March 10 is Mario Day because the abbreviation of the month plus the numbers in the day kinda looks like “Mario.” (At least it’s less tenuous than May the Fourth.) Wisely, Nintendo decided to capitalize on the occasion by making a big announcement. Nintendo game director Shigeru Miyamoto and I...
Read MoreWhat’s up, Geeks + Games? It’s ODIN! There is no doubt that the Marvel Cinematic Universe is a shadow of its former self, with the 2023 releases accounting for some of the biggest box office bombs of any studio that year. Not only does Disney clearly overspend on the budgets and marketing for ea...
Read MoreThe Marvels did what everyone expected it to do and bombed. In its opening weekend, the latest Marvel Cinematic Universe film debuted with $47 million domestically and $110.3 million internationally. This is the lowest opening weekend take for an MCU movie, underperforming The Incredible Hulk’s...
Read MoreIt didn’t take long for the interested parties to capitalize on the success of The Super Mario Bros. Movie. Nintendo has just announced that a movie based on the video game series The Legend of Zelda is in development. The Legend of Zelda movie will be live-action, as opposed to the animated Sup...
Read MoreIf you’ve noticed Mario sounding different lately – aside from the movie where he was played by Star-Lord – there’s a reason. In a statement posted on Twitter today, Nintendo announced that Charles Martinet, the widely recognized voice of the video game giant’s flagship character, is retir...
Read MoreAdd Barbie to the list of heroes saving movie theaters. The Quorum conducted a poll of 1800 Barbie viewers to find out the moviegoing habits of that film’s audience. They learned that, while most were frequent or occasional ticket buyers, 22% of respondents said either that they couldn’t remembe...
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