Everything's Coming Up Fuller

Yesterday's news that Hannibal and Pushing Daisies god Bryan Fuller was going to be show-running a Friday the 13th prequel series called Crystal Lake for Peacock had already knocked me straight onto my bum -- oh and there's a little update regarding rights, too:

This essentially means the A24/Peacock CRYSTAL LAKE series has access to the whole franchise, but my hunch is that Fuller isn’t terribly interested in serving up more hockey mask Jason. Pamela has his heart. We will see! https://t.co/J5a5sFsDcq

— Phil Nobile Jr. (@PhilNobileJr) November 1, 2022

But as if that wasn't enough, here I am, on my bum all over again, as THR is reporting that Bryan's gone and written a movie called Dust Bunny and he's planning on directing it and oh, a little somebody named Mads Mikkelsen is going to star in it. 

"Mads Mikkelsen is set to reunite with his Hannibal creator Bryan Fuller on the newly announced feature Dust Bunny.... Principal production is set to begin in January 2023. Dust Bunny will tell the story of an eight-year-old girl who enlists the help of her intriguing neighbor to kill the monster under her bed that she believes ate her family."

They go on to call it "a throwback to the family horror films of the 80s." I guess Bryan has been a busy bunny during pandemic times! Dude makes me feel so goddamned lazy, but that's for the best -- he's way better at what he does than I am at literally anything, and we should all be very very very excited to see what he's got in store with us with this. Original storytelling! It can still happen! Here's a happy Hannibal flashback to celebrate with:

Pic of the Day

Writer, now-director, and friend-of-MNPP Bryan Fuller shared this image of himself with his Hannibal leading man Mads Mikkelsen today, captioning it "Back in the saddle with this guy #dustbunny" -- if that hashtag means nothing to you then let me refer you to this post from November of last year where I told you about Dust Bunny, Bryan's directorial debut about "an eight-year-old girl who enlists the help of her intriguing neighbor to kill the monster under her bed that she believes ate her family." Now if you head to the IMDb page an even more intriguing fact if you can believe it reveals itself -- IMDb says that this movie will also co-star Sigourney Weaver? IMDb is the only place I see this reported -- all of the other links when you google it are talking about it being on IMDb. So is this true? I don't know. HEY BRYAN. I know you're directing your first movie right this minute or whatever but come answer my question, please! ETA we have confirmation, via the lips of Sigourney herself! This is from a chat with her a couple of weeks ago at the New York Social Diary:

"The industry finally realized, especially in the last few years, that people are interested in seeing older women in stories, not necessarily about older people, but just as part of a good tale. I’ve never been particular about leads versus supporting parts, so I’ve been able to find such an incredible assortment of roles in the last couple of years. Now, I’m about to go off to Budapest to do a wonderful small movie called Dust Bunny. I play another person who’s not so nice, opposite Mads Mikkelsen, the brilliant Danish actor (‘Casino Royale’), with a really talented writer/director, Bryan Fuller (“Hannibal’). And I have really beautiful costumes!”

The Year of the Dust Bunny

I keep forgetting to direct y'all to Bryan Fuller's Instagram where he's been sharing a steady stream of Dust Bunny set photos of Mads Mikkelsen & Co -- the Pushing Daisies and Hannibal creator's feature film debut, click here to read my previous informative posts about Dust Bunny, which I've gathered is a childhood imagination horror film a la Pan's Labyrinth or my beloved Paperhouse. But I only know vaugely, as I'm trying to keep myself unspoiled. Still no release date on this but I can't imagine a world where it's not out this year. Hell I can't imagine us not having a trailer in the next few months. Oh and did I mention it co-stars Sigourney Weaver? Be excited!

You're a Real Mads Man

(See more photos from this new shoot of Mads Mikkelsen right here) Extremely excellent news today that Pushing Daisies and Hannibal creator Bryan Fuller's deliriously delightful directorial debut Dust Bunny -- the big toothed monster movie starring Mads and Sigourney Weaver -- is indeed getting a physical media release! You never know these days. And it's a 4K disc no less, which drops on April 28th, and which you can pre-order right here. Here's a look at it:

You can read my review of this movie right here -- it's a shame this movie got such a small release because it's so much fun and so inventive and colorful and everythingm we associate with the Pushing Daisies meastro, but now that it'll be available this way I'm hoping, as I said in my review, that it proves to be a cult in the making. It's the perfect gateway horror flick to show your own kids or your nieces and nephews to turn them into psychos and sickos like we are!

I am totally stealing these from @bryanfuller.bsky.social elsewhere but dig these killer photos of Sigourney Weaver bts on DUST BUNNY. Congrats to her on her much deserved Saturn nomination for Best Supporting Actor!

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— Jason Adams (@jamnpp.bsky.social) March 8, 2026 at 2:22 PM

Hey My Review of Dust Bunny is Up Here

I've posted that photo of Mads Mikkelsen before (because of course I have) but I'm latching onto some of its eye-catch to direct said same eyes over to my Pajiba review of Dust Bunny, which went up today -- from our hero Bryan Fuller of Pushing Daisies and Hannibal fame, this movie stars Mads as as assassin who gets hired by a little girl to kill the monster under her bed and, well, tell me that's not already one hell of an idea from the get-go. But then you probably know all of this as I've been following this movie's progress for several years -- the important part is it's out in theaters now and I hope y'all try to go find a screen where it's playing. It's a perfect weird little wonder -- if every weekend the multiplex was stuffed with movies this imaginative and fun and outside-the-box the film industry could be saved. If not financially at least spiritually. Watch the trailer here if you missed it before. And then go throw your money at this magical movie dammit!

I'm Not Mads, I'm Just Drawn That Way

One of my most anticipated movies of not just 2025 but the past several years is out today -- Pushing Daisies and Hannibal creator Bryan Fuller's Dust Bunny which stars Mads Mikkelsen as a hit-man who gets hired by a little girl (Sophie Sloan) who lives in his apartment building to kill the monster under her bed. You should go see it! I mean it! And I will have more words than that piddling bit of sage advice to share in order to convince you, just... not quite yet. My review's a little delayed due to a bevy of unforeseen circumstances (the sprained ankle I'm still dealing with is just one of them but it's had a helluva butterfly effect) but I will indeed be writing about the movie soon. Until then just take my couple of words for it -- it's a delightful, funny, rampaging charmer, clearly destined to be a cult classic for all those people adventurous enough to take a chance and wander into its weird little one-of-a-kind-world. Bryan is very good at making those! Anyway I've shared it before but here's the trailer, and stay tuned for more from me in the next few days on this wonderful, wonderful film.

Behold the Dust Bunny Trailer!

A long long long awaited happy day here at MNPP HQ as Pushing Daisies and Hannibal creator and friend-of-MNPP Bryan Fuller's feature-film directing-debut Dust Bunny is premiering at TIFF tonight! No as I just said in my previous post I'm not in Toronto so I'm not there to see the movie yet but I'm still psyched for our friend and can't wait to see this myself. Starring Mads Mikkelsen as a contract killer who's hired by a little girl named Aurora (Sophie Sloan) to murder the monster that lives under her bed, we all don't have to feel as if we're missing out on seeing the movie tonight in Canada -- they just dropped the first trailer! Watch:

Goosebumps! It looks fuckin' incredible. Pushing Daisies meets The Matrix! Even better we-ve got a release date too and it's so much sooner than I expected -- it's out December 5th! Holy shit! It all looks spectacular but most of all I cannot wait to see what the monster that Bryan created looks like. This man's imagination is unparalleled. Also -- hey Sigourney...

Dust Bunny Lift Off

This news has been a long time coming -- Bryan Fuller's directorial debut Dust Bunny has given us our first official look and a release date! There you'll see stars Mads Mikkelsen and Sigourney Weaver -- down below you'll see the full image with child actor Sophie Sloan who I believe is the actual lead of the film. Anyway it's definitely serving some Pushing Daisies realness with all of the hyper-saturated pageantry on display, which obviously makes us very happy -- anything that makes us think of Pushing Daisies is gonna do just that. See all of my previous posts on this movie here -- the news had trickled to a slow drip for a long time which I do believe had to do with one studio getting swallowed up by another yadda yadda boring business shit I will not bore you with. All we need to know -- it's hitting theaters on December 12th! Draw a bouquet of flowers on that calendar square because we're getting gifted!

We All Need a Little Mads Sometimes

We got a trailer for Bryan Fuller's film Dust Bunny last month along with word that the film is coming out on December 5th -- now we have a clip! Watch it above -- or don't because watching clips from movies out of context is usually a bad idea. I allow people to make up their own damn minds. I am just happy to take the chance to remind you that Dust Bunny is coming and that's a good thing to look forward to. We need those. I myself am seeing it next week at the Brooklyn Horror Fest and you will surely hear my opinion then, so stay tuned for that. 

Hopping Mads

Heads up that one of 2025's best movies that placed on far far far too few lists of such things has hit VOD today -- Bryan Fuller's deeply dreamy and fantastically fun Dust Bunny! You can rent it right here and I really recommend you do -- as I said in my review (probably to Bryan's chagrin since I know he makes these things hoping for a broader audience) this has all the makings of a beloved cult movie to be and I trust it will find its place in the canon in time. Especially as gateway horror for the kiddos -- this should be a movie like Gremlins was for me; one that will breed horror movie fans for life. Watch the trailer back here if you missed it -- and I have paired all of this information with a nice set of Mads Mikkelsen photos (via) because obviously.

5 Off My Head - Brooklyn Horror 2025 Time!

Starting next week we'll be entering the annual "very quiet round these parts" portion of the calendar as I plunge head-first into the fall film fests -- first it's the New York Film Festival, then there's the autumnal edition of NewFest, and then kicking off on October 16th there's the Brooklyn Horror Fest, which I've been covering since year one. This is year ten! By the time Halloween comes I'm always completely blown out but it's worth it every time so I keep it up anyway, despite the years of my life I've no doubt lost to cinematic exhaustion. Anyway today BHFF announced their new line-up and you can see the entire thing right here, but I'm going to zero in on a few titles (five specifically) that I'm most excited about seeing. A few of the movies they're showing I've already seen at earlier fests this year (Tina "daughter of Geroge" Romero's queer zombie flick Queens of the Dead is a hell of a lot of fun) -- in fact one of them I've even reviewed! You can read my thoughts on the brilliantly surreal head-trip Buffet Infinity right here. But let's get to the rest!

5 Brooklyn Horror Tiles to Devour

Dust Bunny -- Obviously! Duh! This kiddy horror flick from Pushing Daisies and Hannibal genius Bryan Fuller screened at TIFF yesterday and they also dropped the trailer (right here) -- it stars Mads Mikkelsen and Sigourney Weaver and I haven't shut up about it for a very long time. And it looks like this will be my first opportunity to see it before it hits theaters on December 5th!

Boorman and the Devil -- This documentary about the making of John Boorman's disastrously-received Exorcist sequel just premiered at Venice last week and got a really good reception. Also the queer horror community being as small as it is we here at MNPP know some people who worked on this (including director David Kitteredge) and we've been hearing about its making for what feels like forever! Put it in my eyeballs!

This is Not a Test -- Although the official page for this (the Opening Night) movie on BHFF's website doesn't mention its queerness, Variety's article on the line-up does -- either way we dug director Adam MacDonald's former feature Pyewacket a lot and we're always on board a high-school-set zombie movie. 

Tinsman Road -- A new found-footage horror film from homosexual director Robbie Banfitch, director of the found-footage freak-out The Outwaters. I was slightly mixed on that one (although it has some excellent scares and atmopshere) but we support our people! Meaning "gays" but also "found footage horror movie lovers."

Violence -- Looking forward to this one mainly because it stars Rohan Campbell, who was done dirty by David Gordon Green's Halloween Ends. He was good in a terrible role, and we're giving him a second chance. Does it hurt that he's hot as hell? Of course not. We are but human.

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There are a heap more movies worth seeing so make sure you scan the entire line-up at the link, and if you're in NYC between October 16th and 25th then you owe it to yourself to celebrate the Hallow-season with some of these frights! Badges are on sale right now; individual tickets go on sale this Friday at Noon!