The Silent Hill 2 remake has only been out for a few days (for those who had early access at least), but in that short amount of time, people have already created and published a bunch of useful, silly, and odd mods for the PC port of the game, including one that removes all of its iconic fog.
The Silent Hill 2 remake has only been out for a few days (for those who had early access at least), but in that short amount of time, people have already created and published a bunch of useful, silly, and odd mods for the PC port of the game, including one that removes all of its iconic fog.
Fall’s a great season for picking up some games you’ve been meaning to get around to. Luckily, as the holidays start to close in, publishers and storefronts begin heavily discounting huge chunks of their respective catalogs to help in that department. These sales often come in waves, and it’s now Xbox’s turn to host a…
Fall’s a great season for picking up some games you’ve been meaning to get around to. Luckily, as the holidays start to close in, publishers and storefronts begin heavily discounting huge chunks of their respective catalogs to help in that department. These sales often come in waves, and it’s now Xbox’s turn to host a…
Let’s face it, at this point everybody and their mother already owns Stardew Valley. The indie Harvest Moon-like released in 2016 and quickly became a hit amongst gamers. Eight years later and the game is still going strong, with no real sign of developer ConcernedApe stopping support any time soon (despite also…
Let’s face it, at this point everybody and their mother already owns Stardew Valley. The indie Harvest Moon-like released in 2016 and quickly became a hit amongst gamers. Eight years later and the game is still going strong, with no real sign of developer ConcernedApe stopping support any time soon (despite also…
As movies like Bone Tomahawk and Tremors 4 have proven, horror and Westerns are two great tastes that taste great together. I always like to hear that another horror / Western blend is in the works – so I was glad to see The Hollywood Reporter announce that the folk horror thriller The Wolf and the Lamb, which is set “during the western expansion of the 1870s,” is coming our way. Cassandra Scerbo of the Sharknado franchise and Adrianne Palicki of The Orville star in the film, which is currently in production, with filming taking place in Montana.
The Wolf and the Lamb marks the feature writing and directing debut of Michael Schilf. Scerbo is taking on the role of a widowed school teacher searching for her only son, who is the latest child to go missing in a tight-knit mining camp. But when the son miraculously returns, he is more monster than man. We’ll have to wait and see what kind of monster action we’ll be getting in this movie. Is this some kind of changeling, or something even worse?
Scerbo and Palicki are joined in the cast by Jaydon Clark (The Rookie), Q’orianka Kilcher (The New World), Angus Macfadyen (Braveheart), Eric Nelsen (1883), Sammi Rotibi (Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice), James Landry Hebert (Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1), Zach McGowan (Black Sails), Elias Kacavas (Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin), Kevin Keppy (Smile), Mike Manning (Days of Our Lives), Rob Nagle (Good Trouble), Hanna Balicki (Showdown on the Brazos), William Rothlein (Condition Red), and the legendary Clint Howard (The Wraith).
The Wolf and the Lamb is being produced by Chase Kuker, Jordan Kuker, and Miah Smith of Lunar Door, as well as Nicholas Clark and Jordan Wagner. James Macmillan and Scerbo of One Of One are also producing, along with Ve Neill. Manning serves as executive producer. Winter State Entertainment will be handling the post-production.
Does The Wolf and the Lamb sound interesting to you, and do you like it when the horror and Western genres get mixed together? Share your thoughts on this one by leaving a comment below.
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There are still so many unanswered questions as to what exactly went down with Jamie Foxx when he experienced a “medical complication” back in April 2023. And while Foxx can disclose anything he chooses and has called this a “personal journey”, it has left fans in the dark even as he continues making public appearances. Now that Jamie Foxx has concluded his three-night run of shows dubbed One More Chance, he is detailing what it took to get back on the stage.
While celebrating backstage at one of the shows, Jamie Foxx told those around him, “It was an excruciating time to be able to open those wounds every single day for three nights. It was excruciating because the worry is what gets you. We’ve got a great show in the room, but we don’t know what they may laugh or what they may not laugh at. Any comedian will tell you that’s the thing, the worry is the thing. Usually, when you do a stand-up special, you go out for a year and a half and work every nook and cranny, then you tape it. You don’t just show up in Atlanta and turn the camera on.”
With that, Jamie Foxx joked that this show took a lot out of him and he might go back to the true basics of comedy. “I am never going to go through this again. My next jokes will start out, ‘knock, knock. I’ll do an hour and a half of ‘knock, knock’ jokes…Let’s sit back, watch it, and build toward a newer, brighter and healthier future.”
While it has been reported that Jamie Foxx’s stand-up show will eventually be made available on Netflix, no details have yet to be released. While he got his start in the stand-up scene back in the late ‘80s, Foxx has only had a few official specials, beginning with 1993’s Straight from the Foxxhole.
As for what else Jamie Foxx has in store elsewhere, Back in Action (alongside Cameron Diaz) will debut on Netflix in January, while he will also star alongside Robert De Niro and Scott Eastwood in Tin Soldier.
We here at JoBlo.com have to commend Jamie Foxx for this run of shows, embracing the opportunity head-on and on his own terms.
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Welcome back to C’Mon Hollywood – a revival of a column we used to do focused on everything that’s wrong (or right) with the stuff coming out of our favourite land of make-believe. In this episode, our host, Taylor James Johnson, goes all in on what he sees as a kind of quasi-civil war between film critics. You can check out the video above, but here’s a taste:
Advocates of “Woke Cinema” (and Anti-Woke Cinema) have unfortunately created a kind of civil war of film criticism. It often feels that people who claim to be fans of certain things are more fans of what the character represents more so than the quality of the production itself. This is totally fine but this attitude has created a new type of fandom and a new way to critique a film.
This film criticism war sounds a little something like this…
“She-Hulk was the worst thing ever!” – “Oh yeah? That means you hate women!”
“Sound of Freedom wasn’t the greatest film ever made!” – “Oh yeah? You support sex trafficking!”
That nonsense is all around us—it feels like we can’t have real, constructive conversations and disagreements on film anymore.
Discussing movies used to be like, “Oh, how I just adored the pacing and suspense and camera movement! And how the characters grew and learned from the predicaments they overcame!” But now it feels like you have to also mention and praise or condemn the diversity of the film depending on what end of the spectrum you’re on.
At times, I’ve even found myself hoping for franchises to fail. As a lifelong fan of film, for the first time ever, I found myself rooting for a film to fail… hoping for new instalments to be bad. Maybe in the back of my mind, I thought that this would teach those Hollywood fat cats not to push agendas over art. I have to admit, it was hilarious that Madame Web bombed but we should all want all movies to be good! Right? We should be rooting for these filmmakers to make the best super duper cinema they can! But now it’s a political statement to not like a superhero movie… but it was also hilarious when Morbius bombed and sometimes Jared Leto appears to be a straight white cis male…so I’m not sexist! Hooray!
I like inclusion and diversity when it seems natural, and we know the pandering and pushing of “the message” is all BS because the woke stuff gets cut out for the non-woke countries (Disney has been guilty of this numerous times). These big corporations don’t actually care about your cause or your gender identity or your skin colour…. green is the only colour they care about, and I ain’t talking about She-Hulk.
And that “green” new deal doesn’t seem to be working out; a lot of so-called “woke” products keep flopping. And stock holders, chairpeople and even executives are beginning to speak out. But what will this all change? Or has the damage been done? Is there any coming back from this? Will I ever want to watch a Marvel/Disney/StarWars thing again?
For more of this conversation and to weigh in – check out Taylor’s video (embedded above) and let us know in the comments if you like this kind of content.
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At the start of last year, former DC Films boss Walter Hamada signed a first-look deal with Paramount Pictures, the idea being that he would become, as Deadline put it, “the architect of Paramount’s mainstream horror genre pod, with the mission to release several low- to mid-budget films per year across theatrical and streaming.” Recently, there have been casting announcements for a movie called Primate, which is being directed by genre regular Johannes Roberts and is part of Hamada’s horror-minded efforts at Paramount. Now, Deadline has broken the news that another Hamada horror project that’s moving forward at Paramount has gotten another genre regular, Andre Ovredal, to sign on as director.
Ovredal will be directing this other film from a screenplay written by Zachary Donohue and T.W. Burgess. Donohue previously directed and co-wrote the 2013 found footage horror film The Den and wrote and directed the TV series The Unknowable. Burgess is an award-winning writer and digital artist who has written several graphic novels. Details on the story they’ve crafted for this project are being kept under wraps… and this project is so secretive, Paramount hasn’t even revealed a title.
Hamada is producing Primate through his 18hz production company alongside John Hodges and Bradley Pilz. For this movie, he’ll be producing with It screenwriter / Salem’s Lot director Gary Dauberman of Coin Operated.
Andre Ovredal’s previous credits include The Last Voyage of the Demeter, Mortal, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, The Autopsy of Jane Doe, and Troll Hunter. We recently heard that the sequel to Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark has stalled out and Francis Lawrence is making the Stephen King (technically, Richard Bachman) adaptation The Long Walk, which Ovredal was once attached to. Since he’s missing out on those highly anticipated projects, it’s good to hear he has found a different horror project to direct.
Are you a fan of Andre Ovredal’s work, and are you glad to hear that Walter Hamada has brought him in to direct one of his Paramount horror films? Share your thoughts on this one by leaving a comment below.
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