A pair of YouTubers join the ensemble cast of an upcoming horror-comedy. The director of Sharknado teases his unexpected follow-up. Russell Crowe wraps filming as Ramirez on the Highlander reboot. Don’t lose your head, it’s Morning Spoilers! Karn Evil 9 Variety reports Isaac Ezban (Párvulos, Evil Eye) is attached to direct a dystopian sci-fi movie based on the Emerson, Lake & Palmer song, “Karn Evil 9”. Written for the screen by Tim Hedrick (Avatar: The Last Airbender), the story follows Zak, “a brilliant but troubled musical prodigy,” who “is invited to perform at a major music festival simulcast in the world’s most popular video game.” However, Zak is “shocked to discover the game’s mysterious creator may be using him to promote a terrifying new technology. In a harrowing twist, our hero comes to believe that this technology may be of inestimable benefit to humanity, and he is hunted by ruthless, anti-technology mercenaries.” Best Friends Forever Variety also reports James A. Janisse and Chelsea Rebecca (hosts of the popular YouTube series Dead Meat) have joined the cast of the upcoming horror-comedy Best Friends Forever from director Liz Manashil and screenwriter Amy Taylor. Co-starring Aristotle Athari, Zac Oyama, Lynley Eilers, Bobby Moynihan, Catherine Corcoran, Kimia Behpoornia, Eliza Bennett, Jessie Ennis, Aparna Nancherla, Esther Povitsky, and Rekha Shankar, the story concerns “the bachelorette party reunion of five high school friends as they become exposed to toxic positivity-turned-supernatural and begin to turn against each other. The film explores the things we don’t say and all the things we don’t show, as women, to our friends.”