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The DC Extended Universe of movies might be even bigger than anyone ever realized. Director Andy F. Sandberg, who directed both the upcoming DCEU film Shazam! and the 2016 horror film Lights Out  has cryptically stated that both films may take place in the same universe.On Twitter, the director was asked by a fan if we could ever look ...
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- 14 Hot Shots! Part Deux and Apocalypse Now Shared A Silly and Meta Connection
- 12 The Child's Play Series Bridged Five Slasher Series in One Scene
- 11 Neil Blomkamp's Movies Created A Singular Corporate Dystopia
- 8 Looney Tunes: Back in Action Shared Its Reality with Campy Sci-Fi Classics
- 7 Chip 'N Dale: Rescue Rangers United All Cartoons in One Meta Movie
- 6 Some of Quentin Tarantino's Movies Formed An Alternate History
- 5 Robert Rodriguez's Movies Were Movies in Quentin Tarantino's Meta World
- 4 Freaky Is Set in The Same World of The Happy Death Day Movies
- 3 John Hughes Confirmed That His Movies Were All Set in Shermer, Illinois
Despite its horror influences and director David F. Sandberg's presence, Shazam! is the last movie anyone expects to exist in the same universe as Lights Out. However, this is very much the case thanks to Emma Glover: the social worker who helped Martin and Billy Batson in Lights Out and Shazam!, respectively. Sandberg confirmed in a Tweet that And...
When Topper Harley and his team ventured into Iraq to free prisoners in Hot Shots! Part Deux, they entered enemy territory in a boat. While Topper was busy thinking to himself, his inner monologue was interrupted by the captain of a passing patrol boat. This other captain was Benjamin L. Willard, Apocalypse Now'sprotagonist. In effect, this joke br...
The slasher icons of the '80s are almost always lumped together in fan works or belated tie-in material, but few actually shared the screen together. A Nightmare on Elm Street and Friday The 13th got the most well-known slasher crossover in Freddy Vs. Jason, but Child's Play has the broadest crossover yet. RELATED: 10 Best Things About SyFy's Chuck...
Writer/director Neil Blomkamp may not have his own franchise, but his sci-fi movies were so interconnected that they formed a de facto shared universe. Chappie, District 9, and Elysium were connected by the Tetravaal conglomerate: the morally dubious company at the center of Chappie. Chappie focused on Tetravaal's robotics division. The logos for T...
Looney Tunes: Back in Action's most well-known joke was that Warner Brothers' cartoon characters were "actors" working at the studio. This meant that Scooby-Doo and Shaggy were real people who disliked their live-action "biopic." However, many viewers overlooked the movie's connection to campy sci-fi gems. RELATED: 10 Most Popular Doctor Who Villai...
Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers was hyped up as Who Framed Roger Rabbit's successor, but this legacy meant more than just Roger's cameo or a reference to The Dip. In Chip 'n Dale's reality, cartoon characters were actors who starred in their respective shows. This industry included characters from inside and outside Disney's canon. Some non-Disney "ac...
Minus Jackie Brown, all of Quentin Tarantino's movies shared a universe.Django UnchainedandInglourious Basterds created a more aggressive and media-obsessed history. This explained the realities of Reservoir Dogs and Once Upon A Time... in Hollywood. The latter even reenacted Basterd's fiery ending in The 14 Fists of McCluskey. Though their links w...
Another layer to Tarantino's shared universe was that his more bombastic movies like Death Proof and Kill Bill were movies that the characters of Pulp Fiction either watched or made. For example, Kill Bill was basically the cinematic adaptation of "Fox Force Five;" the failed TV pilot Mia Wallace described in Pulp Fiction. RELATED: 10 Best Main Cha...
Besides their morbid senses of humor and some thematic overlaps, Freaky and the Happy Death Day dulogy have little in common. But according to writer/director Christopher Landon, these movies are set in the same universe. As far as he's concerned, Freaky's Millie and Happy Death Day's Treeare bound for a crossover. Freaky and Happy Death Day never ...
John Hughes' iconic teen movies like The Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, and Sixteen Candles have overlapping styles and themes, but they never crossed over. Their most overt connection was the town of Shermer, Illinois, but this was often dismissed as coincidence. However, Hughes canonized this as fact. In a 1999 interview with Premiere,...
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Forget all about the DCEU for good moment - since it's official canon that Shazam! and Lights Out are in the same world, I thought about it as a David F. Sandberg fan and I can see these all sharing the same universe as Shazam! and its sequel.
Director David F. Sandberg is stepping out of the familiar genre of horror and joining the DC Comics cinematic universe, taking on the first live-action film featuring Shazam! But even though ...
Jun 10, 2018 · The director of Shazam! has teased that a character from his previous film Lights Out will make an appearance in the DCEU entry. David F. Sandberg has become well-known for his proactive and humorous social media posts about the upcoming movie. Some of these have genuinely updated progress on the film, whilst others have good-naturedly trolled ...
Apr 8, 2019 · Director David F. Sandberg is officially on a hot streak as Shazam! ’s opening weekend of $53 million marks his third straight critical and financial success after 2016’s Lights Out and 2017 ...
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Jul 11, 2024 · Explore the chilling world of horror films similar to Lights Out with this curated list of spine-tingling stories where past traumas, supernatural entities, and existential dread collide. These films have been selected based on votes by fans like you, guaranteeing a lineup of top-tier movies that promise to deliver heart-pounding scares and ...
