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The Highest Grossing Video Game Movies of All-Time

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Luke Owen keeps track of the biggest video game movies… To go along with our Highest Grossing Superhero Movies of All-Time list, I felt we should also keep tabs on the video game movie adaptation. Since their debut in 1993, they’ve mostly come with a bad reputation, bad reviews and often bad box office results. […]

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 […]

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 […]

Shyamalan’s Split earns $45 million and tops the US box office

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It’s a second hit in the row for M. Night Shyamalan, as his horror thriller Split has topped the US box office. Showing on just over 3,000 screens, Split beat out new comers xXx: The Return of Xander Cage and The Founder to earn an estimated $40 million. It’s the director’s best opening since The Last […]

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 […]