Mike Jones Minute-Con 2/9/26

Today in the #MikeJonesMinuteCon, we'll talk about new life for two big horror franchises!

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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre story has been around for over
fifty years, and there's more to come. Deadline reported that
A twenty four has gotten the rights to the franchise
and they're moving forward with a movie and a TV series.
The TV series is in the works, first with movie
creator and writer J. T. Moulder, who said that he
wasn't interested in doing a reboot of the original film,

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but he got on board because the show will be
a way to really explore the characters and the story
in a longer form. As for the new movie that
will come out after the TV show and be from
another team with A twenty four, another classic cars story
to talk about as the Lost Boys with the Broadway
show that's coming along. Entertainment Weekly did a feature on
the production showing the stars bringing the story to life

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as a musical in twenty twenty six. One of the
main actors, LJ. Bennett told EW that people are going
to love the show. With the stories and songs and production,
They're doing something really special. The Lost Boys will have
early performances starting on March twenty seventh at the Palace
Theater in New York, and then it officially opens on
April twenty sixth. Get your daily pop culture run down

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