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SILENT FOLLOW-UP | Here's your first look at Return to Silent Hill, the film adaptation of Silent Hill 2 that could release alongside its remake
James Sunderland included.
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A veteran pop culture and games writer with credits on The Escapist, Space, and LiveScience, Fran has a bachelor’s and master’s degree in English Studies (from University of Malaga, Spain) and likes Avatar, Star Wars, and Jurassic Park perhaps a little too much. He's also got a good head for indie games and knows what makes the modern movie industry tick.
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IP MAN | The Donnie Yen-led John Wick spinoff everyone was waiting for is officially happening
No High Table, but still plenty of problems.
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WHEN ALL IS FORLORN | Embracer aside, Peter Jackson and Andy Serkis had actually been thinking about more Gollum for a while
We still have our doubts, but it sounds like this specific pitch didn't come from executives.
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SQUID XMAS | Lee Jung-jae says Netflix's Squid Game season 2 hits in late 2024, but he's focusing on The Acolyte for now
Just what the kids wanted for Christmas.
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BEFORE MUAD'DIB | The first Dune: Prophecy trailer takes us back ten millennia before the birth of Paul Atreides, and things look almost the same
It seems cool, but also a bit samey.
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PAINFUL TACTICS | Prelude Dark Pain may look like isometric Darkest Dungeon, but its influences run much, much deeper than that
So far, it's got the style and substance required to make a splash.
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JUST SPANDEX | Everyone should just chill about the Superman costume reveal because we've been here before
Time is a flat circle, and moaning over comic book characters is eternal.
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MY PRECIOUS? | A new, Gollum-centric Lord of the Rings movie is coming, and we can only hope it's better than the game
Andy Serkis is also back, and my head hurts.
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WE'RE THE JOKE | The new offshoot The Office series is now ordered, and its premise sounds enticing and eerily relevant
Yeah, we can see where they're coming from.
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YOU SPIN ME ROUND | The new Twisters trailer reminds us star-driven disaster movies might be back, and Glen Powell sure sells it
Sometimes you just need well-shot spectacle and some big names.
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BACKED AND FOUND | YouTube creator Chris Stuckmann's horror movie Shelby Oaks gets extra boost from genre maestro Mike Flanagan
That's a ringing endorsement.
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NEW MASTER | Masters of the Universe movie set at Amazon with Bumblebee director, and it might actually get made now
Hey, it could potentially turn out fine.
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HE FALLS A LOT | The Fall Guy is an uncomplicated, old-fashioned movie magic centred on some of today's hottest stars
A much-needed return to big-budget Hollywood flicks in which star power mattered more than IP.
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DRIVING BACKWARDS | The next Mad Max movie may be another prequel to Fury Road, actually
A lot of stuff happened right before he came across Immortan Joe, it seems.
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UP AND AWAY | A real-life version of Up's floating house sounds like a terrible idea, but Airbnb is offering exactly that
Which stage of late capitalism is this?
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PUBLIC-DOMAIN SLOP | Mickey Mouse and Winnie the Pooh are set to fight in a movie unrelated to the ones you probably know
Eat your hearts out, Freddy and Jason.
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WICKED HYPE | I went into No Rest for the Wicked completely blind, and that absolutely worked in its favour
Having no expectations is better than having the wrong expectations.
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EXTRACTING PLAYERS | Escape from Tarkov's community goes up in flames over the most expensive edition's pricing and content changes
That's a big yikes from us.
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LOOSE CANON | The Fenix rises again? Did a veteran COG actor just spill the beans on Gears of War 6?
Prepare to crouch behind cover again.
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DARK THROWBACK | Star Wars: Tales of the Empire is bringing General Grievous back, and there's a great explanation behind it
Not every tale in this new mini-series is set during the Empire's reign.
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APE RIDERS | At this rate, they should call it Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes and Horses
Apes on horses look cool as hell, and Disney knows it.
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VIRUS SURVIVORS | 28 Years Later continues to sprint and infects three huge actors, but Cillian Murphy isn't confirmed yet
The apocalypse is star-studded.
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SUPERHERO DRAMA | Michael Douglas requesting Hank Pym to be killed off in Ant-Man 3 highlights the MCU's recent lack of stakes
There have been exceptions, but it's largely felt toothless as of late.
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CYBER-BROS | Transformers One's first trailer presents an animated buddy action-comedy on Cybertron
Yeah, we can get behind this pitch.
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SPACE FOR ALL | Apple is staying in the space business, as For All Mankind gets a season 5 renewal plus a spinoff
It really likes producing these shows.
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NO F*CKS GIVEN | Brian Cox comes out with guns blazing and tears into Joaquin Phoenix's "truly terrible" Napoleon performance
Well, at least he's being sincere.
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SECOND ATTEMPT | The American Oldboy remake turned out horrible, so they're making a TV series next
At least the bar is underground at this point.
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TARANTI-NOPE | Quentin Tarantino walks back final film plans that would've included a Once Upon a Time in Hollywood character
No, we don't think he's returning to his Star Trek idea.
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CHILL OUT | Done watching the Fallout series? You should hop on Fallout 76
Yes, really. No, this isn't promoted by Bethesda.
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ALL-OUT | Yup, Fallout is the final push that video game adaptations needed to become Hollywood's next big thing
For better or worse, it's the start of a new era.
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FREDDY 2.0 | Five Nights at Freddy's 2 locked in at Universal, will likely dominate Halloween 2025 regardless of quality
They should figure out the tone this time around.
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TOUGH SELL | From Barbie Land to Landlord: Margot Robbie doubles down on recognizable IPs and sets her sights on Monopoly
It'd be hilarious if she played the little fella.
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INTO THE WOODS | A new Blair Witch movie is coming, because it's easy horror money waiting to be made
Maybe this one won't be boring.
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POST-MARVEL GIG | 28 Years Later hasn't even been shot yet, but Candyman's Nia DaCosta is already circling its follow-up
Getting her mojo back.
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APES IN THE WILD | Believe it or not, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes was mostly shot outside of blue-screen sets
The trailers don't look like a digital mess, so we're inclined to believe this.
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THE HUNT GOES ON | Netflix's The Witcher is beefing up its cast for season 4, but I just can't get excited anymore
Season three broke something inside me.
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COMFY GRIND | As The Elder Scrolls Online turns 10, here's why you should be playing Bethesda's overlooked Skyrim follow-up
You don't have to sit there just waiting for TES VI, you know.
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RIDE INTO THE SUNSET | Fallout TV Show co-creator Jonathan Nolan wants a shot at tying up Westworld's loose ends
Sense8 got a feature-length finale after being cancelled, so there's a chance.
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SILVER BULLET | The Fantastic Four has found its Silver Surfer, but who the hell is Shalla-Bal?
We're only going deeper into the cosmic side of Marvel.
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KRYPTONIAN DRAMA | DC Studios subverts expectations by not landing a female director for Supergirl, but the pick is cool regardless
Yeah, sure, the director behind I, Tonya works for us.
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THE MATRIX REBOOTED | Drew Goddard is great, but his Matrix needs to be special to avoid being exactly what Resurrections warned against
This feels like another 'Dial of Destiny' situation waiting to happen.
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NEW ERA | Jurassic World: Chaos Theory, the sequel to DreamWorks and Netflix's Camp Cretaceous, is looking much darker
An animated "conspiracy thriller" for the younger viewers. Really.
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KAIJUHAMEHA | Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire is a live-action anime finale in which the two kaijus play Vegeta and Goku
At this point, they have better character arcs than some MCU heroes.
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UNIVERSE-BUILDING | Anthony Mackie says the Marvel Cinematic Universe is limited by the source material, but we're not sure that's the problem
I mean, one of its biggest strengths has always been weaving its own narrative.
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NEW COURSE | Hollywood's insatiable desire for reboots catches Pirates of the Caribbean's sinking ship in its maelstrom
Disney is done waiting for veterans.
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ENDLESS MISSION | Mission: Impossible 8 is still shooting somehow, adds Love Lies Bleeding star Katy O'Brian to cast
She's about to kick ass alongside some of the best in the business.
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SLICE AND DIE | Slave Zero X is a gore-soaked trip down memory lane, for better and for worse
Not everything from the past is good.
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3 STARS | Netflix's new massive sci-fi show, 3 Body Problem, is finally here, but the reception is mixed so far
It was a bold and risky bet after all.
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DINO-ISEKAI | ARK: The Animated Series is apparently a thing and has just surprised-dropped six episodes onto Paramount Plus
Vin Diesel included.
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WORKPLACE LAUGHS | A new The Office series might be happening and end up even more cringe than what came before
I (don't) declare (creative) bankruptcy!