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Netflix is reportedly increasing its subscription prices in the U.S. and other markets yet again, including the first price hike for its ad-supported plan. The streamer announced its Q4 2024 earnings results Tuesday, with the company taking in its biggest-ever quarterly increase in subscribers – gaining 18.91 million new ones for the period. That’s way […]
A trio of films have set release dates for this year. First up, A24 has officially announced an April 11th release date for “Warfare” which hails from “Civil War” and “Ex Machina” director Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza. Will Poulter, D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Cosmo Jarvis, Joseph Quinn, Charles Melton, Kit Connor, Finn Bennett, Taylor John Smith, […]
After a decade away, Cameron Diaz has returned to film acting, and it seems many were keen to see the results. Her new action-comedy “Back in Action,” starring Diaz and Jamie Foxx, debuted at No. 1 on Netflix’s Top 10 English movie list According to Netflix, the title received 46.8 million views in its premiere […]
“Borderlands,” “Joker: Folie a Deux,” “Madame Web,” “Megalopolis” and “Reagan” have all scored six nominations each for this year’s Razzie Awards noms – celebrating the worst movies and performances of the year. Also scoring multiple noms were Jerry Seinfeld’s “Unfrosted” with four and while “Argylle,” “Kraven the Hunter” and “The Crow” reboot scored two each. […]
Running Point Netflix has announced a February 27th premiere date for its basketball comedy series “Running Point” starring Golden Globe winner Kate Hudson. The project marks Hudson’s first major TV project as the solo lead. The series sees the sister of the disgraced President of the Los Angeles Waves take over her brother’s position. The […]
A24 has premiered the trailer for its new horror feature – “Opus”. The film stars Ayo Edebiri (“The Bear,” “Bottoms”), John Malkovich (“Ripley”), Juliette Lewis (“Yellowjackets”), Murray Bartlett (“The Last of Us”), and Amber Midthunder (“Prey”). The story centers on Ariel, a bookish young journalist sent to visit reclusive pop star Alfred Moretti (Malkovich), who […]
Abbott Elementary Quinta Brunson’s mockumentary school sitcom “Abbott Elementary” has been renewed for Season 5 at ABC, the renewal coming as the fourth season is currently airing and recently hit a viewership peak with 8.05 million people tuning in to its winter premiere. [Source: Variety] Doctor Who Jordan Adene and Rose Ayling-Ellis MBE have both […]
Uma Thurman has been set as a series regular opposite Michael C. Hall in the original series “Dexter: Resurrection” at Paramount+ with Showtime. Production got underway in New York earlier this month on the series which is effectively the second season of the revival series “Dexter: New Blood”. Hall will return as serial killer Dexter […]
Netflix has renewed its David E. Kelley-produced legal drama “The Lincoln Lawyer” for a fourth season. The new run will begin production next month in Los Angeles and will consist of ten episodes. The new season will be based on the sixth book in Michael Connelly’s Lincoln Lawyer novel series “The Law of Innocence”. That […]
Sydney Sweeney is in negotiations to star in “The Masque of the Red Death” at A24 and Picturestart. The project is said to be a “wildly revisionist and darkly comedic” take on the famed Edgar Allen Poe short story. That original short story follows Prince Prospero’s attempts to avoid a dangerous plague by hiding in […]
Filmmaker Brady Corbet has responded to the controversy that has emerged following comments about the use of AI in his major awards contender, “The Brutalist”. The film’s editor, Dávid Jancsó, revealed in an interview that AI-enhanced the performance of the leads, Adrien Brody and Felicity Jones. Specifically, the Hungarian dialogue in the film was tweaked […]
A massively multiplayer online RPG (MMORPG) title, based on Sony PlayStation and Guerrilla Games’ celebrated “Horizon: Zero Dawn” franchise, has reportedly been cancelled. South Korean news site MTN News (via VGC) indicates that publisher NCSoft has scrapped projects that were in the works – codenamed H, J and Pantera – at three separate studios. Project […]
While “The Brutalist” used AI for some voice tweaking, causing all sorts of debate about the technology’s use in movies, one person who has seemingly embraced it is filmmaker Paul Schrader. 78-year-old Schrader has been talking about A.I., more specifically ChatGPT, on his Facebook page recently with multiple postings. He says he realises that “AI […]
The “Sonic the Hedgehog” film franchise has seen its critical acclaim and box office grow with each subsequent outing, with the recent third film surpassing its predecessor’s worldwide box office this past weekend. Each film also keeps getting bigger in terms of scale, with the third one involving some massive set pieces. It turns out […]
Disney+ aired its “Skeleton Crew” season finale last Tuesday to a relatively quiet reception. As previously reported, the series experienced the lowest viewership of any “Star Wars” series premiere in its first week, with the first three episodes (the only ones charted so far) not making the Nielsen Top 10. Although a second season would […]
LuckyChap and Wattpad Webtoon Studios Inc. are producing a live-action film adaptation of Punko’s hit webcomic “Stagtown”. The comic has over 18 million views online and has been acclaimed for its eerie style. The film’s story follows Frankie, Jeremy, and Felix as they discover something terribly wrong in the town of Stagtown and attempt to […]
Filmmaker Christopher McQuarrie has teased that the upcoming “Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning” is so intense that it might not be for the faint-hearted. The film marks the eighth overall ‘Mission’ movie and quite possibly the final one for the franchise. McQuarrie confirms to Empire (via Games Radar) that they held an early screening […]
DC Studios co-chief James Gunn can’t seem to sit still. The filmmaker is currently in post-production on both his “Superman” movie and the second season of “Peacemaker” for Max with both projects to arrive on screens mid-late Summer. Despite that workload and serving in his DC executive capacity, Gunn has revealed he’s already making headway […]
Stick drift is the bane of existence to many a game console player. For those unfamiliar, it’s when a controller’s thumbsticks don’t respond accurately to input and can move on screen without being touched. Traditional thumbsticks and joysticks use a physical connection with a potentiometer to measure the stick’s position in space. Stick drift is […]
A “Star Wars” rumor that gained a bit of traction over the weekend has quickly been shot down. Recent scooper Kristian Harloff reported that actress Natalie Portman was potentially close to signing a deal to return as Padmé Amidala in the upcoming second season of “Star Wars: Ahsoka”. The scooper claimed that Dave Filoni has […]
There’s some minor good news for Marvel Studios. Tickets for “Captain America: Brave New World” went on sale on Friday, and now the first numbers are out. Box office analyst Luiz Fernando is reporting that ticket sales in its first weekend are charting 1.4x better than both “The Marvels” and “Joker: Folie a Deux,” and […]
Early story details have emerged regarding Marvel Studios’ “Avengers: Doomsday” and “Avengers: Secret Wars,” which all tie back to the recently finished animated anthology series “What If?”. Scooper DanielRPK reports that we can expect ‘multiple’ Watchers to appear in the new “Avengers” films. The recent finale of that show indicated that Jeffrey Wright’s Uatu isn’t […]
The comeback story of Oscar winner Ke Huy Quan continues, the former “The Goonies” and “Indiana Jones” star building on his Oscar-winning “Everything Everywhere All at Once” role success into several other notable gigs. He’s had several recent gigs, from supporting roles in the second season of Loki and the Disney+ series American Born Chinese […]
The other day, it was announced that “Oppenheimer” and “Numbers” actor David Krumholtz has joined the cast of the DC Studios title “Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow” at DC Studios and Warner Bros. Pictures. He and Emily Beecham (“Into the Badlands”) were set to play the parents of Milly Alcock’s Supergirl in the film, but reports […]
Brady Corbet’s “The Brutalist” is, in many ways, an old-school film. Shot in VistaVision, the film manages to craft an epic scale in terms of visuals, despite only a very limited budget to work with. To pull off such a feat, the filmmakers had to rely on whatever tools they could use – one of […]
The continuing performance of “Mufasa: The Lion King,” “Sonic the Hedgehog 3” and “Moana 2” at the international box-office is resulting in the films setting new records. Disney’s “Moana 2” has now topped $1 billion at the global box office to become only the third release of 2024 to reach the mark alongside Disney’s “Deadpool […]
Amazon Prime Video has released a new batch of photos from the third season of Robert Kirkman’s acclaimed superhero series “Invincible”. The new shots showcase good looks at Mark Grayson’s new black and blue costume from the comics, the new villain Powerplex, and characters like Debbie, Cecil, Eve, and Mark’s purple half-brother Oliver who becomes […]
The popular mobile game “Marvel Snap” has been removed from U.S. app stores in the wake of the American ban on TikTok going into effect last night. ByteDance, the company that owns TikTok, also owns and operates Nuverse, the publisher of the digital collectible card game “Marvel Snap”. While TikTok’s shutdown was announced a long […]
“Deadpool and Wolverine” joked that Hugh Jackman would play Wolverine until he was 90. It turns out that may not be as much of a joke as you might think. This weekend’s comic book movie rumor du jour is that Hugh Jackman plans to continue as Wolverine well into the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Mutant Saga. […]
Matthew Ball of Epyllion has released his annual State of Video Gaming (via The Direct) report and claims that a higher price tag for “Grand Theft Auto VI,” as high as $100, could mark a shift for the industry. Talking about how the gaming industry could change in the new year, there’s little doubt that […]
According to the release calendar, Marvel Studios’ Captain America: Brave New World will be the first real blockbuster of 2025. The film opens in mid-February, and tickets are now on sale. However, no word yet on how those sales are going. They should be pretty good, as reports have suggested the film is tracking for […]
Just over three years ago, Adam McKay’s climate change-themed disaster comedy “Don’t Look Up” came out. Although it received decidedly mixed critical reviews at the time, it did something Netflix rarely does: generate cultural conversation. The polarising film was praised by some for its smart satire; others criticised it as smug and heavy-handed. Both McKay […]