Author: Mary Anne Butler

Mary Anne Butler (Mab) got her start in album reviews and live concert coverage for a nationally published (print) music magazine as a teenager. She eventually transitioned to online media, writing for such sites as UGO/IGN, ComicsOnline, Geek Magazine, Ace of Geeks, Aggressive Comix (Editor-in-Chief), Bleeding Cool (News Editor), Nerdbot (as Editor-In-Chief), and now [Bad]Influencers, where she is Editor-in-Chief. Over the past 15 years, she’s built a well-known reputation at conventions across the globe as a cosplayer (occasionally), photographer (constantly), panelist and moderator (mostly), and reporter (always). Interviews, reviews, observations, breaking news, and objective reporting are the name of the game for the founder of Harkonnen Knife Fight, a Dune-themed band. She also produces award-winning immersive events, including Wasteland Weekend and Neotropolis.

The final world premiere title from tonight’s 10th anniversary Game Awards ceremony was a doozy. Like….we need this game NOW. “Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet” is the newest franchise in development for the PlayStation 5 console from Naughty Dog, the studio behind acclaimed series like The Last of Us and UNCHARTED. Set thousands of years in the future, Intergalactic puts players into the role of Jordan A. Mun, a dangerous bounty hunter who ends up stranded on Sempiria – a distant planet whose communication with the outside universe went dark hundreds of years ago. Jordan will have to use all her…

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It’s that time- the 2024 Game Awards are upon us!While we’re very excited to see what trailers and titles are announced during today’s ceremony, we DO want to take a minute to acknowledge SAG-AFTRA, who are currently still on strike against various video game companies and producers. That said, we’ll do our best to update with winners and all the news from today’s ceremony.The first video up was for Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound, coming in the summer of 2024. First award of the night was for BEST FIGHTING GAME, which goes to Tekken 8! BEST VR/AR GAME goes to “Batman: Arkham…

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Every so often, a studio will announce a reboot, revisit, or reimagining, and we’re left scratching our heads and asking some questions. Mostly those include “why?,” “what the?,” and “who asked for this?.” Such is the news today, with word Amazon MGM is looking to bring a new take on “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” to audiences. Barbara Broccoli and Michael Wilson of Eon Productions are reportedly in development with Amazon MGM Studios on the project, which is in the VERY, very early stages. What’s fun about the original story “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: The Magical Car” is that it was written by…

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Ah yes, hot on the heels of the Golden Globe award nominations being announced, here comes the Critics Choice. It’s been an interesting year for projects, which is reflected across all the award shows thus far. For 2024, “Wicked” and “Conclave” both led the pack with 11 nominations each across acting and production categories. Chelsea Handler will host the 30th annual Critics Choice Awards ceremony, which will broadcast LIVE on E! on Sunday, January 12th from the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica. It’ll be available to stream next day on Peacock. You can read the full list of the nominees…

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This just in-Director Michael Gracey (“The Greatest Showman”) is currently in talks to head a live-action adaptation of Walt Disney Animation’s “Tangled.” The story of Rapunzel told in classic Disney animation fashion remains a favorite of the modern (and classic) Princesses.Jennifer Kaytin Robinson wrote the most recent draft of the script. This story is developing…

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Paramount Pictures really, really, wants to give some lucky fans one of the ugliest of holiday sweaters. Imagine winning THIS monstrosity. You’d absolutely win the office or family ugly holiday sweater contest!We give you….CURSED SONIC THE HEDGEHOG. These, along with many other items, are available to try to win via Paramount’s 12 Hours of Sonic Giveaways, which you can check out here. You ONLY have til 7pm (Pacific) on Wednesday, December 11th to enter.”Sonic the Hedgehog 3″ hits theaters December 20th, 2024.

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Yes, that mysterious Warhammer 40,000 project Henry Cavill has been working on is in fact happening. The former “Superman” and “The Witcher” star confirmed yet again that the joint effort of Prime Video and Games Workshop is moving forward. Last we heard, it was going to be a film and at least one tv series, which Cavill would be producing and starring in. He’d be one busy guy as he is also reportedly still starring in Chad Stahelski’s “Highlander” reboot, and an upcoming live-action adaptation of “Voltron.” “My incredible team and I, alongside the brilliant minds at Games Workshop, have…

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Director Danny Boyle and writer Alex Garland have reunited for “28 Years Later,” a terrifying new story set in the world created by a zombocalypse (zombie apocalypse) in “28 Days Later.” It’s been almost three decades since the rage virus escaped a biological weapons laboratory. Still in a ruthlessly enforced quarantine, some have found ways to exist amidst the infected. One such group of survivors lives on a small island connected to the mainland by a single, heavily-defended causeway. When one of the group leaves the island on a mission into the dark heart of the mainland, he discovers secrets,…

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TV

Season 3 of Prime Video’s “The Wheel of Time” finally has a release date, and with it, a teaser. There’s a lot that needs to happen this season, and the teaser does a pretty good job of….teasing those things. I’ll warn you now, a lot of what I’m going to point out is probably only interesting to readers of the book series. (Admittedly, it’s a LOT of books to read.) Lets start with the first shot in the teaser, which was released over the weekend. Feast your eyes on Rhuidean! That actually seems like a lot of extra people for…

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This just in-it seems like Chris Evans will be returning to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Yes, he’ll be joining fellow former Avenger Robert Downey Jr., and Anthony Mackie in the upcoming film “Avengers: Doomsday.”We’d like to remind you that Joe and Anthony Russo- aka the Russo Brothers- are also returning to direct.There’s no word on if Evans will be reprising the role of Captain Steve Rogers / Captain America, or Johnny Storm from the Fantastic Four.This story is developing…

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