"In my opinion, the biggest afflictions affecting movie-licensed games is the amount of development time and a strict adherence to retelling the story of the film in the form of a game. The former is easy to understand -- less development time means less time to design, produce and polish the game, resulting in a poor or lesser-quality experien
Before joining the MCU timeline as Deadpool, Ryan Reynolds starred in Green Lantern – a film that became a textbook example of superhero misfires. With a $200 million budget and one of DC’s most iconic characters, expectations were sky-high. Unfortunately, weak writing, inconsistent tone, and overreliance on CGI doomed it from the st
Feige also confirmed that Captain America will be a WWII period-piece (as was long rumored), although a more fun and adventurous period-piece a la Raiders of The Lost Ark . Then came some big news: Cap's plucky sidekick Bucky will be included in the film "in some capacity." Should I feel good about that? Or should I be feeling a bit of "Jar-Jar" anxiety? I'm not yet sure wh
The Dead Rising series has always had a more comical approach to American consumerism, with its mall and casino resorts allowing its protagonists to use virtually everything and anything to take out zombies, from teddy bears to chains
A major contributor to this problem in recent years is Marvel and their partnership with Sega to released video games for all of the Marvel Studios films to date. Every single one of them was ugly, dated and downright bad . For fans, the good news is that Sega seems to be out of the mix but we don't know yet if there will be a full-fledged retail release for The Avenge
Iron Man 2 director Jon Favreau recently got an "Atta Boy!" from George Lucas. Lucas handpicked Favreau to interview him next weekend at the Four Seasons hotel in Chicago. Favreau will also present Lucas with the Gene Siskel Film Center Visionary Award for Innovation in Filmmaking (...for making one of the greatest sci-fi trilogies of all ti
For years, on both Game Rant and Screen Rant, we've suffered through the awkward video game-film relationship. The sad reality, as we so often repeat, is that movies based on video games and video game movie tie-ins all suck, with the rare exception here and th
In other Cap news: comic book insider Rich Johnston over at Bleeding Cool has been keeping careful eye on the June 17th release of Captain America #600 and the July 1st release of Reborn #1, two books which are rumored to feature the resurrection of the recently deceased Captain America . According to Rich Johnston, comic book retailers are being asked to order extra stacks of the two books, as they will allegedly tie in to a "major announcement." Johnston speculates that the announcement could potentially involve the casting of Captain America in the movie. Up until now, many actors have been rumored for the role , but there's been little hint as to a frontrunner. Be sure to check back with us often in the next few weeks to see if they announce which actor has snagged the r
You should already know that Joe Johnston is directing . If you don't recognize the name, Johnston’s directing resume includes family adventure films such as Honey, I Shrunk The Kids and Jumanji ; inspirational films such as October Sky ; action/adventures like Hidalgo and even the upcoming creature-feature reboot, The Wolf Man . According to Feige, that kind of variety is what makes Johnston perfect to helm the kind of all-around adventure film Marvel wants for Captain Ameri
Meanwhile, 2025's Marvel Zombies: Red Band #2 offers a twist on Marvel Comics' zombie virus . This time, all characters are sent to Battleworld, divided between the surviving heroes and the horde of the undead. For weeks, the survivors' numbers are gradually reduced as more and more of them get infected, making the zombies' threat exponentially big
Yet, Doc Ock's plan to cremate Jean Grey before she turns into a zombie backfires in a way nobody expects. Instead of incinerating her body, Octopus' machine leads Jean to transform into the Phoenix, who may or may not also be a zombie. This version of Marvel Zombies ' infection may place Jean Grey in a similar spot as the MCU Marvel Zombies ' Scarlet Witch , who claims the title of the Red Queen, leader of all the und
A dark version of Sam Raimi's **Spider-Man 2 ** takes place in a different universe. Often regarded as the definitive Marvel movie and one of the best superhero movies in history, Sam Raimi's Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 patch notes|https://spiderman2mix.Com/ 2 placed Doctor Octopus as a top-tier supervillain. Alfred Molina's Doc Ock wanted to push the boundaries of science, only to be turned into a monster by his own creati
Kingdom Hearts 1 's Halloween Town doesn't feature any elements of Christmas, but Kingdom Hearts 2 's incarnation of Halloween Town actually takes place a year after the original Nightmare Before Christmas and lets Sora explore Christmas T