It’s very likely that the success of The Super Mario Bros. movie has opened the door to sequels, spin-offs, and many more Nintendo movie adaptations. Given that Nintendo is one of the premiere video game developers, they have decades of colorful and varied franchises that could be adapted into unique cinematic experiences. Let’s take a … Read more
How many prequels can a single television series get? It seems like HBO is determined to find out. As part of their enormous announcement of new programming coming to Max (the former HBO Max, which you are no longer allowed to call HBO Max, ever under any circumstances) HBO revealed that they had ordered a … Read more
After a long hiatus after the misstep that was 2015’s Rory McIlroy PGA Tour, EA Sports is back into the golf game without placing a famous golfer in its title. This seems to be a combination of design and circumstance, as it focuses more on players creating their own golfer and climbing the ladder rather … Read more
Renfield is almost out in theaters, but it has just made its way to PC, albeit in a different form. Skybound Entertainment has announced a Renfield video game called Renfield: Bring Your Own Bloodand it’s out now. Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood is on Steam through early access for $4.99. No other platforms were announced, … Read more
The Super Mario Bros. movie is doing gangbusters at the box office, both domestically and around the world. It now holds the record for highest opening for an animated movie of all time and should have some pretty decent legs in what looks to be a pretty empty rest of April. This means a sequel … Read more
I don’t know anything about baseball. Thanks to Benny’s antics in the framing story of “The Sandlot,” I am convinced that stealing home is probably the most exciting thing that a player could possibly do, even though Google tells me it’s actually not a very smart play, numbers-wise. But the movie, surprisingly, has very little … Read more
Michael Lerner, Oscar nominee for Barton Fink, dead at 81 Michael Lerner, a prolific character actor with credits that include Eight Men Out, Barton Fink and X-Men: Days of Future Past, is dead at 81. 10 hours ago Gerard Butler’s Best Action Movies Gerard Butler’s action films have a devoted following here at JoBlo, and … Read more
Game adaptations are all the rage in 2023. The Last of Us has been a major hit for HBO Max, and The Super Mario Bros. movie is tracking to do very well theatrically for Illumination. Video game adaptations have been made for almost as long as the medium has existed, and it’s finally looking like … Read more
The Super Mario Bros. Movie is set to have the highest opening ever for a film based on a video game. Easter weekend is upon us, and there is no shortage of films to see at your local multiplex. In a true bit of counter-programming, we have two new releases entering the market that are … Read more
HBO is actively discussing a new Game of Thrones prequel series about Aegon’s conquest of Westeros which could involve a feature film. Even before Game Of Thrones ended, HBO was already exploring options to keep the franchise going. Several potential Game Of Thrones spinoffs were in development before House of the Dragon finally moved ahead, … Read more