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16 Years Later, An Iconic Fantasy Franchise Is Somehow Back Again
1+ hour, 54+ min ago (496+ words) Inverse Shrek 5 Teases A Return To A Land Further, Further Away The iconic fantasy-satire has another story to tell. It's hard to believe that something as iconic as Shrek was once a risky bet. Its quality was evident when it…...
25 Years Later, The Wildest Video Game Movie Looks Even More Ridiculous
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (793+ words) Inverse 25 Years Later, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider Is A Wild Relic Of The Past To see a world in a grain of sand, and then blast the Chemical Brothers at it. Think back, if you can, to the summer of…...
10 Years Later, The Worst Video Game Movie Contains An Important Lesson
5+ day, 7+ hour ago (152+ words) Fans are not enough. Amazon recently canceled its Stargate reboot mere months after officially unveiling it, and the streamer's logic seemed to encapsulate the out-of-touch nonsense that defines Hollywood decision-making. Stargate, according to Variety, was axed because it would only…...
A Beloved Sci-Fi Game Could Get The 'Backrooms' Treatment
6+ day, 43+ min ago (526+ words) Hot off the success of 'Backrooms,' Kane Parsons has expressed interest in directing an adaptation of the beloved 'Portal' games. Portal Could Get The Backrooms Treatment Take a look through any list of the all-time greatest video games, and chances…...
TMNT's Darkest Timeline Is Getting A Surprise Video Game Adaptation
1+ week, 1+ hour ago (582+ words) Inverse The Ninja Turtles" Darkest Video Game Is Coming Out After All Only one Turtle will be left standing. It"s kind of remarkable that a premise as absurd as the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles has had the cultural staying…...
The New Saw Game Introduces A Shocking Retcon
1+ week, 23+ hour ago (660+ words) Inverse Saw: Genesis Completely Rewrites The Franchise's Canon Despite it being demonized as "torture porn" when the first movie landed back in 2004, Saw has become one of the most long-lived horror franchises, and is still releasing new installments to this…...
'007 First Light' Plants The Seeds For Every James Bond Actor Ever
1+ week, 5+ day ago (971+ words) 007 First Light, the new game from IO Interactive, introduces a James Bond detached from theatrical depictions while still heavily inspired by them. How 007 First Light Honors Every Single James Bond Actor, Ever Patrick Gibson's take on the super-spy is singular…...
Insomniac's 'Wolverine' Will Be The Most Brutal Superhero Game Yet
1+ week, 6+ day ago (665+ words) Inverse Insomniac's Wolverine Will Be The Most Brutal Superhero Game Yet Family-friendly Wolverine, this is not. Even more than in movies, video games are the perfect opportunity to portray the power fantasies inherent in everyone's favorite superheroes. Marvel: Ultimate Alliance…...
A 'John Wick' Director Is Tackling The Heist Genre
1+ week, 6+ day ago (480+ words) Inverse With How To Rob A Bank, David Lietch Tackles The Heist Genre The John Wick co-director pivots to a very different kind of actioner. It's been interesting to observe how the cinematic paths have diverged for Chad Stahelski and…...
35 Years Later, An '80s Video Game Classic Is Getting Adapted By A Surprising Team
2+ week, 1+ hour ago (463+ words) Inverse The Sonic The Hedgehog Team Is Bringing An "80s Video Game Classic To Life Now that one classic Sega franchise has already proven to be a box office smash, why not another? In the mid-to-late 1980s, any frequent visitors to their…...