One week after Dragon’s Dogma 2’s March 22 launch, Capcom has released the first update to the game. Update 1.050 adds a handful of features to Capcom’s action RPG including one of the most requested options since launch, the ability to start a new game when save data already exists.
Ready or Not was a deliciously twisted play on the concept of meeting the family of one’s fiancée. Samara Waving plays a young woman who is invited on the night of her wedding by her new husband’s rich, eccentric family to participate in a time-honored tradition that turns into a lethal game with everyone fighting for their survival. The horror comedy also starred Adam Brody, Mark O’Brien, Elyse Levesque, Henry Czerny, and Andie MacDowell and was directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, who have gone on to direct Scream (2022) and Scream VI.
Ready or Not was written by Guy Busick and R. Christopher Murphy. However, Bettinelli-Olpin and Gillett are currently involved with a new Universal Monsters project, so they will not be returning for Ready or Not 2. Instead, ComingSoon.net reports that Escape Room director Adam Robitel will be taking the reins for the sequel. The scoop comes from industry source, The InSneider. Robitel’s horror credentials go back to 2014 with his debut, The Taking of Deborah Logan. He has then gone on to write and direct for Blumhouse with the films Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension and Insidious: The Last Key.
There currently aren’t any details of what the story will entail or if Weaving is to return, nor is there official word on whether Busick or Murphy are coming back. However, even though they won’t be directing, Bettinelli-Olpin and Gillett are still on board to take on producing duties alongside Chad Villella. Meanwhile, Busick has followed his Ready or Not directors to the Universal Monsters movie, in which he’s written some revisions. The story of their Universal Monster project centers on “a group of kidnappers who abduct a band of young people, one of whom ends up being Dracula’s daughter. Woe then betides the kidnappers.” At one point, the project was going by the title Dracula’s Daughter, but as of right now, it doesn’t have an official title.
Universal has said that the film formerly known as Dracula’s Daughter is a movie that “falls in the lane of such films as Leigh Whannell’s The Invisible Man and Renfield, Chris McKay’s take on a Dracula side character — movies that provide a unique take on legendary monster lore and will represent a fresh, new direction for how to celebrate these classic characters.”
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JoBlo.com recently launched a new weekly documentary series called 80s Horror Memories, where each year of the 1980s has five episodes dedicated to it. Looking back at 1980, we discussed Maniac, Dressed to Kill, Alligator, Friday the 13th, The Shining, Prom Night, and The Fog. The second five episodes were a journey through 1981, covering The Funhouse, The Burning, Friday the 13th Part 2, My Bloody Valentine, Halloween II, The Evil Dead, The Howling, and An American Werewolf in London, as well as the careers of horror hosts Elvira and Joe Bob Briggs. The next five were, of course, all about movies that came out in 1982: Conan the Barbarian, The Thing, Halloween III: Season of the Witch, and Poltergeist, with an examination of the short-lived 3-D boom along the way. For 1983, we talked about a trio of Stephen King adaptations, Jaws 3-D, Sleepaway Camp, the rise of TV horror anthologies, and Psycho II.
For 1984, we covered the creation of the PG-13 rating, The Terminator, Gremlins, Ghostbusters, and A Nightmare on Elm Street. Our trip through 1985 included Teen Wolf, Re-Animator, A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy’s Revenge Friday the 13th: A New Beginning, Fright Night, Lifeforce, Day of the Dead, and The Return of the Living Dead. For 1986, we covered David Cronenberg’s The Fly, the horror comedies that were released during the year (including Jason Lives: Friday the 13th Part VI and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2), Aliens, the connection between horror movies and heavy metal, and David Lynch’s Blue Velvet. For our trip through 1987, we looked at Hellraiser, RoboCop, Predator, Evil Dead II, and The Lost Boys. And of 1988’s horror offerings, we examined They Live, The Blob, Beetlejuice, A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master, and Child’s Play.
Now we’re heading into the final year of the decade, and we’re getting the journey through 1989 started with a look at the first movie from Charles Band’s legendary company Full Moon. It’s Puppet Master, and you can hear all about it in the video embedded above.
New episodes of 80s Horror Memories are released through the YouTube channel JoBlo Horror Originals every Friday.
Here’s the info on 80s Horror Memories: It’s been over 40 years since the decade that shaped the horror movie industry began and having lived through most of those years personally, we at JoBlo/Arrow in the Head have decided to create a 10-part documentary series in which not only cover every nook and cranny of the biggest horror themes from 1980 to 1989 but also what was happening in the world at the time. Join us as we walk down Horror Memory Lane!
And here’s the info on this particular episode: As we near the end of 80s Horror Memories, let’s take another ride to the nexus of youth and storytelling as we delve into one cult movie that defined the video store experience. Watch out for Nazis, be suspicious of psychics, and let your freak flag fly because today, we’re opening the trunk to Puppet Master.
This episode of 80s Horror Memories was written by Lance Vlcek, narrated by Tyler Nichols, edited by Juan Jimenez, produced by Berge Garabedian and John Fallon, co-produced by Mike Conway, and executive produced by Berge Garabedian. The score was provided by Shawn Knippelberg. Special Guest: Darren Lynn Bousman (Mother’s Day).
Let us know what you thought of this episode, plus share some of your own ’80s horror memories by leaving a comment!
Two of the previous episodes of 80s Horror Memories can be seen below. To see more of our shows, head over to the JoBlo Horror Originals channel – and subscribe while you’re at it!
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Earlier this month, an image cinematographer Christian Sebaldt shared on Instagram indicated that Final Destination 6 (which is going by the title Final Destination: Bloodlines) was finally, after years of development and a thirteen year gap between sequels, heading into production. The next day, producer Craig Perry took to social media to confirm that Final Destination: Bloodlines is indeed filming, the aim being to get this one into theatres in 2025 – in time to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the release of the original film. It will even be on IMAX screens! Now The Hollywood Reporter has revealed the names of several cast members. They are Brec Bassinger (Stargirl), Teo Briones (Chucky), Kaitlyn Santa Juana (The Friendship Game), Richard Harmon (The 100), Anna Lore (Gotham Knights), Owen Patrick Joyner (Julie and the Phantoms), Max Lloyd-Jones (The Book of Boba Fett), Rya Kihlstedt (Obi-Wan Kenobi), and Tinpo Lee (The Manor).
According to entertainment industry scooper Daniel Richtman, Final Destination: Bloodlines has the following synopsis: Just as she’s about to leave home for college, 18 year old STEFANI, who’s been having horrific nightmares about dying in a tower accident in the 1960s, discovers that her dream is actually a premonition that happened to her grandmother, Esther, who thwarted death fifty years ago but is now running out of time. Stefani learns that though her grandmother thwarted Death (until she died in her 80s), and Death has been going after the would-have-been victims of that long-ago catastrophe, killing them off and then going after their children. Stefani and her family realize that their bloodline isn’t safe from Death, who will take them violently and gruesomely, in order, unless someone like Stefani figures out a way to stop it.
Jon Watts, director of Spider-Man: Homecoming, Spider-Man: Far from Home, and Spider-Man: No Way Home, is producing the film with Perry, Dianne McGunigle, and Sheila Hanahan Taylor. Watts also wrote the initial treatment, which was fleshed out into a screenplay by Lori Evans Taylor and Guy Busick. The directing duo of Zach Lipovsky and Adam B. Stein, who previously directed the 2018 film Freaks (starring Emile Hirsch and Bruce Dern) and the 2019 live-action Kim Possible movie, are at the helm.
We’ve previously heard that Tony Todd will be reprising the role of mortician Bludworth in this film.
Are you looking forward to Final Destination 6 / Final Destination: Bloodlines? What do you think of the cast that has been assembled for the film? Let us know by leaving a comment below.
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It’s nearly April. Where does the time go? Whether this year is flying or crawling by for you, we’re looking at another four weeks of new game releases. April arrives with a number of familiar releases landing on new platforms, some interesting new exclusives, and the video game adaptation of the late Akira Toriyama’s…
It’s nearly April. Where does the time go? Whether this year is flying or crawling by for you, we’re looking at another four weeks of new game releases. April arrives with a number of familiar releases landing on new platforms, some interesting new exclusives, and the video game adaptation of the late Akira Toriyama’s…
Well, this is a bummer. The great Louis Gossett Jr., star of An Officer and a Gentleman, Roots, Diggstown, Jaws 3D, Iron Eagle, and so many more classics, has died at age 87. According to his obit in THR, no cause of death was immediately revealed, but the actor was treated for prostate cancer in 2010, and also battled COVID-19 back in 2020.
If you grew up in the eighties and nineties, Louis Gossett Jr was one of those faces you saw everywhere. He was in high demand as a character actor, winning an Oscar for playing Richard Gere’s tough but compassionate drill instructor in An Officer and a Gentleman. If you haven’t seen that movie in a while or remember it as a sappy romantic drama, I’d urge you to watch it again. It’s actually a pretty gritty, R-rated drama, and it climaxes with a nifty martial arts battle between Gossett and Gere, which is capped off by one of the most brutal crotch kicks (delivered by Gossett to Gere) I’ve ever seen in a movie.
While Gossett had been in plenty of stuff before (including Roots), the Oscar win really kicked his career into high gear. He immediately became in demand, with him having a blast chewing some scenery in Jaws 3D opposite Dennis Quaid. He became a leading man in his own right thanks to the Iron Eagle films, in which he played Chappy Sinclair, an Air Force pilot who, in the first film, helps a teen rescue his shot-down pilot father (check out our tribute to it here). Gossett became a mainstay of these films, starring in no less than three sequels. He also co-starred with Dolph Lundgren in the first Punisher movie, was one of the leads in the cult teen action flick Toy Soldiers, and most recently turned up on HBO’s Watchmen series, as well as the Color Purple remake. He also did a voice role for John Krasinski’s IF, which will be released posthumously.
Here’s an interesting piece of trivia for you. Louis Gossett Jr once saved someone’s life. In the early eighties, he co-starred in a short-lived series called The Powers of Matthew Star. The show’s young star, Peter Barton, fell onto a magnesium flare, and Gossett, who was tied to a chair in the scene they were shooting, managed to somehow rescue him by falling on top of him, sustaining some burns himself in the attempt. Pretty cool, huh?
While his passing is indeed very sad news, Gossett leaves behind an incredible legacy of performances we here at JoBlo will never forget. Rest in peace good sir.
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Leapin’ lizards! It looks like our two favorite Kaiju (or titans) are on their way to a mighty weekend at the box office, with Deadline reporting that Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire has grossed a muscular $8 million in its early Thursday previews. That’s almost double what Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire made last week but about $2 million less than Dune: Part Two made earlier this month. Everyone is predicting (including us) a roughly $50 million opening for the film, which could, theoretically, go a little bit higher given how well the early screenings are doing. It’s the second-best preview night for a Legendary MonsterVerse movie, with the 2014 version of Godzilla earning $9.4 million.
All in all, this is a really good start for a franchise that, before the pandemic, seemed like it was dying. Certainly, WB and Legendary made a smart choice bringing director Adam Wingard onboard, with him bringing just the right, fun vibe the movies need. As I mentioned in my review, Wingard keeps the movies tight (just under two hours), and sidelines the humans in favor of what everyone wants to see – more monster action. Godzilla x Kong takes this a bit further than the other films, with long stretches of the film not having any dialogue at all, and it works quite well.
So far, the reviews for Godzilla x Kong aren’t all that hot, but what will be more important than anything else will be the CinemaScore rating, as that’s what really judges whether or not a film will have legs at the box office. No news yet on what Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire grossed last night. Hopefully, the film will have some decent legs in order to keep the franchise going.
What are you going to see this Easter Weekend? Let us know in the comments!
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It’s still hard to believe even with the cast list, leaked set photos and official title card unveilings, but Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis is finally – and actually – coming to the big screen. In fact, it already has, as the passion project had a special screening on Thursday at Universal CityWalk IMAX Theater, with the intent to not only show off his much-anticipated film but also secure a buyer.
Ahead of the Megalopolis screening, Coppola marked the occasion by introducing the film to his audience, first referencing his first monumental success, 1972’s The Godfather: “Dear Friends, As heard from me before: ‘I believe in America.’ If I could leave you with one thought after you see my new film, it would be this: Our founders borrowed a Constitution, Roman Law, and Senate for their revolutionary government without a king, so American History could neither have taken place nor succeed as it did without classical learning to guide it.”
While Francis Ford Coppola has an extensive list of films that he never got around to making for one reason or a hundred, Megalopolis stands at the top of the mountain as the most (in)famous. With origins going back to the 1980s, funding issues got in the way, sidelining the project and essentially forcing him to take on other studio films so he could help get Megalopolis going. After other halts, Coppola finally got the funding he needed, no doubt in part to his namesake line of wines.
Based on the history and reactions – when was the last time Coppola received a standing ovation for a film? – thus far, it does seem like everybody is finally pulling for the maestro and Megalopolis. But who will win the eventual bidding war, considering every major buyer was at the screening? For that – and their release plan – we wait. No official release date has been set, but with the buyers screening of Megalopolis a clear success, hopefully we can get word of Coppola’s film’s plan. The Cannes Film Festival in May could be a tight squeeze, but there’s also Venice in August that could offer just the sort of prestige that the director deserves. Apparently, the film runs just over two hours, without credits.
Where does Megalopolis rank in your most anticipated films of 2024? Do you think it can live up to the hype? Share your thoughts below!
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With Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire officially stomping its way into theaters tomorrow, some fans will be eager to revisit the many movies which make up the long-running series. If you’re wondering which Godzilla movies you should check out, Godzilla x Kong director Adam Wingard has revealed his personal top five movies in the franchise.
While speaking on the Inside Total Film podcast, Wingard said that the Shōwa era of the Godzilla franchise is his favourite, encompassing the movies which were released from 1954-1975. “I like the psychedelic, colorful vibe,” Wingard said. “Godzilla vs. Hedorah is my favorite of that series, because it’s the most experimental. It’s like the Easy Rider of Godzilla movies.” However, Wingard doesn’t just restrain himself to the Shōwa era, as he also loves 1995’s Godzilla vs. Destoroyah. “In a way, it’s kind of the closest anything has ever been to the Shōwa films, without trying to be,” he said. “And it’s just a really beautiful movie that is very moving at the end.“
So, what are Wingard’s top five Godzilla movies? Here’s the list:
The director added that although he didn’t mention Godzilla Minus One in his list as it’s still “too new to me,” he would definitely include it in his top five list.
Although Godzilla x Kong has been receiving mixed reviews, it does sound like it’s a lot of pure fun bursting with monster mayhem. However, our own Chris Bumbray did have one complaint. “While the trailers made it look like it’s a non-stop brofest between Godzilla and Kong, the two are kept apart for close to ninety minutes, and this movie is just under two hours,” Bumbray wrote. “All of the scenes you’ve seen of them doing their thing together are from the last chunk of the film. While that’s a bummer, I must admit that I found myself surprisingly engaged by the build-up.” You can check out the rest of Bumbray’s review right here.
What are your top five Godzilla movies?
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