Nicholas Cage’s latest role isn’t in a film, or even a TV series.
28.04.2023 - 14:51 / theplaylist.net
Before violent games like “Mortal Kombat” created panic among parents there was “Street Fighter II.” The second installment of that storied franchise became a global success thanks to its arcade incarnation before a home release helped launch the 2D fighting genre in the 1990s. And then there’s the 1994 “Street Fighter” film, but let’s not talk about hat.
Legendary wants to wipe that cinematic slate clean, as they grabbed the film and TV rights to the video game franchise from Capcom with hopes of putting together a feature film first. Continue reading ‘Street Fighter’: Philippou Brothers Tapped By Legendary To Direct New Movie Based On Beloved Video Game Franchise at The Playlist.
.Nicholas Cage’s latest role isn’t in a film, or even a TV series.
The trailer for the upcoming movie adaption of Five Nights at Freddy’s has been released!
announced they’re teaming up to bring the world a new open-world MMORPG (massively multiplayer online roleplaying game) set in Middle-Earth. According to Amazon’s press release, the game will feature “the beloved stories of ‘The Hobbit’ and ‘The Lord of the Rings’ literary trilogy,” though how that will be facilitated remains unknown.
Amber Dowling “Luxe Listings Sydney” is getting a Canadian edition. Production on new Canadian Amazon original docu-reality series “Luxe Listings Toronto” began on May 15. The series follows “one of the most cutthroat real estate markets on the planet,” highlighting the city’s multimillion-dollar listings along with some the country’s top real estate agents who move and shake the market. The first season features Brett Starke, founder of The Starke Group, and power couple Peter and Paige Torkan, founders of Team Torkan. In each episode the trio works for demanding clients to close their deals, all as the cameras capture these self-made experts going about their personal lives.
The nights may be getting lighter meaning the weekends are feeling longer but still nothing beats settling down on a Sunday night with a box set or drama. This weekend, specifically from Sunday (May 14), the BBC will be airing its new original series, Ten Pound Poms.
In March, Ben Affleck revealed his and pal Matt Damon’s Artist Equity would be producing Unstoppable, starring none other than Affleck’s wife, Jennifer Lopez. This raises the question: Does the couple that act together, stay together? History doesn’t stand on their side, but with copious side projects in addition to Unstoppable, both Affleck and Lopez are busy enough with their own independent work to avoid on-set tensions: Affleck’s AIR is dropping on Prime Video and Lopez is celebrating the release of The Mother on Netflix on May 12, 2023.
Angelique Jackson Universal’s upcoming monster thriller, directed by Radio Silence, has added to its buzzy cast, with Kathryn Newton (“Ant-Man and the Wasp Quantumania,” “Big Little Lies”), Angus Cloud (‘Euphoria”), and Will Catlett (“A Thousand and One,” “Constellation”) signing on for the film. The trio join Melissa Barrera, Alisha Weir, Dan Stevens and Kevin Durand in the yet-to-be-titled movie, which is set for release on April 19, 2024.
Johnny Depp is directing his first film in 25 years. Based on the life of Italian painter Amadeo Modigliani, “Modi” will star various international actors, including Italian Riccardo Scarmacio in the titular role and beloved French actor Pierre Niney. The cast is rounded out by none other than Al Pacino.
The National Association of Theatre Owners has named Amanda Matin as their first chief of staff. Martin will report directly to president and CEO Michael O’Leary while working across all NATO organizations, including the Cinema Foundation and CinemaCon, in this newly created position.
There's more trauma for Amy next week on Coronation Street as she spots Aaron's old flame Mia at the garage and tells her that he raped her. Mia is shocked but accuses Amy of making the whole thing up.
Hallmark Channel has just updated the lineup for May and June 2023.
Potential new evidence in the Menendez murders could be exactly what’s needed for the courts to grant a new trial.
new bombshell text sent by ex-Fox News host Tucker Carlson was published by The New York Times on Tuesday that reportedly was the catalyst to his ouster from the network in which he spewed more of his racist vitriol. But “The View” host Sunny Hostin just isn’t buying that idea, considering “Fox knew” about his racism.In the text, which was written the day after the Jan. 6 insurrection, Carlson wrote about an apparent desire to support a group of Trump supporters, who “surrounded an Antifa kid and started pounding the living s–t out of him.”“Suddenly I found myself rooting for the mob against the man, hoping they’d hit him harder, kill him,” Carlson wrote.
EXCLUSIVE: After helping relaunch the Ghostbusters franchise for Sony Pictures, Jason Reitman is reuniting with the studio to tell the behind the scenes story for the premiere of one of more iconic shows in TV history. Source tell Deadline, Reitman is set to direct an untitled original screenplay for Sony which is based on the real-life behind the scenes accounts of the opening night of Saturday Night Live. Reitman will also reteam with his Ghostbusters: Afterlife co-scribe, Gil Kenan, to co-write the script.
Hallmark Channel has a lot of brand new movies coming in the next few months!
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EXCLUSIVE: The viral gaming sensation Vampire Survivors is in the works for television. Story Kitchen is partnering with the game’s developer, poncle founder Luca Galante, to adapt the comedic gothic horror video game into a premium, animated television series.
“Twisted Metal” TV series based on the beloved PlayStation video game franchise, and while it’s merely a teaser, the vibes are definitely on point.Anthony Mackie stars in the live-action half-hour TV series adaptation, which follows a motor-mouthed outsider who’s offered a chance at a better life, but only if he can successfully deliver a mysterious package across a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Per the synopsis, “With the help of a badass axe-wielding car thief, he’ll face savage marauders driving vehicles of destruction and other dangers of the open road, including a deranged clown who drives an all too familiar ice cream truck.”Indeed that ice cream truck makes an appearance at the end of the teaser, offering a preview of the character Sweet Tooth played by Samoa Joe (and voiced by Will Arnett).The show is based on an original take by “Deadpool” writers Rhett Reese & Paul Wernick and is written by Michael Jonathan Smith (“Cobra Kai”).
earlier this month.The first “Street Fighter” game was released in arcades in 1987 and has sold over 49 million units worldwide, becoming one of the most well-known and highest-grossing video game franchises of all time. It featured two playable characters, Ryu and Ken, who traveled the world fighting other martial artists in a tournament.
Ahead of the summer launch of their breakout supernatural horror-thriller Talk to Me, which set the industry abuzz after world premiering at Sundance, Australian twin brother filmmakers Danny and Michael Philippou have entered final negotiations to direct Legendary’s live-action Street Fighter pic based on the classic Capcom video games, sources confirm to Deadline.