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HoarahLouxwood Calls | Elden Ring live-action movie now confirmed to be on the way from A24 and director Alex Garland, so now we wait to find out which boss gets the Chicken Jockey treatment

(Malenia pops up on screen)...BLADE OF MIQUELLA...(popcorn flies everywhere)

May 23, 2025 Mark Warren

Super Mario World Mario and Yoshi in front a Mario Movie backdrop.

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World Premiere | Wa-hoo! The sequel to the Super Mario Bros Movie gets a name, thanks to NBCUniversal prematurely pressing let’s a-go

The name's since been scrubbed, likely after someone noticed and let out an ear-splitting Toad scream.

May 14, 2025 Mark Warren

Lucy in the Fallout TV Show opposite a gulper ambushing a power-armoured trooper.

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Bomb Dropped | Fallout TV show season two will premiere this year, as fresh teasers break out of Amazon's vault and season three gets the radioactive green light

Well, that was faster than the usual time it takes me to get banned from all of The Strip's casinos.

May 13, 2025 Mark Warren

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The three main characters of Amazon's Fallout TV Show.

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Plenty Quests To Go | "They gave me the end point" The Fallout TV show sounds like it could run for at least five or six seasons, provided it sticks to the original plan

Maximus actor Aaron Moten says the game's been narratively rigged from the start.

May 12, 2025 Mark Warren

The main characters of Amazon's Fallout TV show.

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Play The Walton Game | Wahey, Fallout TV show season 2 has officially wrapped up filming, so now we wait for the release date bomb to drop

Get ready to run to the TVault once those sirens start blaring.

May 9, 2025 Mark Warren

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Nightmeme Fuel | A Minecraft Movie gets special "Block Party" screenings that'll encourage you to "sing (and meme) along" as Jack Black burns a defenceless animal alive in front of some kids

It's tasty as hell! Which is where you're going Steve, with your ritualistic bird murders.

April 29, 2025 Mark Warren

A car sitting at the start line in OutRun.

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Bayroom Broom | Classic SEGA racer OutRun is suddenly getting the Michael Bay movie treatment, just like we all expected

Madame Web star Sydney Sweeney's also reportedly involved on the production side, which is cool.

April 22, 2025 Mark Warren

The ghoul in the Fallout TV show opposite Mr House in Fallout: New Vegas.

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Before The Bombs? | More Fallout TV show season 2 set leaks appear to offer a peek at another iconic New Vegas location, as well as hinting at pre-war scenes with stupid sexy Mr House

Look, all I'm saying is that the Strip's moustache man seems to have picked a good photo for his Lucky 38 ads.

April 15, 2025 Mark Warren

Jack Black as Steve in A Minecraft Movie looking at some FLINT AND STEEL.

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Calling All Crafters | A Minecraft Movie hasn't just earned big bucks and forced your mum to learn what a chicken jockey is, it's delivered a sizeable player bump for an already uber-popular game

Following in the footsteps of Mario, Fallout, and The Last of Us.

April 11, 2025 Mark Warren

A chicken jockey in the Minecraft Movie opposite Jimmy Fallon.

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Yeah, Maybe Don't | The Minecraft Movie chicken jockey chaos has, unfortunately, reached the ‘live poultry being smuggled into cinemas’ level, right as Jimmy Fallon kills the joke

"No, this is not good." Aye, we know, Jimmy.

April 10, 2025 Mark Warren

Jack Black saying 'Chicken Jockey' in A Minecraft Movie opposite a chicken jockey.

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Impractical Jockers | Enter the chicken jockey: A Minecraft movie scores the biggest US domestic debut in game adaptation history, as some people seemingly pay just to go nuts at the meme lines

Do you have to lob popcorn everywhere or take your shirt off just cos Jack Black said a thing?

April 7, 2025 Mark Warren

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Off the Combolendar | That new Street Fighter movie has reportedly been pulled from Sony's upcoming release calendar, so it looks to be back in the release date-less void

All may well not be lost though - we'll have to stay tuned to see if it gets re-scheduled down the line.

March 25, 2025 Mark Warren

The cat from Flow, haloed by a sunbeam, sits looking to camera on the left. The Last Guardian's titular creature looks curious and timid on the right.

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Rising Tide | Anyone mourning the poignant, meaningful feeling from Team Ico needs to check out Flow, the Oscar-winning film that beat Inside Out 2 and The Wild Robot

“We are all in the same boat and must overcome our differences to find ways to work together” feels very apt in 2025.

March 19, 2025 Dom Peppiatt

A group of people gathered round a computer screen in the anime Lazarus.

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3, 2, 1 Let's Jam | The creator of Cowboy Bebop's latest anime finally has a release date, and I for one am thankful it's not too far away

A ridiculously strong team on this one.

Feb. 28, 2025 Oisin Kuhnke

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A poster for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker showing Rey holding her lightsaber up.

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Fingers Crossed | That Ryan Gosling Star Wars movie is looking set to take place after The Rise of Skywalker, so maybe it'll help us forget just how rubbish the 9th film was

Oh, and as it turns out, Kathleen Kennedy isn't retiring any time soon.

Feb. 28, 2025 Oisin Kuhnke

Fiona, Donkey, Shrek, and Felicia all looking at Pinocchio's growing nose with their new looks for Shrek 5.

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Hey Now | Shrek 5 is giving the titular ogre and family a new look, and it seems like only Xbox is happy about it

"We are so back baby."

Feb. 28, 2025 Oisin Kuhnke

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Comic book art of a large number of green lanterns, including Hal Jordan and John Stewart, floating in space.

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Regular Lantern | DC's first look at Lanterns is decidedly un-green, but with production now underway, at least it won't be long until we get a proper one

Nothing better than a photo of two guys walking on a road.

Feb. 28, 2025 Oisin Kuhnke

Peter Quill aka Star-Lord in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

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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

Charlie Cox as Matt Murdock in Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)

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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

Twisters (2024) - Daisy Edgar-Jones and Glen Powell

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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

Sigourney Weaver as Ellen Ripley in Alien (1979)

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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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Shang-Chi is stood on some decking overlooking a lake, a staff in his hands.

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Ring Him Up | "I don't think anything's been impacted" Sure, Destin Daniel Cretton is busy with Spider-Man 4 and Naruto, but Simu Lui wants you to know Shang-Chi 2 is still coming too

"There's nothing coming out of both of us but excitement to make this film."

Feb. 26, 2025 Oisin Kuhnke

On the left, Barney the Dinosaur stood smiling as he always is. On the right, Ayo Edebiri in The Bear, taking a note of something, she is wearing a chef's outfit.

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Yes, Chef! | Barney is a dinosaur, not a bear, but his live-action movie might end up being written by a star from The Bear, so all our bases will be covered at least

Hopefully he'll still be one from our imagination.

Feb. 26, 2025 Oisin Kuhnke

From left to right: Wolverine, Blade, Gambit, X23, Deadpool, and Elektra, in Deadpool & Wolverine. They are all stood in a row looking at something offscreen.

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In Another World | Channing Tatum's Gambit movie would have been a "'30s kind of screwball romantic comedy", which honestly sounds like the fresh take on superhero movies we need

"It's kind of odd that it got scrapped."

Feb. 26, 2025 Oisin Kuhnke

Matt Murdock is sat in a diner wearing his signature red shades while smiling in Daredevil: Born Again.

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Happy Days | "I'm still not convinced it's the right thing to do" Charlie Cox on the "very traumatic event" that kicks off Daredevil: Born Again

"He'll probably never be the same again."

Feb. 26, 2025 Oisin Kuhnke

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Shapes And Colours | James Cameron says Avatar: Fire & Ash might be "the best of the three so far", but we all know that most people just show up for the spectacle anyway

"I've shown it to a few selected people and the feedback has been definitely the most emotional."

Feb. 26, 2025 Oisin Kuhnke

On the right, Tom Holland's Spider-Man crouched down, using one hand to support his balance. On the right, a poster for Ne Zha 2 of a fearsome looking character, a dragon and raging ocean in the background.

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Can't Beat That | The highest grossing animated movie of all time just passed Spider-Man: No Way Home's box office total in less than a month, and you probably haven't even heard of it

Now how's that for some success.

Feb. 25, 2025 Oisin Kuhnke

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Jon Bernthal is stood as The Punisher in the show of the same name, he's looking into the camera, wearing a military-like uniform with a skull on it.

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Born Again, Again | Marvel is getting another Werewolf by Night-style, one-off special, this time all about the Punisher, and the writer behind it is someone you’ll all be pretty familiar with

"It's like a shotgun blast of a story, but also has all the pathos and emotion that you want out of a Frank Castle story."

Feb. 25, 2025 Oisin Kuhnke

Moon Knight is stood in a carnival pen, multiple people lying unconscious/ dead on the ground.

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Gas Knighting | Want Moon Knight season 2? Well, you're probably not getting it, so I guess you just shouldn't trust Marvel's post credits scenes any more

Though there are apparently "plans for Moon Knight down the road."

Feb. 25, 2025 Oisin Kuhnke

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Cassion Andor's face superimposed over the Death Star in a promotional image for Andor season 2.

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Time For Revolution | As Andor season 2 gets its slightly odd first trailer, Lucasfilm reportedly loses its president later this year

It sounds like you can get ready to say goodbye to Kathleen Kennedy.

Feb. 25, 2025 Oisin Kuhnke

If you’re wondering what the DCU’s video game entries will look like, you’ll have to wait at least a “couple of years”, per James Gunn, but I’m not exactly confident he knows how long development takes these days”

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Eventually, Maybe | If you’re wondering what the DCU’s video game entries will look like, you’ll have to wait at least a “couple of years”, per James Gunn, but I’m not exactly confident he knows how long development takes these days”

Seriously, has he taken a look at the industry recently?

Feb. 25, 2025 Oisin Kuhnke

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Superman is sat with Krypto the Superdog on the moon, overlooking the Earth.

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Too Much, Too Fast? | As DC announces a whole suite of new projects, it shows it might not have learned from Marvel's biggest mistake

It's content all the way down.

Feb. 25, 2025 Oisin Kuhnke

John Malkvoich is stood in a dark area with long hair and beard in The Fantastic Four: First Steps.

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Looking Green | What was it like shooting The Fantastic Four, according to John Malkovich? "Very odd" because "nothing is really there except giant screens and 18 epic cranes"

"It was interesting."

Feb. 22, 2025 Oisin Kuhnke

Netflix must have liked Amazon's Sifu episode of Secret Level, as it's acquired the rights to the film adaptation of the stylish brawler, bringing a writer aboard with it

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Clap Slowly | Netflix must have liked Amazon's Sifu episode of Secret Level, as it's acquired the rights to the film adaptation of the stylish brawler, bringing a writer aboard with it

Still no release date, though.

Feb. 22, 2025 Oisin Kuhnke

Tom Holland's Spider-Man is perched on some rubble as one of Doc Oc's robotic arms reaches out towards him.

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A Tragedy | Marvel clearly doesn't feel like it can compete with ancient Greek literature, as Spider-Man 4 catches a delay to presumably make way for Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey

Though it's only a small delay.

Feb. 22, 2025 Oisin Kuhnke

007: No Time To Die - Daniel Craig as James Bond

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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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Jack O'Connell in Lady Chatterley's Lover

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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

Hannibal Buress shouting 'hadouken' in The Eric Andre Show

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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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Netflix's Daredevil stood in an underground area.

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Part Of The Team | Charlie Cox would love for Daredevil to get the "upgrade" of appearing in Avengers Doomsday or Secret Wars, though you have to wonder if he's just saying that to throw us off the scent

Living up to his name.

Feb. 18, 2025 Oisin Kuhnke

The titular Invincible in his black and blue suit in the sky, reaching his hand out towards something.

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See You Next Year | Good news, Invincible fans, the days of waiting two years for a new season sound well behind us, as its creator shares just how often we can expect new episodes every year

"I think that the release schedule that we're in is much more what we can expect going forward."

Feb. 18, 2025 Oisin Kuhnke

The titular Buffy the Vampire Slayer stood with her arms crossed in a promotional shot for theshow.

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Feeling The Impact | "I wish there was a better word than overwhelming" Sarah Michelle Gellar on what it's like coming back to Buffy for a sequel after all these years

"I think we have this team in place that is legendary."

Feb. 18, 2025 Oisin Kuhnke

Batman is stood in a room with many photos taped to the wall behind him, he's looking at someone with a scowl on his face in The Batman.

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Things Happen | The Caped Crusader himself finally knows what The Batman Part 2 is actually about, as Robert Pattinson shares he's "very excited" by what Matt Reeves is cooking up

"Matt is a very careful writer."

Feb. 18, 2025 Oisin Kuhnke

Timothee Chalamet as Paul Atreides in Dune 2, he's stood with a serious expression, a tube connected to his nose.

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Win Win | Spice lovers rejoice, as it's sounding like Denis Villeneuve will be starting production on Dune: Messiah a lot sooner than anyone expected

Still no word on a release date though.

Feb. 18, 2025 Oisin Kuhnke

Matt Damon as Odysseus in a test shoot for Odyssey, he's wearing typical ancient Greek armour.

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D'oh! | Matt Damon looks like literally any ancient Greek soldier in the first image for Christopher Nolan's Odyssey

Feels like a bit more could have been done here.

Feb. 18, 2025 Oisin Kuhnke

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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