‘Twelve Minutes’: Annapurna’s Interactive Time Loop Thriller Is Not Your Typical Video Game [Interview] ForLuis Antonio, the creator of Annapurna Interactive’s intriguing new thrillerTwelve Minutes, the idea for a game with a built-in time loop narrative began with a basic question. “Most games already have an aspect of repetition: you keep dying and repeating a level. But what if the character was actually aware of this? What would be the repercussions?...

A New Daredevil Series Is In The Works At Disney+ Surprise, surprise! Ever since the Marvel/Netflix collaboration on “Daredevil” was brought to an abrupt end (along with all the rest of the planned “Defenders” franchise), fans have been champing at the bit forany and all newson whether the Man Without Fear would be brought back and officially integrated into the Marvel Cinematic Universe proper — not just left to wallow in the small screen leftovers where references and connections mostly only worked on a one-way street....

A24’s First Family Film The Legend Of Ochi To Star Willem Dafoe, Finn Wolfhard A24 continues its streak of betting the farm on promising new storytellers and adds a foray into new-to-A24 genre territory. The entertainment company has greenlit Isaiah Saxon’s fantasy epic “The Legend of Ochi,” which will mark Saxon’s feature debut and star Willem Dafoe (“The Lighthouse”) and Finn Wolfhard (“Ghostbusters: Afterlife”). Saxon and Encyclopedia Pictura will produce alongside Traci Carlson and Richard Peete under the Neighborhood Watch banner, and Jonathan Wang with Year of the Rat....

Alien Photos From Stephen Chow’s CJ7 Last November’strailerfor directorStephen Chow’s $20 million extraterrestrial critter filmCJ7succeeded in drawing comparisons toE.T., and smartly kept its titularcritter tucked inside a UFO while a hyperactive kid acted a fool. Today,JoBlogot a hold of the first alien “pet” pics from the subtitled kids' film set for release on March 8 in North America. My first impression is that it looks like a Maltese show dog bred with a fancy Chia Pet, but who knows, maybe that’s what was seenflying overTexas....

Bryan Cranston And Aaron Paul Likely To Cameo On ‘Breaking Bad’ Spin-Off ‘Better Call Saul’ Breaking BadcreatorVince Gilliganlikes the world he and the show’s producers, cast, and writers created so much that he doesn’t want to leave. So he’s just like a lot of viewers, who also want to spend some more time in the show’s slightly tweaked version of Albuquerque, New Mexico. And so there’s the plan to create a spin-off show,Better Call Saul, which will focus on the lawyer Saul Goodman, played byBob Odenkirk....

Charlie Kaufman’s Synecdoche, New York Movie Trailer ScreenwriterCharlie Kaufmanhas described his directorial debutSynecdoche, New Yorkas his version of a horror movie. It’s a film about death, and man’s fear of mortality. I had the chance to se the film in Toronto, and I’m still unsure of what I saw. It is either brilliant or completely insane. It’s the type of movie that requires repeat viewings to understand the many layers of complexity....

Chris Sanders And Dean DeBlois Have Parallel Sequels Planned For How To Train Your Dragon The inevitable news of aHow to Train Your Dragonsequelbroke yesterday, courtesy of a Dreamworks conference call and press release. We learned that the film would be made for cinemas, released in 2013 and… actually, that was it. But what more information about this proposed follow-up is actually out there? There’s a quote on theTAG Blogfrom an “old DWA hand” who appears to have some inside knowledge....

Cool Stuff: The LEGO Harry Potter Collection Hits Xbox One And Nintendo Switch In October TheLEGO Harry Pottervideo games have been around for years. The entire franchise was split into two parts with the first game release in 2010 coverThe Sorcerer’s StonethroughThe Goblet of Firewhile the second game that came out in 2011 coversThe Order of the PhoenixthroughThe Deathly Hallows. They’ve been available on the older generation of video game consoles, but now they’re coming to the Xbox One and Nintendo Switch for the first time, remastered into one single game....

David O. Russell Responds To The Internet’s Response To The Fact That He’s Making ‘Uncharted’ I had the privilege to speak with directorDavid O. Russelllast week(Thanks to everyone who submitted questions!). The full audio and transcript of that interview will be up in the next day or two, but in the meantime, I thought I’d share some of David O. Russell’s thoughts on the internet’s response to the fact that he’s directingUncharted....

DC Universe Series ‘Stargirl’ Casts Brec Bassinger As Lead DC Universe has found itsStargirl.School of RockandThe GoldbergsactressBrec Bassingerwill don the star-spangled costume in the new TV series set to debut on the DC Universe digital subscription service, joining the likes ofTitans, Doom Patrol, and more. The Wrapreports that Bassinger has been tapped to star as the titular Stargirl in the DC UniverseStargirlseries, which centers on a teenager-turned-superhero. The superhero series which is DC Universe’s sixth series overall and its fourth live-action offering, was announcedearlier this summer....

Eternals Box Office Projections Point To $75 Million Opening Weekend After suffering several delays, Marvel’s “Eternals” is finally set to hit theaters, with Thursday preview screenings kicking off tomorrow at 6 p.m. It shouldn’t come as a huge surprise, given the consistent track record that the Marvel Cinematic Universe has established, that the movie is expected to have a strong debut at the box office in its opening weekend. As reported by Deadline, “Eternals,” directed by Oscar-winner Chloé Zhao, is expected to debut with around $75 million this weekend in North America....

Exclusive: New AMC Theaters Subscription Service Will Compete Directly With MoviePass [Updated] Update: AMC Theatres has released an official announcement for AMC Stubs A-List. See the details below.Update 2:MoviePass has responded to the A-List announcement and, as you’d imagine, they don’t sound very happy. With its monthly subscription model, MoviePass has fundamentally changed the way millions of people watch movies in theaters. And now, the largest movie theater chain in the world is ready to fire back with a subscription service of its own, allowing customers to pay a monthly fee and see a select number of movies per week....

First Official Look: Tim Burton’s ‘Dark Shadows’ Thefirst imageswe saw ofTim Burton’s feature version ofDark Shadowswere not flattering. They showedJohnny Deppheavily made up as the vampire Barnabas Collins, looking more like a Michael Jackson cosplayer than anything else. Now Warner Bros. has released the first official image of the entireDark Shadowscast, and though Depp still looks odd — almost like a child dressing up as Barnabas — the look is a lot better as he’s centered in this family portrait....