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Resident Evil: The Final Chapter pushes the franchise past $1 billion

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Despite earning the best reviews of the series [although our own Rob Kojder didn’t like it] and the lowest opening weekend of the series, Paul W.S. Anderson and Sony Pictures have a lot to celebrate with Resident Evil: The Final Chapter as the franchise has crossed $1 billion worldwide. Resident Evil: The Final Chapter earned […]

The Week in Star Wars – Episode VIII gets a title, what does it mean?, Rogue One passes $1 billion and more

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Your weekend edition of The Week in Star Wars features the reveal of the new title for Star Wars: Episode VIII and the thoughts behind it, Rogue One box office news and more… The biggest story of the week is, of course, the title reveal of Star Wars: Episode VIII – which will now only […]

Exclusive Interview – Composer Michael Levine on creating Resident Evil 7: Biohazard’s famous theme ‘Go Tell Aunt Rhody’

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We chat with Michael Levine about his work on Resident Evil: Biohazard… Composer Michael Levine is no amateur when given the task of creating an iconic theme for a project. Levine is the man responsible for creating the famous Kit Kat ‘Gimme A Break’ jingle that every person with a TV has heard. More recently […]

Interview: Simon Barrett talks Blair Witch backlash, the challenges of writing a sequel and more

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Luke Owen gets on the phone with writer Simon Barrett… Last year I spoke with Adam Wingard just a couple of months after his project The Woods had been revealed as a sequel to 1999’s The Blair Witch Project and a few weeks before the film was released [read that interview here]. At the time […]

Star Wars: Episode VIII officially titled Star Wars: The Last Jedi

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Well, it’s official. We have a title for Star Wars: Episode VIII, and it’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Check out the tweet below: It's official. STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI is the next chapter of the Skywalker saga. This December. #TheLastJedi https://t.co/ySkVwQcMTP pic.twitter.com/eHrPgbsRJq — Star Wars (@starwars) January 23, 2017 “We have the greatest […]

Rumour: Sources who have seen Wonder Woman and Justice League are saying “good things” about them

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Well this is a turn of events. Just last week a report came out that Wonder Woman was “very disjointed” (which followed a report last year that called it “a mess”), and there hasn’t been a lot of positive press about Justice League either. But a new report is suggesting something entirely different. The Wrap’s […]

xXx: Return of Xander Cage blows up the box office with $70 million worldwide

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It seems like it was a worthwhile return, as Vin Diesel’s xXx: Return of Xander Cage had a fairly good weekend at the box office. The film delivered as expected domestically, earning $20 million from 3,500 screens to take second place behind Split. In terms of the franchise, it’s not exactly the $40 million opening […]

The Week in Star Wars – Darth Maul video game, Star Wars TV show update and more

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Your weekend edition of The Week in Star Wars features concept art from the cancelled Darth Maul game, an update on a possible TV show and more… Our top story this week surrounds a possible Star Wars TV show, which was rumoured back in August last year. ABC made some comments that sounded like something […]