In less than a month, Spider-Man: Brand New Day, the new Spider-Man movie, will be released. Sony has bet everything this year that it will perform extraordinarily well, and this is evident in the marketing campaign they are running: not only advertising but also all those involved speaking with the press. This has included Tom Holland doing something tremendously unexpected. He has talked about what he expects for what will come after he stops being Spider-Man. An actor thinking about the future In an interview with Empire, Holland has discussed how “for whoever is next, already […]
In less than a month, Spider-Man: Brand New Day, the new Spider-Man movie, will be released. Sony has bet everything this year that it will perform extraordinarily well, and this is evident in the marketing campaign they are running: not only advertising but also all those involved speaking with the press. This has included Tom Holland doing something tremendously unexpected. He has talked about what he hopes for what will come after he stops being Spider-Man.
An actor thinking about the future
In an interview with Empire, Holland talked about how “for whoever is next, whether it’s Miles Morales, Spider-Gwen, Spider-Woman, or something like that, I would love to be involved in creating the next chapter,” emphasizing that it doesn’t have to be Spider-Man, Peter Parker: it could be another superhero who takes up the mantle. “I don’t know what it will be like. But I could do what Robert Downey Jr. did for me, then I would feel completely happy to step away.”
Here Holland refers to how he debuted in the MCU in Captain America: Civil War, aligning himself with Tony Stark, who became a mentor to his character in his next film, Spider-Man: Homecoming. Thus creating a relationship between the characters that added more meaning and depth to their integration into the Marvel cinematic universe.
Although many people have wanted to see in Holland’s words a hint of what is to come, there is no official plan regarding him stopping being Spider-Man or that there will be any other associated character introduced to replace him. Therefore, we should read it only as a personal wish, even if, given how the MCU works and the relationship between Sony and Marvel, it is not far-fetched that it could end up happening.
Activision has confirmed that Call of Duty Warzone will stop functioning on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One with the release of the next game in the franchise, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4. The exact moment of this shutdown will be when the first season begins and the first season pass of the new game is activated, which comes out on October 23 of this year. A game that disappears from the last generation In any case, if you want to play Call of Duty Warzone on previous generation consoles before they close their servers, you will have to give yourself […]
Activision has confirmed that Call of Duty Warzone will stop functioning on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One with the release of the next game in the franchise, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4. The exact moment of this shutdown will be when the first season begins and the first season pass of the new game is activated, which is set to release on October 23 of this year.
A game that disappears from the last generation
In any case, if you want to play Call of Duty Warzone on previous generation consoles before their servers shut down, you will have to hurry. The game will be removed from the digital stores of PlayStation 4 and Xbox One next Friday, June 4, at which point in-game purchases will also be disabled. Ensuring that no new acquisitions of the game can be made.
This does not mean that all game servers will shut down. If you play on PC, PlayStation 5, or Xbox Series X|S, this popular battle royale based on Call of Duty will continue to function normally and the shutdown will not affect you at all. Except for the obvious reason that there will now be fewer players in the lobbies. This shouldn’t be a problem, as Call of Duty Warzone is a game that has not had issues with its player count so far.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4, the new installment of Call of Duty, has been presented with less fanfare than previous installments of the franchise, perhaps due to the poor results of the last installment of the franchise. The game will be released on October 23 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2, and PC.
Not long ago, talking about the box office was basically like taking a walk through a dead and dry wasteland, filled with franchises on the other hand and perfectly predictable. However, this 2026 things have picked up and finally surprising movies have appeared that have made millions almost effortlessly: The Assistant, The Drama, Project Salvation, Send Help… And one that, quietly, has been doing the impossible for three weeks: rising and rising. No, it’s not love It’s Obsession, a small movie that cost just a million dollars and has already grossed 148 million […]
Not long ago, talking about box office was basically taking a stroll through a dead and dry wasteland, filled with franchises on the other hand and perfectly predictable. However, in 2026 things have picked up, and finally surprising movies have emerged that have made millions almost effortlessly: The Assistant, The Drama, Project Salvation, Send Help… And one that, quietly, has been doing the impossible for three weeks: rising and rising.
No, it is not love
This is about Obsession, a small movie that cost just one million dollars and has already grossed 148 million worldwide, with 104 million just in the United States. The curious thing is not this, which is still a great success story, but how it has done it: increasing week by week. It premiered with 17.1 million, increased the amount to 23.9 million, and this week it has risen again to 26.4 million. It is usual for all premieres to drop inevitably, but this horror movie has come ready to break the rules of the game.
It is so unusual, in fact, that this continued rise has not occurred since 1982, when Steven Spielberg directed E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial. That one, to be fair, did reach number 1. In fact, it held it for 17 weeks that year… and 3 the following year (things of the time). However, Obsession has only reached the top spot on sporadic days, although with the satisfaction of having beaten the very The Mandalorian and Grogu.
The horror cinema has never been better than now, with this and Backrooms dominating the box office above even Star Wars itself. Next week, with the arrival of He-man and Scary Movie, Obsession will probably start to decline, but the warning has already been given to a stagnant Hollywood: it’s time to renew or die, and the only way to ensure you’re going to make money is… spending very, very little.
We all took it for granted, but now it’s official: Euphoria, after three seasons, has reached its final episode. It’s not that the episode itself leaves much doubt that there’s no more to give, but just in case someone was hoping for an unexpected return, HBO has made it clear that they have had enough of Zendaya, Sydney Sweeney, and the rest of the troupe. A lot of sadness, little euphoria. It has been 7 years, 26 episodes, and 3 seasons interrupted by the pandemic and by Zendaya’s rise to stardom, but Sam Levinson has confirmed that the […]
We all took it for granted, but now it’s official: Euphoria, after three seasons, has reached its final episode. It’s not that the episode itself leaves much doubt that there’s no more to give, but just in case someone was hoping for an unexpected return, HBO has made it clear that they have had enough of Zendaya, Sydney Sweeney, and the rest of the troupe.
Much sadness, little euphoria
It has been 7 years, 26 episodes, and 3 seasons interrupted by the pandemic and by Zendaya’s rise to stardom, but Sam Levinson has confirmed that it couldn’t go on any longer (some believe that, in general, the entire season 3 was already an unnecessary stretch), and it makes sense: even if they wanted to continue, their actors are now famous, and getting them together to shoot another season seems impossible.
In fact, this season 3 had to be postponed from 2024, when it was originally going to be made, and the mere fact that it could have been filmed can already be considered a success for HBO, which is left without one of its flagships and without possibilities, at least a priori, to exploit it in spin-offs and sequels of all kinds.
It remains to be seen, however, if Levinson will be able to create something like Euphoria again. After all, his subsequent series for HBO, The Idol, flopped like few series in history, and his films, aside from Assassination Nation, have not had any appeal. A flash in the pan or a bright future waiting to bloom? We will inevitably find out in a few years, when the euphoria wears off.
When, as a teenager, I first saw The Birds, I ended up completely terrified. Alfred Hitchcock’s decision not to use a soundtrack and to leave only the cawing as background sound was a choice that sent chills down my spine then and still does now, 63 years after its release. It is one of the most influential horror films in history, a true marvel of which a horrible sequel was made at the time and that had remained since then in unknown whereabouts… until now. Funeral march for a franchise Everything is a franchise now. […]
When, as a teenager, I first saw The Birds, I was completely terrified. Alfred Hitchcock’s decision to not use a soundtrack and to leave only the cawing as background sound was a decision that sent shivers down my spine then and still does now, 63 years after its release. It is one of the most influential horror films in history, a true masterpiece that had a horrible sequel made at the time and had remained missing since then… until now.
Funeral march for a franchise
Everything is a franchise now. Everything. Dora the Explorer? Backrooms? The cloth you use to clean the countertop? Everything can become a saga if you exploit it enough! And, of course, Hitchcock couldn’t resist this ongoing manipulation of original ideas. The Birds has been the latest to fall, with Sarah Snook (Succession) as the lead and Tom Spezialy (Watchmen, The Leftovers) as showrunner.
It is true that having a screenwriter of such incredible series as Watchmen or The Leftovers gives hope, but I think we all ask the same question: What is the need? Well, in this case, the limited series being proposed would be a current and visceral reimagining set in Alaska with a mysterious murder at its center. Hint: it’s the birds.
So far, they have been preparing the series based more on the short story by Daphne Du Marier than on Hitchcock’s film, but it is not fully approved and they do not have anyone to buy it. I have no doubt that, at the scent of fresh food, Apple TV+ has raised its head wanting its share.
Who would have thought, huh? Hollywood has sunk its teeth into another successful franchise and has decided that it won’t let go until it squeezes out every last dollar it can. So, if a Minecraft movie grossed almost 1 billion worldwide, what’s coming a couple of years later? Well, indeed, a sequel with the same characters and a few new actors. It couldn’t be any other way. Fun to the power of three The official title of the movie they will try to replicate the success with will be called, officially, […]
Who would have thought, right? Hollywood has sunk its teeth into another successful franchise and has decided that it won’t let go until it squeezes out every last dollar it can. So, if A Minecraft Movie grossed nearly 1 billion worldwide, what’s coming a couple of years later? Well, indeed, a sequel with the same characters and a few new actors. It couldn’t be any other way.
Fun to the power of three
The official title of the movie they will try to replicate the success with will be called, officially, A Minecraft Movie Squared. In other words, A Minecraft Movie Cubed. It is already known that all the actors from the previous one will return, the most interesting role will be played by Kirsten Dunst, that is, Alex, the female version of Steve, the protagonist of the video game. Hopefully, the usual complainers won’t start complaining.
Although the movie won’t be released until July 23, 2027, Warner and Legendary have already started the promotional campaign, asking players to build something in the video game that could appear in the movie’s end credits. What’s the prize? Not only to be seen, but also to have a private pass to the sequel. No, wait, why is the prize a punishment?
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It would be rare if even before the release of this second part they are not already preparing the trilogy, laying the groundwork just in case something happens that makes Minecraft lose popularity in some strange way. It has been at the top for 15 years, so it will never be easy, but in the current landscape, you never know.
Danny Boyle promised time and again, during the press tour for 28 years later, that they would make a trilogy of this third part. And they quickly delivered, with a first part directed by Boyle himself and The Temple of Bones, in which Nia DaCosta took the helm. A trilogy that we will enjoy very soon Sadly, they were released very close together and this sequel, despite being more interesting than the original film, flopped monumentally at the box office. So much so that many of us feared the story would never come to an end. We can breathe easy, because […]
Danny Boyle promised actively and passively, during the press tour of 28 years later, that they would make a trilogy of this third part. And they quickly delivered, with a first part directed by Boyle himself and The Temple of Bones, in which Nia DaCosta took the helm.
A trilogy that we are going to enjoy very soon
Sadly, they were released very close together and this sequel, despite being more interesting than the original film, flopped monumentally at the box office. So much so that many of us feared that the story would never come to an end.
We can breathe easy, because 28 years later 3 is still standing, partly thanks to Cillian Murphy returning to his original role after so long, and that has given Sony peace of mind.
In fact, if they haven’t started filming yet, it’s due to a simple photography issue: “We ran out of time because it’s set in an area of the United Kingdom where you can only film at certain times of the year. We literally ran out of time.”.
So, yes: “Hopefully, fingers crossed, next year. But we are excited and Alex Garland has created a fabulous script”. Let’s hope it is the rebirth of the undead and doesn’t remain forever in a zombie saga. It doesn’t deserve that.
Not a day goes by without us seeing someone online saying about AI that “it’s the future,” “if you’re against it, you’re like those who opposed the steam engine,” or “it’s the greatest leap in the history of humanity.” Empty words that are soothing a base of unyielding fans, yes, but also creating a deep resistance against the machine of a thousand uses (none of which it does well). The latest to join the group is Emily Blunt, who has completely refused to use it in The Day of Revelation. Luckily The […]
Not a day goes by without someone saying online about AI that “it’s the future,” “if you’re against it, you’re like those who opposed the steam engine,” or “it’s the greatest leap in the history of humanity.” Empty words that are soothing a fanbase of diehards, yes, but also creating a deep resistance against the machine of a thousand uses (none of which it does well). The latest to join the group is Emily Blunt, who has completely refused to use it in The Day of Revelation. Luckily.
The Day of Revelation
Apparently, in a scene, the character has to speak in a non-human language, and the use of AI was proposed to create a sense of unease: “It’s a four-minute scene that we shot that leads to the moment where she starts to gradually disintegrate. There are several ways you can do it. You can take the AI route, which I’m a bit terrified of. I thought there could be some really strange sounds”. Can AI make strange sounds? No? Checkmate.
As we will hear starting on the 12th, Blunt was the one who marked the solution to the problem: “I said that maybe I could make a range of strange sounds. And that’s what we did. I made the clicking sounds, whispering sounds, consonant sounds, strange breathing sounds. The sound designer left and created what we hear in the movie”. Frankly, I would be very disappointed if Steven Spielberg had resorted to AI.
This will be the thirty-seventh film by the director and, it is said, it is one of the good ones. Fantastic, in fact. The kind that only he knows how to make like no one else. And no, it is impossible to be more excited. To the AI, they can take a hike.
Netflix, for some time now, seems to have decided that betting on creativity and authors is a thing of the past. All its new series are the same, with measured risk, created more by a regulatory committee than by a truly passionate person. Gone are the days of Love, Glow, Master of None, or I think you should leave, buried under true crimes, romance series, and clones that work well as background for the less demanding audience, but they have created the paradigm of the “Netflix series.” Luckily, we will always have Zerocalcare. This Netflix […]
Netflix, for some time now, seems to have decided that betting on creativity and authors is a thing of the past. All its new series are the same, with a measured risk, created more by a regulatory committee than by a truly passionate person. The times of Love, Glow, Master of None, or I think you should leave are behind us, buried among true crimes, romance series, and clones that work well as background for the less demanding audience, but have created the paradigm of the “Netflix series.” Fortunately, we will always have Zerocalcare.
This Netflix won’t make me a bad person
Zerocalcare, probably the most popular Italian comic book author of the decade, has created a good handful of graphic novels since the success of La profecía del armadillo in 2011. He is also one of the few remaining voices on Netflix with authorial power. He was behind the fabulous Cut Here and This World Won’t Make Me a Bad Person, and now, three years after that, he presents his new marvel: For Four Pennies. And he has once again left me speechless.
If in his first series he talked (among many other things) about youthful regret and aging, and in the second he raised urban guerrilla and revolution as the only way to move forward, in this third occasion he dedicates himself to discussing the monetary problems of the middle class, gender violence, and accepting your friends in their maturation process. Although these sound like very serious topics, in reality Zero does it with fast, stressful, intelligent comedy, full of winks and references, exquisitely animated by a team that is referenced several times throughout the series.
Zerocalcare is a millennial chronicler as tired by day-to-day life as any of us, a punk who neither drinks, smokes, nor does drugs, but does fight for social justice: he is the only one of his friends who has really done well, and his job is to help them, tell their story, lend a hand without forgetting his roots. It is easier to empathize with a middle-aged man who has been able to pay off his mortgage than with the rich who usually appear on television, in mansions and riding on private yachts. For a few bucks, he shows that the most interesting lives are those that happen between streets, traffic lights, cars, friendships, bars, and shared spaces.
As Zero has shown throughout his comics, he knows how to make you laugh and cry in equal measure: while it’s easy to burst out laughing at some of his complaints about society, it’s inevitable that in the end, he leaves your heart in a knot… Even though we are prepared after the devastating ending of Cut Along the Dotted Line, which marked a turning point in Netflix animated series and proved that there was life beyond BoJack Horseman.
If you’ve ever seen one of his series in the catalog and decided to skip it thinking it would be typical, boring, or strange, this is your sign to start watching Cut to the Line and finish With Four Bitches. Zerocalcare is Italian, but also global, one of the best storytellers of current streaming and that voice of conscience that is worth revisiting from time to time. And if you give him a chance, I assure you that you will adore him, because, among all, we will not let this world turn us into bad people.
It is now official: Backrooms, in just one weekend at the box office, has earned 8 times what it cost, achieved the greatest success in A24’s history, and changed everything for its director, Kane Parsons, who at just 20 years old has just secured a spectacular future. However, it was a foreseen success: after all, it has been adding lore on its YouTube channel since January 7, 2022, and terrifying the audience with its version of the backrooms. But… what are they, how have they become a well-known term throughout the […]
It is official: Backrooms, in just one weekend at the box office, has earned 8 times its cost, achieved the biggest success in A24’s history, and changed everything for its director, Kane Parsons, who at just 20 years old has secured a spectacular future. However, it was a foreseen success: after all, he has been adding lore on his YouTube channel since January 7, 2022 and terrifying the audience with his version of the backrooms. But… what are they, how did they become a term known worldwide, and why have they dominated the box office? We’ll tell you.
Do not enter through the main door
Year 2019. Someone uploads to 4Chan, the famous anonymous Internet forum where some of the greatest atrocities in history have occurred, movies have been spoiled, and governments have been decided, the image of an interior place, carpeted, with several interconnected rooms illuminated only by artificial light. The text accompanying the image is “Post unsettling images that feel strange”. Another user, shortly after, named the phenomenon: “If you’re not careful and you step out of reality in the wrong places, you’ll end up in the Backrooms, where there is nothing but the smell of old damp carpet, the madness of the yellow color, the endless background noise of fluorescent lights at maximum, and approximately six hundred million square kilometers of randomly arranged empty rooms to trap you”.
Immediately, 4Chan users adopted the term “Backrooms” and began posting both real images and digitally created ones, as well as creating stories about people who have fallen into these places. But of course, there was no real timeline or canonical story, so everyone followed the lore they wanted to follow. Little by little, they started uploading more and more videos, creepypastas, and images in a collaborative effort that we can hardly see anymore on the current Internet. And in this maelstrom, Kane Parsons appeared.
In the end, the Backrooms were evolutions of things we had already seen in horror, liminal places between reality and fiction, which we recognize and do not at the same time. Particularly, that first image that started it all was of a furniture store being renovated in Wisconsin back in 2002. A perfect moment for Parsons, at just 16 years old, to upload a video created with After Effects and Blender to YouTube titled The Backrooms (Found Footage), about a man being chased by a monster in this place, filmed with a VHS camera in the 90s. It was a success with tens of millions of views and excellent reviews, indicating that it was better than what Hollywood was doing at that time. Life was never the same for the teenager.
24 short films later, where the story expanded and grew to unforeseen limits even with breaks in between (for example, between 2023 and 2025 he could only make four shorts), A24 saw the potential and decided to finance a low-budget film directed, of course, by the young man, to ensure that he respects the lore, his ideas, and his own tone. The result has been global applause and the discovery of the “backrooms” for an audience unfamiliar with the Internet… in addition to the birth of a new franchise. The meme has officially died on the Internet, but it has found a new place to sneak in, because in this world we live in, nothing lives and nothing dies: it simply learns to transform.
