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Movie Tycoon | The Executive showed me that making sequels to a low-budget horror flick was a terrible idea and that audiences craved a Bicentennial Man rip-off

But I wanted to create a horror franchise no matter what.

Feb. 28, 2025 Fran Ruiz

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Legendary | Chris Pratt seemingly confirms Star-Lord will be back soon, as far too many MCU characters face oblivion with post-credits scenes going nowhere

Part of the lucky ones.

Feb. 27, 2025 Fran Ruiz

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Poke-Motion | Pokemon Concierge is returning to Netflix in September 2025 with all-new episodes, and season 1's available for free on YouTube for a limited time

A second dose of cuteness overload.

Feb. 27, 2025 Fran Ruiz

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Old Friends | Andrew Garfield didn't believe Charlie Cox was in Spider-Man: No Way Home, so they risked recognition by hanging out near the set in Atlanta

No on-screen Spider-Man and Daredevil team-up yet though.

Feb. 27, 2025 Fran Ruiz

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Imperfect Storm | Twisters losing its final kiss wasn't Steven Spielberg's fault, and the director says you should blame test audiences instead

Romanticism is dead.

Feb. 27, 2025 Fran Ruiz

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Raided | Netflix's big Tom Hardy-led action movie, Havoc, comes from the director of The Raid, and its first teaser trailer looks brutal

The violence in this one won't be clean, I can tell you that.

Feb. 27, 2025 Fran Ruiz

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Long Way Home | It turns out that Ellen Ripley was in Alien: Romulus all along according to director Fede Álvarez, but it sounds like overcomplicated nonsense

Just leave her alone, man.

Feb. 27, 2025 Fran Ruiz

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Ice And Fire | Eternal Strands is a great reminder that creative tools and reactiveness in big open-world sandboxes trump content bloat

The sort of intrepid game design you don't see much of anymore.

Feb. 22, 2025 Fran Ruiz

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James Slop | Amazon MGM Studios now has full creative control of the James Bond franchise, and you're almost certainly gonna get those spinoffs that you didn't ask for

Can't wait for the Young James Bond Adventures.

Feb. 20, 2025 Fran Ruiz

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Bad Blood | Alien: Romulus director Fede Álvarez knows how he'd like to approach an Alien vs. Predator movie, but it'd be a hard trick to pull off

Secrets are a thing of the past.

Feb. 20, 2025 Fran Ruiz

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More Titans | The next Godzilla x Kong movie recruits Unbroken's Jack O'Connell, who's joining newcomer Kaitlyn Dever and kaiju dentist Dan Stevens

Titans will be back in roughly two years.

Feb. 20, 2025 Fran Ruiz

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New Combos | The new Street Fighter live-action movie we keep forgetting about has landed a new director of Eric Andre Show fame

Sure, why the hell not.

Feb. 20, 2025 Fran Ruiz

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Gunn Reload | DC Studios' Sgt. Rock movie adaptation has lost Daniel Craig, but Luca Guadagnino is still planning to shoot it this year

As weird as it sounds, this one appears to be happening for sure.

Feb. 20, 2025 Fran Ruiz

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It's Joelver | The Last of Us has finally locked down its April release date on Max, and the episode count has been confirmed too

A shorter but probably more intense ride.

Feb. 20, 2025 Fran Ruiz

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Old Lessons | Tomb Raider 4-6 Remastered completes a trip down memory lane that remains unwelcoming despite its historical value

We must understand the past to prepare for the future.

Feb. 16, 2025 Fran Ruiz

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Vigilante Justice | Armie Hammer is becoming The Dark Knight for Uwe Boll, and no, that doesn't mean the Batman IP is going down the toilet again

I mean, it's already bad out there for the fallen actor.

Feb. 13, 2025 Fran Ruiz

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Third Volume | The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power will return for season 3 at Prime Video, and a big time jump is happening

Dark days ahead for both Middle-earth and the anti-woke crowd.

Feb. 13, 2025 Fran Ruiz

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Extended Drama | HBO's The Last of Us is "likely" getting four seasons to properly adapt all the happy events from Part II, but plans aren't finished yet

No gut punch left behind.

Feb. 13, 2025 Fran Ruiz

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Future Roar | Godzilla Minus One director Takashi Yamazaki confirms that a follow-up is now in pre-production and says he's got no desire to adopt AI anytime soon

Older technology and techniques still serve him just fine.

Feb. 13, 2025 Fran Ruiz

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New Investigation | You might've forgotten about True Detective season 5, but it's shooting soon and will be set in a far more familiar location

Creepy supernatural elements to be confirmed.

Feb. 13, 2025 Fran Ruiz

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Under Fire | The first Captain America: Brave New World reviews are here, and it's one of the lowest-rated MCU entries so far

Extensive reshoots and rewrites seem to be the least of its problems.

Feb. 13, 2025 Fran Ruiz

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Second Trilogy | Tomb Raider 4-6 Remastered happened because "it just didn't feel right" to do 4 and push the other entries aside, Aspyr says

It was a chance to make things right.

Feb. 12, 2025 Fran Ruiz

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Never Gone | Jurassic World, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and Fantastic Four all turn 10 this year, and Hollywood is mostly frozen in time and holding on to nostalgia

We've been returning to tradition for too long.

Feb. 11, 2025 Fran Ruiz

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Diminishing Returns | A new live-action/animation hybrid Smurfs movie is hitting this summer, and distinct art style aside, its first trailer feels too stale

Maybe it's time to let this IP go.

Feb. 6, 2025 Fran Ruiz

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Bark If Scared | Oscar winner Ke Huy Quan to star in Bad Boy, a new serial killer horror movie from Longlegs' producers somehow told from the POV of a dog

Now this is cinema.

Feb. 6, 2025 Fran Ruiz

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Longtime Friends | John Turturro pushed to cast Christopher Walken in Severance as his love interest because he's "someone you can laugh with and have fun with"

We can all agree that it paid off.

Feb. 6, 2025 Fran Ruiz

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Longtime Fan | Scarlett Johansson landed Jurassic World Rebirth's lead role after chasing an opportunity for many years and being a "really crazy" Jurassic Park fan over the decades

One of us! One of us!

Feb. 6, 2025 Fran Ruiz

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Into The Sunset | Harrison Ford isn't bothered by Indiana Jones 5 flopping and thinks Troy Baker's performance in The Great Circle proves AI isn't needed to "steal" his soul

At the same time, he isn't too worried about what happens in the future.

Feb. 6, 2025 Fran Ruiz

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Felyne Days | As Monster Hunter Wilds promises further streamlining of the series' compelling formula, I'm surprised a Stardew Valley-like spinoff hasn't happened yet

I want to farm and grind a ranch again... with proper systems and mechanics.

Feb. 1, 2025 Fran Ruiz

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Summer Games | The first Squid Game season 3 photos are here, and a summer release has also been confirmed alongside much of Netflix's huge 2025 slate

'The final game', unless the powers that be find a way to milk it again.

Jan. 30, 2025 Fran Ruiz

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Teased | Hollywood's loaded summer 2025 lineup to make a big splash at Super Bowl: From Jurassic World Rebirth to Fantastic Four, here's what you should expect

Lots to look forward to even if you aren't into football.

Jan. 30, 2025 Fran Ruiz

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Dead End | Following a Secret Level short and a Metroidvania reveal, it could be game over for the mysterious Pac-Man movie as director Justin Baldoni faces legal trouble

Pac-Man's rebirth has hit a snag.

Jan. 30, 2025 Fran Ruiz

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Not Interactive | Elliot Page is developing a TV adaptation of Quantic Dream's baffling interactive drama game Beyond: Two Souls, and we're as confused as you

He might be the only person who's thought about it since the 2019 PC port.

Jan. 30, 2025 Fran Ruiz

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Twisty | M. Night Shyamalan's next film is a "supernatural romantic thriller" starring Jake Gyllenhaal that's been co-created with The Notebook's Nicholas Sparks

A novel written by Sparks is also happening.

Jan. 30, 2025 Fran Ruiz

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Make It Legal | The Star Wars Episode I: Jedi Power Battles remaster dares to answer important questions like "What if Darth Maul and a loader droid went rogue on the Trade Federation?"

Wipe them out, all of them.

Jan. 24, 2025 Fran Ruiz

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Time To Shine | Oscar nominations 2025: Emilia Pérez, Wicked, and The Brutalist lead the pack, and The Substance surprises

All things considered, this year's roster is quite varied.

Jan. 23, 2025 Fran Ruiz

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Stolen Magic | The long-gestating West African-inspired fantasy epic Children of Blood and Bone has set an all-star cast at Paramount

The project was in development at Lucasfilm until the rights lapsed in 2021.

Jan. 23, 2025 Fran Ruiz

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Incursion Crisis | Benedict Cumberbatch says Doctor Strange will be elsewhere when the Avengers face Doctor Doom, but expect a big role in Secret Wars and a third solo movie

Strange days ahead.

Jan. 23, 2025 Fran Ruiz

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Attack Of The Clones | Mickey 17's second trailer is somehow even goofier than the first and doubles down on a hopefully definitive March release

Die. Respawn. Die. Respawn.

Jan. 23, 2025 Fran Ruiz

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Wuuf Wuuf | Robert Eggers is going from Nosferatu to werewolf thriller Werwulf and maybe this is the Dark Universe we deserved

One step closer to making a straight-up Bloodborne adaptation.

Jan. 23, 2025 Fran Ruiz

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Mindful | How do you remaster an overlooked cult classic like Star Wars Episode I: Jedi Power Battles? By leaning into how "fun and quirky" it is, says the developer

The even goofier side of The Phantom Menace.

Jan. 21, 2025 Fran Ruiz

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Gad Damn | Olaf was iced so brutally in the original Frozen 2 cut that Disney CEO Bob Iger was scared of unlocking a fear of death in children everywhere

It destroyed adults and kids alike.

Jan. 16, 2025 Fran Ruiz

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Again And Again | Until Dawn's first full trailer has Wendigos and an unsettling Peter Stormare in an entirely different (but enticing) story

Time loops make every story more attractive.

Jan. 16, 2025 Fran Ruiz

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Overdrive | Prepare for spiny shell hell as the new Mario Kart on the Nintendo Switch 2 appears to include 24-player races

Double the family-friendly pain.

Jan. 16, 2025 Fran Ruiz

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Basic Thing | James Mangold's plan for Swamp Thing is making it a simple "Gothic horror movie" and staying as far away as possible from the bigger DCU

Because fandoms are scary.

Jan. 16, 2025 Fran Ruiz

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Big Scramble | As Warner Bros. prepares for a Superman and Minecraft-led 2025, dusty IPs like Gremlins and Goonies are being unearthed

Bring me franchiseable IP.

Jan. 16, 2025 Fran Ruiz

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Pain Incoming | James Cameron keeps teasing Avatar 3's evil Na'vi clan and 'brave choices' and I think my boy Jake Sully might be cooked

The Wind Traders sound like chill people though.

Jan. 16, 2025 Fran Ruiz

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Relaxed Grind | Marvel Rivals' best feature so far is that completing its seasonal passes and events doesn't feel like a second job

I like Marvel and cool skins, but I'm also a semi-functional adult.

Jan. 10, 2025 Fran Ruiz

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Clobberin' Time | The Thing's most iconic catchphrase was used during The Fantastic Four: First Steps' production, but Ben Grimm actor Ebon Moss-Bachrach isn't sure it'll make the cut

Marvel Studios has to keep it in, right?

Jan. 9, 2025 Fran Ruiz

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Trapped In Amber | Jurassic World: Rebirth writer David Koepp teases the 'nine commandments' for the script and says that nothing from the previous films will be retconned

Fresh start, same Jurassic World.

Jan. 9, 2025 Fran Ruiz