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Warner Bros. Games has acquired Player First Games, the developer of the recently launched MultiVersus free-to-play platform fighter videogame.

Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but Player First Games, based in Los Angeles, will join Warner Bros. Games and continue to be led by co-founders Tony Huynh, CEO and Chris White, chief technology officer. Huynh and White will report to Carlos Barbosa, vp and studio head of Warner Bros. Games San Diego, the development studio that has provided production support for MultiVersus.

The first game from Player First Games was launched in 2022 in an initial beta phase, before a formal commercial relaunch of the polished videogame by the developer in May 2024.

“We have worked with Player First Games over several years to create and launch MultiVersus, and we are very pleased to welcome this talented team to Warner Bros. Games,” David Haddad, president, Warner Bros. Games, said in a statement.

Filmed on the Gold Coast, Steven Spielberg’s latest TV offering, Terra Nova is the most expensive show ever made. It goes to air in Australia this weekend.

Between floods, inflation and fired staff, the production has had as many dramas off screen as on.

Confidence was suitably high for Fox when the bankable Spielberg wanted to tell a story that blended an apocalyptic future with time travel and dinosaurs. Spielberg was in his element.

It began strongly. Fox, rather than commissioning just a pilot, went ahead and commissioned an entire 13 episodes. Emmy-winning director/producer Jon Cassar (24), is one of a multitude of executive producers on Terra Nova. He says it was a smart thing to do on Fox’s behalf. “When you’re making a sci-fi show you don’t just find a set, you have to build it and if you’re going to the expense of building...

Tom Hooper's "The King's Speech," Christopher Nolan's "Inception," and Darren Aronofsky's "Black Swan" were the big winners of the Art Directors Guild's 15th annual Excellent in Production Design Awards.

"The King's Speech" took home the Period Film prize, "Inception" received the Fantasy Film trophy, and "Black Swan" danced to the top of Contemporary Film category.

Here's the complete list of winners (bolded) and nominees of the Art Directors Guild's 15th annual Excellence in Production Design Awards (Check out my Awards Avenue for your complete pre-Oscar preparations)

Period Film

True Grit -- Jess Gonchor

The King's Speech -- Eve Stewart

Shutter Island -- Dante Ferretti

Robin Hood -- Arthur Max

Get Low -- Geoffrey Kirkland

Fantasy Film

Alice In Wonderland -- Robert Stromberg

Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 1 -- Stuart Craig

Inception -- Guy Hendrix Dyas

Tron: Legacy -- Darren Gilford

The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader...

The Art Directors Guild has announced nominees for its 15th Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards! Winners will be revealed on Feb. 5.

Here's the complete list of nominees (Check our Awards Avenue for complete winners/nominees for all award-giving bodies):

Nominees For Excellence In Production Design For A Feature Film In 2010

Period Film

True Grit -- Jess Gonchor

The King's Speech -- Eve Stewart

Shutter Island -- Dante Ferretti

Robin Hood -- Arthur Max

Get Low -- Geoffrey Kirkland

Fantasy Film

Alice In Wonderland -- Robert Stromberg

Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 1 -- Stuart Craig

Inception -- Guy Hendrix Dyas

Tron: Legacy -- Darren Gilford

The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader -- Barry Robison

Contemporary Film

Black Swan -- Therese DePrez

The Social Network -- Donald Graham Burt

The Fighter -- Judy Becker

The Town -- Sharon Seymour

127 Hours -- Suttirat Larlarb

Nominees...

hollywoodnews.com: The Art Directors Guild (Adg) today announced nominations in nine categories of Production Design for theatrical motion pictures, television, commercials and music videos competing in the Adg’s 15th Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards for 2010. The nominations were announced by Adg Council President Tom Walsh and Awards co-producers Dawn Snyder and Tom Wilkins. Deadline for final voting, which is done online, is February 3. The black-tie ceremony announcing winners will take place Saturday, February 5, 2010 from the International Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills with Paula Poundstone serving as host for the second consecutive year.

Theme of this year’s awards ceremony is “Designs on Film” as a tribute to Cathy Whitlock’s new HarperCollins book that traces 100 years of Hollywood Art Direction. Walsh will introduce the event,

A Lifetime Achievement Award will go to Academy Award® winning Production Designer Patricia Norris with director David Lynch set to present to her.

Our sister site Coming Soon got an unconfirmed tip that Elizabeth Banks ( The Uninvited , Slither ) is in talks to play the female lead opposite Bradley Cooper in director Neil Burger's Dark Fields . The film, based on the book by Alan Glynn, follows a down-and-out writer (Cooper) who gets his hands on a top-secret pharmaceutical drug that makes one smarter. He experiences sudden financial and social success but soon discovers that the drug has lethal and lasting side effects. Before long, mysterious antagonists are pursuing him. The production has also brought on director of photography Jo Willems ( 30 Days of Night ), VFX guru Christopher Scollard ( Fight Club ) and production designer Carlos Barbosa ( "24" ). Leslie Dixon ( The Thomas Crown Affair ), who wrote...

ComingSoon.net has received an unconfirmed tip that Elizabeth Banks ( Role Models , Betty Brant in the "Spider-Man" movies) is in talks to play the female lead opposite Bradley Cooper in director Neil Burger's Dark Fields . The film, based on the book by Alan Glynn, follows a down-and-out writer (Cooper) who gets his hands on a top-secret pharmaceutical drug that makes one smarter. He experiences sudden financial and social success but soon discovers that the drug has lethal and lasting side effects. Before long, mysterious antagonists are pursuing him. The production has also brought on director of photography Jo Willems ( 30 Days of Night ), VFX guru Christopher Scollard ( Fight Club ) and production designer Carlos Barbosa ("24"). Leslie Dixon ( The...