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via Universal Movies that lose money tend not to get sequels, and as obvious as that sounds given the fiscal realities of the blockbuster business, it’s worth mentioning that one of the biggest bombs in the history of cinema somehow spawned a second chapter after Netflix decided that the world of 47 Ronin was worth revisiting. The original had gained a place in infamy long before it had even released, with extensive reshoots pushing the budget up to a mammoth $225 million, while first-time director Carl Rinsch…

Too Long; Didn't ReadWith the launch of Nvidia's latest graphic card, the 4070, the company has solidified AMD's position in the GPU market. It is a rare occurrence to see tech reviews of an Nvidia graphic card ending with a strong recommendation for an AMD GPU instead. So, what went wrong? Too Long; Didn't ReadWith the launch of Nvidia's latest graphic card, the 4070, the company has solidified AMD's position in the GPU market. It is a rare occurrence to see tech reviews of an Nvidia graphic card ending with a strong…

The pandemic sent the livestream sales industry into overdrive. The Chinese government’s strict “zero Covid” policies hit the brick-and-mortar retail industry hard. Stuck at home, sales assistants and business owners started to sell online, joined by celebrities, athletes, even government officials. Asset management company CINDA Securities estimates that the livestreaming market was worth 2.84 trillion yuan ($42.3 billion) by the end of 2022.  Livestreaming wasn’t just something that ecommerce companies did—social media…

via YouTube It might sound like a fever dream, but Logan Paul really did headline a dystopian sci-fi thriller made exclusively for YouTube that ended up getting a sequel, even if the mere existence of The Thinning may come as a shock to many, never mind the fact second installment New World Order is a thing that was made and released… eventually. Arriving way too late too capitalize on the craze kick-started at the turn of the millennium, it wouldn’t be unfair to suggest that audiences had grown more than a…

via 20th Century Fox If there was a genuine answer to the question “how many failed YA literary adaptations does there have to be for Hollywood to take the hint?,” we’d have found out long ago. In fact, there are so many that it might come as a surprise for many people to discover that The Darkest Minds was in fact a motion picture that was made and released as recently as the summer of 2018. Kung Fu Panda director Jennifer Yuh Nelson made the leap into live-action filmmaking to helm the novel of Alexandra…

via Sony Blockbuster sci-fi is about as close to a guaranteed box office performer as you can get, especially when there are A-list superstars attached and a sky-high concept more than capable of generating interest. While 2016’s Passengers could be deemed a success, it would be an understatement to say that it was still a major missed opportunity. A $150 million cosmic love story dripping in visual effects and ruminations on life and death that was peppered with several large-scale action sequences should have…

Thanks to the explosion in popularity of the genre that’s been raging for well over 20 years at this point, countless filmmakers have thrown their hats into the ring to try and put a fresh spin on the superhero story. Even though it boasted an array of proven talent on either side of the camera, My Super Ex-Girlfriend was about the dampest squib you could imagine. Scripted by longtime The Simpsons writer Don Payne and helmed by Ghostbusters director and all-round comedy legend Ivan Reitman, the story follows Luke…

There certain movies that should never be remade, and it would be borderline sacrilege to even consider such a risky endeavor. On the other hand, you can go ahead and repurpose an all-time great as long as nobody notices until it’s too late, which proved to be the case with 1996’s infamous Barb Wire. Pamela Anderson making a play for big screen success at the height of her overwhelming global popularity was a smart move on paper, but in practice it hardly went according to plan. Failing to even recoup half of its $9…

Every time Emily Blunt gets asked a question about the Marvel Cinematic Universe, you can almost see her dying just a little bit more on the inside. If things had gone according to plan, the actress would have reported for duty in the superhero franchise over a decade ago, but the widely-panned Gulliver’s Travels got in the way. Blunt was the first choice to play Natasha Romanoff in Jon Favreau’s Iron Man 2, but due to a contractual obligation she had with 20th Century Fox, the studio essentially didn’t leave her any…

Paul Bettany is without a doubt a hugely talented actor, and a mainstay of the world’s biggest franchise since the very beginning, but director Scott Stewart’s repeated attempts to transform the mild-mannered Englishman into a badass action hero hardly went according to plan, with Priest arguably the worst offender. Within the space of three years, Stewart and Bettany collaborated on supernatural religious-themed brawler Legion, the aforementioned Priest, and Blumhouse-backed psychological frightener Dark Skies, all of…