Most moviegoers agree that Alien: Romulus is a pretty fun time and perhaps even the sci-fi horror series’ best since Aliens (1986). Well, it depends on how crazy your personal ranking of the franchise is. Anyway, with both Alien and Predator now back on track, it appears that 20th Century Studios isn’t slowing down and has already started shooting the next Predator standalone flick.Via AvP Galaxy, who have done a pretty great job over the years of staying on top of everything Alien and Predator, we’ve learned that Predator: Badlands is now filming in New Zealand. The directing-writing duo of Dan Trachtenberg (10 Cloverfield Lane) and Patrick Aison (Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes) is again behind the wheel, so that’s reason to celebrate, as 2022’s Prey kicked ass.To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings This time around, however, the plan is to release the next Predator movie in theaters after Prey scored an incredible critical reception and pleased most fans. The folks at Disney know they screwed up by dropping it on Hulu/Disney Plus, and looking at the numbers that Alien: Romulus is making on a $80 million budget, chances are a pretty solid Predator movie could do well in theaters too.Earlier this summer, we learned that Elle Fanning would star in Badlands, but details on her character were kept under wraps. Now, the AvP Galaxy guys have dug up a vague but intriguing synopsis: “A groundbreaking film in which one of the two main storylines delves into the intricate bond of two very different sisters, their familial ties are put to the ultimate test as they pursue divergent paths and missions.”It appears the main characters, twin sisters, are both played by Fanning. While one is naive but fearless, it appears the other is more “militant” and intense. The actual plot and setting remain a mystery, but we’ve known for a while the story is set in the not-so-far future. If we combine that with the title Badlands, maybe we could theorize climate change is somewhat important to the plot. In fact, global warming could easily tie into the Predator mythos, as the species prefers warm environments.Regardless, chances are we’ll be getting more official details and casting news in the coming months, as the movie is expected to wrap this autumn. This could indicate either a late 2025 or spring/summer 2026 release window, depending on how fast Disney and 20th Century Studios want to move forward with it.
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In a recent interview with the devs behind the Final Fantasy 7 Remake trilogy, the game’s director expressed some bold feelings about the third and final part.To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings Final Fantasy 7 Remake and its follow-up Rebirth have been some of the most anticipated games for fans of the original game for many years, and all this time later we’re getting closer and closer to the final part. Square Enix recently shared a two hour long behind the scenes look at Rebirth, which featured producer Yoshinori Kitase and director Hamaguchi, and both devs hyped up the last game to potentially an unobtainable standard. “When I think about the third and final game in the Remake trilogy, it really does fill me with excitement, and I have such great…
Read moreThe Witcher 4 is almost definitely still years away, but if you’re a fan of the books the games are based on, there’s some good news.It’s pretty unclear how far away The Witcher 4 is, that’s just the nature of game development these days, though CD Projekt Red has at least made it clear that the upcoming sequel is “the most advanced” of its projects. Production is meant to be starting this year at least, so hopefully it’s only a few years away at the very least. Still, considering The Witcher 3 is almost decade old, that’s quite the long wait for something new from the beloved action RPG. There’ll certainly be plenty of Witcher fans out there that are just interested in the games, but for those of you that have gone as far as ready the books, the original author has some welcome news: he’s…
Read moreDisney isn’t making a live-action Frozen, but if it does, it’ll just need to give Anya Taylor-Joy a quick call it seems.A live-action Frozen movie feels like an inevitability, doesn’t it? It’s not like Disney is against doing it for their newer films, it’s doing one for Moana which came out after Frozen, so you have to wonder why the house of mouse hasn’t sought after an adaptation of its mega-hit. My best guess is that it wouldn’t sell toys quite as well as the animated original, but it could be for a sillier reason, Disney makes plenty of baffling choices after all. Still, it won’t have to look very hard when it comes to casting Elsa if it does end up making one, as Furiosa star and Princess Peach herself Anyway Taylor Joy has put her hat in the ring (even if she’s currently not up again…
Read moreThere you have it folks: Sony has finally announced that oft rumoured PS5 Pro, but you’re not going to like the price.During today’s PS5 Technical Presentation, PlayStation confirmed what we all already knew, which is that there’s a PS5 Pro on the way. Years of rumours, and some teases from PlayStation itself, made it clear this would happen at some point, but PS5 architect Mark Cerny gave us a bit of a deep dive on the souped-up version of the current generation of PlayStation consoles, and exactly what sets it apart from its predecessor.PS5 Pro Technical Presentation hosted by Mark Cerny Here’s the presentation for your own viewing pleasure.Watch on YouTubeMuch like the PS4 Pro before it, the PS5 Pro brings a lot of improvements. The PS5 Pro has a larger GPU, improvements to the ray trac…
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Read moreLike A Dragon: Pirate Yakuza In Hawaii, a new Like A Dragon spin-off game coming early next year, has been announced at today’s RGG Summit 2024.The game will be a swashbuckling action-adventure title starring Goro Majima as the sole protagonist for the first time in series history, in a similar style to last year’s Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name.To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings The game looks to use a bunch of locations and assets from Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth – being set in Hawaii after Majima mysteriously washes up there having forgotten who he is and meets a boy named Noah Rich – with some new additions, including a pirate hub called Madlantis, which is f**king incredible naming.Set after the events of Infinite Wealth, a…
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Read moreBad news, soldier! Things were looking like a walk in the park for Helldivers 2’s latest Major Order, but through the night UK time, a fresh threat arose for Super Earth to ward off. Just when you thought you’d seen it all, a PlayStation Network outage stopped most players on that platform from reinforcing their PC brethren.Don’t worry though, Turing needs to be held, and those who remained on the front look to have taken on the task of doing so with the kind of gusto you’d expect from a force famous for its roleplaying.To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings The October 1 outage, according to PlayStation’s network service status page, has been seeing some players experience issues when trying to sign in to their PSN account, launch games and apps, access…
Read moreDisney and Epic Games are still working on their big ole metaverse together, but one thing you can’t expect from it is Mickey Mouse running around with a gun.Earlier this year, the house of mouse made a whopping $1.5 billion investment into Epic to create a “persistent universe” tied to Fortnite, though unsurprisingly we’re yet to see the fruits of that labour. There have been plenty of Disney-owned IPs that have appeared in the battle royale, like numerous Star Wars characters and most recently characters from Incredibles, but this massive metaverse project will still be quite a while away. The Verge recently spoke with Epic Games EVP Saxs Persson about this upcoming project, with the most interesting point shared being about the limits of working with certain IP in a technically quite vi…
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