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Gary Collinson

‘Blood Ties’ chapter comes to Rise of the Tomb Raider on SteamVR

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Square Enix and Crystal Dynamics have announced that the ‘Blood Ties’ chapter of the critically acclaimed Rise of the Tomb Raider is now available on SteamVR for those with HTC Vive and Oculus Rift virtual reality headsets. Blood Ties’ single-player story chapter enables players to unlock the mysteries of Croft Manor on SteamVR. When Lara’s […]

UPDATE: Disney closing in on Fox takeover deal

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UPDATE: According to CNBC, The Walt Disney Company is now closing in on a deal to acquire 21st Century Fox assets, and an announcement could happen as soon as next week with estimates putting the price at around $75 billion. Original story follows… Earlier this month it was revealed that The Walt Disney Company had […]

Marvel and Stitcher launching scripted podcast Wolverine: The Long Night with Richard Armitage as Logan

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Marvel has announced that it is teaming with Stitcher to launch Wolverine: The Long Night, the first ever scripted Marvel podcast. Wolverine: The Long Night story is a captivating hybrid of mystery and the larger-scale fantasy of the Marvel Universe. It follows agents Sally Pierce (Celia Keenan-Bolger) and Tad Marshall (Ato Essandoh) as they arrive […]

Quentin Tarantino has pitched J.J. Abrams a Star Trek movie, may direct

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Back in September, during preparation for his upcoming Manson Family film #9, Quentin Tarantino revealed that he had an idea for a Star Trek movie, and that it “would be worth having a meeting about”. Well, it seems he has had a meeting about it, with Deadline revealing that Tarantino has shared his idea with […]

James Franco to direct and star in A Boy Named Shel

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Coming off the critically acclaimed The Disaster Artist, which details the making of Tommy Wiseau’s infamous The Room, James Franco has found his next directorial project, signing on to helm and star in A Boy Named Shel. Based on Lisa Rogak’s biography, the film will see Franco taking on the role of American writer, singer-songwriter, […]

20 films in contention for the Best Visual Effects Oscar at the 90th Academy Awards

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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have announced the twenty films which remain in content for the Best Visual Effects Oscar at the 90th Academy Awards. Check out the longlist here… SEE ALSO: 26 films in the running for the Best Animated Feature Oscar at the Academy Awards Alien: Covenant Beauty and the […]

First Solo: A Star Wars Story teaser poster surfaces

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While director Ron Howard delivered regular social media updates and teases from the set of the film, we’ve had very little in the way of marketing material for next year’s Solo: A Star Wars Story, save for the official title and logo reveal back in October. Obviously Disney and Lucasfilm are focussing their marketing efforts […]

Poster and trailer for controversial Polish drama Playground

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Ahead of its U.S. release this Friday, Uncork’d Entertainment has unveiled a poster and trailer for writer-director Bartosz M. Kowalski controversial and disturbing drama Playground, which presents a fictionalised account of the shocking 1993 murder of toddler James Bulger. Final day of school in a small Polish town. It’s the very last chance for 12-Year-Old Gabrysia […]

First-look preview of Titan’s Bloodborne #1

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Last month it was announced that Titan is set to bring the critically acclaimed video game Bloodborne to comics, and now we’ve got a first look preview of the debut issue, featuring some interior art from series artist Piotr Kowalski (Wolfenstein, Dark Souls). Take a look here… A nameless Hunter awakens in an ancient city where […]