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Once upon a time in… Hollywood is one of the most celebrated films of Quentin Tarantino’s recent career. It is no wonder. Its reflection of Hollywood, the 60s, the Manson family, and Los Angeles in general is interesting, bold, and no less controversial. That is why film lovers and audiences in general eagerly await its sequel, The Adventures of Cliff Booth. It has finally received a release date. The Adventures of Cliff Booth will hit IMAX theaters worldwide on November 25 for just two weeks. It is the exhibition contract […]
Once Upon a Time in… Hollywood is one of the most celebrated films of Quentin Tarantino’s recent career. It’s no wonder. Its reflection of Hollywood, the 60s, the Manson family, and Los Angeles in general is interesting, bold, and no less controversial. That’s why cinephiles and viewers in general are eagerly awaiting its sequel, The Adventures of Cliff Booth. It has finally received a release date.
The Adventures of Cliff Booth will hit IMAX theaters worldwide on November 25 for just two weeks. This is Netflix’s standard theatrical release contract for films they believe have a chance in the awards circuit and need at least that time in theaters to be considered for the Oscars. This is why we will be able to enjoy this movie in theaters for two weeks and on streaming on Netflix starting December 23.
That doesn’t mean we will see another Tarantino movie. On the contrary. The Adventures of Cliff Booth will be directed by another of the great directors of our time: David Fincher. With Brad Pitt returning to the lead role and the inclusion of cinematographer Eric Messerschmidt and composers Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross ensuring that this will be a memorable experience.
Although there is still quite a bit of time until the movie’s premiere, there is no doubt that it will be one of the major cinematic events of the year. And although with its limited release it will not compete for the top spot of the highest-grossing films of the year, something it could do under different circumstances, it is undeniable that it will make its way onto many lists of the best films of the year. So we will have to keep an eye on what David Fincher offers us in his vision of this unique Tarantino film.
Sony is not escaping the mouths of gamers. Not for the better. For every interesting news like the upcoming State of Play on June 2, there are at least a couple of much less positive news. The general perception is that Sony is in serious trouble this generation. PlayStation 5 is a console that is perceived as lacking video games, and moreover, it seems that Sony is not doing anything to improve that situation. In fact, it seems they have no problem worsening it. PlayStation 5 will have exclusives, but in what way Hermen Hulst, CEO of Studio Business […]
Sony is not escaping the mouths of gamers. Not for the better. For every piece of interesting news like the upcoming State of Play on June 2, there are at least a couple of much less positive news. And the general perception is that Sony is in serious trouble this generation. PlayStation 5 is a console that is perceived as lacking video games, and moreover, it seems that Sony is not doing anything to improve that situation. In fact, it seems they have no problem worsening it.
PlayStation 5 will have exclusives, but in what way
Hermen Hulst, CEO of Studio Business Group —in charge of first-party studios and adaptations of PlayStation IPs to other media—, communicated last Monday, May 18, to the company’s internal studios that most of their games will become exclusive to PlayStation 5. This has caused quite a stir of discontent among players.
This has nuances. As Hulst himself clarified, this will not affect all video games, since multiplayer games, like Marathon or Helldivers 2, will continue to appear normally on PC. But narrative games focused on an exclusive single-player experience, like Spider-Man, God of War, or Ghost of Tsushima, which have currently appeared on PC, will not have their sequels on PC as their fans might expect.
This is not new information. Bloomberg already warned last March that these were the internal plans within Sony, although without an official confirmation, everything remained up in the air. But now that it has been made, it seems evident what its purpose is: to create a reason for users to buy PlayStation 5 and integrate into the PlayStation ecosystem.
A convenient price increase
If this weren’t enough, PlayStation has decided to raise the prices of all its products. In addition to the fact that PlayStation 5 already increased in price last March, the third time in this generation, they have also decided to raise the prices of their PlayStation Plus service, essential for online gaming. This is something that, once again, has not been well received among users. Having to pay between 1 and 2 euros more on average for each month of the service may seem like a small increase, but it must be added to all the other price increases of the company’s products.
What is the reason for all this? It is because the situation of PlayStation this generation is tremendously precarious. Although they attribute it to the economic and geopolitical situation, due to the price of oil, computer materials, and customs —which they have also tried to take advantage of—, they also face a self-induced problem.
At the beginning of the generation, they decided to firmly bet on games as a service, announcing up to 12 of them for mid-2026. Of those, less than half have survived. With all the released ones being a failure, except for Helldivers 2, it seems that PlayStation’s policy has changed again to refocus on narrative-driven single-player games, with one problem. They have been in development for a long time, and all their studios have been busy making games as a service at the company’s insistence.
If users feel that PlayStation 5 lacks games, it is because the cadence of their release has been minimal. And it is not going to improve in the future. They tried to find their own Fortnite in games like Marathon, but they failed, and now they are trying to save the situation by raising prices, returning to single-player games, and putting the burden of the price on the players. But is this a good strategy? Only time will tell. But what is evident is that Sony is not in a good situation. And to a large extent, it is not because of what they have done to themselves.
With the last episode of the fifth season of The Boys, which has also been the series finale, many people expected to see a teaser for its new spinoff, Vought Rising. But that hasn’t happened. There has been no trace of the spinoff on Prime Video, which is supposed to continue the story of this particular superhero universe, except that it is now set in the 1950s. However, it has been shown coinciding with the season finale of The Boys, but not on streaming, rather in theaters. A finale without reward Those who have been able to see the eighth episode in theaters […]
With the last episode of the fifth season of The Boys, which has also been the series finale, many people were expecting to see a teaser for its new spinoff, Vought Rising. But that hasn’t happened.
On Prime Video, there has been no trace of the spinoff that is supposed to continue the story of this particular universe of superheroes, except that it is now set in the 1950s. However, it has been shown coinciding with the season finale of The Boys, but not on streaming, rather in theaters.
An unrewarded ending
Those who have been able to see the eighth episode of the fifth season of The Boys in theaters have been able to exclusively view a teaser for Vought Rising.
With some clips already appearing on social media like Twitter, it seems that this teaser shows Stormfront, Soldier Boy, Bombsight, Torpedo, and Private Angel, as well as, for the first time in this spinoff, official images of Liberty. Better known to fans as Clara Vought and by her superhero identity of Stormfront.
Without details on when this spinoff will premiere or whether it will be shown online, it seems that for now it will be an exclusive glimpse for the most devoted fans who saw the finale in theaters. Although this could well change in the coming days or hours.
Vought Rising is a spinoff of The Boys that takes place in the 1950s and tells how Frederick Vought created the first group of Supes along with his wife, Clara. Eric Kripke, the showrunner of the series, has described this spinoff as “a twisted murder mystery about the origins of Vought“, so a change in form is to be expected, but not in tone regarding the content. But with a generic release date of 2027, it seems we will still have to wait to learn more.
Arnold Schwarzenegger has confirmed something that many of us have been waiting for: a new movie is in production. Directed by Christopher McQuarrie, director of the last four Mission: Impossible films, he has confirmed two very important details. The first is that he will star in it himself. The second is that if he will star in it, it is because it will be based on King Conan. Everyone’s favorite barbarian, King Conan is a collection of five stories written by Robert E. Howard that describe the tales of Conan as king of Aquilonia. Aging, but wiser, it presents us with a familiar yet different Conan. Something we have already seen […]
Arnold Schwarzenegger has confirmed something that many of us have been waiting for: a new movie is in production. Directed by Christopher McQuarrie, director of the last four Mission: Impossible films, he has confirmed two very important details. The first is that he will star in it himself. The second is that if he will star in it, it is because it will be based on King Conan.
Everyone’s Favorite Barbarian
King Conan is a collection of five stories written by Robert E. Howard that describes the tales of Conan as king of Aquilonia. Aging, but wiser, it presents us with a familiar yet different Conan. Something we already saw in the popular 55-issue series from Marvel Comics, published between 1980 and 1989, King Conan, which would be renamed as Conan the King starting from issue 20.
Schwarzenegger, in comments to The Hollywood Reporter, has stated that this is a dream come true for him. “For the last 10 years, I’ve been saying: ‘We should make King Conan, get a great script written, find someone who really understands Robert E. Howard, who understands the art of Frank Frazetta, and continue the story’”. He also emphasized that his inspiration for the movie is a most unexpected author: “Think of Clint Eastwood’s movie, Unforgiven. It will be very similar to that, but with extraordinary battles”.
Although the movie won’t start filming until 2027, which means we won’t see its release until at least 2028 or 2029, it’s interesting to see the return of Conan the Barbarian. Especially since it’s Schwarzenegger returning to the role. And if he is capable of making a movie like Unforgiven, a true cult classic in Eastwood’s filmography and cinema in general, we could be talking about a genuine masterpiece.
Dungeons & Dragons is a franchise with decades behind it. Today being synonymous with role-playing games, few franchises have more prestige and renown associated with them. That’s why it’s not surprising that Hasbro and its subsidiary, Wizards of the Coast, want to exploit it by focusing on its potential for video games. But it seems that their biggest bet to date is not going to see the light of day. According to information from Jason Schreier at Bloomberg, the game has been canceled. A tremendously ambitious game without a public name, we already had quite a bit of information about what the game was going to be. […]
Dungeons & Dragons is a franchise with decades behind it. Today, being synonymous with role-playing games, few franchises have more prestige and renown associated with them. That is why it is not surprising that Hasbro and its subsidiary, Wizards of the Coast, want to exploit it by focusing on its potential for video games. But it seems that their biggest bet to date will not see the light of day. According to information from Jason Schreier at Bloomberg, the game has been canceled.
A tremendously ambitious game
Without a public name, we already had quite a bit of information about what the game was going to be. An AAA action game for a single player developed by Unreal Engine 5 by a newly created studio under the umbrella of Hasbro called Giant Skull, led by Stig Asmussen, director of God of War 3 and Star Wars Jedi: Survivor and Fallen Order. Something they aimed to compete not only against the classic Dungeons & Dragons games, which have always had a medium budget, but to venture into high-budget games. Looking to go head-to-head against titans like EA or Square Enix.
Now the game has been canceled, according to statements from the company itself to Bloomberg. “We have decided not to move forward with an early concept of Giant Skull, but we have great respect for Stig Asmussen and his team, and we value our relationship,” a representative from Hasbro stated.
In any case, this is not the only recent editorial move by Hasbro. A closure of the internal studio Atomic Arcade also occurred in parallel, which was working on a Snake Eyes game, a character from the popular G.I. Joe toy franchise. Although it is not officially canceled, the game does not seem likely to see the light of day. And while they claim to still be interested in publishing video games, with their anticipated Warlock on the horizon, these cancellations raise suspicions that something is going wrong at Hasbro.
The Lord of the Rings is one of the most beloved and celebrated franchises by the public, but it hasn’t been very prolific in video games in recent years. Or not as much as we would like. That seems to be changing in the near future with the announcement of a new video game based on the franchise by the creators of Kingdom Come: Deliverance. The kind of RPG that fans are hoping for In a tweet, they announced that they are working on new video games. One of them is an open-world RPG based in Middle-earth, the main setting of the adventures of […]
The Lord of the Rings is one of the most beloved and celebrated franchises by the public, but it hasn’t been very prolific in video games in recent years. Or not as much as we would like. That seems to be changing in the near future with the announcement of a new video game based on the franchise by the creators of Kingdom Come: Deliverance.
The RPG class that fans are waiting for
In a tweet they announced that they are working on new video games. One of them is an open-world RPG based on Middle-earth, the main setting of The Lord of the Rings adventures. The other is a new Kingdom Come adventure, although they have not clarified whether it is Kingdom Come: Deliverance III or some kind of spinoff, now that its creative designer has left the studio to pursue a career in film.
All of this coincides with the news that Embracer, the current owners of the rights to Tolkien’s adaptations, will split next year into two groups: Fellowship Entertainment and Embracer. The former will be dedicated to managing the IP of important rights such as The Lord of the Rings and Tomb Raider, in addition to the major studios they have, such as Warhorse Studios itself. The second will consist of smaller studios, the publishers PLAION and Limited Run Games, and the THQ Nordic group. The logic or reason for the separation between these two groups has not been explained.
Kingdome Come: Deliverance II was one of the most discussed games of 2025 and, for many people, the best RPG of the year. So it is interesting to see what its studio, Warhorse, will do with the rights to The Lord of the Rings. But we will still have to wait to find out, because no images or dates have been revealed yet for what will be Tolkien’s future in video games.
The co-director of KPop Demon Hunters, Maggie Kang, in a recent interview with Deadline clarified some interesting details about the franchise. Including the fact that the movie, in its original idea, was going to be “dark, adult, and very violent.” Something that contrasts with the family-friendly and much kinder tone of the final version that we have been able to see. A tremendously successful change. The reason for this is that, when they were six months into development, they saw the potential for the movie to become a franchise. It was Kristine Belson, president of Sony Pictures Animation, who […]
The co-director of KPop Demon Hunters, Maggie Kang, in a recent interview with Deadline clarified some interesting details about the franchise. Including the fact that the movie, in its original idea, was going to be “dark, adult, and very violent”. Something that contrasts with the family-friendly and much kinder tone of the final version that we have been able to see.
A tremendously successful change
The reason for this is that, when they had been developing for six months, they saw the potential for the movie to become a franchise. It was Kristine Belson, president of Sony Pictures Animation, who suggested they change the tone to a more family-friendly one, realizing they could make a movie that would reach a much wider audience. This opened up the possibility of turning the film into a full franchise and, with it, making much more money.
Belson proved to be right, given the success of the movie. A success among critics and the public that is spreading like a transmedia franchise with merchandising everywhere that, at the same time, has won an Oscar for Best Animated Feature. Something that very few commercial successes achieve.
Now, Sony has greenlit a second part. KPop Demon Hunters 2 still does not have a release date, beyond a generic 2029. Its director claims that “she feels immensely proud, as a Korean director, that the audience wants more of this Korean story and these Korean characters”. Promising that “this is nothing but the beginning”. It seems that, indeed, that change from the original idea was a good idea.
The hype for Avengers: Doomsday is higher than ever. It already feels close and everything is starting to head towards the event-movie of the year. This also includes the movies and series of the MCU itself. Which includes the actors from the universe talking about what they can regarding the movie, adding some interesting details about what we can expect. A titanic battle Pedro Pascal has spoken with the media JeuxActu and stated that “I wouldn’t even know where to start” when talking about everything that happens between Reed Richards, the leader of the Fantastic Four, and Doctor Doom, […]
Which includes the actors from the universe talking about what they can regarding the movie, adding some interesting details about what we can expect.
A battle of titans
Pedro Pascal has spoken with the media JeuxActu and stated that “I wouldn’t even know where to start” when talking about everything that happens between Reed Richards, the leader of the Fantastic Four, and Doctor Doom, the villain of the new movie.Additionally, he added that “we have already filmed, but I haven’t seen anything yet. I can’t wait”. Demonstrating that the hype is not just a fan thing: it’s also for the actors.
To find out how it will unfold, we will still have to wait a few months. Avengers: Doomsday will premiere on December 18 in theaters. But even though there are a little over six months until its release, we can expect to learn some more information by then.
Sony could be in trouble. Two U.S. citizens from California have filed a class action lawsuit against the company, considering it illegitimate to raise the prices of their products to maintain their profits due to the tariffs imposed by the government of Donald Trump. Why? Because ultimately there have been no such tariffs and the government is going to compensate them for any losses they may have suffered as a result. An economically irresponsible government The full story is that, as promised, Donald Trump imposed harsh tariffs in the country, something that the Supreme Court of the United States overturned shortly […]
But upon annulling the tariffs, several companies sued the US government for the illegal application of these tariffs, potentially receiving up to 160 billion dollars in total refunds. And here lies the heart of the lawsuit. They consider it illegitimate to receive money from the government and, furthermore, to pass the cost of these increases onto users.
In fact, the laws work in their favor. The consumer protection law states that these price increases are not legal, giving them a chance to fight in court. This is further emphasized because it is not the only class action of this kind. Nintendo is also facing an identical lawsuit for the same reasons: American consumers do not want to pay twice for the loss of profits of companies.
Although everything is up in the air, how these lawsuits are decided could very well affect much more than the US. Both Sony and Nintendo have raised the prices of their products worldwide, and this could force them to lower them not only in the US but also outside of it. However, for that to happen, the courts will first have to make a ruling.
The co-director of KPop Demon Hunters, Maggie Kang, in a recent interview with Deadline clarified some interesting details about the franchise. Including the fact that the movie, in its original idea, was going to be “dark, adult, and very violent.” Something that contrasts with the family-friendly and much kinder tone of the final version that we have been able to see. A tremendously successful change. The reason for this is that, when they were six months into development, they saw the potential for the movie to become a franchise. It was Kristine Belson, president of Sony Pictures Animation, who […]
The co-director of KPop Demon Hunters, Maggie Kang, in a recent interview with Deadline clarified some interesting details about the franchise. Including the fact that the movie, in its original idea, was going to be “dark, adult, and very violent.” Something that contrasts with the family-friendly and much kinder tone of the final version that we have been able to see.
A tremendously successful change
The reason for this is that, when they had been developing for six months, they saw the potential for the movie to become a franchise. It was Kristine Belson, president of Sony Pictures Animation, who suggested they change the tone to a more family-friendly one, realizing they could make a movie that would reach a much wider audience. This opened up the possibility of turning the movie into a full franchise and, with it, making much more money.
Belson proved to be right, given the success of the movie. A success among critics and the public that is spreading like a transmedia franchise with merchandising everywhere that, at the same time, has won an Oscar for Best Animated Feature. Something that very few commercial successes achieve.
Now, Sony has greenlit a second part. KPop Demon Hunters 2 still does not have a release date, beyond a generic 2029. Its director claims that “she feels immensely proud, as a Korean director, that the audience wants more of this Korean story and these Korean characters”. Promising that “this is nothing but the beginning”. It seems that, indeed, that change from the original idea was a good idea.
