“These eyes have seen a sight I never thought I’d see: a trailer for Avatar 2. After over a decade of development and production, writer-director James Cameron finally debuted the teaser trailer for his long-awaited, highly anticipated sequel at CinemaCon in Las Vegas. And while you can’t see it just yet, you’ll see it soon. Here’s what you need to know.” Read more at Gizmodo Win Tickets to see Life of Pi in the West End!...
“Each day brings us closer and closer to the release of Stranger Things Season4. In case you’ve been living in the Upside Down and missed the announcement earlier this spring, the fourth season will be broken up into two parts, making it the biggest and boldest installment of the series yet. Volume 1 makes its debut on May 27, with Volume 2 following on July 1.” Read more at Tudum The last few days have been a wild ride for Doctor Who fans, with famed British actor Hugh Grant rumored to be taking over the role....
“Keanu Reeves has been a constant dream casting choice for many of our favorite heroes in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. He is constantly on the tip of our tongues when we’re suggesting who he could play, and apparently, the star of The Matrix Resurrections has met with Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige, and the two are working on finding something that works for both the MCU as a whole and Reeves....
“Warner Bros. has finally made a statement about the permanent cancellation of two multi-million dollar projects, Batgirl and Scoob! Holiday Haunt. Essentially, according to Deadline, the decision comes from a desire to re-energize the DC Extended Universe, and some of the character reveals and plot points in Batgirl didn’t line up with the larger theatrical strategy for the comics franchise.” Read more at Gizmodo Well, this sucks; First Kill is the latest Netflix show to get an early cancellation....
How marvelous. It turns out that like the quieter, more deconstructionist Westerns that heralded a reflective temperament following the indulgences of 1950s Oaters, Logan seeks to carve out a fairly intimate character study about an aged do-gooder in a country for no old mutants. And the film wildly succeeds at its goals with bloody verve. Seriously, there is so much blood. More miraculous still, though, is that Logan is also without question the best superhero movie in years, and certainly the most ambitious one since Christopher Nolan hung up the cape....
Lucifer Season 3 Episode 1 “Nothing pisses God off more than exercising free will.” After a four month break, everyone’s favorite demon returns to the small screen, and as it turns out, it’s the devil you think you know that flips the season three premiere of Fox’s Lucifer inside out. The unexpected appearance of Lucifer’s overbearing mother dominated last season, and “They’re Back, Aren’t They?” introduces the abrupt return of Lucifer’s wings, setting in motion the quest to discover an explanation for why the Prince of Darkness has suddenly lost his mojo....
With Captain Marvel and Avengers: Endgame on the horizon, now is as good a time as any to get up to speed with the events of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. But if you don’t have time to watch the movies, here’s our attempt at putting all of the important information from the first 20 films into some kind of coherent story (in the order they take place)… Captain America: The First Avenger During World War II, Steve Rogers is rejected from the army for being medically unfit....
It’s finally time to dive into Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, as Ryan Coogler has the honor of rounding off Phase 4 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. As with any MCU outing, there’s a slew of Easter eggs that reference everyone from Ant-Man to Ultron, tragic tributes to Chadwick Boseman, and a setup for Thunderbolts. However, for eagle-eyed nerf herders or moof milkers, you might’ve spotted some nods to a certain galaxy far, far away....
But other than that? Not much. Now, along with the utter hailstorm of Disney/Marvel news from Thursday, we have a real deal trailer of the upcoming animated series, ready to hit Disney+ in the summer. Check it out here… CAPTAIN AMERICA: WHAT IF PEGGY CARTER BECAME CAPTAIN BRITAIN? For some reason, Steve Rogers is deemed unfit to be experimented on and doesn’t become Captain America. Instead, Peggy Carter takes the serum and fights Nazis as Captain Britain....
One episode into House of the Dragon, and it’s clear the series is going to return to the ambiguity that made Game of Thrones so compelling—and at times more than a tad disturbing. Take for instance the first big scene between Matt Smith’s Prince Daemon Targaryen and Milly Alcock’s Princess Rhaenyra. Their relationship is that of uncle and niece; the king’s younger brother and his only daughter. But while neither character will verbalize it, they’re technically competitors—imperfect choices to be heir to King Viserys Targaryen (Paddy Considine) and the Iron Throne....
As revealed in the latest bit of marketing, Fatman marks the first time someone has looked at Gibson’s often resplendent gray beard and said, “Santa.” The Oscar winning filmmaker who’s also notorious for virulent outbursts is going to portray that not-so-jolly Chris Cringle in this new movie from the writer-directing pair of Eshom and Ian Nelms. The two, who previously helmed Small Time Crime, direct Gibson as a Santa at the end of his ropes....
On March 16, 2001, Christopher Nolan announced himself to the world with the US release of Memento. Not that everyone heard him straight away. Despite garnering rave reviews on the festival circuit, Nolan’s mind-bending jigsaw puzzle of a movie failed to land a major distribution deal in the States. In the end Newmarket Films, the independent production company bankrolling the project, took the plunge and distributed it themselves. Memento went on to earn more than $45 million at the US box office from a $4....
Many Metroid retrospectives, and even some members of the Metroid development team, have since claimed that ending shocked the world by introducing one of the most capable and prominent female gaming heroes at a time when such female protagonists were certainly less common in action games. Whatever we say from this point on, there’s no denying that this ending was unusual for its time and is rightfully seen as not just one of the great early video game endings but a touchstone moment for video game storytelling and character design....
For all those reasons and more, the pressure is on developer MercurySteam and director Yoshio Sakamoto to deliver an epic Metroid tale that also answers the many unresolved questions and unsolved mysteries in the Metroid lore. What, exactly, are those mysterious narrative elements that need to be addressed? Conveniently enough, that’s what we’ll be running through here today. We’re not claiming to have explored every hanging thread in the greater Metroid storyline, but we can’t help but wonder about some significant plot points that we’ve been left to dwell on since we last saw Samus....
This week saw the release of Hardware: The Man in the Machine, the first volume of Dwayne McDuffie, Denys Cowan and J.J. Birch’s origin/revenge tale about genius inventor Curt Metcalf, on ComiXology and other digital platforms. And over the next two weeks, the first two volumes of Icon (A Hero’s Welcome and The Mothership Connection), from M.D. Bright and McDuffie, will go on sale online as well. These three collections were made available to read for free as part of September’s FanDome event, and as you might guess from the quality of the creators, they are spectacular....
The new English-language Mo Dao Zu Shi translation will be published in five volumes, and is being translated by Suika and edited by Pengie. The work will include cover art by Jin Fang, and interior art by Marina Privalova, with each deluxe paperback volume setting American readers back $19.99. Unlike The Untamed, which does not feature any of the explicit sexual content between the two male main characters that is central to the source material, the Mo Dao Zu Shi English-language edition will not be censored, and is rated 17+ for violence, language, and sex....
“Test your might.” These are the words of a minigame in the original Mortal Kombat arcade fighter from 1992. They were meant to signal an interlude between the simple pleasures of digitized sprites spilling buckets of blood. Yet they’ve also become synonymous with a franchise that’s arguably the most popular video game fighter of all-time. The phrase is also a pretty apt description for the various filmmakers who’ve attempted the challenge of taming this crazy dragon on screen....
Usually, these lead to fun B-movie plots that can carry a game or two. Sometimes the sequels just retread the same plot over and over (ie. the Soul Calibur games and King of Fighters), but Mortal Kombat has been able to hold its own for over 25 years due to embracing its own wacky mythology and finding ways to be fresh. Even when they’re literally redoing an earlier story! There’s a reason why the Mortal Kombat story has been told in different forms....
Thus far, Ms. Marvel showrunner Bisha K. Ali has given simple explanations for the change in the title character’s powerset. Where the Kamala Khan of the comics gained the ability to alter the shape and size of her body after exposure to Terrigen Mists released by the Inhumans, the television version uses a bangle to form energy constructs. But in episode three of Ms. Marvel, we get a glimpse of the bangle’s origin, and with it, connections to the larger MCU that go much deeper than previously assumed....
Subscribe to the magazine here. MSI is clearly targeting stereotypical gamers with the styling of its Optix MPG321QRF-QD ($449/£399). Its plastic rear mimics brushed metal and carbon fiber, it sits on a dramatically angled base and around the back you’ll find RGB LEDs. Happily, the Optix backs up the dramatic design with practical features. The stand offers 100mm of height adjustment alongside swivel and tilt movement, as well as a cable-routing cut-out....
