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Resident Evil 3 Remake’s knife will be indestructible

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With the release of Resident Evil 3 Remake just around the corner, Capcom has announced the knife will now be indestructible, unlike the knives in Resident Evil 2 Remake which would break after a certain amount of uses. In a recent interview with Game Informer, producer Peter Fabiano stated the decision to change the knife breakage system from […]

Ada Wong Resident Evil 4 statue revealed by Darkside Collectibles Studio

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Sideshow and Darkside Studio Collectibles have unveiled a new 1:4 scale Ada Wong statue which is based on her appearance in Resident Evil 4. Limited to 500 pieces, it is available to pre-order now, priced at $789; take a look at the promotional images here… SUPPORT FLICKERING MYTH: Order via Sideshow Collectibles Sideshow and Darkside Collectibles […]

Han Solo set photo, original Spider-Man: Homecoming plot, Carrie Fisher in The Last Jedi and more – Daily News Roundup

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HAN SOLO PHOTO He’s only been director for a few weeks, but Ron Howard has already shared a behind-the-scenes photo from the untitled Han Solo movie, featuring everyone’s favourite Wookie Chewbacacca. Check it out here. LIGHT POSTER It will debut on Netflix in August and premiere at FrightFest the night before, and yesterday we got […]

Paul W.S. Anderson on Resident Evil reboots, live-action Pinocchio director, GOTGv2 cut cameo and more – Daily News Roundup

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RESIDENT EVIL(S) Over the weekend Constantin Films and Sony Gems announced they would rebooting the Resident Evil franchise following on from Paul W.S. Anderson’s swansong Resident Evil: The Final Chapter. Producer Samuel Hadida had mentioned the possibility of this back in 2012 so it should come as no surprise, and it has been announced that […]

Resident Evil producer thinks the reboot should have “more action”

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It didn’t take long after the release of Resident Evil: The Final Chapter [read our Blu-Ray review here] for Sony Gems and Constantin Films to announce a reboot of the video game movie franchise with James Wan at the helm. Since then, fans have been wondering what kind of direction the reboot will take. Well, […]

Meet the new Fifty Shades Darker cast, Prison Break gets a new promo, John Wick Chapter 2 gets a spoof poster and more – Daily News Roundup

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Rounding up yesterday’s big news stories… FIFTY SHADES DARKER CAST With Fifty Shades Darker set to arrived in cinemas this Friday, Universal Pictures released a featurette for the Fifty Shades of Grey sequel which focuses on ‘Mrs. Robinson’ (Kim Basinger), Jack Hyde (Eric Johnson), and Leila (Bella Heathcote) and the threats they bring to Anastasia […]

Resident Evil: In praise (and defence) of Paul W.S. Anderson’s billion dollar video game movie franchise

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Luke Owen looks back at the Resident Evil franchise… NOTE: Comments from Paul W.S. Anderson are taken from Lights, Camera, GAME OVER!: How Video Game Movies Get Made, which is available for pre-order now. Regular listeners to the Flickering Myth Podcast will know that my movie tastes aren’t the norm when it comes to being […]

EXCLUSIVE: Paul W.S. Anderson’s thoughts on Resident Evil reboots and sequels

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The video game movie industry is in a renaissance at the moment. The Angry Birds Movie was a box office hit last year, and Warcraft made an incredible amount of money from the Chinese market alone. Since then we’ve seen adaptations of Tomb Raider and Rampage go into production, as well as more and more […]

How do video game movies get made?

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It’s been a question on the mind of video game fans around the world for many years: why are most video game movies the way they are? Well a new book titled Lights, Camera, GAME OVER!: How Video Game Movies Get Made from Flickering Myth’s Luke Owen looks behind the scenes of some of the […]