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Assassin Creed is getting a huge boost from Nolan’s The Odyssey
Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey has prompted renewed interest in Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, as audiences seek a game set in Ancient Greece with familiar locations and mythological elements. The 2018 role-playing game recreates major Greek regions and incorporates places, characters and monsters connected to Homer’s poem, making it a natural companion to the film. Analyst…
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‘Wicker’ Trailer: Olivia Colman & Basket-Like Hubby Alexander Skarsgård Upend Quiet Village
The first trailer for Wicker introduces an eccentric comic fable in which Olivia Colman’s isolated fisherwoman commissions a husband made of wicker. The arrival of the unusually impressive creation, played by Alexander Skarsgård, disrupts village life through jealousy, fascination and sexual innuendo, making the film a deliberately surreal romantic comedy. Peter Dinklage plays the basketmaker…
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Reality TV Bigwig Mike Darnell Signs Overall Deal With Netflix
Netflix has signed veteran television executive Mike Darnell to a multi-year overall deal covering unscripted series. Darnell will develop and produce reality programmes while advising Netflix on its wider unscripted slate, potentially strengthening the streamer’s leadership in the genre after former unscripted chief Jeff Gaspin left the role earlier in July. Darnell led Warner Bros.…
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Tom Holland Says There’s “A Whole Plan” For Passing Spider-Man Baton To Another Actor: “I Have A Really Clear Vision”
Tom Holland has said there is an established, though flexible, plan for eventually handing the Spider-Man role to another actor. Speaking ahead of his return in Spider-Man: Brand New Day, he said he has a clear vision for the transition, suggesting Marvel and Sony are considering the character’s longer-term future beyond his tenure. Holland first…
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“A standing ovation”: the drummer Phil Collins called “one of the finest”
Phil Collins named Led Zeppelin’s John Bonham as one of the finest drummers he had heard and the first drummer he gave a standing ovation to. The tribute highlights Bonham’s lasting influence on Collins, despite Collins becoming better known for pop music and his work with Genesis. Collins first saw Bonham before Led Zeppelin, when…
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3 Songs From 1973 That Prove It Was the Most Experimental Year of the Decade
American Songwriter argues that 1973 was an especially experimental year for popular music, highlighting three tracks that pushed beyond conventional songwriting and production. The article presents them as examples of how synthesizers, unusual musical references and extended instrumental structures were entering the mainstream. – Pink Floyd’s “On the Run” from The Dark Side of the…
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Gears of War: E-Day may have just pulled me in with its 12-player Horde mode and free unlockables
Gears of War: E-Day will introduce Horde Siege, a new large-scale co-operative mode in which 12 players operate as three squads of four against the Locust. The mode expands the series’ established wave-survival formula with separate missions, shifting objectives and a final extraction, potentially broadening the game’s appeal beyond its campaign and competitive multiplayer. Players…
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Locarno Player ‘The Days Off,’ Lucila Mariani’s Dreamlike Argentine Debut, Boarded by Inwave Films (EXCLUSIVE)
Inwave Films has acquired worldwide sales rights to ‘The Days Off’, the debut feature by Argentine writer-director Lucila Mariani, before its world premiere in Locarno’s Filmmakers of the Present section. The deal gives the Paris- and Beijing-based sales company responsibility for taking the four-country co-production to international buyers, while bringing attention to a film that…
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Hollywood’s Wildest Meat Party Is Back — and This Time Everyone’s Invited
Hollywood’s annual Beefsteak feast will return to Vibiana in Los Angeles on 29 August for its 11th edition, with Simpsons showrunner Matt Selman again hosting. The traditionally meat-heavy, utensil-free event is significant because it has become an informal reunion for the comedy industry, but is opening ticket sales to the public for the first time.…
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Universal Music posts €3.3bn revenue, restricts India releases
Universal Music Group reported strong second-quarter revenue growth while introducing a paid-streaming release window in India. The policy, which keeps new domestic and international music off free, advertising-supported tiers for 72 hours, is intended to encourage subscriptions in a market UMG considers under-monetised. Revenue rose 10.5% year on year to €3.294 billion ($3.795 billion), though…