Microsoft has quietly confirmed that it is ditching avatars on Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S consoles next year after a decade of support. You might have assumed avatars had already been killed off in the past, but nope. Apparently they were still around, but not for much longer.
Amazon MGM Studios’ live-action adaptation of the nostalgic mecha anime property Voltron is assembling more actors for the movie, which already stars Henry Cavill and Daniel Quinn-Toye. The newly added trio includes Sterling K. Brown (This Is Us, American Fiction, Brooklyn Nine-Nine), Rita Ora (Descendants: The Rise of Red, Fifty Shades of Grey, Pokémon: Detective Pikachu), and John Kim (Cruel Intentions, The Last Thing He Told Me, Nancy Drew).
Based on the Japanese sci-fi series Beast King GoLion and Kikou Kantai Dairugger XV, Voltron begins production in Australia next month. Rawson Marshall Thurber (Red Notice) is directing the Voltron movie and co-writing the script with Ellen Shanman. The basic premise of Voltron centers around five young pilots whose vehicles join together to form the towering mech known as Voltron. The TV show was edited together from several Japanese anime series and originally ran in the mid-80s. Voltron spawned several sequel series, including Voltron: Legendary Defender, which spanned eight seasons on Netflix.
Plot details for Thurber’s Voltron movie remain a mystery. However, Thurber addressed the crowd at VoltCon in Indianapolis via video, saying, “I want to make sure that we stay true to the heart and the spirit of Voltron. In this film, we’re going to be introducing an entirely new generation of pilots. We’ve reimagined Voltron for the live-action world, but we’re going to stay true to…those iconic elements that you love, that I love.” That should keep the dogs at bay, right?
Todd Lieberman and David Hoberman will produce along with Bob Koplar, the head of World Events Productions and owner of the Voltron IP. Sterling K. Brown recently wrapped production on the upcoming Hulu TV series Paradise, which follows a security service team tasked with protecting a past president. Rita Ora is a British singer-songwriter who played the Queen of Hearts in Disney’s Descendants: The Rise of Red. She’ll soon star in the Drew Kirsch-directed action thriller He Bled Neon, focusing on what happens after an estranged brother’s death leads to a dark criminal web in Las Vegas. Lastly, you can catch John Kim in the newly released Prime Video series Cruel Intentions.
What do you think about Sterling K. Brown, Rita Ora, and John Kim joining the cast of Amazon MGM Studios’ Voltron movie? Are you excited about the film featuring a new crop of pilots? Let us know in the comments section below.
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Sonic the Hedgehog 3 got a new trailer this morning, and it really underlines how this movie is an adaptation of Sonic Adventure 2. We knew it would be taking pieces of the Dreamcast game, such as introducing Shadow the Hedgehog and delving into his tortured past, but this new trailer really brings home that some of…
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 got a new trailer this morning, and it really underlines how this movie is an adaptation of Sonic Adventure 2. We knew it would be taking pieces of the Dreamcast game, such as introducing Shadow the Hedgehog and delving into his tortured past, but this new trailer really brings home that some of…
The Witch, The Lighthouse, and The Northman writer/director Robert Eggers‘ remake of F.W. Murnau’s 1922 silent classic Nosferatu (watch it HERE) is set to reach theatres on Wednesday, December 25th – and with that date exactly one month away, Regal Cinemas has revealed that they’re celebrating the release of the film with a collectible sarcophagus popcorn bucket! You can check it out in the embed below.
Sink your teeth into the ultimate collectible
Get your tickets for #Nosferatu today, playing at Regal December 25.
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— Regal (@RegalMovies) November 25, 2024
An unofficial adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, the original Nosferatu has the following synopsis: In this highly influential silent horror film, the mysterious Count Orlok (Max Schreck) summons Thomas Hutter (Gustav von Wangenheim) to his remote Transylvanian castle in the mountains. The eerie Orlok seeks to buy a house near Hutter and his wife, Ellen (Greta Schroeder). After Orlok reveals his vampire nature, Hutter struggles to escape the castle, knowing that Ellen is in grave danger. Meanwhile Orlok’s servant, Knock (Alexander Granach), prepares for his master to arrive at his new home. Werner Herzog directed his own remake of the film in 1979.
Eggers’ take on Nosferatu is a gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman in 19th century Germany and the ancient Transylvanian vampire who stalks her, bringing untold horror with him.
The cast includes Willem Dafoe (Spider-Man: No Way Home) as crazy vampire hunter Von Franz, Lily-Rose Depp (The Idol) as Ellen Hutter and Nicholas Hoult (Renfield) as her husband Thomas – a role Skarsgard was going to play at one point. Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Bullet Train) is in there as Thomas’s friend Friedrich Harding, with Emma Corrin (The Crown) as Friedrich’s wife Anna, Ralph Ineson (The Witch) as Von Franz’s cohort Dr. Wilhelm Sievers, and Simon McBurney (The Conjuring 2) in an unspecified role. Bill Skarsgard (It) is the title character and has said that playing Nosferatu / Count Orlok was like “conjuring pure evil. It took a while for me to shake off the demon that had been conjured inside of me. … I do not think people are gonna recognize me in it.“
The first reactions to the film recently made their way online, and they were very positive. Nosferatu has earned an R rating for bloody violent content, graphic nudity, and some sexual content.
What do you think of the Nosferatu collectible sarcophagus popcorn bucket? Will you be stopping by Regal Cinemas to get one? Let us know by leaving a comment below.
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No sandcastle is safe from Stitch’s wrath in the teaser trailer for Disney’s live-action Lilo & Stitch movie. The adorable blue alien makes his live-action debut on May 23, 2025, but not before Disney dazzles fans of the 2002 animated classic with a look at Stitch causing havok. In the Lilo & Stitch teaser trailer, Stitch destroys a sandcastle shaped like Disney’s iconic Magic Kingdom. As he stomps through the sand like Godzilla, reducing parts of Tokyo to rubble, Stitch roars with glee, proud of his mess. It remains to be seen if the teaser is a part of the movie or simply a demonstration of Stitch’s live-action antics. Does it matter? It’s endearing either way.
Disney’s live-action Lilo & Stitch stars Maia Kealoha as Lilo in reimagining the mouse-eared studio’s 2002 animated classic. Other players include Zach Galifianakis, Billy Magnussen, Tia Carrere, Courtney B. Vance, Sydney Agudong, and Chris Sanders as the voice of Stitch. The plot focuses on a young, parentless girl who adopts a “dog” from the local pound, utterly unaware that it’s supposedly a dangerous scientific experiment that’s taken refuge on Earth and is now hiding from its creator and those who see it as a menace. Disney’s live-action Lilo & Stitch will be in theaters during the same Memorial Day window as Christopher McQuarrie’s Mission: Impossible—The Final Reckoning, a brave move indeed.
Dean Fleischer Camp (Marcel the Shell with Shoes On) directs Lilo & Stitch from a script by Chris Kekaniokalani Bright, based on a previous draft by Mike Van Wess. Disney announced the studio’s live-action Lilo & Stitch in February 2018, but footage of Stitch bursting through the film’s logo debuted at 2024’s D23 conference. Lilo & Stitch joins the studio’s long list of live-action remakes after adaptations like Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King, Aladdin, Dumbo, Mulan, and The Little Mermaid. Disney won’t stop there, of course. Live-action versions of Bambi, Peter Pan, and Moana are also in the works, with Dwayne Johnson reprising his role as Maui for Moana.
What do you think of Disney’s Lilo & Stitch teaser trailer? What do you think about Stich’s look for the film? I’ve heard rumblings about some people comparing Stitch to Paramount’s “Ugly Sonic,” but I think that’s absurd. He looks great! Let us know what you think in the comments below.
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The next time someone tries to tell you nothing productive comes from binge-watching TV, just point them to Gladiator II. In a Hollywood Reporter feature on the making of the Ridley Scott-helmed film, it was revealed that the director binge-watching Paul Mescal’s Hulu series Normal People is what helped the actor land…
The next time someone tries to tell you nothing productive comes from binge-watching TV, just point them to Gladiator II. In a Hollywood Reporter feature on the making of the Ridley Scott-helmed film, it was revealed that the director binge-watching Paul Mescal’s Hulu series Normal People is what helped the actor land…
Hitman developer IO Interactive is distancing itself and its popular franchise from controversial mixed marital arts fighter Conor McGregor following a recent Irish High Court ruling in which a jury found him liable for sexually assaulting a woman in 2018.
Hitman developer IO Interactive is distancing itself and its popular franchise from controversial mixed marital arts fighter Conor McGregor following a recent Irish High Court ruling in which a jury found him liable for sexually assaulting a woman in 2018.
