On today's episode of Movie Talk, Mark Ellis, Perri Nemiroff and John Rocha discuss the following:

  • James Wan revealed on Josh Horowitz's Happy Sad Confused podcast that he had brief talks about directing a horror movie about Batman.
  • Bloody Disgusting is reporting that that Canadian kids horror show Are You Afraid of the Dark? will be getting a feature film treatment with D.J. Caruso possibly directing.
  • Universal Pictures released a new poster for Jordan Peele’s new film Us that stars Lupita Nyong'o, Winston Duke, and Elisabeth Moss.
  • THR hosted a round table of animation professionals that debated if The Lion King is live-action or animation?
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