As the date of Death Stranding’s fifth anniversary sits hours from ticking over in Japan, the former PlayStation exclusive has been surprise-released on the Xbox Series X/S! And at the same time, it’s half-price, meaning you can now pick up Hideo Kojima’s adored falling over simulator for $20.
As the date of Death Stranding’s fifth anniversary sits hours from ticking over in Japan, the former PlayStation exclusive has been surprise-released on the Xbox Series X/S! And at the same time, it’s half-price, meaning you can now pick up Hideo Kojima’s adored falling over simulator for $20.
Perhaps no other voice has been as crucial to many of our upbringing as Conan O’Brien – and we’re not even talking about any of his namesake shows. Coming up as a key voice with landmark seasons on Saturday Night Live and later The Simpsons, Conan left his mark and honed his voice before even bothering with late night. And while both would seem like dream jobs, Conan O’Brien never fully gave himself a chance to enjoy his days on SNL.
Prompted on his podcast (via EW) about his days on SNL by guest Tom Hanks (a 10-time SNL host), Conan O’Brien admitted, “People always say no regrets. I regret being so intense about that job. Yeah. I was way too intense, and I think I robbed myself of some fun that I could have had. I did have a lot of fun, but I think I could have had more fun. And I think I could have maybe written there a little longer if I didn’t make it such a grind for myself.”
Conan O’Brien came onboard SNL near the end of the 13th season, staying on until season 16 before he headed off for Springfield. He jokingly said, “[Jay Leno] came and took my writing job at SNL,” referring to his tumultuous relationship with Leno over The Tonight Show. “No, I burnt out. I burnt out. And [Lorne Michaels] could not have been nicer. This was a couple years before he contacted me about the late night show. But I was burnt out and I was like, ‘I’ve got to go,’ and that’s when I went to The Simpsons.” It was there that O’Brien – albeit with only a small selection of episodes – would prove to be a key presence, getting his first writing credit on season four’s “New Kid on the Block”, following that up with classics like “Marge vs. the Monorail” and “Homer Goes to College”.
Conan O’Brien has been pretty distant from SNL since leaving the show but recently turned up on The Simpsons’ 36th finale, which disguised itself as a faux series finale. He, too, continues with one of the best interview podcasts out there and is expected to release more episodes of his namesake travel show Conan O’Brien Must Go.
Outside of his late night show, what stands as your favorite work from Conan O’Brien? Keep cool, my babies, and let us know below.
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Perhaps no other voice has been as crucial to many of our upbringing as Conan O’Brien – and we’re not even talking about any of his namesake shows. Coming up as a key voice with landmark seasons on Saturday Night Live and later The Simpsons, Conan left his mark and honed his voice before even bothering with late night. And while both would seem like dream jobs, Conan O’Brien never fully gave himself a chance to enjoy his days on SNL.
Prompted on his podcast (via EW) about his days on SNL by guest Tom Hanks (a 10-time SNL host), Conan O’Brien admitted, “People always say no regrets. I regret being so intense about that job. Yeah. I was way too intense, and I think I robbed myself of some fun that I could have had. I did have a lot of fun, but I think I could have had more fun. And I think I could have maybe written there a little longer if I didn’t make it such a grind for myself.”
Conan O’Brien came onboard SNL near the end of the 13th season, staying on until season 16 before he headed off for Springfield. He jokingly said, “[Jay Leno] came and took my writing job at SNL,” referring to his tumultuous relationship with Leno over The Tonight Show. “No, I burnt out. I burnt out. And [Lorne Michaels] could not have been nicer. This was a couple years before he contacted me about the late night show. But I was burnt out and I was like, ‘I’ve got to go,’ and that’s when I went to The Simpsons.” It was there that O’Brien – albeit with only a small selection of episodes – would prove to be a key presence, getting his first writing credit on season four’s “New Kid on the Block”, following that up with classics like “Marge vs. the Monorail” and “Homer Goes to College”.
Conan O’Brien has been pretty distant from SNL since leaving the show but recently turned up on The Simpsons’ 36th finale, which disguised itself as a faux series finale. He, too, continues with one of the best interview podcasts out there and is expected to release more episodes of his namesake travel show Conan O’Brien Must Go.
Outside of his late night show, what stands as your favorite work from Conan O’Brien? Keep cool, my babies, and let us know below.
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On November 15, the fight none of us asked for will take place on Netflix between Jake Paul and Mike Tyson at AT&T Stadium. In promotion of the event, Netflix released the first two episodes of the three-part docuseries Countdown: Paul vs. Tyson, showing a behind-the-scenes look at the lead-up to the bout. It didn’t…
On November 15, the fight none of us asked for will take place on Netflix between Jake Paul and Mike Tyson at AT&T Stadium. In promotion of the event, Netflix released the first two episodes of the three-part docuseries Countdown: Paul vs. Tyson, showing a behind-the-scenes look at the lead-up to the bout. It didn’t…
Unfortunately, we’ll have to wait a little longer to see Bong Joon-ho’s highly anticipated sci-fi movie Mickey 17, as Warner Bros. has pushed the release date back by three months. Mickey 17 was previously slated to hit theaters on January 31, 2025, but the film has been given a new release date of April 18, 2025, filling the slot previously held by Antoine Fuqua’s Michael Jackson biopic.
This shift will also allow the film to screen in IMAX. “When the April 18 date became available, we quickly moved to secure it for Mikey 17. We’re thrilled with the new date, and very happy the film will be available to audiences in Imax,” said a Warner Bros. spokesperson, “With January 31 now available with a full Imax footprint, we are also very happy to have Companion releasing on this new date.“
The official synopsis for Mickey 17 reads: “From the Academy Award-winning writer/director of “Parasite,” Bong Joon Ho, comes his next groundbreaking cinematic experience, “Mickey 17.” The unlikely hero, Mickey Barnes (Robert Pattinson) has found himself in the extraordinary circumstance of working for an employer who demands the ultimate commitment to the job… to die, for a living.” In addition to Robert Pattinson as the various Mickeys, the film also stars Steve Yeun, Mark Ruffalo, Toni Collette, and Naomi Ackie. It is based on the novel Mickey7 by Edward Ashton, with Bong Joon-ho writing the script and directing.
Just last month, the MPA Classification and Rating Administration gave Mickey 17 an R-rating for “violent content, language throughout, sexual content and drug material.” We caught a little of this in the trailer for the film, as Mickey met his end in several gruesome accidents ranging from getting limbs sliced off by space debris and being devoured by space aliens.
I’m pretty excited about the film, but there have been rumblings that Warner Bros. wasn’t quite sure what to make of it. Mickey 17 was originally supposed to be released back in March, but it wound up being taken off the schedule entirely before making the shift to 2025. Some have claimed that the reason for the delay is that the studio won’t let Bong Joon-ho release his director’s cut, but instead want to release a “more accessible” version of the movie.
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Historically, Netflix has typically been the biggest bidder in the room, ready to throw down some serious cash to acquire whichever project they have in their sights, but that could be changing. According to Variety, Netflix offered Emerald Fennell (Saltburn) a whopping $150 million for her upcoming adaptation of Emily Brontë’s classic novel Wuthering Heights, but she turned it down.
Instead, Fennell took a $80 million offer from Warner Bros., which reportedly “shocked” Netflix as they “had outbid [every other studio] for so long.” The reason comes down to Fennell wanting a theatrical release for the film, which Warner Bros. fully supports, promising a wide release and a full marketing campaign. “Netflix has the biggest number of subscribers and scale, so they can afford to play the game that they’re playing,” said Eric Handler, an analyst at Roth Capital Partners. “But there’s a growing contingent of directors and movie stars who are saying, ‘No thanks.’” The report adds that Netflix may not have even been the top bidder this time, as Amazon was believed to have offered more, plus a major theatrical push. It’s not clear why Fennell turned them down as well in favour of Warner Bros.
We could see an increasing number of filmmakers ready to turn down big bucks from streaming services in favour of a proper theatrical release.
Wuthering Heights, which was first published in 1847, deals with “Heathcliff, an orphan-turned-foster-son who falls in love with the daughter of the family who owns the estate on which he now lives, Wuthering Heights. After running away, Heathcliff rises up through the ranks of the gentry and exacts revenge on the families — the Earnshaws and the Lintons — who kept him from his true love.” Wuthering Heights has been adapted to the screen numerous times, including in 1939 with Laurence Olivier and Merle Oberon, 1970 with Timothy Dalton and Anna Calder-Marshall, 1992 with Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche, and 2011 with Kaya Scodelario and James Howson.
Jacob Elordi and Margot Robbie are set to star in the film, with Elordi playing Heathcliff and Robbie playing Catherine Earnshaw. Warner Bros. is keen to get production going early next year, but Elordi is also slated to start shooting Euphoria season 3 in January.
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Deadpool & Wolverine proved that Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman (as well as director Shawn Levy) are a force to be reckoned with. It’s only a matter of time before the trio reunite, and that could be coming sooner than we think.
During a recent interview for the Variety Awards Circuit Podcast, Reynolds revealed that he will be spending the year “writing a movie for myself, Hugh [Jackman] and Shawn [Levy] to do that is not Marvel.” He wouldn’t elaborate on what type of project this is, but Variety notes that “his enthusiasm hinted at something fresh and unexpected.“
Although this project isn’t a Marvel movie, there has been speculation that Reynolds and Jackman could return to the MCU for the upcoming Avengers movies. As Deadpool & Wolverine gave Marvel its biggest success in several years, I can’t imagine we’ve seen the last of them.
Taking place six years after the events of the last movie, Deadpool & Wolverine finds Wade Wilson (Reynolds) toiling away in civilian life with his days as Deadpool behind him. But when his homeworld faces an existential threat, he must suit up once again and convince a reluctant Wolverine (Jackman) to help save his universe. In addition to Reynolds and Jackman, the cast also includes Matthew Macfadyen, Emma Corrin, Morena Baccarin, Leslie Uggams, Karan Soni, Brianna Hildebrand, Shioli Kutsuna, Rob Delany, Stefan Kapičić, and more.
Our own Chris Bumbray had a lot of fun with Deadpool & Wolverine, which sounds like a real crowd-pleaser. “Have you ever been to a concert and wished that your favourite band would stop playing their not-as-good new stuff and play the hits? That’s exactly what Marvel is doing with Deadpool & Wolverine,” Bumbray wrote in his review. “After a rough run of movies, with many saying their Phase 5 has been disastrous, this feels like an everything but the kitchen-sink attempt by the company to win back those fans who feel alienated by the new direction the company seemed to be heading in. With this, you have a rock ‘em, sock ‘em thrill ride that delivers fans exactly the movie they wanted to see, with nary a message to be found amidst all the charred, sliced and diced corpses our heroes leave in their wake. It’s glorious fun.” The film is now available on 4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray/DVD, and will be coming to Disney+ on November 12th.
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In 2021, Netflix’s League of Legends animated TV show, Arcane, became one of the biggest hits for the streaming giant in years. However, beyond Arcane, LoL studio Riot Games has reportedly struggled to develop the MOBA game into a bigger entertainment franchise. Part of the problem seems to be a lack of experience,…