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The ‘Rampage’ Video Game-to-Movie Adaptation Will Be Emotional and Scary

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Director Brad Peyton, on paper, is the perfect guy for the video game-to-film adaptation of Rampage, the game that introduced the world to the giant beasts George the gorilla, Lizzie the lizard, and Ralph the werewolf. He directed the 2015 disaster film San Andreas, the adventure film Journey 2: The Mysterious Island, and he is gearing up for the release of Incarnate, the upcoming exorcism horror film with Aaron Eckhart. Basically, he’s got the elements of horror, disaster, and adventure all under his belt, which are all crucial elements for the type of film that he seems to think Rampage is going to be.

Speaking with WeGotThisCovered, Peyton explained his approach to this adaptation, which he is taking far more seriously than I would’ve thought possible, considering the nature of the game.

With Rampage, we are using our love of the original game as our inspiration. Then we’re going to build a movie, like San Andreas, that is really going to surprise people in what it delivers. It’s going to be a lot more emotional, a lot scarier and a lot more real than you’d expect. So you look at that original concept about a lab that affects these animals and makes them rampage, and that’s the nugget. If they called me tomorrow to do Call of Duty, I wouldn’t want to play any of the Call of Duty games. I’d have to come up with something that deserves to be its own thing. That’s where a lot of these movies can go wrong.

As mentioned, the Rampage games have three iconic characters, so Peyton realizes that they’re going to have to be a part of the film. However, he is being rather cagey on how they’re going to be represented, telling the site, “There’s the three, the lizard, the ape and the wolf, so we’re keeping it similar, but you’ll have to stay tuned to find out where we’re going with this.

Rampage recently got a confirmed release date of April 20, 2018.

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‘Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey 3’ Has Been Officially Confirmed

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The twisted “Poohniverse” expands with Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey II, now playing in U.S. theaters through tonight only, and a third installment is on the way soon.

Variety confirms this morning that Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey 3 has been given the green light, with Jagged Edge Productions officially ordering up the third film.

Variety notes, “According to the producers, Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey 3 will have a bigger budget than the previous films and will introduce new characters from the original Winnie-the-Pooh stories, including Rabbit, the heffalumps and the woozles.”

We also know that in addition to Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey 3, the team is conjuring up horror movies based on Bambi, Peter Pan, Pinocchio, Sleeping Beauty and more.

The end game? They actually do have one in mind! As we recently learned, all these individual movies will pave the way for Poohniverse: Monsters Assemble in 2025.

In that movie, all the monsters team up to take down the world. Naturally.

The good news for the team is that Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey II has won over even some of the harshest critics of the first film, which most agreeing it’s a huge step up in quality.

Paul Le wrote in his review right here on Bloody Disgusting, “This flawed but enjoyable sequel defies expectations — albeit low ones — and outperforms its predecessor on most levels.”

“On top of a better story, Blood and Honey II benefits from higher production values,” Paul’s review continues. “The detailed creature designs and suits are more convincing than before; they don’t just look like actors in masks anymore. The extra funding also allows for elaborate set-pieces, including a rave-set mass murder and a brief but exciting chainsaw sequence.”

Tonight is the final night to see Blood and Honey II in theaters, as the Fathom Events run was for March 26 – March 28 only. So if you want to see it on the big screen, get out there tonight.

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