Jeff Goldblum Hints at The Grandmaster’s Return for Thor: Love and Thunder
Marvel officially announced Thor: Love and Thunder, the next Thor movie from director Taika Waititi. The main cast from Thor: Ragnarok is set to return, including maybe Jeff Goldblum’s The Grandmaster.
During the Thor: Love and Thunder reveal at San Diego Comic Con, Waititi took the stage to announce that Chris Hemsworth’s Thor, Tessa Thompson’s Valkyrie, and even Natalie Portman’s Jane Foster (as Thor no less!) will be returning for Thor 4. One omission was Goldblum’s name, but the actor may have just teased his return on Twitter.
In a post published on the actor’s official Twitter account, Goldblum tweeted out the Thor: Love and Thunder title card with the added text: “And not forgetting The Grandmaster.”
Super Mario Maker 2 Course Upload Limit Doubles to 64
The number of courses you can upload in the Super Mario Maker 2 course designer has just been doubled. You can now upload 64 courses, up from 32.
In the “News” tab for Super Mario Maker 2, an important notice from the developers now says that the “maximum number of courses that you can upload has been increased from 32 to 64 courses.”
This means players and course designers can now share more of their work online at any given time. Nintendo also says that it plans to increase the course-upload limit one more time after this, so there’s a chance this number could double again.
Nintendo also announced that over 2 million courses have been uploaded already. That number will likely grow now that the course-upload limit has been raised. Players have been creating some very imaginative Mario levels, and a quick crawl through the Mario Maker subreddit will uncover some hidden gems.
New to Netflix for August
Netflix is closing out the summer strong with the return of some truly excellent Originals along with a new Dark Crystal prequel series called Age of Resistance.
Mindhunter, GLOW, Dear White People, and She-Ra and the Princesses of Power all drop new episodes in August - plus you'll get new installments of Nickelodeon's Invader Zim and Rocko's Modern Life.
There's also the first four Rocky films, an Original movie starring Marlon Wayans as sextuplets, and the latest seasons of The CW's Jane the Virgin, iZombie, and The 100.
Before we unveil the full list of what's coming however, here's everything LEAVING Netflix in August.
Sam Lake: I Felt ‘Detached’ From Making of Max Payne Movie
A little more than a decade ago, the Max Payne universe was adapted into a live-action film starring the likes of Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis, and rapper Ludacris. It was, to put it mildly, received by fans with as much warmth as one of Max Payne’s many headshot victims. IGN called it “humdrum,” with not one memorable action sequence. Don’t blame anyone working at game studio Remedy Entertainment, though. On this month’s episode of IGN Unfiltered, famed Max Payne 1 and 2 writer Sam Lake, who says Remedy wasn’t “involved in any way,” says he felt “detached” from the making of the film.
Bautista Says He’s ‘Tried Everything’ to Get Cast in Gears of War Movie
Hollywood doesn't want Dave Bautista to play Marcus Fenix in a Gears of War movie, according to a tweet from the wrestler-turned-actor. In response to a fan's plea to Hollywood to cast Bautista, the Guardians of the Galaxy actor replied, "They're listening. And they could give AF! But thank you for the support. Believe me when I say I've tried everything to make this happen."
They’re listening. And they could give AF!.. but thank you for the support. Believe me when I say I’ve tried everything to make this happen. https://t.co/8THxKLkbdV
— Dave Bautista (@DaveBautista) July 23, 2019
Netflix: Everything Leaving in August
The "Last Call" list for Netflix in August is here, breaking down all the movies and TV seasons expiring from the site over the next 30 days or so.
Some great crime thrillers are taking leave - like Zodiac, Wind River, and No Country for Old Men - along with ghoulish flicks like Zombieland, Poltergeist, The Village, and all four Final Destinations.
Here is the full "Last Call" list (U.S. only):
Leaving 8/1/19
A Cinderella Story
A Cinderella Story: Once Upon a Song
Another Cinderella Story
Austin Powers in Goldmember
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
Chuggington: Season 1-5
Death in Paradise: Season 1-7
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
10 Best Moments from IGN’s Comic-Con Live Stream
That's a wrap on San Diego Comic-Con 2019, but if you missed all the fun from the biggest entertainment nerd event of the year, we have you covered. In addition to recapping the biggest news of Comic-Con (plus the madness that was Marvel Studios' Phase 4 announcement) and every trailer released at SDCC, we also are spotlighting the most fun and most informative interviews that happened at IGN's Comic-Con live show.
The Future of the Avengers: Kevin Feige Teases a New-Look Team
Head of Marvel Studios, Kevin Feige, has hinted that the next class of Avengers will introduce some new characters to the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
The film producer confirmed in an interview with MTV News that the Avengers will indeed return with a "very different team" in the future, even though an ensemble cross-over film hasn't officially appeared on any upcoming calendars for the studio.
Feige revealed that the next generation of Earth's Mightiest Heroes would feature some familiar faces, together with some new characters that haven't made their big screen debut yet.
"It will be a very different team than we've seen before. That's what Endgame was all about," he said, speaking about the new Avengers roster. "It will be a very different incarnation of the team with some people you've already met and some people we haven't met yet."
Warsaw Is a Grimly Dark, Horribly Factual WW2 Tactics Game
Warsaw is a game in which you play through the entirety of the Warsaw Uprising. There's a very good chance you haven't heard of the Warsaw Uprising. That's probably because, among the tales of victory-against-all-odds that tend to make up western World War 2 school textbooks, it doesn't quite fit in.
In 1944, as the Nazis' grip on power began to slip, the Polish underground resistance mounted a huge operation to liberate Warsaw. After a 63-day battle across the city, the resistance lost, with at least 150,000 civilians killed, and much of the city razed to the ground in retaliation. According to Warsaw producer Krzysztof Paplinski, asking those who do know about the Uprising will generally result in one of two (very different) responses; either it was a glorious act of doomed heroism, or a futile, irresponsible way to get yet more young Poles killed as the war came to a close.
Marvel Super Heroes Arcade Cabinet Coming to Homes Soon
The next cabinet in Arcade1up's line celebrates 80 years of Marvel Entertainment with a special edition, limited run Marvel Super Heroes Cabinet, and preorders are live right now at the Arcade1up website.
The special edition cabinet, limited to 8,000 units, features Marvel Super Heroes, X-Men: Children of the Atom and The Punisher arcade games.
The $399 cabinet includes "exclusive artwork," as well as a backlit marquee, along with premium quality buttons and joysticks from Sanwa. The Capcom's Marvel Super Heroes cabinet also comes with a special edition riser, along with a Marvel certificate of authenticity.
The Marvel's Super Heroes limited edition cabinet is one of three new Arcade1up cabinets scheduled to hit later this year. At E3 2019, we got a firsthand look at Arcade1up's 4-player Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle cabinet, as well as an upcoming Star Wars arcade cabinet.