Rosario Dawson Won’t Appear in The Punisher Series
While promoting her latest film, Unforgettable, Rosario Dawson revealed that she won't be making an appearance in Marvel's new Netflix Original series, The Punisher.
Dawson is a regular face, playing the series-bridging nurse, Claire Temple who has so far appeared in every Marvel Netflix show. However, when speaking of the upcoming addition to the streaming service's shows, it appears that Claire Temple won't be making an appearance:
"I really wanted to do a cameo on The Punisher, but it doesn’t always work that way."
When asked about her connecting role in the overall series by Collider, Dawson replied, "I love it! It’s amazing, seeing people’s reactions online."
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PlayStation Virtual Reality is Back in Stock at a Cheaper Price
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The Troubling Psychology of Pay-to-Loot Systems
“In behavioural psychology, that randomised system of reward is the one that creates the most addiction,” says Emil Hodzic, who runs the Video Game Addiction Treatment Clinic. “That’s the one that causes all the drama.”
This comment comes from an interview about microtransactions tied to random number generator (RNG) card packs, or what I call “pay-to-loot”. It’s a system that exists beyond genres and irrespective of the price of a game. It’s becoming more common, too. You can find it in Battlefield 1, Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, Overwatch, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Gears of War 4, Dirty Bomb and Hearthstone, to name a handful of names that constantly arose while researching this piece.
Why Bots Are Still Relevant to Games Today
One of my favourite memories from my teen years is teaming up with my siblings to play Perfect Dark deathmatch on the Nintendo 64. Not against each other, but a team of simulants, or bots—AI designed to mirror the playing tactics and styles of real players. This was a time before digital downloads, one click matchmaking and vast online communities became commonplace and the novelty factor of playing with or against AI bots was enormous. Without the Internet, multiplayer gaming was restricted wholly to local multiplayer, or to a LAN if you were lucky enough to have multiple PCs and the space. The idea of jumping online to play a few quick rounds of deathmatch was but a dream at that point, but the creation of AI bots meant that solo players could have a sweet taste of the action.
A Look Back at the First Year of Overwatch
Looking at the sheer force that is Blizzard’s Overwatch, it can feel a little strange to realise that it’s only been out for a year. Thanks to an all-round open-arm embrace by the public at large, a universe that has extended its reach to animated shorts and comics, the continued support and community-driven focus of Blizzard, and the exciting competitive side seen in seasonal play and the first Overwatch World Cup -- for many people out there, a world without Overwatch would be hard to imagine.
It's also worth mentioning that while we're officially a year in, this was a game that had a full head of steam well before release. Overwatch hit the ground running the moment it was announced. “Come release time, honestly, to me it kind of felt that we were out already,” Overwatch Principal Designer, Geoff Goodman confesses. “Even at that point we had being seeing cosplay and the public had embraced a lot of what had been shown.”
The Fate of the Furious Tops Box Office for Second Weekend
The Fate of the Furious held strong in first place at the domestic box office for its second consecutive week, while Unforgettable and The Promise had underwhelming debuts.
Universal's eighth Fast and the Furious film, which surpassed Star Wars: The Force Awakens with the biggest worldwide opening of all time, earned an estimated $38.7 million at the domestic box office. As noted by Variety, this marks a 61 percent drop from its $100.2 million domestic debut last week.
Damon Lindelof on The Leftovers Big Season 3 Questions
Warning: Full spoilers for The Leftovers: Season 3 premiere follow.
Last week I presented the first half of my conversation with Damon Lindelof about the third and final season of The Leftovers. In this second half, we dive into spoilery topics coming out of the Season 3 premiere, including certain missing characters and other characters getting rather dramatically blown up. Lindelof also discusses the season’s big flashback opening, the premiere’s final scene (and what appears to be a flash forward), and more of his approach to crafting this concluding year of the HBO drama.
Dark Phoenix Film Officially Happening, Releasing in 2018
2018 will be a major release year for the X-Men film universe, as 20th Century Fox has dated three mutant movies for next year.
IGN can confirm that the New Mutants film will be released in theaters on April 13, 2018. Fox will then debut Deadpool 2, which recently had Josh Brolin cast as Cable, on June 1, 2018. Finally, the third and final X-Men film of the year, Dark Phoenix, will be released on November 2, 2018.
The dating of Dark Phoenix confirms earlier reports that suggested the next upcoming X-Men film, reportedly first known as X-Men: Supernova, would revisit the Jean Grey/Phoenix saga, with Game of Thrones actress Sophie Turner returning to her role as Grey following 2016's X-Men: Apocalypse. Turner recently discussed when the next X-Men film might start shooting.
Supergirl Is Introducing General Zod
General Zod is coming to Supergirl.
The villainous Krypton warlord will show up on episode 22 in the current second season of the show, which returns with new episodes starting this Monday. Mark Gibbon, who has appeared in Man of Steel and a few episodes on Smallville, will be portraying Zod.
However, there are currently no plot details about Zod's visit, including why he suddenly decides to come to National City and what role he might be playing on Supergirl.
But, it could have something to do with Superman's imminent return, as it's been confirmed Tyler Hoechlin will reprise his role as the Man of Steel for the Season 2 finale.
New Release Dates Announced for Avatar 2, 3, 4 and 5
After being delayed multiple times, James Cameron's Avatar sequels now have new release dates.
Announced on the film's Facebook page, Avatar 2 will hit theaters December 18, 2020 followed by Avatar 3 on December 17, 2021, then three years later with Avatar 4 opening December 20, 2024, and, finally, Avatar 5 will hit theaters December 19, 2025.
"Great to be working with the best team in the business! Avatar takes flight as we begin concurrent production on four sequels," according to the Facebook post.
Avatar 2 was originally supposed to come out in late 2018 but was recently delayed because of how massive an undertaking it is to develop several sequels all at once. According to Cameron, "its an epic undertaking" that 's "unlike building the Three Gorges dam." Avatar 3, 4, and 5, were originally slated to open in 2020, 2022, and 2023 but have since been pushed a few years back now.