Netflix Renews GLOW for Season 3
Netflix has renewed GLOW for Season 3.
The wrestling comedy's third season will consist of ten episodes, just like the first two seasons. A premiere date for Season 3 has not been announced yet.
The story, set in the 1980s follows struggling actress Ruth Wilder (Alison Brie) who, with the help from a troupe of other performers, launches an all-women wrestling TV show in Los Angeles.
GLOW was created by Liz Flahive, known for Homeland and Nurse Jackie and Carly Mensch from Nurse Jackie, Weeds, and Orange Is The New Black. Weeds and Orange Is the New Black creator Jenji Kohan, along with Tara Herrmann and Mark Burley serve as executive producers.
In our review of GLOW Season 2 we said that, "the second season manages to outshine the first." GLOW recently received a few Emmy nominations, including one for Outstanding Comedy Series.
Crazy Rich Asians, The Meg Top the Box Office
Warner Bros. capped off a decent summer season with the historic release of Crazy Rich Asians, which exceeded expectations and took the top spot at the North American weekend box office with $25.2 million.
This marks the second straight box office win in a row for the studio, with last week’s gigantic winner The Meg dropping 53.4% to take second place with $21.2 million, bringing its domestic total to $83.8 million. On the flip side, the weekend’s other two new releases, STX’s Mile 22 and Sony’s Alpha, both underperformed, while the latest from embattled actor Kevin Spacey, Billionaire Boys Club, became the biggest bomb of the year with perhaps the worst opening weekend in recent memory.
Twitch Prime Users to Lose Universal Ad-Free Viewing, 20% Amazon Prime Discount
Twitch Prime members will soon be losing unlimited ad-free viewing and the 20% prime discount on physical game pre-orders on Amazon.
Announced via a blogpost and as an e-mail to current members, Twitch has explained that universal ad-free viewing will "no longer be part of Twitch Prime for new members, starting on September 14."
Current members with monthly subscriptions will be able to take advantage of no ads until October 15.
For those with an annual subscription, or if you upgrade your current subscription to an annual one before September 14, you will "continue with ad-free viewing until your next renewal date."
Doctor Who Season 11 Writers and Directors Announced
BBC has revealed Doctor Who season 11 writers and directors.
As detailed on BBC's website, the upcoming season of the long-running sci-fi show will feature a total of nine different writers and directors. This includes Gotham and Lucifer director Mark Tonderai, and returning directors Jamie Childs and Jennifer Perrott. Pig-Heart Boy writer Malorie Blackman is among the writers for the newest season.
Below is the full list of writers and directors.
Writers:
- Malorie Blackman (Pig-Heart Boy)
- Ed Hime (Skins, The Incomplete Recorded Works of a Dead Body)
Original Power Rangers Are Swapping Colors and Weapons
A new comic book cover for Saban’s Go Go Power Rangers series published by BOOM! Studios shows the original five Mighty Morphin Power Rangers with swapped colors and weapons.
Take a look:
Art by Dan Mora. (BOOM! Studios)
As you can see Trini is now the Red Ranger wielding the Power Sword, Jason is the Yellow Ranger with the Power Daggers, Billy is Black Ranger with the Power Axe, Kimberly is the Blue Ranger with the Power Lance, and Zack is the Pink Ranger with the Power Bow. This image was first shown at this past weekend’s Power Morphicon in Anaheim, California during the Boom Studios Presents: Shattered Grid and Beyond panel. Although the reason for the palette swap wasn’t given, we’re speculating that it has something to do with the fallout of the current Shattered Grid event storyline. Lord Drakkon’s master plan involves harnessing the Morphin Grid itself through violent means, so perhaps one of the side effects is the Power Rangers' powers going on the fritz and swapping to a different member of the team.
Marvel Comics Relaunches The Punisher This Week
With dozens of comic books to choose from, let us show you which are the best coming out this week. Take a look at this list spotlighting our favorite comics that we know are money-well-spent and new books that look cool and are backed by some top-tier talent.
Once you check out our picks, head to the comments to let us know what you’ll be buying this week!
The Punisher #1 - $4.99
Writer Matthew Rosenberg | Artist Szymon Kudranski | Cover Artist Greg Smallwood (Marvel Comics)
Just Cause 4’s Extreme Weather Isn’t Larger Than Life
‘Extreme Weather’ is touted as a defining feature of Just Cause 4, Avalanche Studios’ upcoming entry in the franchise. To raise the bar of open world action games, the studio rebuilt the Apex game engine from the ground up, giving them the necessary muscle to develop dynamic physics-based weather systems and spectacularly violent storms – including roaring blizzards, deadly sandstorms, torrential rain, forked lightning, and most notably, towering tornadoes, which we got a more in-depth look at in a recent Gamescom video.
Eve L. Ewing Pens New Ironheart Marvel Solo Series
Marvel's Ironheart is getting her own comic book series that will be out on shelves in Nov.
In an interview with Chicago Tribune, poet and playwright Eve L. Ewing discusses her vision for the upcoming Marvel comic she will be penning.
“Periodically I have to sit back and go, ‘Omigosh, I’m a Marvel writer’ — there’s nothing more implausible and more amazing that’s ever happened to me,” Ewing said.
Ironheart #1 cover, via Chicago Tribune.
25 Next James Bonds Who Never Played James Bond
With Daniel Craig suiting up to play James Bond for the fifth and final time, the rumor mill has kicked into overdrive speculating about who will succeed him in the role of 007. This has been a media tradition throughout the franchise’s long history ever since Sean Connery retired his license to kill. But while there have only been six actors to (officially) play 007 onscreen, there have been dozens that the media has erroneously labeled as being “the next James Bond.”
For the purposes of this feature not running longer than SPECTRE, we’re going to just narrow it down to those actors most often reported as “the next James Bond” in the Daniel Craig era, starting from the time Pierce Brosnan exited the franchise in 2002 until the present, where the media and odds-makers are already talking up who might succeed Craig. Editor's note: This is not a wish list of who we think should play James Bond.
Gamescom 2018: Nvidia Unveils All-New RTX Series GPUs
Here at Gamescom Nvidia has finally pulled the wraps off its revamped GPU lineup based on its new Turing GPU architecture. Though new GPUs were expected, Nvidia shocked everyone by deviating from precedent and unveiling a monstrous $1,200 flagship GPU along with the anticipated 2080 and 2070 models as well. All three GPUs bear the all-new RTX prefix, highlighting the new architecture’s focus on Ray Tracing, and setting them apart from all previous GPUs made by Nvidia.
