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“I’m an open book,” Alex Cooper, the host of the wildly popular Spotify podcast Call Her Daddy, proclaims at the start of our conversation. It’s an afternoon in late May, and she’s lounging in a tasteful écru chair on the ground floor of her recording studio in West Hollywood, her two goldendoodles Bruce and Henry occasionally yapping at her feet. In ripped jeans, Adidas, and a white tank top with the slogan “your manifestations are on the way,” she looks like a college junior en route home from spring break,...

Welcome to Global Breakouts, Deadline’s fortnightly strand in which we shine a spotlight on the TV shows and films killing it in their local territories. The industry is as globalized as it’s ever been, but breakout hits are appearing in pockets of the world all the time and it can be hard to keep track… So we’re going to do the hard work for you.

We’re off to sunny Spain this week to unwrap the story of Mummies — Warner Bros Pictures’ animated hit that combines ancient Egyptian tropes with classic family comedy. Now the second biggest Spanish animation ever, worldwide box office takings are over $50M and growing, and talks of a sequel are emerging.

Name: Mummies

Country: Spain

Producer: 4 Cats Pictures, Warner Bros Spain

For fans of: Tad: The Lost Explorer, Capture the Flag, The Mummy, family animation

Worldwide distribution: Warner Bros Pictures

The...

Dick Van Dyke crashed his car into a gate in Malibu after it skidded in wet weather conditions, according to reports.

The Chitty Chitty Bang Bang actor, 97, lost control of the car before smashing into a gate, leaving him with a bloody nose and possible concussion. It is understood that he did not need hospital treatment.

The accident occurred on Wednesday morning (22 March) and police officers arrived at the scene to find the star behind the wheel of his Lexus Ls 500, reports TMZ.

This is not the first time Van Dyke has been involved in an incident involving a car. In 2013, the actor escaped unhurt after his car burst into flames on a motorway.

Van Dyke was pulled from the vehicle, having not realised the Jaguar was on fire on a Los Angeles highway.

He told TMZ at the time: “It just started making a noise, and I thought I had a flat at first,...

Adventure animation expected to be ready for release by Q3 2024.

Cinema Management Group will kick off EFM sales in Berlin next month on Buffalo Kids from 4 Cats Pictures and Atresmedia Cine, featuring a voice cast led by Gemma Arterton, Sean Bean, and Stephen Graham.

The new production comes hot on the heels of 4 Cats Pictures’ Mummies, which is currently in theatrical release in Australia via Warner Bros and is scheduled to become the most widely distributed Spanish feature released by a Hollywood studio.

Buffalo Kids centres on two orphans from Ireland who sail to New York and embark on...

Barcelona-based production outfit Brutal Media is bringing back “The Triplets,” a popular animated kids’ series that delighted audiences in more than 160 territories for more than two decades, and will be looking for partners at Mipcom.

Raimon Masllorens, CEO at Brutal Media and driving force behind the project, has assembled a group responsible for rebooting the popular franchise, popularized in the ‘90s and early ‘00s, which includes original alumi as well as new faces with experience in the international kids’ content market.

Jordi Gasull, screenwriter and producer of Spanish animated box office smashes such as the “The Adventures of Tadeo Jones” movie series and “Capture the Flag,” will lead writing for the series, with art direction overseen by Roser Capdevila, “The Triplets” original creator, alongside Marta Capdevila and Helena Batet.

The original run saw more than 100 episodes produced in 35 languages, many of which are still be broadcast in territories around the world.

Underscoring a larger perceived global market potential for Spanish movies, Warner Bros. Pictures Intl. España is upping its bet on Spanish film production, in volume, budgets and talent.

Once largely acquiring, and then releasing in Spain, around six national films annually, the Hollywood studio now plans to invest in, or officially produce, eight-10 features a year, with Spanish star-studded casts and top directorial talent.

Disclosed to Variety as Warner Bros. Spain unveiled its 2020-21 slate at Spain’s San Sebastian Festival, the bigger push into Spanish production will also see the Hollywood studio continuing to partner on a joint development fund with Atresmedia Cine – a title-by-title non-exclusive alliance which is emerging as a key production axis on the Spanish movie scene.

At San Sebastian, Warner Bros. España updated Spanish media on five Spanish titles on its 2020-21 release slate, all produced by Atresmedia Cine, in association with Buendía Estudios. It...

G.I. Joe: Operation Blackout, a new team-based, third-person shooter based on Hasbro’s mega-popular franchise, has been revealed today. Play as your favorite heroes and villains from Team Joe and Team Cobra in this action-packed adventure – travel to monumental locations like Cobra Headquarters and the U.S.S. Flagg through an original story inspired by 80s-style comics. Take on 18 campaign missions featuring iconic vehicles and boss battles in single-player or local split-screen co-op.

G.I. Joe: Operation Blackout features 12 playable characters, including Duke, Snake Eyes, Cobra Commander, Destro, Roadblock, Storm Shadow and more. Each soldier has their own unique powers and can be customized with a variety of weapons and skins. There’s also multiplayer with modes such as Capture the Flag, Assault and King of the Hill.

G.I. Joe: Operation Blackout is coming to PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on October 13th 2020. Check out the...

It's about time that Hanna made up her mind.

Too much hesitation on Hanna's part led to a mounting body count on Hanna Season 2 Episode 5 and Hanna Season 2 Episode 6.

Granted, most of these bodies were Utrax employees, the Hanna equivalent of red shirts. But some innocents also got killed along the way.

The only one who seemed to have her head on straight was Marissa. That's a frightening thought.

What was Carmichael thinking keeping her hanging around? As she proved, she's dangerous, even inside a cell.

Sure, he wanted to discover who was helping her. But doesn't Utrax, or the Pioneers, have people to handle that?

Put some distance between Hanna and Marissa. I mean, Marissa seems determined to do what's best for Hanna, even if Hanna has no idea what that is at times.

I mean, Hanna fell for the Utrax family trap, just like Clara did.

It's easier...

“Winnipeg, the Seed of Hope,” the Quirino Awards winner of a special call for projects made by La Liga – a joint venture of Argentina’s Animation!, Mexico’s Pixelatl and Spain’s Quirinos – will form part of a La Liga Annecy showcase featuring a bevy of the most anticipated animation titles from Spain, Portugal and Latin America.

One of Annecy’s Mifa market territory focuses, the La Liga spread bows Wednesday, June 17, online for delegates at Annecy, the world’s biggest animation event.

Adapting a graphic novel by Spain’s Laura Martel, “Winnipeg, Neruda’s Ship,” the project was initially created by Toni Marín, an executive producer on Ignacio Ferreras’ Annecy special distinction winner “Wrinkles,” based out of Barcelona’s La Ballesta.

Chile’s El Otro Film, France’s Marmitafilms and Spain’s 3 Doubles Producciones have boarded the project.

“Winnipeg, the Seed of Hope” tells a largely unknown true story — the odyssey of 2,200 Spanish refugees,...

Good news for Star Wars fans who are also into video games, as a pair of classics are coming to modern consoles. Star Wars Episode I: Racer and Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy are both coming to the PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch. Unfortunately, Xbox One fans are being left out in the cold on this one. Be that as it may, this brings a couple of beloved titles from a galaxy far, far away to gamers at an opportune time.

Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy is available now for both PlayStation and Nintendo users. Star Wars Episode I: Racer is said to be coming soon, but no release date has been set yet. Both games also feature updated, modern controls, as revealed by developer Aspyr. The games were released quite some time ago and a lot has changed in the video game landscape since then. Luckily, it seems...

In today’s film news roundup, John Amos returns for “Coming 2 America,” Nick Thune and Cleopatra Coleman are cast and “Plácido Domingo Gala” and “Birds Without Feathers” get release dates.

Castings

John Amos is set to reprise his role as Cleo McDowell in Eddie Murphy’s upcoming film “Coming 2 America.”

“Hustle & Flow” helmer Craig Brewer is directing the project with Murphy, Kevin Misher and Kenya Barris producing for Paramount.

The 1988 original movie, directed by John Landis, starred Murphy as the charming African prince Akeem, who traveled to New York City to escape an arranged marriage. Amos portrayed Akeem’s employer and the father of Shari Headley, who played Akeem’s love interest. The comedy was a major hit, grossing nearly $300 million at the worldwide box office.

In the sequel, Prince Akeem is set to become king of the fictional country of Zamunda when he discovers he has...

Two months ago at Bordeaux’s Cartoon Movie, Europe’s biggest animated movie showcase, no country made a larger impact than Spain.

A sneak peek of footage from Raul de la Fuente’s “Another Day of Life,” capturing war correspondent Ryszard Kapuściński’s life-haunting experience in Angola’s civil war, dazzled Cartoon Movie with the verve of its animation/live-action mix. The $20 million “Dragonkeeper,” about a feisty washer-girl slave turned dragon protector, sparked enthusiasm for its story and Western-Chinese animation meld. Alberto Vázquez (“Birdboy: The Forgotten Children”) drew the showcase’s second-biggest audience for in-the-works “Unicorn Wars,” about an ancestral battle between Teddy bears and unicorns. And Madrid-based Latido Films won Distributor of the Year for “Buñuel in the Labyrinth of Turtles,” about Luis Buñuel’s shooting of 1933’s “Land Without Bread.”

Spanish animation’s strong showing at Cartoon Movie was no fluke. Animation accounted for the highest-grossing Spanish hit...

Ciro Guerra’s drama about indigenous tribes in the Colombian Amazon took home seven awards from eight nominations.

Ciro Guerra’s Embrace Of The Serpent dominated last night’s Platino Awards - the Ibero-American equivalent of the Oscars - winning seven prizes from eight nominations including best film and best director.

The third annual celebration of the Ibero-American film industry was held at the Punta del Leste Convention Center, Uruguay.

Scroll down for full list of winners

Aside from Embrace Of The Serpent, which addresses the issue of vanished indigenous civilisations and was Oscar-nominated this year, none of the other nominated films received more than one award.

The best actor prize went to The Clan’s Guillermo Francella for his portrayal of the patriarch of an Argentinian family who kidnapped and killed its neighbours in the 1980s.

Dolores Fonzi took home the best actress award for Santiago Mitre’s Paulina, for her performance...

It's a well-known fact that Iberoamerican cinema, which includes Latin American, Spanish, and Portuguese productions, has had a prominent presence at the most important international film festivals for several years now and several films have been recognized at some of the most important film awards around the world. Colombia's "Embrace of the Serpent" earning the country's first-ever Oscar nomination in the Best Foreign Language Film category and Argentina's "Wild Tales" taking home the 2016 BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in English Language are juts two examples of recent victories.

Acknowledging the need for a unified industry in the region and a platform for the Iberoamerican industry to honor and support its own productions, the Premios Platino of Iberoamerican Cinema were born three years ago. Each year the organizing committee selects a diverse group of nominees and invites members of the industry across the American continent and the Iberian peninsula to vote in order to select the winners. The ceremony takes place in a different country every year as a way to include all of the varied industries in the process and execution of the event.

This morning, after considering more than 150 films from a pool of over 800 theatrically releases productions, the final nominees were announced by a group of talented actors, including legendary Mexican-American thespian Edward James Olmos, and filmmakers led by CNN en Español's journalist Juan Carlos Arciniegas. Guatemala's Berlin-winning gem "Ixcanul" received 8 nominations, just as Colombia's Oscar-nominated "Embrace of the Serpent" did. These two gorgeously executed works center on indigenous stories and highlight the rich cultural heritage of Latin America. It's a pleasant surprise to see these two fantastic films get the most love.

Chile's "The Club" and Argentina's "The Clan," films by the two most prolific Pablos working in South America, Pablo Larrain and Pablo Trapero, received 6 nominations each. Larrain's dark tale about Catholic priests with questionable pasts was also nominated this year for a Golden Globe in the Best Foreign Language Film category. Perhaps one of the most surprising, yet well-deserved nominations, was the inclusion of Alonso Ruizpalacios among the Best Director nominees for his brilliant debut "Güeros."

Two films distributed by Pantelion received nomations: "600 Miles" and "Un Gallo con Muchos Huevos." Oscilloscope earned 10 mentions with properties "Ma Ma" and "Embrace of the Serpent." Kino Lorber's "Ixcanul, ""Güeros," and "The Pearl Button" also earned the art house distributor 10 nominations.

Regarding the quality of the films being produced in Iberoamerica Egeda's Elvi Cano said, “This has been an exceptional year for Iberoamerican Cinema, with 826 qualifying releases. Iberoamerican Cinema is alive, growing and stronger then ever.” Renowned journalist and host Juan Carlos Arciniegas added," These awards are starting a revolution and it's my dream, as an ambassador for Premios Platino, that these magnificent films that got nominated today to be seen by all our Iberoamerican audiences. I can't be more proud of what our filmmakers are doing today and if the public don't get to enjoy them, we won't be doing our job"

The 3rd Annual Premios Platino of Iberoamerican Cinema will take place on July 24th in Punta del Este, Uruguay

Here is the full list of nominees:

Premio Platino for Best Iberoamerican Picture

-"Embrace of the Serpent" (El abrazo de la serpiente), by Ciro Guerra (Ciudad Lunar Producciones, Caracol Cine, Dago García Producciones, Nortesur Producciones S.A., Mc Producciones, Buffalo Films) (Colombia, Venezuela, Argentina).

-"The Clan" (El clan), by Pablo Trapero (Kramer & Sigman Films, Matanza Cine S.R.L., El Deseo, P.C., S.A.) (Argentina, Spain).

-"The Club" (El club), by Pablo Larraín (Fabula Producciones) (Chile).

-"Ixcanul," by Jayro Bustamante (La Casa de Producción, Tu vas voir Productions) (Guatemala).

-"Truman," by Cesc Gay (Imposible Films S.L., Truman Film A.I.E., Bd Cine S.R.L) (Spain, Argentina).

Premio Platino for Best Director

-Alonso Ruizpalacios, for "Güeros."

-Cesc Gay, for "Truman."

-Ciro Guerra, for "Embrace of the Serpent" (El abrazo de la serpiente).

Pablo Larraín, for "The Club" (El club).

Pablo Trapero, for "The Clan" (El clan).

Premio Platino for Best Actor

-Alfredo Castro, for "The Club" (El club).

-Damián Alcázar, for "Magallanes."

-Guillermo Francella, for "The Clan" (El clan).

-Javier Cámara, for "Truman."

-Ricardo Darín, for "Truman."

Premio Platino for Best Actress

-Antonia Zegers, for "The Club" (El club).

-Dolores Fonzi, for "Paulina."

-Elena Anaya, for "The Memory of Water" (La memoria del agua).

-Inma Cuesta, for "The Bride" (La novia).

-Penélope Cruz, for "Ma Ma."

Premio Platino for Best Original Score

-Alberto Iglesias, for "Ma Ma."

-Federico Jusid, for "Magallanes."

-Lucas Vidal, for "Nobody Wants the Night" (Nadie quiere la noche).

-Nascuy Linares, for "Embrace of the Serpent" (El abrazo de la serpiente).

-Pascual Reyes, for "Ixcanul."

Premio Platino for Best Animated Feature Film

-"Capture the Flag" (Atrapa la bandera), by Enrique Gato (Telecinco Cinema S.A., Los Rockets La Película A.I.E., Telefónica Studios S.L.U., 4 Cats Pictures S.L., Ikiru Films S.L., Lightbox Animation Studios S.L.) (Spain).

-"Top Cat Begins" (Don Gato 2: El inicio de la pandilla), by Andrés Couturier (Anima Estudios) (Mexico).

-"El Americano", by Ricardo Arnaiz, Mike Kunkel (Olmos Productions, Phil Roman Entertainment, Animex) (Mexico).

-"Amila's Secret" (El secreto de Amila), by Gorka Vázquez (Baleuko, S.L., Talape Animazioa, Draftoon Animation) (Spain, Argentina).

-"Huevos: Little Rooster's Egg-Cellent Adventure" (Un gallo con muchos huevos), by Gabriel Riva Palacio Alatriste, Rodolfo Riva Palacio Alatriste (Huevocartoon Producciones) (Mexico).

Premio Platino for Best Documentary Feature Film

-"Beyond My Grandfather Allende" (Allende mi abuelo Allende), by Marcia Tambutti Allende (Errante Producciones Ltda, Martfilms) (Chile, Mexico).

-"New Girls 24 Hours" (Chicas nuevas 24 horas), by Mabel Lozano (Mafalda Entertainment, S.L., Aleph Media S.A., Puatarará Films, Hangar Films, Arte Vital) (Spain, Argentina, Paraguay, Colombia, Peru).

-"The Pearl Button" (El botón de nácar), by Patricio Guzmán (Atacama Productions, Valdivia Film, France 3 Cinema, Mediaproduccion, S.L.) (Chile, Spain).

-"Tea Time" (La once), by Maite Alberdi (Micromundo Producciones) (Chile).

-"The Propaganda Game," by Álvaro Longoria (Morena Films S. L.) (Spain).

Premio Platino for Best Screenplay

-Cesc Gay, Tomás Aragay, for "Truman."

-Ciro Guerra, Jacques Toulemonde, for "Embrace of the Serpent" (El abrazo de la serpiente).

-Jayro Bustamante, for "Ixcanul."

-Pablo Larraín, Guillermo Calderón, Daniel Villalobos; for "The Club" (El club).

-Salvador del Solar, for "Magallanes."

Premio Platino for Best Iberoamerican Debut Feature Film

-"600 Miles" (600 Millas), by Gabriel Ripstein (Lucia Films) (Mexico).

- "Retribution" (El desconocido), by Dani de la Torre (Atresmedia Cine S. L., Vaca Films Studio, S.L.) (Spain).

-"The Boss, Anatomy of a Crime" (El patrón: radiografía de un crimen), by Sebastián Schindel (Magoya Films S.A., Estrella Films) (Argentina, Venezuela).

-"Ixcanul," by Jayro Bustamante (La Casa de Producción, Tu vas voir Productions) (Guatemala).

-"Magallanes," by Salvador del Solar (Péndulo Films, Tondero Producciones, Cepa Audiovisual S.R.L., Proyectil, Cinemara, Nephilim Producciones, S.L.) (Peru, Colombia, Argentina, Spain).

Premio Platino for Best Film Editing

-César Díaz, for "Ixcanul."

-Eric Williams, for "Magallanes."

-Etienne Boussac, Cristina Gallego, for "Embrace of the Serpent" (El abrazo de la serpiente).

-Jorge Coira, for "Retribution" (El desconocido).

-Pablo Trapero, Alejandro Carrillo Penovi, for "The Clan" (El clan).

Premio Platino for Best Art Direction

-Angélica Perea, for "Embrace of the Serpent" (El abrazo de la serpiente).

-Bruno Duarte, Artur Pinheiro, for "Arabian Nights: Vol.2 - The Desolate One" (As mil e uma noites: Volume 2, O desolado).

-Jesús Bosqued Maté, Pilar Quintana, for "The Bride" (La novia).

-Pilar Peredo, for "Ixcanul."

-Sebastián Orgambide, for "The Clan" (El clan).

Premio Platino for Best Cinematography

-Arnaldo Rodríguez, for "The Memory of Water" (La memoria del agua).

-David Gallego, for "Embrace of the Serpent" (El abrazo de la serpiente).

-Luis Armando Arteaga, for "Ixcanul."

-Miguel Ángel Amoedo, for "The Bride" (La novia).

-Sergio Armstrong, for "The Club" (El club).

Premio Platino for Best Sound Direction

-Carlos García, Marco Salavarría, for "Embrace of the Serpent" (El abrazo de la serpiente).

-David Machado, Jaime Fernández, Nacho Arenas, for "Retribution" (El desconocido).

-Eduardo Cáceres, Julien Cloquet, for "Ixcanul."

-Federico Esquerro, Santiago Fumagalli, Edson Secco, for "Paulina."

-Vicente D’Elía, Leandro de Loredo, for "The Clan" (El clan).

If creating your own first-person shooter game has ever been a lifelong dream of yours, Gunscape is the video game you’ve been waiting for all these years. Part shooter, part world-building sandbox game in the same vein as Minecraft, Gunscape gives players all the tools they need to build their own retro shooter. Get building!

The focus of Blowfish Studios’ game is obviously on encouraging players to build their own experiences to play and share with friends, but the developer has also crafted its own campaign to get you started. Speaking of sharing with friends, up to 20 players can take part in one session of shooting, building and testing, with local co-op also supported for all platforms. However, only four player split-screen is supported on the PlayStation 4 version, as opposed to eight for Xbox One and PC.

Here’s the features you can get stuck with:

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Today, 343 Industries has released a new free Dlc for Halo 5: Guardians called Hammer Storm! Find out more about this Dlc and how an old favorite is coming back!

If you haven't hopped aboard the Halo bandwagon, you really should get on soon with Halo 5: Guardians. In fact, we have it on good authority that it's a pretty great game. Just see for yourself with our official review!

343 Industries has done a good job of keeping players in the Halo experience by releasing Free DLCs on a, relatively, continuous basis. Today, they continue their outpouring of content with Hammer Storm.

Other than the cool name, Hammer Storm has a lot to offer the Halo community. With this free Dlc, fans will once again be able to play the beloved multiplayer mode Grifball! It's been one of my favorite modes since Halo 3 and I'm so pumped that they're bringing it back.

Dramedy takes five awards including Best Film, Best Directo and Best Actor; Isabel Coixet’s Nobody Wants The Night also scores prizes.

Truman, the sensitive buddy dramedy directed by Cesc Gay, was the big winner at the Spanish Film Academy’s Goyas on Saturday night [Feb 6] in Madrid.

The film, an Imposible Films, Truman Film Aie and Bd Cine production, took five big prizes home: Best Film, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay (which was written by Gay and long-time friend and co-writer Tomas Aragay) and Best Actor and Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Ricardo Darin and Javier Camara, respectively.

Argentinian star Darin (The Secret In Their Eyes) and Camara (Talk To Her), one of Pedro Almodovar’s regulars, jointly won the Silver Shell for Best Actor at the San Sebastian Film Festival last September, where the film premiered to strong reviews.

Truman was one of the big favourites going into the Madrid ceremony. Its competitors...

Dramedy takes five awards including Best Film, Best Directo and Best Actor; Isabel Coixet’s Nobody Wants The Night also scores prizes.

Truman, the sensitive buddy dramedy directed by Cesc Gay, was the big winner at the Spanish Film Academy’s Goyas on Saturday night [Feb 6] in Madrid.

The film, an Imposible Films, Truman Film Aie and Bd Cine production, took five big prizes home: Best Film, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay (which was written by Gay and long-time friend and co-writer Tomas Aragay) and Best Actor and Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Ricardo Darin and Javier Camara, respectively.

Argentinian star Darin (The Secret In Their Eyes) and Camara (Talk To Her), one of Pedro Almodovar’s regulars, jointly won the Silver Shell for Best Actor at the San Sebastian Film Festival last September, where the film premiered to strong reviews.

Truman was one of the big favourites going into the Madrid ceremony. Its competitors...

Tom's on his man period this week and we all suffer. Makes for hilarious listening though! 13 Hours, Dirty Grandpa and Capture The Flag go through the review process and Vic takes on the awards and racism Tom’s Trivia Three – Awesome stuff, you never knew before!!Reviews – Dirty Grandpa, 13 Hours The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi, Capture The FlagA critically acclaimed screen actor quotes lines from movies he hasn’t starred in – This week, our acclaimed actor takes on Back to the FutreNews – Star Wars Box Office, SAG AwardsSubscribe on iTunes – Click here (Click view in iTunes and the click Subscribe) If you’re already a subscriber, the latest episode is ready to download. iPhone / iPad Users– Click here to open your iTunes podcast app and click Subscribe! Stitcher Users Click here – iOS / Android This is our latest, epic, episode!

Kid's movies are a dime a dozen these days, and with few exceptions (We're looking at you Pixar) most seem like they're rolled out of a discount warehouse, with average scripts and anything worthy of quality. So, it takes something special for one to stand out. Alas, Capture the Flag won't be capturing anything, anytime soon. A young surfer rallies his friends to stop a billionaire from rewriting history as a way to horde Helium 3, which is the new clean energy. Standard kids fare, right? To it's credit the movie does present the story in a very digestible way, granted you're kids won't be asking how to save the planet anytime soon after watching it.  Even the story itself, rollicks along at a decent pace, but it's given it looks like a dodgy CG intro for a video game for the best part, it's hard to get into it as...

A tremendous space race story will shortly be soaring onto the big screen to chase away children’s late January blues. Director Enrique Gato’s Capture the Flag is both an exciting and accessible introduction to the story of man’s first walk on the moon and a fanciful smack-down to the conspiracy theorists who deny it. Mike, Amy

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Spotlight | Youth | 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers Of Benghazi | Innocence Of Memories | Dirty Grandpa | The 33 | Backtrack | Capture The Flag | One & Two

In keeping with its subject, this true-life investigative thriller sticks to the facts, avoiding speculation, exaggeration and emotional histrionics. Instead it’s a story of patient, diligent accumulation, mirroring the work of the Boston reporters at its core as they methodically expose the Catholic church’s covered-up history of the sexual abuse of children. It’s never less than absorbing, and what it lacks in style it makes up for in substance.

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A solid animated movie with a bit more heart than expected. Here's our review of Capture The Flag...

Not bad, this. An animated film that's been put out by Paramount ahead of the broader relaunch of Paramount Animation, Capture The Flag's origins actually lie in Spain. The work of director Enrique Gato and his team, their approach has been commercially savvy. It's a Spanish film, made by a Spanish studios, yet Capture The Flag is set in America, was clearly made with an English language audience in mind, and plays on fairly straightforward, universal themes.

It also has nothing to do with Unreal Tournament or Doom, sadly.

Instead, this is a family animation, which at heart is the story of a young surfer by the name of Richard - introduced in one of the sequences given away in the spoiler-y trailer - who finds himself trying...

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Don’t listen to the haters, local multiplayer is the best kind of multiplayer. Being able to see the distraught look on your buddy’s face after you come back from 4-0 down to beat him in Rocket League, or fighting your way through a shooter or RPG literally shoulder-to-shoulder are experiences that can’t be mimicked by online gaming. Now that the frenzy surrounding online gaming on consoles has died down, it looks like developers and publishers are finally starting to appreciate the value of offline multiplayer.

The Xbox One has been getting in on this revival, and is now home to games from both humble indie developers and all-powerful Aaa publishers that have been offering the kinds of experiences we fondly remember from the N64-PS2 era.

So charge up your gamepads, get your buddies to bring theirs over to yours, and dive into some old-school fun...

Here’s the first look at Capture The Flag, Paramount’s brand new animation which features a voice cast which includes Michelle Jenner and Dani Rovira with direction from Enrique Gato. What would you do to try to capture the flag from the moon? Gather some inspiration from this brand new trailer!

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Back in 2012 director Enrique Gato scored the biggest ever box-office haul for a Spanish animated movie with the Indiana Jones-y Tad, The Lost Explorer. Three years later his sci-fi adventure follow-up, Capture The Flag, has been picked up by Paramount for worldwide distribution. Have a look at the new trailer.Inspired by the 1960s space race, Capture The Flag is a family adventure to the moon, with young surfer dude Mike, his pals, his grandfather, and a pet lizard who wants to be Godzilla. The plot involves a ruthless billionaire who wants to colonise the moon as part of his clean energy business, somehow rewriting the achievements of the Apollo XI mission in the process. But our heroes have snuk aboard the rocket...The American voice cast hasn't been made public yet, so if you think you recognise anybody, let us know in the comments or on the social medias.