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Hollywood hasn’t unleashed Jason Voorhees on horror movie audiences since 2009. Back then, Jason had mostly been reduced to a Flanderized version of himself in entertaining cash grabs like Jason X and Freddy vs. Jason. The 2009 reboot, titled simply Friday the 13th, attempted to relaunch the franchise from a fresh slate. It failed miserably...
Disney’s latest box office dud is headed for streaming. A little over three months after the live-action film Moana debuted in theaters to an underwhelming box office performance, the movie is coming to Disney Plus on Oct. 21. Moana opened to a dismal $43 million at the domestic box office on opening weekend, a huge...
Star Wars: Galactic Racer will offer more frequent challenges to players because constant rewards lose their effect over time, according to Fuse Games head Matt Webster. During an interview, Fuse Games head Matt Webster cited the Burnout series as an example, where players were constantly rewarded with new cars and other items. Games need to...
Street Fighter 6 producer Shuhei Matsumoto believes that without attracting new players, the franchise could have disappeared within ten years due to the aging audience of Street Fighter 5. In an interview, Street Fighter 6 producer Shuhei Matsumoto shared that he and director Takayuki Nakamura realized this threat while working on the fifth installment. We...
Antonio Banderas stars as Hernán Cortés in an upcoming biographical movie about the early 16th-century Spanish conquistador. Artificial intelligence is expected to play a major role in the production of Cortés through the involvement of Utopai Studios and Ex Machina Studios. Antonio Banderas takes on the role of Spanish conquistador, Hernán Cortés Hernán Cortés captured...
Rick and Morty mocked A Nightmare on Elm Street in the series second episode, “Lawnmower Dog,” and the show has kept parodying horror movies ever since. Most recently, the show mashed up The Santa Clause and Prometheus in season 9’s “The Last Temptation of Jerry.” Most of these episodes focus on meta gags in the...
Max Factory has opened pre-orders for new static plastic figures of Guts and Griffith from Kentaro Miura’s manga Berserk, which are designed to take up minimal space on a desk or shelf and are scheduled for release in 2027. Following Prime 1 Studio, Max Factory has also decided to delight fans of the Berserk manga...
Over the course of 218 episodes spanning 11 seasons, the landmark TV series The X-Files explored a wide array of science fiction concepts, including a few episodes that touched on the idea of time travel. There was the season 4 episode “Synchrony,” where an elderly time traveler goes back to the 1990s to stop his...
Spider-Man star Tobey Maguire took on an unexpected role at his ex-wife Jennifer Meyer’s wedding, stepping up not merely as a guest, but as the officiant for the ceremony. The jewelry designer wed music executive Geoffrey Ogunlesi, son of billionaire investment banker Adebayo Ogunlesi, in a beautiful celebration held on October 10 at the Four...
Critical Role is partnering with Cover Corporation’s Hololive Production for Shattered Legends. The upcoming actual play miniseries is set in the world of Exandria and launches in mid-November 2026. The new project connects to Critical Role’s first three campaigns: Vox Machina, The Mighty Nein, and Bells Hells. According to a news release, Shattered Legends is...
