Monthly Archives: October 2019
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Death Stranding Features a Conan O’Brien Cameo
US talk show host Conan O’Brien has revealed that he has a cameo in Death Stranding.
In a clip uploaded to the Conan YouTube channel, O’Brien can be seen visiting the Kojima Productions offices during a trip to Tokyo. After a brief profile of Death Stranding, Kojima is seen asking O’Brien if he’d like to be in the game. Presumably this was all arranged in advanced in order to make a joke out of it all, so naturally O’Brien agrees. And so commences a bizarre facial capture session.
While the clip is humorous in tone, O’Brien really is in the game. He’s… strange, too. As revealed by Kojima in a tweet, O’Brien’s character - The Wondering MC - will gift you a Sea Otter Suit when you connect with him. Yes, you can dress Sam up as a sea otter, and make him swim in a river like an otter. Just when you though Death Stranding couldn’t get any weirder.
Hocus Pocus Sequel Being Developed for Disney Plus
A sequel to 1993's Hocus Pocus is in development for Disney+ and Workaholics writer and co-producer Jen D'Angelo will be writing the script.
As reported by Collider, Hocus Pocus' stars Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy have not been attached to the new project as of yet, but "D’Angelo has been tasked with finding a way to bring back the original cast" in some way.
The original followed Midler, Parker, and Najimy who were witches from 1693 in Salem, MA that were resurrected 300 years later. They must learn to live in the 20th century and deal with the fact that Halloween has become a holiday.
Marvel Reveals New Avengers Team From Old Man Logan Timeline
The Marvel Universe as depicted in Old Man Logan may be a pretty awful place, but at least it still has the Avengers. Marvel gave fans their first look at this dystopian version of Earth's Mightiest Heroes with the announcement of a new comic book miniseries titled Avengers of the Wastelands.
As revealed by Marvel.com, this new series brings together Old Man Logan and two other heroes who have been given the "Old Man" treatment recently - Hawkeye and Star-Lord. These three heroes will form a new Avengers team alongside the Hulk and Danielle Cage, the daughter of Luke Cage and Jessica Jones. We've seen Dani take up the mantle of Captain America in one alternate Marvel timeline, but here she'll be wielding Mjolnir and becoming the new Thor instead.
Even Fallout 76’s Most Loyal Supporters Are Mad at Bethesda Over Its New Subscription Service
Today, Bethesda is celebrating a fictional celebration called “The Day the Bombs Drop” which is the fictional day in which the world of Fallout was born from a nuclear war. It’s also the day Bethesda dropped the news that a premium subscription will be coming to Fallout 76 that gives players some heavily requested features for a monthly fee.
Everyone disliked that.
The new subscription service is called Fallout 76 1st, and it’s an add-on subscription that players can purchase on top of the base game (which retails for $39.99). With Fallout 76 1st, players will get access to the following perks:
WandaVision (and the Comics That Could Inspire It) Explained
WandaVision is the most mysterious Marvel project in development for Disney+. When the series was announced, Marvel’s Kevin Feige hinted, “WandaVision will be unlike anything we've done before.” Actor Paul Bettany, who plays Vision, doubled down on that promise, telling IGN simply, “It's super avant-garde and weird.”
So what do we know about WandaVision so far? And which books from Marvel Comics could play a part in inspiring it? Let’s take a look at the intertwined lives of Wanda Maximoff and the Vision to get an idea of where this unique series might take Marvel fans. These are the topics we’ll be covering here:
The Witcher Reveals New Images of Geralt, Roach and Yennefer
Before Netflix takes The Witcher to Lucca Comics & Games convention on October 31 in Italy for a big panel event, the streaming giant has released new images from Season 1 of the new fantasy series, which stars Henry Cavill.
Check out the four new images below at the start of our Season 1 images gallery:
While the image of Yennefer is ripped straight from the trailer we saw back at San Diego Comic-Con 2019, the other three images offer new shots of Geralt, Roach, and a mysterious hand (Ciri's?) touching a monster's claw... Is it one of Geralt's kills perhaps?
Netflix in November: The Irishman, The Dragon Prince, The Crown, and More
There are plenty of good movies and TV shows to be thankful for in November on Netflix!
First off, Martin Scorsese's highly-anticipated crime drama, The Irishman, is dropping on November 27 with an all-star cast that includes Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, and Joe Pesci. The film centers on the "epic saga of organized crime in post-war America told through the eyes of World War II veteran Frank Sheeran, a hustler and hitman who worked alongside some of the most notorious figures of the 20th century," according to a synopsis from the streaming provider. Be sure to check out our review of The Irishman right here.
Jedi: Fallen Order Is Shaping Up to Be a Game of the Year Contender
Beyond!
On this week's episode of IGN's weekly PlayStation show, Podcast Beyond, Brian Altano returns from his trip to Batuu to join host Jonathon Dornbush, Lucy O'Brien, and Max Scoville to regale them with his thoughts of Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. Brian got to play three hours of the upcoming single player Star Wars adventure and offered his impressions, addressed fan concerns about his preview, and discussed whether Jedi: Fallen Order is shaping up to be a Game of the Year contender.
Every Confirmed Actor and Character in Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings
Fans of classical fantasy haven’t been able to revisit J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings universe in live-action since 2014, when the last Hobbit film was released. Thankfully, Amazon is producing a full-length television series set in Middle-earth’s Second Age, starring a whole new cast of characters that we’ve yet to see onscreen. (Well, most of them, if rumors of a young Aragorn showing up are true.) As the show's development speeds up, there’s been a bit of casting news to give us little hints of where this Lord of the Rings series’ plot may go. So we went ahead and rounded up every confirmed character and actor that’ll be playing a role, as well as a few players from the movies who've confirmed that they're not coming back.