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News Some Familiar Faces Have Been Spotted On The Film Set Of Sonic The Hedgehog 2
Spoiler alert
As you might recall, production of the live-action Sonic The Hedgehog 2 movie officially got underway last month. Paramount Pictures also shared the "Title Announcement" trailer before this and now it seems the first shots are emerging online. While it's not exactly a surprise, technically, we're entering spoiler territory here with...
News Mortal Kombat's Movie Reboot Has Been Delayed By A Week
Will still arrive next month
Update [Wed 31st Mar, 2021 05:15 BST]: Instead of launching in theatres and HBO Max on 16th April, the upcoming Mortal Kombat movie reboot will now air on 23rd April. According to Deadline, Warner Bros. is currently focused on Legendary's Godzilla vs. Kong, which is likely to bank the biggest domestic takings (around...
Rumour It Looks Like The Tetris Movie Has Found Its Alexey Pajitnov
Russian actor Nikita Efremov appears to have landed the role
Movie adaptations of games are a funny thing. Many end up in development hell for years, while we can only wish that others – barring the odd exception – stayed there. Tetris had a film announced back
News Animal Crossing Horror Short 'Don't Peek' Is Being Adapted Into A Full-Length Feature Film
We'll never see New Horizons the same way again
Look, just put the Switch down and run away. And then burn the house down. We hope you're ready to see Animal Crossing in a whole new light, because a fearsome short which centres around the game is being transformed into a full-length feature horror film. Don't Peek, a short film by Julian Terry,...
News Sonic The Hedgehog 2 (The Movie, That Is) Has Officially Started Production
Director Jeff Fowler confirms the news via Twitter
2022's is shaping up as a big year for Sonic. Alongside a 3D animated Netflix series, Sonic Prime, we're also looking forward to the live-action Sonic The Hedgehog film sequel. Aiming for an April 8th 2022 release, Sega released a brief "
Random Thought Tenet Was Hard To Follow? Try Watching It On A Game Boy Advance
"You have to start looking at the world in a new way"
Christopher Nolan's movies have a reputation for being somewhat obtuse at times, and his latest magnum opus, Tenet, is no exception. A time-bending epic that befuddled and delighted audiences in almost equal measure last year, Tenet is available on streaming services and physical media – and...
News "Going For Golden Eye" Is Getting A Sequel This Year, And It Will Be Free To Watch
Grant Kirkhope is supplying the music
Back in 2018, we had the absolute pleasure of watching an independent UK movie by the name of Going for Golden Eye (yes, the space is deliberate). Pitched as video gaming's version of Spinal Tap, it followed the fortunes of a group of people who were keeping the memory of the N64 title GoldenEye 007 alive, and...
News Fortnite Adds Ripley and The Xenomorph From Alien To Its Crew
Jonesy, meet Jonesy
If the original Alien (or any one of its increasingly weird-bad sequels) made you hide behind the sofa in fear, or the creepy hide-and-seek game Alien: Isolation put you in genuine danger of having to change your trousers, then it's time to get your revenge. The Xenomorph - a villain so terrifying that most of the films focus on...
News Sonic The Hedgehog 2 Is Getting Official Merchandise
And costumes and accessories, too
It's not going to be out for more than a year, but official merchandise for Sonic The Hedgehog 2 has already been confirmed. JAKKS Pacific, Inc. has today announced that it has the global toy rights for the film in partnership with Sega of America. JAKKS says it will "design, manufacture, market, and sell Sonic the...
News Charles Martinet Would Love To Voice Mario In Upcoming Illumination Movie
"if they invite me"
Like every other major video game franchise at the moment, Super Mario is being adapted into a big-screen movie. If you've been wondering if the voice of Mario, Charles Martinet, will voice the iconic plumber in the upcoming CGI film, you might be interested in reading on. In Charles' words, he apparently hasn't been contacted...
News Get Ready To Fight For The Users, Tron Is Coming To Fortnite
Update: Epic Games confirms the “End of Line” collection
Update: Epic Games has confirmed that Tron is indeed coming to Fortnite: In the Tron system, humans found themselves rezzed onto the Grid within a vast digital frontier. Now it’s your time. Grab your Light Suit and gear up as Grid Warriors to embark on a new journey… this time to the...
News Jack Black Will Voice Claptrap In The Borderlands Movie
Another A-lister joins the cast
Lionsgate's upcoming movie adaptation of the Borderlands series will feature the Tenacious D, School of Rock and Jablinski Games star Jack Black as the talkative Hyperion robot Claptrap. According to Variety, he'll be joined by a bunch of other "A-list" actors including Cate Blanchett (Lilith), Kevin Hart (Roland)...
News Yuji Naka Is Really Excited For 2022's Sonic Movie Sequel
"As expected Tails is going to appear now"
It's been 15 years since Yuji Naka last anything to do with a Sonic the Hedgehog game. Having worked as the lead programmer on Sonic's original adventure, he left Sega in 2006 – not long after producing Sonic Riders – and since then, he's more recently popped up with Balan Wonderworld
News Sonic Movie Voice Actor Says Sequel Script Is "Awesome", Hasn't Been Asked To Voice Any Games
Filming starts "soon"
There's a lot going on in the world of Sonic right now. A second film, serving as a sequel to last year's movie, is now in the works for a 2022 release – in fact, an official name reveal arrived earlier today – and it was also recently confirmed that Sonic's voice actor in video games, Roger Craig Smith, would no longer...
News Sonic The Hedgehog Movie Sequel Gets Official Name Reveal Trailer
2022 release date planned
The first visual tease for the upcoming Sonic movie sequel has dropped, revealing the official name for the new film: Sonic the Hedgehog 2. How did they come up with that? Yes, the ten-second clip above showcases the new film's name and logo, while confirming that the planned 8th April 2022 release date is still very much...
News Resident Evil Returns To The Big Screen On September 3rd
Upcoming reboot takes us back to Raccoon City
Capcom might be busy preparing Resident Evil Village, but it isn't letting up with its adaptations. We were made aware of plans for Netflix series Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness back in September and now, Sony Pict
Random GameStop's Stock Saga Is Getting Multiple Film And TV Adaptations
Forget Godzilla vs. Kong, the real business here is Reddit vs. Wall Street
Where do we even begin with this one. Most of you have likely seen last week's GameStop drama by now – and if you haven't, we've got our own rundown – but to cut a long story short, thanks to investing subreddit r/wallstreetbets, the video game retailer's stock price even...
News Promo Reel Showcases First Footage Of Upcoming Mortal Kombat Movie Reboot
"It's an invitation, to Mortal Kombat"
We've always had a soft spot for the original Mortal Kombat film. It was a silly affair, no question about it, but proved quite entertaining for a video game adaptation, which we can also appreciate is a low bar. The film series got sunk by a dreadful sequel, but that was a fair while ago now, and the resurgent...
News The Monster Hunter Movie Gets A Second Bite At Success Via March Home Release
DVD And Blu-Ray pre-orders are now live
Considering we're in a global pandemic, it wasn't too surprising that Monster Hunter's live-action movie adaptation didn't do all that well. Sure, it topped the box office, but that's a low bar when so few people are keen on venturing into a cinema at the moment – it reclaimed just
News Jim Carrey Takes Home Critics Choice Award For His Sonic The Hedgehog Movie Performance
Robotnik takes the gold
Can you remember a time before the pandemic, before all the social distancing and current political tensions, when the thing making the internet the angriest was a slightly dodgy-looking Sonic for an upcoming film? Blimey, take us back to simpler times. Well, after a complete redesign and a
$2.2 million taken in its opening weekend
The movie adaptation of Capcom's best-selling Monster Hunter series hasn't had the smoothest route to market. Following concerns from fans that the film would deviate too much from the source material, it had the misfortune of launching during a global pandemic which has seen cinemas closing all over the...
News Monster Hunter Movie Director And Star Apologise To Chinese Viewers For "Racist" Joke
"I apologise for any anxiety or upset that this line and its interpretation caused"
Paul WS Anderson's much-hyped Monster Hunter movie hasn't had the best of starts. Its release was kicked around following the COVID-19 pandemic which has thrown the world of cinema into complete disarray, and when it did eventually launch (in China, one of its...
News Monster Hunter Movie's Chinese Premiere Reportedly Cancelled Due To Racist Joke
A major blow in the movie's biggest market
Paul W. S. Anderson's Monster Hunter movie has caused controversy in one of its key markets due to the presence of a racist joke. The movie's Chinese premiere has reportedly been cancelled due to a scene in which one of the characters recites the rhyme "Chinese, Japanese, dirty knees - look at these" – a...
News WB Pushing Ahead With Cinema Screening For Mortal Kombat, Digital Release Also Happening
Update: Will be streamed via HBO Max
Update [Thu 3rd Dec, 2020 22:15 GMT]: Warner Bros. has had second thoughts and will now release its entire 2021 slate in cinemas as well as via the streaming service HBO Max. This includes the new Mortal Kombat movie and other films like Dune and Matrix 4. While video games seem to have benefited from everyone...
News Phew! The Latest Monster Hunter Movie Trailer Has Massively Restored Our Hopes
Palico!
Paul W.S. Anderson's upcoming Monster Hunter movie hasn't had the smoothest of rides to market; initial shots from the set caused concern, as did the fact that the film places US marines from the modern-day in a fantasy setting – hardly something that is faithful to the original game series. Then there's
News Pokémon The Movie: Secrets Of The Jungle Gets Its First English Trailer, Releases In 2021
And a name-change
The Pokémon Company has revealed that Pokémon The Movie: Secrets of The Jungle will release in 2021 in the west, sharing the very first English-language trailer in the process. Secrets of the Jungle, known as Pokémon The Movie: Coco in Japan, will be the 23rd film in the regular Pokémon series and features Ash and Pikachu...
News Grant Kirkhope's Goal Is To Compose For Illumination's Super Mario Movie
"I would pour my entire life and soul into that project"
Legendary video game composer, Grant Kirkhope, recently revealed on the podcast Kiwi Talkz that his goal in the immediate future is to compose for Illumination's CGI Mario Movie - scheduled to make its big-screen debut in 2022. Kirkhope feels he knows Mario enough at this stage after working...
Video The Monster Hunter Movie's First Official Trailer Is Here
Monsters, guns and one-liners aplenty
The very first trailer for the upcoming Monster Hunter movie has arrived, and you can check it out for yourself above. Revealed exclusively by IGN, the trailer shows off a number of scenes you'll get to see in the final product, planned to launch this December. Some of the monsters featured include the Diablos,...
News Nintendo Has Wiped The Pikmin Short Movies From Wii U And Put Them On YouTube Instead
Now they're free!
Remember those cute little Pikmin movies that you could download onto your Wii U? Well, they're disappearing from the console today and have been reuploaded to YouTube. It's another sad day for the Wii U, then, but at least this means that everyone can now view the short clips for free. The announcement of the change has been...
News Monster Hunter Hits Cinemas This December, Here's Your First Look
What in the Hell?
Just last weekend, Capcom revealed Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness - an upcoming Netflix anime CG series. Now, following on from this, we've got our first proper look at the new Monster Hunter movie. This brief teaser trailer shows Milia Jovovich (best-known as Alice in the
Video New Pokémon The Movie: Coco Trailer Shows Off The Film's Wonderful Animation
Releases later this year
A brand new trailer has been released in Japan for Pokémon The Movie: Coco, the next upcoming film in the Pokémon franchise. This will be the 23rd film in the regular Pokémon series and features Ash and Pikachu alongside new character Coco. Mythical Pokémon Zarude makes an appearance, as well as a shiny Celebi. Most of...
News Mega Man's Live-Action Movie Still Happening, Expect Big News Soon
And the directors are "super excited"
In case you forgot, a live-action video game film based on Capcom's Mega Man series is still happening and some "big news" is apparently coming soon. The directors - Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman - revealed this during a recent interview with IGN. Mattson Tomlin (who helped write the screenplay for the...
Rumour Rocketman Actor Is Reportedly Attached To A Tetris Movie
Story to focus on the race for IP rights
Remember a few years ago when a movie adaptation of Tetris was supposedly in the works? The one that was supposed to be the first in a trilogy of sci-fi thrillers? It always seemed a bit far-fetched, but stranger things have happened. After all, that Battleships film got made with Liam Neeson. However, it...
News Sony Has Reportedly Delayed The Monster Hunter Movie Until 2021
A monster setback
Sorry Monster Hunter fans, but the big-screen adaptation has reportedly been delayed until next year. According to Deadline, Sony has decided to push back Screen Gems' upcoming film starring Milla Jovovich from 4th September to 23rd April 2021. While no reason has been provided, it's likely tied to the coronavirus pandemic and...
News Dark Knight And Inception Director Shows Off Trailer For His Next Film In Fortnite
This was "the next best thing" to showing it in a cinema
Christopher Nolan, the acclaimed director of The Dark Knight movie series, Inception, Dunkirk and Interstellar, has used Fortnite's pacifist-friendly Party Royale mode to show off the latest trailer for this next movie, Tenet. This is kind of a big deal because Tenet is expected to be one of...
News This Summer's New Pokémon Movie Has Been Delayed
10th July release date scrapped
The Pokémon Company has announced that the release of this summer's movie, Pokémon the Movie: Coco, will be postponed. The film was due to be released in Japanese cinemas on 10th July, but the company has issued a statement to its official website today to inform fans of the delay. As you can probably guess, the...
News Illumination's Mario Movie Still Making Good Progress, Despite Current Lockdowns
Studio has "always worked remotely"
Mario is scheduled to make his silver screen debut in 2022. The last time we heard about this upcoming film was back in January when Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa said production was moving along smoothly. So, how's it been doing since the coronavirus was declared a global pandemic? According to a source...
News Sonic The Hedgehog Movie Sequel Not In The Works, But Its Director Would "Love To Do More"
So you're saying there's a chance?
Despite all of the initial backlash and the whole redesign fiasco, this year's Sonic the Hedgehog movie went on to be a big success at the box office. The film managed to beat records set by the gaming world's other recent successful film, Pokémon Detective Pikachu, and went on to earn around $210 million in just...
Video Deleted Scene Shows Baby Sonic Before The Movie's Redesign
Here's how he would have looked
If you had the chance to see the Sonic the Hedgehog movie in cinemas this year, you'll be well aware of a certain Baby Sonic who makes an appearance during the film. Interestingly, Baby Sonic was never officially revealed before the movie's huge redesign, meaning we never got the chance to see how he would have looked...
Random It's OK, We Didn't Know There Was An Animal Crossing Movie Either
You learn something new every day
Animal Crossing fever has gripped the world of Nintendo thanks to the impending arrival of New Horizons on the Nintendo Switch. But did you know that an animated Animal Crossing movie is a thing that exists? We're ashamed to admit we didn't know either until today; we'd better hand in our 'Diehard Nintendo Fan'...
News Miyamoto Reveals The Moment He Knew He Could Trust Illumination With A Super Mario Movie
"It took a really long time for things to come together"
Super Mario is getting a new CGI-based movie in 2022, with Despicable Me studio Illumination handling the heavy lifting. However, Mario's creator Shigeru Miyamoto is intimately involved and has been speaking to Japanese publication Famitsu about the exact moment he realised he could trust...
News New Documentary Uncovers The Amazing Story Of EarthBound Beginnings
A story 25 years in the making
The Mother series – better known as EarthBound in the west – is one of those franchises that benefits from a massive amount of attention from the Nintendo fanbase, despite the fact that the company has done relatively little to encourage such devotion over the years. Sure, Mother 2 was localised as EarthBound on...
News Mario Is Number One In This Poll About Most Wanted Live-Action Video Game Movies
Mario Kart places third
After the success of the Sonic and Detective Pikachu movie, Hollywood is now licking its lips at the prospect of more live-action films (featuring CGI) based on popular video games. It does help, though, to know what the fans want, and according to a recent poll conducted by The Hollywood Reporter and Morning Consult, it's a...
News Turns Out Super Sonic Was Almost In The Sonic Movie, But "It Didn't Make Sense Just Yet"
"We knew that's something that's very important in the fan mythology"
Despite all of the early drama with the Sonic movie and the horrible design of the lead character, most reviewers found the film to be pleasant enough and the audience score amazingly is on 93%. Sonic fans are fickle, we guess? Still, Sonic's origin story in this new cinematic...
News Here Are Two Teaser Posters For The Upcoming Monster Hunter Movie
What's that coming over the hill?
With the success of Detective Pikachu and Sonic the Hedgehog – and the historical commercial performance of the live-action Resident Evil movies – the decision to turn Capcom's Monster Hunter franchise into a
News Here's Your First Look At The Mythical Zarude In The Upcoming Pokémon Movie
Introducing the 'Rogue Monkey Pokémon'
After teasing the silhouette of the new mythical Pokémon for weeks on end, yesterday The Pokémon Company finally revealed the new Dark/Grass-type pocket monster Zarude in the Nintendo Switch games, Pokémon Sword and Shield
News Stream Dragon Quest: Your Story Right Now On Netflix
"Adapted from Dragon Quest V"
Last month, we found out the CG-animated movie Dragon Quest: Your Story would be coming to the popular streaming service Netflix. If you've been looking forward to this one or need something to watch this Valentine's Day that isn't Sonic the Hedgehog, this might be of interest. Below is the synopsis and official...
Round Up The Sonic Movie Reviews Are In, And They Don't Make For Pretty Reading
"It was a terrible idea from the start"
After a campaign to change the way the lead character looked and a short delay in its release, we're finally getting to see what the much-hyped Sonic the Hedgehog movie is like. Based on Sega's long-running series of video games which have spanned the past few decades (not to mention a wide range of gaming...
Video Learn How To Draw Sonic The Hedgehog With Franchise Veteran Tyson Hesse
Learn from the best
Tomorrow sees the big launch of the Sonic The Hedgehog movie in cinemas worldwide, so what better time to have a go at drawing our favourite blue blur to kill a bit of time? Tyson Hesse - who has worked as an artist on Sonic's Archie Comics series, on animation in Sonic Mania, and has most recently served as the lead artist on...
News Miyamoto Says The Virtual Console Helped Convince Him To Make The New Mario Movie
After originally being against the idea
As you may well know, Nintendo is currently working alongside Minions studio Illumination to release a brand new Super Mario movie. Nintendo's very own Shigeru Miyamoto is acting as a producer on the film and in a recent Q+A shared by the company, he's explained that it was actually the Virtual Console that...