The Witcher Showrunner Has Seven Seasons of Story Planned

The Witcher showrunner, Lauren Hissrich, has said that she has seven seasons worth of narrative progression planned for the upcoming Netflix fantasy show.

Talking to SFX magazine for issue 320 (via PCGamesN), Hissrich said “I’ve

for seven seasons. Right now it’s just about, ‘how do you set up stories that really capture audiences for years at a time?'”

“The worst thing we could do is put all of our energies just into season one, and not be thinking about where these characters can grow to,” she added.

The Witcher is an adaptation of Andrzej Sapkowski’s books, and so the numerous short stories and five novels of the Witcher ‘Pentalogy’ will no doubt serve as the narrative basis of those seven seasons. But just how those are presented as a TV show, per season and per episode, is down to Hissrich. Presumably her plan consists of a chosen a path through those stories that will work well for a TV show.

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Michael Douglas Seemingly Confirms His Ant-Man 3 Return

Michael Douglas has seemingly confirmed that he will be reprising his role as Dr. Hank Pym in Ant-Man 3, as he recently revealed filming is scheduled to commence in January 2021.

Douglas, who played Scott Lang's friend and mentor in Ant-Man and Ant-Man and the Wasp, appeared to acknowledge his return to the franchise in an interview with Collider, in which he admitted that principal photography on the threequel was set to start in just over a year from now.

"The Marvel world has really been a blast!" the actor told the outlet. "I love them, I'm having a great time. We're starting a third

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Kojima Productions Plans to Make Films in the Future

Hideo Kojima has stated his intent for his studio, Kojima Productions, to start making movies as well as video games in the future.

Talking to BBC Newsbeat as part of a documentary about Death Stranding, Kojima said “In the future Kojima Productions will start making films. If you can do one thing well, then you can do everything well.”

Kojima went on to explain that he sees that movies, TV shows, and games competing in the same space in the future, thanks to streaming technology, and that this will encourage new formats to emerge.

“I’m very interested in the new format of game that will appear on there and that’s what I want to take on,” he said.

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Jean Smart Explains the Irony of Silk Spectre’s Return to Watchmen

Spoilers follow for the first three episodes of HBO’s Watchmen.

In Episode 3 of HBO's Watchmen, “She Was Killed by Space Junk,” Jean Smart (Fargo, Legion) makes her debut as Laurie Blake, formerly Laurie Juspeczyk, a.k.a. Silk Spectre, one of the main characters from the original graphic novel. Her arrival in this third week of the nine-episode season isn’t just a terrific way to connect the new show to the Watchmen world of 35 years ago, but Smart is also flat-out amazing as this older, more world-weary version of Blake, who has changed quite a bit in the years since the squid attack. Or has she?

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Jean Smart Explains the Irony of Silk Spectre’s Return to Watchmen

Spoilers follow for the first three episodes of HBO’s Watchmen.

In Episode 3 of HBO's Watchmen, “She Was Killed by Space Junk,” Jean Smart (Fargo, Legion) makes her debut as Laurie Blake, formerly Laurie Juspeczyk, a.k.a. Silk Spectre, one of the main characters from the original graphic novel. Her arrival in this third week of the nine-episode season isn’t just a terrific way to connect the new show to the Watchmen world of 35 years ago, but Smart is also flat-out amazing as this older, more world-weary version of Blake, who has changed quite a bit in the years since the squid attack. Or has she?

I spoke to Smart about the return of Agent Blake, how she feels about Doctor Manhattan and Nite Owl these days, what her dynamic is with Regina King’s Sister Night, and more.

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BlizzCon 2019 Hearthstone Grand Finals Winner Makes History

History was made this weekend at the BlizzCon 2019's Hearthstone Global Finals. 23-year-old Xiaomeng "VKLiooon" Li was crowned this year's Global Hearthstone Champion. Not only is she the first female to win a Hearthstone Grand Masters event, Li is also the first Chinese player to secure the title. Her victory also marks the first time a female player has taken home a championship trophy at BlizzCon across all Blizzard titles.

Li's incredible run up to the finals included taking down Hearthstone's 2017 World Champion, Chen Wei Lin, better known by his handle "tom60229," sending him to the loser's bracket immediately. In the finals, she faced Brian "bloodyface" Eason, who she made quick work of, sweeping him 3-0 to claim her title and take home the $200,000 grand prize.

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