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Horror Movie Night – Episode 21: Tusk

by Saintmort

Dust off your parka and grow out your handlebar mustache, the guys are taking you on a one-way trip to Canadia for this week’s discussion – Kevin Smith’s Tusk! If you squint real hard, you might be able to see Russia, but you’ll never find any value in this film. Our guest Kannon tries to change our minds and we try to change his… Who will triumph and who will be die of human/walrus stab wounds? Find out on this week’s Horror Movie Night!

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Activision Announces ‘Activision-Blizzard Studios’ & Call Of Duty Film Series

by Shane O'Hare

Blizzcon is popping off right now, and the first HUGE announcement out of the convention is a doozy. Not content being the forerunner for console gaming, PC gaming and now Mobile gaming, they want to move into the production of film and TV!

Activision-Blizzard Studios is going to focus on bringing the company’s countless award winning franchises to life. Ex Disney executive Nick van Dyke has been announced as the co head of the new division, along side a yet unnamed executive.

The studios first property is going to be a TV series based off the popular toys to life franchise, Skylanders. Skylanders Academy has an incredible cast attached. Justin Long, Ashley Tisdale, Jonathan Banks, Norm Macdonald, Harland Williams and Richard Horvitz.

They also have announced a Call of Duty film series, but no information past that has been released.

Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick was quoted as saying:

Activision Blizzard is home to some of the most successful entertainment franchises in history, across any medium. With the launch of Activision Blizzard Studios, our engaged fans can now watch the games they love come to life across film and television. Activision Blizzard Studios is yet another way we’re celebrating our players and fans, and we expect that our film and television productions will entertain and delight whole new audiences, as well. I’m excited that Nick and his team will be leading this important new growth opportunity for Activision Blizzard.

EX Disney executive Nick van Dyke, whom was heavily involved with the acquisitions of Pixar, Marvel, and Lucasfilm, was quoted as saying:

Activision Blizzard Studios has the unique advantage of starting with a library of world-class intellectual property that includes some of the largest franchises which have not yet been developed in film and television. Our library spans more than 30 years of global entertainment culture and, in the last 12 months alone, fans of Activision Blizzard properties have played and watched our games online for more than 13 billion hours. This gives us a huge, passionate and deeply-engaged audience that is hungry for more great content built from the universes they already know and love-and which are extremely broad in their appeal.

 

Activision Blizzard Studios is not just an exciting new business for our company, it is a synergistic complement to our core business. Our movies and shows will benefit from the remarkable IP created in our games and will further increase the awareness of, engagement with and passion for our franchises.

This isn’t the first time a video game studio has branched into film. Most recently Ubisoft created Ubisoft Motion Pictures and has brought their Rabbids character to TV and are currently producing the Assassin’s Creed Movie starring Michael Fassbender.

This news is potentially something that will make Activision Blizzard and unstoppable juggernaut. With the Blizzard IP’s ALONE garnering an incredible amount of praise and desire from fans for film adaptations. Who WOULDN’T want to see a Diablo or Starcraft movie?

Geekscape Movie Reviews: 10 Years

by Scott Alminiana

From writer/director Jamie Linden comes 10 Years, the story of a group of friends who gather for their ten year reunion only to realize they all still have some growing up to do. The movie features an impressive cast with the likes of Channing Tatum (sorry ladies, he keeps his clothes on for this one), Rosario Dawson, Justin Long, Anthony Mackie, Oscar Isaac, Ari Graynor and Chris Pratt.

As previously stated the story revolves around the ten year high school reunion of a group of friends and it centers around Jake (Channing Tatum) as he drives into town with his girlfriend Jess, played by Tatum’s real-life wife Jenna Dewan-Tatum. Jake wants to propose to Jess but is waiting for the right moment. They meet up at the house of married friends Sam (Graynor) and Cully (Pratt) with the rest of the old gang for some good old fashioned pre-partying. From there it’s off to reunion and the rest of the film is pretty paint by numbers.

This isn’t a bad thing per say, each member of the cast has their moment to shine. Chris Pratt and Oscar Isaac are the best parts of the movie as far as I’m concerned. Pratt steals just about every scene he’s in as Cully. See, in high school Cully was sort of a dick as well as a bully and that’s something that he wants to make right by appologizing to the nerds that he tormented back in the day. Of course as he tries to make amends he also happens to be in the process of getting shit faced, so hilarity naturally occurs. As for Oscar Isaac’s character Reeves, he’s the guy who made it big as a musician after high school with a hit song. The rest of his classmates continusely come up to him at the reunion expressing their love of his music but Reeves only pays them half attention because there’s only one girl he has his sights on. That girl is Elise, played by the lovely Kate Mara, and she was the girl that Reeves had a crush on in high school. Of course she didn’t know this though.

10 Years isn’t going to win any awards or break new ground in the genre, but it is far from a bad movie. The cast is great and they all work wonders in their roles no matter how big or small their parts may be. This movie makes for a good choice as a date-night movie as both halves of the couple will be able to find something they enjoy in it. I was thoroughly entertained through out the movie and it struck a few cords in me as well. This is my ten year high school reunion so I was able to connect with these characters a little more closely.  If I could go to my ten year reunion and get my Kate Mara that would be awesome, but sadly reality isn’t like a movie and Facebook makes going to high school reunions a moot point. Just skip your high school reunions and go see 10 Years instead, it’ll be far more entertaining and less expensive. Trust me.

Check Out The Trailer For ‘Ten Years’!

by Shawn Madden

So, at first when I heard about the concept for 10 Years, I will admit that I was a tad skeptical. But after seeing this trailer I think this could end up being a really good flick and hopefully they don’t waste the casts comedic talents here. With an impressive cast featuring Channing Tatum, Rosario Dawson, Justin Long, Kate Mara, Chris Pratt, Anthony Mackie, Oscar Isaac, Nick Zano, Aubrey Plaza, Ari Graynor, Ron Livingston and many more…this may just be one to add to your “must see” list.

 

10 Years is in theaters September 21st.