PlayStation Studios acquires remake specialists Bluepoint Games

Whenever you see an interview with someone that works with Marvel Studios, often they’ll joke about the studio sending snipers and muscle to keep people from revealing spoilers or leaking information. This is often why interviews with Marvel Studios people are pretty dry and don’t offer many revelations.

Paramount said Monday that it has acquired worldwide distribution rights to The Infernal Machine, a psychological drama/ thriller written and directed by Andrew Hunt and starring Guy Pearce. The pic just wrapped filming at Moviebox Studios’ facilities in the Algarve region of Portugal, which doubled for the U.S. Southwest border, and is now in postproduction.

It seems like only yesterday the world fell in love with “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings,” as that film broke pandemic-era records and quickly has become an unmitigated hit for Marvel Studios. Well, in less than a month, the Marvel Studios superhero factory hopes to spit out another hit with its large ensemble feature, “Eternals.” And the latest TV spots for the film seem to show that the studio is still embracing the action and humor of the previous 25 films, even if Chloé Zhao is behind the camera.

Jamie Lang Italian broadcaster RAI has made two high-profile acquisitions from European production, distribution and sales powerhouse Studiocanal: Three seasons of “Esther’s Notebooks” and Seasons 1 and 2 of “The Adventures of Paddington.”“The Adventures of Paddington” is the latest iteration of the global IP phenomenon whose first season was a critical and ratings hit in territories around the world, scoring two Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Preschool Animated Series and Outstanding Writing Team for a Preschool Animated Program.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorReal-time TV ad measurement platform iSpot.tv has acquired DRMetrix, which specializes in products for direct-to-consumer and direct-response TV advertisers.The company said the addition of DRMetrix expands iSpot’s measurement of emerging formats for addressable advertising and enhances its ability to track rotating calls-to-actions, including website URLs, text messaging (SMS) and toll-free numbers. That will give brands an enhanced ability to measure business outcomes of cross-platform ad campaigns, according to the company.Financial terms of the deal weren’t disclosed.

Microsoft's Xbox console will be receiving an influx of games this week which players can add to their library.

The popularity of the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 means that they're constantly receiving new and updated games.

Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater.Following a restructuring at Konami, the company which owns Metal Gear Solid, VGC reported that the series was in for a revival, amongst some others. While rumours surfaced back in January that Bluepoint Games, the studio behind the Demon’s Souls remake were working on the franchise, VGC’s source claimed that it was in the hands of Virtuos.The development studio has worked with a number of other companies on big releases such as The Outer Worlds, Bioshock: The Collection and Spyro: Reignited Trilogy, could be working with Konami on this remake.

New World are issuing mass reports, trying to get players banned to help them win in-game wars.As spotted by PC Gamer, players have figured out that mass reports on accounts can result in a 24-hour ban, so they’ve been reporting opposing players right before a war, which happens over a limited time.Posts across the New World subreddit and forums have been decrying the issue, with one post titled “50 people in my 100 person company are now banned,” with the user asking for a fix ASAP, saying it’s unfair that half their company was banned because “everyone can press report a couple of times”.A lot of the replies to that post say a solution would be for the repeat reporters to receive a ban themselves, or to get in contact with Amazon Game

Sony Interactive Entertainment president and CEO, has spoken about his humble beginnings and his strategy for helping PlayStation titles reach a wider audience.In a 20 minute interview at GI Live London, Ryan spoke about his hopes for PlayStation in the future. Being with the company since before the original PlayStation was launched, Ryan hopes that as the PS5 pushes gaming further with the latest hardware, that it will eventually become more successful than the PS2, the best-selling console of all time.“I really believe the PlayStation 5 will be Sony’s biggest and best and most loved PlayStation yet.

Jamie Lang International factual distributor and channel owner Quintus Studios has closed a raft of deals for more than 100 hours of high-end factual content from major distributors which will be added to its portfolio of AVOD channels.Quintus Studios hosts several digital AVOD channels, its largest being Free Documentary which boasts more than 3 million subscribers on YouTube alone.

Naman Ramachandran “Good Luck to You, Leo Grande,” starring Oscar and BAFTA winner Emma Thompson and emerging star Daryl McCormack, has been acquired by Lionsgate U.K. The film is directed by Sophie Hyde (“Animals”) from an original screenplay by comedian and writer Katy Brand (“Katy Brand’s Big Ass Show”).Thompson (“Cruella,” “Nanny McPhee”) stars as Nancy Stokes, a 55-year-old widow yearning for some adventure, human connection and good sex, which she was robbed of in her stable but stale marriage.

Mediawan takes ‘For The Record’ rights

Naman Ramachandran ViacomCBS‘s free streaming television service Pluto TV has partnered with BBC Studios to add three new channels to the platform across Germany, Switzerland, Austria, France and Spain.A new Doctor Who channel in France will feature the first 10 seasons of the BBC action-adventure series that explores space and time, in addition to the series’ Christmas specials, including “Snowmen,” “Last Christmas” and “Day of The Doctor.” The Doctor Who channel on Pluto TV in Spain features the series’ first nine seasons and its Christmas specials, while Pluto TV in Germany, Switzerland and Austria now offers “Doctor Who” episodes that originally aired between 1980 and 1990, in addition to a BBC Travel channel.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentAfter breaking ground in France, Franck Gastambide’s hit Canal Plus show “All the Way Up” (“Validé”), a comedy drama series unfolding on France’s vibrant rap scene, is set to roll out around the world. Canneseries opened Friday with season two of the show.Studiocanal has sold the edgy title to WarnerMedia Latin America, exclusively for HBO Max, and to Radio-Canada.HBO Max, which recently launched in 39 territories in Latin America and the Caribbean, will premiere season one of the half-hour series.

Jamie Lang Trans-Atlantic creation studio 2bOriginals, the production arm of digital media group 2b, is bringing “Misfit #eresotehaces,” a Spanish-language adaptation of the popular Dutch film “Misfit,” to theaters in 10 Latin American countries on Oct. 14.The Dutch original first hit theaters in 2017, and by year’s end was the third highest grossing Dutch film of the year, leading to two sequels and an upcoming Netflix original series.

League Of Legends player has been banned from the Worlds 2021 tournament for leaking details of his team’s strategy, allegedly “for the purposes of wagering”.While competing at Worlds – the highest-level League Of Legends competition in the world – Beyond Gaming’s mid-laner Chien “Maoan” Mao-An was handed a suspension from the tournament.

PC Building Simulator is this week’s free game on the Epic Games Store and has been claimed over 4million times in just 24 hours.PC Building Simulator, this week’s free game on the Epic Games Store, usually costs £14.99. It has proved extremely popular as the Epic Games Store has announced on Twitter that over 4million players have already claimed the game.To celebrate, the downloadable content for PC Building Simulator is between 10 and 50 per cent off, depending on which content is chosen.

Amazon Game Studios has announced that players will not be able to change region in New World, despite previously saying otherwise.Next week New World will receive the free server swaps that Amazon Game Studios had promised. The free server swap option was announced when the game launched.

In the age of streaming, all intellectual property needs to be leveraged and can’t stay idle; nearly anything can be a franchise on TV. Thus Joe Wright‘s action thriller “Hanna” (2011) was turned into a series at Amazon Prime Video.

Stacey Solomon has opened up to her Instagram followers and revealed that she is struggling with breastfeeding again and it's making her feel "sad".