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Extra.ie
20-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Extra.ie
Young Irish star joins star-studded cast of new Hunger Games prequel
An Irish actor has landed a highly after role in the latest movie instalment from the hugely popular Hunger Games film franchise. The latest novel, Sunrise on the Reaping, serves as a prequel to the original Hunger Games trilogy and sold a staggering 1.5m copies in the first week following its release in March. With a film adaptation in the works, Irish actor Molly McCann has jumped on board to join a star-studded cast. An Irish actor has landed a highly after role in the latest movie instalment from the hugely popular Hunger Games film franchise. Pic: Lionsgate/Color Force/Kobal/Shutterstock Ben Wang, Jesse Plemons, Joseph Zeda, Kelvin Harrison Jr, Lili Taylor, Maya Hawke, Mckenna Grace, Ralph Fiennes and Whitney Peak have all already been confirmed as cast members. And now McCann will bring some Irish star power, with the child actor confirmed to play the character Louella McCoy in the series. The news came as part of a double announcement, with Iona Bell confirmed to take on the role of Lou Lou.
New York Post
17-05-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Post
‘Final Destination' producer reveals which film in the franchise he thinks ‘sucks'
Sometimes the journey is more important than the destination. And for producer Craig Perry, creating the fourth film in the 'Final Destination' franchise might have been a good time, but the movie, which he thought would be their final flick, wasn't his favorite. 'I figured that we're done,' Perry shared, per an exclusive excerpt from Clark Collis' 'Screaming and Conjuring: The Resurrection and Unstoppable Rise of the Modern Horror Movie,' per Entertainment Weekly. 'Then, lo and behold, opening weekend, we're like, 'Uh, okay, here we go.'' Advertisement 5 Craig Perry attends the World Premiere of Warner Bros 'Final Destination Bloodlines' at TCL Chinese Theatre on May 12, 2025 in Hollywood, California. FilmMagic 'I don't think the fourth one is good at all, actually it sucks,' admitted the producer. 'But it was successful enough to give us a chance to redeem ourselves with 5.' The horror series started in 2000 with 'Final Destination,' then 'Final Destination 2' (2003), 'Final Destination 3' (2006), 'The Final Destination' in 2009, 'Final Destination 5' in 2011 and the sixth film, 'Final Destination Bloodlines,' which hit theaters on Friday. Advertisement Collis, a former Entertainment Weekly reporter, explores the horror genre in his upcoming book, which hits stands Sept. 2, 2025. 5 Screaming and Conjuring: The Resurrection and Unstoppable Rise of the Modern Horror Movie. 1984 Publishing The book 'reveals the challenging and often chaotic production stories behind these films, offering readers an inside look at the creative turbulence and triumphs that brought these landmark movies to life,' per an official synopsis. ''Final Destination' starred Devon Sawa as a New York high school student named Alex who receives a premonition that the Paris-bound plane he has just boarded will catch fire in the air. After Alex, some of his classmates, and a teacher disembark, the plane does indeed explode,' an excerpt from the book read. 'During the days that follow, the survivors start passing away and Alex realizes they are being murdered by the Grim Reaper.' Advertisement The original film was created by Jeffrey Reddick, who shared, 'The original idea came from an article I read about a woman who was on vacation and her mother told her to switch flights because she had a bad feeling. The woman switched planes and the plane she was scheduled to be on crashed. So that idea stuck with me.' 5 'The Final Destination,' 2009. New Line/Kobal/Shutterstock 5 Haley Webb, and Nick Zano in 2009's 'The Final Destination.' New Line/Kobal/Shutterstock The creator, 55, was always a big fan of horror — especially Wes Craven's 'A Nightmare on Elm Street.' Advertisement 'I saw it in a double feature at a drive-in with 'Alone in the Dark,'' Reddick shared, per Collis' book. 'It just scared the hell out of me.' Diving into what led the journalist to write the publication, Collis told People on Tuesday, 'There are a lot of books about horror films from the '70s and '80s and I felt this period, too, deserved its own properly-researched history.' 5 Director David R. Ellis, actress Shantel VanSanten, actor Bobby Campo, writer Eric Bress, actress Haley Webb, executive producer Craig Perry and actor Nick Zano arrive on the red carpet of the Los Angeles premiere of 'The Final Destination' at the Mann Village Theatre on August 27, 2009 in Westwood, Los Angeles, California. WireImage 'I've taken a bird's-eye view of the whole horror film scene, from the release of the genre-reviving 'Scream' to the 2013 debut of 'The Conjuring,' which inaugurated the first multi-billion dollar horror movie franchise.'
New York Post
28-04-2025
- Science
- New York Post
Is this proof we're living in a ‘simulated universe'? Scientist's theory points to possible clue
Are we living in 'The Matrix' in real life? In the 1999 science-fiction film, Neo discovers that the universe is a simulation — but one scientist believes that the idea isn't all fiction. Dr. Melvin Vopson, an associate professor in physics at the University of Portsmouth in the UK, believes that gravity is a sign that we are living in a virtual simulation and the universe is the 'ultimate computer,' he alleged in a new paper. Advertisement 4 Dr. Melvin Vopson believes that the concept in 'The Matrix' isn't all fiction. Warner Bros/Village Roadshow Pictures/Kobal / Shutterstock In the research, published in AIP Advances, Vopson proposes the idea that gravity isn't just a 'pull' — it's actually something that occurs when the universe is trying to keep its data organized. Forcing objects with mass to be pulled toward the Earth's core is similar to how computers compress code, Vopson claimed. Advertisement 4 Keanu Reeves in 'The Matrix.' Everett Collection He added in the paper that gravitational pull is an 'example of data compression and computational optimization in our universe, which supports the possibility of a simulated or computational universe.' 'The universe evolves in a way that the information content in it is compressed, optimized and organized – just as computers and computer code do,' he told the Daily Mail. 'Hence, gravity appears to be another process of data compression in a possibly simulated universe.' The gravitational attraction helps reduce 'information entropy,' which essentially means how much information there is in an object in any given space, the study alleges. Advertisement 4 In the 1999 science-fiction film, Neo discovers that the universe is a simulation. Warner Bros/Village Roadshow Pictures/Kobal / Shutterstock Gravity plays many roles in space, including the building of galaxies, putting planets into orbit around stars and influencing the motion of nearby objects. So, in Vopson's theory, these objects may be pulled together because the universe is simply trying to keep everything clean and compressed. 'To put it simply, it is easier to compute all the properties and characteristics of a single object in space, rather than multiple objects,' he told the Daily Mail. 'That is why objects in space are pulled together.' 4 The typical evolution of matter in the universe under gravitational attraction. AIP Advances Advertisement His belief stems from the concept of entropy in information theory, which he has argued in a previous paper. 'A super complex universe like ours, if it were a simulation, would require a built-in data optimization and compression in order to reduce the computational power and the data storage requirements to run the simulation,' he explained in a piece for The Conversation in 2023. 'This is exactly what we are observing all around us, including in digital data, biological systems, mathematical symmetries and the entire universe.' This time, rather, Vopson focused on gravity rather than biological systems. 'My findings in this study fit with the thought that the universe might work like a giant computer, or our reality is a simulated construct,' Vopson explained in a statement. 'Just like computers try to save space and run more efficiently, the universe might be doing the same. It's a new way to think about gravity – not just as a pull, but as something that happens when the universe is trying to stay organized.'
