The game Assassin’s Creed fans have been asking for years is finally on its way. During its Ubisoft Forward event on Saturday, the publisher revealed Codename Red, a new entry in the series that will be set in feudal Japan. Franchise head Marc-Alexis Côté called Red the “next premium title” in Ubisoft’s open world series […]
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The Bachelorette’s Rachel Lindsay Is Ready to Leave the Franchise If Changes Aren’t Made: ‘We Still Don’t Have the Diversity This Show Needs’
RELATED STORIES Former Bachelorette star Rachel Lindsay is making headlines for declaring she’ll quit the franchise if it doesn’t address its lack of diversity — and now she’s explaining her stance. In a blog post on her personal website on Monday, Lindsay — who vied for Nick Viall’s heart on Season 21 of The Bachelor […]
The original Ghostbusters franchise is getting a new film in 2020
Enlarge / Who ya gonna call? Three of the four original Ghostbusters: Bill Murray, the late Harold Ramis, and Dan Ackroyd. (credit: Columbia Pictures) Fire up your proton packs, people, because there’s going to be another Ghostbusters movie from Sony Pictures, according to Entertainment Weekly. Jason Reitman (Juno, Thank You For Smoking) will direct the […]
Daily Podcast: How To Save The Die Hard Franchise, What’s The Most You’d Pay For A Movie Ticket, Stranger Things 3, Spider-Man, Toxic Avengers, Jordan Peele
On the December 11, 2018 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor in chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film weekend editor Brad Oman, and senior writer Ben Pearson to talk about the latest movie and tv news, including Die Hard, Stranger Things 3, Spider-Man: Far From Home, Toxic Avengers, Jordan Peele and London movie theater […]
‘Mission: Impossible – Fallout’ Rousingly Pulls the Franchise Pieces Together
Like, it seems, most people on Twitter who watch movies, your film editor undertook the admittedly enjoyable task of revisiting the entire Mission: Impossible film franchise in preparation for the release of its sixth entry, Mission: Impossible – Fallout. It’s something of a whiplash-inducing experience, as so much of the series to date has flown in […]
Jurassic World 2 Fallen Kingdom REVIEW: It's a dino-snore – time franchise was EXTINCT
Three years ago the Jurassic Park franchise returned with a new story set 22 years after the events of the original film. Jurassic World revealed what Richard Attenborough’s John Hammond had envisioned before everything went wrong – a theme park with real-life dinosaurs. But it wouldn’t be a Jurassic Park movie without the prehistoric beasts […]
‘Fast and Furious 9’ Hires a New Writer for the Franchise for the First Time Since 2006
The Fast and Furious franchise has tapped a new writer to steer the action franchise. For the first time since 2006, Universal has hired a new screenwriter to pen a film in the series. Up-and-coming screenwriter Daniel Casey, who penned the upcoming sci-fi thriller Kin, is the new Fast and Furious 9 writer and will script the sequel helmed by Justin Lin. […]
‘The Predator’ Trailer: Can Shane Black Give This Franchise New Life?
After appearing in a supporting role in director John McTiernan’s 1987 action classic Predator, Shane Black has returned to the franchise as a writer/director with The Predator, his new reinvention of the sci-fi saga. 20th Century Fox has just released the first trailer, and you can check it out below. The Predator Trailer Nimrod Antal’s 2010 […]
Jason Blum Says ‘Halloween’ Reboot ‘Respects the DNA of the Franchise’
Jason Blum has seen a cut of the new Halloween reboot, and proclaimed it a success. Blum isn’t exactly an impartial witness here, since he’s producing the film, but we’ll take any Halloween info we can get at this point. I would like to see David Gordon Green‘s Halloween reboot/sequel right now, please and thank you. Or at […]
Jets edge Wild for 1st post-season win in franchise history
Defenceman Joe Morrow scored at 12:47 of the third period to lift the Winnipeg Jets to a 3-2 victory over the Minnesota Wild on Wednesday in Game 1 of their first-round NHL playoff series. It was the first post-season victory for the franchise dating all the way back to 1999 when the team was the Atlanta Thrashers. The […]