We Tried the Harry Potter Theme Park’s New Butterbeer Ice Cream, Interactive Spells and Hogwarts Nighttime Lights Show
The Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Studios Hollywood in Los Angeles, CA has added some new features for muggles and wizards alike to enjoy: the addition of Butterbeer hard ice cream to the menu and two new interactive spells that can be activated around Hogsmeade with special wands purchased at the park. We also got a look at the “Nighttime Lights at Hogwarts” show.
Keep reading for our thoughts on these new additions, and scroll through the slideshow below for a peek at everything we saw.
Another Twist on Butterbeer
Take a Look at an Exclusive New Photo From The Crimes of Grindelwald
Here's an exclusive new photo from the upcoming film in the Wizarding World franchise, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald.
The image below showcases returning characters Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) and Jacob Kowalski (Dan Folger) alongside a new character, the wizard Yusuf Kama (William Nadylam).
Credit: Warner Bros.
For more Fantastic Beasts fun, check out this exclusive tease of Dan Fogler doing his best impressions of the many fantastic beasts in Crimes of Grindelwald with YouTuber Anna Brisbin -- aka Brizzy Voices:
Netflix Renews Queer Eye for Season 3
Netflix's Queer Eye has been renewed for Season 3 and will see the crew leave Atlanta, GA behind to help change the lives of people in Kansas City, MO.
Production on the eight-episode third season will begin this Monday, July 16, in Kansas City and will premiere in 2019. Antoni Porowski (food & wine), Bobby Berk (interior design), Jonathan Van Ness (grooming), Karamo Brown (culture), and Tan France (fashion) will all be returning as co-hosts.
Netflix's reboot of Bravo's Queer Eye for the Straight Guy debuted on February 7, 2018, and its second season arrived just a few months later on June 15.
Yesterday, when the 2018 Emmy Nominations were announced, Queer Eye was honored with nominations in four categories: outstanding structured reality program, outstanding cinematography, picture editing, and casting for a reality program.
Let’s Revisit This Amazing Friday the 13th: The Game Glitch
New Photo of Venom from Movie Revealed
Tom Hardy has shared his thoughts on Venom and Eddie Brock's strange relationship in Sony's upcoming film.
Per EW, a new look at Venom has been unveiled, which you can view below. The movie will follow Eddie Brock getting suddenly exposed to the alien-like entity, symbiote. As a result, the journalist will find it difficult trying to deal with this pesky alien inside his head.
New Venom image, via EW.
Scarlett Johansson Drops Out of Transgender Biopic
Scarlett Johansson has officially left the transgender biopic film Rub and Tug after receiving public backlash for accepting the role.
Johansson gave her statement exclusively to the LGBTQ website and magazine Out, detailing her reasons for withdrawing from the role as Dante Tex Gill, a transgender gangster who rose to prominence in the 70's and 80's.
"In light of recent ethical questions raised surrounding my casting as Dante Tex Gill, I have decided to respectfully withdraw my participation in the project," said Johansson. "Our cultural understanding of transgender people continues to advance, and I’ve learned a lot from the community since making my first statement about my casting and realize it was insensitive."
Bumblebee: Two Decepticons Unveiled
The villains for Paramount's upcoming Bumblebee standalone movie have been revealed.
Per EW, Bumblebee will be going up against two Decepticon muscle cars who are tracking the titular Otobot. Angela Bassett will be voicing one of the villains, Shatter, who takes the form of a cherry-red Plymouth Satellite.
Meanwhile, Justin Theroux will voice Dropkick, whose vehicle form is a blue AMC Javelin. The Decepticon's will also be sporting wheels instead of wings. However, there's also one more villain who flies, but the character's identity and voice actor are still being kept under wraps.
Joss Whedon Gets Victorian Sci-Fi Series at HBO
HBO has ordered a straight-to-series Victorian sci-fi show from Joss Whedon called The Nevers.
As revealed by The Hollywood Reporter, Whedon will act as writer, director, executive producer and showrunner on The Nevers, though the episode count and premiere date have yet to be determined. The show was reportedly up for grabs from a number of competing networks and services, including the streaming giant Netflix.
Black Ops 4 Blackout, Multiplayer Beta Dates Announced
Those anticipating Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 can look forward to not just a single beta before the game's launch. Activision and Treyarch today announced Black Ops 4 will have two betas, the first of which will debut as a timed PlayStation 4 exclusive on August 3.
Dubbed the Private Multiplayer Beta, this initial beta has different dates for all three platforms, including an early access date for the PC version, which will be exclusive to Activision Blizzard's Battle.net. The dates and times are as follows:
- PlayStation 4 (August 3 at 10 a.m. PT through August 6 at 10 a.m. PT)
- PlayStation 4 and Xbox One (August 10 at 10 a.m. PT through August 13 at 10 a.m. PT)
Metal Gear Solid Director Shares Concept Art for 31st Anniversary
The director of the upcoming Metal Gear Solid movie Jordan Vogt-Roberts is sharing 31 pieces of unseen concept art to celebrate the 31st anniversary of Hideo Kojima's landmark stealth series.
The news was revealed in a tweet by Vogt-Roberts, asking fans to follow along for more updates and "nano-machine infused-artwork."
The tweet comes packaged with a fully voice-acted Colonel Campbell codec conversation, in which the anniversary is celebrated in true Metal Gear fashion, and it is revealed that there will be one piece of art shown for the next 31 days.