Monthly Archives: April 2019
Pennyworth Premiere Date Announced
EPIX announced Wednesday the Batman prequel, Pennyworth, will premiere on its network on July 28, 2019 at 9PM ET.
A second teaser trailer has also been released, showing a further glimpse into the DC origin story of Alfred Pennyworth, the iconic butler of Bruce Wayne.
The series has a 10-episode order and takes place in the 1960s in London. It will follow Pennyworth, played by Jack Bannon, in his twenties as he gets hired to work for a billionaire, Thomas Wayne – Bruce's eventual father.
Along with Bannon, other cast members include Ben Aldridge as Thomas Wayne, multi-award-winning recording artist Paloma Faith as Bet Sykes, Jason Flemyng as Lord Harwood, Ryan Fletcher as Wallace 'Dave Boy' MacDougal, Hainsley Lloyd Bennett as Deon 'Bazza' Bashford, Emma Paetz as Martha Kane, Polly Walker as Peggy Sykes, and others.
Someone Beat Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice Using Donkey Kong Bongos
While most have a hard enough time getting through Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice with a standard controller, one daring individual managed to beat the game using Donkey Kong Bongos.
ATwerkinYoshi, known for using bizarre controllers in his gaming runs, posted a video of him beating Sekiro's final boss using two sets of DK Bongos on Reddit. His DK Bongo run reportedly took 10 hours, with 131 total resurrections and 31 deaths at the hands of the game’s final boss.
At the beginning of this rhythmic run, ATWerkinYoshi posted a series of images on Imgur showing his DK Bongo Sekiro setup. He modified the bongos to work with the game, with one pair largely acting as his directional inputs and the other mostly used for attacks and parrying. He had to sacrifice camera controls in order to make the setup work, which he claims made seeing above or below him difficult, though considering he managed to beat the entire game this way, it appears to have paid off.
The Conjuring’s James Wan, Gary Dauberman to Remake Stephen King Movie
The Conjuring duo, James Wan and Gary Dauberman, will work together on a big-screen adaptation of Stephen King's novel, Salem's Lot, according to THR.
Dauberman will write the script and hold the role of executive producer, with Wan signed on to produce alongside Roy Lee, producer on 2017's It, and Mark Wolper, who executive produced the short-lived Salem's Lot TV series adaptation from 2004. A director has yet to be announced for the project.
Salem's Lot is a horror novel by King that was published in 1975, and was only his second published book. The story follows a writer who returns to his hometown in Maine after 25 years and realizes that everyone in town are slowly becoming vampires.
Starlink: Battle for Atlas Coming to PC Next Week
Ubisoft announced today that Starlink: Battle for Atlas’ anticipated Crimson Moon update will go live on April 30, alongside a surprise PC release on the same day and previously announced paid DLC for new Star Fox content on the Nintendo Switch version.
The Crimson Moon update will add new pilots, ships, weapons, and story missions to Starlink. It will also include a new coliseum combat mode with rankings and leaderboards, and as well new one and two-player racing tracks. More information can be found here, including details on paint jobs for your ships.
New to Netflix for May
Netflix in May means Zac Efron's turn as Ted Bundy, a four-part series about the Central Park Five from Ava DuVernay, a new animated series from the creators of BoJack Horseman, and the return of Lucifer - which was canceled by FOX but resurrected by Netflix.
There are also movies like Zombieland, The Matrix, Insidious, Snowpiercer, Scarface, Scream, and Gremlins along with TV shows like Starz's Outlander, FX's Pose, and all the CW shows wrapping up their current seasons - like Arrow, The Flash, Supergirl, Supernatural, and more.
Also, get ready for Netflix movies starring Amy Poehler and Ali Wong, a new series starring Renee Zellweger, and the second season of Danish post-apocalyptic drama, The Rain.
Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 Thinblood Disciplines Revealed
Paradox Interactive has revealed more information about the background and disciplines for Thinbloods in Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2, which the player will begin the game as.
Thinbloods are a second-class group of vampires who have abilities that are weaker than the "great clans." Though players will begin as a newly embraced Thinblood, they will eventually have the choice to join one of these five "full-blooded Kindred clans."
Paradox has released an animated trailer that you can see below that gives a glimpse of some of the lore and powers the Thinbloods possess, with further clans being revealed in the coming weeks.
Thinbloods may be a recent and weaker strain of vampires, but Seattle's leadership has been "uncharacteristically tolerant" of them. Seattle recently became under Camarilla control, and while Thinbloods still have the opportunity to "navigate their way into the higher circles of vampire society," they are rarely shown the same level of respect as the full-blood clan members.
DC’s Heroes in Crisis: The True Killer Finally Revealed
The central mystery of Heroes in Crisis #8 has finally been solved, as the architect of the mass-murder at Sanctuary is revealed.
Warning: this article contains spoilers for Heroes in Crisis #8!
Despite early evidence pointing to either Booster Gold or Harley Quinn as the culprit, and despite the fact that he himself is included among the dead at Sanctuary, Wally West is revealed to be the true killer in issue #8. Wally methodically lays out the series of events that led to his psychological breakdown, the deaths at Sanctuary and the resulting cover-up.
How Hawkeye Became the Most Human Avenger
Today we continue our look at each of the founding MCU Avengers and how their stories have led them to their final confrontation with Thanos. Next up is Hawkeye and his journey to Avengers: Endgame.
Across the entire Infinity Saga of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, every member of the Avengers has endured personal consequences because of Thanos' machinations. The events set in motion by the Mad Titan's alliance with Loki is directly responsible for the team forming in the first place, placing the heroes on a path hurtling straight for Thanos, even if they didn't know it at the time. Yet while most of the team are exceptional individuals suited for battles of cosmic importance, one founding member stands out by being the most “normal” Avenger on the roster: Clint Barton, aka Hawkeye, who has become a symbol of the effects Thanos' quest for the Infinity Stones has had on regular people across the universe.
Here’s Everything Leaving Netflix in May
The official "Last Call" list for Netflix in May is here - to simultaneously let you know what's leaving the site next month and also what's actually on the site right now that you probably didn't even know about!
The first three Jaws films are expiring as well as notable movies like Dances with Wolves, From Dusk Till Dawn, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Birdcage, The Notebook, 8 Mile, and Watchmen.
As usual, a bunch of James Bond flicks are leaving (they're always coming and going), and with them a few Disney stragglers, as Disney+ preps for launch in the fall.
Persona 5 Royal Coming in 2020 With New Characters and Story
Persona 5 Royal, an expanded re-release of Persona 5, will launch later this year in Japan, with a Western release due in 2020.
The announcement was conducted in Japanese, but Twitter user Mystic, a reliable source of Persona news, has offered translated details in a series of tweets.
This new version, announced by developer Atlus today, features a substantial set of new additions that expand on a variety of Persona 5’s features. The most significant is a new semester of school to play though, which - presumably - will add a fair few more hours of story to the game.