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Studio Ghibli fans can get the recently released Film Comic adaptations of two of the Hayao Miyazaki's most beloved movies for their best prices yet. Spirited Away's All-in-One Edition Film Comic is available for only $26 (was $35) thanks to a limited-time deal at Amazon. Released in late February, the 856-page hardcover omnibus collects all five of the out-of-print volumes of the direct comic book adaptation of Studio Ghibli's most popular animated movie. Meanwhile, Kiki's Delivery Service Film Comic: All-in-One Edition has dropped to just $20 (was $30) at Amazon.Spirited Away Film Comic: All-In-One Edition (Released February 25) -- $26...

A classic Studio Ghibli movie will be back in print this summer. Shout Factory is releasing a Limited Edition Steelbook Blu-ray of Grave of the Fireflies on July 8. Unlike many Ghibli movies, the 1989 film directed by Isao Takahata isn't exactly suitable for the whole family. Rated PG-13 due to blood and gore, this dark journey is set during the final days of World War II in Japan. Grave of the Fireflies Limited Edition Steelbook is up for preorder for only $23 at Walmart.While films produced by Studio Ghibli regularly focus on fantasy and contain environmentalism themes, Grave of...

Over the weekend, Sony's Until Dawn movie opened with $18 million worldwide. And while the film's credits include everyone involved with the movie itself, Larry Fessenden and Graham Reznick--the writers behind the Until Dawn video game--were completely excluded. Fessenden and Reznick aren't necessarily surprised by that snub, but they do sound disappointed by it."I didn’t assume anything, but I thought somebody would have bothered to throw in our names, even during the end credits," Fessenden told The Hollywood Reporter. "But there's no courtesy in show biz."Fessenden and Reznick acknowledge that they didn't create Until Dawn, but they did produce 10,000...

Bella Ramsey has discussed the "hardest" scene to film in HBO's The Last of Us, and it was a moment that even led to a camera operator crying behind the lens as well. Ramsey said they were "really worried" about filming this scene. This story contains spoilers.Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, Ramsey said the most challenging scene to film was in Season 2, Episode 3, when Ellie goes into Joel's closet and smells one of his jackets. Joel, played by Pedro Pascal, died in the previous episode. Ellie begins sobbing in this scene, and Ramsey's performance is crushing and memorable....

Last week's episode of HBO's The Last of Us delivered one of this year's most shocking moments in television. Viewers who hadn't played the game or learned about the twist of Joel's fate were more than surprised when he was murdered as an act of revenge. The same scene happened in the game five years ago, so players had been on edge to see when the show would pull the trigger. Episode 3 allowed for something they couldn't pull off in the game: Having Jackson give Joel a mourning period.In the game, after Joel is killed, Ellie starts planning to...

Another weekend and another strong showing for A Minecraft Movie at the worldwide box office, as the Warner Bros. film has now topped $800 million. That makes the video game adaptation the biggest Hollywood movie of the year so far, and it's not particularly close. Captain America: A Brave New World sits in second place with $414.8 million, according to BoxOfficeMojo.Variety reports A Minecraft Movie pulled in $22.7 million domestically over the weekend, good enough for fourth place. Keep in mind, though, this was the video game film's fourth weekend at the box office. It also wasn't the only video...

HBO has released a trailer for this coming Sunday's episode of The Last of Us, and it looks like a significant character from the game is going to be introduced. Spoilers for The Last of Us follow below.The Episode 4 trailer (below) shows that Jeffrey Wright's character, Isaac, will finally show up. Isaac is a supporting character in The Last of Us: Part II the game, but it looks like the show will dig more into his backstory. Wright also played Isaac in the game.Additionally, the Episode 4 trailer shows off a big battle against infected, while we also see...

There are now two video game movies in theaters at the same time, as Sony's Until Dawn movie debuted on April 25, joining A Minecraft Movie. How well did Until Dawn do? Nowhere near as well as A Minecraft Movie--but it was never expected to.The Until Dawn Movie brought in $8 million in the US and $10 million from international markets for a global start of $18 million. The movie was said to have a production budget of $15 million (before marketing and other costs). The $8 million from the US is on the low end of expectations, however, as...

The next video game movie, Until Dawn, is in theaters now, but we recently learned that director David F. Sandberg almost passed on it. He said in an interview that he considered giving up on IP-based films after the negative reaction to his superhero movie, Shazam: Fury of the Gods, over which he said he received death threats."I mean, to be honest, fans can get very, very crazy and very angry with you. You can get, like, death threats and everything so after Shazam 2, I was like, 'I never wanna do another IP-based movie because it's just not worth...