Monthly Archives: November 2021

Letitia Wright’s Injuries on Black Panther 2 Set Were More Serious Than Marvel Initially Thought

In November it was reported that filming for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever was temporarily halted until early 2022 as a result of Letitia Wright’s on-set injury. A new letter from Kevin Feige to the cast and crew reveals Wright’s on-set injury was more severe than initially believed.

Deadline acquired a note sent to the cast and crew of Black Panther 2 from Marvel’s Kevin Feige, Louis D’Esposito, and Nate Moore. The three addressed the production halt and Wright’s injury and revealed Wright suffered a “critical shoulder fracture, and a concussion with severe side effects.”

Wright was reportedly injured in an incident involving a stunt rig. In the note from the Marvel producers, the injuries were originally believed to be minor but have proven to be much more serious. “It has been a painful process and Letitia has been home recovering with her doctors and the support of family.”

Wright and the team are set to resume filming Black Panther: Wakanda Forever in January 2022. Sources say Wright also sent a video message to the cast and crew thanking them for their support.

Right before the production pause, the crew continued to film scenes in Atlanta, Georgia that didn’t require Wright’s presence. But with Wright’s Shuri set to take a bigger role in the sequel, filming has become impossible to continue without her.

The production pause led Marvel to move Black Panther 2’s release date from July 8 to November 11 and shift a few other Marvel titles around for 2022 as well. Check out IGN’s full schedule of upcoming Marvel shows and movies here.

Matt T.M. Kim is IGN's News Editor. You can reach him @lawoftd.

Letitia Wright’s Injuries on Black Panther 2 Set Were More Serious Than Marvel Initially Thought

In November it was reported that filming for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever was temporarily halted until early 2022 as a result of Letitia Wright’s on-set injury. A new letter from Kevin Feige to the cast and crew reveals Wright’s on-set injury was more severe than initially believed.

Deadline acquired a note sent to the cast and crew of Black Panther 2 from Marvel’s Kevin Feige, Louis D’Esposito, and Nate Moore. The three addressed the production halt and Wright’s injury and revealed Wright suffered a “critical shoulder fracture, and a concussion with severe side effects.”

Wright was reportedly injured in an incident involving a stunt rig. In the note from the Marvel producers, the injuries were originally believed to be minor but have proven to be much more serious. “It has been a painful process and Letitia has been home recovering with her doctors and the support of family.”

Wright and the team are set to resume filming Black Panther: Wakanda Forever in January 2022. Sources say Wright also sent a video message to the cast and crew thanking them for their support.

Right before the production pause, the crew continued to film scenes in Atlanta, Georgia that didn’t require Wright’s presence. But with Wright’s Shuri set to take a bigger role in the sequel, filming has become impossible to continue without her.

The production pause led Marvel to move Black Panther 2’s release date from July 8 to November 11 and shift a few other Marvel titles around for 2022 as well. Check out IGN’s full schedule of upcoming Marvel shows and movies here.

Matt T.M. Kim is IGN's News Editor. You can reach him @lawoftd.

Disney Plus Ahsoka Series Casts Natasha Liu Bordizzo as Sabine Wren

Disney+ is slowly stacking the cast for its upcoming Star Wars series Ahsoka. Alongside Rosario Dawson’s titular character, Natasha Liu Bordizzo has been cast as Sabine Wren from the animated Star Wars Rebels series.

According to Deadline, Liu Bordizzo has been cast in a lead role opposite Dawson’s Ahsoka, meaning Sabine Wren could feature prominently in the upcoming live-action series.

Sabine Wren is a Mandalorian warrior first introduced in Star Wars Rebels. She is a member of the Ghost crew alongside Captain Hera Syndulla, Kanan Jarrus, Ezra Bridger, and Garazeb Orrelios.

At the end of Rebels, she left with Ahsoka Tano to search for Ezra, which could set up how Wren will show up on Ahsoka given the two character’s shared history.

Disney’s Ahsoka series is set to begin production in early 2022. Alongside Sabine Wren, the series is set to include Hayden Christiansen reprising his role as Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader.

Ahsoka will be written by Star Wars Rebels co-creator Dave Filoni, who appears to be bringing several of his animated Star Wars protagonists to live-action.

Filoni was also behind the creation of Ahsoka Tano, Anakin Skywalker's Padawan during The Clone Wars. The character made her live-action debut in the second season of The Mandalorian.

Matt T.M. Kim is IGN's News Editor. You can reach him @lawoftd.

(Photo by Paul Archuleta/FilmMagic)

Disney Plus Ahsoka Series Casts Natasha Liu Bordizzo as Sabine Wren

Disney+ is slowly stacking the cast for its upcoming Star Wars series Ahsoka. Alongside Rosario Dawson’s titular character, Natasha Liu Bordizzo has been cast as Sabine Wren from the animated Star Wars Rebels series.

According to Deadline, Liu Bordizzo has been cast in a lead role opposite Dawson’s Ahsoka, meaning Sabine Wren could feature prominently in the upcoming live-action series.

Sabine Wren is a Mandalorian warrior first introduced in Star Wars Rebels. She is a member of the Ghost crew alongside Captain Hera Syndulla, Kanan Jarrus, Ezra Bridger, and Garazeb Orrelios.

At the end of Rebels, she left with Ahsoka Tano to search for Ezra, which could set up how Wren will show up on Ahsoka given the two character’s shared history.

Disney’s Ahsoka series is set to begin production in early 2022. Alongside Sabine Wren, the series is set to include Hayden Christiansen reprising his role as Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader.

Ahsoka will be written by Star Wars Rebels co-creator Dave Filoni, who appears to be bringing several of his animated Star Wars protagonists to live-action.

Filoni was also behind the creation of Ahsoka Tano, Anakin Skywalker's Padawan during The Clone Wars. The character made her live-action debut in the second season of The Mandalorian.

Matt T.M. Kim is IGN's News Editor. You can reach him @lawoftd.

(Photo by Paul Archuleta/FilmMagic)

Delroy Lindo Joins Marvel’s Blade With Mahershala Ali

Delroy Lindo is set to join Mahershala Ali in Marvel’s upcoming Blade reboot.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Lindo is in final negotiations to join the cast of Marvel’s vampire hunter outing. No word on who Lindo will play, however.

Lindo is currently seen in Netflix’s western The Harder They Fall but previously gave critically-acclaimed performances in films like Spike Lee’s Da 5 Bloods alongside Marvel’s Chadwick Boseman.

Marvel announced the Blade movie starring Ali back at the 2019 San Diego Comic-Con when Marvel brought Ali to the stage. Beyond that, Ali’s voiced Blade in the post-credit scene for The Eternals.

Plot details for the Blade movie are still being kept a secret, though Watchmen writer Stacy Osei-Kuffour and directed by Bassam Tariq.

Blade is slated to be a part of Marvel’s Phase Four alongside Spider-Man: No Way Home, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, and more. Check out IGN’s rundown of all the upcoming Marvel movies and shows in the pipeline.

Up next is the Hawkeye TV series on Disney+ and Spider-Man: No Way Home which just dropped its second trailer. Check out IGN’s breakdown of why the next Spider-Man movie is focusing so much on the villains.

Matt T.M. Kim is IGN's News Editor. You can reach him @lawoftd.

Delroy Lindo Joins Marvel’s Blade With Mahershala Ali

Delroy Lindo is set to join Mahershala Ali in Marvel’s upcoming Blade reboot.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Lindo is in final negotiations to join the cast of Marvel’s vampire hunter outing. No word on who Lindo will play, however.

Lindo is currently seen in Netflix’s western The Harder They Fall but previously gave critically-acclaimed performances in films like Spike Lee’s Da 5 Bloods alongside Marvel’s Chadwick Boseman.

Marvel announced the Blade movie starring Ali back at the 2019 San Diego Comic-Con when Marvel brought Ali to the stage. Beyond that, Ali’s voiced Blade in the post-credit scene for The Eternals.

Plot details for the Blade movie are still being kept a secret, though Watchmen writer Stacy Osei-Kuffour and directed by Bassam Tariq.

Blade is slated to be a part of Marvel’s Phase Four alongside Spider-Man: No Way Home, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, and more. Check out IGN’s rundown of all the upcoming Marvel movies and shows in the pipeline.

Up next is the Hawkeye TV series on Disney+ and Spider-Man: No Way Home which just dropped its second trailer. Check out IGN’s breakdown of why the next Spider-Man movie is focusing so much on the villains.

Matt T.M. Kim is IGN's News Editor. You can reach him @lawoftd.

Game Scoop! 652: The GTA Trilogy Deserves So Much Better

Welcome back to IGN Game Scoop!, the ONLY video game podcast! This week your Omega Cops -- Daemon Hatfield, Tina Amini, Sam Claiborn, and Justin Davis -- are discussing Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - Definitive Edition, Halo Infinite, Saints Row, and more. And, of course, they play Video Game 20 Questions.

Watch the video above or hit the link below to your favorite podcast service.

Listen on:

Apple Podcasts

YouTube

Spotify

Stitcher

Find previous episodes here!

Game Scoop! 652: The GTA Trilogy Deserves So Much Better

Welcome back to IGN Game Scoop!, the ONLY video game podcast! This week your Omega Cops -- Daemon Hatfield, Tina Amini, Sam Claiborn, and Justin Davis -- are discussing Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - Definitive Edition, Halo Infinite, Saints Row, and more. And, of course, they play Video Game 20 Questions.

Watch the video above or hit the link below to your favorite podcast service.

Listen on:

Apple Podcasts

YouTube

Spotify

Stitcher

Find previous episodes here!

Hideki Kamiya Apologizes to Fans and Microsoft For Scalebound Cancellation

One of the most highly anticipated exclusive titles for Xbox One and PC was Scalebound, which unceremoniously got canceled in January 2017. Platinum Games director Hideki Kamiya is now apologizing for the game's development.

In a new interview with the YouTube channel, Cutscenes, Kamiya shed some new light on Scalebound's cancelation. He had the desire to make a high-end, photorealistic game. That meant Platinum Games had to improve its graphical abilities as the next step in modern game creation.

"I’m sorry to the players who looked forward to it, and moreover I’m sorry to Microsoft who had placed their trust in us as a business partner," Kamiya said. "I want to apologize both as a creator and as a member of Platinum Games."

Kamiya said that he loved fantasy worlds with swords, magic, and dragons growing up. He also played classic PC games like Sorcerian and Hydlide, so that's where he got the idea to center Scalebound around a young man fighting together with a dragon.

"However, it was a big challenge for Platinum Games," says Kamiya. "We were working in an environment we weren’t used to. We were developing on the Unreal engine, we also lacked the necessary know-how to build a game based on online features. The hurdles we had to overcome were very big."

He explains that the studio wasn't experienced enough to get over the many walls, leading to the cancelation of Scalebound. Back in 2019, Kamiya also lamented that Microsoft took the brunt of the criticism, noting that both sides had issues.

Last year, Platinum Games said that the studio would love to finish Scalebound, but Microsoft owns the entire IP. So It's up to Microsoft to decide if the game ever comes back.

George Yang is a freelance writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @yinyangfooey

Hideki Kamiya Apologizes to Fans and Microsoft For Scalebound Cancellation

One of the most highly anticipated exclusive titles for Xbox One and PC was Scalebound, which unceremoniously got canceled in January 2017. Platinum Games director Hideki Kamiya is now apologizing for the game's development.

In a new interview with the YouTube channel, Cutscenes, Kamiya shed some new light on Scalebound's cancelation. He had the desire to make a high-end, photorealistic game. That meant Platinum Games had to improve its graphical abilities as the next step in modern game creation.

"I’m sorry to the players who looked forward to it, and moreover I’m sorry to Microsoft who had placed their trust in us as a business partner," Kamiya said. "I want to apologize both as a creator and as a member of Platinum Games."

Kamiya said that he loved fantasy worlds with swords, magic, and dragons growing up. He also played classic PC games like Sorcerian and Hydlide, so that's where he got the idea to center Scalebound around a young man fighting together with a dragon.

"However, it was a big challenge for Platinum Games," says Kamiya. "We were working in an environment we weren’t used to. We were developing on the Unreal engine, we also lacked the necessary know-how to build a game based on online features. The hurdles we had to overcome were very big."

He explains that the studio wasn't experienced enough to get over the many walls, leading to the cancelation of Scalebound. Back in 2019, Kamiya also lamented that Microsoft took the brunt of the criticism, noting that both sides had issues.

Last year, Platinum Games said that the studio would love to finish Scalebound, but Microsoft owns the entire IP. So It's up to Microsoft to decide if the game ever comes back.

George Yang is a freelance writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @yinyangfooey