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Natalie Portman joins HBO’s The Days of Abandonment

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HBO Films has cast Natalie Portman (Thor: Love and Thunder) in its adaptation of Elena Ferrante’s novel The Days of Abandonment. Portman will star in the lead role and produce the film through her company MountainA Films. The Days of Abandonment is “a visceral, no-holds-barred journey into the mind of a woman in crisis that […]

Saints Row movie will take inspiration from The Warriors and Escape From New York, says writer

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It has been nearly two years since we last had a major update on the adaptation of the hit video game series Saints Row – which is set to be directed by Straight Outta Compton, The Fate of the Furious and Men in Black: International director F. Gary Gray. Now, in an interview with Collider, writer Greg Russo, who has also […]

New Mass Effect Legendary Edition trailer compares original and remastered graphics

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We are now one month away from the release of Mass Effect Legendary Edition, the remastered version of the Mass Effect trilogy with fully updated graphics and gameplay. To mark the occasion, EA and Bioware have released a new trailer that compares the remastered graphics to the original releases, showing off the richer details, lighting and textures in […]

Physical edition of Unrailed! coming to Nintendo Switch

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Daedalic Entertainment and Indoor Astronaut have partnered up with Super Rare Games to release a physical edition of their co-op railroad construction game Unrailed! for Nintendo Switch on 15th April.  There will only be 4000 copies of this physical edition released and will come with a colour manual, interior artwork, an exclusive sticker and three […]

Zack Snyder’s Army of the Dead trailer teases new zombies and even an undead tiger!

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Filmmaker Zack Snyder is back with his second film of 2021, and this one looks even wilder than anything he’s done before. In Army of the Dead, Snyder returns to the zombie sub-genre and brings more of his unique touch. He was known for introducing fast zombies into the mainstream with Dawn of the Dead, […]

Sony releases Hotel Transylvania short film Monster Pets

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To tide us over until the release of the fourth instalment in the franchise Hotel Transylvania: Transformania (which just had its release date moved up to July 23rd), Sony Pictures has released the Hotel Transylvania short film, Monsters Pets which follows Drac on his search to find a companion for his loveable, monster-sized puppy Tinkles; […]

Horizon Zero Dawn’s Aloy arrives in Fortnite this Friday

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From Friday 16th April Fortnite gamers will find that Aloy from Horizon Zero Dawn (and the upcoming Horizon Forbidden West) will be ready to take on the Fortnite’s Primal Season. There will also be a new range of related items available in the shop. Aloy’s skills have been honed in the hostile machine controlled post-apocalyptic world of Horizon Zero Dawn and from […]

Paramount delays Top Gun: Maverick, Mission: Impossible 7 and 8, sets new Star Trek release date

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Tom Cruise fans are going to have to wait a little longer to see more death-defying stunts and daredevil feats from the Hollywood star as Paramount Pictures has delayed Top Gun: Maverick and Mission: Impossible 7 and 8 as the studio shuffles its post-lockdown slate. As revealed by Deadline, Top Gun: Maverick has moved from […]