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Director Zack Snyder has discussed the first plot details for his upcoming Escape from New York remake, revealing when the movie will be set and the fact that he may already have someone lined up to star as Snake Plissken. Snyder’s comments came via a conversation with Happy Sad Confused host Josh Horowitz at the…

FX’s upcoming anthology TV series Far Cry, based on Ubisoft’s hit first-person shooter video game franchise, is adding five more actors to its cast as it heads towards production. Oscar nominees Jennifer Jason Lee (Hateful Eight, Fargo) and Brendan Gleeson (Spider-Noir, The Banshees of Inisherin) have signed on, as have Hamish Linklater (Batman: Caped Crusader,…

“Architects of mythology…” That’s how Vin Diesel captioned his Instagram post showing him walking with George Lucas at the latter’s new Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles. “Architects of mythology…,” Diesel’s post reads. “Lucas’s museum will be a gift to the world… and to those, who aren’t even born yet…” It’s not entirely…

Bruce Straley, the game director behind The Last of Us and various Uncharted games, finds modern AAA games to be “boring.” As part of an Edge magazine story about the state of the games industry, Straley spoke about the AAA landscape. He noted that he finds the big blockbuster titles to be “boring,” partially because…

Brandon Sanderson has been heavily invested in making tabletop adaptations of his Cosmere books. Most recently, he’s been collaborating with Brotherwise Games on standalone board games as well as a larger Cosmere TTRPG. It’s unsurprising, then, that his interest in such adaptations expands beyond his most popular literary universe. IGN recently had the chance to…

Hot on the heels of his awards-buzzy performance in The Odyssey, John Leguizamo has reportedly landed a major role in another Universal film, one that will take him back to his roots: Miami Vice ‘85. The Hollywood Reporter reports that Leguizamo will play the film’s main villain, a cartel boss. Leguizamo made his television debut…

AMC Theaters has revealed its exclusive popcorn bucket for the upcoming Street Fighter movie and it’s a wearable item shaped like Guile’s hair. “It’s ergonomic and it’s aerodynamic. And it can be yours,” Guile actor Cody Rhodes says in the announcement video while wearing the popcorn bucket as his co-stars Noah Centineo (who plays Ken…

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 is being advertised as the “epic conclusion,” suggesting an end of an era for the franchise. In the social copy for the latest trailer for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4, Activision stated that the game will be an “epic conclusion” for the Modern Warfare saga. It’s unclear if…

Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew sounds like a very different movie than most expected. The upcoming fantasy blockbuster directed by Barbie’s Greta Gerwig will be exclusive to theaters from its release on February 12, with IMAX previews beginning on February 10, before hitting Netflix on April 2. “I wanted a rock opera. I wanted it to…