Honor Among Thieves, the new Dungeons & Dragons movie, has a new app that lets fans create an avatar based on their favorite character type.

With early buzz on Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves suggesting it could be a crossover hit, Paramount has initiated the launch of a new app that will let die-hards and rookies alike immerse themselves in the franchise, almost literally, creating an avatar based around their favorite Dungeons & Dragons characters.

Paramount has teamed with Lightricks (the company behind Facetune and Photoleap) for an app which will “let fans create images of themselves as their favorite DnD characters to share or post on their social platforms…These Dungeon and Dragons avatars let fans join in the fun and build characters that immerse them deeper into their game experience.” Through the process, fans can download the Photoleap app, upload 10-20 pictures of themselves and within minutes they’ll have a custom avatar. That’s a heck of a lot less effort than going through an entire campaign!

Through the app, fans can turn themselves into a number of Dungeons & Dragons character types, including a music and magic-forward Bard, a justice-wielding knight, a nature-focused Druid, and more. But no, you will never have the jawline of Chris Pine nor the charm to convince Michelle Rodriguez to go on a date.

Apps such as the one for the upcoming Dungeons & Dragons movie not only serve as promotion, but actually give users something to do “within” the world. Another recent example is the Transformers: Rise of the Beasts app, which uses augmented reality to let fans scan the movie’s touring statues to unlock various videos, stickers, etc.

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves follows “a charming thief and a band of unlikely adventurers as they embark on an epic quest to retrieve a lost relic. Things go dangerously awry when they run afoul of the wrong people.” Directed by Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley, the movie stars Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez, Regé-Jean Page, and more. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves comes to theaters on March 31st.

Will you create your own Dungeons and Dragons avatar using the app? Are you going to check out Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves when it hits theaters? Let us know in the comments section below!

The Green Knight director David Lowery is reteaming with the A24 for Mother Mary starring Anne Hathaway and Michaela Coel.

The Green Knight director David Lowery is reteaming with A24 for his next feature Mother Mary. Lowery directs from a script he wrote with Anne Hathaway (The Dark Knight Rises, Rachel Getting Married) and Michaela Coel (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, I May Destroy You) leading the cast.

According to Deadline‘s exclusive report, Mother Mary is an “epic pop melodrama following a fictional musician (Hathaway) and her relationship with an iconic fashion designer (Coel).” Lowery, Toby Halbrooks, and James M. Johnston produce with Jeanie Igoe of Homebird Productions and Jonas Katzenstein. Maximilian Leo and Jonathan Saubach of Filmproduktion also produce. The musically-charged project will feature original songs written and arranged by Jack Antonoff and Charli XCX, with an original score by Daniel Hart.

Hathaway is prepping multiple projects in post-production, including The Idea of You and Mother’s Instinct. Hathaway plays Sophie in The Idea of You. The story revolves around a 40-year-old divorced mother who braves the heat to go with her daughter to Coachella after her dad cancels his trip with his 15-year-old. There, she meets the lead singer of a band, and shenanigans ensue. For Mother’s Instinct, Hathway stars alongside Jessica Chastain as Celine and Alice, respectively. The duo lives a traditional lifestyle with successful husbands and sons of the same age. Life’s perfect harmony shatters after a tragic accident. Guilt, suspicion, and paranoia combine to unravel their sisterly bond.

After starring in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever and the series I May Destroy You and Chewing Gum, Michaela Cole is filming the new Mr. and Mrs. Smith television series. The show stars Donald Glover (Atlanta, Community) and Maya Erskine (PEN 15, Obi-Wan Kenobi), with Tuari Wright, Sid Jarvis, and Katrina Canillas. The series is an adaptation of the 2005 action film about married spies.

With Lowery behind the camera, Mother Mary could be a visually splendiferous saga about fame, glamour, and the complicated relationships we forge while trying to remain at the top of the game. I’d like to know what type of relationship Hathaway and Coel’s respective characters will have in Lowery’s new film. Color me intrigued and eager to learn more as this project develops.

Prolific genre actor Devanny Pinn is making her feature directorial debut with Black Mass, a serial killer thriller set in the 1970s

Devanny Pinn has almost 90 screen acting credits to her name, with many of those credits being for roles she has played in horror film. Credits include Frost, Death Count, Pretty Boy, The Sunday Night Slaughter, The Dawn, Crossbreed, Death Hotel, Lilith, Party Bus to Hell, Scary Story Slumber Party, Dwelling, House of Manson, The Devil’s Nightmare, The Black Dahlia Haunting, and The Los Angeles Ripper. Now The Hollywood Reporter has broken the news that Pinn is making her feature directorial debut with a thriller of her own, a 1970s serial killer tale called Black Mass, which started filming in Los Angeles last Friday.

Inspired by real events, Black Mass is set over a 24-hour period in Florida during the winter of 1978 when college girls were being stalked by a serial killer. Eric Pereira and Brandon Slagle wrote the screenplay.

Pinn has assembled a cool cast for the film, and some of the names will be very familiar to fans of the horror genre. Cast members include Lew Temple (The Devil’s Rejects), Jeremy London (Mallrats), Lisa Wilcox (A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master), Michelle Romano (Escape From Ensenada), Kathleen Kinmont (Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers), Eva Hamilton (Mutilator 2), Chelsea Gilson (The Wrong Cheer Captain), Jenny Wenger (Battle for Saipan), Eileen Dietz (The Exorcist), Andrew Sykes (Suburbicon), Jennifer Lynn Warren (American Horror Story), and Susan Lanier (Wes Craven’s The Hills Have Eyes).

Black Mass is being produced by Pinn’s Jaguar Motion Pictures and Roman Media for Cleopatra Entertainment. Slagle serves as executive producer alongside Brian Perera, Yvonne Perera, Gigi Jankowski, and Miranda Mariposa. Tim Yasui is co-producer, and Lanier is an associate producer, as is Anjanette Miller.

Pinn provided the following statement: “I’m grateful to Cleopatra for giving me the opportunity to direct my first feature with them. They continue to be supportive of me and independent art.“

I think it’s awesome that Pinn is making her feature directorial debut, and Black Mass sounds very interesting to me. I’m looking forward to seeing how it’s going to turn out – and to seeing those cast members in a story like this.

How does Black Mass sound to you? Are you a fan of Devanny Pinn’s work? Let us know by leaving a comment below.

Dune screenwriter Jon Spaihts is writing Netflix’s Gears of War movie, bringing the popular Xbox game franchise to life in live-action.

Jon Spaihts (Dune: Part One & Two) is ready to go to war, Gears of War! The Oscar-nominated writer is gassing up his Lancer Assault Rifle for Netflix’s anticipated adaptation of the beloved Xbox game franchise as part of a widespread campaign to level up the property for mass appeal. In addition to the Gears of War movie, Netflix is partnering with The Coalition to produce an adult animated series and other projects based on the video game property.

The original Gears of War trilogy focuses on a war between humanity and the subterranean reptilian hominids known as the Locust Horde in Sera. As the battle rages on, other factions, including the Horde’s mutated counterparts, the Lambent, enter the fray. With bodies piling up on all sides, parts of the world become little more than a smoldering crater amidst a war-torn wasteland.

Those with memories longer than mine will recall that this isn’t the first time Gears of War was set to head to screens. Back in 2007, New Line Cinema snagged up the rights to make a Gears of War movie with Len Wiseman (Live Free Or Die Hard) set to take on directing duties, but after several years in development hell, New Line had to let go of the Gears of War property. After Wiseman’s adaptation took a Lancer to the chest, Universal picked up the rights with Microsoft along for the wild ride. Universal’s version also died, leaving GOW in the wind for another day.

Since the adaptation’s announcement in November, Glass Onion and Knock at the Cabin star Dave Bautista has voiced his interest in starring in the project. It only took Bautista a few days to express his desire to go against the Horde for Netflix’s upcoming adaptation, and fans of the franchise are down for his involvement.

“I can’t make this any easier,” Bautista said in a Twitter post in November. The post includes a video of the actor suiting up in official Gears of War armor, saying, “It’s about fucking time,” referring to the opportunity to star in a proper Gears of War live-action adaptation.

I can’t make this any easier. @gearsofwar @netflix #marcusfenix #GearsofWar pic.twitter.com/SzDpiT2rNA

— Dave Bautista (@DaveBautista) November 10, 2022

Spaihts is a hell of a catch for Netflix’s Gears of War film. His work on Denis Villeneuve’s Dune sent fans of the sci-fi franchise into a frenzy upon the film’s release, with everyone and their grandmother anticipating the sequel later this year.

What do you think about Spaihts penning Netflix’s Gears of War movie? Will Bautista star in the upcoming adaptation? Feel free to let us know what you think in the comments below.