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Uppföljare till Oscars-belönad Godzilla-film får trailer och poster
Fans av radioaktiva jätteödlor har det extra gott nu för tiden. Inte nog med att Legendarys Hollywood-variant av Godzilla har varit ett återkommande dragplåster för biobesökare sen 2014 (och kompletteras dessutom av en påkostad Apple TV-serie), de inhemska Toho-producerade filmerna presterar bättre än de någonsin gjort både på hemmaplan i Japan och utomlands.
Godzilla: Minus One gjorde år 2024 historia när den belönades med den första Oscars-statyetten i karaktärens över sjuttio år långa historia, specifikt för Bästa Effekter. Filmen, regisserad av Takashi Yamazaki hyllades av många som seriens bästa film sedan originalet från 1954 och visade att det fortfarande finns gott om utrymme för spännande historier att berätta i Godzillas värld.
Idag släpptes en trailer (samt en ny poster) för uppföljaren Godzilla: Minus Zero, som ämnar att visa hur det går för våra hjältar Kōichi Shikishima och Noriko Ōishi efter händelserna i föregångaren. Trailern utlovar givetvis mer spektakel, intriger och grymma effekter när Yamazaki återvänder till regissörstolen med en ännu fetare budget än senast. Fans som har varit med ett tag kommer också lätt kunna identifiera ett visst kacklande i slutet av trailern, en kort men inte så subtil ledtråd om vilken sorts motstånd som väntar Godzilla den här gången. En kort handlingsbeskrivning lyder såhär:
"War reduced Japan to zero, and Godzilla plunged it into minus. Two years have passed since then, and the country has faced agonizing struggles to achieve recovery and finally reclaim its daily life. Just as humanity managed to cling to a hard-won peace, a new threat strikes, crushing hope in an instant.
There is no third time. Everything ends here."
Ni kan se både trailer och poster här nedan. Godzilla: Minus Zero går ut på biografer världen över den 6 november.
Hideo Kojima is "envious" of 21-year-old Backrooms director: "I made Metal Gear at 23 – but A24 didn’t get in touch with me until I was about 59"
Backrooms director Kane Parsons has been praised by Hideo Kojima at the film's Japanese premiere, with the acclaimed game director saying he's "envious" of the 21-year-old. betsport.cv
Backrooms has been one of the major hits that has made 2026 the biggest summer ever at the box office, which is even more impressive when you realize it was directed by a then-20-year-old, with Parsons becoming the youngest director to ever have a film debut at number one at the box office. Parsons had his beginning in online media with his The Backrooms short on YouTube amassing 93 million views after making animated Attack on Titan fan films, only to go on and direct the major film based on his short films years later.
Speaking at the Japanese premiere of Backrooms (attended by and reported on by Postmode), Kojima noted, "He’s 21, and I’m 63. But when people who grew up digital take that digital sensibility and burn it onto analogue film — I think what you’ll see is just how remarkable a result that can be."
Kojima – who was young when he directed his first game – was asked how he related to Parsons' rise; he responded, "I made Metal Gear at 23 – but A24 didn’t get in touch with me until I was about 59. So it’s completely different, isn’t it?"
Kojima adds, "I’m envious, honestly. There was no A24 when I was about 25. I wish they’d called." Kojima is currently working with A24 to adapt the Death Stranding universe to film, with Pig and A Quiet Place: Day One Michael Sarnoski set to direct the film, however it's still not confirmed when the film will be released.
England coaches tell Lawes and Marchant they need to prove themselves in Prem
Pair have joined Sale after spells in France
Duo last played for England at 2023 World Cup
Courtney Lawes and Joe Marchant have been warned they must go “over and above” the performances of their rivals in the first five weeks of the new season to earn England recalls this autumn.
Lawes, 37, and the 30-year-old Marchant have both joined Sale this summer after spells in France and stated their ambition to resurrect their international careers, having last represented England at the 2023 World Cup.
Continue reading...WandaVision showrunner Jac Schaeffer left VisionQuest for "personal reasons," says Paul Bettany
WandaVision showrunner Jac Schaeffer was originally going to showrun VisionQuest, the third instalment in a trilogy of Disney Plus shows that also includes Agatha All Along.
However, she ultimately stepped away for "personal reasons," according to Vision actor Paul Bettany in a new interview with Entertainment Weekly. She was replaced by Star Trek: Picard showrunner Terry Matalas.
"I felt like the rug had been pulled from under my feet," Bettany shared. "I love her very much and we made a lovely thing together. I had been waiting and looking forward to having my turn with Jac. And then 24 hours later, I was at a lunch with Terry, because that's the speed at which Marvel move."
While these three shows do form a trio, Matalas has shared that he views VisionQuest as more of a sequel to WandaVision, rather than completing the trilogy.
"I would say, if anything, it's definitely more of a sequel to WandaVision in a lot of ways," he shared.
"But it really exists on its own," he added. "It's more the Vision story, just because we're going to dig into so much of who he is in ways that the films and WandaVision couldn't, including some deeper parts of his origin that may go back even further than what we believed. So it's very much its own entity, but it does obviously touch upon what has come before for this guy."
VisionQuest arrives on Disney Plus this October 14. For more, check out our guide to all the upcoming Marvel movies and TV shows for everything else the MCU has in store.
Kvinnelige fans driver salget av «Like a Dragon»-merchandise
Hvis du har spilt de til tider humoristiske, til tider brutalt harde Yakuza/Like a Dragon-spillene, vet du at de utspiller seg i en ekstremt patriarkalsk verden, nemlig den japanske mafiaens. Kvinnelige karakterer fremstilles ofte som kjærlighetsinteresser eller i beste fall som «eye candy», men dette ser ikke ut til å ha hindret serien i å nå et kvinnelig publikum.
I et intervju med Nikkei (via Automaton) snakker Sega-sjef Shuji Utsumi om hvordan selskapet ser på såkalt «transmedia» (spill som utvides til andre medier som bøker, tegneserier, filmer eller merchandise). Utsumi påpeker at fans av Segas serie som ikke selv spiller spillene, blir stadig viktigere, og han gir et interessant eksempel spesielt knyttet til Yakuza/Like a Dragon.
Han påpeker at 60–70 % av Like a Dragon-relatert merchandise kjøpes av kvinner. Mange av dem har aldri spilt serien, sier han, og legger til at de i stedet har blitt kjent med eventyrene til Kazuma Kiryu og Ichiban Kasuga gjennom plattformer som YouTube.
Med andre ord, ifølge Sega kjøpes omtrent to tredjedeler av alle Like a Dragon-merchandise-artikler av kvinner, noe som sikkert vil overraske mange, og som samtidig viser hvorfor det blir stadig viktigere å tilby produkter utover selve spillene.