Author: Rick Ceballos

Following the untimely passing of Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins last March, band has announced a pair of concerts to honor his memory. Dozens of legendary musicians will be involved. As of now, there will be two shows happening this fall, with one in Los Angeles and the other in London. Proceeds for both shows will be going to charities in Hawkins’ name. It is completely unsurprising that people are lining up to join these tribute shows. Hawkins and bandmate Dave Grohl have long reputations as being some of the nicest guys in rock music. Both the London and Los…

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Sony Pictures has announced a live-action film based on the “Gran Turismo” video game series. Neill Blomkamp (Oats Studio) will direct. After the success of “Uncharted,” Sony is likely eager to put out more adaptations of games they own. We already have “The Last of Us” series coming to HBO with Pedro Pascal. What makes this announcement strange is that “Gran Turismo” doesn’t have…y’know..a plot. The whole game is just racing, buying cool cars, and more racing. The Last Racecar Driver How do you solve the problem of making a game with no story into a movie? You copy another…

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This entry is part 4 of 5 in the series SDCC 2022

Toymaker NECA is releasing an exclusive figure for San Diego Comic-Con 2022 (SDCC) based on the upcoming “The Munsters” film. The announcement came via NECA and Rob Zombie’s official social media accounts. NECA’s figure is not one of the main cast members. Instead, it’s of a more obscure character. This exclusive will be Zombo, a character who only appeared in one episode of the original 1964 show. If you don’t know Zombo, he was a TV personality in the vein of Svengoolie or Vampira. In the olden days, such hosts would play cheap horror movies in the afternoon or late…

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Unlike most other “Lord of the Rings” games, “The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria” will be focused on dwarves. Rather than dragon fighting or hunting orcs, players will be creating a home to call their own and make mighty armor to beat down invaders. Free Range Games is developing the title. From the official announcement, players will “take control of a company of Dwarves tasked to reclaim the lost spoils from the Dwarven homeland of Moria-known as Khazad-dûm or Dwarrowdelf-in the depths below their very feet. Their quest will require fortitude, delving deep into the Mines of Moria…

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