Guardians 3: James Gunn on Getting Fired and Rehired
James Gunn has opened up about Disney firing and then rehiring him to direct Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.
Disney fired Gunn in July 2018 after old tweets of his prompted outrage in some circles online. In an interview with Deadline, Gunn took full responsibility for what led to his firing and said he bore no ill will toward Disney or Marvel, and said he had accepted that his time with the Guardians franchise was over when Disney co-chairman and CCO Alan Horn broached rehiring him. Gunn was officially rehired this past March.
The Society Season Finale Explained: Where Are They?
Warning: Full spoilers for Season 1 of Netflix's The Society follow. You can read our spoiler-free review of The Society here.
While Netflix's The Society most definitely has strong supernatural and metaphysical elements, the bulk of its first season revolves around a class of high school juniors and seniors trying to forge a way to survive inside an isolated small town with limited supplies.
Peppered within it though are little blips and clues about the teens' crisis - particularly in the premiere and finale. It's not like the kids don't know that something bat*** has happened to them, it's just that they have to devote a ton of time and energy to actually not dying (or not killing each other), and it tends to eat up a lot of their "mystery box" investigation time. After one trek into the freaky woods that now surrounds the town winds up with a girl - Emily (Chloë Levine) - dying, their core directive becomes "we need to freakin' figure out how to govern ourselves."
Here’s Every Character From HBO’s Watchmen We Could Find
HBO's latest trailer for its upcoming Watchmen series revealed some exciting new bits of information about Damon Lindelof's ambitious new story that's set in the same world writer Alan Moore and artist Dave Gibbons created back in 1985.
Lindelof has been coy about HBO's Watchmen being a direct sequel to the graphic novel, yet the trailer points to the contrary. We see a much older Ozymandias (Jeremy Irons), and a vigilante group that has fashioned itself after Rorschach. Ozymandias' utopia that he envisioned for humanity appears to be crumbling. The new footage also revealed new glimpses of some of the main cast like Regina King's Angela Abar and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II's Cal Abraham, which gave us new clues as to who these characters are.
Ubisoft Planning Four AAA Releases Through March 2020
Ubisoft has announced that Skull & Bones will be delayed to after March 2020 and that four AAA games, including Ghost Recon Breakpoint, will be unveiled and released by the end of March 2020.
Revealed via Ubisoft's 2018-2019 financial earnings report, the company's 2019-2020 financial targets of net bookings of around €2,185 million ($2.4 billion USD) will be led by Ghost Recon Breakpoint and the three other AAA titles that are currently unknown.
As for Skull & Bones, the reason it is not expected to release until after March 2020 is due to the fact that Ubisoft's pirate game has been delayed past Ubisoft's 2019-2020 fiscal year, which began on April 1, 2019 and will end on March 31, 2020.
Rainbow Six Siege Teases New Invisible Operator
Today the official Rainbow Six Siege Twitter account shared a glimpse at the game’s next Attack operator, Nøkk, and she is spooky as heck.
The tweet says “Nøkk will strike fear into the hearts of anyone who goes up against her,” with a video that shows her walking through a sewer while glitching in and out of view. You can watch it here:
The fixed camera perspective is reminiscent of Siege’s security cameras, and that mixed with Nøkk seemingly turning invisible has lead many people to assume that she will have a similar power to the Defense operator Vigil.
The Last of Us Part II Is Entering Final Stages of Development
While it’s still unclear how far away The Last of Us Part II’s release is, the game’s co-director has indicated Naughty Dog is hiring new talent to help “close out” its development.
Posted by co-director Anthony Newman on Twitter (via GamesRadar), he wrote "Lot of awesome positions open to help us close out this game... I especially want to highlight the Melee Animator position."
The positions highlighted in the post include animators, programmers, game designers, lighting and visual effects artists and more. These positions have been open as of May 10.
Total War: Three Kingdoms Preview
Total War: Three Kingdoms offers a somewhat more guided narrative than previous games in the series for those who want it. The Romance of the Three Kingdoms novel on which it's based is full of iconic moments of heroism, betrayal, and tragedy - and the grand campaign presents each warlord with dilemmas based on these moments to guide the campaign. Will you stick to the script or go off-book?
This preview highlights the ambitious Yuan Shu and a couple different directions his campaign can go. In the Romance, he would side with the valorous Sun Jian against Liu Biao, one of the most powerful men in central China at the start of the conflict. Doing so allows him to undermine Liu Biao's vassals and possibly bring them into his alliance later.
Pokemon Rumble Rush Announced for Mobile
Pokemon Rumble Rush, a free-to-play mobile game, has been announced for iOS and Android.
The game, which will be known as Pokemon Scramble SP in Japan, is designed to be played with one hand. You explore a variety of islands with a chosen Pokemon, and can attack enemy monsters by tapping on them. In the tradition of other games set in the Pokemon universe, you can upgrade your Pokemon with new and more powerful moves to aid in boss battles.
The islands of Pokemon Rumble Rush’s world change every two weeks, and so there will be regular opportunities to see new sights and collect more Pokemon.
Rick and Morty Season 4 Premiere Date Announced
Rick and Morty, one of Adult Swim's most popular and arguably its best series, is coming back later this year.
Announced during the WarnerMedia 2019 Upfronts presentation, the news was broadcast by the titular characters over social media.
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The Marvel Villains Who Could Be the Next Big MCU Threat
Warning: Full spoilers follow for Avengers: Endgame.
There's a reason Marvel has started referring to the first three phases of the Marvel Cinematic Universe as "The Infinity Saga." Each of these 22 films has played a part in advancing an overarching story about Earth's Mightiest Heroes banding together to stop Thanos from wreaking havoc on the universe. Even if Thanos himself only ever appeared in a handful of these movies, he was the catalyst that fueled the MCU for an entire decade.
Now that Avengers: Endgame has arrived and brought the Infinity Saga to a close, we have to wonder what villains could possibly fill that void. What Marvel characters are twisted enough, ambitious enough and fascinating enough to shape the next decade of the MCU in the way Thanos shaped the first? Here are a few worthy candidates.