kiddos, this chapter of “How to Train Your Dragon” might be best appreciated by below-the-line enthusiasts with an appreciation for the nitty-gritty that goes into an animated movie with a reported price tag of $129 million. You can see every cent onscreen, often in more vivid detail than you can see Hiccup’s internal journey. That’s enough to carry “The Hidden World” past the finish line — and make you hope it stays finished.

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So, what's so significant about her late mother in the context of time looping (and by extension, that bracelet)? It's worth considering that Tree isn't as disconnected from her mother as she believed. Assuming you're willing to think outside the box (and this movie definitely expects you to/hopes you will), it's worth considering the fact that Tree's mom isn't as far away as she seems. Perhaps she's pulling some strings from beyond the grave... And while this might seem far-fetched, remember that we're talking about a movie where the main character relives the same day over and over again so that she can solve her own murder.

Ah, but this is no ordinary birthday, for at the end of the day, Tree is stabbed to death by an assailant wearing a baby-faced mask.

Taking a page from 1993's time-loop fantasy "Groundhog Day", Tree awakens in Carter's room with a major case of deja vu, as her birthday -- make that "death" day -- repeats itself. She will continue to relive the same day, with minor variations, always ending with her murder. 

During one loop, Carter (who, it is revealed, was a perfect gentleman), accepts Tree's story and encourages her to play detective to uncover the killer's identity.

Much like Bill Murray's obnoxious weatherman in "Groundhog Day," Tree comes to see the error of her selfish ways, and each time loop offers the chance for redemption. She takes Carter's advice to heart: "It's never too late to change. Each new day is a chance to be someone better."

That's an encouraging message, and Tree's growth is extraordinary. But Scott Lobdell's script only goes so far. College-age viewers (and younger) may conclude that anything which makes you happy -- even aberrant behavior -- is a good thing. It's not.

The film contains moments of violence and terror, sexual banter, brief rear female nudity, a benign view of drug use, pornography, homosexual acts and masturbation, and some rough and crude language. The Catholic News Service classification is L -- limited adult audience, films whose problematic content many adults would find troubling. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG-13 -- parents strongly cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13.

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"Happy Death Day" (Universal)

A play on 1993's time-loop fantasy "Groundhog Day," this slasher movie, directed by Christopher Landon, is an unlikely mix of horror and humor with a message about self-improvement. A college student (Jessica Rothe) awakens on the morning of her birthday in the dorm room of a fellow student (Israel Broussard). At the end of her daily routine, which essentially means being obnoxious to everyone around her, she is stabbed to death. She instantly awakens back in the same dorm room, and will relive the same day, over and over. While each new time loop offers the chance for redemption, college-age viewers (and younger) may wrongly conclude that anything which makes you happy -- even aberrant behavior -- is a good thing. Moments of violence and terror, sexual banter, drug use, brief rear female nudity, a benign view of pornography, homosexual acts and masturbation, some rough and crude language. The Catholic News Service classification is L -- limited adult audience, films whose problematic content many adults would find troubling. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG-13 -- parents strongly cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13.

This time-traveling conundrum follows Samantha Kingston, a high school student who has everything she could ever want in life. From amazing friends to a bright future, there’s nothing more she could possibly hope for. However, things take a drastic turn when she and her friends get into a deadly car accident after a party. Just as she’s about to die, time rewinds, forcing her to relive the same day over and over again. By living through the same day, she begins to unravel the secrets of the people closest to her and slowly learns the truth about the most important things in life. While Before I Fall is more of a dramatic take on time travel, it’s still definitely worth watching if you’re looking for a movie like Happy Death Day.

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Tree Gelbman (Jessica Rothe) is a sorority sister who finds her fate at the pointy end of a knife (or really any other object with a sharp edge), but this isn't your run-of-the-mill whodunit. Instead of meeting her maker after she dies, time mysteriously rewinds and Tree ends up reliving her day over and over again on a seemingly endless cycle. On one particular occasion, Tree refers to herself as a cat with nine lives—which is as close to an explanation to this movie's finale as audience can hope to expect.

While the first film had Tree Gelbman successfully break the loop that saw her continuously killed, fate (or $122 million of surprise box office success,) has concocted a repeat experience for the chronologically-afflicted coed. Indeed, the stakes have been raised, with the new masked killer not only dealing more obligatory deaths to Tree but also stalking those close to her. Moreover, the sequel appears to tout – with the same amount of self-awareness – many of the original’s meta-minded beats, seemingly building to a game-changing crescendo in which Tree and company attempt to science-up a solution.

“Happy Death Day,” a horror riff on the “Groundhog Day” model, opens with the Universal logo stopping and restarting, just as the company name is circling the globe. It’s a clever riff on the fact that audiences know what they’re coming to see—a film in which the same events repeat over and over again. It’s also the filmmaking team recognizing the audience’s awareness of the goofiness for which they have willingly plunked down money. “Happy Death Day” won’t really be that playful again, and that’s the film’s biggest problem. It doesn’t seem to enjoy its own ridiculous concept enough, and yet refuses to stage any set pieces that feel honestly scary either, allowing it to fall into some weird, bland gap in between. Worst of all, it wastes the meta-idea that a lot of horror films are basically like “Groundhog Day” to an extent, as we watch relatively indistinguishable counselors at Camp Crystal Lake, for example, get killed again and again. 

The candle on the poster rests on a red velvet cupcake, and if you've seen the first film, you know that the cupcake has major significance. In Happy Death Day, Jessica Rothe's Tree Gelbman is going about her birthday generally being a terrible person when she is killed on her way to a party. Over the course of the film, she dies and dies again, each time gathering information to try and discover the identity of her killer, stop him, survive and break the loop.

The original Happy Death Day put a horror spin on the premise of 1993’s Groundhog Day (which the film itself addresses), in which Rothe’s Tree relives a single day in a perpetual loop, each time waking up next to Broussard’s Carter, culminating with her murder at the hands of a mysterious assailant. While the film ends with Tree finally discovering the identity of her killer and breaking the loop, the sequel will apparently waste little time jumping back into the time-whammying woe.

Of course, as with that logo bit, director Christopher Landon and writer Scott Lobdell know that you know what you’ve signed up for and so they very carefully and somewhat cleverly introduce their suspects in that first day. Is it the snarky rival sorority girl? The reserved roommate? The older man or his wife? Someone else we spot that first day? Most viewers will be playing the guessing game immediately, and here’s where “Happy Death Day” starts to fall apart. Pretty quickly, you’ll realize there are no hard and fast rules to this silliness, and trying to get ahead of it won’t do you any good. Without spoiling anything, it doesn’t come together in a satisfying way like “Scream” or the other great meta movies that played with audience expectations. It’s more of a “huh, ok” than a “wow,” and actually borders on a “wait, that doesn’t make sense.”

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It only takes a few minutes into Prodigy (written and directed by collaborators Alex Haughey and Brian Vidal) to notice that something is off about the presentation as a whole. Sonically, it’s a film from roughly the black-and-white era of cinema complete with antiquated sound cues, crackling noise overheard with headphones on that drowns out some of the low pitched dialogue, but it’s in color and looks like a film that you would expect to be released in the year 2018. As I do with most movies, before settling down to write down some coherent thoughts I decided to do a little research on what was personally bugging me and came across a review based on a festival circuit version of the film from 2017 that specifically mentions watching the film in black and white. There you have it; the source of my confusion is solved, but answers lead to more questions as now I wonder why it was changed at all. Was the vision altered by audience feedback, independent distributor requests, or a creative decision? Would I have enjoyed Prodigymore if it was in black and white?

Especially in terms of young Liles, for Neil does what you need him to do as the veteran between the two: He challenges Liles. A pessimist could easily say Liles plays the generic way to be a sociopath/ psychopath described. However, this belief can be dismissed as Jimmy begins picking apart Ellie and we see Liles allow breaks in this character’s wall. Some of which is made to be obvious, like in a chess game they have where she seemingly skips a move which could end things to prolong their conversation. Yet, there are other moments when she looks away or can’t maintain his sight and it makes you realize he has caught her off guard. That this persona she made to mentally defend herself against these people who don’t have her best intentions, he has figured her out.

Marking the feature-length debut of director Nathan Leon (who previously helmed shorts such as D.O.A. and Limbo), new drama Prodigy is hoping to make a minor splash as it hits VOD. Nominated for four International Christian Film and Music Festival awards (including Best Picture), it certainly has a more intriguing pedigree than the typical straight-to-video release, giving indie fans hope for a rewarding counter-programming option to check out this holiday season. There's no denying Leon has an ambitious vision, but he isn't entirely successful in the execution. Prodigy plays with some big ideas and heady themes, but doesn't fully develop all of them as it struggles to truly connect with audiences.

In her much-anticipated foray into the horror-thriller genre, Golden Globe and Emmy nominee Taylor Schilling stars in THE PRODIGY as Sarah, a mother whose young son Miles’ disturbing behavior signals that an evil, possibly supernatural force has overtaken him. Fearing for her family’s safety, Sarah must choose between her maternal instinct to love and protect Miles and a desperate need to investigate what – or who – is causing his dark turn. She is forced to look for answers in the past, taking the audience on a wild ride; one where the line between perception and reality becomes frighteningly blurry.

You can see this fear yet desire to trust him. Making it when he leaves the room and returns, you can sense this relief in Liles. Something she doesn’t let linger enough for Neil to catch on, but as we see it over and over, what once was antagonistic becomes sarcastic banter. Especially as he allows himself to become vulnerable and show that this isn’t about his ego or anything like that. He is as willing to open up to her because he sees that is what she needs. With the intellect she has, it isn’t necessarily a psychologist or psychiatrist she needs. Just someone to talk to who takes her seriously and treats her as a person. Not this child with deadly capabilities.

Did Alex Haughey and Brian Vidal get the idea for Prodigy by watching Magneto and Xavier play chess? Would be cool if that was indeed the inspiration...

Prodigy is a very quiet science-fiction thriller that is carried by two effective performances. We're pretty much given the same seats the supporting characters have (sans the potential danger) to a interview between a psychologist, Dr. James Fonda, and a 9-year patient named Eleanor. What's the hook? Eleanor is tied up because she is a danger to everybody around her. And that danger isn't limited to her exceptionally high IQ embarrassing...well, everybody around her.

Picture Hannibal Lector as a 9-year old girl battling back-and-forth, through dialogue and chess, with a psychologist version of Will Graham. That's your plot in a nutshell. Considering the filmmakers likely didn't have much of a budget (there is only like two locations used here), they deserve a big round of applause for creating a cool, intimate character study that never lost my attention.

If you're browsing Netflix for a film to watch, you can do far worse. I'll keep my eye out for what Alex Haughey and Brian Vidal do next.

Erik and Caleb are meant to be the emotional foundation of Prodigy, and things aren't entirely convincing on that front. While Kays and Johnson have some strong scenes together, the father-son bond Leon is hoping to flourish doesn't completely shine through for the whole movie. The chemistry between the two leads doesn't always light up the screen, but the shortcomings might be more of a byproduct of the writing than the individual performances. Both Kays and Johnson do a good job with the material they have to work with; the former doing a riff on a typical broken soul haunted by past tragedy and the latter accurately portraying a "gifted" child burdened with an overwhelming responsibility. The characters definitely fit into old archetypes, but for the purposes of the film, they work.

Thankfully, whenever Dr. Fonda (notable character actor Richard Neil) enters the small rectangular room housing the restrained Ellie (Savannah Liles, who all things considered turns in a fine introductory performance) to worm his way inside her head and find out the source of what has troubled her into using her mysterious powers violently, the interactions are moderately attention-grabbing. Fonda does not read his patient notes at all before conducting an interrogation (he backs this up by wanting to hear the patient’s side of the story without any outside interference clouding his judgment, which I’m sure would not fly at all in the real world, but admittedly does allow us to learn in tandem with Fonda), so he’s doubtful what Ellie is capable of until he disobeys orders and removes the straitjacket so she can physically play chess alongside him (an exercise that will apparently drop her guard).

As for the craftsmanship: Leon maintains a steady hand on the material, moving the film along at a nice pace to ensure viewers never lose interest in Prodigy's genre elements. The situations the characters find themselves in don't exactly reinvent the wheel, but there's still enough at stake in the core narrative (from both a personal and worldly perspective) for people to care about what happens. Having said that, Leon isn't as smooth handling the thematic angles of Prodigy, laboring his characters with (at times) heavy-handed dialogue about topics like fate vs. free will and the existence of divine beings controlling our destinies. Again, this is fairly complex subject matter for a first-time feature director to tackle, but it's certainly a little rough around the edges as Leon tries to reach viewers with his message. Some audience members may be turned off a bit by its perceived preachiness.