Netflix is producing a sequel to the 2020 Charlize Theron movie The Old Guard, which is good news because the original film left off on an epic cliffhanger. Theron told Variety that a script is complete and shooting will begin in the first quarter of 2022. Little else is known, …
Read More »Sony Buys Game Studio Known For PC Ports
Following its acquisition of Returnal developer Housemarque earlier this week, PlayStation has now acquired Dutch studio Nixxes Software. The team previously made the Xbox 360 version of Rise of the Tomb Raider and contributed to Marvel’s Avengers. Avengers was Nixxes’ biggest game ever; it created content for the game alongside …
Read More »Take-Two Acquires Facial Animation Studio Behind Avengers: Endgame And More
Take-Two, the parent company of Rockstar Games and 2K Games, has acquired Dynamixyz, a “video-based facial animation services” company that worked on projects like Avengers: Endgame and Love, Death & Robots, as well as Take-Two’s own Red Dead Redemption II and NBA 2K21. Dynamixyz owns “leading-edge, proprietary motion capture, facial-analysis, …
Read More »Lord Of The Rings TV Show Actor Reacts To Its Giant Budget And Explains Why Secrecy Is Good
Amazon’s Lord of the Rings TV show reportedly has a gigantic budget, and now one of the actors has shared his thoughts on this and more, including why the secrecy around the project is actually a good thing. Benjamin Walker, who plays an unspecified role on the show, told Collider …
Read More »Bill Pullman Gives Independence Day Speech For Beer Ad That Promotes Vaccines
Actor Bill Pullman has reprised his Independence Day role for a new Budweiser commercial celebrating the 4th of July and encouraging people to get vaccinated. As we all remember, Pullman’s President Thomas J. Whitmore from the 1996 film Independence Day gave an impassioned speech encouraging the people of America to …
Read More »Iron Galaxy Hires Rejess Marshall As New Diversity, Equity, And Inclusion Boss
Iron Galaxy Studios has hired Rejess Marshall to become its new diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) boss. In the role of DEI & Access Program Manager at Iron Galaxy, Marshall will “help continue to drive and implement creative, sustainable, and innovative programs that support [the] company’s overall strategic DEI efforts” …
Read More »Spencer: Halo Infinite Is Not A "Make Or Break" Moment For The Series, Doesn't Need Battle Royale
Halo Infinite is not a “make or break” moment for the series, according to Xbox boss Phil Spencer. Halo is a mega-franchise that will be here for the next decade, regardless of how Halo Infinite is received, the executive said in a new interview. He also touched on how the …
Read More »Watch LOTR Actors Try To Stump Stephen Colbert With Obscure Middle-earth Trivia
Late night TV host Stephen Colbert is known for being a Lord of the Rings super-fan, and his knowledge was put to the test recently by actors from the series and director Peter Jackson himself. Dominic Monaghan and Billy Boyd, who played Merry and Pippin in the series, appeared on …
Read More »Knives Out 2 Photos Leak From The Set, Reveal Ethan Hawke Has Joined The Cast
Knives Out 2 is currently filming in Greece, and a number of photos have emerged from the set, one of which seems to reveal that Ethan Hawke has joined the cast. We don’t have any context for these set photos, so keep that in mind. The photos show off some …
Read More »Game Of Thrones: HBO Boss Gives An Update On The Spin-Offs
HBO is developing multiple Game of Thrones spin-offs, but so far only one–House of the Dragon–is actually being made. HBO boss Casey Bloys recently reiterated to reporters that House of the Dragon is the only new Game of Thrones show in production currently, though development continues on other possibilities as …
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