Tag: Assassin’s Creed
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‘The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes’: Everything We Know
Come this November, audiences shall soon again be chanting the infamous mantra: May the odds be ever in your favor. Michael Lesslie, the British screenwriter known for Assassin’s Creed and the 2015 Macbeth adaptation has been set to write the screenplay for The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, based on the best-selling…
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Pedro Pascal Wasn’t Allowed To Play ‘The Last of Us’ Video Game
TV and movie adaptations of video games have typically been a bit of a struggle critically and commercially. (Look no further than Michael Fassbender’s Assassin’s Creed in 2016.) Thankfully, though, HBO’s The Last of Us has helped reverse that bad reputation. Based on the Naughty Dog/Playstation series of the same name from Neil Druckmann, the…
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‘Fallout’ TV Series Image: Prepare to Enter the Vault
Video game adaptations have long held a sullied reputation for being lackluster shadows of their console counterparts; from 1994’s Street Fighter up to 2016’s Assassin’s Creed, there’s been little reason for fans to put down their controllers. However, that could be beginning to change, as recent years have seen a string of hits centered around…
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Jude Law and Nicholas Hoult Cast in Crime Thriller ‘The Order’
Jude Law and Nicholas Hoult are teaming up on screen together as Deadline reports that the two actors will be starring in The Order, an upcoming true-crime film currently in development from AGC Studios. The film will be directed by Justin Kurzel, best known for helming projects such as Macbeth and Assassin’s Creed, with production…
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All the Details on ‘Hunger Games’ Prequel ‘The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes’
May the odds ever be in our favor as the long-awaited “Hunger Games” prequel film headed for theaters.Based on Suzanne Collins’ novel “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes,” the origin story behind the world of viral “The Hunger Games” series is revealed. Jennifer Lawrence, Liam Hemsworth, and Josh Hutcherson shot to fame…
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‘Assassin’s Creed’ TV Series Nabs ‘Die Hard’ and ‘The Fugitive’ Screenwriter
Assassin’s Creed, the 2016 film starring Michael Fassbender, may not have broken the video game curse, but now the same property is moving to television with a screenwriter who boasts an impressive action movie pedigree. Jeb Stuart, who co-wrote Die Hard and The Fugitive, among other films, has boarded Netflix’s new live-action Assassin’s Creed series.…
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‘Rampage’ Director Brad Peyton Targets Action Thriller ‘Sniper Elite,’ ‘Assassin’s Creed’ Producer on Board (Exclusive)
Brad Peyton, who directed Dwayne Johnson movies “San Andreas” and “Rampage,” is attached to helm character-driven action thriller “Sniper Elite,” inspired by the stealth-shooter game franchise, which has sold more than 30 million units.The movie will see an elite Allied sniper, Karl Fairburne, engage in a cat-and-mouse chase through the streets of London at the…
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‘Star Wars’ Enters New Era with Ubisoft’s Open World Video Game
A new “Star Wars” video game is being developed by Massive Entertainment, the Ubisoft-owned studio behind “The Division” franchise.Lucasfilm announced on Wednesday that the France-based Ubisoft would publish an open world “Star Wars” game, development of which will be headed by Massive Entertainment’s managing editor David Polfeldt and creative director Julian Gerighty. Specific details about…
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Daily Podcast: Assassin’s Creed TV Shows, The Conjuring 3, Jon Stewart, Y: The Last Man, The Suicide Squad
On the October 28, 2020 episode of /Film Daily, /Film senior writer Ben Pearson is joined by /Film managing editor Jacob Hall and writers Hoai-Tran Bui and Chris Evangelista to discuss the latest film and TV news, including a new suite of Assassin’s Creed TV shows, Jon Stewart’s return to the small screen, The Conjuring…
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‘True History of the Kelly Gang’ Trailer Features a Vicious George MacKay
Director Justin Kurzel has made a name for himself crafting immaculately styled, violent, brutal examinations of masculinity — from Snowtown to Macbeth to, yes, Assassin’s Creed. His latest, True History of the Kelly Gang, has a brand new trailer: and judging by the desaturated visuals and Australian men losing their absolute mind, Kurzel is effectively…