Navigating massive, open-world games like Bethesda Game Studios’ Starfield or CD Projekt Red’s The Witcher 3 usually requires a shortcut to span their sprawling maps. Though you can hop in a car in Rockstar Games’ Grand Theft Auto or travel by horse in Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, players often look for a much…
Navigating massive, open-world games like Bethesda Game Studios’ Starfield or CD Projekt Red’s The Witcher 3 usually requires a shortcut to span their sprawling maps. Though you can hop in a car in Rockstar Games’ Grand Theft Auto or travel by horse in Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, players often look for a much…
More details about Obsidian’s next first-person RPG, Avowed, have been revealed. A recent episode of the so-called Official Xbox Podcast (it’s…not a podcast) has a bunch more footage from the game than we saw during Microsoft’s January Developer Direct, along with a good deal more information about how it’ll actually…
More details about Obsidian’s next first-person RPG, Avowed, have been revealed. A recent episode of the so-called Official Xbox Podcast (it’s…not a podcast) has a bunch more footage from the game than we saw during Microsoft’s January Developer Direct, along with a good deal more information about how it’ll actually…
The mask and collectible makers at Trick or Treat Studios have given sneak previews of many of the new masks that will be part of their 2024 product line-up, including revivals of Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees masks from the ’80s and ’90s and masks of Kiefer Sutherland and Jason Patric’s characters David and Michael from Joel Schumacher’s 1987 vampire classic The Lost Boys (watch it HERE)! An image of these masks can be seen at the bottom of this article.
Scripted by Janice Fischer, Jeffrey Boam, and James Jeremias, The Lost Boys has the following synopsis: Teenage brothers Michael and Sam move with their mother to a small town in northern California. While the younger Sam meets a pair of kindred spirits in geeky comic-book nerds Edward and Alan, the angst-ridden Michael soon falls for Star — who turns out to be in thrall to David, leader of a local gang of vampires. Sam and his new friends must save Michael and Star from the undead.
In addition to Sutherland and Patric, the film stars Corey Haim, Dianne Wiest, Corey Feldman, Jamison Newlander, Jami Gertz, Edward Herrmann, Bernard Hughes, Brooke McCarter, Billy Wirth, Alex Winter, and Chance Michael Corbitt, with an unforgettable appearance by Tim Cappello.
Here’s how Trick or Treat Studios describes the David and Michael masks: “Sleep all day. Party all night. Never grow old. Never die. It’s fun to be a vampire. These Deluxe Injection Masks are made of hard plastic and include hair and earring detail.” Fans can sign up for email notifications on the Trick or Treat Studios website so they’ll be the first to know when these masks (and other Lost Boys products) are available for pre-order!
It was recently announced that Insidious star Patrick Wilson will be producing a stage musical based on The Lost Boys. A few years ago, we heard that Gerard “G Tom Mac” McMahon – the musician behind the song “Cry Little Sister” – was working on a stage musical version of the film as well, but apparently that project has nothing to do with the one Wilson and his collaborators are developing.
What do you think of the David and Michael The Lost Boys masks from Trick or Treat Studios? Let us know by leaving a comment below.
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Awards season is set to culminate with the 2024 Academy Awards. The nominees were announced earlier this morning, and you can view the full list HERE. There were a lot of favorites that many saw as a shoo-in for nominations. Oppenheimer was a heavy favorite to get recognized as the film would collect nominations for Christopher Nolan, Emily Blunt, and Cillian Murphy, and the film itself is now up for the big Best Picture award. With Killers of the Flower Moon receiving much-talked-about hype before the film came out as well as the non-stop praise after its release, it would seem Martin Scorsese would be an obvious nomination for Best Director, and the legendary filmmaker would indeed get the nod as he receives his tenth nomination and surpasses Steven Spielberg’s record.
Barbie was also a favorite this year, as the film stole 2024, with Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, and Greta Gerwig collecting nominations for earlier awards this year. However, in some surprises revealed in the nomination announcements, Ryan Gosling would be the only one of the big three to get nominated for Best Supporting Actor. Every year, there are some surprises that come with the territory. Many hopefuls, some of whom were shown awards recognition prior, get snubbed, or inversely, some nominations seem to be a surprise. Deadline has started the conversation of the biggest surprises of this year’s announcements.
Their biggest snubs include:
MARGOT ROBBIE – Last year, it was Babylon, this year it’s Barbie. Seems the very talent actress needs to stay away from complicated and roles that are in movies that start with a B. Clearly that’s the only explanation why the SAG Awards nominee and I, Tanya 2017 Oscar nominee was left out of the race today.
SALTBURN – All those Golden Globes and BAFTA nominations meant nothing as the Emerald Fennell directed class conscious dark comedy was truly burned by the Academy this Tuesday morning.
LEONARDO DICAPRIO – The well-deserved Oscar love for Killers of the Flower Moon’s Lily Gladstone did not extend to the former Academy Award winner who portrayed her deceitful and whelp husband. Already given a pass in the SAG Awards nominations, this snub of Leo is a bit of crime unto itself.
FANTASIA – The Color Purple actress was fantastic in the Blitz Bazawule directed musical. Golden Globe and BAFTA voters thought so with nominations for the Grammy winner. Strikingly, not so much with AMPAS voters.
ANDREW SCOTT – Fleabag’s Hot Priest was not even lukewarm with Academy voters for his arresting All of Us Strangers performance.
GRETA GERWIG – Barbie must be tickled pink with its Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay nominations. Yet, AMPAS voters, a question: do you think the beloved and rule breaking blockbuster directed itself? Asking for a friend.
ORIGIN – Ava DuVernay’s acclaimed adaption of Isabel Wilkerson’s best seller Caste has been running a guerrilla campaign for months with big names like Regina King and Angelina Jolie casting their lot with the Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor starrer. Sadly, the root was not able to bear Oscar fruit this morning.
GRETA LEE – The Past Lives star was given a pass, even as the film itself garnered Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay nominations.
PEDRO ALMODÓVAR – The Spanish auteur’s 30-minute cowboy love story Strange Way of Life had the star power of Ethan Hawke and Pedro Pascal, but nada in the Live-Action short category this morning.
LENNY KRAVITZ – No one can take away the power of Colman Domingo scoring a Best Actor nomination for Rustin, but despite being the tune on everyone’s list, Kravitz’s ‘Road to Freedom’ proved a road to nowhere Oscar-wise.
STILL: A MICHAEL J. FOX MOVIE – Davis Guggenheim’s documentary about the Back To the Future star’s life, career and fight with Parkinson’s disease lit up Sundance this time last year and received seven Emmy nominations. Oddly, the film was stillborn with Academy voters.
JULIANNE MOORE – When it came to Best Supporting Actress, it just wasn’t the year for the May December star.
And their biggest surprises include:
STERLING K. BROWN – There’s a lot of Emmys on the This Is Us actor’s shelf, and the American Fiction star has received Golden Globes and SAG Award noms of late. However, the Oscar recognition today for Brown’s tremendous turn in the Cord Jefferson directed drama is fittingly the real deal.
ANNETTE BENING – With her fifth Academy Award nomination today, the Nyad star is fittingly in the Best Actress pool and poised to give it the last one, fast one.
Do you agree? Who do you think was overlooked this year? Who do you think was not deserving?
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Fear the Walking Dead cast member Colman Domingo has produced a horror film called It’s What’s Inside, which just earned a lot of positive reviews after having its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival. (You can read an 8/10 review from JoBlo’s own Chris Bumbray right HERE.) Now Deadline reports that, while numerous studios were chasing the distribution rights to this movie, Netflix has come out the winner in this situation, forking over $17 million to bring It’s What’s Inside to their streaming service.
It’s What’s Inside marks the feature directorial debut of Greg Jardin, who also wrote the screenplay. Details on the plot are being kept under wraps, with most reviewers doing their best to keep the movie’s secrets. The set-up is, A pre-wedding party descends into an existential nightmare when an estranged friend shows up with a mysterious suitcase.
The film stars Brittany O’Grady (The White Lotus), James Morosini (I Love My Dad), Gavin Leatherwood (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina), Devon Terrell (Rap Sh!t), Nina Bloomgarden (The Resort), Reina Hardesty (What Comes Around), David W. Thompson (The Boys), Madison Davenport (Sharp Objects), and Domingo’s Fear the Walking Dead co-star Alycia Debnam-Carey.
Domingo produced the film through his company Edith Productions, alongside Raúl Domingo. Kate Andrews produced for Boldly Go Productions, William Rosenfeld produced for Such Content, and Jason Baum is a producer on the film as well. Such Content’s Robert Kapp serves as executive producer. Such Content also provided the financing. Filming took place in Portland, Oregon over the course of 18 days.
When the project was first announced, Edith Productions provided the following statement to Deadline: “We are thrilled to usher in an extraordinary auteur filmmaker such as Greg. We developed this with thrilling creative partners such as Kate Andrews and William Rosenfeld and we’re excited to share the mind of Greg Jardin with the world.“
Deadline notes that Jardin previously made music videos and promotional shorts for Cowboy Bebop, When They See Us, 13 Reasons Why, and Cursed.
Are you interested in It’s What’s Inside? What do you think of Netflix picking up the worldwide distribution rights? Let us know by leaving a comment below.
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Well, it was fun while it lasted. Nintendo has taken action against the Palworld mod that would have made the “Pokémon With Guns” label much more literal. So if you were hoping to play Pocketpair’s monster-taming survival game as long-time Pokémon anime protagonist Ash Ketchum capturing and enslaving Game Freak’s…
Well, it was fun while it lasted. Nintendo has taken action against the Palworld mod that would have made the “Pokémon With Guns” label much more literal. So if you were hoping to play Pocketpair’s monster-taming survival game as long-time Pokémon anime protagonist Ash Ketchum capturing and enslaving Game Freak’s…
“Come with me if you want to live!” But don’t bother if you don’t care for James Cameron’s movies. Michael Biehn — who played Kyle Reese in 1984’s The Terminator — revealed that singer Sting turned down playing the character because he didn’t like the director’s previous work…Piranha II: The Spawning.
Biehn — who was also featured in deleted scenes in Terminator 2: Judgment Day — remembered Sting’s fateful words to Cameron during the casting process, telling Michael Rosenbaum on his podcast, “I think originally [James Cameron] wanted Sting because he thought Sting had this unearthly quality about him. And I think he met with Sting, and I think Sting basically said, ‘Yeah, I just saw Piranha 2. I think I’ll take a pass on this thing.’ Something along those lines. I’m not sure how serious Jim was about him. I’ve never heard any other name associated with Kyle Reese.” Considering Sting played Feyd-Rautha in Dune for David Lynch, he must’ve really dug Eraserhead!
Sting was actually fairly prolific in the 1980s when it came to appearing in movies, playing minor or supporting roles for the likes of Terry Gilliam (The Adventures of Baron Munchausen), Mike Figgis (Stormy Monday) and more. But the very idea of Sting being cast in The Terminator at least lets us picture the alternate version starring him and O.J. Simpson. Others who have been rumored to be in consideration for the role of Reese include Matt Dillon, Tommy Lee Jones, Christopher Reeve, and even The Boss himself, Bruce Springsteen.
But Cameron wouldn’t entirely discard Sting, as the singer’s music — particularly a song off of 1985’s The Dream of the Blue Turtle — helped influence T2. We guess the ecstasy didn’t hurt, either…But outside of Sting potentially having run-ins with Arnold Schwarzenegger, The Terminator has quite a history behind it, from its origins as a nightmare by Cameron to its current status as one of the key sci-fi actioners of all time. You can get more on that our episode of “WTF Happened to This Movie?!”
Sting has been nominated for the Best Original Score Oscar four times.
How do you think Sting would have done as Kyle Reese in The Terminator? Give us your thoughts in the comments section.
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