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To say that the Krafton-Subnautica fallout is unfortunate would be an understatement. After months of anticipation, Subnautica 2 was hit by a massive change in leadership, with Unknown Worlds’ Charlie Cleveland, Ted Gill, and Max McGuire being removed from their positions. They were replaced by Steve Papoutsis, the man in charge of The Callisto Protocol.

The move has been quite controversial, and quite a few statements have been made. A recently leaked document seems to provide us with way more context this time around though, highlighting the milestone review for Subnautica 2.

Krafton’s ‘Final Recommendation’ Revealed in a Leaked Document for Subnautica 2

A ‘leaked’ document has been making the rounds lately, claiming to be from a recent Milestone Review from Krafton with regards to Subnautica 2. It’s quite an interesting read.

A leak from a credible source regarding the milestone review of Subnautica 2

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The second-most wishlisted game on Steam, Subnautica 2, has been delayed. Subnautica 2 is the highly anticipated sequel to Subnautica, the underwater survival game that took the world by storm in its 2018 release. Screen Rant's review called it "one of the more interesting survival games on the market," with specific praise for its unique setting and its relaxing (until it's not) gameplay. Suffice it to say that Subnautica is a well-loved game, and many fans are clamoring for a sequel - so many that Subnautica 2 takes the number two slot on Steam's list of most wishlisted games, right below Hollow Knight: Silksong.

Originally due out in early access sometime this year, Subnautica 2is now slated for a 2026 release - no exact date has been specified. In a statement from development studio Unknown Worlds, published by PCGamesN, it was revealed that the decision to delay resulted from community feedback during the game's early playtests.

Fans who were once looking forward to Subnautica 2 are now urging other players to boycott the title. Key figures at developer Unknown Worlds were replaced on Wednesday, July 2, including the Subnautica series creators, causing widespread skepticism among fans.

Would-be players are now calling for a boycott of Subnautica 2 on Reddit. The post and call for a boycott are a direct response to the removal of key figures in the creation and development of the Subnautica series: Ted Gill, Charlie Cleveland, and Max McGuire. Krafton announced earlier in the week that all three had been replaced by Steve Papoutsis, former CEO of Striking Distance Studios, responsible for The Callisto Protocol.

The boycott is being organized because of a worry that Krafton is attempting to push Subnautica 2 into early access before it's in a reasonable state. The post contains four action points for the boycott, urging players to: remove Subnatica 2 from their...

The series' original creators have left the development of Subnautica 2, departing the studio they founded, Unknown Worlds. The upcoming oceanic survival game is set to enter early access sometime in 2025, but a major shakeup has now hit the development studio behind it.

According to a press release from Subnautica 2 publisher Krafton, Steve Papoutsis is taking over as CEO of Unknown Worlds after fulfilling the same role at Striking Distance Studios, which most recently released The Callisto Protocol in 2022. "Papoutsis replaces the previous leadership team — Ted Gill, Charlie Cleveland, and Max McGuire — effective immediately," according to the press release.

Gill was the president of Unknown Worlds, while Cleveland and McGuire were the studio's co-founders, formerly serving as the CEO and Cto respectively. Cleveland was also the director, designer, and lead gameplay programmer for the original Subnautica, with McGuire also serving as a prominent programmer. Krafton's press release shares no concrete update...

Photo: Rebecca Dalton, Marcus Rosner Credit: ©2024 Hallmark Media/Photographer: Courtesy Johnson Production Group

A new, original Hallmark movie titled Falling Like Snowflakes sees Rebecca Dalton and Marcus Rosner teaming up for a photo of a 12-sided snowflake.

The childhood friends will never forget their mission in this new movie, set to premiere as part of the Christmas in July programming event. Read on to find out more about the plot and cast of Falling Like Snowflakes and enjoy photos taken on the film set.

Falling Like Snowflakes on Hallmark Channel Photo: Marcus Rosner, Rebecca Dalton, Ava Weiss Credit: ©2024 Hallmark Media/Photographer: Courtesy Johnson Production Group

According to the official synopsis, Teagan Ashley (Rebecca Dalton) is an artist and teacher who has spent her lifetime pursuing nature’s beauty through the lens of a camera. However, this Christmas she is determined to capture a photograph of the elusive 12-sided snowflake.

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On the heels of the 39th edition of the Toronto Int. Film Festival (Sept 4-14), Ifp’s Independent Film Week is where a plethora of fiction, non-fiction and new this year, web-based series from the likes of Desiree Akhavan and Calvin Reeder find future coin. Sectioned off as projects at the very beginning of financing to those that are nearing completion, there happens to be tons of Sundance alumni in the names below. Among those that caught our attention we have Medicine for Melancholy‘s Barry Jenkins’ sophomore feature, produced by Bad Milo!‘s Adele Romanski, Moonlight is about “two Miami boys navigate the temptations of the drug trade and their burgeoning sexuality in this triptych drama about black queer youth”. Concussion‘s Stacie Passon digs into the thriller genre with Strange Things Started Happening. Produced by vet Mary Jane Skalski (Mysterious Skin), this is about “a woman who has...

Exclusive: 40 Canadian and international producer teams selected for Omdc’s eighth annual Toronto co-financing market.

New films by Donald Petrie, Timo Vuorensola, Baltasar Kormakur [pictured], Nick Broomfield, Gillies Mackinnon are some of the 40 selections for the eighth Omdc’s International Financing Forum. (Full list below)

The Ontario Media Development Corporation’s feature film co-financing market will be held Sept 8-9, running concurrently to Tiff.

The two-day event includes one-on-one producer meetings, a top-level panel discussion, roundtable meetings, a networking luncheon, and a networking reception.

The initiative focuses on English language feature film projects being developed by international and Canadian producers, who meet with executives including sales agents, financiers, distributors, agents and executive producers – from companies including Beta Cinema, Big Beach, Cinetic, eOne, Film4, Film Nation, TF1, Wild Bunch and William Morris Endeavor.

The Canadian-produced projects selected this year include Nick Broomfield’s fiction feature film debut The Catastrophist to star Freida Pinto and John C Reilly and to...

Foreverland

Directed by Max McGuire

Written by Max McGuire and Shawn Riopelle

Canada, 2011

Listening to a Canadian movie related podcast recently (not Sound on Sight. Shocking, indeed), the hosts of the show agreed that the Canadian film industry lacks a certain panache, a certain individuality and, most importantly, the confidence required for it to stand proudly on its own two feet to impress local cinema goers and, it the best case scenarios, make some headway in the international markets. The lone exception, one that has lasted for so many years it might as well be considered a constant, is Québec’s output, but then again, that province has always done things a little differently than its anglophone compatriots. Save David Croneberg and perhaps Sarah Polley, the great Canadian English language filmmakers are far and few between. Sadly, Max Mcguire’s Foreverland only reinforces that stereotype and them some.

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Demián Bichir Oscar nominee Demián Bichir at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Oscar Nominees Luncheon in Beverly Hills, California, on Monday, February 6, 2012. Applauding him are Jean Dujardin, Michel Hazanavicius, Janet McTeer, Meryl Streep, Brad Pitt, Glenn Close, and others at the 2012 Oscar Luncheon. (Photo: Greg Harbaugh / © A.M.P.A.S. Click on the Demián Bichir photo to enlarge it.) Bichir is a Best Actor nominee for Chris Weitz's A Better Life, in which he plays an undocumented Mexican immigrant eking out a living in Los Angeles. His competition for the 2012 Best Actor Academy Award consists of George Clooney for Alexander Payne's family drama The Descendants, Brad Pitt for Bennett Miller's baseball drama Moneyball, Gary Oldman for Tomas Alfredson's spy drama Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, and Jean Dujardin for Michel Hazanavicius' silent comedy-drama The Artist. Dujardin was the Best Actor SAG Award winner.

Max Theriot has joined the cast of Disconnect, indie drama that’s being directed by Murderball‘s Henry Alex Rubin. Deadline reports that he joins Alexander Skarsgard, Andrea Riseborough, Frank Grillo, Paula Patton and Jason Bateman in the drama. The film is scripted by Andrew Stern and is about "disparate lives that intertwine as the digital technologies intended to bring people closer together push families further apart."

Theriot will next be seen opposite Jennifer Lawrence in the Mark Tonderai-directed House At the End of The Street and recently finished Max McGuire's Foreverland and the Nick Cassavetes-directed Yellow. I am glad to see that after starring in My Soul To Take he was not blacklisted by casting directors. What are your thoughts on this news?...

Max Theriot has joined the cast of Disconnect, the indie drama that’s being directed by Murderball‘s Henry Alex Rubin. He joins Alexander Skarsgard, Andrea Riseborough, Frank Grillo, Paula Patton and Jason Bateman in the Andrew Stern-scripted drama about disparate lives that intertwine as the digital technologies intended to bring people closer together push families further apart. Theriot next stars with Jennifer Lawrence in the Mark Tonderai-directed House At the End of the Street and recently wrapped the Max McGuire-directed Foreverland and the Nick Cassavetes-directed Yellow. He’s repped by Gersh.

Juliette Lewis (Natural Born Killers, Whip It), Thomas Dekker (Kaboom), Laurence Laboeuf (Being Erica) and Max Thieriot (Chloe) have been cast in road trip drama Foreverland.

Foreverland will tell the story of a young man (Thieriot) stricken with cystic fibrosis who travels with the sister (Laboeuf) of his fallen friend to deliver his friend’s ashes to a healing shrine in Mexico.

Max McGuire (Crossing the Wake) is attached to direct.

Production is expected to commence in late February.

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