It’s been five years since the last Gears games, and while Gears of War: E-Day was announced at Microsoft’s last big Xbox Showcase, there’s no word on if and when The Coalition will be continuing work on the story left behind in Gears 5. That game’s executive producer, Rod Ferguson, recently shared what his plan was…
It’s been five years since the last Gears games, and while Gears of War: E-Day was announced at Microsoft’s last big Xbox Showcase, there’s no word on if and when The Coalition will be continuing work on the story left behind in Gears 5. That game’s executive producer, Rod Ferguson, recently shared what his plan was…
Made on a budget of less than $100,000, director Rhys Frake-Waterfield’s movie Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey (watch it HERE) earned more than $6 million during its global release in early 2023, so not only did the sequel Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey 2 have a substantially higher budget, that success opened the door to an entire cinematic universe that will consist of at least one more Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey sequel and other horror movies inspired by children’s stories, like Peter Pan’s Neverland Nightmare, Bambi: The Reckoning, and Pinocchio: Unstrung. Now, Variety reports that a pair of genre icons have just joined the cast of Pinocchio: Unstrung, as the film is set to star A Nightmare on Elm Street‘s Robert Englund and Rob Zombie regular Richard Brake! Details on Englund’s role have not been revealed, but Brake will be playing Geppetto.
As we’ve previously heard, Todd Masters of MastersFx, creator of the version of Chucky seen in the 2019 Child’s Play remake, will be heading up the animatronics and puppetry. The Prosthetics Studio, which has worked on the Star Wars and Harry Potter franchises, will be providing the practical gore. The first image of the film’s Pinocchio doll can be seen at the bottom of this article.
Frake-Waterfield is directing Pinocchio: Unstrung, which is currently in production. The story follows young James as he learns of his grandfather Geppetto’s deadly secret: Pinocchio. Cameron Bell, Jessica Balmer, Jack Art Gray, and Peter De Souza-Feighoney are also in the cast.
Brake had this to say about the project: “Not only is the script dark, twisted and gory, it’s also at times very funny. Todd Masters and his team have created incredible practical effects. Audiences are in for a crazy ride.” Masters added, “I’ve forever loved the original and demented story from the 1880s. So I was excited to join this production, to bring this little puppet to life — with all practical FX. This version is still a little puppet’s pursuit to becoming a boy… but the way he becomes one, is extremely gnarly… and frankly, very fun.“
Frake-Waterfield said, “Our movie flips everything you know about Pinocchio on its head. We have an incredibly talented cast and crew working on this. We are heavily relying on practical effects for all of the deaths and creature work. I can’t wait for the world to meet Pinocchio.“
Pinocchio: Unstrung is aiming for a summer 2025 release. What do you think of Robert Englund and Richard Brake joining the cast? Let us know by leaving a comment below.
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We love Chappell Roan here at Kotaku. The “Good Luck, Babe” singer puts out queer bangers, dresses up in chainmail at award shows, and has cultivated a fanbase of gay nerds who record her shows on Nintendo handhelds. So when she shows up on Saturday Night Live this weekend on November 2, I will be tuned in and seated.…
We love Chappell Roan here at Kotaku. The “Good Luck, Babe” singer puts out queer bangers, dresses up in chainmail at award shows, and has cultivated a fanbase of gay nerds who record her shows on Nintendo handhelds. So when she shows up on Saturday Night Live this weekend on November 2, I will be tuned in and seated.…
At the end of September, JoBlo Media and Octane Multimedia teamed up to launch a new YouTube channel named JoBlo TV, which hosts multiple feature films to watch for free throughout the week. The genres we’ll be focusing on at JoBlo TV are Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Thrillers – but for the month of October, we were celebrating Halloween all month long with our JoBlotober event. It was all horror all the time… and while the event is now over, as Halloween has come and gone, two of the three movies we released this week were still JoBlotober horror releases.
The movies that have been released on JoBlo TV over the last week are the slasher Death Cast, the supernatural horror film Pumpkins, and (to kick off November) the action fantasy film Game of Dragons. Here’s some information on each one of them:
Written and directed by Bobby Marinelli, Death Cast has the following synopsis: The experience of six fame hungry actors is documented as they unknowingly trade their lives to star in an experimental horror film. The film stars Lacy Hartselle, Kyle Swanson, Hedy Nasser, Marvin LaViolette, Danielle Stratton, Andres Erickson, Sean T. O’Brien, Khalil Abu-Jamous, Dave Johnson, Hoon Park, Jonathan Hickson, and Sharon Lanay Chapman. Hartselle can also be seen in the JoBlo TV releases Curse of the Nun, American Hunt, and Ouija Craft.
Pumpkins has been described as “Friday the 13th meets Attack of the Killer Tomatoes meets Halloween.” Starring scream queen Dani Thompson, this one tells the following story: A survival experience group clashes with a farmer set on revenge, as they wade into his land not knowing what awaits them and their team members. Thompson is joined in the cast by Craig Edwards, Samantha Hindman, Maria Lee Metheringham, Stacey Gough, John Michael Foulger, Mark Hindman Smith, James Bayes, Marcella Edgecombe-Craig, Stefan Michaels, Iona Mckeown, Will Metheringham, Sarah Jayne Curry, Anthony Wakefield, Debra Marie Mawdsley, Dale Hooley, and Mark Blake Smith. Maria Lee Metheringham also directed the film and wrote the screenplay with Will Metheringham.
We move away from horror (for now) with Game of Dragons, which is also known as Dragon Kingdom. Directed by Simon Wells from a script by Aston Benoit and Ben Loyd-Holmes, this one tells the following story: Born of fire and magic the Dragons’ power is immeasurable. This power could not be harnessed until a Magister used it to spawn an army of fury bloods. Prince Favian of Zaldah filled with anger when King Xalvador named Princess Elizabeth as the next ruler enlisted the Magister’s army to take control of the Kingdom. The only people that can stop him and inform the King of Favian’s insidious plan are the Princess and her two Knights forming an unlikely alliance with two Katori Warrior Women. Their quest will not be easy as their path is blocked by the fury bloods leaving them no choice but to traverse The Dark Kingdom, a land that swallows all who enter. Loyd-Holmes stars in the film with Ross O’Hennessy, Rebecca Dyson-Smith, Zara Phythian, Jemma Moore, Mike Mitchell, Jon-Paul Gates, Cengiz Dervis, Jessica-Jane Stafford, Linda Louise Duan, Adrian Bouchet, Delia Rose, Silvio Simac, Marc Zammit, Devon White, Joe Egan, Clare Duncan, and Louise Rhian Poole.
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Long-time fans of the Dragon Age franchise impatiently waited for ten years between the launch of Dragon Age: Inquisition and Dragon Age: The Veilguard. Despite the lengthy downtime between entries and the drastic changes in gameplay and art style in the latest release, it appears BioWare didn’t lose its magic touch…
Long-time fans of the Dragon Age franchise impatiently waited for ten years between the launch of Dragon Age: Inquisition and Dragon Age: The Veilguard. Despite the lengthy downtime between entries and the drastic changes in gameplay and art style in the latest release, it appears BioWare didn’t lose its magic touch…
Suppose you notice an extra groove in Amazon MGM Studios‘s step. In that case, it’s because they’ve just announced plans for an untitled George Clinton biopic starring Eddie Murphy as the legendary funk musician and leader of the Parliament Funkadelic. The project finds Murphy reuniting with Dreamgirls director Bill Condon, whose next feature, Kiss of the Spider Woman, stars Jennifer Lopez, Diego Luna, and Tonatiuh.
Murphy played James’ Thunder’ Early in 2006’s Dreamgirls, an R&B and soul singer inspired by James Brown, Jackie Wilson, and Marvin Gaye. Dreamgirls, starring Eddie Murphy, Beyoncé, Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Hudson, Danny Glover, and Anika Noni Rose, was an awards darling in the year of its release, with Hudson taking home the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, among other accolades.
Virgil Williams will pen the script for Condon’s untitled George Clinton biopic, based on Max Werner’s original draft. A lifelong George Clinton fan, Catherine Davis brought the idea to Murphy, who, in addition to playing Clinton, produces through Eddie Murphy Productions. Other producers include John Davis of Davis Entertainment, Catherine Davis, and Greg Yolen. Eddie Murphy Productions’ Charisse Hewitt-Webster, as well as George Clinton, Archie Ivy, and Jeff Jampol, are executive producing.
The untitled George Clinton biopic is based on the funk legend’s memoir Brothas Be, Yo Like George, Ain’t That Funkin’ Kinda Hard On You? The story chronicles Clinton’s challenging evolution from a musician hoping to make his mark to forming the Parliament Funkadelic, a collective synonymous with good vibes, attitude, and boundless energy. The band’s influence reaches far and wide, with groups like Digital Underground, Dr. Dre, De La Soul, LL Cool J, and Snoop Dogg citing them as inspiration. Clinton’s music breaks the barriers between musical genres, with acts such as Primal Scream, Talking Heads, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Prince, and Janelle Monáe taking cues from Parliament Funkadelic’s themes and sound.
What do you think about Eddie Murphy and Bill Dondon partnering for an untitled George Clinton biopic? Are you a Parliament Funkadelic fan? How long will it take the hair and makeup team to give Murphy Clinton’s signature dreads? Let us know in the comments section below.
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On launch, New World broke records and amassed a massive playerbase of over one million concurrent players. But like my high school bully, that towering monstrosity of an MMORPG somehow managed to peak quickly and drop off the face of the planet. Despite the lackluster reception after its first month, Amazon Game…