Despite Hollywood's terrible track record, studios continue to mine video games for film adaptations
• 4 years agoGame adaptations have often faltered by trying to rigidly replicate the action and storylines that fans know and love. That approach invites comparison, and movies almost always fail to measure up.
Calls review: Derivative storytelling undermines Apple TV+’s novel alternative to podcast adaptations
Prahlad Srihari • 4 years agoCalls is an adaptation of the CANAL+ French series created by Timothée Hochet. It's the fiction podcast transitioning into a new form of audio-visual narrative. Over 9 episodes, each around 15-20 minutes in length, stories of strange phenomena unfold all of which are transcribed over minimal graphics on screen.
Call trailer: Pedro Pascal, Nick Jonas, Lily Collins get tangled in eerie phone call conversations in Apple TV+ series
Trendingdesk • 4 years agoCalls is designed to be an immersive television experience that uses auditory senses with minimal abstract visuals to tell nine individual short-form stories, states a press release.
Wonder Woman 1984 new trailer introduces two nemeses, Cheetah and Maxwell Lord
Fp Staff • 5 years agoThe new trailer of Wonder Woman 1984 trailer also shows the superhero fight the half feline-half human Cheetah.
Pedro Pascal, Bella Ramsey roped in for The Last of Us HBO adaptation
Fp Staff • 4 years agoThe Last of Us series will be based on the 2013 video-game of the same name by Sony-owned developer Naughty Dog.
Wonder Woman 1984 movie review: Patty Jenkins's sincere sequel soars despite its flaws
Siddhant Adlakha • 4 years agoGal Gadot's sequel of her 2017 superhero film is as big and broad as they come, but it’s also filled with laughs, spectacle, and a whole lot of heart.
Patty Jenkins weighs in on infusing Wonder Woman franchise with sincerity, and future of Warner Bros-HBO Max deal
• 4 years agoPatty Jenkins says she will she come back for a third Wonder Woman if there is a theatrical model possible: “We’ll see.”
Wonder Woman 1984 review round-up: Gal Gadot is 'charismatic' in a 'joyous, wacky, and deeply enjoyable' sequel
Fp Staff • 4 years agoDirector Patty Jenkins' Wonder Woman 1984 offers "candy-coloured imagery and relentless optimism," early reviews said.
We Can Be Heroes trailer: Netflix film with Priyanka Chopra Jonas , Pedro Pascal, returns to the world of Sharkboy and Lavagirl
Fp Staff • 4 years agoWe Can Be Heroes releases globally on Netflix on 25 December.
Netflix releases first look of Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Pedro Pascal's film We Can Be Heroes
Fp Staff • 4 years agoNetflix will premiere We Can Be Heroes on 1 January, 2021.