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It's a well-known saying that there are no new ideas in Hollywood, but sometimes, two movies come out shortly after one another that truly feel like the exact same film, just with different fonts. Think of Ready or Not 2: Here I Come , and They Will Kill You — two thrillers about a pair of sisters who must avoid being hunted by a Satanic cult of wealthy elites. Or Armageddon and Deep Impact in 1998. While this can often be a gleeful case of ‘ Hey, two cakes! ’ if you like the premise, it can also spark competition among film studios. One has to do better than the other, after all. source https://www.polygon.com/the-last-house-the-end-of-oak-street-differences/

Deadline reports that Amazon Prime Video's God of War TV show has suffered a major setback: The role of Kratos will be recast after lead actor Ryan Hurst suffered a serious injury during shooting. source https://www.polygon.com/god-of-war-tv-show-kratos-recast/

Earlier this month, Xbox outlined plans to lay off over 3,200 staff throughout this fiscal year, in what it called "the most significant restructure" in the company's history. Today, as originally reported by Game File , we've learned that over 200 of those layoffs are happening at ZeniMax Online Studios, the team responsible for The Elder Scrolls Online (ESO). source https://www.polygon.com/elder-scrolls-online-eso-zenimax-online-studios-xbox-cuts-leadership-team/

If you’re looking for something new to play on Switch 2 this week, you’ve got more options than you can handle. Denshattack! , D-topia , Moss: The Forgotten Relic , and more lead a busy week for indie games. Dig deep through the stack of new releases, though, and you’ll find an unexpected retro revival in the mix: Culdcept Begins . source https://www.polygon.com/culdcept-begins-impressions/

Supergirl was a box office bomb , earning just $116 million since its June 24 release against its reported $290 million production and marketing budget. This has renewed talk about “ superhero fatigue ” and led to plenty of speculation about the future of the DC Universe , but a big streaming success might show the way forward for both Supergirl and the DC Universe. source https://www.polygon.com/hbo-max-streaming-hit-july-14-2026/

The first significant depiction of a black hole in film was in The Black Hole (1979), where two spacecraft react differently to the phenomenon after reaching the event horizon. This early portrayal wasn’t big on scientific accuracy, much like 2009’s Star Trek , which uses black holes to build tension and resolve its central conflict through time-travel shenanigans. source https://www.polygon.com/robert-pattinson-scifi-christopher-nolan-streaming-tubi-free/