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Nezha, a single-player action RPG set against the backdrop of Chinese genesis mythology. It will be available for PlayStation 5 and PC via ...
Director Guillermo del Toro and Oscar Issac as Victor Frankenstein on the set of Frankenstein. Cr. Ken Woroner/Netflix © 2025. When Mexican director Guillermo del Toro was a child, he watched Boris ...