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Time of India
17 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Time of India
When is MultiVersus shutting down?
Finally, the story of MultiVersus finally comes to an end. There has been a lot going on in the world of this multiplayer title. The genre was already hugely overcrowded, where the Warner Bros. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now Games title's short stay proves how tough this category has become. Similar thing was thought about Marvel Rivals too, but it turned the tables over everyone's head, and still is the best multiplayer gamer in the market right now, even after over nine months of its release. However, another title of this genre, Concord, met with the same fate as MultiVersus. MultiVersus is officially shutting down today It's an end of MultiVersus. | Image via Warner Bros. Games. After a rough journey of one year, it's time to bid adieu MultiVersus. In January, it was already announced that Warner Bros. is going to shut this game down. There were rumors too about its potential revivals which raised some hope for its fans, but unfortunately those never came into reality. MultiVersus is officially shutting down today at 9 AM PT/ 12 PM ET. The game enjoyed its short stay in the gaming world which consisted of a total of five seasons. The last season also brought Lola Bunny from Looney Tunes and Aquaman from DC as playable characters in the game for a final push. But nothing could save the game at all. Actually, it's quite tough to stay in the market in the live-service segment if the game offers no unique aspect. And this is exactly what happened to MultiVersus. It's also a pretty tough time for Warner Bros. as far as their gaming wing is concerned. Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League was already major blow from the company as it never touched the sales expectations, forget exceeding it unlike other Rocksteady studios. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now Amidst this situation, the failure of MultiVersus is absolutely devastating. This scenario could be explained well when it was revealed that Warner Bros. acquired Player First Games for MultiVersus and spent around a freaking $200 million to make this game. But all in vain. Players are advised to spend all the available in-game currencies (Glamium) in their inventories, because we are now a few hours from the game's demise. Although, those who have logged into the game after February 4 will still be able to enjoy the offline mode of the game. However, the core aspect of the game was its live-service model, and not being able to complete the $100 Founder's Pass is hugely disappointing for the fans. Read More:
Perth Now
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Peter Stormare: Keanu Reeves is ‘not happy' with Constantine 2 scripts
Keanu Reeves is "not happy with the scripts" for 'Constantine 2', Peter Stormare has said. The 60-year-old actor's titular demonologist is set to return in a follow-up to the 2005 horror flick, and Stormare - who played Lucifer in the movie - has revealed Reeves has been disappointed with Warner Bros.' ideas for a more action-packed 'Constantine 2'. Speaking with The Direct, Stormare, 71, said: "It's a lot of back and forth, because ... I think Keanu, which I know pretty good, is not so happy with the scripts and usually what comes out of the studios. "Because the first one wasn't that successful in the beginning, it became a sleeper and became a cult movie, and now it is one of the biggest cult movies ever. But to do a sequel, the studios want to have, you know, cars flying in the air. They want to have people doing flip-flops and fighting action scenes." Stormare added that the 'John Wick' star believed a 'Constantine' sequel should be "spiritual", and was worried the follow-up would diverge from this concept in favour of focusing on action. He explained: "I think Keanu says, 'I've done 'John Wick'. This movie is spiritual. It's about demons and regular people. And I wanted to keep it that way.' "And we talked about that. I want to do God coming down exactly the same way, but in a black suit and looking more or less like Lucifer from the first one. I'm 12 years older, so it's going to be hard to, you know, completely imitate the first movie. "But, I think from Keanu, he wants to do a sequel that is very close to the first one." Even so, Stormare admitted he hasn't seen any of the scripts for 'Constantine 2' yet, and it was all "hearsay" from Reeves. He said: "That is just hearsay from him, you know, and it's trying to be very secretive. As we say, both me and him, just do the first movie again and add some other elements, and you have a sequel. "'The Godfather Part II' was a sequel that was built on number one. They are similar. You can actually see number one and two together, and they stick together. "So, don't do a completely different movie, then it won't hold together. And I think that's where we are, yeah." 'Constantine' tells the story of the titular exorcist and demonologist who helps LAPD policewoman Angela Dodson (Rachel Weisz) investigate her twin sister's mysterious suicide, only to discover that fallen angels from Hell are trying to enter the human world. While Reeves is seemingly apprehensive about the ideas for 'Constantine 2', Stormare insisted the actor was "very proud" of the character. He said: "I think Keanu is very proud of that. He was fighting for it to be a character that he loved and wanted to develop. "And I mean, with Tilda Swinton doing Gabriel, it is a cool character. And even my Lucifer is a cool character that you can relate to as a viewer ... They wanted to dress me up like, you know, like a devil with a tail and a pitchfork and whatever, but we were really fighting for me to have, like, an off-white suit and do it very simple."
Yahoo
a day ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Final Destination: Bloodlines Slaughters The Box Office Competition, While Hurry Up Tomorrow Shows No Sense Of Urgency
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. We've seen some truly wild Final Destination death scenes over the years, as the reaper comes to call on those who manage to (at least temporarily) evade tragedy. It also turns out that after 14 years without a fix, moviegoers were hungry for more. Final Destination: Bloodlines exceeded expectations with a franchise-high $51 million opening weekend domestically amid the 2025 movie calendar — a performance that was matched in international markets. It was a good weekend overall for Warner Bros., with Sinners and A Minecraft Movie still going strong, but the same can't be said for The Weeknd's Hurry Up Tomorrow, which underperformed to take sixth place. Take a look at the full Top 10 chart, as reported by The Numbers, and then we'll break it all down below. TITLE WEEKEND GROSS DOMESTIC GROSS LW THTRS 1. Final Destination: Bloodlines* $51,000,000 $51,000,000 N/A 3,523 2. Thunderbolts* $16,536,000 $155,427,643 1 3,960 3. Sinners $15,425,000 $240,796,000 2 3,518 4. A Minecraft Movie $5,870,000 $416,640,000 3 3,357 5. The Accountant 2 $4,959,111 $59,072,457 4 3,402 6. Hurry Up Tomorrow* $3,300,000 $3,300,000 N/A 2,020 7. Friendship $1,400,280 $2,043,436 13 60 8. Clown in a Cornfield $1,333,000 $6,329,779 5 2,277 9. Until Dawn $800,000 $19,623,031 8 1,706 10. The Amateur $712,000 $40,149,087 9 850 Death may come for us all, but there's plenty of life still left in the Final Destination franchise a quarter-century after Devon Sawa and his buds first disembarked their plane ahead of its fiery crash. Final Destination: Bloodlines opened to $51 million in domestic ticket sales and, strangely, $51 million internationally as well to earn a total of $102 million around the globe in its first three days in theaters. Given the fact that this film was made for just $50 million (before marketing costs), per Variety, and projected to earn about $40 million in its first three days, I'd say this is a big win for directors Zach Lipovsky and Adam Stein. Bloodlines' franchise-high opening easily beats the series' previous most successful chapter — the fourth movie, titled just The Final Destination — which opened in 2009 to $27.4 million in the U.S. and Canada before going on to earn a total of $66.5 million domestically and $187.4 million worldwide by the end of its theatrical run. With its $51 million, the 2025 horror movie has already beaten the entire North American run of its predecessor, 2011's Final Destination 5, which brought in $18 million on opening weekend and $42.6 million domestically overall ($155 million worldwide). Horror Fans Show Up For One Of Tony Todd's Final Roles There were reasons to believe Final Destination: Bloodlines would see some success. In addition to being the only movie in the franchise to be Certified Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, our own Eric Eisenberg wrote in CinemaBlend's review of Bloodlines that this is the movie he's been waiting to see for 14 years. It's also likely that horror movie fans turned up to see one of Tony Todd's final roles. The actor — who often had foreboding warnings about death for the eventual victims as he portrayed the mysterious William Bludworth in several Final Destination movies — died in November 2024 at the age of 69. He is likely best known for his titular role in Candyman, one of the greatest horror movies of all time. It will be intriguing to see how Final Destination: Bloodlines continues to perform at the box office, with some big titles on the way. The competition will be strong, but horror fans have been feasting this year, and this latest offering is getting some great word-of-mouth advertising from stunts like its 4DX 'Death Chair' experience and how it set a morbidly impressive Guinness World Record during filming. Despite hopes of bringing in between $5 million and $7 million Friday through Sunday, Hurry Up Tomorrow earned just $3.3 million for an opening outside of the week's Top 5. The film is a companion piece to The Weeknd's new album of the same name and stars the four-time Grammy winner as a fictionalized version of himself on the verge of a breakdown. It's at that point that he gets pulled into an existential odyssey by a mysterious fan (Jenna Ortega in a seriously twisted performance). It looks like more bad news for the Wednesday star, whose March release, Death of a Unicorn, also failed to connect with audiences. Critics on Rotten Tomatoes panned Hurry Up Tomorrow to the tune of 13%; however, fans seemed to be much more in tune with The Weeknd's work, as the Popcornmeter had a rating of 70%. Meanwhile, Thunderbolts* and Sinners held strong in the second and third positions of this week's earnings, finishing approximately $1 million away from each other, according to estimates. Michael B. Jordan's vampire flick even crossed a big milestone this week, surpassing $300 million worldwide for a grand total so far of $308.7 million, where it remains at the sixth-most successful movie of the year globally, right behind Thunderbolts*. Domestically, Sinners sits in second place behind A Minecraft Movie as the top 2025 domestic offerings. They may not want to get too comfortable there, though. Next weekend sees both Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning and the Lilo & Stitch live-action remake hitting theaters. Will this mean the beginning of the end for Jack Black's video game-based movie? Possibly, though I can see multiple upcoming family friendly movies having simultaneous success, especially in the summer months with kids out of school. We'll have to see. Next week will also see Tim Robinson and Paul Rudd's Friendship getting its wide release. The new A24 flick managed to make an appearance on this week's chart despite being shown in just 60 theaters. As a fan of I Think You Should Leave, Detroiters and all things Paul Rudd, I'm excited to see how people respond to the gonzo levels of discomfort this movie surely brings. We'll be back next week to break down everything that happens, so be sure to check back to CinemaBlend.
Yahoo
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Hollywood comes to the Mississippi Delta with special screenings of ‘Sinners'
CLARKSDALE, Miss. (WJTV) – Warner Bros. and director Ryan Coogler brought Hollywood to the Mississippi Delta. Special screenings of the hit film 'Sinners,' which is set in Clarksdale, will be held at the Clarksdale Civic Auditorium from May 29-31, 2025. Residents advocated for the film to be shown in Clarksdale due to the fact that the city does not have a movie theater. Philadelphia honors Quinta Brunson with key, mural at alma mater that inspired 'Abbott Elementary' 'The Delta is such a special place, and to see something so big and so major happen here, I wanted to be a part of history. I wanted to be a part of something amazing. I wanted to be a part of something that the world is taking a look at right here in Clarksdale, Mississippi,' said Katina Washington, who attended Thursday's screening. 'Sinners' is Coogler's first original film. It blends elements of supernatural horror, gangster drama, romance, blues music and action across one eventful day in Clarksdale, Mississippi, in 1932 in which a community opens a juke joint and then has to defend it from a vampire army growing outside. The setting of the film was also inspired by his family's ties to a Mississippi of the past. One was his maternal grandfather who originated from Merrill, Mississippi, and moved to Oakland, where the family remains. The other was the man who introduced him to blues music, his Uncle James, who died while Coogler was making 'Creed.' The Associated Press contributed to this report. Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbox. Subscribe Now Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
USA Today
a day ago
- Entertainment
- USA Today
Digital release date announced for 'Sinners'
Digital release date announced for 'Sinners' The devil is following you home. Ryan Coogler's "Sinners," which has become a box office success and pop cultural phenomenon since its release in April, will soon be available to stream at home. Featuring Michael B. Jordan in a double role, Coogler's horror film follows twins Smoke and Stack after they return to the small city from Chicago to start a juke joint in the 1930s. "Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers (Jordan) return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back," reads the film's synopsis. USA TODAY's Brian Truitt gave "Sinners" ★★★½ out of four, praising director Coogler for reinventing the horror movie genre with his signature stamp: "Add a double dose of Michael B. Jordan, a fabulous debut from Miles Caton, plus sex and gore, and Coogler's got something devilishly special," Truitt wrote. Here's how you'll be able to watch "Sinners" from the comfort of your own home. 'Sinners' review: Michael B. Jordan takes on vampires – as twins! Join our Watch Party! Sign up to receive USA TODAY's movie and TV recommendations right in your inbox When will 'Sinners' be available to stream? "Sinners" will be available to buy and rent on digital platforms such as Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, and Fandango at Home on June 3, Warner Bros. said in a news release. Warner Bros. did not specify an exact release time, but Prime Video notes the the film is set to drop at 12 a.m. ET on June 3 (9 p.m. PT on June 2). Pre-orders are available on platforms such as Prime Video and Fandango at Home for $24.99. "Sinners" does not yet have a release date for a subscription-based streaming platform, like Max (soon to be HBO Max). The 138-minute film released in theaters on April 18. 'Sinners' spoilers! Ryan Coogler, Michael B. Jordan break down that emotional ending When does 'Sinners' come out on 4K Blu-ray/DVD? "Sinners" will be available on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, and DVD at online and physical retailers on July 8. Warner Bros. said the digital, 4K UHD and Blu-ray version of the movie will offer special features such as the making of the movie, the creation of the characters and their costumes, and deleted scenes among others. 'That ain't no haint': 'Sinners' movie references evil spirit. But what is it exactly? 'Sinners' cast The cast of "Sinners" includes: Michael B. Jordan as twins Smoke and Stack Miles Caton as Sammie Jack O'Connell as Remmick Hailee Steinfeld Wunmi Mosaku Jayme Lawson Omar Miller Delroy Lindo Watch 'Sinners' trailer 'Sinners': A vampire wants to crash Michael B. Jordan's party Cornbread (Omar Miller) isn't acting like his old self when trying to re-enter the party in Ryan Coogler's period horror movie "Sinners." We occasionally recommend interesting products and services. If you make a purchase by clicking one of the links, we may earn an affiliate fee. USA TODAY Network newsrooms operate independently, and this doesn't influence our coverage. Contributing: Brian Truitt, USA TODAY Saman Shafiq is a trending news reporter for USA TODAY. Reach her at sshafiq@ and follow her on X and Instagram @saman_shafiq7.
