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Robert Frost fans will recognise the title of this psychological horror. Taken from the poem Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening, the relevant lines run thusly: “The woods are lovely, dark and deep. /But I have promises to keep, /And miles to go before I sleep, / And miles before I go to sleep.” This is a neat, if oblique, way of describing writer-director Teresa Sutherland’s debut film, which sees a newly minted park ranger head into the wilderness, after the disappearance of a young woman, to confront shadowy forces…

GTA 6 trailer detailsThe trailer confirmed many of the features that the leaks had suggested. This included the two protagonists and the Bonnie & Clyde-inspired gameplay. The trailer revealed that the female protagonist is named Lucia, who will go down as the first female protagonist in the GTA franchise. The name of the male protagonist is believed to be Jason, but the trailer doesn’t confirm this. We will most likely get more information about him later on. The trailer starts with her in prison and will likely…

While spacefaring adventure Starfield features a silent main character, actor Elias Toufexis has revealed he spent “months” voicing the game’s protagonist before being moved to another role. Toufexis, best known for voicing Adam Jensen in the Deus Ex series, took to Twitter yesterday (November 8) to confirm he was originally hired to be the players’ voice in Starfield, along with BAFTA-winning voice actor and The Owl House star Cissy Jones. “We worked for months,” he shared (via Gamesradar), although developer Bethesda…

Assassin's Creed Red's female protagonist has seemingly leaked online. As per Eurogamer, Ubisoft writer Pierre Boudreau inadvertently set his LinkedIn header image to feature the unnamed lead, who is seen wearing the iconic hooded cloak against a red background, while wielding a katana. The original photo featuring the signature logo has since been replaced with an image of Eivor, Assassin's Creed Valhalla's protagonist. This aligns with the studio's own claims from a 2022 presentation, where it confirmed that players…

Blue Beetle director Angel Manuel Soto discusses its inspirations. Ben Wheatley talks up a monster budget for The Meg 2. Plus, a tiny new look at Disney’s Percy Jackson and the Olympians, and what’s coming on Riverdale and Outlander. Spoilers, away!You Should Really Watch The Last of UsMission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning, Part 2During a recent interview with Cinema Blend (via Collider), Simon Pegg suggested his character, Benjy, may not survive the events of Dead Reckoning, Part 2.I think that’s something that has always…

Image via Marvel Studios As the days roll by, we inch closer and closer to James Gunn’s Marvel Cinematic Universe swansong, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, before he turns all of his attention to co-heading DC Studios and revamping its cinematic universe. As it turns out, there was a very specific draw for Gunn to return for the GotG threequel, that being none other than Bradley Cooper’s Rocket Raccoon, who he considers to be the franchise’s “secret protagonist,” according to an interview he gave TotalFilm (via…

Just like Tony Stark and Steve Rogers were the unofficial leaders of the Avengers, Star-Lord has been pegged as the one leading the Guardians of the Galaxy ever since the team of eccentric heroes made their MCU debut. But this has never been the reigning notion amongst MCU fans and recently James Gunn further underlined it when he admitted that for him, the real protagonist of the Guardians has been Rocket Raccoon all along. And as much as this admission soothes anti-Star-Lord fans, it also paints Guardians of the…

Supergiant Games is sticking with what works. Hades II is on its way, slinging more Greek god-ness and a new protagonist, the Princess of the Underworld. The game is heading to early access on PC first, with more details coming in 2023. The reveal trailer for Hades II shows the protagonist, Melinoë, training with the witch goddess Hecate, before diving into a familiar isometric landscape. Familiar, but perhaps with a few more gnarly trees. Like its predecessor, Hades II is a roguelike dungeon crawler. And if it's truly…

Lucasfilm seems to change its mind about who should helm Star Wars in this glorious new era nearly as much as George Lucas used to change tiny details in his two trilogies in subtle, but nevertheless controversial ways. Now that more people are starting to realize a trend, the real question is if we can perceive any future for the galaxy far, far away that even remotely comes close to a coherent interconnected narrative like the one in Disney’s other big cinematic franchise. As we ponder the future of the OG sci-fi…

Saul Goodman’s model has been taken from the mobile Breaking Bad: Criminal Elements game and modded into the recent Marvel’s Spider-Man port for the PC. The recent release of Marvel’s Spider-Man for the PC has already seen swathes of modders creating mods for the game, with the most popular category being new character designs and suits for the web-slinging protagonist. One particular mod turned Spider-Man into Kermit the Frog, which spread around Twitter like wildfire. Now though, a modder by the name of Arthurvitormb…