HBO’s The Last of Us can’t come sooner! The highly anticipated series is soon coming to CCXP though, and to make the announcement the official Twitter handle of the show revealed a short clip. In the tense new clip, Joel and Ellie are seen hiding from a Clicker in what appears to be a warehouse. As Joel signals Ellie to stay mum, the clip fades … Continue reading ‘The Last of Us’: New Clip Teases a Clicker!! Check It Out!!
Finally, HBO has set a release date for its upcoming video game adaptation series The Last of Us. After having a fantastic year with House of the Dragon and Euphoria the streamer is looking out to start the new year on a high note. Fans will start the post-apocalyptical journey with Joel and Ellie early next year in January 2023, the network has announced. The … Continue reading ‘The Last of Us’: HBO Series Adaption Sets January 15th as Premiere Date!!
HBO has finally unveiled the first trailer for the highly anticipated TV adaptation of The Last of Us, Naughty Dog‘s beloved video game about finding a family amidst a zombie apocalypse. The new trailer was released as part of Outbreak Day, aka The Last of Us Day, a yearly celebration of the franchise held by developer Naughty Dog. The new trailer introduces Pedro Pascal as … Continue reading ‘The Last of Us’ Teaser Previews the Upcoming HBO Series Adaption!! Check It Out!!
In some exciting and long-awaited news out of D23, fans of The Mandalorian got their first look at the return of the armor-clad bounty hunter Din Djarin (Pedro Pascal/Brendan Wayne) and his little green charge Grogu in the first footage from the upcoming third season. The trailer first premiered at Star Wars Celebration in May, but it was at Disney‘s other showcase in Anaheim that … Continue reading ‘The Mandalorian’ Season 3 Teaser Teases Continuing Adventures!! Check It Out!!
HBO‘s upcoming adaptation of Naughty Dog‘s beloved video game The Last of Us has officially cast the actors that will be playing the characters of Henry and Sam. The two brothers will be played by Lamar Johnson, portraying the older Henry, while Keivonn Woodard will be Sam. The news of the casting comes from IGN, who also notes the characters of Henry and Sam will … Continue reading ‘The Last of Us’: HBO Series Adds Lamar Johnson and Keivonn Woodard!!
Fans have been waiting for an update on HBO’s The Last of Us, ever since it wrapped up production as the audience has by far only seen a glimpse of Pedro Pascal as Joel and Bella Ramsey as Ellie. Dubbed the biggest production in Canadian history, the series is based on Naughty Dog’s massively popular video game with a dedicated fan base and had been … Continue reading ‘The Last of Us’: HBO Series Will Explore Different Avenues from the Game!!
Fresh off of their performances The Mandalorian and Stranger Things, Pedro Pascal and David Harbour are set to executive produce and star in My Dentist’s Murder Trial, a limited series from HBO, according to Deadline. Pascal will star in the true crime series as Dr. Gilberto Nunez, who was indicted for the murder of Thomas Kolman, his friend. The series will be inspired by “My … Continue reading ‘My Dentist’s Murder Trial’: David Harbour and Pedro Pascal Set to Star in HBO’s True Crime Series!!
Academy Award-winning writer and director Pedro Almodóvar’s upcoming Western short film titled Strange Way of Life (Extraña Forma de Vida in the original Spanish) has set its stars in Pedro Pascal and Ethan Hawke. Almodóvar, the most well-known Spanish filmmaker of current times, is set to begin filming the Western sometime in late August. The director’s English language filmmaking repertoire began in 2020 with the … Continue reading ‘Strange Way of Life’: Ethan Hawke and Pedro Pascal to Star in Pedro Almodóvar’s Western Short Film!!
The Last of Us has finished filming! The HBO series, which stars Pedro Pascal as Joel Miller and Bella Ramsey as Ellie Williams, is based on the video game of the same name that takes us into a post-apocalyptic landscape. Ellie and her ability to seemingly be immune to the bites of the “clickers” might be her and Joel’s lone saving grace. The game is … Continue reading ‘The Last of Us’: Upcoming HBO Series Has Wrapped Filming!!
During today’s Summer Game Fest, HBO has released a new image for the upcoming The Last of Us, the highly-anticipated TV adaptation of the hit PlayStation game franchise. The image was presented by Neil Druckmann, co-president of the original game studio Naughty Dog and co-creator, executive producer, writer, and director for HBO’s series. The image takes Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie (Bella Ramsey) to an … Continue reading ‘The Last of Us’: New Image Sees Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey as Live-Action Joel and Ellie!! Check It Out!!
Geoff Keighley‘s long-awaited Summer Game Fest kicked off on Thursday and with it came some exciting news on HBO‘s live-action adaptation of the critically acclaimed The Last of Us. Naughty Dog Co-President Neil Druckmann, who’s also a co-creator, executive producer, director, and writer on the HBO series, brought Troy Baker and Ashley Johnson, aka Joel and Ellie from the games, on stage to announce that … Continue reading ‘The Last of Us’: Original Voice Actors Troy Baker and Ashley Johnson Join HBO Series!!
After a brief appearance in The Book of Boba Fett, Mando is set to return as our favorite bounty hunter/father in 2023. Star Wars Celebration announced today that The Mandalorian is set to premiere its third season sometime in February early next year, exclusively on Disney+. This comes after a successful Season 2 which ended in December 2020, and the appearance of both Din Djarin … Continue reading ‘The Mandalorian’ Season 3 to Return in Feb 2023!!
Synopsis – In this action-packed comedy, Nicolas Cage plays Nick Cage, channeling his iconic characters as he’s caught between a superfan (Pedro Pascal) and a CIA agent (Tiffany Haddish). My Take – More than decade ago, like most, I too used to be a fan of Nicolas Cage. An actor, who despite being a troubled and highly scrutinized public personality, could easily switch between starring in … Continue reading The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022) Review!!
Synopsis – A group of actors and actresses stuck inside a pandemic bubble at a hotel attempts to complete a film. My Take – Looking at his feature filmography which contains the likes The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005), Knocked Up (2007), Pineapple Express (2008), Funny People (2009), Trainwreck (2015), The King of Staten Island (2020), comes an assurance that writer, producer and director Judd Apatow knows comedy … Continue reading The Bubble (2022) Review!!
Star Wars has had a breath of new life since the premiere of The Mandalorian on Disney+ back in 2019. Shows like The Book of Boba Fett and The Bad Batch have been holding fans over till the release of the show’s third season, and now star Carl Weathers has confirmed that the third season has finally wrapped filming. Besides returning as a director this … Continue reading ‘The Mandalorian’ Season 3 Wraps Filming!!
April is going to be a jam-packed month for movies. There are a few massive blockbuster films coming out, but one of the most intriguing films coming out late in the month is The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, starring the one and only Nicolas Cage. Coming off a hilarious trailer a few weeks ago and with the film exactly a month away, the action-comedy … Continue reading ‘The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent’ Gets a Final Poster!! Check It Out!!
Synopsis – A cash-strapped Nicolas Cage agrees to make a paid appearance at a billionaire super fan’s birthday party, but is really an informant for the CIA since the billionaire fan is a drug kingpin and gets cast in a Tarantino movie. Directed – Tom Gormican Starring – Nicolas Cage, Pedro Pascal, Neil Patrick Harris Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent’ Gets a New Red Band Trailer!! Check It Out!!
Synopsis – A group of actors and actresses stuck inside a pandemic bubble at a hotel attempts to complete a film. Directed – Judd Apatow Starring – Pedro Pascal, Karen Gillan, Leslie Mann Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘The Bubble’ Trailer Reveals Judd Apatow’s Pandemic-Set Star Studded Comedy!! Check It Out!!
All hope that HBO’s The Last of Us would still air in 2022 is lost, as HBO and HBO Max Chief Content Officer Casey Bloys confirmed the series adaptation of the beloved videogame franchise is aiming at a 2023 release. Speaking to Deadline, Bloys reiterated that the series is still shooting in Canada, which wouldn’t make a 2022 premiere feasible. When asked if fans of … Continue reading ‘The Last of Us’ TV Series Is Not Going to Premiere in 2022!!
Synopsis – A cash-strapped Nicolas Cage agrees to make a paid appearance at a billionaire super fan’s birthday party, but is really an informant for the CIA since the billionaire fan is a drug kingpin and gets cast in a Tarantino movie. Directed – Tom Gormican Starring – Nicolas Cage, Pedro Pascal, Neil Patrick Harris Check out the trailer: celebrate #globalmovieday with a movie star beloved around … Continue reading ‘The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent’: New Trailer Highlights a Dubbed Nic Cage for Global Movie Day!! Check It Out!!
According to new posters and promotional images, HBO Max’s TV series adaptation of the highly acclaimed videogame franchise The Last of Us will have a major difference from the games. While the events of the franchise’s first game take place in 2033, HBO Max is changing the chronology by ten years, by making the adaptation happen in 2023. The original The Last of Us game … Continue reading ‘The Last of Us’ TV Series Timeline Differs From the Games!!
The official Star Wars Twitter has released three new posters for The Book of Boba Fett after the release of the series’ fifth episode, focusing on some familiar faces: Din Djarin, Peli Motto, and The Armorer, all characters from The Mandalorian who fans were surprised to see return to their screens. The first poster features Din Djarin (Pedro Pascal) in his usual weapons-wielded pose ready … Continue reading ‘The Book of Boba Fett’ Gets ‘The Mandalorian’ Character Posters!! Check It Out!!
HBO’s adaption of hit videogame The Last of Us is moving along in production it would seem. An updated production list has recently revealed the addition of two well-known directors who will each direct at least one episode of the highly anticipated series. Jeremy Webb and Liza Johnson are among the seven listed directors on the production sheet. Unfortunately, little information regarding which episodes, or … Continue reading ‘The Last of Us’ TV Series Adds New Two New Directors!!
The latest casting addition for HBO‘s highly anticipated The Last of Us series adaptation has just been announced. Storm Reid will join the cast as Riley Abel alongside Pedro Pascal as Joel and Bella Ramsey as Ellie, in HBO’s adaptation based on the Naughty Dog game series and Playstation exclusive of the same name. The sequel for the original The Last of Us game was … Continue reading ‘The Last of Us’: Storm Reid Joins the Upcoming HBO Adaption!!
Synopsis – A cash-strapped Nicolas Cage agrees to make a paid appearance at a billionaire super fan’s birthday party, but is really an informant for the CIA since the billionaire fan is a drug kingpin and gets cast in a Tarantino movie. Directed – Tom Gormican Starring – Nicolas Cage, Pedro Pascal, Neil Patrick Harris Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent’: First Trailer Teases Nicolas Cage’s Meta Comedy!! Check It Out!!
The feeling of forced joy and fulfillment is evident on the face of Nicolas Cage in the first-look images of the upcoming comedy-thriller The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent. The images showcase Cage in unfurled glory, with a fully-grown beard seemingly enjoying the life that being a celebrity brings, including relaxing poolside with expensive drinks, cliff diving into the ocean, and driving his jeep, all … Continue reading ‘The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent’: First Images Tease Nicolas Cage’s Meta Comedy!! Check It Out!!
Nick Offerman is the latest actor to join the upcoming The Last of Us live-action series according to a recent interview with Murray Bartlett, who is also playing a role in the upcoming video game adaptation for HBO. Bartlett was interviewed by The Guardian and discussed his most recent role in the HBO satire The White Lotus, his experience filming during the COVID-19 lockdown, and … Continue reading ‘The Last of Us’: Nick Offerman Joins the Upcoming HBO Adaption!!
After a long wait and multiple delays, it looks like Season 3 of The Mandalorian is finally returning to production. Star and Emmy nominee Carl Weathers revealed in a tweet that he is beginning production on the sci-fi series’ third season, finally confirming that the show is back in business for a release sometime next year, after several unverified confirmations that shooting had begun over … Continue reading ‘The Mandalorian’ Season 3 Has Begun Production!!
September 26 is an important day for the fans of the popular PlayStation series, The Last of Us. It is known as Outbreak Day, a day that in the game’s universe, marked both the outbreak of the series’ world ending infection but in real life is a day meant to celebrate the post-apocalypse franchise. From fanart to cosplay, those passionate about the series come together … Continue reading ‘The Last of Us’: First Image Teases the Upcoming HBO Adaption!! Check It Out!!
New photos from the Calgary set of the highly anticipated live-action adaptation of The Last of Us have surfaced on Twitter, showing what looks to be a recreation of Boston, Massachusetts. The Boston Quarantine Zone is where Ellie was born and where she first meets the smuggler Joel. These are likely to take place during the first few episodes of the 10 episode season, assuming … Continue reading ‘The Last of Us’: New Set Photos Teases the Boston Quarantine Zone!! Check It Out!!
Anna Torv, best known for her roles in the shows Fringe and Mindhunter, has been cast as Tess in HBO‘s The Last of Us series. The drama series’ first season is based on the popular video game of the same name, in which Tess plays a pivotal role in helping our leads, Joel and Ellie. Joel has a close relationship with Tess, and both are … Continue reading ‘The Last of Us’ HBO Series Adds Anna Torv to Play Tess!!
The highly-anticipated HBO show The Last of Us, adapted from the popular video game series, will reportedly exceed $10 million dollars per episode. According to local Alberta site CTV News, the series budget is rumored to be in the hundreds of millions — which places the series high on the list of most expensive television shows ever made, among fellow HBO shows such as Game … Continue reading ‘The Last of Us’ TV Series May Be Among the Most Expensive Shows Ever Made!!
Deadline reports that HBO‘s The Last of Us adaptation will see Jeffrey Pierce, who played a vital part in the original games, return to the post-apocalyptic world in a new role on the small screen. Murray Bartlett (The White Lotus) and Con O’Neill (Chernobyl) also join the series in roles pulled straight from the source material. After voicing Joel’s brother Tommy in the video game … Continue reading ‘The Last Of Us’: Jeffrey Pierce, Murray Bartlett, and Con O’Neill Join the HBO Series!!
Fans of The Last of Us can spend nearly as many hours watching the show as they did playing the video game on which it is based. Executive producer and co-writer Craig Mazin has revealed on the Scriptnotes podcast that the first season of the HBO series will consist of 10 episodes. Mazin told co-host John August that like his previous show for HBO, Chernobyl, … Continue reading ‘The Last of Us’: Season 1 Episode Count Revealed!!
HBO‘s The Last of Us TV show has begun filming, but this certainly won’t be the last we’ll hear of it. Thanks to an Instagram post from star Gabriel Luna, the much-anticipated small-screen adaptation of the popular Naughty Dog game has commenced shooting in Calgary. In the photo, Luna (who is set to play Tommy) can be seen seated in a car with co-stars Pedro … Continue reading ‘The Last of Us’: First Set Photo Confirms HBO’s Adaptation Has Begun Filming!! Check It Out!!
Nico Parker, who starred in 2019’s live-action Dumbo adaptation, is the latest actor to join HBO’s The Last of Us series. Parker will be joining the previously announced Pedro Pascal, Bella Ramsey, Gabriel Luna, and Merle Dandridge. In addition to Dumbo, Parker previously appeared on the HBO series The Third Day, and will soon be seen in the Hugh Jackman sci-fi film Reminiscence. In The … Continue reading ‘The Last of Us’: HBO Series Adds Nico Parker as Joel’s Daughter!!
Ever wish you could create scenes from Nicolas Cage movies with the man himself? Well, that’s exactly what happens in the upcoming movie The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent. Starring Cage as himself, Pedro Pascal is a superfan who invites Cage to his birthday party and ropes him into recreating some of his finest movie moments. Oh boy do I hope they have to steal … Continue reading ‘The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent’ Set for April 22, 2022 Release!!
THR reports that HBO’s The Last of Us adaptation will see Merle Dandridge return to the franchise to play Marlene after voicing the character in the award-winning video game. The pivotal casting serves as the show’s most concrete connection to the video game series yet. Dandridge joins Game of Thrones veterans Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey in a presumably supporting role. In the original game, … Continue reading ‘The Last of Us’: Merle Dandridge to Reprise Game Role in HBO Series!!
Per a report from Variety, directors Jasmila Žbanić and Ali Abbasi have both been tapped to helm episodes of HBO’s series adaptation of Sony’s hit video game The Last of Us. The Last of Us was first announced as being in development in March of 2020, before being greenlit for a straight-to-series order a few months later in November. The series has already cast three of … Continue reading ‘The Last of Us’ Series Finds Its Directors in Jasmila Žbanić and Ali Abbasi!!
Terminator: Dark Fate actor Gabriel Luna is the latest actor to join HBO’s adaptation of The Last of Us, according to Variety. The series stars Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey as Joel and Ellie, respectively, with Luna being cast as Tommy, the younger brother of Joel. In Naughty Dog’s video game series, a fungal infection turns humans into aggressive zombie-like creatures known as the Infected. After an intro … Continue reading ‘The Last of Us’: HBO Adaptation Adds Gabriel Luna as Tommy!!
HBO’s hotly-anticipated video game adaptation The Last of Us has been announced to be starting production this coming July in Calgary, as per the Director’s Guild of Canada (via CBC). It’s going to be a long shoot, too. Cameras are set to start rolling on July 5 of this year and are scheduled to wrap almost a year later on June 8, 2022. That’s a lengthy … Continue reading ‘The Last of Us’: HBO Sets a Filming Start Date!!
The upcoming Last of Us TV series on HBO Max, soon to star Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey, has fans of the game more excited than ever. Thanks to game director and executive producer Neil Druckmann, we now know the adaptation will be even closer to the story from the first game than initially expected! In an interview with IGN, Druckmann spoke during SXSW 2021 about his … Continue reading ‘The Last of Us’: HBO Series to Adapt First Game While Deviating Story!!
Before Wonder Woman 1984 hits shelves later this month, fans can get the first taste of the bonus features thanks to an all-new gag reel courtesy of Warner Bros‘ YouTube channel. The blockbuster sequel from Patty Jenkins, starring Gal Gadot and Chris Pine, introduced villains Cheetah and Maxwell Lord played by Kristen Wiig and Pedro Pascal, respectively. It should come as no surprise that the … Continue reading ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ Reveals a Hilarious Gag Reel!! Check It Out!!
Apple TV+ has released a trippy and terrifying trailer for its auditory mystery series Calls, which hails from Don’t Breathe director Fede Álvarez. Based on the French series of the same name from creator Timothée Hochet, Calls is described as an immersive TV experience that uses audio and minimal abstract visuals to tell nine “bone-chilling” short-form stories. Each episode of the genre-bending thriller will follow a dark … Continue reading ‘Calls’ Trailer Teases Fede Álvarez’s Mystery Series!! Check It Out!!
As you almost definitely have heard by now, Gina Carano, the actress who played Rebel shocktrooper Cara Dune in both seasons of The Mandalorian, is no longer part of the Star Wars universe. Last night, Lucasfilm released a statement calling a long string of troubling social media posts from Carano “abhorrent” and “unacceptable,” noting that “Gina Carano is not currently employed by Lucasfilm and there … Continue reading ‘The Mandalorian’: A Cara Dune Spinoff Was Previously in the Works!!
After making the jump to Netflix, Judd Apatow has set quite a cast for his next comedy, The Bubble. Karen Gillan, Iris Apatow, Fred Armisen, Maria Bakalova, David Duchovny, Keegan-Michael Key, Leslie Mann, Pedro Pascal and Peter Serafinowicz have joined the film. Apatow will direct and produce the pic and co-write the script with Pam Brady. Apatow’s longtime partner Barry Mendel will serve as executive … Continue reading ‘The Bubble’: Judd Apatow Sets All-Star Cast For New Netflix Comedy!!
Earlier today, we learned that HBO had cast Bella Ramsey to play Ellie in Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann’s adaptation of the hit PlayStation video game The Last of Us. It looks like the showrunners are moving quickly because Deadline now reports that they’ve cast Pedro Pascal in the role of Joel. For those unfamiliar with the game, the story takes place in a post-apocalyptic … Continue reading ‘The Last of Us’: Pedro Pascal Cast as Joel in HBO Series!!
Netflix has released the stirring trailer for Amend: The Fight for America, a six-part docuseries hosted by Will Smith. This timely docuseries will discuss the creation of, interpretation of, and practice of (and much, much more) the 14th Amendment. Amend is created by Robe Imbriano and Tom Yellin, directed by Kenny Leon and Reinaldo Marcus Green, and executive produced by Smith, Terence Carter, Jana Babatunde-Bey, Jamal Watson, Tom Yellin, Robe … Continue reading ‘Amend: The Fight for America’ Trailer Teases the Will Smith Hosted Netflix Docuseries!! Check It Out!!
It’s been an odd few weeks for Wonder Woman 1984. The sequel received widespread acclaim in those early social media reactions, while the first wave of reviews were similarly positive (you can find our verdict by clicking here). Since then, however, the movie’s Rotten Tomatoes score has plummeted, and the vibe surrounding it online is undeniably negative. We’re not entirely sure where it all went wrong for … Continue reading ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ Passes $100 Million at the Worldwide BO!!
Synopsis – Fast forward to the 1980s as Wonder Woman’s next big screen adventure finds her facing two all-new foes: Max Lord and The Cheetah. My Take – With Man of Steel (2013), Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) and Suicide Squad (2016) opening to less than favorable reviews, from both the audience and the critics alike, at the time, it seemed like the … Continue reading Wonder Woman 1984 (2020) Review!!
