We may be en route to a million and one software reveals next week at E3 2021, but Taito has decided to show off a new piece of hardware. Or rather, a new take on an old piece of hardware.
The Taito EGRET II Mini comes hot on the heels of Sega’s somewhat similar-looking Astro City Mini machine and gives people with tiny, tiny hands the ability to uncomfortably get down with 50 classic Taito arcade titles. 40 as-yet-unconfirmed games will be bundled with the system at launch, with a further 10 being sold on SD card in an expansion pack, complete with a trackball and paddle controller.
The EGRET II Mini has some pretty cool features, such as the ability to flip the screen from landscape to portrait and switch the built-in stick from 4-way to 8-way functionality. Control pads (sold separately) can be connected to the machine for those who have normal-sized hands, and an HDMI-out port means that you won’t need to squint.
In terms of bundled games, the official trailer for the device shows the likes of Cadash, The New Zealand Story, Violence Fight, and Rastan Saga, but a full list has yet to be revealed.
The machine will retail for ¥18,678 ($170) in Japan when it releases on March 2, 2002. A US/European launch has yet to be confirmed.
The final eight episodes of the HBO original series In Treatment will be available to stream early, beginning Monday, June 14 at 9 p.m. ET/ 6 p.m. PT, on HBO Max timed to the premiere of two new episodes. The advance rollout provides HBO Max subscribers an early opportunity to watch the entire new season. The series will continue to air on HBO with two back-to-back, half-hour episodes each Sunday and Monday night until the season finale on June 28.
Emmy winner Uzo Aduba (Mrs. America, Orange Is the New Black) plays the lead role of Dr. Brooke Taylor, the observant and empathetic therapist at the center of the season. The reimagining of the series is set in present-day Los Angeles and brings a diverse trio of patients into session with Brooke as they navigate a variety of relevant concerns. Issues such as the global pandemic and recent major social and cultural shifts are a backdrop to the work Brooke undertakes – all while dealing with complications in her own personal life.
In Treatment also stars Anthony Ramos (In the Heights) as Eladio, who works as a home health aide for a wealthy family’s adult son; Liza Colón-Zayas (David Makes Man) as Rita, Brooke’s longtime confidante and friend who supports Brooke as she contends with her own demons after a life-altering loss; John Benjamin Hickey (Jessica Jones) as Colin, a charming millionaire beach bum turned white-collar criminal reckoning with all the ways the world has changed now that he’s been released from prison; Quintessa Swindell (Euphoria) as Laila, Brooke’s distrustful, teenage client, struggling to carve out her own identity separate from her family’s overbearing expectations; and Joel Kinnaman (For All Mankind) as Adam, Brooke’s long-time on-again, off-again boyfriend who has resurfaced to create further complexity for her.
In Treatment originally debuted on HBO in 2008, starring Gabriel Byrne and Dianne Wiest. The Emmy-winning series also garnered Peabody and AFI Awards wins.
The series is produced by HBO. Executive producers include Jennifer Schuur, Joshua Allen, Stephen Levinson, Mark Wahlberg, Melissa Bernstein, and Hagai Levi. Joanne Toll and Noa Tishby serve as co-executive producers. In Treatment is produced in association with Woman of Letters, Leverage, Closest to the Hole Productions, Sheleg and based on the Israeli series, Be‘Tipul, created by Hagai Levi with Ori Sivan & Nir Bergman.
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According to Deadline, Netflix has successfully acquired the film rights to the psychological horror-thriller titled We Used to Live Here, a novella written by Marcus Kliewer that was first published on Reddit’s nosleep feature. Shallows star Blake Lively has officially signed on for the leading role in the upcoming film adaptation. This marks Lively’s latest collaboration with Netflix as she has also recently been cast for the Lady Killer adaptation of the Dark Horse comic series, with Diablo Cody set to direct and pen the thriller.
We Used to Live Here (Check out the first part of the novella here) centers around a homeowner who gets a knock at her door while her girlfriend is at work. On the other of the door, she finds a peculiar family consists of a husband, wife, and three kids. The man tells her that he once lived in the house and wanted to take a look around. The homeowner is just getting used to the old house herself, and things get progressively weirder as a snowstorm strands the unwanted visitors as they just won’t leave. The homeowner can’t get rid of them and winds up sorry she ever opened the door as events progress.
The film adaptation will be produced by Lively along with Kate Vorhoff through their B for Effort banner. Producers are Dan Kagan, Scott Glassgold for Ground Control Entertainment, and 6th & Idaho’s Matt Reeves and Adam Kassan as part of their first-look deal with Netflix.
Lively first gained recognition for her breakout role as Serena van der Woodsen in The CW’s Gossip Girl, which ran on-air for six seasons from 2007-2012. Her notable film credits include The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Accepted, The Town, The Age of Adaline, A Simple Favor, and the most recent one The Rhythm Section.
I’ve got a super creepy trailer here for you to watch for a new horror film titled Gaia. This eco-horror creature feature is set in a forest that’s pissed off and is out for blood. As you’ll see, the film goes all out with the horror content with the blood, gore, and other crazy disturbing imagery.
In the film, “an injured forest ranger on a routine mission is saved by two off-the-grid survivalists. What is initially a welcome rescue grows more suspicious as the son and his renegade father reveal a cultish devotion to the forest. When their cabin is attacked by a strange being it’s clear there is a far greater threat in this unrelenting wilderness.”
The movie was directed by Jaco Bouwer, and if you like lots of scary shit in the horror films you watch, this movie has got it. The film stars Monique Rockman, Carel Nel, Anthony Oseyemi, and Alex Van Dyk.
Gaia opens in theaters on June 18, 2021, followed by an On-Demand release on June 25, 2021.
As you may have seen, some set photos from Indiana Jones 5 have surfaced. These set photos come from the film’s first shooting location in Northumberland, England at Bamburgh Castle. Well, this setting has led some fans to believe that Indiana Jones 5 might be using a storyline for a scrapped Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade script.
Den of Geek suggests that producer Steven Spielberg and director James Mangold might be taking that unused screenplay for the upcoming film’s opening. That original script was written by Chris Columbus, and it was titled Indiana Jones and the Monkey King.
The film starts out with Indiana Jones battling a Scottish ghost named Baron Seamus Seagrove II while he’s on vacation. This is the opening that fans speculate could be used in the upcoming Indiana Jones sequel.
In Columbus’s script, Indy is enjoying a fishing vacation when strange things start happening in a local village. This leads him to a haunted castle, described as “an enormous, 16th century stone structure. Tall, foreboding towers, lined with menacing gargoyles, pierce the night sky.” Apparently, the ghost has been murdering people.
This sounds like an episode of Scooby-Doo, but I wouldn’t be opposed to seeing Indiana Jones battling a ghost. It wouldn’t be the craziest thing that’s happened to him!
What do you think about all this? Do you think Spielberg and Mangold might actually use this idea for the film’s opening?
‘Indiana Jones 5’ location spoiler…
Filming believed will take place at Bamburgh Castle in Northumberland, UK from June 4-12 pic.twitter.com/hj3Q1zBCaq
Saturday mornings just got fun again! Illumination has unveiled their very first original digital series, Saturday Morning Minions, in a new trailer announcing the series will debut on June 5 at 7:00 a.m. PT.
Every Saturday for the next 40 Saturdays a new episode of the digital series will drop. You can watch by following Illumination on Facebook and Instagram and turn on post notifications to catch every single episode each week through March 2022.
Check out the Saturday Morning Minions trailer below:
The new series will provide fans with plenty of Minions content as we await the release of Illumination and Universal Pictures‘ Minions: The Rise of Gru on July 1, 2022.
In the heart of the 1970s, amid a flurry of feathered hair and flared jeans, Gru (Steve Carell) is growing up in the suburbs. A fanboy of a supervillain supergroup known as the Vicious 6, Gru hatches a plan to become evil enough to join them. Luckily, he gets some mayhem-making backup from his loyal followers, the Minions. Together, Kevin, Stuart, Bob, and Otto—a new Minion sporting braces and a desperate need to please—deploy their skills as they and Gru build their first lair, experiment with their first weapons, and pull off their first missions.
When the Vicious 6 oust their leader, legendary fighter Wild Knuckles (Alan Arkin), Gru interviews to become their newest member. It doesn’t go well (to say the least) and only gets worse after Gru outsmarts them and suddenly finds himself the mortal enemy of the apex of evil. On the run, Gru will turn to an unlikely source for guidance, Wild Knuckles himself, and discover that even bad guys need a little help from their friends.
Voice stars also include, as members of the Vicious 6, Taraji P. Henson as cool and confident leader Belle Bottom, Jean-Claude Van Damme as Jean Clawed, Lucy Lawless as Nunchuck, Dolph Lundgren as Svengeance, and Danny Trejo as Stronghold. The film also features Russell Brand as Dr. Nefario, an aspiring mad scientist, Michelle Yeoh as Master Chow, an acupuncturist with mad Kung Fu skills, and Oscar winner Julie Andrews as Gru’s maddeningly self-absorbed mom.
Steered by the franchise’s original creators, Minions: The Rise of Gru is produced by Illumination founder and CEO Chris Meledandri and his longtime collaborators Janet Healy and Chris Renaud. The film is directed by returning franchise filmmaker Kyle Balda (Despicable Me 3, Minions), co-directed by Brad Ableson (The Simpsons) and Jonathan del Val (The Secret Life of Pets films), and features the iconic voice of Pierre Coffin as the Minions and a killer ʼ70s soundtrack courtesy of legendary Grammy-winning music producer Jack Antonoff.
