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Marvel's Spider-Man 2 is finally here and a lucky few of you (probably more than a few, actually) have likely been playing the game for a few hours by now. The sequel builds on the first two games in Insomniac's Spider-Man series, adding some famous characters from the Spider-Verse into the mix. Most notably Venom, and if you missed out on the 19 inches of him PlayStation was handing out with the collectors' edition, perhaps the newly-revealed collectible action figure from Hot Toys will interest you.

Che Lingo, the U.K.-based rapper and musician, is an avid anime enthusiast. In addition to collaborating with Crunchyroll on its fall 2023 anime trailer, Che Lingo also composed and performed several songs for Jujutsu Kaisen’s first season.

has explained why she’s not in Tim Burton’s upcoming sequel to 1988’s Beetlejuice, .

The highly anticipated Nosferatu remake has had its first trailer unveiled behind closed doors at CinemaCon, and it sounds as though it’s just as terrifying as the original. 

Kirsten Dunst may not have made an appearance in multiversal Marvel adventure Spider-Man: No Way Home, but the Mary Jane Watson actor says she would have – if only she'd been asked.

Emma Stone and Yorgos Lanthimos are quickly becoming one of Hollywood’s most exciting duos. The pair has already teamed up on two excellent movies, with Poor Things and The Favourite, and now it’s completing its collaborative trio with Kinds of Kindness. The movie’s first trailer was released on Wednesday, and it already looks like a fascinating change of pace from the duo’s previous work.

The first for the Michael Keaton and Jenna Ortega-led sequel has been released by Warner Bros. The film is set to hit theaters on Friday, September 6, 2024.

Over 36 years after graced theaters back in 1988, has been summoned once again to reprise his role as the crude title character for the sequel to Tim Burton’s cult classic. Set to arrive on September 6, EW has shared first-look images for the upcoming movie — titled — showing the highly anticipated return of Keaton, Winona Ryder, and Catherine O’Hara. 

As the video game industry grows and the technological tools for turning flesh-and-bone actors into digital beings evolve, it’s only natural for Hollywood stars to become more present in games.

Upcoming OTT releases this week: In the world of online streaming, things are getting even more interesting! Now, you can enjoy your favourite movies and shows with just a click, anytime and anywhere. Big platforms like Disney+ Hotstar, JioCinema, Zee5, Netflix, Prime Video, and others keep us hooked with new releases every week in different languages and genres from around the globe. Ready for some fresh content? Here's what's coming up this week:

Greetings, Polygon readers! Each week, we round up the most notable new releases to streaming and VOD, highlighting the biggest and best new movies for you to watch at home.

Poor Things is a pretty odd movie. The film, now available to stream on Hulu, and up for 11 Oscars, fits the expectations for a project from Yorgos Lanthimos, the absurdist director of such curiosities as The Lobster and The Favourite. But the movie isn’t half as odd as the 1992 novel it’s based on, by eccentric Scottish writer and artist Alasdair Gray.

Dracula is making another return to the big screen as Luc Besson sinks his teeth into the immortal vampire. The director of Léon and The Fifth Element will helm the origin story based on Bram Stoker’s novel.

Emma Stone has an update on Cruella 2, the long-awaited sequel to her Cruella de Vil origin story – but don't get your hopes up. 

Nosferatu isn't anything like his last bloodsucker movie, Shadow of the Vampire, says Willem Dafoe – despite them both centering on the titular creature of the night.

A new look at Nosferatu is here, and it shows Willem Dafoe looking absolutely terrifying, surrounded by flames. 

The Golden Globes 2024 nominations were revealed last night, with Greta Gerwig's feminist candy-coated romp Barbie, which dominated the box office charts this year, leading the pack. It's got a whopping 10 nominations, including one for Best Musical or Comedy, alongside acting nods for stars Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling (supporting). The awards show has also added two new categories to recognise the best in entertainment, starting with a ‘Cinematic and Box Office Achievement' category, which honours the biggest movies of the year, having grossed $150 million (about Rs. 1,250 crore) minimum, of which $100 million must be from within the US. Eight nominees compete for that award, including Barbie, Oppenheimer, and The Super Mario Bros. Movie.

Starting on December 12, viewers can stream Wes Anderson’s latest project, Asteroid City, a comedy-drama that revolves around the events at a 1955 Junior Stargazer convention from the perspective of multiple attendees in the form of a play. The film serves as Anderson’s homage to popular memory and mythology about extraterrestrials and UFOs witnessed in the Southwestern deserts of the United States during the postwar period of the American 20th century and features an ensemble cast that includes Tom Hanks, Jason Schwartzman, Edward Norton, Adrien Brody, Bryan Cranston, Tilda Swinton, Jeffrey Wright, Willem Dafoe, Scarlett Johansson, Margot Robbie, Steve Carrell, Jeff Goldblum, and Maya Hawke, among other cast members.

Studio Ghibli’s latest movie The Boy and the Heron has now had its English-language release in the US. Among the star-studded voice cast are Christian Bale, Willem Dafoe, and Robert Pattinson, with the latter apparently smashing his recordings out of the park. 

Nosferatu Director Robert Eggers says Bill Skarsgård is unrecognizable in the role of vampire Count Orlok – even more so than he was as Pennywise.

Get your festive fangs out, Robert Eggers' Nosferatu has staked its claim in 2024's movie slate. The vampire flick, which stars the likes of Bill Skarsgård, Nicholas Hoult and Lily-Rose Depp, is set to release on December 25, 2024, adding a touch of gothic horror to the holiday season.

Just as we're all wrapping our heads around the idea that the new Ultimate Spider-Man is an adult Peter Parker who is married to Mary Jane with two kids, Marvel has now unveiled our first look at Spider-Man's arch-enemy, the Green Goblin on the cover of Ultimate Spider-Man #2 by series artist Marco Checchetto. And he's got a real Sam Raimi, Willem Dafoe kind of vibe about him.

It’s been months since Hayao Miyazaki’s latest (and maybe final? or maybe not!) anime movie, The Boy and the Heron, debuted in Japan, and fans of Miyazaki’s Studio Ghibli from other countries, where the film has been making the festival rounds, have eagerly been waiting for their chance to see it. Ahead of the movie’s December release in U.S. theaters, promotion has been rolling out slowly: First, with the movie’s initial Japanese-language teaser trailer, then the announcement of the voice cast for the English dub, and now the first English-language trailer, featuring the voices of Robert Pattinson, Dave Bautista, Florence Pugh, and others.

Bethesda Game Studio's latest RPG, , carries on the developer's long tradition of highly customizable character creation systems. As one of the main draws of Bethesda games, these systems are all but expected to include detailed face and body sliders, a decent variety of hair, beard, and accessory options, and variable background choices. certainly delivers in this area, and although some complaints have been aired regarding the quality of the character graphics in, there's no doubt that Bethesda has at least allowed players to create the character they really want, even if those characters may not look as stellar as some might hope.

One idea that didn’t make it into saw Tom Holland‘s Spider-Man and Doctor Strange going through some familiar settings.

Halloween is nearly upon us, and what better way to prepare for the spookiest holiday of the year than to dive deep into the best stories the horror genre has to offer?

Miyazaki’s newest final film — The Boy and the Heron — flies into theaters soon. It’ll be available in both subbed and dubbed form, and true to Ghibli form, the dubbed English cast looks majorly stacked.

Kenneth Branagh has just released A Haunting in Venice, his third big-screen adaptation of Agatha Christie’s popular detective character, Hercule Poirot. Interestingly, this new story is based on Hallowe’en Party, the final book in Christie’s series. Does that mean Branagh has officially hung up the mantle and is done doing Hercule Poirot movies?

Starfield players are a creative bunch, and when they're not filling spaceships full of potatoes or building New Atlantis in Lego, they're using the robust character creator to recreate a bunch of famous faces.

After the success of 2018's Oscar-nominated The Favourite, Emma Stone and director Yorgos Lanthimos have re-teamed for a new movie: period sci-fi-drama-comedy-oddity Poor Things. 

During an interview for book (which was conducted prior to the SAG-AFTRA strike), opened up about his experience filming Sony Pictures‘ blockbuster 2021 movie, revealing that he developed a “real connection” with fellow Spider-Man actors Andrew Garfield and Tom Holland. The Golden Globe nominee expressed how much fun he had on the set of No Way Home, describing it as a “special” experience.

We've been luxuriating in all the new Marvel's Spider-Man 2 details from today's San Diego Comic-Con panel, which included a stunning new story trailer and a limited-edition Spider-Man 2 PS5 bundle, the aesthetics of which has already polarised opinion within Push Square's own editorial staff.

The line-up for this year's Venice Film Festival is here – and it's jam-packed with premieres of some of the most exciting movies still to come this year. The program features new titles from directors including David Fincher, Wes Anderson, Michael Mann, Sofia Coppola, and Ava DuVernay, and we've outlined our top picks that we think you should be keeping an eye out for, whether you're on the Lido or not.