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Sony is no stranger to adapting its PlayStation games into films or TV shows, most recently, the HBO adaptation of The Last of Us. For its latest project, the company is unearthing the Twisted Metal franchise.Gamers today may be unfamiliar with Twisted Metal, which rolled out its first game in 1996. Taking on a demolition derby style, users utilize machine guns, mines and other projectiles to take down their opponents while on a high-speed car chase.Peacock has now shared the first teaser for the Twisted Metal show. The video doesn’t offer any details about the plot but reveals protagonist Anthony Mackie as an unnamed – but thoroughly armed – driver.“Ladies and gentlemen, start your engines,” Mackie says after popping in a CD. He proceeds to speed away with machine guns attached to the roo...

Nintendo and Universal's The Super Mario Bros. Movie has officially crossed the $1 billion USD mark, becoming the first film of 2023 to do so. The global box office milestone occurred just 26 days after the film's initial release. The animated video game adaptation grossed a total of $490 million USD in North America, while also grossing $532 million USD internationally. The Super Mario Bros. Movie is also only the fifth film during the pandemic era to join the coveted $1 billion USD club, following in the footsteps of films such as, Spider-Man: No Way Home, Top Gun: Maverick, Jurassic World Dominion and Avatar: The Way of Water. In just the first five days of its opening, The Super Mario Bros. Movie hit $204 million USD at the box office, making it the biggest opening weekend of the year ...

Vampire Survivors, the popular indie video game described as Vox Machina meets Castlevania, will hit television. The title's developer, poncle founder Luca Galante, is joining forces with Story Kitchen to adapt the comedic horror gameplay into an animated series.Situated in rural Italy in 2021, the game sees players control in-battle characters as they fend off waves of various monsters, in an attempt to survive for as long as possible. Notably, the title took home the trophy for Best Game and Best Game Design at this year's BAFTA Game Awards.The official description reads, “There lived an evil person named Bisconte Draculó, whose many evil magics created a bad world filled with famine and suffering. It’s now up to the members of the Belpaese Family to end his reign of terror and return go...

Vanity Fair has unveiled an exclusive first look at Dune: Part 2, a war epic action movie that picks off exactly where the first film left off. Director Denis Villeneuve makes sure to place a heavy emphasis on the fact that the film is not a sequel, but a second part. “I wanted the movie to really open just where we left the characters. There’s no time jump. I wanted dramatic continuity with part one,” he says.The returning cast includes Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Josh Brolin, Stellan Skarsgård, Javier Bardem, and Dave Bautista who will be joined by a number of new faces including Léa Seydoux, Austin Butler, and Florence Pugh.Below is the official synopsis from Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures.This follow-up film will explore the mythic journey of Paul Atreides as he ...

The trailer for The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, the prequel movie to The Hunger Games, has officially been released by Lionsgate.Taking place 64 years before the start of the main series featuring Katniss Everdeen, the upcoming movie follows Coriolanus Snow (Tom Blyth) and his mentee Lucy Gray Baird (Rachel Zegler) who enters the games as tribute from the impoverished District 12.The young Coriolanus is the last hope for his failing lineage who has fallen from grace in a post-war Capitol. While initially reluctant to mentor Lucy, Snow recognizes her charm and unique ability to shift both their fates. While engaged in a race for survival, we'll see Snow battling his instincts for both good and evil — ultimately revealing whether he'll decide to become a songbird or a snake.Based on Suza...

James Corden finished out his nine-year hosting run for The Late Late Show With James Corden on Thursday, enlisting a star-studded cast for the Los Angeles-based talk show's final episode.The final installment began with a primetime special, which included a segment featuring Corden and Tom Cruise playing Timon and Pumbaa in a performance of The Lion King at Pantages Theater and the last "Carpool Karaoke" segment with Adele.In the final episode, Harry Styles and Will Ferrell, both veterans of the late-night show, appeared to reminisce on their favorite moments on the stage, followed by one final round of the series' famous game, "Spill Your Guts, or Fill Your Guts." Styles was asked if One Direction would ever reunite, to which he responded, “I feel that it’s not a yes or no question. I wo...

While fans everywhere are eagerly anticipating the next album from Rihanna, it seems the singer has different plans, at least for the time being. Rihanna has signed on to the voice cast of Paramount’s forthcoming live-action hybrid animation The Smurfs Movie.The singer will voice the role of Smurfette, making an in-person appearance at Las Vegas’ CinemaCon on Thursday to announce the news.“I tried to get the Papa Smurf role but It didn’t work out,” Rihanna joked to the crowd. Along with voicing the character, she’ll also be writing and recording original songs for the movie’s soundtrack, as well as serving as a producer on the film.Rihanna additionally confirmed that she is in her third trimester of pregnancy with her second child.Slated to release in February 2025, Chris Miller will direc...

According to reports, a sequel to 2004's Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story is now in development. The reports note that the film is currently in the early development stages at 20th Century Studios with Vince Vaughn returning for a starring role.The Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story sequel now has Jordan VanDina attached to write the script around an idea brought by Vaughn. It is currently unclear if Rawson Marshall Thurber, the writer and director behind Dodgeball, will be returning for the sequel.Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story chronicled Pete LaFleur (Vince Vaughn) and his Average Joe’s Gym team participating in a dodgeball tournament in Las Vegas to save the gym from being taken over by the corporate health fitness chain Globo Gym, helmed by Ben Stiller's White Goodman. The sports-comed...

Winnie the Pooh character Christopher Robin will be the focus of an upcoming R-rated series.According to reports, the hybrid live-action/animated series is in development over at Boat Rocker Studios and Bay Mills Studios and currently has the working title Christopher Robin. The official logline reads, “Christopher Robin is a disillusioned New Yorker navigating his quarter-life crisis with the help of the weird talking animals who live beyond a drug-induced portal outside his derelict apartment complex, the Hundred Acres.”Conrad Vernon of Shrek 2 and Sausage Party will direct the pilot episode and executive produce while Charlie Kesslering penned the script and also executive produce. Nick Nantell, Shamier Anderson and Stephan James also serve as executive producers.“There are few characte...