Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World

March 25, 2021

Scott Pilgrim Vs The World Returns To Theaters April 30

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I remember what it was like eleven years ago when Scott Pilgrim Vs The World was first released. There was hype among the nerd crowd before the film was even out, but on opening weekend, it was up against “The Expendables,” an action throwback picture starring a slew of 80s-tough-guy-movie veterans, and “Eat Pray Love,” a Julia Roberts vehicle for the Oprah crowd. On the surface there wouldn’t seem to be much overlap between the intended audiences for those films, so Scott should’ve had the all-important youth market sewn up, right? ….Didn’t work out that way. Watching Scott Pilgrim flop was painful (like getting your heart kicked in the ass, to use a Pilgrim-ism), but it eventually found its audience — and classic status — through home video releases (movie rental was still a thing back then). And now it has a second chance to make some box office bread. Just as theaters are beginning to open back up in the US, Scott Pilgrim Vs The World is returning to

January 8, 2021

At Last: Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World Gets A Physical Release

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Ask any collector of physical games and they’ll tell you: Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World: The Game is the one title that should have been given a physical release when it came out on the PS3 back in 2010. Viewed by its publisher as a mere promotional tie-in to the movie (which came out at the same time), the game was digital-only back when that meant certain doom by deletion. After its removal from online merchants in late 2014, it not only became impossible to buy, but impossible to re-download. The only way anyone could play it was if they owned a console that already had the game installed on it. Last fall Ubisoft and Universal announced they were finally caving in to fan demand and re-publishing Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World on modern systems. But what about that physical release? Don’t make the same mistake twice, you guys! Ubisoft said they had nothing to announce at that time. We’re relieved to report now that, one week before the digital