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What better time than an anniversary for some exciting announcements and releases? Square Enix has announced thatKingdom Hearts IVis now in development and also announced a brand-new mobile game calledKingdom Hearts Missing-Link. The announcement was made at theKingdom Hearts20th Anniversary event in Tokyo, Japan, which was part of a trailer that gave a look at the future of the series. The nearly eight-minute trailer included the announcement ofKingdom Hearts Missing-Link, a new upcoming mobile game that is set to have a closed beta sometime in 2022....

After two video games that instantly shot to the top of the list of critical acclaim and influence, we’re about to get moreThe Last of Usin our life. Per a press release, HBO has officially given a television adaptation of the dark, narrative-driven horror-action PlayStation franchise a full series order — and one of the chief architects of the game’s success is along for the ride. Neil Druckmann, a creator and writer of bothThe Last of UsandUnchartedfranchises, will board the series as a writer and executive producer, alongsideChernobylarchitectCraig Mazin(that show already feeling a touch like aLast of Usadaptation)....

Melissa Barrerahas made a name for himself as Samantha Carpenter in Radio Silence’srebootedScreamfilms, and she is now set to reunite with the directing conglomerate for a new project.Deadlinehas reported that Barrera has been tapped to star in Radio Silence’s upcoming monster film for Universal Pictures. According to Deadline, Barrera is set to play a key part in the still-untitled film. The project, which wasannounced just days ago, will reunite the 32-year-old actress withRadio Silence, the directing collectiveofMatt Bettinelli-Olpin&Tyler Gillett....

STFfilms has released the firstMolly’s Gametrailer for the directorial debut of Oscar-winningThe Social NetworkscreenwriterAaron Sorkin. Sorkin wrote the script forMolly’s Gamehimself (obviously) and the true story drama starsJessica Chastainas Molly Bloom, an Olympic-class skier who ran the world’s most exclusive high-stakes poker game for more than a decade before being arrested in the middle of the night by gun-wielding FBI agents. Bloom wrote a tell-all book about her exploits calledMolly’s Game, but in this trailer we clearly seeIdris Elba’s character holding a copy, which means Sorkin isn’t doing a straight adaptation here—he’s mining various aspects of Molly’s life for one intense story that seems to chronicle the before, during, and after of Molly’s poker days....

Netflix has released a short new teaser for the upcoming seriesMindhunter, and if you didn’t already know the show hailed fromDavid Fincher, this would 100% clue you in. He directs and executive produces this long-in-the-works series that takes place in 1979 and revolves around the early days of the FBI’s serial killer profiles.Jonathan GroffandHolt McCallanyplay a pair of FBI agents who interview imprisoned serial killers in order to better understand how criminals like themselves think, which they then apply to solving ongoing crimes....

Guillermo del Toro’s latest film,Nightmare Alley, is coming to HBO Max and Hulu this February. The movie starsBradley Cooperas the manipulative Stan Carlisle, a carny con-man who gets in a dangerous relationship with a psychiatrist played byCate Blanchett. The news comes as a surprise since the movie’s producer, Searchlight Pictures, belongs to the Fox group, which got acquired by Disney a few years back. However, the factNightmare Alleyis going to HBO Max in addition to Hulu seems to be the latest instance of the deal struck between Disney and WarnerMedia, which includesdividing Fox movie streaming rights through 2022....

[Editor’s note: The following containsspoilersforPerry Mason, Season 1, Episode 4, “Chapter 4.” It also contains discussion of suicide.] The halfway point of HBO’s very HBO-ish take onPerry Masonbrings with it an emotional body-blow — at the end of Chapter 4, E.B. Jonathan (John Lithgow), after being threatened with disbarment and public humiliation by district attorney Maynard Barnes (Stephen Root), dies by suicide. It’s a plot decision which leaves a lot of variables for the rest of the season up in the air, and also brings to an end what had been one of the show’s most intriguing dynamics: the rough-and-tumble back-and-forth between E....

Quick Links While many books cry out to become films, fewer books have characters deep enough, plots thick enough, and worlds visual enough to translate well into a television series. Married well, the resulting adaptations are a gift to both readers and viewers, making binge-watchers out of page-turners likeBig Little Lies,Sharp Objects,The Queen’s Gambit, and most ambitious of all, the book turned TV seriesGame of Thrones. AuthorGregory David Roberts’s epic 936-page novelShantaramis among the latest novels to evolve from page to screen becoming an Apple TV+ drama series of the same titlestarringCharlie Hunnam(Sons of Anarchy,Pacific Rim)....

[Editor’s note: The following containsspoilersthrough the Season 1 finale ofStargirl, “Stars & S.T.R.I.P.E. Part One and Part Two."] The fun of The CW seriesStargirl, created byGeoff Johns, comes from the absolute joy that’s obvious every time high school sophomore Courtney Whitmore (Brec Bassinger) puts on her supersuit and joins up with her superhero team, the Justice Society of America, to go out and save the day as Stargirl. Learning just how well they can work together when they all trust each other, these young superheroes just want to do what’s good and right and stop the evil villains that attempt to take over the world, or at least their small town of Blue Valley....

Editor’s Note: The following contains spoilers for ‘Suits LA’ Episode 1.When it was announced that the hit USA drama,Suits, would havea spin-off series set in Los Angeles, some fans were dubious. Could the new show capture the same magic of the legal drama that starredGabriel Macht, Patrick J. Adams,and a pre-Royal FamilyMeghan Markle? Well,Suits LApremiered on February 23, andColliderhas already deemed the show"off to a promising start." It seems likethe key to setting this procedural apart is some creative storytelling that leads to a major twist in the premiere....

New Line Cinema has released a new trailer for the upcoming horror movieThe Curse of La Llorona. The tale of La Llorona tells of a young woman who drowned her children in a fit of jealousy, only to commit suicide when she realized what she’d done. Now, her spirit haunts the earth, sobbing and cursed to search for her children in the afterlife for all eternity. And if she can’t find hers, she might take yours....

Fresh offlast night’s impressive trailer debut, Universal Pictures has unveiled a behind-the-scenes featurette for the upcoming redoThe Mummy. The film is important for the studio as it’s intended to kick off an interconnected Universal Monsters universe, which is taking shape withJohnny Deppas The Invisible Man andJavier Bardemas Frankenstein. ButMummyis up first, and it gets things started with some major starpower asTom Cruiseleads the contemporary take on the classic monster film withRussell Croweco-starring as the eponymous Dr....

Final Fantasy VIIis one of the most beloved video games ever made, so it’s no surprise that the upcomingFinal Fantasy VII Remakeis generating a lot of excitement. Remake is a complete overhaul of the 1997 original, updating everything from the graphics to the size and scope of the game for a modern audience. The developers go in-depth on exactly what they’ve done to rebuild the popular RPG in a new 20-minute behind-the-scenes video just uploaded to the official Final Fantasy YouTube channel....