At PAX West, Kotaku got the chance to preview a previously unannounced game which has now officially been revealed to the public as Spray Paint Simulator. If you have played (dozens of hours of) PowerWash Simulator like I have, then you’ll be right at home with Spray Paint Simulator. We got the chance to play 30…
At PAX West, Kotaku got the chance to preview a previously unannounced game which has now officially been revealed to the public as Spray Paint Simulator. If you have played (dozens of hours of) PowerWash Simulator like I have, then you’ll be right at home with Spray Paint Simulator. We got the chance to play 30…
Spyglass Media and Paramount Pictures once intended to make a Scream 7 that would have starred Scream (2022) and Scream VI leads Melissa Barrera and Jenna Ortega, with Freaky and Happy Death Day director Christopher Landon at the helm. But then Ortega allegedly asked for a substantial pay raise – and as we saw when Neve Campbell dropped out of Scream VI due to a pay dispute, these pay issues don’t tend to work out. Then Barrera was fired from the project after comments she made about the Israel-Hamas war didn’t go over well with executives at Spyglass. Landon dropped out the of the project soon after. So Scream 7 has been re-developed, Campbell has signed on to return as franchise heroine Sidney Prescott, back in the lead role – and with the film looking to be on track to go into production in December or January, Paramount feels confident enough to give it a release date. Scream 7 is now set to reach theatres on February 27, 2026. Campbell confirmed the news on social media:
Deadline notes that Scream 7 is currently the only wide release set for that date. There is a Friday the 13th earlier in the month, always a good date for a horror movie release, but Scream 7 couldn’t grab that one because Disney is planning to release an untitled Marvel Studios movie that day. 2026 marks the 30th anniversary of the release of the original Scream, but that movie was released in December.
Kevin Williamson, who wrote the screenplay for the original Scream, is set to direct this new sequel. In addition to writing the original Scream, Williamson has also written I Know What You Did Last Summer, Scream 2, The Faculty, and Halloween H20 (where his script contributions were uncredited). He wrote the initial drafts of Scream 3 and Scream 4, then those both received some major rewrites. For Scream 7, he’ll be working from a screenplay by 2022’s Scream and Scream VI writer Guy Busick, who crafted the story with his co-writer on the fifth and sixth films, James Vanderbilt. (Vanderbilt is also a producer on the most recent sequels.) Williamson made his directing debut with the 1999 thriller Teaching Mrs. Tingle. Twenty-five years later, Scream 7 will be his second directing credit.
So far, Neve Campbell is the only confirmed cast member. Courteney Cox has been in talks to reprise the role of reporter / author Gale Weathers since March, but she recently revealed that she hasn’t signed on yet. There have been rumors that Patrick Dempsey was being pursued to reprise his Scream 3 role of Detective Mark Kincaid, but that hasn’t been confirmed.
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In Steam’s unrelenting and ever-more specific barrage of sales, this week Valve’s store is focusing on turn-based RPGs, everyone’s favorite waiting games. The likes of Final Fantasy are joined by plenty of delightful games both big and small, charming and horrifying, and above all else, rewarding to play. Here are…
In Steam’s unrelenting and ever-more specific barrage of sales, this week Valve’s store is focusing on turn-based RPGs, everyone’s favorite waiting games. The likes of Final Fantasy are joined by plenty of delightful games both big and small, charming and horrifying, and above all else, rewarding to play. Here are…
Warhammer 40k: Space Marine 2 launched last month to rave reviews and high player numbers. It’s likely the best Warhammer 40k game ever made and one of 2024’s best shooters. But making it wasn’t easy, as developer Saber Interactive had to make sure every piece of armor, gun, and character was lore-accurate.
Warhammer 40k: Space Marine 2 launched last month to rave reviews and high player numbers. It’s likely the best Warhammer 40k game ever made and one of 2024’s best shooters. But making it wasn’t easy, as developer Saber Interactive had to make sure every piece of armor, gun, and character was lore-accurate.
Ken Page was best known as a stage actor, with Deadline referring to him as one of Broadway’s most familiar character actors, but he did earn several film credits over the decades as well, appearing in films like Torch Song Trilogy, The Kid Who Loved Christmas, I’ll Do Anything, and Dreamgirls, as well as TV shows like Gimme a Break!, Family Matters, Touched by an Angel, and more. Page also did a good amount of voice acting work – with his most popular credit coming when he provided the voice of Oogie Boogie in the Henry Selick / Tim Burton stop-motion classic The Nightmare Before Christmas. Page would go on to voice Oogie Boogie again for the Kingdom Hearts video games, the video game The Nightmare Before Christmas: Oogie’s Revenge, and the ride walk-through short Haunted Mansion Holiday. Sadly, it’s being reported that Page passed away in his sleep on September 30th at the age of 70.
Born on January 20, 1954 in St. Louis, Missouri, Page decided to start pursuing a stage acting career while he was in high school and ended up receiving a full scholarship in musical theater at Fontbonne College in Clayton, Missouri. He officially started his career in the chorus of the Muny outdoor theater in St. Louis, then make his Broadway debut in 1977 as part of the replacement cast for Cats. Five years later, he was cast in the Cats role that became his signature stage role, the wise Old Deuteronomy, “the elderly leader of the Jellicle cats who, along with Grizabella the Glamour Cat, is lifted to the Heaviside Layer and marked for rebirth at the musical’s end.”
Page racked up a lot of stage roles over the years, and we’ll go through some of them here. He played The Lion in The Wiz, Nicely-Nicely Johnson in Guys and Dolls, Ken in Ain’t Misbehavin’, The Cowardly Lion in The Wizard of Oz, Van Buren in Damn Yankees, The Lord in Randy Newman’s Faust, Old Max in Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical, Joe Bell in Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Chuck in Grumpy Old Men: The Musical, Stewpot in South Pacific, Chaim in Fiddler on the Roof, Teen Angel in Grease, Colonel Pickering in My Fair Lady, Bellomy in The Fantasticks, King Herod in Jesus Christ Superstar, Maurice in Beauty and the Beast, Professor Marvel in The Wizard of Oz, Bumble in Oliver!, Monsieur Thénardier in Les Misérables, King Triton in The Little Mermaid, Audrey II in Little Shop of Horrors, Marty in Dreamgirls, Sultan in Aladdin, Doc in West Side Story, Porter in Tarzan, The Narrator in Into the Woods, Grandpa Prophater in Meet Me in St. Louis, Arvide Abernathy in Guys and Dolls, and The Bishop of Digne in Les Misérables, among other credits.
Many fans hear Page’s performance as Oogie Boogie in repeat viewings of The Nightmare Before Christmas every year, from October through December, and it’s a shame that he won’t be able to join in on the Halloween/Christmas festivities any longer. Our sincere condolences go out to Ken Page’s family, friends, and fans.
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Doing the right thing can be challenging. We want to think that we’d take the higher ground when faced with tragedy, but when push comes to shove, we tend to save ourselves when staring down the barrel of a grim fate. In Clint Eastwood’s Juror #2 trailer, Justin Kemp (Nicholas Hoult) must decide what kind of person he is when coming face-to-face with the possibility of being guilty of another man’s crime. The high ground suddenly feels insurmountable, and the choice between freedom and incarceration looms. What would you do?
Clint Eastwood directs Juror #2 from a script by Jonathan A. Abrams (Escape Plan, Destination Wedding). The intense thriller focuses on a family man named Justin Kemp, who struggles with a severe moral dilemma while serving as a juror in a high-profile trial. He could sway the jury with what he thinks he knows, potentially clearing an innocent man, but the information comes at a cost. Justin must decide if doing the right thing is worth destroying his life or if he should remain silent.
Juror #2 stars Nicholas Hoult (Renfield, Superman), Toni Collette (Raising Arizona, Hereditary), J.K. Simmons (Whiplash, Red One), Chris Messina (Air, Based on a True Story), Gabriel Basso (The Night Agent), Zoey Deutch (The Politician, Zombieland: Double Tap), Cedric Yarbrough (Unfrosted), Leslie Bibb (Palm Royale, The Lost Husband), and Kiefer Sutherland (The Lost Boys, Dark City), with Amy Aquino (Bosch), Adrienne C. Moore (Orange is the New Black).
Eastwood, Tim Moore, Jessica Meier, Adam Goodman, and Matt Skiena produced the film, which was executive produced by David M. Bernstein, Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, and Jeremy Bell. Eastwood’s creative team includes such frequent collaborators as director of photography Yves Bélanger, production designer Ron Reiss; Oscar-winning editor Joel Cox (Unforgiven) and editor David Cox; BAFTA-nominated costume designer Deborah Hopper (Changeling); Mark Mancina created the original score.
Eastwood’s Juror #2 trailer presents a moral dilemma with lives hanging in the balance. If Justin remains silent, who he thinks could be an innocent man would be labeled a killer, his life snatched away with the clack of a gavel. However, if he reveals what he knows, Justin risks sabotaging a life he’s strived to achieve, leaving his family in the throes of judgment and uncertainty. What would you do in this situation?
Juror #2 will have a limited release from Warner Bros. Pictures in select theaters in North America on November 1, 2024.
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Since Dragon Age: The Veilguard was properly unveiled this summer, BioWare’s long-awaited fantasy RPG has been frequently compared to Larian Studios’ 2023 Game of the Year contender Baldur’s Gate 3. At a glance, the comparison seems appropriate, as Baldur’s Gate 3 is a fantasy RPG with difficult decisions, memorable…