The Predator Movie Cuts Edward James Olmos Because the Film Was ‘Too Long’

Edward James Olmos has been cut from The Predator movie, but says that he can "understand why".

Slashfilm reports that Battlestar Galactica's Edward James Olmos has been completely cut from Shane Black’s reboot of The Predator, because the film's run time was 45 minutes too long.

"I’m not in the show though," Olmos said. "It was too long so my character, they had to take me out. They were like half an hour, 3/4 of an hour too long. So I understand why.”

Olmos was cast in the movie last year and was set to portray a four-star general, but his character apparently wasn't integral to the story.

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Metal Gear Solid Movie Director Wants to Make a ‘Kojima-San Version’

Metal Gear Solid director, Jordan Vogt-Roberts, says the film is a "different approach to a video game movie", and will be made to reflect Hideo Kojima's approach to storytelling.

In an interview with Collider, Jordan Vogt-Roberts says that he wants to make a film adaptation of Metal Gear Solid that appeals "to the hardcore" fans of the series, but will also make "a general audience falls in love with" it.

“Even if I wasn’t involved in this movie I would read that script and say, ‘Holy sh*t.' It represents a different approach to a video game movie. It represents a different approach to how a three-act structure is put on screen," he said.

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Fortnite Patch 5.2 Adds Double Barrel Shotgun, New LTM

A new weapon, a new limited time mode, and several smaller additions and changes are all part of Fortnite's 5.2 patch update.

The Double Barrel Shotgun joins the shotgun family with epic and legendary variations. This deadly gun is most useful at very close range with its high burst damage that quickly drops off the further you get. The legendary variant can do up to 150 base damage per shot at "extreme close range." See more stats in the full 5.2 patch notes here.

A new limited time mode by the name of Steady Storm rids the map of any circles and instead slowly moves the storm without any pause. The storm does 10 damage per second and matches last 15 minutes.

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Forza Motorsport 7 Update Brings Time Attack, Drift Mode Overhaul

This month’s Forza Motorsport 7 update will inject some highly-requested features from the Forza community into the game, including the launch of a Time Attack mode and a significantly improved drift mode. The update, described as one of the biggest in Forza Motorsport history, will arrive on Wednesday, August 8.

As outlined on the Forza Motorsport website, Time Attack mode will introduce a leaderboard for “every track ribbon in the game, across every car class, every weather option and time of day.” Weather conditions will be static rather than dynamic within Time Attack, though this is to ensure that all players have the same experience over every lap for the sake of consistent comparison.

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What To Expect From Nintendo’s Super Smash Bros Ultimate Direct

Nintendo will broadcast its latest Nintendo Direct presentation this Wednesday, Aug 8, at 7 am PT/10 am ET, and this time the focus will be solely on Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. The Smash Direct will feature new information straight from the game's director Masahiro Sakurai. Rumors as to what fans can expect to see have already begun circulating, with everything from expected character reveals to the possibility of an upcoming beta.

With that said, here's what you can probably expect to see during Nintendo's Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Direct.

While Nintendo's big Super Smash Bros. Ultimate showing during this years E3 was packed with plenty of new information and exciting character reveals, there were still a few highly anticipated characters missing from the presentation. There's certainly no shortage of characters for Nintendo to choose from either. Waluigi, King K. Rool (Donkey Kong Country), and Geno (Super Mario RPG) are just a few characters that Smash fans have been eagerly awaiting to join the fight, but there are also plenty of other familiar faces that would make great additions to the already enormous roster.

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Nvidia Patents Hint at New GPU Technologies

Nvidia has filed multiple new trademarks which likely hint at new technologies coming to its line of graphics processing units (GPUs).

Reddit user Eric98k posted the discovery of the new patents to the Nvidia subreddit sourcing the company's portfolio on Justia, a website specializing in legal information retrieval.

Among the listed trademarks include Quadro RTX, GeForce RTX, and Nvidia GPU Cloud which all point to new advancements for graphics cards.

The Quadro RTX is described as an application programming interface focussing on image processing, likely using Nvidia's RTX ray tracing technology.

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Nvidia Patents Hint at New GPU Technologies

Nvidia has filed multiple new trademarks which likely hint at new technologies coming to its line of graphics processing units (GPUs).

Reddit user Eric98k posted the discovery of the new patents to the Nvidia subreddit sourcing the company's portfolio on Justia, a website specializing in legal information retrieval.

Among the listed trademarks include Quadro RTX, GeForce RTX, and Nvidia GPU Cloud which all point to new advancements for graphics cards.

The Quadro RTX is described as an application programming interface focussing on image processing, likely using Nvidia's RTX ray tracing technology.

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Birds of Prey: Batman Baddie Black Mask Reportedly the Villain in Harley Quinn Spinoff

Black Mask will reportedly be the primary antagonist in Warner Bros.' Harley Quinn spinoff movie Birds of Prey.

The Wrap reports that the twisted kingpin will make his big screen debut in the Cathy Yan-directed film, which will feature Margot Robbie's version of Quinn alongside other key women in the DC universe like Black Canary, Huntress, Cassandra Cain and Renee Montoya.

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Birds of Prey: Batman Baddie Black Mask Reportedly the Villain in Harley Quinn Spinoff

Black Mask will reportedly be the primary antagonist in Warner Bros.' Harley Quinn spinoff movie Birds of Prey.

The Wrap reports that the twisted kingpin will make his big screen debut in the Cathy Yan-directed film, which will feature Margot Robbie's version of Quinn alongside other key women in the DC universe like Black Canary, Huntress, Cassandra Cain and Renee Montoya.

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