Art the Clown Will Get a Suitably Evil Origin Story in ‘Terrifier 4’

Fraggle Rock enjoys a new holiday special at Apple TV+. Park Syeyoung returns with a dystopian sci-fi drama concerning mutant merfolk. Danny Pudi lends his voice to Khalis the Mummy in the second season of Creature Commandos. With the strength of Ra, it’s Morning Spoilers! According to the Hollywood Reporter, Jeremy Latcham is no longer attached to produce the live-action Naruto movie now that he’s the new president and chief creative officer of DC Studios. Wolf at the Door Bloody-Disgusting reports a film adaptation of Marisela Treviño Orta’s stage play Wolf at the Door is now in development at Concord Originals. It will be directed by Agustina San Martín, and the synopsis reads, “In 19th Century New Mexico, on the eve of giving birth to her first child, the film follows a young woman who foresees the return of a deadly half-man, half-wolf creature, only to discover another predator shares the hacienda she calls home.“ Don’t Look Variety reports Alyla Browne (Furiosa, Thrash) is attached to star in Don’t Look, a “fresh take” on “road movie horror” from director Kiah Roache-Turner that’s “set against the backdrop of the Australian outback.” The story concerns “15-year-old Riley (Browne), traveling across the outback with her father when they come across two seemingly abandoned cars at an isolated desert crossing. When an invisible force drags her father away, Riley finds herself in a life-or-death struggle against a terrifying creature that is only visible to its next victim.” Numinous Variety also reports filming has wrapped on Numinous, a Hindi and English-language horror film directed by and starring real-life paranormal investigator and podcaster Jay Alani. Said to be “adapted from one of Alani’s own documented case files,” the story “opens with police responding to a property in remote Himachal Pradesh, where they find a gutted structure and a body seated upright inside. When the family disputes the official verdict, they bring in a paranormal investigator whose inquiry uncovers something well beyond the reach of conventional crime.” Buddy 2 During his recent appearance on the That Was Pretty Scary podcast (via Bloody-Disgusting), Casper Kelly stated he hopes his upcoming sequel to Buddy will meet audience expectations since the fans have been “creating their own lore” surrounding it. I’m not sure I can talk about it, but yeah, I have my ideas of where I wanna take it, but since so many people respond to it, I feel a responsibility, and I’m wondering how much I should incorporate audience hopes and expectations and theories in what I’m doing, as well. It’s always tricky when you create mystery and it excites the audience, and they’re craving more, so they’re creating their own lore. It’s tricky to start to fill that out for them. I’m real excited about it so hopefully, people like it. Terrifier 4 Speaking with Comic Book, David Howard Thornton promised Art the Clown will not receive a “sympathetic” origin story in Terrifier 4. When I first sat down in the make-up chair with (Damien Leone), I was like, “Tell me everything about Art. Who is he? Why does he do what he’s doing? Because I just want to know that just for my own self.” And he’s like, “I don’t know.” So over the years, we’ve talked about different things, and we keep changing ideas and all that. So I don’t know what he’s going to land on. But I know one thing we’ve talked about is … we don’t want him to have a sympathetic background. In my head, he basically is evil incarnate. He came out of the womb just evil. In my mind, he would have strangled his mother with his own umbilical cord as soon as he came out of the womb … So I’m very interested to see how we tackle it. I’m hoping there are different things we address, like why he’s silent, stuff like that. The Fin Mutated merfolk called “Omegas” are the second-class citizens of post-war “United Korea” in the trailer for The Fin, the latest film from The Fifth Thoracic Vertebra director Park Syeyoung. Rise of the Rats Elsewhere, a punk rocker fights back against a horde of killer rodents led by the mythical Rat-Man in the trailer for Rise of the Rats. Creature Commandos According to a new report from insider Jeff Sneider (via Dread Central), Danny Pudi (Community, Powerless) has been cast as the voice of Khalis the Mummy in the second season of Creature Commandos. Fraggle Rock: A Holiday Gift Finally, Fraggle Rock returns for another holiday special this December 4 on Apple TV. Want more io9 news? Check out the best movies and TV shows to stream this month and all the upcoming sci-fi, fantasy, and horror books that should be on your radar.