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The Legend of Zelda movie now has a release date of March 26, 2027. The announcement was made through the new Nintendo Today news app. That was first revealed during the March 2025 Nintendo Direct, and it is available on mobile phones worldwide.

While the movie adaptation of The Legend of Zelda now has a release date, not much else is known about the project. Nintendo’s announcement was presented as a 25-second teaser video, featuring the title music from the Famicom Disk System version of the original 1986 game. It features the Triforce fading in along with news of the announcement. No further details were announced.

The Legend of Zelda movie was first announced in 2023 as a t production between Nintendo and Sony Pictures. The producer is Avi Arad, who previously produced various Spider-Man projects, including the Sam Raimi movies and the Spider-Verse animated movies. He has also produced two video game movies, Uncharted and Borderlands. The director is Wes Ball, whose previous projects include The Maze Runner trilogy and Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes.

It's not clear if the movie will be a direct adaptation or an original story set in the game’s world. No cast have been announced at the time of writing.

The Legend of Zelda movie will release on March 26, 2027.

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Sony revealed a new trailer for the Until Dawn movie adaptation. The movie is set to release in theaters on April 25, 2025.

Despite the game’s premise being based heavily on slasher movies, the Until Dawn movie will not be a straight adaptation of the story. Instead, it will take the concept of player choice as its central theme, as a group of friends find themselves repeating the same night over. Each night they are stalked by a different killer who they must escape from.

Due to this premise, there’s not a lot in the trailer that will be familiar to Until Dawn fans. The most prominent elements are the psychiatrist character played by Peter Stormare and one of the killers wearing the same mask as the game’s Psycho. Otherwise, this is an entirely original story set in the same universe.

Along with Peter Stormare reprising his role, the Until Dawn movie stars Ella Rubin, Maia Mitchell and Michael Cimino. It was written by Blair Butler (The Invitation) and Gary Dauberman (Annabelle Comes Home, It), and directed by David F. Sandberg (Shazam). The movie follows the release of the Until Dawn remake in October 2024.

The Until Dawn movie will release in theaters on April 25, 2025.

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Nintendo announced that it is working with Arad Productions and Sony Pictures on a live-action movie adaptation of The Legend of Zelda. Shigeru Miyamoto and Avi Arad will produce the film together, with Wes Ball as the director.

According to the announcement, Nintendo and Sony Pictures will finance the movie together. However, Nintendo will handle over 50% of the budget. Sony will distribute the movie worldwide, though there is no information yet in regards to a release window. In general, there’s not much information on the Zelda live action movie. It’s unclear if it will follow the events of a particular game, or if it will tell a complete new story.

Arad Productions is Avi Arad’s movie production company, which he formed in 2006. He also worked as the chairman, CEO, and founder of Marvel Studios. He produced Spider-Man 2, Iron Man, and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. The Legend of Zelda will not be Arad’s first foray into making a movie based on a video game. He was also the producer for Uncharted. As for Wes Ball, he directed the Maze Runner trilogy of movies.

A live-action movie adaptation of The Legend of Zelda has started production. More information will come out in the future.

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Sony Pictures Entertainment is releasing Sony Pictures Core on the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5. Previously known as Bravia Core on Sony's Bravia TVs and select Xperia devices, Sony Pictures Core is a service that allows consumers to rent, buy, and stream over 2,000 movies from Sony Pictures' catalogue.

PlayStation owners will be able to purchase or rent select Sony Pictures films during an exclusive, early access window before they launch on any other service. The first film to be released as an exclusive, early access film is Gran Turismo: Based on a True Story. It is available in in the United States, United Kingdom, , , Japan, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, and will be available in other markets at a later date. When players purchase the movie through the app, they will receive credit towards an in-game purchase in Gran Turismo 7.

PlayStation Plus /Deluxe have access to a curated catalogue of up to 100 films through the app to stream on demand for free. Sony will be adding additional benefits for all PlayStation Plus in the future. The films are ad-free and will rotate periodically. Currently, the service is offering films like Looper, Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV, Elysium, and Resident Evil Damnation for streaming on-demand.

The new service will also be implementing Crunchyroll's content onto the service at a later date. Bravia Core will be rebranded to Sony Pictures Core on Sony's Bravia TVs and Xperia devices next year.

Sony Pictures Core is available starting today for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 owners in 23 markets globally. The app is available for free in the Media section of the PlayStation 5 and on the PS Store on the PlayStation 4.

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Gran Turismo is one of those game-to-movie adaptations that sounds like a joke. Let’s take a game that’s exclusively about driving cars with no characters or plot and move it into a narrative medium. However, much like the similarly real-yet-fake-sounding Tetris movie from earlier this year, Gran Turismo is based on a real-life story around the game, not the game itself.

In 2008, Nissan and PlayStation got together to create the GT Academy. This was a competition that took the best Gran Turismo players in the world and turned them into real-life professional racing drivers. The movie tells the story of the third GT Academy winner, Jann Mardenborough (Archie Madekwe), although bizarrely, it treats him like he was the first.

The movie chronicles Jann’s journey from a guy obsessed with Gran Turismo to his rise through the ranks on the real-world professional circuit. He is guided by Danny Moore (Orlando Bloom), a Nissan UK marketing exec who came up with the idea for the GT Academy, and Jack Salter (David Harbour), a former driver turned mechanic roped in to coach the Academy entrants.

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You probably already have an idea how this movie goes. It’s a race movie, a genre that frequently sees the plucky underdog overcome the odds and become the great champion. Even better if he wipes the smile off a rival’s face in the process. And yes, Gran Turismo is exactly that movie. Problem is, it misses what makes those movies work.

We love to see an underdog beat the odds. Of course, we all know that our hero is going to become the grand champion by the end. However, what makes these kinds of movies compelling is the push-and-pull of expectations. The losses. The setbacks. The struggles that make us root for our hero and cheer when they eventually rub their rival’s smug face in their own hubris.

Gran Turismo does none of this. Every hint of a challenge that Jann encounters in his journey is resolved in seconds. Every race is just a highlight reel of Jann doing cool stuff, designed to let us know how his applied gamer knowledge makes him much better than the professional race drivers he’s up against. Even the rival characters the movie sets up may as well be faceless opponents due to how little conflict they bring to the table. It is, quite frankly, tedious.

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It doesn’t help that Jann is hard to root for. Not because he’s obnoxious or annoying. No, that would require him to be interesting. The movie makes a plot point out of Danny not wanting to put Jann in front of a camera because of poor press training and limited confidence. However, his limited screen presence and charisma extends to the movie itself. He has two personality traits – he likes Gran Turismo, and he listens to cheesy adult contemporary music to chill out. Other than that, I really couldn’t tell you anything about him.

Fortunately, Gran Turismo does have David Harbour to carry it, as the man is acting on behalf of everybody else here. Jack Salter is the best character. He’s stubborn, abrasive and yet secretly a softie who does want the Academy entrants to succeed despite his protests. His anti-pep talk to the GT Academy entrants is a brilliant scene. His emotional range when talking about his backstory is superb. And we truly feel his frustration dealing with the rich snobs who buy their way into motorsport. Even his character arc is more interesting than our protagonist’s. This movie should be about him. It’s a crime that it is not.

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So it’s a poor race movie, but does it hold up as a movie about Gran Turismo? For that, we all need to it what fans play the games for – car porn. The games are about owning a garage full of lovingly rendered exotic cars and racing them in locations around the world. Maybe even taking some pictures of them in Photo Mode while soft jazz plays in the background. No judgment, I own two of these games myself, I get the appeal.

However, the Gran Turismo movie struggles with this too. Despite Nissan’s strong presence in the movie, and the prevalence of many famous circuits, there’s very little attention given to the cars themselves. There’s a single scene where the team briefly ooh and ahh over the Nismo Le Mans vehicle but it’s over in seconds. Instead, this is a movie about the blandest driver alive, and we are mostly going to be looking at his face.

In reality, this movie exists for one reason. Sony Group Corporation would like you to buy a PlayStation 5 and a copy of Gran Turismo 7. Look how cool this superfan is! That could be you! It’s why so many of the visuals of the game itself appear to be from the latest entry and why the DualSense keeps showing up from time to time. This is despite the real Jann Mardenborough winning the GT Academy in 2011. At the time, the most recent game in the series was Gran Turismo 5 on the PS3. It’s a weird inaccuracy that clearly exists because a marketing executive demanded it.

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Weirdly, despite being a two-hour PlayStation commercial, it gets the series wrong in ways that I feel it shouldn’t. There are a lot of CGI visuals during races meant to emulate Jann visualising the game’s UI and yet none of the UI elements appear to be from any of the games. Polyphony Digital appears to exist in a tiny broom closet of an office, when I’m certain that the developer of Sony’s best-selling first-party franchise would occupy a much larger location. They don’t even use the recurring Kenny G joke to sneak in some of the games’ bossa nova menu music, which feels like a wasted opportunity.

It’s not entirely clear who this movie is for. It fails to stand on its own as a movie without the associated video game baggage. Yet it’s also devoid of fanservice to the games or indeed the cars they’re about in the first place. There are much better race movies out there, and if you want to learn about Jann Mardenborough’s rise to fame, stick to watching his highlights on YouTube. If you just want fast cars on iconic tracks, you’re better off playing the games themselves.

The Gran Turismo movie is out now in UK and European theaters. It will release in the US on August 25, 2023, and in Japan on September 15, 2023.

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A trailer for the Gran Turismo movie appeared. In addition, Sony have published an interview with director Neill Blomkamp on the PlayStation Blog. It is expected to appear in theaters in August 2023.

The Gran Turismo movie is based on the real-life story of British racing driver Jann Mardenborough. It follows his career from playing Gran Turismo to becoming a driver for Nissan. It focuses heavily on the GT Academy competition, which Mardenborough won in 2011.

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The interview with Director Neill Blomkamp revealed further details about the film. He acknowledged that the movie is a departure from his previous projects such as District 9. Blomkamp also discussed his personal love of cars and how he had a lot of freedom to explore the Gran Turismo IP. He also offered insight into the visual choices he made for the movie to maintain the feel of the games.

The Gran Turismo film will star David Harbour (Stranger Things) and Orlando Bloom (The Lord of the Rings). Harbour plays a racing trainer, while Bloom plays a character based on Darren Cox, the Nissan UK executive who helped found the GT Academy competition. Mardenborough is played by Archie Madekwe. Hermen Hulst, head of Sony Worldwide Studios, and Kazunori Yamauchi, producer of the Gran Turismo games, act as executive producers.

The Gran Turismo movie releases in cinemas in August 2023. Gran Turismo 7 is available now for PS5 and PS4.

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HBO revealed a January 15, 2023 premier date for the HBO TV series adaptation of The Last of Us. Naughty Dog shared this news via its official Twitter , along with a poster of the show. The poster depicts Joel and Ellie in the post-apocalyptic remains of the city. There is some fungus-like imagery at the bottom of the poster.

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HBO started filming the show in July 2021, and shared some new footage of the development in August 2022. Craig Mazin, who worked on Chernobyl, is the executive producer and writer, along with Neil Druckmann. Druckmann wrote for the game version of The Last of Us and Uncharted. As for people who are actually on the screen, Pedro Pascal (The Mandalorian) and Bella Ramsey (Game of Thrones) star as Joel and Ellie.

The Last of Us originally came out in 2013 for the PlayStation 3. It takes place in a post-apocalyptic America, after a mutated Cordyceps fungus turns a large portion of the population into zombie-like cannibalistic creatures. Protagonist Joel is a smuggler who has to take Ellie outside of the quarantine zone. He finds out on the journey that Ellie is immune to the fungus, and may hold the secret to a cure. The game was a success, and the remade version came out in September 2022.

The Last of Us will appear on HBO from January 15, 2023. The Last of Us Part I is readily available for the PlayStation 5, with a Windows PC version in development.

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HBO has released new footage of the  The Last of Us TV series, featuring Pedro Pascal as Joel and Bella Ramsey as Ellie. The 30-second teaser gives fans a first glimpse at the TV adaptation's take on the PlayStation exclusive. The teaser also features side characters such as Bill, and Joel's daughter Sarah. The series will release on the HBO Max streaming service in 2023.

The TV adaptation of The Last of Us features a cast of prominent actors, with the game's director Neil Druckman writing and producing. The cast includes The Mandalorian star Pedro Pascal, as well as Game of Thrones actor Bella Ramsey, among many others. The TV show adaptation will reportedly follow the events of the first game.

HBO included the teaser footage as part of a showreel of shows appearing on the HBO Max streaming service. Interspersed between narration from Joel and Ellie, the teaser shows off a few iconic scenes such as Joel's escape from the outbreak and argument with Ellie. Notably, the trailer shows off Parks and Recreation's Nick Offerman as Bill. Furthermore, a quick shot of what appears to be a clicker also appears.

You can check out The Last of Us footage from HBO via the video below (footage starts at the 1:40 mark):

https://youtu.be/kWsY3DlLdIA

The Last of Us HBO TV series will appear on the HBO Max streaming service sometime in 2023. The Last of Us Part 1, a remake of the original game, launches on PS5 on September 2, 2022.

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Zotac Gaming has revealed new PC parts with special designs inspired by the movie Resident Evil: Welcome To Raccoon City. The collection consists of a ZBOX Magnus One case, and the GeForce RTX 3070 Ti AMP Extreme Holo and GeForce RTX 3080 Ti AMP Extreme Holo graphics cards. These PC parts appear to celebrate both the Resident Evil film's release and Zotac's 15th anniversary.

The PC part manufacturer will hold a worldwide sweepstake from November 12, 2021. One winner each will reviece the ZBOX case and RTX 3080 Ti. However, the RTX 3070 Ti is available for two winners. 15 additional people will also have the chance to win a Resource Kit filled with merchandise from the brands' collaboration.

To participate in the sweepstake, s will have to play the 'Escape To Win' mini-game on a mobile phone browser, using a Facebook or Google to . The game will have people solve different puzzles with time limits to unlock doors. The sweepstake period ends on December 17, 2021, and Zotac will announce the winners through social media December 22, 2021.

The Resident Evil: Welcome To Raccoon City movie will appear in cinemas on November 24, 2021. Sony Pictures had published a trailer for the film based on Capcom's Resident Evil franchise in early October 2021.

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The first Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City trailer is here. The clip offers a chance to see how elements of Resident Evil and Resident Evil 2 will come together in the new movie. While many characters from the series are represented in some way, the focus of this video is on Chris and Claire Redfield.

Things begin with Claire heading to Raccoon City. She's convinced Umbrella is up to no good. She's come to Chris to talk about it, though he initially seems dismissive. From there, we see hints of the things Umbrella is up to and ominous imagery. From there, the Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City trailer starts showing when things go wrong. That's also when additional characters, like Jill Valentine, Leon S. Kennedy, and William Birkin begin to appear. It also shows more settings, like ones outside Raccoon City.

Here's the full Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City video. If people want to go in fresh, there might be some spoilers.

As a reminder, here is a list of who will play the most notable characters.

• Chris Redfield: Robbie Amell
• Claire Redfield: Kaya Scodelario
• Jill Valentine: Hannah John-Kamen
• Leon S. Kennedy: Avan Jogia

Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City will appear in theaters on November 24, 2021.

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IGN spoke with Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City Director and Writer Johannes Roberts, and it confirmed a character from the original game might play a bigger part in the movie. Roberts talked a bit about Lisa Trevor, daughter of the architect who built the Spencer Mansion that is the setting of the original Resident Evil game. Specifically, Roberts said she plays “quite a pivotal role in the movie.” [Thanks, IGN!]

Here is Robert’s first statement regarding Lisa Trevor and her portrayal in Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City.

Lisa Trevor is actually quite a pivotal role in the movie. I was always fascinated by her when playing the remake of the first game. I found her character both disturbing and at the same time strangely haunting. When we were discussing how to bring this story to life it was one of the elements that I really wanted to feature strongly as she has never been in any of the filmed versions of Resident Evil. I wanted her to be a three-dimensional character, not just some creepy specter. We cast Marina Mazepa, who had just done Malignant for James Wan and really worked hard in bringing this character to life in a way I think the fans are going to love so much. She’s terrifying but also tragic. In the movie, we really connect her to Claire Redfield’s story, starting with the orphanage where Claire grew up.

Lisa Trevor appeared both in the Resident Evil remake. She also showed up in the rail shooter spin-off Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles, which offered insight into what happened to her after the events of the game.

Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City will appear on November 24, 2021 in North America and on December 3, 2021 in Europe following a delay that pushed it out of September 2021.

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