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Actors, costume designers, and graphic artists reflect on how Hollywood has weaponized nostalgia into lucrative I.P.

"These guys have been immersed in this world for 20 years. But someone's going to know better?

Kratos actor Christopher Judge has a bit of a bone to pick with adaptations of video games like God of War, particularly when they don't involve the people who created the games in the first place.”

“Kathleen Jayme’s most recent sports film showcases her ascension as a director. The Vancouverite previously made a name for herself by directing locally popular Vancouver Grizzlies-centred fare, including Finding Big Country, where she tracked down former Grizz centre Bryant Reeves, and The Grizzlie Truth, in which she investigated the team’s fate.”

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“Off Campus” has found its Summer Di Laurentis.
Amazon Prime Video’s college soap has cast Shay Rudolph in the guest role for Season 2. The season will focus on the romance between Allie Hayes (Mika Abdalla) and Summer’s brother, Dean Di Laurentis (Stephen Kalyn).

With their latest directorial outing, Jane Schoenbrunused subtle pieces of nostalgia to deconstruct the slasher genre.

“John McKeachie always stood out among local sportscasters.

For one, he was taller — six feet six.

He would also get so excited doing a broadcast he’d speed up and garble words. Other broadcasters would joke he’d “McKeachied it.”

But they said it with affection. McKeachie was well-regarded by his peers during a long, fruitful career on Vancouver TV and radio, and this year was inducted into the B.C. Sports Hall of Fame in the media category.”

David Ellison says Paramount leaves California if there’s no settlement by October 1.
Everyone is treating it as a negotiating tactic.

“Elizaveta Neretin has a key role in season 3 of the CIA-based series starring Oscar winners Zoe Saldaña and Nicole Kidman”

The U.S. economy lost 23,000 jobs in July, taking an unexpected downturn as employers signaled caution in the face of uncertainty of tariffs and the war in Iran.
The unemployment rate fell slightly to 4.1%, but that figure is impacted by those who have exited the labor force.

The BLT dub in 1995 was Funimation first attempt at presenting Dragon Ball to an American audience. What many fans might not know is that the studio actually did try to go in order. Funimation's BLT dub covered the original anime's first 13 episodes. Unfortunately, the dub did not prove popular with audiences of the time, so the team switched gears to dubbing Dragon Ball Z instead. For those first 13 episodes, however, Master Roshi and Grandpa Gohan were voiced by Michael Donovan.

Celebrities just can’t get enough of the natural beauty of British Columbia, and a Canadian film icon recently showed off her own garden that she’s growing to add to the greenery.

At long last, Hannah Grace’s beloved hockey and figure skating romance is coming to our screens!

Director and lead star Panta Mosleh’s queer comedy Pass the Salt — about a sheltered Muslim-Iranian grad student who falls in love with a young Jewish woman — has added Amanda Wear, Adam Fox and Nathaniel Vass to its ensemble cast.

Dave Bautista could be the next “God of War.” Variety has learned from sources that Bautista is currently in talks for the role of Kratos in the Amazon Prime Videoseries based on the popular video game franchise.

Will & Grace Emmy winner Eric McCormack is starring in You’re Safe Now, a psychological thriller from writer Jess Mastro and director Nimisha Mukerji (Under The Bridge, 911).

"Cable guy!"
If you ever saw Jim Carrey in the 1996 American black comedy, The Cable Guy, you probably haven't forgotten it. He delivers a performance almost no one can match, much like his other iconic funny roles. 
But you wouldn't have spotted the A-lister at the recent film shoot for a series under the same name in Vancouver.