Disastrous

Loose inspiration aside, the film industry had little to do with Glasgow’s Willy Wonka experience, which went viral last week for its catastrophic ineptitude.An AI-generated ad misled attendees into thinking they were forking out £35 for an “immersive experience” based on Paul King’s smash hit origin story starring Timothée Chalamet. Instead, they were ushered into a barely decorated warehouse some likened to a meth den, sparsely populated by vaguely costumed actors who quickly left, en masse.Children were entitled to two…

One of the actors hired to play Willy Wonka at an “immersive experience” fan event that became a viral sensation for all the wrong reasons is speaking out about what actually went down behind the scenes. The U.K. fan attraction Willy’s Chocolate Experience — which was inspired by Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory but not officially tied to the book or movies — promised to transport ticket buyers into a fantastical world. The organized used spectacular artificial intelligence-generated…

Despite rumors that Taylor Swift wrote the tie-in book and a star-studded cast, Argylle has tanked in its opening weekend at the box office.Connected to the book Written by the enigmatic Elly Conway, the moniker of a pair of writers, Argylle is just as mysterious as its authors. Our main character, Elly Conway (Yes, like the book’s author) is a novelist who is about finish writing the ‘Argylle’ series, before being embroiled in her very own spy thriller. It’s a very meta affair that appears almost intentionally hard to…

In Tesla's recent earnings call, Elon Musk made a few comments how the world needs to be wary of Chinese EV companies, whom he referred to as "the most competitive car companies in the world." Following this, Tesla's stock saw a plunge of 12%, wiping away $82 billion in market cap…

Oh, how the folks behind Earth’s Mightiest Heroes have fallen. Going into 2023, Marvel Studios was still busy licking their wounds from the previous year. Recent big-screen entries in the Marvel Cinematic Universe had underwhelmed, notably Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and Thor: Love and Thunder (despite the involvement of genre MVPs like Sam Raimi and Taika Waititi, respectively). The much-anticipated Black Panther sequel paid tribute to its star Chadwick Boseman, yet his absence somehow made the…

Mere days after the messy early access release of The Days Before, the studio behind the project, Fntastic, has announced it's closing down.Fntastic announced the news via a post on X (formerly Twitter), stating The Day Before, previously one of Steam's most-wishlisted games, "has failed financially, and we lack the funds to continue." The Day Before did briefly rise to the top of Steam's best-sellers and most-played games list, before dropping off dramatically as negative user reviews for the game poured…

Fntastic, the developer behind the controversial and much-derided postapocalyptic shooter The Day Before, announced it is shutting down just four days after the game’s launch. Fntastic “Today, we announce the closure of Fntastic Studio. Unfortunately, The Day Before has failed financially, and we lack the funds to continue. All income received is being used to pay off debts to our partners,” a message posted to Fntastic’s X account and website states. “We invested all our efforts, resources, and man-hours into the…

As a controversial COP28 continues in Dubai, a new report emphasizes that "the world is on a disastrous trajectory." The Global Tipping Points report emphasized the need for an immediate phasing out of fossil fuels and a commitment to beneficial solutions. Tipping points are small thresholds that, when crossed, spark a series of events, including the passage of other tipping points.The report, led by the University of Exeter and the Global Systems Institute, looked at 26 negative tipping points and the Earth's chances of…

via Universal You could argue that there’s something ghoulish about the way the incoming DCU reboot is being given life out of the dead carcass of the original DCEU, so maybe it’s fitting that studio co-CEO James Gunn seems determined to reflect his franchise’s origins on screen by pilfering a concept from the most notorious shared universe in cinema history, one which died its own ugly death six years ago. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny‘s James Mangold, one of only three filmmakers attached to the DCU…

via Disney Up until recently, you could basically set your watch to any movie backed by the might of Disney turning out to be a box office success and nothing else, but the shine has seriously started to come off the Mouse House’s star in recent times for a number of reasons. While the company has caught plenty of flak for dropping the acclaimed likes of Turning Red and Soul directly onto streaming – which did admittedly prove to be a blessing for the abominable Pinocchio remake – it can’t help but be noticed…