Matthew Byrd Dec 12, 2019
Ruined King looks to expand the League of Legends universe in mysterious ways.
Riot Games has revealed a new single-player adventure set within the League of Legends universe called Ruined King.
It's clear that Riot isn't ready to fully lift the curtain on this game, but we do know that it will focus on Bilgewater: a pirate-heavy area from the world of League of Legends where ships regularly congregate. The voice-over hints at evil things a-brewin, but it's all pretty vague at this time exactly what's going on.
One thing you can likely expect is for Ruined King to feature cameos (if not playable appearances) from some of the League of Legends roster. A couple of famous LoL characters were name-dropped during the reveal, and while it's not clear what (if any) role they will have in the game, we'd be shocked if Riot doesn't maximize the...
Ruined King looks to expand the League of Legends universe in mysterious ways.
Riot Games has revealed a new single-player adventure set within the League of Legends universe called Ruined King.
It's clear that Riot isn't ready to fully lift the curtain on this game, but we do know that it will focus on Bilgewater: a pirate-heavy area from the world of League of Legends where ships regularly congregate. The voice-over hints at evil things a-brewin, but it's all pretty vague at this time exactly what's going on.
One thing you can likely expect is for Ruined King to feature cameos (if not playable appearances) from some of the League of Legends roster. A couple of famous LoL characters were name-dropped during the reveal, and while it's not clear what (if any) role they will have in the game, we'd be shocked if Riot doesn't maximize the...
- 12/13/2019
- Den of Geek
Leah Purcell on the set of ‘The Drover’s Wife the Legend of Molly Johnson’.
Rob Collins, Sam Reid and Jessica de Gouw have joined the cast of Leah Purcell’s The Drover’s Wife the Legend of Molly Johnson, which is now shooting in Nsw.
Purcell is making her feature directing debut on the revenge Western, a re-imagining of her acclaimed play and Henry Lawson’s classic short story.
Roadshow Films has boarded the film produced by Oombarra Productions’ Bain Stewart and Bunya Productions’ David Jowsey, Angela Littlejohn and Greer Simpkin.
Set in 1893, the plot follows Purcell as the heavily pregnant Molly Johnson who, with her children, struggles to survive hunger and the wild elements. She forms a bond with Yadaka, a runaway Aboriginal who helps her with the birth and burial of her stillborn baby.
When Sergeant Nate Clintoff learns that Molly’s drover husband is missing he...
Rob Collins, Sam Reid and Jessica de Gouw have joined the cast of Leah Purcell’s The Drover’s Wife the Legend of Molly Johnson, which is now shooting in Nsw.
Purcell is making her feature directing debut on the revenge Western, a re-imagining of her acclaimed play and Henry Lawson’s classic short story.
Roadshow Films has boarded the film produced by Oombarra Productions’ Bain Stewart and Bunya Productions’ David Jowsey, Angela Littlejohn and Greer Simpkin.
Set in 1893, the plot follows Purcell as the heavily pregnant Molly Johnson who, with her children, struggles to survive hunger and the wild elements. She forms a bond with Yadaka, a runaway Aboriginal who helps her with the birth and burial of her stillborn baby.
When Sergeant Nate Clintoff learns that Molly’s drover husband is missing he...
- 10/23/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Ann Dowd and Jeffrey Walker on the set of ‘Lambs of God’ (Photo credit: Mark Rogers).
When director Jeffrey Walker was sent Sarah Lambert’s scripts for the first two episodes of Lambs of God, he replied he’d have to take the job so he could read episode three.
That was in jest – but he could not resist the challenge to direct Lingo Pictures’ comedic drama commissioned by Foxtel, which is unlike any show he had ever directed in the past 15 years.
The four hour miniseries adapted from Marele Day’s novel “treads a fine line between dark comedy, fantasy, fairytale and thriller,” he tells If.
“It definitely pushes the boundaries of expectations and lives in its own space. The scripts were completely unpredictable, from page to page.”
Walker, Lambert and Lingo Pictures’ Jason Stephens attended the world premiere of the first two episodes at the Series Mania festival...
When director Jeffrey Walker was sent Sarah Lambert’s scripts for the first two episodes of Lambs of God, he replied he’d have to take the job so he could read episode three.
That was in jest – but he could not resist the challenge to direct Lingo Pictures’ comedic drama commissioned by Foxtel, which is unlike any show he had ever directed in the past 15 years.
The four hour miniseries adapted from Marele Day’s novel “treads a fine line between dark comedy, fantasy, fairytale and thriller,” he tells If.
“It definitely pushes the boundaries of expectations and lives in its own space. The scripts were completely unpredictable, from page to page.”
Walker, Lambert and Lingo Pictures’ Jason Stephens attended the world premiere of the first two episodes at the Series Mania festival...
- 4/8/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Guadalajara, Mexico — The 15th Guadalajara Festival co-production Meeting for feature film projects are taking place this week in the Jalisco capital, running March 8-14.
The 2019 Meeting sees the biggest presence in terms of gender diversity in the competition’s history. Among directors and producers participating this year, more than 45% are women.
“That wasn’t an intentional decision in filling out the slate,” according to Encuentro representative Samantha Burciaga. However, it is a noteworthy feature of this year’s edition.”
Burciaga also described another trend among the selected projects: “It’s amazing how the filmmakers convey the pain of their people, and the concerns of their communities. The recurring themes of this selection show us nomadic families, the search for the truth in a journey and the breaking of the taboos and comfort zones.”
To qualify for participation, fiction and documentary projects in development from Ibero-American territories must have a minimum...
The 2019 Meeting sees the biggest presence in terms of gender diversity in the competition’s history. Among directors and producers participating this year, more than 45% are women.
“That wasn’t an intentional decision in filling out the slate,” according to Encuentro representative Samantha Burciaga. However, it is a noteworthy feature of this year’s edition.”
Burciaga also described another trend among the selected projects: “It’s amazing how the filmmakers convey the pain of their people, and the concerns of their communities. The recurring themes of this selection show us nomadic families, the search for the truth in a journey and the breaking of the taboos and comfort zones.”
To qualify for participation, fiction and documentary projects in development from Ibero-American territories must have a minimum...
- 3/10/2019
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Warwick Thornton’s acclaimed western Sweet Country won six awards at the Australian Academy of Cinema And Television Awards (Aacta) yesterday in Sydney.
The haunting tale of an Aboriginal man who is hunted after shooting a white man in self defense scooped best film, best direction, best original screenplay, best cinematography, best editing, and best lead actor for Hamilton Morris.
Other significant winners were Nicole Kidman as best supporting actress in Boy Erased and Joel Egerton for the same film’s adapted screenplay. Simon Baker won best supporting actor for his role in Breath while Ladies In Black earned four awards.
Multi-award winner Mystery Road took home the prize for best drama series and Riot won best mini-series. Veteran actor Bryan Brown was honored with the Oz industry’s highest accolade, the Longford Lyell Award.
Many stars attending the event wore blue ribbons to protest against Australia’s treatment of...
The haunting tale of an Aboriginal man who is hunted after shooting a white man in self defense scooped best film, best direction, best original screenplay, best cinematography, best editing, and best lead actor for Hamilton Morris.
Other significant winners were Nicole Kidman as best supporting actress in Boy Erased and Joel Egerton for the same film’s adapted screenplay. Simon Baker won best supporting actor for his role in Breath while Ladies In Black earned four awards.
Multi-award winner Mystery Road took home the prize for best drama series and Riot won best mini-series. Veteran actor Bryan Brown was honored with the Oz industry’s highest accolade, the Longford Lyell Award.
Many stars attending the event wore blue ribbons to protest against Australia’s treatment of...
- 12/6/2018
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
It’s awards week in Oz as the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts handed out its major prizes. In a departure from years past, and in a win for the métier, Aacta for the first time recognized casting directors.
At a Monday luncheon ahead of the main prizes today, the inaugural Aacta Award for Best Casting went to Allison Meadows for period drama Riot. While the category was a combined race between film and TV professionals, it marks an important step forward for the industry, says Kirsty McGregor, President of the Casting Guild of Australia, whose credits include Lion, Thor: Ragnarok and Top Of The Lake.
She tells me it was a long road to getting the prize added, but after digging down this past year, and with the support of Casting Networks as a sponsor, the academy acquiesced.
Support also came from the industry at large with...
At a Monday luncheon ahead of the main prizes today, the inaugural Aacta Award for Best Casting went to Allison Meadows for period drama Riot. While the category was a combined race between film and TV professionals, it marks an important step forward for the industry, says Kirsty McGregor, President of the Casting Guild of Australia, whose credits include Lion, Thor: Ragnarok and Top Of The Lake.
She tells me it was a long road to getting the prize added, but after digging down this past year, and with the support of Casting Networks as a sponsor, the academy acquiesced.
Support also came from the industry at large with...
- 12/5/2018
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
ABC miniseries Riot wins best telefeature or miniseries with Mystery Road taking out best drama series
Indigenous talent and queer politics dominated the Australian film and television industry awards in Sydney on Wednesday night.
The Warwick Thornton-directed Sweet Country swept the film categories, winning a total of six gongs at the 60th annual Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (Aacta) awards, including the coveted award for best film, beating Boy Erased, Breath, Cargo and Ladies in Black for the top award, while Thornton won the award for best direction.
Indigenous talent and queer politics dominated the Australian film and television industry awards in Sydney on Wednesday night.
The Warwick Thornton-directed Sweet Country swept the film categories, winning a total of six gongs at the 60th annual Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (Aacta) awards, including the coveted award for best film, beating Boy Erased, Breath, Cargo and Ladies in Black for the top award, while Thornton won the award for best direction.
- 12/5/2018
- by Stephanie Convery
- The Guardian - Film News
‘Jirga’ won the Aacta for Best Indie Film.
Director Benjamin Gilmour’s Jirga took home the inaugural Aacta Award for Best Indie Film – designed to honour films made under $2 million – at the Aacta Industry Luncheon in Sydney yesterday.
The film, produced by John Maynard, beat out Strange Colours, Brothers’ Nest, West of Sunshine and The Second. Starring Sam Smith as a former Australian soldier who returns to Afghanistan seeking forgiveness, Jirga is also Australia’s submission for Best Foreign Language Film at the upcoming Academy Awards.
Some 35 awards were given away at yesterday’s Aacta event, hosted by actress Kat Stewart and comedian Nazeem Hussain. Other key feature film winners were Sweet Country and Ladies in Black, which each took home three gongs.
David Tranter and Steven McGregor won Best Original Screenplay for Sweet Country, while film’s director and Dop Warwick Thornton was honoured with the award for Best...
Director Benjamin Gilmour’s Jirga took home the inaugural Aacta Award for Best Indie Film – designed to honour films made under $2 million – at the Aacta Industry Luncheon in Sydney yesterday.
The film, produced by John Maynard, beat out Strange Colours, Brothers’ Nest, West of Sunshine and The Second. Starring Sam Smith as a former Australian soldier who returns to Afghanistan seeking forgiveness, Jirga is also Australia’s submission for Best Foreign Language Film at the upcoming Academy Awards.
Some 35 awards were given away at yesterday’s Aacta event, hosted by actress Kat Stewart and comedian Nazeem Hussain. Other key feature film winners were Sweet Country and Ladies in Black, which each took home three gongs.
David Tranter and Steven McGregor won Best Original Screenplay for Sweet Country, while film’s director and Dop Warwick Thornton was honoured with the award for Best...
- 12/3/2018
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
Nicole Kidman and Simon Baker.
Nicole Kidman, Simon Baker, Deborah Mailman, Bruce Beresford, Nash Edgerton, Celia Pacquola, Aaron Pedersen, Tina Bursill, Wayne Blair and Leah Purcell are among the nominees who will attend the 2018 Aacta Awards in Sydney on December 5.
Host Stephen Curry will be joined by an array of presenters including Rebecca Gibney, Marta Dusseldorp, Jack Thompson, Sigrid Thornton, Shane Jacobson, Rodger Corser, Erik Thomson, Nazeem Hussain, Kat Stewart, Julia Zemiro, Gina Riley, Jane Turner and Magda Szubanski.
Among other attendees at The Star Event Centre will be Phoebe Tonkin, Isabel Lucas, David Berry, Shaynna Blaze, Susie Porter, Nicole Da Silva, Daniel Henshall, Melina Vidler, Sara Wiseman, Ada Nicodemou, Gracie Otto, Matt Okine, Madeleine Madden and Lily Sullivan.
After wrapping his 8-month, 83-date ‘Nation of Two’ world tour, Vance Joy will perform, as will five-time Aria Award winner Katie Noonan in an ‘In Memoriam’ tribute.
Joel Edgerton and Simon...
Nicole Kidman, Simon Baker, Deborah Mailman, Bruce Beresford, Nash Edgerton, Celia Pacquola, Aaron Pedersen, Tina Bursill, Wayne Blair and Leah Purcell are among the nominees who will attend the 2018 Aacta Awards in Sydney on December 5.
Host Stephen Curry will be joined by an array of presenters including Rebecca Gibney, Marta Dusseldorp, Jack Thompson, Sigrid Thornton, Shane Jacobson, Rodger Corser, Erik Thomson, Nazeem Hussain, Kat Stewart, Julia Zemiro, Gina Riley, Jane Turner and Magda Szubanski.
Among other attendees at The Star Event Centre will be Phoebe Tonkin, Isabel Lucas, David Berry, Shaynna Blaze, Susie Porter, Nicole Da Silva, Daniel Henshall, Melina Vidler, Sara Wiseman, Ada Nicodemou, Gracie Otto, Matt Okine, Madeleine Madden and Lily Sullivan.
After wrapping his 8-month, 83-date ‘Nation of Two’ world tour, Vance Joy will perform, as will five-time Aria Award winner Katie Noonan in an ‘In Memoriam’ tribute.
Joel Edgerton and Simon...
- 11/22/2018
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Damon Herriman accepting his Australians in Film award (Photo credit: Mac1Photography).
These are heady times for Damon Herriman, who has just scored his fifth Aacta nomination after winning the Qantas Orry-Kelly Award from Australians in Film and wrapping a film with Quentin Tarantino, Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio and Margot Robbie.
Not bad for an actor who doubted when he first went to Hollywood in 2000 that he would ever get a job there but didn’t want to live with the regret of not having a crack.
Herriman is typically modest about the latest accolades. Referring to the previous recipients of the Orry-Kelly Award – Tim Minchin, film executive Greg Basser, producer Bruna Papandrea, Baz Luhrmann, John Polson and filmmaking collective Blue-Tongue Films – he tells If: “I am in incredibly good company.”
He earned a nomination for best lead actor in a TV drama for his performance as gay activist Lance...
These are heady times for Damon Herriman, who has just scored his fifth Aacta nomination after winning the Qantas Orry-Kelly Award from Australians in Film and wrapping a film with Quentin Tarantino, Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio and Margot Robbie.
Not bad for an actor who doubted when he first went to Hollywood in 2000 that he would ever get a job there but didn’t want to live with the regret of not having a crack.
Herriman is typically modest about the latest accolades. Referring to the previous recipients of the Orry-Kelly Award – Tim Minchin, film executive Greg Basser, producer Bruna Papandrea, Baz Luhrmann, John Polson and filmmaking collective Blue-Tongue Films – he tells If: “I am in incredibly good company.”
He earned a nomination for best lead actor in a TV drama for his performance as gay activist Lance...
- 10/30/2018
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Nicole Kidman and Joel Edgerton on the set of ‘Boy Erased.’
Joel Edgerton and Simon Baker have scored nominations in the feature film direction and acting categories for Boy Erased and Breath, the first time that’s happened in the same year in AFI | Aacta history.
Edgerton and Baker will compete for four prizes at this year’s awards which will be handed out at an industry luncheon on December 3 and at the ceremony on December 5. Both titles have been nominated for best film and Edgerton and Baker are also in the running for best supporting actor and adapted screenplay.
In total 19 features received nominations, with five vying for best film: Boy Erased, Breath, Yolanda Ramke and Ben Howling’s Cargo, Bruce Beresford’s Ladies in Black and Warwick Thornton’s Sweet Country.
The five titles competing for the new category of best indie film budgeted under $2 million are the Jacobson brothers’ Sibling Rivalry,...
Joel Edgerton and Simon Baker have scored nominations in the feature film direction and acting categories for Boy Erased and Breath, the first time that’s happened in the same year in AFI | Aacta history.
Edgerton and Baker will compete for four prizes at this year’s awards which will be handed out at an industry luncheon on December 3 and at the ceremony on December 5. Both titles have been nominated for best film and Edgerton and Baker are also in the running for best supporting actor and adapted screenplay.
In total 19 features received nominations, with five vying for best film: Boy Erased, Breath, Yolanda Ramke and Ben Howling’s Cargo, Bruce Beresford’s Ladies in Black and Warwick Thornton’s Sweet Country.
The five titles competing for the new category of best indie film budgeted under $2 million are the Jacobson brothers’ Sibling Rivalry,...
- 10/29/2018
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Gavin Jasper Oct 16, 2018
Ok, Venom fans, break out your Green Jelly tapes, because it's time to learn all about Carnage, Spider-Man's evil double's evil double.
All right, so, a few months ago, when Deadpool 2 came out, we did an article called Deadpool 2: Who is Juggernaut? People were pretty annoyed because Juggernaut’s role in that movie as a major antagonist wasn’t advertised and they cried spoiler. And that’s a fair call. Apologies.
That said, if you think it’s a spoiler that Carnage is in any way alluded to in Venom, I don’t know what to tell you. It’s Carnage. Of Course he’s going to be at least referenced in a Venom movie. The movie just used Carlton Drake and Riot. Venom doesn’t exactly have a Batman-level rogues gallery to play with and only one of his bad guys is important...
Ok, Venom fans, break out your Green Jelly tapes, because it's time to learn all about Carnage, Spider-Man's evil double's evil double.
All right, so, a few months ago, when Deadpool 2 came out, we did an article called Deadpool 2: Who is Juggernaut? People were pretty annoyed because Juggernaut’s role in that movie as a major antagonist wasn’t advertised and they cried spoiler. And that’s a fair call. Apologies.
That said, if you think it’s a spoiler that Carnage is in any way alluded to in Venom, I don’t know what to tell you. It’s Carnage. Of Course he’s going to be at least referenced in a Venom movie. The movie just used Carlton Drake and Riot. Venom doesn’t exactly have a Batman-level rogues gallery to play with and only one of his bad guys is important...
- 10/16/2018
- Den of Geek
The hilarious Jekyll and Hyde relationship between Tom Hardy and his alien parasite in “Venom” proved a fun, if complicated, VFX challenge for Dneg. They not only had to animate Hardy’s slimy superhero but also his opponent, the larger, more powerful, sharp-edged Riot. And the final battle on the rocket launch platform turns the Marvel comic book adaptation into “Looney Tunes”-like mayhem.
“We needed to get across that Venom is the underdog,” said production VFX supervisor Paul Franklin of Dneg. “He has this slick, smooth, oily, black, look, which distinguishes him from Riot, who’s got this brutal metallic look. But while Venom is 7’6″ and weighs 500 pounds and has large claws, Riot is a foot taller and weights nearly twice as much, and has massive, slashing talons. And so Riot took on a rougher, more extreme, almost reptilian look.”
First, Dneg had to nail the look of the symbiote,...
“We needed to get across that Venom is the underdog,” said production VFX supervisor Paul Franklin of Dneg. “He has this slick, smooth, oily, black, look, which distinguishes him from Riot, who’s got this brutal metallic look. But while Venom is 7’6″ and weighs 500 pounds and has large claws, Riot is a foot taller and weights nearly twice as much, and has massive, slashing talons. And so Riot took on a rougher, more extreme, almost reptilian look.”
First, Dneg had to nail the look of the symbiote,...
- 10/12/2018
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
Whatever your personal opinions about Venom, you have to admit it’s far from being one of the smartest superhero movies around as, despite Tom Hardy’s committed performance, it’s got a kind of dumb, adolescent energy that – depending on your tastes – is either endearing or a fatal flaw.
One way in which this is obvious is a massive plot hole that glares the audience in the face. After Eddie’s initial encounter with Carlton Drake, the film jumps forward six months. The only problem is that when it next checks in on Riot, it’s still possessing the same old woman in Malaysia. Seeing as the symbiote is on a single-minded mission to track down the Life Foundation in the U.S., it makes no sense that it’s been doing nothing for half a year.
While speaking to GameSpot, director Ruben Fleischer was asked to explain this plot hole,...
One way in which this is obvious is a massive plot hole that glares the audience in the face. After Eddie’s initial encounter with Carlton Drake, the film jumps forward six months. The only problem is that when it next checks in on Riot, it’s still possessing the same old woman in Malaysia. Seeing as the symbiote is on a single-minded mission to track down the Life Foundation in the U.S., it makes no sense that it’s been doing nothing for half a year.
While speaking to GameSpot, director Ruben Fleischer was asked to explain this plot hole,...
- 10/11/2018
- by Christian Bone
- We Got This Covered
Warning: Spoilers for Venom below! Look away! (Unless you're here for it.)
When details about Venom first began to emerge in earnest, it seemed pretty clear that one comic-book baddie would appear as Eddie Brock's onscreen nemesis. Early reports pinpointed Carnage as the villain - he's one of Venom's biggest foes in the comic books. The initial title of the film was even allegedly supposed to be Venom: Carnage at one point. So, you can imagine everyone's surprise when Carnage doesn't appear in the film at all and in his stead we have Riot, played by Riz Ahmed. But wait! All hope is not lost! While there's no appearance to speak of per se, we do have a brief exchange with his alter ego, which suggests Carnage will pop up in the sequel.
First things first! If you haven't put two and two together, we meet Carnage (sort of) during the first postcredits scene.
When details about Venom first began to emerge in earnest, it seemed pretty clear that one comic-book baddie would appear as Eddie Brock's onscreen nemesis. Early reports pinpointed Carnage as the villain - he's one of Venom's biggest foes in the comic books. The initial title of the film was even allegedly supposed to be Venom: Carnage at one point. So, you can imagine everyone's surprise when Carnage doesn't appear in the film at all and in his stead we have Riot, played by Riz Ahmed. But wait! All hope is not lost! While there's no appearance to speak of per se, we do have a brief exchange with his alter ego, which suggests Carnage will pop up in the sequel.
First things first! If you haven't put two and two together, we meet Carnage (sort of) during the first postcredits scene.
- 10/5/2018
- by Ryan Roschke
- Popsugar.com
In Venom, Riz Ahmed plays the character of Carlton Drake who eventually becomes the symbiote villain Riot. In the Marvel comic, Drake is traditionally portrayed as a white man and, if you haven’t noticed, Ahmed is not. The British Pakistani actor (and rapper — which we will get more into later) has risen through the ranks in Hollywood taking on roles that where race is not the total embodiment of the character. However, he points out it’s not just about that.
“We don’t want to get to a point where people who look like you are just playing people whose race is never addressed — and I’m playing people whose race is never addressed,” Ahmed tells Deadline. “We want to be able to bring the specificity of identity to characters, but they still are universally relatable. We want to...
“We don’t want to get to a point where people who look like you are just playing people whose race is never addressed — and I’m playing people whose race is never addressed,” Ahmed tells Deadline. “We want to be able to bring the specificity of identity to characters, but they still are universally relatable. We want to...
- 10/4/2018
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
If you replaced Tom Hardy for Steve Martin in “All of Me,” and switched out Lily Tomlin for a wad of chewed-up black licorice, you’d have “Venom.” The difference being that “All of Me” is a charming screwball comedy, and “Venom” is the kind of comic-book movie that people who hate comic-book movies think that all comic-book movies are like.
Leaping from plot point to plot point without the hindrance of logic or characters, this big-screen return of the legendary Spider-Man nemesis — last seen in the franchise-hobbling “Spider-Man 3” — is aggressively loud and stupid without being much fun at all. It exists as a waste of time for some very talented actors, and it’s proof that even Marvel (whether it’s the studio or other films based on its imprint) doesn’t always get it right.
Tom Hardy stars as Eddie Brock, a motorcycle-riding investigative reporter who tools...
Leaping from plot point to plot point without the hindrance of logic or characters, this big-screen return of the legendary Spider-Man nemesis — last seen in the franchise-hobbling “Spider-Man 3” — is aggressively loud and stupid without being much fun at all. It exists as a waste of time for some very talented actors, and it’s proof that even Marvel (whether it’s the studio or other films based on its imprint) doesn’t always get it right.
Tom Hardy stars as Eddie Brock, a motorcycle-riding investigative reporter who tools...
- 10/3/2018
- by Alonso Duralde
- The Wrap
The road to the release of Sony's Venom film has been a long and winding one. In fact, it's been over a decade in the making. Sony first began planning for a standalone Venom film after the character appeared in 2007's Spider-Man 3. That's right: Venom has been in development since Tobey Maguire played Peter Parker! After two reboots of the Spider-Man universe, Venom's time has finally come, with a solo movie about the journalist Eddie Brock who is fused with an alien symbiote. But which other characters from the Spider-Man universe will appear in the movie? It's been confirmed that Spider-Man himself will not appear, so the focus has shifted to another potential character: Carnage.
For the uninitiated, Carnage - the alter ego of Cletus Kasady - is a longtime enemy of Venom's in Marvel comics. Like Venom himself, Carnage gets his powers from a powerful symbiote from...
For the uninitiated, Carnage - the alter ego of Cletus Kasady - is a longtime enemy of Venom's in Marvel comics. Like Venom himself, Carnage gets his powers from a powerful symbiote from...
- 9/30/2018
- by Amanda Prahl
- Popsugar.com
Venom might be set apart from the wider world of Spider-Man, and it’s certainly not part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but it’ll still have comic book nods and references to please fans and hint that it’s part of a bigger franchise. Just don’t expect Tom Holland to show up as Peter Parker.
While speaking to ScreenRant, director Ruben Fleischer outlined a number of easter eggs that can be glimpsed in the movie. To start with, the filmmaker explained that Venom will pay homage to the people that created the character: namely, Randy Schuller – the fan who devised the concept – and artist Todd McFarlane and writer David Michelinie.
“The name of the building he lives in is called the Schuller building. Randy Schuller is the name is the fan who suggested the black suit for Spider-Man. There’s this famous story where he got $50 for suggesting...
While speaking to ScreenRant, director Ruben Fleischer outlined a number of easter eggs that can be glimpsed in the movie. To start with, the filmmaker explained that Venom will pay homage to the people that created the character: namely, Randy Schuller – the fan who devised the concept – and artist Todd McFarlane and writer David Michelinie.
“The name of the building he lives in is called the Schuller building. Randy Schuller is the name is the fan who suggested the black suit for Spider-Man. There’s this famous story where he got $50 for suggesting...
- 9/29/2018
- by Christian Bone
- We Got This Covered
I’ve got a couple new promo spots for Venom that you’ve got to check out. This first one in the weirdest, though. It’s a ESPN promo called “New Mascot” and it shows Tom Hardy’s Eddie Brock walk into a room for of innocent sports geeks, including former quarterback Charles Woodson and wide receiver Randy Moss, talking about sports mascots. For reason they think that Venom is the best choice. They bring him in the rom and he ends up trapping everyone, scaring the living shit out of them, and then proceeds to eat them. I don’t get it! I guess it’s supposed to be funny? Maybe people who watch ESPN will get it. It’s certainly the strangest add I’ve seen for the movie so far. The second promo spot features more footage of the villainous symbiote character, Riot.
Directed by Ruben Fleischer...
Directed by Ruben Fleischer...
- 9/26/2018
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
We've got two new promo spots for Venom for you to watch today. The first one mostly teases Venom’s desire to eat people. Venom certainly has a reputation for eating people and this film will give us the PG-13 version of that. I’m not expecting much for this film, but maybe it will surprise me. The second promo features some new footage form the Riot and Venom fight in the film!
The movie was inspired by the 1993 six-issue Venom: Lethal Protector comic miniseries. The story followed Venom moving to San Francisco after he and Spider-Man made a truce. Once in San Francisco, Venom is hunted down by the Life Foundation, who wants to study the Venom symbiote so they can use it for their own evil purposes. From it, they create five new symbiote spawn including Scream, Phage, Riot, Lasher, and Agony.
The film stars Tom Hardy, Michelle Williams...
The movie was inspired by the 1993 six-issue Venom: Lethal Protector comic miniseries. The story followed Venom moving to San Francisco after he and Spider-Man made a truce. Once in San Francisco, Venom is hunted down by the Life Foundation, who wants to study the Venom symbiote so they can use it for their own evil purposes. From it, they create five new symbiote spawn including Scream, Phage, Riot, Lasher, and Agony.
The film stars Tom Hardy, Michelle Williams...
- 9/21/2018
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Hey look! It’s another poster for Venom! This one features Venom looming over the Golden Gate Bridge in San Fransisco and also features Tom Hardy, Michelle Williams (The Greatest Showman) and Riz Ahmed (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story).
The posters for this film actually have been pretty decent. But, Sony Pictures still has yet to show us something that actually gets me excited to see the movie. I’m going in with super low expectations, so maybe the movie will surpass them.
The movie was inspired by the 1993 six-issue Venom: Lethal Protector comic miniseries. The story followed Venom moving to San Francisco after he and Spider-Man made a truce. Once in San Francisco, Venom is hunted down by the Life Foundation, who wants to study the Venom symbiote so they can use it for their own evil purposes. From it, they create five new symbiote spawn including Scream,...
The posters for this film actually have been pretty decent. But, Sony Pictures still has yet to show us something that actually gets me excited to see the movie. I’m going in with super low expectations, so maybe the movie will surpass them.
The movie was inspired by the 1993 six-issue Venom: Lethal Protector comic miniseries. The story followed Venom moving to San Francisco after he and Spider-Man made a truce. Once in San Francisco, Venom is hunted down by the Life Foundation, who wants to study the Venom symbiote so they can use it for their own evil purposes. From it, they create five new symbiote spawn including Scream,...
- 9/18/2018
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Tom Hardy has shared a new IMAX poster for his upcoming film Venom and it features some pretty cool artwork of the terrifying title character. Unfortunately, with a PG-13 rating, we probably aren’t going to get the truest adaptation of the character that we were all hoping for. Venom is a totally R-rated character that deserved an R-rated film. Who knows, though, maybe it will be surprisingly good and entertaining.
The movie was inspired by the 1993 six-issue Venom: Lethal Protector comic miniseries. The story followed Venom moving to San Francisco after he and Spider-Man made a truce. Once in San Francisco, Venom is hunted down by the Life Foundation, who wants to study the Venom symbiote so they can use it for their own evil purposes. From it, they create five new symbiote spawn including Scream, Phage, Riot, Lasher, and Agony.
Tom Hardy is joined in the film by...
The movie was inspired by the 1993 six-issue Venom: Lethal Protector comic miniseries. The story followed Venom moving to San Francisco after he and Spider-Man made a truce. Once in San Francisco, Venom is hunted down by the Life Foundation, who wants to study the Venom symbiote so they can use it for their own evil purposes. From it, they create five new symbiote spawn including Scream, Phage, Riot, Lasher, and Agony.
Tom Hardy is joined in the film by...
- 9/17/2018
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
The Pittsburgh label Nightfall Records will host a public vigil for rapper Mac Miller at Frick Park — also known as Blue Slide Park — on Tuesday at 5 p.m. Est. Miller died on Friday at age 26.
“We would like to bring the city together in full force for this legendary icon,” Nightfall Records wrote in a statement on Facebook. “Mac deserves to be sent off with an evening of celebrating his life, discussing his struggles, and remembering his stories, most importantly for his iconic work that brought joy into the lives of everybody who listened.
“We would like to bring the city together in full force for this legendary icon,” Nightfall Records wrote in a statement on Facebook. “Mac deserves to be sent off with an evening of celebrating his life, discussing his struggles, and remembering his stories, most importantly for his iconic work that brought joy into the lives of everybody who listened.
- 9/10/2018
- by Elias Leight
- Rollingstone.com
Childish Gambino remembered Mac Miller Saturday night during his concert at Chicago’s United Center, a day after Miller’s death at the age of 26. During the heartfelt tribute – which the artist born Donald Glover asked fans not to film in order to not “commodify this moment” – Gambino spoke about the late rapper’s warmness and love of music.
“I’m a very sensitive person… but this Mac Miller shit got me fucked up,” Gambino said. “He was so nice. He was the sweetest guy, he was so nice. And...
“I’m a very sensitive person… but this Mac Miller shit got me fucked up,” Gambino said. “He was so nice. He was the sweetest guy, he was so nice. And...
- 9/9/2018
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
With Tom Hardy signed on to portray the sinister symbiote indefinitely, we’ll undoubtedly be exposed to an excessive dosage of Venom over the next decade or so. That said, before Sony can proceed with their “Universe of Marvel Characters,” the cantankerous Klyntar must prove there’s still money to be made in the superhero racket.
Although early tracking is teasing a record-breaking opening weekend for Eddie Brock, the mixed reception to the latest Venom trailer – which was contumeliously criticized for using the word “turd” – has cast doubt on the solo venture. Thankfully, then, the marketing blitz for Ruben Fleischer’s motion picture has quickly put the misstep in the rearview mirror.
While it doesn’t contain much in the way of new footage, the latest TV spot for Venom – which you can check out up above – should effectively wash any remnant of faecal matter down the drain, and put...
Although early tracking is teasing a record-breaking opening weekend for Eddie Brock, the mixed reception to the latest Venom trailer – which was contumeliously criticized for using the word “turd” – has cast doubt on the solo venture. Thankfully, then, the marketing blitz for Ruben Fleischer’s motion picture has quickly put the misstep in the rearview mirror.
While it doesn’t contain much in the way of new footage, the latest TV spot for Venom – which you can check out up above – should effectively wash any remnant of faecal matter down the drain, and put...
- 9/5/2018
- by Joseph Falcone
- We Got This Covered
By: Andrew Wendowski
Paramore is currently treking across the U.S. on their After Laughter ‘Tour 5’ in support of their latest record, After Laughter, with special guests Foster The People and Soccermommy. Tonight in Brooklyn, NY at the Barclays Arena Paramore brought out a special guest for their smash hit song “Misery Business,” from their 2007 album, Riot. Each night of every Paramore tour, fans get excited for the band to perform “Misery Business” as they bring a fan up on stage to finish out the song with them. However, tonight they brought out Stranger Things actor, Gaten (Dustin) Matarazzo to finish the song with them. Matarazzo has performed the Paramore single “Misery Business” on tour with his band Work In Progress earlier this year, which cause a spark across the internet.
Check out some fan shot footage from the show below:
Motherfuckin Dustin From Stranger Things Just Came Out And Sang Misery Business With Paramore!
Paramore is currently treking across the U.S. on their After Laughter ‘Tour 5’ in support of their latest record, After Laughter, with special guests Foster The People and Soccermommy. Tonight in Brooklyn, NY at the Barclays Arena Paramore brought out a special guest for their smash hit song “Misery Business,” from their 2007 album, Riot. Each night of every Paramore tour, fans get excited for the band to perform “Misery Business” as they bring a fan up on stage to finish out the song with them. However, tonight they brought out Stranger Things actor, Gaten (Dustin) Matarazzo to finish the song with them. Matarazzo has performed the Paramore single “Misery Business” on tour with his band Work In Progress earlier this year, which cause a spark across the internet.
Check out some fan shot footage from the show below:
Motherfuckin Dustin From Stranger Things Just Came Out And Sang Misery Business With Paramore!
- 6/27/2018
- by Kristyn Clarke
- Age of the Nerd
You've all wanted to see what Tom Hardy looks like as Venom and now you're about to find out in the new trailer for Sony Picture's Venom! After fans were worried by rumors that we would hardly see Venom in this film, it looks like that's going to be the case at all! This feature film version of the character looks freakin' badass and I think a lot of fans should be happy with what they see.
The movie was inspired by the 1993 six-issue Venom: Lethal Protector comic miniseries. The story followed Venom moving to San Francisco after he and Spider-Man made a truce. Once in San Francisco, Venom is hunted down by the Life Foundation, who wants to study the Venom symbiote so they can use it for their own evil purposes. From it, they create five new symbiote spawn including Scream, Phage, Riot, Lasher, and Agony.
Tom...
The movie was inspired by the 1993 six-issue Venom: Lethal Protector comic miniseries. The story followed Venom moving to San Francisco after he and Spider-Man made a truce. Once in San Francisco, Venom is hunted down by the Life Foundation, who wants to study the Venom symbiote so they can use it for their own evil purposes. From it, they create five new symbiote spawn including Scream, Phage, Riot, Lasher, and Agony.
Tom...
- 4/24/2018
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
When Woody Harrelson was cast in Venom, there was speculation among fans that maybe he could end up playing Carnage in the film. Well, according to a new report from Bleeding Cool, he actually will be playing Carnage. The entertainment news site has been hit or miss with their movie scoop intel, so even though they say they can confirm it, we are going to treat it as a rumor for now.
However, if Woody Harrelson is playing Carnage that would be awesome! He is a great actor, who has played some wicked cool villains, and I'm sure he would do some great things with bringing the character to life on the big screen.
I have no idea how exactly Carnage will be portrayed in the movie, but in the comics, he is a serial killer named Cletus Kasady who is infected by the alien symbiote. Carnage is one of Spider-Man's most murderous,...
However, if Woody Harrelson is playing Carnage that would be awesome! He is a great actor, who has played some wicked cool villains, and I'm sure he would do some great things with bringing the character to life on the big screen.
I have no idea how exactly Carnage will be portrayed in the movie, but in the comics, he is a serial killer named Cletus Kasady who is infected by the alien symbiote. Carnage is one of Spider-Man's most murderous,...
- 4/3/2018
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
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