Nearly two decades after the last mainline 2D Castlevania game,the team behind 2023’s Dead Cell’s Return to Castlevania DLC has been given the keys to Dracula’s Castle for real. Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse aims to breathe fresh life into this 40-year-old series with a creative blend of old and new ideas. With a brand new Belmont wielding the family whip, familiar foes in your way, and modern conveniences that have become expected in the genre, developer Evil Empire has largely hit their mark – but if you are a longtime fan expecting Belmont’s Curse to be a completely faithful revival of the series we played back in the early 2000s, then you will want to think again. This is a different breed of monster you're hunting, both for good and for ill.
The new Street Fighter movie is just days away, and to celebrate, Capcom is releasing a slew of new Street Fighter 6 costumes tied to the film’s release.
The WWE Universe is officially a part of the microdrama world.
The sports entertainment powerhouse and the microdrama platform ReelShort have released their first collaboration, “Agent of Shadows,” set premiere Oct. 23 on ReelShort and social media. The show follows a secret agent who learns he as a daughter he never knew about and now must protect from a criminal organization.
Universal has revealed first-look pictures of Miami Vice '85 showing Michael B. Jordan as Ricardo Tubbs and Austin Butler as James 'Sonny' Crockett.
The reboot for the classic '80s show, which has been in the works from Top Gun: Maverick director Joseph Kosinski since last year, eased movie fans into Monday with two photos of its stars ahead of its release in 2028. These first photos show Jordan and Butler as their slick title characters, guns in hand.
Britney Spears has posted a previously unreleased collaboration with Justin Timberlake titled “She’ll Never Be Me,” originally recorded for her 2001 album “Britney,” as a preview of the album’s 25 th anniversary edition, out on Nov. 6. Spears and Timberlake, who were dating at the time, were joined by songwriters and producers Bradley Daymond and Alex Greggs, longtime ‘NSYNC collaborators who work under the name Riprock ‘n’ Alex G.
Amazon MGM Studios exec Philip Pratt has jumped ship to Disney+ where he will oversee original production for Germany, Switzerland and Austria.
Currently head of original productions at Amazon, he is set to join the Mouse House early next year as a VP, reporting to EMEA content boss Angela Jain.
Fred Kogel, chief executive of Leonine Studios, Germany’s leading independent distribution and production company, is upbeat about the merger of Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery, now part of Skydance. Variety spoke to him about how the merger is likely to affect the film and TV landscape in German-language territories.
The four founding members of the Jackson 5 not named Michael are coming together for their own documentary for the first time.
Workerbee (part of Banijay UK) and Paper Route Studios have secured exclusive access to Jackie, Jermaine, Tito and Marlon Jackson for a 90’ feature-length film, also available as a three-part doc series, set for global release. Mediawan is set to to handle international distribution and launch a sales push at Mipcom.
Valencia-based Good Formats is presenting two U.S. pilots of the long-running European word game “El Rosco” at Mipcom, targeting North American buyers for the first time.
Produced in Los Angeles, “Run the Ring” is a half-hour English-language version, while “El Rosco” runs for an hour in Spanish. Both feature Spanish TV presenter Christian Gálvez, who has hosted more than 3,500 episodes featuring the game.
José María Cabral, a three-time Oscar hopeful for the Dominican Republic and the first Dominican filmmaker selected for Sundance, with 2017’s “Woodpeckers,” is set to deliver with the Tallinn competition entry “Sh*t Happens” his first dark comedy.
