Monthly Archives: July 2019
Orlando Bloom Talks Potential Cameo in Amazon’s Lord of the Rings Show
Orlando Bloom may be starring in an Amazon Prime Original series (Victorian fantasy drama Carnival Row), but don't expect him to cameo in Amazon's upcoming Lord of the Rings TV show.
The British actor, who got his big break starring as Legolas Greenleaf in Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy (and subsequently reprised the role in Jackson's Hobbit trilogy a decade later), recalled that 20 years ago when they were in the midst of filming the fantasy epic, Jackson predicted that someone would someday try and remake the story based on J.R.R. Tolkien's seminal novels, with the cast insisting it would never happen. "Now here I am working for Amazon and they're remaking it," Bloom laughed, appearing alongside Carnival Row costar Cara Delevingne, creator Travis Beacham, and showrunner Marc Guggenheim at Amazon's Television Critics Association press tour.
Bethesda Says It Will Make Doom Re-Release Login Requirement Optional
On Friday at QuakeCon, Bethesda and id Software treated fans to a surprise announcement that all three original Doom games are now available on Nintendo Switch, PS4, and Xbox One. Unfortunately, the positive reception to the new ports was dampened a little bit when it became apparent that players were required to create and login into a Bethesda.net account to play them. After a day’s worth of outcry, Bethesda has confirmed it is working on a way to make the login optional for all players.
Amazon Gives The Expanse an Early Season 5 Order
At the TCA 2019 summer press tour, Amazon announced orders for The Expanse Season 5, and Carnival Row Season 2, both ahead of their respective premieres. Season 4 of The Expanse will drop on December 13, while Carnival Row is set to debut on August 30.
Presumably, The Expanse Season 5 will center on some of the events in Book 5, titled Nemesis Games, which was written by James S.A. Corey (co-authors Ty Franck and Daniel Abraham) in 2015. Per Amazon, Season 4 "begins a new chapter for the series with the crew of the Rocinante on a mission from the U.N. to explore new worlds beyond the Ring Gate. Humanity has been given access to thousands of Earth-like planets which has created a land rush and furthered tensions between the opposing nations of Earth, Mars and the Belt. Ilus is the first of these planets, one rich with natural resources but also marked by the ruins of a long-dead alien civilization. While Earthers, Martians, and Belters maneuver to colonize Ilus and its natural resources, these early explorers don’t understand this new world and are unaware of the larger dangers that await them."
First Look at Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan Season 2
Amazon has revealed the first look at Season 2 of Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan featuring a teaser trailer and a poster with leading-man John Krasinski front and center. No official release date has been announced.
Per Amazon, "In the second season of Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan, after tracking a potentially suspicious shipment of illegal arms in the Venezuelan jungle, CIA Officer Jack Ryan, portrayed by John Krasinski (A Quiet Place), heads down to South America to investigate. As Jack’s investigation threatens to uncover a far-reaching conspiracy, the President of Venezuela launches a counter-attack that hits home for Jack, leading him and his fellow operatives on a global mission spanning the United States, UK, Russia, and Venezuela to unravel the President’s nefarious plot and bring stability to a country on the brink of chaos."
Here’s the Creative Team Working on Amazon’s Lord of the Rings
Amazon has announced the creative team for their big-budget Lord of the Rings TV show.
In addition to previously announced showrunners J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay, director and executive producer J.A. Bayona (The Orphanage, Jurassic Park: Fallen Kingdom), and executive producer Belén Atienza, the Lord of the Rings series has added executive producers Lindsey Weber (10 Cloverfield Lane), Bruce Richmond (Game of Thrones), Gene Kelly (Boardwalk Empire) and Sharon Tal Yguado.
The show has also firmed up its writers room with writer/executive producer Gennifer Hutchison (Breaking Bad); writer/executive producer Jason Cahill (The Sopranos) writer/executive producer Justin Doble (Stranger Things); consulting producers Bryan Cogman (Game of Thrones) and Stephany Folsom (Toy Story 4); producer Ron Ames (The Aviator); writer/co-producer Helen Shang (Hannibal), and writing consultant Glenise Mullins.
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Viral Horror Game Darq Gets a Release Date
Horror puzzle-platformer Darq will launch for Steam on August 15.
First-time, one-man developer Unfold Games made waves by turning down 12 publishers to make the game himself, and a Reddit post about that situation became one of the most upvoted posts in the site's history. Darq is also one of the most wishlisted games on Steam.
The game centres around Lloyd, a boy trapped inside his own nightmare, but who uses lucid dreaming to force his way out.
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Ending Explained, Easter Eggs & Influences
Quentin Tarantino’s new movie Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood is not only a work of historical fiction mixing real-life figures like Sharon Tate, Charles Manson, Bruce Lee, and Steve McQueen alongside the fictional co-leads played by Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt, it’s also one giant Easter egg to the filmmaker’s many cinematic and pop cultural influences (and even to his other films).
With all that in mind, let's break down the film's twist ending, its many Easter eggs, and influences.
Needless to say then, be mindful of SPOILERS ahead for the film and for history (?!), starting with ...
Now Streaming Monster Hunter World Live
After a long hiatus, we're back with another live Monster Hunter World Boot Camp stream in preparation for Iceborne! If you've got questions, hop into the Twitch live chat, because we probably have answers.
Casey DeFreitas, our Monster Hunter World wiki guide lead, started this series to answer any questions you might have about Monster Hunter World, so get involved in the chat and have some fun.
Today we're going through some of the best Event Quests to do leading up to Iceborne's launch, and since almost every Event Quest is available, there are quite a few!
Fire Emblem: Three Houses’ Voice Actor for Male Byleth to Be Replaced
UPDATE (7/27/19) - Nintendo had confirmed to USgamer that it will be re-recording and replacing the lines for Fire Emblem: Three Houses' male protagonist Byleth following the allegations of abuse.
"After assessing the situation, we decided to re-record the character's voiceovers in Fire Emblem: Three Houses and Fire Emblem Heroes with another actor. The new voiceovers will be included in a future patch," Nintendo of America says.
Original story from July 26, 2019, follows.
Chris Niosi, the voice actor of the male protagonist Byleth in Fire Emblem: Three Houses and Fire Emblem Heroes, has been replaced in Heroes following allegations of abuse that have recently surfaced.