Mike Flanagan promises a very different spin for his version of The Mist. Netflix will bring I Am Frankelda, the first Mexican feature-length stop-motion film, to the rest of the world. Plus, Monarch star Wyatt Russell teases his new spinoff. Spoilers now!
Charlie’s Angels
According to a new rumor from The InSneider (via World of Reel), Drew Barrymore, Cameron Diaz, and Lucy Liu are expected to return for the new Charlie’s Angels movie. However, “it’s unclear whether they are the leads or if they are just there to pass the torch to a new trio of Angels, but they will be in the reboot.”
The Mist
In a recent Bluesky post, Mike Flanagan stated the upcoming remake of The Mist “isn’t a retread” of Frank Darabont’s film, adding “the differences start page 1.”
I love Darabont’s film, and there’s zero point in remaking it. I learned a long [time] ago never to try to predict what fans will or won’t argue about […] this isn’t a retread. The differences start page 1.
Play House
Deadline reports Will Harrison, Jessica Sula, Jordan Gonzalez, and James Urbaniak are attached to star in Play House, an upcoming horror film from director Nicolas Curcio at Divide/Conquer (the production company behind M3GAN and Heart Eyes). The story concerns a man named Elliot who “buys a dilapidated house in an attempt to prove to his ex he can finally be a serious adult. While renovating the property, he uncovers VHS tapes of an unaired children’s television show hidden in the basement. What initially appears to be a disturbing DIY kids’ program soon pulls him into obsessive madness, revealing that the tapes—and the house itself—may have a far more sinister backstory.”
I Am Frankelda
Bloody-Disgusting reports Netflix has acquired I Am Frankelda, the first stop-motion feature from Mexico. Directed by Arturo and Roy Ambriz, the story is set in 19th-century Mexico and concerns Frankelda, “a gifted writer whose dark tales are ignored and dismissed. Forced to suppress her voice, she refuses to give up, even as many try to silence her. But when she is thrust into her subconscious, the very monsters she created come to life. Guided by Herneval, a tormented prince trapped between dreams and nightmares, she must restore balance between fiction and reality before both realms collapse. Meanwhile, the sinister writer Procrustes and his conspirators plot to seize control. As Frankelda and Herneval grow closer, their bond becomes both a strength and a curse. To rewrite their fate, she must confront a love that defies existence and reclaim her power as a storyteller—before dark forces consume her imagination and reveal horrors beyond her creation.”
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters
To promote the upcoming second season of Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, Apple TV+ staged a battle between Godzilla and King Kong with a swarm of drones above Los Angeles.
The city might be fine but world records were destroyed.#Monarch: Legacy of Monsters — New Season February 27 pic.twitter.com/BcD28eaoYN
— Apple TV (@AppleTV) February 21, 2026
The charge up. #Godzilla #Monarch: Legacy of Monsters returns February 27. pic.twitter.com/b4DbgMBuQt
— Legendary (@Legendary) February 21, 2026
Untitled Monarch Spinoff
Relatedly, Monarch producer Tony Tunnell revealed to Collider the upcoming spinoff series will be a “Cold War spy thriller” set in the 1980s.
I think what’s going to be really fun for audiences is that, again, we’re really working within the ethos of you don’t need to have seen the movies, don’t even need to have seen Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, to enjoy the new show. It’s going to be something that is going to be tonally a departure from what we’re doing. It’s going to be a little bit more voicy, a little bit more punk rock. It’s a Cold War spy thriller that has a card flip aspect to it.
One of the things, as we continue to build out this world, is we want everything to have its own space, its own lane, so we’re not repeating ourselves. That’s absolutely something that’s a priority for us. We want to have each of the shows be able to stand on their own and be able to be for people that didn’t know that there were monster fans until they watched the show, and then maybe they see it, and they go, ‘Oh, I’ve got to go check out Monarch: Legacy of Monsters. I have to go check out the original Toho films.’ I think it becomes contagious, especially as people start to really metabolize the fact that monsters are this really amazing, as all great sci-fi and horror has always been, great metaphor for what we’re actually dealing with in our own world.
In the same interview, Wyatt Russell added audiences have no idea what they’re in for.
You’ve got absolutely no fucking clue what to expect. I think people are going to expect one thing and be like, ‘Holy shit, this is not what I expected.’ It’ll go deeper into Lee’s experience after he came up, and being sort of put on ice, in 1982, and then what happens after that, and why he’s needed and the mission he goes on. It’s both, but in a way that… I don’t even know what I can talk about, so you guys figure that out later. But it’s so well integrated into both of those things, the way that they’ve dealt with and are dealing with their hand on how they infused monsters and infused the world of the MonsterVerse into a very, very, very human story, a la Monarch. It’s a little bit simpler because it’s less people. It’s less focused on a past and more focused on a present experience, mission, goal. But Joby has fused these elements so, so, so well, and I’m just excited.
Doctor Who
During his recent appearance on the Half the Picture podcast, Doctor Who composer Murray Gold revealed Russell T. Davies has “written, I think, multiple versions” of this year’s Christmas special “depending on certain outcomes” before adding, “so that’s all I really know and I’m not sure I’m even supposed to know that.”
The Mayfair Witches
Finally, showrunner Thomas Schnauz revealed filming has wrapped on the third season of The Mayfair Witches on Twitter.
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