As we near the end of August, it’s time once more for PlayStation to reveal the next collection of free games coming to PS Plus in September. This time around, we’ve got two very different sports titles and a wonderful little horror game.
Could the next multimedia crossover to grace Fortnite be… Stardew Valley? If the creator behind the endlessly popular indie farming sim has anything to say about it, then the answer is yes.
Could the next multimedia crossover to grace Fortnite be… Stardew Valley? If the creator behind the endlessly popular indie farming sim has anything to say about it, then the answer is yes.
Yellowstone co-creator Taylor Sheridan is returning to the trenches with Zoe Saldaña (Avatar: The Way of Water, Guardians of the Galaxy) for Lioness Season 2, premiering Sunday, October 27. The espionage thriller is filming in Texas, with MTV Entertainment Studios and 101 Studios leading the charge. Zoe Saldaña leads the drama as Joe McNamara, the hard-lined chief of the CIA’s Lioness program. With her female undercover operatives willing to embrace any mission, the group assassinates the world’s most dangerous terrorists. Today, Paramount is thrilled to share the premiere date for Lioness Season 2 alongside a gallery of first-look photos from upcoming episodes.
Here’s the official synopsis for Lioness Season 2 courtesy of Paramount+:
As the CIA’s fight against terror moves closer to home, Joe (Saldaña), Kaitlyn (Kidman), and Byron (Kelly) enlist a new Lioness operative to infiltrate a previously unknown threat. With pressure mounting from all sides, Joe is forced to confront the profound personal sacrifices she has made as the leader of the Lioness program. The series also stars Dave Annable, Jill Wagner, LaMonica Garrett, James Jordan, Austin Hébert, Jonah Wharton, Thad Luckinbill, and Hannah Love Lanier.
Laysla De Oliveira (Locke & Key, In the Tall Grass), Genesis Rodriguez (The Umbrella Academy, Big Hero 6) and Emmy Award nominee Michael Kelly (Man of Steel, Chronicle) join Saldaña as lead cast members, with Oscar winner Morgan Freeman (Lean on Me, The Shawshank Redemption) and Oscar and Emmy winner and executive producer Nicole Kidman (Eyes Wide Shut, The Others, Paddington).
The series is executive produced by Taylor Sheridan, David C. Glasser, Zoe Saldaña, Nicole Kidman, Ron Burkle, Bob Yari, David Hutkin, Jill Wagner, David Lemanowicz, Geyer Kosinski, Michael Friedman, and Keith Cox and distributed by Paramount Global Content Distribution.
You can check out a collection of first-look pics from Lioness Season 2 below:
When Lioness roared on Paramount+, it set a new world record as the most-watched worldwide series premiere on the streaming service. Anticipation for the new season is sky-high as fans await answers to burning questions and prepare to go behind enemy lines to keep the world from unraveling.
Lioness Season 2 joins the expanding Taylor Sheridan-Verse, which includes shows like 1883, Mayor of Kingston, Lawmen: Bass Reeves, the upcoming Landman, the second season of Tulsa King, 1923, and The Madison.
Lioness Season 2 gets its premiere exclusively on Paramount+ on Sunday, October 27.
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The found footage horror anthology series V/H/S was launched in 2012, with the sequels V/H/S/2 and V/H/S: Viral following in 2013 and 2014. There was a spin-off called SiREN in 2016, then the franchise went dormant for a few years… before being revived by the Shudder streaming service, which has had great success delivering a new V/H/S movie every year. There was V/H/S/94 in 2021, V/H/S/99 in 2022, and V/H/S/85 in 2023 (with another spin-off, called Kids vs. Aliens, also dropping in 2023). There will be no lack of V/H/S this year, as Shudder recently announced they’ll be releasing V/H/S/Beyond on October 4th – and now a teaser trailer for the film has made its way online! You can check it out in the embed above.
A Shudder Original Film made in association with Studio71, V/H/S/Beyond will feature six new bloodcurdling tapes, placing horror at the forefront of a sci-fi-inspired hellscape.
The segments making up this entry in the franchise are:
“Stork”: Directed by Jordan Downey (ThanksKilling, ThanksKilling 3, The Head Hunter), screenplay by Downey and Kevin Stewart
“Fur Babies”: Written and directed by Christian Long and Justin Long, who had acting roles in Jeepers Creepers, Tusk, and Barbarian
“Live and Let Dive”: Directed by Justin Martinez, story by Martinez and Ben Turner, screenplay by Turner. Martinez contributed a segment to the anthology Southbound and directed a segment of the first V/H/S as part of the collective Radio Silence.
“Dream Girl”: Directed by Virat Pal (Recapture), written by Pal and Evan Dickson
“Stowaway”: Directed by actress Kate Siegel, making her directorial debut, working from a script written by her frequent collaborator (and husband) Mike Flanagan (Hush, The Haunting of Hill House, Midnight Mass, etc.)
There will also be a special presentation by Jay Cheel (Cursed Films, How to Build a Time Machine.)
V/H/S/Beyond is being produced by Josh Goldbloom, James Harris, and Michael Schreiber, with Adam Boorstin serving as executive producer.
What did you think of the V/H/S/Beyond teaser trailer? Are you a fan of this franchise, and will you be watching the latest entry? Let us know by leaving a comment below.
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In this house we do not bash Ryan Gosling and we do not dish ignorance. But that’s just what one Hollywood producer tried to do, shrinking Gosling down in his attempt to puff up Glen Powell. And Glen Powell is having none of it.
In a social media response to this unnamed producer, Glen Powell wrote, “Gosling is a legend. I’m just Glenn”, a play of course on Gosling’s Oscar-nominated “I’m Just Ken.” That is categorically humble of Powell, who is one of the biggest stars going through films like Top Gun: Maverick and Twisters, not to mention terrific performances in works like Hit Man, which further demonstrated how diverse he can be. That he is remaining humble amidst all of this shows just why people continue to support him.
But just because you praise one star doesn’t mean you need to slam another, as happened with this case of Glen Powell vs. Ryan Gosling, a scenario concocted for no true reason. As for what the producer said, he is quoted with, “Glen Powell is most definitely an up-and-coming movie star in the sense that audiences now go to movies to see him…Unlike an actor like Ryan Gosling whose appeal is mostly limited to female audiences, Glen appeals to both females and males.” OK, so who doesn’t want to see Gosling ditch his shirt? But to say that his appeal is limited to one gender is ridiculous, especially considering how much praise he gets for his performances. To date, Gosling has three Oscar nominations: Half Nelson, La La Land and Barbie.
Expectedly, both Glen Powell and Ryan Gosling have their respective high-profile projects lined up. For Gosling, it’s teaming with Phil Lord and Christopher Miller (The Lego Movie) for sci-fi adaptation Project Hail Mary. Powell, meanwhile, has projects going on the big and small screen, with thriller Huntington and the sports comedy Chad Powers, which he co-created with Loki’s Michael Walrdon.
What do you make of the producer’s comments about Ryan Gosling? Do you think Glen Powell is the big screen powerhouse he has been positioned as? Chime in with your thoughts below.
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About two years ago, we heard that Halle Berry had signed on to star in a horror movie called Mother Land, with genre regular Alexandre Aja on board to direct. Last year, the project went into production under a new title, Never Let Go. Earlier this year, we saw the unveiling of a teaser poster, which just featured text on a snakeskin background (you can take a look at the teaser poster HERE). Lionsgate is planning to give Never Let Go a theatrical release on September 20th – and with that date just three weeks away, a new trailer for the film has arrived online! You can watch it in the embed above.
Berry is joined in the cast by Percy Daggs IV (The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey) and Anthony B. Jenkins (Florida Man). Shawn Levy, Dan Cohen, and Dan Levine of 21 Laps (the production company behind Stranger Things and Free Guy, among other things) are producing the film with Aja. Berry is executive producing alongside Holly Jeter and 21 Laps’ Emily Morris. Chelsea Kujawa and Scott O’Brien are overseeing the project for Lionsgate.
Scripted by KC Coughlin and Ryan Grassby, Never Let Go follows a mother (Berry) and her fraternal twin sons (Daggs and Jenkins) who have been tormented by an evil spirit for years and are convinced to never let go of their family’s protective bond. But when one of the boys questions if the evil is real, their connection is severed, triggering a terrifying fight for survival. Here’s a different version of the synopsis: As Evil takes over the world beyond their front doorstep, the only protection for a mother (Berry) and her twin sons is their house and their family’s protective bond. Needing to stay connected at all times – even tethering themselves with ropes – they cling to one another, urging each other to never let go. But when one of the boys questions if the evil is real, the ties that bind them together are severed, triggering a terrifying fight for survival.
Aja’s previous directing credits include High Tension, The Hills Have Eyes, Mirrors, Piranha 3D, Horns, The 9th Life of Louis Drax, Crawl, and Oxygen. We first heard about Never Let Go (then known as Mother Land) over three years ago, when it was announced that Mark Romanek had signed on to direct the film. There were eight years between Romanek’s first film One Hour Photo and his second feature Never Let Me Go, and it looked like this was going to be his third movie. Eleven years (at the time) after Never Let Me Go. But then Romanek dropped out, Aja signed on, and the project got a title that’s quite similar to the title of Romanek’s second feature. Now we continue to wait and see if Romanek is going to make a third feature.
What did you think of the new trailer for Never Let Go? Will you be catching this movie on the big screen next month? Let us know by leaving a comment below.
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I recently got the chance to play four hours of Metaphor: ReFantazio, the fantasy RPG from the minds behind the Persona series. I came away really enthralled by its world and how it seems to be toying with the barriers of fantasy and reality. I was less thrilled with how Atlus attempted to distance its in-universe…
