Keanu Reeves Is Co-Writing Comic Book Series, BRZRKR
Keanu Reeves is making his comic book-writing debut with BRZRKR, a twelve-issue limited series set to be distributed through BOOM! Studios this October.
USA Today reports that Reeves has joined forces with award-winning graphic novelist Matt Kindt to produce the "action-packed and hyperviolent" BRZRKR, with illustrations from acclaimed artist Alessandro Vitti, colorist Bill Crabtree, letterer Clem Robins, and conceptual/cover artist Rafael Grampá.
Mark Brooks' variant cover art for BRZRKR is pictured below:
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Out monthly beginning October 7, each issue will tell the story of a warrior, known only as Berzerker, who is said to have "walked a blood-soaked path across the world for centuries." In present day, the Berzerker performs "dangerous jobs for the U.S. government in exchange for the truth about his existence."
"He's seen a lot," says Reeves of the main character, adding that the comic book explores a multitude of themes, including "the nature of violence, morals, ethics (and) what side do you choose," as the story attempts to mix "a little fantasy" into the reality.
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"I have loved comics since I was a young kid and they have been a significant influence on me artistically," Reeves said in an official statement alongside the announcement, in which he referred to the opportunity to create and collaborate on BRZRKR as "a dream come true."
BRZRKR was pitched to BOOM! studios as a comic book with the potential to become a live-action vehicle, especially since the publisher has a first-look deal with Netflix. Reeves said he would love to play Berzerker, adding that "it's a really fun story so if it's not me, hopefully someone can play it."
Before signing on for any other projects, however, Reeves is set to reprise one of his most iconic film roles in The Matrix 4.
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Adele Ankers is a Freelance Entertainment Journalist. You can reach her on Twitter.
Image credit: Mark Brooks/Boom! Studios[/caption]
Out monthly beginning October 7, each issue will tell the story of a warrior, known only as Berzerker, who is said to have "walked a blood-soaked path across the world for centuries." In present day, the Berzerker performs "dangerous jobs for the U.S. government in exchange for the truth about his existence."
"He's seen a lot," says Reeves of the main character, adding that the comic book explores a multitude of themes, including "the nature of violence, morals, ethics (and) what side do you choose," as the story attempts to mix "a little fantasy" into the reality.
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"I have loved comics since I was a young kid and they have been a significant influence on me artistically," Reeves said in an official statement alongside the announcement, in which he referred to the opportunity to create and collaborate on BRZRKR as "a dream come true."
BRZRKR was pitched to BOOM! studios as a comic book with the potential to become a live-action vehicle, especially since the publisher has a first-look deal with Netflix. Reeves said he would love to play Berzerker, adding that "it's a really fun story so if it's not me, hopefully someone can play it."
Before signing on for any other projects, however, Reeves is set to reprise one of his most iconic film roles in The Matrix 4.
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Adele Ankers is a Freelance Entertainment Journalist. You can reach her on Twitter.Keanu Reeves Is Co-Writing Comic Book Series, BRZRKR
Keanu Reeves is making his comic book-writing debut with BRZRKR, a twelve-issue limited series set to be distributed through BOOM! Studios this October.
USA Today reports that Reeves has joined forces with award-winning graphic novelist Matt Kindt to produce the "action-packed and hyperviolent" BRZRKR, with illustrations from acclaimed artist Alessandro Vitti, colorist Bill Crabtree, letterer Clem Robins, and conceptual/cover artist Rafael Grampá.
Mark Brooks' variant cover art for BRZRKR is pictured below:
[caption id="attachment_2381782" align="alignnone" width="1080"] Image credit: Mark Brooks/Boom! Studios[/caption]
Out monthly beginning October 7, each issue will tell the story of a warrior, known only as Berzerker, who is said to have "walked a blood-soaked path across the world for centuries." In present day, the Berzerker performs "dangerous jobs for the U.S. government in exchange for the truth about his existence."
"He's seen a lot," says Reeves of the main character, adding that the comic book explores a multitude of themes, including "the nature of violence, morals, ethics (and) what side do you choose," as the story attempts to mix "a little fantasy" into the reality.
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"I have loved comics since I was a young kid and they have been a significant influence on me artistically," Reeves said in an official statement alongside the announcement, in which he referred to the opportunity to create and collaborate on BRZRKR as "a dream come true."
BRZRKR was pitched to BOOM! studios as a comic book with the potential to become a live-action vehicle, especially since the publisher has a first-look deal with Netflix. Reeves said he would love to play Berzerker, adding that "it's a really fun story so if it's not me, hopefully someone can play it."
Before signing on for any other projects, however, Reeves is set to reprise one of his most iconic film roles in The Matrix 4.
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Adele Ankers is a Freelance Entertainment Journalist. You can reach her on Twitter.
Image credit: Mark Brooks/Boom! Studios[/caption]
Out monthly beginning October 7, each issue will tell the story of a warrior, known only as Berzerker, who is said to have "walked a blood-soaked path across the world for centuries." In present day, the Berzerker performs "dangerous jobs for the U.S. government in exchange for the truth about his existence."
"He's seen a lot," says Reeves of the main character, adding that the comic book explores a multitude of themes, including "the nature of violence, morals, ethics (and) what side do you choose," as the story attempts to mix "a little fantasy" into the reality.
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"I have loved comics since I was a young kid and they have been a significant influence on me artistically," Reeves said in an official statement alongside the announcement, in which he referred to the opportunity to create and collaborate on BRZRKR as "a dream come true."
BRZRKR was pitched to BOOM! studios as a comic book with the potential to become a live-action vehicle, especially since the publisher has a first-look deal with Netflix. Reeves said he would love to play Berzerker, adding that "it's a really fun story so if it's not me, hopefully someone can play it."
Before signing on for any other projects, however, Reeves is set to reprise one of his most iconic film roles in The Matrix 4.
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Adele Ankers is a Freelance Entertainment Journalist. You can reach her on Twitter.Overcooked: All You Can Eat Coming to Xbox Series X and PS5
Overcooked: All You Can Eat is a compilation of all of Overcooked, Overcooked 2 and their associated DLC, and it's coming to next-gen consoles later this year.
Announced in the Summer Game Fest developer showcase, Overcooked: All You Can Eat includes a full remaster of both games, presented in 4K/60FPS, and includes online play across the entire package, including crossplay.
All You Can Eat will also include 7 new levels and 3 new chefs and additional skins for every existing chef, bringing the total up to over 200 levels and 120 playable chefs. You'll also be able to unlock brand new trophies and achievements.
The game will also include a number of accessibility options, including colour blindness modes, dyslexic friendly text, scalable UI and assist modes.
We've been big fans of Overcooked so far, awarding the first game an 8.4 review, and calling Overcooked 2 "a ridiculously entertaining party game and a challenging extension of the original" in our 8.5 review.
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Overcooked: All You Can Eat Coming to Xbox Series X and PS5
Overcooked: All You Can Eat is a compilation of all of Overcooked, Overcooked 2 and their associated DLC, and it's coming to next-gen consoles later this year.
Announced in the Summer Game Fest developer showcase, Overcooked: All You Can Eat includes a full remaster of both games, presented in 4K/60FPS, and includes online play across the entire package, including crossplay.
All You Can Eat will also include 7 new levels and 3 new chefs and additional skins for every existing chef, bringing the total up to over 200 levels and 120 playable chefs. You'll also be able to unlock brand new trophies and achievements.
The game will also include a number of accessibility options, including colour blindness modes, dyslexic friendly text, scalable UI and assist modes.
We've been big fans of Overcooked so far, awarding the first game an 8.4 review, and calling Overcooked 2 "a ridiculously entertaining party game and a challenging extension of the original" in our 8.5 review.
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Joe Skrebels is IGN's Executive Editor of News. Follow him on Twitter. Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com.
Watch the English Dub Trailer for 20th Anniversary Film Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna
This September, the 20th anniversary feature film Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna will be available in North America for the first time ever as both a digital and home video release thanks to Toei Animation and Shout! Factory.
On September 29, the film will debut first as a digital download available in original Japanese with English subtitles or English dub on Amazon Prime Video, iTunes, Microsoft and Sony PlayStation Network; followed a week later on October 6 with the retail home video release on DVD and Blu-ray Combo Pack (Blu-ray + DVD from Shout! Factory).
To mark today’s announcement, Toei Animation has premiered the official English dub trailer here on IGN - as well as revealed the film’s English dub cast!
Watch the Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna trailer here:
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Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna takes place five years after the events of Digimon Adventure tri., the six-part film series released in 2015. As the official plot synopsis reveals: "Now on the cusp of adulthood, Tai and his DigiDestined friends discover that with age their bonds with each of their Digimon will ultimately break."
Here's who voicing who in the English dub version of the film:
English Dub Cast
- Tai Kamiya - Joshua Seth
- Matt Ishida - Nicolas Roye
- TK Takaishi - Johnny Yong Bosch
- Kari Kamiya -Tara Sands
- Izzy Izumi - Mona Marshall
- Joe Kido - Robbie Daymond
- Sora Takenouchi - Colleen O'Shaughnessey
- Mimi Tachikawa - Kate Higgins
- Menoa Bellucci - Erika Harlacher
- Kyotaro Yamada - Kaiji Tang
- Agumon - Tom Fahn
- Gabumon - Kirk Thornton
- Patamon - Laura Summer
- Palmon - Anna Garduno
- Gatomon - Kate Higgins
- Tentomon - Jeff Nimoy
- Biyomon - Cherami Leigh
- Gomamon - Bob Klein
- Davis Motomiya - Griffin Burns
- Cody Hida - Bryce Papenbrook
- Yolei Inoue - Jeannie Tirado
- Ken Ichijouji - Derek Stephen Prince
- Veemon - Derek Stephen Prince
- Armadillomon - Robbie Daymond
- Wormmon - Paul St. Peter
- Hawkmon - Christopher Swindle
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Watch the English Dub Trailer for 20th Anniversary Film Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna
This September, the 20th anniversary feature film Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna will be available in North America for the first time ever as both a digital and home video release thanks to Toei Animation and Shout! Factory.
On September 29, the film will debut first as a digital download available in original Japanese with English subtitles or English dub on Amazon Prime Video, iTunes, Microsoft and Sony PlayStation Network; followed a week later on October 6 with the retail home video release on DVD and Blu-ray Combo Pack (Blu-ray + DVD from Shout! Factory).
To mark today’s announcement, Toei Animation has premiered the official English dub trailer here on IGN - as well as revealed the film’s English dub cast!
Watch the Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna trailer here:
[ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/07/20/digimon-adventure-last-evolution-kizuna-official-english-dub-trailer"]
Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna takes place five years after the events of Digimon Adventure tri., the six-part film series released in 2015. As the official plot synopsis reveals: "Now on the cusp of adulthood, Tai and his DigiDestined friends discover that with age their bonds with each of their Digimon will ultimately break."
Here's who voicing who in the English dub version of the film:
English Dub Cast
- Tai Kamiya - Joshua Seth
- Matt Ishida - Nicolas Roye
- TK Takaishi - Johnny Yong Bosch
- Kari Kamiya -Tara Sands
- Izzy Izumi - Mona Marshall
- Joe Kido - Robbie Daymond
- Sora Takenouchi - Colleen O'Shaughnessey
- Mimi Tachikawa - Kate Higgins
- Menoa Bellucci - Erika Harlacher
- Kyotaro Yamada - Kaiji Tang
- Agumon - Tom Fahn
- Gabumon - Kirk Thornton
- Patamon - Laura Summer
- Palmon - Anna Garduno
- Gatomon - Kate Higgins
- Tentomon - Jeff Nimoy
- Biyomon - Cherami Leigh
- Gomamon - Bob Klein
- Davis Motomiya - Griffin Burns
- Cody Hida - Bryce Papenbrook
- Yolei Inoue - Jeannie Tirado
- Ken Ichijouji - Derek Stephen Prince
- Veemon - Derek Stephen Prince
- Armadillomon - Robbie Daymond
- Wormmon - Paul St. Peter
- Hawkmon - Christopher Swindle
[widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=digimon-adventure-last-evolution-kizuna&captions=true"] The highly collectible DVD and Blu-ray Combo Pack editions of Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna feature both sub and dub versions and also bonus feature “The Final Evolution: Remembering 20 Years of Digimon Adventure with Joshua Seth and Tom Fahn.” Now available for pre-order on ShoutFactory.com, advance purchases of the “Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna” Blu-ray Combo Pack also include an exclusive 18”x 24” lithograph of the cover art while supplies last. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Matt Fowler is a writer for IGN and a member of the Television Critics Association. Follow him on Twitter at @TheMattFowler and Facebook at Facebook.com/MattBFowler.
Marvel’s Hawkeye: Disney Plus’ Jeremy Renner Series Adds Three Directors
Marvel has recruited multiple directors to helm episodes of the Disney+ Hawkeye TV series starring Jeremy Renner's Clint Barton.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the studio has tapped Amber Finlayson, Katie Ellwood, and Rhys Thomas to direct a "block of episodes" for the upcoming six-episode season, written and executive produced by former Mad Men scribe Jonathan Igla.
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Finlayson and Ellwood, better known by their pen names Bert and Bertie, are a filmmaking duo who burst onto the scene with Amazon's coming-of-age comedy Troop Zero, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival last year. They also recently helmed episodes of Hulu's acclaimed comedy-drama series The Great, starring Elle Fanning and Nicholas Hoult.
Meanwhile, Thomas has worked on various Saturday Night Live sketches over the course of his career. He made his feature film debut with Staten Island Summer, which was released for digital download in 2015. He then went on to direct Amazon's action-comedy series Comrade Detective, as well as John Mulaney & the Sack Lunch Bunch for Netflix.
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Hawkeye is set to tackle a story that will see the titular hero train up a new bow-wielding protégé, the popular Kate Bishop, who is also a key character in the Matt Fraction and David Aja Hawkeye comics run from which this Disney+ series has taken its logo design.
Hawkeye was supposed to be part of the first wave of Marvel shows hitting Disney's streaming service later this year. However, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, the first series in the proposed line-up, appears to have been quietly pushed back from its August release date.
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Adele Ankers is a Freelance Entertainment Journalist. You can reach her on Twitter.
Marvel’s Hawkeye: Disney Plus’ Jeremy Renner Series Adds Three Directors
Marvel has recruited multiple directors to helm episodes of the Disney+ Hawkeye TV series starring Jeremy Renner's Clint Barton.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the studio has tapped Amber Finlayson, Katie Ellwood, and Rhys Thomas to direct a "block of episodes" for the upcoming six-episode season, written and executive produced by former Mad Men scribe Jonathan Igla.
[ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/04/25/marvel-reshuffles-mcu-phase-4-slate-again"]
Finlayson and Ellwood, better known by their pen names Bert and Bertie, are a filmmaking duo who burst onto the scene with Amazon's coming-of-age comedy Troop Zero, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival last year. They also recently helmed episodes of Hulu's acclaimed comedy-drama series The Great, starring Elle Fanning and Nicholas Hoult.
Meanwhile, Thomas has worked on various Saturday Night Live sketches over the course of his career. He made his feature film debut with Staten Island Summer, which was released for digital download in 2015. He then went on to direct Amazon's action-comedy series Comrade Detective, as well as John Mulaney & the Sack Lunch Bunch for Netflix.
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Hawkeye is set to tackle a story that will see the titular hero train up a new bow-wielding protégé, the popular Kate Bishop, who is also a key character in the Matt Fraction and David Aja Hawkeye comics run from which this Disney+ series has taken its logo design.
Hawkeye was supposed to be part of the first wave of Marvel shows hitting Disney's streaming service later this year. However, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, the first series in the proposed line-up, appears to have been quietly pushed back from its August release date.
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Adele Ankers is a Freelance Entertainment Journalist. You can reach her on Twitter.
Cadence of Hyrule: DLC Packs, Season Pass Announced
Cadence of Hyrule: Crypt of the NecroDancer featuring The Legend of Zelda will get three paid DLC packs, the first of which is out today.
Announced in today's Nintendo Direct Mini, the Zelda themed rhythm-adventure will be getting three packs:
- Character Pack ($5.99) - Out today, this pack adds Impa, Aria, Shadow Link, Shadow Zelda and Frederick to the game, each with new abilities and weapons.
- Melody Pack ($5.99) - This pack adds 39 songs to the game, including remixed versions of the game's background music (by Family Jules, Chipzel, and A_Rival). Music can be changed at any time.
- Symphony of the Mask ($9.99) - This pack adds new story content in which you play as Majora's Mask's Skull Kid, adding a new map and new songs along the way. Skull Kid will change abilities depending on which mask he wears.
Cadence of Hyrule: DLC Packs, Season Pass Announced
Cadence of Hyrule: Crypt of the NecroDancer featuring The Legend of Zelda will get three paid DLC packs, the first of which is out today.
Announced in today's Nintendo Direct Mini, the Zelda themed rhythm-adventure will be getting three packs:
- Character Pack ($5.99) - Out today, this pack adds Impa, Aria, Shadow Link, Shadow Zelda and Frederick to the game, each with new abilities and weapons.
- Melody Pack ($5.99) - This pack adds 39 songs to the game, including remixed versions of the game's background music (by Family Jules, Chipzel, and A_Rival). Music can be changed at any time.
- Symphony of the Mask ($9.99) - This pack adds new story content in which you play as Majora's Mask's Skull Kid, adding a new map and new songs along the way. Skull Kid will change abilities depending on which mask he wears.