Monthly Archives: April 2018
If You Miss Breaking Bad, Starz’s Counterpart is the Perfect Replacement
Counterpart just aired the final episode of its first season, making it the perfect time to look back on an excellent freshman run that will, if there's any justice, see J.K Simmons leading the race for awards glory come Emmy time. (Light character spoilers but no plot specifics follow.)
Simmons plays both Howard Silk (inhabiting what we are led to believe is the “real” world, much like ours, in Berlin) and Howard Prime (who lives in what the show refers to as the Prime world, a parallel to Howard Silk’s). They are the same person, with the same exact DNA and family, yet they live two very different lives. The plot exists to bring them together and answer the overarching question of the series: what happens when you meet the person you could have been?
Black Panther Passes Jurassic World at Domestic Box Office
Black Panther has hit another major box office milestone.
Box office estimates note the MCU film has passed 2015's Jurassic World ($652.3 million) at the domestic box office. It's now the fourth highest-grossing movie of all time in the U.S with an estimated $652.5 million domestic total so far after Monday's haul.
Black Panther has also now passed 2013's Frozen ($1.276 billion) at the worldwide box office, grossing $1.279 billion to date, becoming one of the top ten grossing movies globally. Internationally, the Marvel film has made $626.7 million, which makes it the top-grossing superhero movie featuring a solo superhero.
Since it was released in February, Black Panther has been breaking all sorts of records. It has the second-largest second weekend ever at the domestic box office, the highest-grossing Tuesday in MCU history, and recently passed The Avengers' $623.4 million domestic haul.
Ghost Recon Wildlands: Year 2 DLC Plan Revealed
Ubisoft has revealed the plan for Year 2 of Ghost Recon Wildlands' DLC.
Ubisoft announced Ghost Recon Wildlands is getting another year of post-launch content, which will include additions to both the campaign and Ghost War PvP modes.
Year 2 will see four major free Special Operations updates, each of which will feature a different theme, updates for the PvE campaign including special missions and challenges with exclusive rewards, updates to the Ghost War PvP mode, and features which have been requested by the community.
The first big update, called Special Operations 1, will be released on April 10 on PS4, Xbox One, and PC, and you can check out the Year 2 announcement trailer below:
Original X-Men May (Finally) Be Going Back In Time
Marvel Comics released a teaser for Extermination, a story featuring the X-Men Blue team by writer Ed Brisson and artist Pepe Larraz. The text "Exterminate the past. Eliminate the future." at the bottom certainly sounds foreboding, and given that the image shows the team's original and current looks, we're taking a wild guess that this story will be the last chapter in their time-travel story.
Back in 2012, the comic series All-New X-Men saw Beast bring the five original X-Men - Jean Grey, Cyclops, Iceman, Angel, and Beast - to the present so they could help fix the future. These time doppelgangers have been a part of the Marvel Universe ever since and some of them have gone on adventures with other superhero teams or even starred in their own solo series, like Cyclops and Jean Grey. Not that it's unusual for time-displaced characters like Cable and Rachel Grey to stick around for good, but it was always assumed these young X-Men would eventually go back to their original place in the timeline, and Extermination just might be their ticket home.
American Gods Creator Adapting Gormenghast Fantasy Novels for TV
American Gods creator Neil Gaiman and Akiva Goldsman (Star Trek: Discovery) are adapting the sprawling fantasy novel series Gormenghast for TV.
Deadline reports Gaiman and Goldsman will executive produce the series for FremantleMedia alongside Barry Spikings (The Deer Hunter) and David Stern (Howards End). FremantleMedia is currently looking for showrunners for the project.
Mervyn Peake's Gormenghast fantasy novel series.
The Best Chromebook
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The best chromebook, based on our hands-on testing, is the Samsung Chromebook Pro (See it on Amazon). We base this recommendation on this model's many strengths, including its high-res panel, embedded stylus, flexible hybrid design, and great overall performance for the price. At $549 it's priced out of entry-level, but it's worth it.
John Cena Thinks His WWE’s Attitude Era Persona Wouldn’t Work Now
John Cena doesn't think WWE's Attitude Era from the 1990s would work today.
In an interview with Screen Rant, Cena shared his thoughts on why the Atttiude Era and his initial foul-mouthed rapper gimmick would not fit in WWE's current PG environment. The 16-time world champion explained he started changing his persona to that of The Marine once more and more families started showing up to live shows in the mid-2000s.
"Coming in in 2002 you’re still riding the coattails of the Attitude era," Cena said. "It’s 18-35-year-old males, it’s very visceral, the entertainment is very extreme. Fast forward to 2004, 2005, 2006, more families are showing up. and I don’t feel comfortable saying the things I was saying on the microphone because I got to look at a little kid and at that point, I’m supposed to be the good guy?"
How PUGB Has Taken Over AJ Styles’ Life
This Sunday, April 8th, AJ Styles will put his WWE Championship on the line against 2018 Royal Rumble winner Shinsuke Nakamua at the Grandest Stage of Them All, WrestleMania 34.
Despite the mega-card also containing Roman Reigns vs. Brock Lesnar, Charlotte Flair vs. Asuka, and the hotly-anticipated in-ring return of Daniel Bryan, Styles is determined to steal the show with his title match. I spoke to the champ about 'Mania, why facing Nakamura is his own personal dream match, those injury rumors, life after wrestling, PUBG, and more!
AJ Styles, on the road to WrestleMania 34.
Avengers: Infinity War Directors Tell Fans Not to Spoil the Movie
Avengers: Infinity War directors, The Russo brothers have released a statement asking fans not to spoil their movie in the coming months.
With the brothers about to begin a press tour, the Russos have assured fans that only selected footage of the film will be shown to viewers before the film's LA premiere (taking place on April 23). To clarify, that stipulation applies to press, too - journalists will only see portions of the film ahead of their interviews with the film's stars and directors.
Intriguingly, the Russos also say that "only a handful of people know the film’s true plot". Coupled with asking fans not to spoil the film, it seems there will be major events we don't necessarily see coming.
How DC’s Movies Have Improved on the Comics
Plenty of great films are based on books. It can be challenging enough to translate that source material to a new medium, much less improve upon it. But it does happen. And as we've seen from the growing lineup of superhero movies over the years, sometimes comic book movies can spark inspired changes that make our favorite heroes and villains that much better.
From classic films like Superman: The Movie to modern favorites like The Dark Knight, here are a bunch of times where DC movies improved the source material. Watch the video above or check out the slideshow below!
We'll see if the DCEU can continue building on the source material when Aquaman hits theaters on December 21. Here's a guide to every upcoming DCEU movie.