Everything You Need to Know About FX’s Y: The Last Man TV Series
Hollywood has been trying to adapt the best-selling comic series Y: The Last Man for well over a decade now. But it seems that adaptation will finally see the light of day as FX gears up for the 2020 debut of Y (yes, the show is losing the "The Last Man" part of the title).
Read on to learn everything we know so far about this long-awaited TV series, from the plot to the cast to the release date and more.
Be sure to also check out everything we know about Wonder Woman 1984 and everything we know about Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.
Thor Star Chris Hemsworth to Receive Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
Marvel’s Thor actor Chris Hemsworth is set to receive a star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame.
The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce’s Walk of Fame Selection Committee is inducting Hemsworth into the “Motion Picture” category alongside other new star recipients Mahershala Ali, Laurence Fishburne, Spike Lee, Julia Roberts, Octavia Spencer, and Batman. Yup, Batman is also getting a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Hemsworth was born in Australia as the middle child of actors Luke and Liam Hemsworth. He first appeared in episodes of TV series like Neighbours and Marshall Law before joining the cast of the long-running Australian soap opera Home and Away. His first film role was (briefly) playing George Kirk in J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek. He would play the lead role in Thor just two years later, a role he has since played in two other Thor movies, four Avengers movies, and other appearances in video games, short films, etc.
Moons of Madness Strands You on Mars with Cthulhu Monsters
What's worse than being stranded on Mars in a malfunctioning research station? Being stranded on Mars in a malfunctioning research station... with monsters. This is the simple yet very effective premise of Moons of Madness, the sci-fi/Lovecraft-themed horror adventure from Rock Pocket games.
My recent demo at E3 2019 took me through what is essentially the first hour of Moons of Madness's story, and did an excellent job proving two things:
- The team has done a great job blending these two distinct horror genres
- I am still a huge wimp when it comes to horror games.
You'll play as Shane Newhart, Chief Engineer for the Invictus Mission - a topper-than-top secret mission to explore the potential for humanity to colonize Mars. The mission, funded by the corporate conglomerate Orochi Group (if that sounds familiar, it's because Moons of Madness is set in the universe of Funcom's The Secret World), is entirely privatized and wholly off the books - it seems that not even NASA's top brass knows you're up there. Learning this, by reading through various notes, emails and NDAs that Shane has signed, adds another welcome layer of anxiety-inducing world-building - if this goes south, no one is coming to help you.
DC Comics to End the Vertigo Imprint in 2020
DC Comics' long-running Vertigo imprint will be no more after 2019. This mature readers imprint is being retired as DC consolidates its entire comic book publishing line beginning in January 2020.
DC will be shuttering Vertigo along with the YA-focused DC Ink and the all ages-focused DC Zoom. Beginning in January 2020, all of DC's comic content will fall under one of three umbrellas depending on the age demographic - DC Kids (8-12), DC (13+) and DC Black Label (17+).
Art by Brian Bolland. (Image Credit: DC Comics)
Nintendo Says It Will Not Release a Game Before It’s Ready
As the development community continues to question practices that contribute to a normalized culture of crunch, many studios and individual developers have been reflecting on the conversation, trying to find ways to contribute to the solution. And Nintendo is no different.
Crunch isn’t necessarily an easy problem to identify or solve, and there are nuances to that problem based on the variations in studios’ personal practices or team structures. Ultimately, a lot of what contributes to crunch is the inherent nature of game development: It’s hard to predict what will work, what will go wrong, and what will end up being the better direction as identified by creative leads (and, let’s be real: Likely publisher needs, too).
Tom Holland Wants Spider-Man to Team Up With Doctor Strange
Tom Holland says he’d like Spider-Man and Doctor Strange to team up in a future MCU movie.
In an interview with CinemaBlend, Holland said "I’m really wanting to do a team-up with Doctor Strange, because we’re both New Yorkers and I just really like the idea of a science guy being teamed up with a guy who does magic, because it totally contradicts everything he knows. And I like the idea that there is real science that Peter Parker talks about, and then there’s Doctor Strange gibberish, where he’s like ‘The time rift and the thing and the thing.’ So it’s kind of fun."
Marvel’s Avengers Is Crystal Dynamics’ Largest Game in History
In an interview with GamesIndustry.biz, studio head at Crystal Dynamics, Scott Amos, shared how much they have expanded for Marvel's Avengers following the Tomb Raider trilogy.
"From our side, it's the biggest thing that we've ever done," Amos said. "We now have five studios working together to pull this off. Crystal Dynamics at Redwood Shores, we opened a new studio in Bellevue called Crystal North West. We have our partners in the Netherlands, Nixxes, which has a big team of people who we've worked with for 20 years. Eidos Montreal was our sister studio for all of Tomb Raider, so they're working on this. And even Square Enix Japan has folks from the tech group working with us."
Epix’s Pennyworth Will Tell the Untold Stories of the DC Universe
Gotham executive producers Bruno Heller and Danny Cannon are no strangers to offering new twists on classic DC Comics stories - their reinterpretation of Bruce Wayne and Jim Gordon's origin story ran for five successful seasons on FOX, keeping viewers guessing right to the end.
Now, the duo are turning their attention to another key member of the Batfamily - Alfred Pennyworth, who has always been one of the most beloved (and often enigmatic) characters in Batman lore. In Epix's new TV series, Pennyworth, Alfred (played with sly charm by Jack Bannon) takes center stage as a young man fresh out of the army - battle-scarred and trying to find his way in the world by starting his own security firm.
The Best Gaming Chairs
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When it comes to setting up your gaming space, a goof quality chair is one of the things that often goes overlooked in favour of more techy additions but, along with your desk, it's the one thing which should receive some time and consideration.
Choosing an unsupportive or poorly made chair can impact more than your in-game performance. In the long term it can lead to problems like neck and back disorders and numbness and tingling in the hands and feet, and in the short term it can leave you with a stiff neck or a pain in the backside, and let's be honest, none of those things sound like a lot of fun.
Elden Ring Is an Evolution of Dark Souls Says Creator
Elden Ring’s announcement trailer shown off at E3 2019’s Xbox Briefing had honestly left me clueless. The most noteworthy aspect was, of course, the fact that Elden Ring’s world is being created as a collaboration between Miyazaki and A Song of Ice and Fire author George R.R. Martin. But besides that, all I understood was that the “Elden Ring” had been shattered… by somebody or something?
It almost felt like the narrator’s words “I doubt you could even imagine it” were addressed to me personally.
Luckily, Miyazaki was not the secretive soul master I had imagined him to be. He was open and friendly and seemed eager to tell me all about his new game and the meaning behind the Elden Ring.