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Andy Serkis is obsessed with the animal kingdom. Not happy playing all primates great and small in King Kong and Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes , his next move behind the camera will reportedly see him rework George Orwell’s barnyard epic, Animal Farm . “I think we found …

The new PlayStation Store is finally live in the UK, but one of the first things you see when you open it is a large banner advertising a pre-order for Need For Speed: Most Wanted (opens in new tab). We’re excited for the game (as it’s essentially Burnout Paradise 2 …

Horror comes to Hong Kong in Sleeping Dogs’ first story-driven DLC, and it’s up to Wei Shen to stop the supernatural monstrosities and their vengeful leader. Square Enix today fully unveiled the Nightmare at North Point add-on pack, which will unleash several new missions and weapons inspired by Chinese mythological …

Warner Bros has taken an aggressive step in re-establishing its stable of on-screen superheroes, by aiming to launch its Justice League film in the same year as Marvel’s The Avengers 2 . According to the LA Times (opens in new tab) , Warner wants to begin shooting the film next …

Whereas most filmmakers have to wait until the success of the first film can be measured by box office figures and critical reactions before securing a sequel, Tyler Perry seems to have bypassed all that by negotiating a follow-up to Alex Cross before the original has even been released. Alex …

[brightcove]1213024251001[/brightcove] The Dark Knight Rises ’ Wally Pfister is one of the pre-eminent cinematographers working today, thanks in no small part to his work on Christopher Nolan’s films. He’s currently working on his own directorial debut (details of which are very hush-hush), and he recently sat down for a chat …

Every issue, SFX teams up with WHSmith to offer you a special discount on a key new SF/fantasy book. And this month we’ve got offers on two titles. Red Country is the latest book by Joe Abercrombie, a typically bloody fantasy take on the Western, which sees the return of …

Skyfall has released a new clip online, in which Bond is introduced to the latest in a long line of femme fatales in the form of Bérénice Marlohe’s Sévérine. The new clip shows Bond and Sévérine exchanging a few words over a gambling table, as the latter pronounces how impressed …

Streaming game service OnLive had some pretty rough times over the summer, but it looks like the company’s narrow evasion of bankruptcy was even more razor-thin than suspected. The Verge reports that OnLive’s assets were sold off to investor Gary Lauder for just $4.8 million in August. For reference, news …

Hollywood’s ongoing battle to adapt anything and everything is set to continue apace with the news that classic cartoon strip Peanuts will be made into a movie by Fox Animation and Blue Sky Studios. However, this hopefully won’t just be another example of hammering a well-loved property into a movie-shaped …