“Ban video sadism now!” screamed the cover of the Daily Mail in July 1983, at the height of the furor over so-called “video nasties”. With home video in its early days, not subject to any official control, enterprising independent labels coined it in distributing low-budget horror films using the twin …
Read More »Shawn Levy, Joe Keery, and Jodie Comer on Free Guy, video games, and Mariah Carey
Free Guy may be a video game movie, but it’s not just a movie for people who play video games. As director Shawn Levy tells GamesRadar+, it’s bigger than that. “I confess I was a casual gamer at best before I made Free Guy,” Levy says. “In fact, in my …
Read More »Chloe Bennet leaves live-action Powerpuff Girls show
Chloe Bennet has left the live-action Powerpuff Girls show. According to Variety (opens in new tab), the actor departed the project due to scheduling conflicts. Bennet was set to play Blossom, with Dove Cameron as Bubbles, and Yana Perrault as Buttercup. Bennet is probably best known for portraying Daisy “Skye” …
Read More »Venom 2 delayed to October
Venom 2 has been delayed to October 15. As The Hollywood Reporter (opens in new tab) reports, Sony Productions has now pushed Venom: Let There Be Carnage from its previous September 24 release date to mid-October. The film was originally scheduled for October 2020 and then delayed to June 2021 …
Read More »Tom Hardy reveals hes already planning for Venom 3 – and wants a Spider-Man crossover
Let There Be Carnage may not be in cinemas yet, but that hasn’t stopped Venom lead Tom Hardy from mapping out the future of the symbiotic anti-hero. In a recent interview with Esquire (opens in new tab), Hardy has spoken openly about putting the foundations in place for Venom 3 …
Read More »Bohemian Rhapsody sequel “could happen”, according to Queens Brian May
Queen guitarist Brian May has suggested that Bohemian Rhapsody 2 may be on the cards, revealing that ideas for a sequel are now being considered. “We are looking at it. Yeah, we have been looking at ideas,” May told NME (opens in new tab). “It’s going to be hard to …
Read More »Shawn Levy compares directing Free Guy to his work on the Uncharted movie
Shawn Levy has some experience with video game movies. Despite the filmmaker’s upcoming movie Free Guy being an original property about an NPC (that’s Non-Playable Character) gone rogue in a GTA-like world, Levy was previously attached to helm the Uncharted movie, which was later taken over by Venom‘s Ruben Fleischer. …
Read More »Hunger Games prequel to start filming next year
The Hunger Games is getting a prequel movie, and it’s set to start production in the first half of 2022, according to Lionsgate. Francis Lawrence, who helmed the last three movies in the original quartet (Catching Fire, Mockingkay – Part 1 and Mockingjay – Part 2), will direct the prequel, but …
Read More »Chronicle producer says a female-led sequel is in the works
Nearly a decade after the release of sci-fi thriller Chronicle, the movie’s producer John Davis has revealed that a sequel is currently in the works. “We’re working on Chronicle 2 right now, and I think it’s going to be great. We’re working on it at Fox [20th Century Studios]. It’s …
Read More »Star Wars: The Bad Batch season 2 announced by Disney
Star Wars: The Bad Batch season 2 has officially been announced. The animated Clone Wars spinoff will be returning for a second installment on Disney Plus in 2022. “Fans have enthusiastically embraced the action and drama of Star Wars: The Bad Batch, and we are excited to see the Star Wars animated universe …
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