Monthly Archives: March 2018
Blizzard Could Be Teasing Diablo 3 on Switch
Update: ...but it probably isn't. Polygon got a statement from Blizzard that shoots down the speculation.
"We can assure you we’re not that clever,” said a Blizzard spokesperson. “
meant to be a fun community engagement piece. We have nothing to announce.”
Boo!
Original story: Blizzard has taken to Twitter possibly to tease Diablo 3 on Nintendo Switch. Or it's just really keen on having us check out its fancy nightlight.
The official Blizzard Twitter account posted a short six second clip of a Diablo nightlight being repeatedly switched (get it?) on and off:
J.J. Abrams Wrote Drafts For Star Wars 8 and 9, Says Daisy Ridley
According to Daisy Ridley, director J.J. Abrams had written early versions of Star Wars Episodes 8 and 9, but director Rian Johnson used none of the original draft for his Star Wars: The Last Jedi.
Rey actress, Ridley spoke to Geek Le Mag (translated by Tumblr user daisyridleys), who asked if J.J. Abrams had already planned the mystery of her character's backstory before Episode 7. However, Ridley's response was far more wide-reaching:
“Here’s what I think I know. J. J. wrote Episode VII, as well as drafts for VIII & IX. Then Rian Johnson arrived and wrote TLJ entirely. I believe there was some sort of general consensus on the main lines of the trilogy, but apart from that, every director writes and realizes his film in his own way.
Oscars: Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway Reportedly Presenting Best Picture Again
It's being reported that Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty will once again be presenting the award for Best Picture at this year's Academy Awards.
According to TMZ's sources, the pair will return to present the award, which was famously botched last year.
After the incorrect announcement that La La Land had won Best Picture, the on-stage revelry of the film's cast and crew ground to a halt once it was revealed that Moonlight had actually won the award. The mix up was later blamed on professional services network PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).
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Every Movie Now Opening Alongside Avengers: Infinity War
By this point, very few movies will be happy to open on the same day as Marvel's reliably gigantic offerings - and with Avengers: Infinity War's US release date moved forward, there's a new crop of movies that will likely feel the effect of that shift.
Here's what's opening in US theaters on April 27:
- Avengers: Infinity War
- Traffik
- I Feel Pretty
- Bad Samaritan
- Disobedience
- Animal Crackers
- Armed
- Kings
- Godard Mon Amour
Highlander Movie Reboot Moving Ahead With New Script From Rampage Writer
The Highlander reboot looks to finally be going ahead after a script from Ryan Condal has been approved.
Deadline reports the film is finally heading to start pre-production later this year after receiving the script, which retells the epic story of the immortal battle for supremacy in which there can be only one.
Ryan Condal is known for his work as co-creator, executive producer, and showrunner the USA drama Colony, as well as his work penning the sci-fi film Rampage.
“We’ve finally got a screenplay we’re happy with,” Patrick Wachsberger, Head of Lionsgate’s Motion Picture Group told Deadline. “We have set up the story so it has sequel potential.”
Sailor Moon’s Latest Musical Coming to Theaters in the US
The latest Sailor Moon musical will be coming to cinemas in select markets in the United States.
Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon - Le Movement Final: The Musical sees the Sailor Scouts face a new enemy, the Shadow Galactica, as well as a new group of Sailor Guardians, the Sailor Starlights.
This sets the stage for a massive battle to be accompanied by musical numbers in the live adaption of the popular manga and anime.
The production will hit theaters in just over a week on March 10, and you can check out the Sailor Moon Live website to book tickets.
1993's Sailor Moon R: The Movie also saw its US theatre debut last year, which saw the scouts facing off against a mysterious flower which takes over planets.
One Inspiring Cosplayer’s Nine Year Journey
Nine years ago today, a Florida-based cosplayer who goes by 'Blackflame16' decided to sew herself a costume for the first time ever.
She wrote on her Facebook page, "I can't believe 9 years ago I was crying in front of my sewing machine, running on 2 hours of sleep trying to finish my first cosplay..."
Now, she has dozens of characters under her cosplay belt, has won multiple awards, and has spent a lot of the past 28 days sharing the work of other black cosplayers as part of February's #28DaysOfBlackCosplay movement.
Black Panther’s Lupita Nyong’o to Star in Movie About a Real-Life Dora Milaje
Lupita Nyong'o is set to star in a film based on the true events of the Dahomey "Amazons", who are part of the inspiration for Black Panther's Dora Milaje warriors.
The Hollywood Reporter reports Nyong'o will play the daughter of fellow Oscar winner Viola Davis in the film dubbed The Woman King.
The story takes place in the Kingdom of Dahomey and is inspired by true events where the all-female military fought against neighbouring tribes and the French who were enslaving their people.
Davis will also have a hand in producing the film through her and her husband's juVee Productions alongside Cathy Schulman's Welle Entertainment and Maria Bello's Jack Blue Productions.
Fox to Air Lost Tapes of O.J. Simpson Interview on What Might’ve Happened to Nicole Brown
A two-hour special revealing lost tapes of an O.J. Simpson interview is set to air on Fox.
The special, dubbed O.J Simpson: The Lost Confession?, will air on March 11 at 8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT and features an interview with Simpson in which he accounts a reportedly hypothetical tale of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman's murders.
Tapes of the interview were thought to be lost until now and host Soledad O'Brien will be joined by a panel of analysts to delve into the never-before-seen footage during the special.
O.J Simpson: The Lost Confession? is set to run for two hours with limited interruptions but will present public service announcements on domestic violence awareness throughout the program.