Rian Johnson on How Knives Out Re-Invents the Whodunit for Modern Times
Knives Out writer-director Rian Johnson is poised to unleash his wickedly funny whodunit on audiences; one that puts a very modern spin on the age-old genre. Daniel Craig plays Benoit Blanc, a “gentleman detective” investigating the murder of a member of the family from hell. The Thrombey family is played by the likes of Jamie Lee Curtis, Don Johnson, Chris Evans, and Michael Shannon.
IGN recently caught up with Johnson a few hours before the film played at Fantastic Fest, and we asked about his love of whodunits, the complicated politics of the film, and whether or not certain elements of Knives Out are a reaction to the online fallout from his Star Wars film, The Last Jedi…
Final Fantasy 7 Remake: Part 2 Already Being Worked On
Final Fantasy 7 Remake director Tetsuya Nomura has said that Square Enix has "already begun working on" the next part of the episodic remake of his RPG classic.
In a Square Enix blog to accompany a batch of new screenshots of the game, Nomura sought to quell fears that splitting the original game into distinct chunks would make it a much smaller experience:
"Opportunities for discussing our true intentions are few, but with regard to the size of the game that many are asking about – there’s no reason at all to worry. Even in this Midgar portion alone, the density and volume are so great that I had to give directions to lighten them.
Final Fantasy 7 Remake: New Screenshots Released
Square Enix has released new screenshots of Final Fantasy VII Remake, showing off everything from the Chocobo & Moogle summon, to weapon upgrades, to where you can switch to the game's Classic Mode.
Check out all the new images below, and marvel at the fact that Moogles now look quite like koalas:
The screenshots come alongside a blog post from Square Enix that, among other things, confirms the second part of the episodic remake is now being worked on.
The screenshots show off a number of different parts of the game. Characters shown off include Avalanche's Biggs, Jessie and Wedge and The Turks' Reno and Rude. We also get a look at some familiar locations, including Aerith's house. Cloud's Triple Slash and Blade Burst abilities are also included.
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Movie Clip Revealed
The first clip from Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker has been released online, showing more footage from the Pasaana speeder chase that has been teased in previous promotional materials for Episode IX.
The 30-second desert pursuit shows Resistance heroes Rey, Finn, Poe, Chewbacca, C-3PO and BB-8 as fugitives on the run from a band of bike-riding First Order Stormtroopers, who unleash an upgrade to their armour, as they blast off to the skies using newly-fitted jetpacks.
One by one, the white-suited soldiers launch into the air, as Chewie lets out a Wookiee roar to alert his unsuspecting teammates of the new threat. C-3PO translates, exclaiming, "Oh, they fly now!", while Finn and Poe echo the protocol droid's surprise at the Stormtrooper's advanced capabilities.
Red Dead 2 Fans Are Making Their Own Undead Nightmare 2
Modders are working together to bring zombies to Red Dead Redemption 2’s single-player mode.
Now that Red Dead Redemption 2 is on PC, modders have started work on bringing features to the game that fans want - including a sequel to the first game’s Undead Nightmare expansion.
YouTuber jedijosh920 recently uploaded footage of a mod that adds zombies to the Red Dead Redemption 2 single-player campaign. The zombies are shown chasing the player and attacking other characters.
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The Mandalorian Director on Lessons Learned for Obi-Wan Kenobi Series
Deborah Chow, who was recently praised for her work on chapter three of The Mandalorian, has discussed its effect on her regarding the upcoming Obi-Wan Kenobi solo show on Disney+, and talked about whether puppet superstar, Baby Yoda might pop up in the next series too.
Speaking to The New York Times, Chow discussed the lessons she learned from the set of The Mandalorian, explaining how the knowledge she acquired from Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni will help her to prepare for her directorial role on the Obi-Wan series.
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Take-Two Explains Why It Hasn’t Made a GTA Movie Yet, and Probably Won’t
Take-Two has revealed why there hasn’t been a Grand Theft Auto movie or TV series yet, and why there probably won’t ever be.
In a recent interview with TheWrap, Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick discussed why the game publisher hasn’t put GTA onto the big screen.
“Part of it is, if we were to do something like that, we’d want to have complete creative control to make sure we expressed
in the way we wanted - and that would mean we’d need to finance that motion picture,” Zelnick said.
He then clarified that funding a movie or any other form of on-screen adaptation isn’t the issue, it’s that “we don’t have the corporate expertise to do it, because only a handful of people inside Take-Two have ever worked in that business.”
Cyberpunk 2077 Will Probably Come to PS5 and Scarlett, But Not at Launch
CD Projekt Red plans on bringing Cyberpunk 2077 to PlayStation 5 and Xbox Scarlett, but doesn’t expect it to be ready for the launch of those next-gen consoles. The company also discussed the game’s multiplayer version and its possible monetization.
Speaking at CD Projekt Red’s earnings conference for Q3 2019, senior vice president for business development Michał Nowakowski answered a question from the audience about Cyberpunk 2077 coming to next-gen consoles.
“One may probably safely assume that at some point we may do something with next-gen, however we cannot really be very specific what that may be, when exactly that may be,” Nowakowski said.