Netflix Is Reportedly Adding Video Games to Its Service

Netflix is obviously known for its film and television offerings and now it’s venturing more into another medium. The streaming giant will reportedly start offering video games on its service sometime within the next year, but no more specific window was given. Netflix has not officially commented on this report.

Bloomberg reported on this news, saying that Netflix hired Mike Verdu, a PC and mobile gaming executive, as vice president of game development. He’s spent time at Zynga, Facebook, Electronic Arts, and a few other gaming companies as well. Verdu was most recently at Facebook and focused on getting games to the Oculus VR systems and “other devices.”

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Netflix has had games in the past so this isn’t an entirely new development for the streaming service. Aside from its multiple interactive specials like Bandersnatch, You Vs. Wild, and Captain Underpants: Epic Choice-o-Rama, Netflix also has a port of a more traditional video game. 

Minecraft: Story Mode’s first season landed on Netflix in 2018 around three or so years after its original debut on traditional gaming systems. It was part of a deal to bring Telltale’s games to the service. Being an adventure game that’s mainly about choosing dialogue options and not twitchy action, Minecraft fit the platform well. However, the second season was never ported, likely because of Telltale’s implosion around that time. 

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That deal shows that Netflix has dabbled in games in the past, but hiring a well-known gaming executive to lead the initiative shows that the company may be more serious this time around. Game streaming has had trouble taking off in recent years though, as evidenced by Google Stadia. The platform was almost universally criticized for multiple reasons before it eventually shuttered its internal studios in February 2021 and moved to trying to help other developers and publishers get their games to players, which is still work that’s allegedly happening behind the scenes. Microsoft’s Xbox Cloud service is still in beta, but hasn’t been as widely condemned because it’s mostly an alternative way for people to play games they already have access to.

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Jungle Cruise Clips Unveiled as Advance Tickets Go On Sale

With only less than a month before the long-awaited premiere of Jungle Cruise, Walt Disney Studios has released two new clips, a TV spot and a featurette for the forthcoming action-adventure movie, confirming that advance movie tickets are now on sale starting today. In addition, for viewers who are planning to watch the Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt-led film through Disney+, they can now also pre-order Jungle Cruise’s Premier Access for an additional one-time fee of $29.99 from July 14 to July 29 in the U.S. and Canada. 

The new Jungle Cruise Clips, which you can check out in the players below, both feature Blunt’s Lily and Johnson’s Frank in dangerous situations, with the first one introducing Edgar Ramirez’s not-so-mythical villain. Meanwhile, the second clip teases one of Blunt’s many stunts in the film. As for the new featurette, it takes us behind-the-scenes into some of the film’s action-packed sequences and big set pieces. 

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Inspired by the famous Disneyland theme park ride, Disney’s Jungle Cruise is an adventure-filled, rollicking thrill-ride down the Amazon with wisecracking skipper Frank Wolff and intrepid researcher Dr. Lily Houghton. It will be led by Dwayne Johnson (Black Adam) and Emily Blunt (A Quiet Place films) along with Edgar Ramirez, Jack Whitehall, Jesse Plemons, and Paul Giamatti.

Check out the new clips:

In the film,  Lily travels from London, England to the Amazon jungle and enlists Frank’s questionable services to guide her downriver on La Quila—his ramshackle-but-charming boat. Lily is determined to uncover an ancient tree with unparalleled healing abilities—possessing the power to change the future of medicine. Thrust on this epic quest together, the unlikely duo encounters innumerable dangers and supernatural forces, all lurking in the deceptive beauty of the lush rainforest. But as the secrets of the lost tree unfold, the stakes reach even higher for Lily and Frank, and their fate—and mankind’s—hangs in the balance.

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Jungle Cruise is directed by Jaume Collet-Serra (The Shallows) from a screenplay written by Glenn Ficarra & John Requa, based on a story by Michael Green, Ficarra and Requa. It is being produced by Johnson, Dany Garcia and Hiram Garcia through their Seven Bucks Productions banner along with Beau Flynn (San Andreas, Baywatch) of Flynn Picture Co. John Davis, and John Fox of Davis Entertainment. 

The film is currently slated to arrive in theaters and on Disney+ with Premier Access on July 30. 

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The Suicide Squad Gets IMAX Featurette Teasing Its Action and Scale

IMAX has dropped a behind-the-scenes featurette for James Gunn’s highly-anticipated movie The Suicide Squad, featuring interviews by Gunn as well as some of its main cast including Margot Robbie, Idris Elba, John Cena, and more. The Suicide Squad IMAX featurette, which you can check out below along with its new poster, provides us with some new footage highlighting the massive scale of its action and story as Gunn emphasizes why seeing the new DC movie on IMAX is the best way to experience all of its R-rated glory. 

In addition to the IMAX featurette, Warner Bros. Pictures had also dropped another featurette, highlighting the advanced camera technology they’ve used to shoot The Suicide Squad with the help of Red Digital Cinema. 

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Welcome to hell — a.k.a. Belle Reve, the prison with the highest mortality rate in the US of A. Where the worst Super-Villains are kept and where they will do anything to get out—even join the super-secret, super-shady Task Force X. Today’s do-or-die assignment? Assemble a collection of cons, including Bloodsport, Peacemaker, Captain Boomerang, Ratcatcher 2, Savant, King Shark, Blackguard, Javelin and everyone’s favorite psycho, Harley Quinn. Then arm them heavily and drop them (literally) on the remote, enemy-infused island of Corto Maltese. Trekking through a jungle teeming with militant adversaries and guerrilla forces at every turn, the Squad is on a search-and-destroy mission with only Colonel Rick Flag on the ground to make them behave…and Amanda Waller’s government techies in their ears, tracking their every movement. And as always, one wrong move and they’re dead (whether at the hands of their opponents, a teammate, or Waller herself). If anyone’s laying down bets, the smart money is against them—all of them.

The ensemble roster for James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad includes the return of DCEU alums Margot Robbie, Jai Courtney, Joel Kinnaman, and Viola Davis, who are respectively reprising their roles as Harley Quinn, Captain Boomerang, Rick Flag, and Amanda Waller from the 2016 David Ayer-directed film.

Joining the returning characters are Idris Elba, John Cena,  Peter Capaldi, David Dastmalchian, Daniela Melchior, Michael Rooker, Alice Braga, Pete Davidson, Joaquín Cosio, Juan Diego Botto, Storm Reid, Nathan Fillion, Sean Gunn, Mayling Ng, Flula Borg, Jennifer Holland, Tinashe Kajese, Sylvester Stallone, Steve Agee, and Taika Waititi.

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Based on characters from DC, The Suicide Squad is written and directed by James Gunn. Producers are Charles Roven and Peter Safran, with Zack Snyder, Deborah Snyder, Walter Hamada, Chantal Nong Vo, Nikolas Korda, and Richard Suckle set as executive producers.

The film is currently slated to arrive in theaters and on HBO Max on August 6.

Recommended Reading: Suicide Squad Vol. 1: Trial by Fire

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Enjoy Hunting a New Fey Creature in DUNGEONS & DRAGONS with MONSTER HUNTS WEEKLY #24

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Monster Hunts Weekly: Issue 24 has officially launched from Vall Syrene, Nathan Doyle, Sharkside, and Micah Watt. The monster of the week is the Avatar of the Hunt. This fey creature is made by archfey to do their biddings. If your adventuring party is able to bring down this Challenge Rating 6 creature, they can harvest parts and create items like the Cloak of the Stalker which allows you to cast polymorph or the Hornbow of the Hunt which can slow creatures down.

Monster Hunts Weekly presents a collection of one-shot adventures, full color maps, new creatures, magical items, plot hooks and harvest tables to quickly inject into your Dungeons and Dragons games!

You can purchase Monster Hunts Weekly: Issue 24 from DMs Guild (affiliate link) for $4.95.

Exclusive The Stairs Trailer From Peter ‘Drago’ Tiemann’s Horror Film

ComingSoon.net is debuting the exclusive trailer from director Peter ‘Drago’ Tiemann’s upcoming horror film The Stairs, which will be released by Cinedigm in theaters on August 12.

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In 1997, a young boy is out hunting with his grandfather (John Schneider), when he stumbles upon a mysterious staircase deep in the forest. The subsequent disappearance leaves locals baffled as to the fate of the wayward pair. Twenty years later, a group of hikers set off on an ambitious trail, taking them deep into a secluded stretch of woods. Overcome with the beauty of their surroundings, they are blinded to a sinister presence lurking just beyond the trees. As the mountain terrain pulls them deeper, the group unknowingly stumbles upon a long-forgotten evil and find themselves coming face to face with the thing that nightmares are made of.

Check out the exclusive trailer below:

Led by acting veterans John Schneider (The Dukes of Hazzard) and Academy Award nominee Kathleen Quinlan (Apollo 13), the movie also stars Adam Korson (SurrealEstate, Imposters), Brent Bailey (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., NCIS) Stacey Oristano (Friday Night Lights, In Plain Sight), Tyra Colar (Cougar Town, The Mentalist), and festival winner Josh Crotty (Scandal, Shockwave).

Written by Tiemann and Jason L Lowe, both men took on additional roles for the film; Tiemann producing and Lowe as an executive producer. Also produced by Amanda Rae Jones, additional executive producers include Andrew Nevils, Christopher Hill & Amy Bovenkamp, John Kritsonis, Karl Lindor, Thomas Lowe, Wesley Barker, and Scott Riefler.

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Blending the sweeping natural beauty of the Pacific Northwest with the stomach-churning gore of Hollywood in this modern-day movie, The Stairs has received a great reception from horror festivals around the world and has been an Official Selection playing in 15 Film Festivals with 11 nominations and more than 22 wins. Including Best Picture at Haunted House FearFest and the Audience Award for Best Picture at Nevermore Film Festival, The Stairs most recently won top honors at the combined 2020/2021 International Horror Hotel Film Festival including Best Director – Peter ‘Drago’ Tiemann, Best Cinematography – Ryan Purcell, Best Actor – Adam Korson, Best Sci-Fi Feature, and Best Overall Film.

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Escape Room Champions Team Up in New Sequel Clip

Ahead of its theatrical release this Friday, Sony Pictures has released a three-minute-long clip from their upcoming survival horror Escape Room: Tournament of Champions. The video, which you can check out below, features an extended look at the Escape Room champions’ first challenge. They must now quickly work together and find all the clues before they all get electrocuted by the subway train. 

Its current theatrical release date sees Escape Room 2 going up against a high-profile competition in the form of Warner Bros. Pictures’ LeBron James-led sequel Space Jam: A New Legacy. 

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Escape Room: Tournament of Champions is the sequel to the box office hit psychological thriller that terrified audiences around the world, which earned a worldwide gross of over $155 million against a reported $9 million budget. In this installment, six people unwittingly find themselves locked in another series of escape rooms, slowly uncovering what they have in common to survive…and discovering they’ve all played the game before.

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The sequel stars Taylor Russell (Bones & All), Logan Miller (Love, Simon), Indya Moore (Pose), Holland Roden (Teen Wolf), Thomas Cocquerel (The 100), and Carlito Olivero (Bad Samaritan).

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Escape Room: Tournament of Champions is directed and executive produced by Adam Robitel from a screenplay written by Will Honley, Oren Uziel, Maria Melnik, and Daniel Tuch, based on a story by Honley, Christine Lavaf, and Fritz Bohm. It is executive produced by Karina Rahardja, and Philip Waley, with Neal H. Moritz producing.

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Deleted Scene From Cameron Crowe’s Classic Film ALMOST FAMOUS

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Cameron Crowe‘s classic 2000 film Almost Famous is 21 years old this year. This is such a great movie, and it’s easily my favorite Cameron Crowe film. Paramount Pictures is releasing the film in 4K Ultra HD and in a New Limited Edition Blu-ray this month, and it features both the theatrical cut and “bootleg” director’s cut.

The new release is loaded with lots of cool special features and extra stuff as well as some deleted scenes. One of those deleted scenes has been released a shared thanks to /Film. You can watch that deleted scene below.

Crowe said in a statement, “We are extremely proud to revisit Almost Famous with a very special bounty of goodness. For the first time, we’ve created a Deluxe Soundtrack that features nearly every song from the film, along with Nancy Wilson’s wonderfully evocative score. We’re also thrilled to finally preserve both versions of the film, along with a collection of rare new bonus features, on these beautiful new 4K and Blu-ray releases as part of Paramount Presents. Long live physical media!”

The 4K release has been remastered in 4K Ultra HD with Dolby Vision and HDR-10 for ultra-vivid picture quality. The limited-edition 4K Ultra HD Steelbook includes both the original theatrical cut (plus access to a digital copy) and the Bootleg cut, along with new bonus content “offering a backstage pass into the creative process through a new interview with Crowe, extended scenes, rock-school sessions, a look at the casting and costumes, and more.”

The movie is the semi-autobiographical odyssey of 15-year-old William Miller (Patrick Fugit), whose writing talent and earnest passion for rock music earns him an assignment for Rolling Stone, interviewing and touring with Stillwater (Billy Crudup, Jason Lee). Penny Lane (Kate Hudson) is the young groupie who guides him through the wild world of rock heroes, all-night parties, and the most dangerous experience of all—love.

Almost Famous is coming to 4K on July 13, 2021.

Fear Street Part 3: 1666 Trailer Takes Us to the Beginning

Netflix has released the Fear Street Part 3: 1666 trailer for the upcoming third and final chapter to Leigh Janiak’s horror trilogy, based on R.L. Stine’s classic novel series of the same name. The streamer’s movie event will officially conclude this Friday, July 16, which takes viewers to the beginning of Shadyside’s centuries-long curse. 

The Fear Street Part 3: 1666 trailer, which you can check out below, teases the aftermath of the second part’s ending scene featuring Kiana Madeira’s Deena as she gets a glimpse of the past while trying to bury Sarah Fier’s lost hand with the rest of her bones. Through the eyes of the witch, Deena learns the truth about the curse. It also features returning actors from the first two films who are now set to portray new characters, while also teasing the introduction of Shadyside’s first serial killer. 

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Based on R.L. Stine’s best-selling horror series, the trilogy follows Shadyside’s sinister history through a nightmare 300 years in the making. Fear Streat Part 3: 1666 – a colonial town is gripped by a hysterical witch-hunt that has deadly consequences for centuries to come, and it’s up to teenagers in 1994 to try and finally put an end to their town’s curse, before it’s too late.

Written by Janiak, Graziadei, and Kate Trefry, the final part stars Kiana Madeira, Olivia Scott Welch, Ashley Zukerman, Gillian Jacobs, Benjamin Flores Jr., Darrell Britt-Gibson, Sadie Sink, Emily Rudd, Mccabe Slye, Julia Rehwald, Fred Hechinger, Jordana Spiro, Elizabeth Scopel, and Randy Havens.

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The Fear Street trilogy is directed and executive produced by Janiak. Producers are Peter Chernin, David Ready, Jenno Topping, Doug Torres, and Jeffrey Harlacker with Kori Adelson, Timothy M. Bourne, Yvonne M. Bernard, Joan Waricha, and Jane Stine set as executive producers.

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