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Universal Executive Regrets Most Hilarious, Perfect Part of ‘Fast and Furious’ Franchise

gizmodo.com Germain Lussier 2025-09-29 16:00:20

Before the abysmal mess that was Fast X, the ninth Fast and Furious film, F9, did the most insane thing imaginable. After literal years and years of joking about it, F9 actually sent characters to space. It was Ludacris (literally and figuratively), it was hilarious, and it was wonderful. But now, looking back, one of Universal Studios’ most powerful executives regrets it. “I’m sorry that we sent them into space,” Donna Langley, the Chief Content Officer for NBCUniversal Studio Group, said rece

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Call of Duty is getting the movie treatment, courtesy of Paramount

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-14 09:14:08

Paramount has just signed a deal with Microsoft and Activision to make a movie based on the iconic Call of Duty franchise. The valuation of the deal hasn't been revealed, but CoD is a mighty lucrative IP . We don't know much about the specifics of the deal, other than it covers a live-action feature film that Paramount will develop, produce and distribute. This means we don't have any information about the cast, creative team or what game or era the film will pull from. After all, there have b

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The revived Acclaim will reveal its 2026 lineup in a September 10 showcase

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-23 13:32:06

Acclaim Entertainment, a big name in licensed games in the '90s, is "returning." (Although, much like the new Atari, this is technically a different company that bought the old trademark.) The new Acclaim will focus on publishing indie games and reviving classic franchises. We don't know much beyond that, but we'll learn more on September 10 in the Play Acclaim Showcase. The company's March announcement of its revival hinted at the resurrection of old franchises. But it's unclear which of its c

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James Wan Teases His Plans for ‘Saw’

gizmodo.com James Whitbrook 2025-10-26 04:00:38

Patrick Wilson thinks his time as Orm in the DC movieverse is over. Ewan McGregor teases that Clone Wars is his next bit of Star Wars homework. Plus, a familiar face returns behind the scenes for Scream 7. Spoilers now! The DCU/Aquaman During a recent interview with Comic Book, Patrick Wilson stated he’s “never met” James Gunn but believes his two Aquaman films “said what [they] needed to to say with Orm.” No, never met him. So I have no relationship there. Obviously Peter [Safran], his partn

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Former Gears of War and Diablo head Rod Fergusson is now in charge of BioShock

engadget.com Unknown 2025-11-04 09:56:30

Rod Fergusson, the head of the Diablo franchise for the last five years, is joining 2K Games to lead up the BioShock franchise. This is happening just a couple of weeks after Fergusson announced he was leaving Blizzard. He was also the studio head at Coalition once upon a time, where he oversaw the Gears of War franchise. Fergusson wrote on X that he will be "overseeing development of the next BioShock game" and will even have a say in that upcoming film adaptation for Netflix. The franchise is

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Rod Fergusson leaves Blizzard after five years leading Diablo

engadget.com Unknown 2025-11-23 20:00:49

Rod Fergusson, the general manager of the Diablo franchise for the last five years, is leaving Blizzard. Fergusson announced the move on social media, but didn't say where he's going next. Before joining Blizzard in 2020 to lead Diablo , Fergusson was studio head at The Coalition, where he oversaw Gears of War. "After five years driving the Diablo franchise with four big launches, it’s time to step away from Blizzard/Microsoft, sword in hand, and see what’s next," Fergusson wrote in a post on B

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Ubisoft may have prematurely revealed FX's TV adaptation of Far Cry

engadget.com Unknown 2025-11-23 23:29:19

A post on Ubisoft's news page reportedly announced that FX is working on a TV show adaptation of the Far Cry franchise. The page has since been taken down and entering the website redirects to Ubisoft's landing page for company news. However, several Redditors have been circulating what they saw in the press release. According to the alleged Ubisoft post, the Far Cry franchise adaptation will be an "anthology drama" where "each season will be set in a new world with a different cast of characte

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‘Alien: Earth’ Is Better Than We Ever Dreamed Possible

gizmodo.com Germain Lussier 2025-12-04 08:00:23

When the idea was first floated of bringing the iconic Alien franchise to TV, many were skeptical. Films such as Ridley Scott’s 1979 original and James Cameron’s 1986 sequel are all-time classics. Follow-ups, like David Fincher’s 1992 film and Scott’s 2012 return, were also noteworthy for their own reasons. Alien just felt like a franchise that had been very well-explored already and could only be damaged in translation to a different medium. Well, I am elated to report that any skeptics, mysel

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Ioan Gruffudd’s Still Fond of His ‘Fantastic Four’ Tenure

gizmodo.com Justin Carter 2025-12-07 14:25:00

Even before Marvel Studios retook ownership of the Fantastic Four and got a new movie into production, there was always a bit of fondness for the old Fox movies. Not so much the 2015 one, but the mid-2000s pair directed by Tim Story and starring Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans, and Michael Chiklis still have their fans. Those films were general audiences’ first introduction to the characters, and there remains a bit of attachment to those versions, particularly after Evans came back for

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‘Predator: Badlands’ Came From a Desire to Do Something New, With a Dash of ‘Star Wars’

gizmodo.com Germain Lussier 2025-12-16 08:20:54

With Prey, director Dan Trachtenberg did something no one ever thought was possible. He took a beloved franchise, Predator, and flipped it on its head. By giving it a fresh perspective and a new timeline, he took something old and brought it into the now. For his follow-up, he wanted to do that again, but it was difficult. Everyone kind of just wanted Prey 2. “Sometimes when you make a sequel, it’s just part two of the cool thing, not a cool thing in and of itself,” Trachtenberg said recently a

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Sony ad reveals plan to bring PlayStation titles to Xbox, Nintendo, and PC

techspot.com Skye Jacobs 2025-12-19 10:03:00

In brief: A recent job posting on PlayStation's official hiring platform has signaled a notable shift in the company's approach to its exclusive video game releases. The listing details a search for a Senior Director of Multiplatform & Account Management, a role designed to oversee PlayStation Studios' software titles as they move beyond PlayStation's consoles and onto competitors' platforms. The job listing, spotted by Windows Central, makes clear that Sony is targeting a wide range of platfor

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EA unveils Battlefield 6, aiming to recapture glory after 2042 flop

techspot.com Daniel Sims 2025-12-17 21:24:00

Something to look forward to: Following years of leaks, EA is finally set to unveil the first new Battlefield game since the disastrous 2021 launch of Battlefield 2042. With a newly released trailer showcasing the story and a multiplayer unveiling planned for next week, EA hopes to rekindle the era of Battlefield 3 and 4. EA has released the first official trailer for Battlefield 6, focusing on the storyline and single-player campaign. Streams and other events will showcase the multiplayer mode

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The official Tron: Ares trailer riffs on big tech and features a returning Jeff Bridges

engadget.com Unknown 2026-01-07 12:12:32

There's finally a full trailer for Tron: Ares, the third installment in the decades-long sci-fi franchise. This comes after a teaser dropped a few months back and over two years after the film was first announced. The new footage is pretty cool, and gets into the meat of this threequel. It's a riff on AI and big tech, as corporate entities look to weaponize the digital creations of The Grid and bring them to the real world. This does not go well, as evidenced by shots of iconic franchise Recogn

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EA is reportedly hitting the brakes on the Need for Speed franchise

engadget.com Unknown 2026-01-17 09:48:08

The Need for Speed franchise could be making its last laps — at least for the time being. Matthew Everingham, a photographer who frequently contributed to car culture website Speedhunters, said in social media posts that Electronic Arts has "shelved Need for Speed" and is "quietly parking" the series. Speedhunters, which was funded by EA and was last updated in April of this year, will also reportedly cease operations for now. EA hasn't released an official statement on the fate of the Need for

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Paramount May Not Be Done With ‘Transformers’ Movies Yet

gizmodo.com Justin Carter 2026-02-13 09:25:09

After 2024’s Transformers One came and went, it’s been a question of whether we’d actually see the Autobots and Decepticons on the big screen. The answer now appears to be “yes,” and not just because Paramount’s still pretending that crossover with G.I. Joe is happening. According to Matt Belloni at Puck News, the studio is spinning up several Transformers movies. One is said to be helmed by One director Josh Cooley, and will be live-action. The other is said to be coming from ex-franchise stew

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Why Does the Return of ‘Friday the 13th’ Have to Be… Like This?

gizmodo.com Cheryl Eddy 2026-02-16 05:00:18

Though previously troubled, the Peacock and A24 series Crystal Lake is now moving full speed ahead—Linda Cardellini will star as Jason Voorhees’ equally murderous mom, Pamela Voorhees—Friday the 13th fans are still longing to see Jason return to the big screen. The rights to the franchise have been in a legal tangle for years, with Sean S. Cunningham, who directed and produced the 1980 original, recently speculating that a new Friday the 13th movie is still a far-off notion. That’s still seemin

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Amazon's James Bond film will be directed by Denis Villeneuve

engadget.com Unknown 2026-02-18 12:30:23

Amazon MGM Studio's James Bond movie, the first of what could be many in a series, will be directed by Denis Villeneuve. The company has revealed that he will be leading the production in an announcement, where it also named Villeneuve's wife Tanya Lapointe as an executive producer. Villeneuve is perhaps best known for directing Dune and Dune: Part Two, the latest adaptations of Frank Herbert's novel starring Timothée Chalamet. He also directed the sci-fi drama Arrival with Amy Adams and Jeremy

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‘Duke Nukem’ Show Coming From Game Adaptation Honcho Adi Shankar

gizmodo.com Justin Carter 2026-02-26 20:50:50

After helping get adaptations for Castlevania, Devil May Cry, and Far Cry onto Netflix, Adi Shankar has now set his sights on Duke Nukem. The well-known showrunner-executive producer recently told Esquire Magazine he bought the rights to the shooter franchise. He probably won’t get to it for a while—he’s got a second season of Devil May Cry to work on, plus adaptations for Assassin’s Creed, PUBG, Hyper Light Drifter, and who knows what else—but he’s already got an idea for what the potential se

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‘Predator 2’ Walked So the New Films Could Run

gizmodo.com Germain Lussier 2026-03-10 13:45:20

After 'Predator: Killer of Killers,' we decided to give the Danny Glover 1990 sequel a spin and were pleasantly surprised. Predator 2 is a very weird movie. As a concept, you totally understand why it exists. It’s a 1990 sequel to the 1987 hit starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, taking the titular character into a completely new location and pitting him against a new high-profile, macho movie star. Schwarzenegger was in the jungles of Central America, and Danny Glover is in the concrete jungles of

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Dave Bautista’s Next Franchise Play? Becoming a ‘Cat Assassin’

gizmodo.com Justin Carter 2026-03-11 17:50:22

After hanging up his daggers as Drax the Destroyer and getting got as Glossu Rabban in Dune: Part Two, Dave Bautista is stepping into video games and animation with a new franchise by the name of Cat Assassin. The wrestler-actor and his production company Dogbone Entertainment will bring to life a new idea from Steve Lerner, who wrote 2022’s feline adventure game Stray. This would-be franchise will comprise a stealth-action video game—influenced by titles such as Assassin’s Creed, Splinter Cell

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James Bond's Move to Amazon Could Be a Good Thing

cnet.com Aaron Pruner 2025-11-09 14:03:00

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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Jeff Bezos Is Already Soliciting Ideas for the Next James Bond

gizmodo.com Germain Lussier 2025-11-09 10:40:48

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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Amazon to gain creative control of James Bond franchise from Broccoli family

cnbc.com Annie Palmer 2025-11-09 12:38:38

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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Latest Tech News

Universal Executive Regrets Most Hilarious, Perfect Part of ‘Fast and Furious’ Franchise

Call of Duty is getting the movie treatment, courtesy of Paramount

The revived Acclaim will reveal its 2026 lineup in a September 10 showcase

James Wan Teases His Plans for ‘Saw’

Former Gears of War and Diablo head Rod Fergusson is now in charge of BioShock

Rod Fergusson leaves Blizzard after five years leading Diablo

Ubisoft may have prematurely revealed FX's TV adaptation of Far Cry

‘Alien: Earth’ Is Better Than We Ever Dreamed Possible

Ioan Gruffudd’s Still Fond of His ‘Fantastic Four’ Tenure

‘Predator: Badlands’ Came From a Desire to Do Something New, With a Dash of ‘Star Wars’

Sony ad reveals plan to bring PlayStation titles to Xbox, Nintendo, and PC

EA unveils Battlefield 6, aiming to recapture glory after 2042 flop

The official Tron: Ares trailer riffs on big tech and features a returning Jeff Bridges

EA is reportedly hitting the brakes on the Need for Speed franchise

Paramount May Not Be Done With ‘Transformers’ Movies Yet

Why Does the Return of ‘Friday the 13th’ Have to Be… Like This?

Amazon's James Bond film will be directed by Denis Villeneuve

‘Duke Nukem’ Show Coming From Game Adaptation Honcho Adi Shankar

‘Predator 2’ Walked So the New Films Could Run

Dave Bautista’s Next Franchise Play? Becoming a ‘Cat Assassin’

James Bond's Move to Amazon Could Be a Good Thing

Jeff Bezos Is Already Soliciting Ideas for the Next James Bond

Amazon to gain creative control of James Bond franchise from Broccoli family

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