Published on: 2025-04-19 09:39:52
Get ready for a new trip to a galaxy far, far away courtesy of a upcoming new Star Wars movie. Star Wars: Starfighter is scheduled for a May 2027 release. Ryan Gosling (yes, Ken from the Barbie movie) stars in the film, playing a brand new character for the franchise. We don't know much about his role or the standalone film yet, though director Shawn Levy revealed a bit on Thursday during the Star Wars Celebration, a fan event in Japan. "The movie is a new adventure. It's new characters," said
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-09 23:40:42
Thirty years ago in Japan today, Heero Yuy infamously tore up the birthday invite of Relena Peacecraft and threatened to kill her—and it was more than just meme history that was forever changed. It would take just shy of another five years for it to happen, but Gundam had laid the groundwork for its first major hit outside of Japan—and bring its big robots, and even bigger ideas, to a whole new audience. Released in Japan on April 7, 1995—to celebrate the Gundam franchise’s 16th anniversary on
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-22 18:30:26
Mission: Impossible as a movie franchise is nearly 30 years old, and the next entry, The Final Reckoning , is due out in May. What better way to celebrate it and its Tom Cruise-ness with a museum exhibit? Per Variety, the Museum of Moving Image (MoMI) in Astoria, NY is launching a “Story and Spectacle” initiative for the franchise, with a special focus on Cruise’s commitment to the stunts in each Mission: Impossible. Sections will cover a major stunt or setpiece in each individual film—like the
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-25 19:09:18
is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Ubisoft is spinning off Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, and Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six into a subsidiary backed by Tencent, according to an announcement on Thursday. The Chinese gaming giant will invest €1.16 billion (~$1.3 billion) for a 25 percent stake in the carveout, which will have a total value of about €4 billion (~$4.3 billion). Ubisoft says the
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-03 22:05:35
Before Amazon even thinks about casting the next James Bond (or planning the inevitable myriad spinoffs it’s already tried to get off the ground), with the creative exit of Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson last month the studio needs to find producers willing to take on the next chapter of the legendary spy-fi franchise. And now, it might be close. Variety reports that Amazon and MGM Studios are in close talks to bring aboard both Amy Pascal and David Heyman to shepherd its new creative o
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Universal Pictures has owned the rights to the Jason Bourne action spy franchise for decades, but that could soon change. Matt Damon has starred in four of the five existing films featuring the character created by author Robert Ludlum, going back to 2002’s The Bourne Identity. According to the Hollywood Reporter, WME and the estate of the late Ludlum have begun shopping around the IP for a potential reboot of the franchise at a new home. According to the trade, the interested parties include S
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-11 10:30:45
In another timeline, 2024 would’ve been more of a landmark year for Assassin’s Creed. That November, Ubisoft’s action-stealth series celebrated the respective 15- and 10-year anniversaries for Assassin’s Creed II and Assassin’s Creed Unity, two of the most important entries in the franchise. And November 15, 2024 was the originally intended release date of the Japan-set Assassin’s Creed Shadows. Instead, Shadows moved out of that original date and wound up delayed twice; it will finally arrive
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-03 15:59:47
Just when you thought Kevin Williamson couldn’t out-Kevin Williamson himself, he’s doing just that. The original Scream writer, who’s returning to helm its upcoming seventh installment, has added the most surprising returning character yet. David Arquette, one of the franchise’s original stars, is returning for Scream 7, according to Deadline. That on its own wouldn’t be a big deal… save for the fact that his character, Dewey, died in the fifth film. (Killed by recent Anora Oscar winner Mikey M
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Game Freak dropped a surprise trailer at today’s Pokémon Presents livestream for something called Pokémon Champions. It’s a dedicated battle sim, recalling the glory days of Pokémon Stadium for the N64. This means that Champions distills the franchise's formula down to just battling, with a heavy emphasis on multiplayer. To that end, the game is cross-platform, with the developer saying that players on “Nintendo Switch and mobile” will be able to duke it out. We don’t know what kind of roster t
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This week marks the 20th anniversary of Avatar: The Last Airbender, Nickelodeon’s action-fantasy anime that became one of the network’s biggest shows back in the day. And what better way to celebrate a momentous occasion than to finally reveal a new show—Seven Havens, a 2D series with a two-season greenlight and involvement from franchise co-creators Michael DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko. Like the previous shows, Havens will center on another young Avatar coming into their own, in this case a yo
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-12 04:03:00
By now, you've probably heard that Amazon gained creative control of the James Bond franchise in a new joint venture with longtime rights holders Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson, who've decided to step back. As soon as the news hit, reactions that ranged from shock to curiosity to all-out fury cropped up on the internet. In short, all of the fandom ain't happy. Look, I get it. James Bond has surpassed the constraints of a straightforward spy narrative. He's the one who charted the course
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-12 01:40:48
One of the world’s richest people is already playing with his latest toy. Thursday morning, news broke that the James Bond franchise, which was already owned by Amazon due to its 2022 purchase of MGM, was changing creative leadership. Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli, whose families had been controlling the franchise for 60 years, retained ownership but are passing creative control to Amazon. The move instantly sparked all sorts of speculation and debate about the massive corporation owni
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-12 03:38:38
Amazon is set to take creative control over the lucrative James Bond movie franchise from the Broccoli family, the company announced Thursday. The James Bond films have long been produced by Michael Wilson and Barbara Broccoli, who inherited the control from their father Albert "Cubby" Broccoli. Wilson and Broccoli will now give creative control to MGM Studios, which Amazon acquired for $8.45 billion in 2021. Amazon gained distribution rights to the Bond franchise after the MGM acquisition, bu
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