Embracer Group, the company that now owns the rights to The Lord of the Rings video games by way of its purchase of Middle-earth Enterprises, has confirmed that a total of five Lord of the Rings video games will be released in the next two years. As part of Embracer’s …

Paramount Global released its latest earnings report on Thursday, and one aspect of the company’s business that is getting a lot of attention is its subscriber base. The company had a total of 77 million streaming subscribers globally as of the end of 2022, according to The Hollywood Reporter. That’s …

After starring on Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, Bob Odenkirk is working with TV network AMC yet again for a new series called Lucky Hank. The first full-length trailer has now arrived, and it shows Odenkirk’s character, an English department chairman named Hank, having what appears to be a …

I Am Legend 2, the sequel to the 2007 post-apocalyptic film starring Will Smith, is moving ahead at Warner Bros. Akiva Goldsman, who heads up production company Weed Road, told Deadline that the sequel is inspired by HBO’s The Last of Us and picks up “a few decades” after the …

A John Madden biopic limited series is in the works that will chronicle the late football icon’s life and career, including his time as a head coach and presumably the origin of EA’s video game series bearing his name. Deadline reports that the series has yet to find a home, …

A big new Xbox firmware update is out now, and the big ticket feature is the highly touted “carbon aware” power management changes. As announced previously, this new update makes every Xbox console default to the energy-saving option as part of Microsoft’s push to reduce its carbon footprint overall. This …

A new patch is out now for Hogwarts Legacy on Xbox and PC, with a PS5 release coming later due to the developer encountering an unforeseen issue. This patch, the first major one for the Harry Potter game since launch, mainly addresses “overall gameplay performance and stability.” The update fixes …

According to a cinematographer working on HBO’s The Last of Us, the word “zombie” was banned from the set of the TV series. Eben Bolter, who is responsible in part for the show’s absolutely stunning visual imagery, said in an interview that the word “zombie” was banned on set because …

Beloved British actor Idris Elba has taken himself out of the running to play James Bond in the next film to follow Daniel Craig’s long run. The actor said at the World Government Summit in Dubai this week that he is more interested in playing and promoting his Luther character. …

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania is poised to have a massive start at the box office this weekend, with projections saying it could set a new record for the series. Deadline reports that the movie should earn $95 million over its first three days (February 17-19) and a few million …