...if you link your Epic Games account to your MyDisney account, according to a blog post. It’s a “first step” ahead of the planned “universe” Disney and Epic are building together that’s tied to Fortnite. You’ll also be able to catch two episodes of Star Wars: Tales of the Underworld in Fortnite starting May 2nd, which is two days before the show debuts on Disney Plus.
Fortnite’s Star Wars-themed season kicks off on Friday.
The studio will “step away” from “two early-stage incubation projects” and is making “targeted team adjustments” across its Apex Legends and Star Wars Jedi teams. That translates to layoffs, though it’s unclear how many people are affected, per an IGN report.
Co-writer / director Matt Palmer’s Fear Street: Prom Queen is the first of Netflix’s new trilogy of horror features inspired by R.L. Stine’s books, and the movie’s first trailer makes it look like it’ll be a teen-friendly (albeit R-rated) riff on classic slashers when it debuts on May 23rd.
Kottke.org reminds us today about that time in 2020 when the famed animation studio published hundreds of stills from its animated films. Ghibli promised it would put up more over time, and so it has — including 2023’s The Boy and the Heron.
For folks who absolutely need to lose it when the Chicken Jockey shows up in A Minecraft Movie, Warner Bros. is rolling out new “Block Party Edition” screenings where talking and singing along with the movie (but not throwing stuff around) is encouraged.
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In light of all the bad faith noise that’s been made about Ryan Coogler securing a very good contract with Warner Bros. for Sinners, the director stopped by Democracy Now! to point out how odd (and telling) it is that he’s being singled out for his deal when a number of other filmmakers have been able to do the exact same thing.
There’s no word on whether she’ll be playing Zoe or Mio, but Variety reports Sydney Sweeney has been cast in the upcoming Split Fiction film adaptation that will be directed by Wicked’s Jon M. Chu and written by Deadpool & Wolverine scribes Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick.
To bring Sinners to life, director of photography Autumn Durald Arkapaw had to focus on the big picture.
