Production Officially Begins On IT: Chapter 2
Production has now officially begun on director Andy Muschietti’s IT: Chapter 2.
X-Men: Dark Phoenix star James McAvoy — who plays the adult Bill Denbrough in the sequel — recently took to Instagram to release the first pic from the movie’s Toronto set.
Update: We Know 161 More Facts About Anthem
Update July 6: Following nearly a month of executive producer Mark Darrah's AMAAAA
, BioWare capped off the event today with an hour-long live stream. This time Darrah was joined by game director Jonathan Warner, and questions were once again answered.
Here are 26 more answers gleaned from the one-hour livestream
, edited for repeat questions we already covered in the original story's 135 facts.
136) The Interceptor or Storm Javelin will likely have a sword for a melee weapon. When asked if there will be swords in the game, BioWare said, "We are not talking about the Storm or Interceptor at this time."
Fortnite Players Are Worried They Won’t Reach Level 80
With just a few weeks left in Season 4 of Fortnite, some players are concerned they won't reach level 80 to unlock the final reward in time.
Reaching level 80 will unlock the final piece of the Omega skin armor. Players need to amass 532,250 XP, an incredible amount considering a well played match gets you around 400 XP without any XP boosts. At the start of Season 4 last month, players calculated a 7,604 XP requirement per day to reach level 80 by the end of the season on July 10.
Fortnite features a battle pass that gives players a reward at each of its 100 tiers. Reaching the final tier unlocks the Omega skin, a unique outfit that allows you to add additional parts to the costume through the Omega challenges. A separate level system counts all the XP you've collected over the entire season and is used to unlock these parts, with the final piece unlocking at level 80. Tiers and levels reset with each season.
More Evidence of a New Plants vs. Zombies Project Emerges
After signs earlier this year pointed to a potential third entry in the Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare possibly being in the works, a new interview with EA Motive's Jade Raymond confirms that the Plants vs. Zombies franchise is far from dead at the publisher.
While EA Motive's main studio in Montreal released Star Wars: Battlefront II last year and is currently working on an untitled Star Wars game, Motive's satellite studio in Vancouver is developing a Plants vs. Zombies game, according to Raymond in a new interview with Edge via Xbox Achievements.
Josh Brolin to star in Hulu Series About “Josh Brolin”
Josh Brolin is getting his own Hulu series.
A New York Times profile of the actor reveals Brolin has sold a show to Hulu called The Untitled Josh Brolin Project. The series will be about “a soulless movie star named Josh Brolin who leaves Hollywood, has an ayahuasca trip and becomes a self-help guru.”
Brolin will play an actor who looks like him but doesn't actually exist in real life. A premiere date has not been set yet.
Brolin most recently starred in Avengers: Infinity War as Thanos and played Cable in Deadpool 2.
This Major DC Comics Villain Gets a Huge Upgrade
The new issue of Justice League introduces a major status quo shift for an iconic DC villain.
Warning: this article contains spoilers for Justice League #2!
Even as the Justice League has been expanding in the aftermath of Dark Nights: Metal, Lex Luthor has been intent on establishing the Legion of Doom as the chaos to the League's order. To do so, he's helping his new allies reach new heights of power to better oppose their enemies. In the case of Sinestro, that involves harnessing an entirely new type of Lantern ring.
World of Warships: Legends Coming to PS4, Xbox One
World of Warships: Legends is officially coming to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in 2019, with an Alpha test coming this July.
Developed by Wargaming St. Petersburg, World of Warships was previously exclusive to PC and Mac and originally released back in 2015.
The naval MMO console port will come with updates received by the initial versions, but it will also contain content and features exclusive to console users. This exclusive content has yet to be revealed.
An Alpha Test for the game is planned to start in July and is open to players worldwide with knowledge of the English language. More information about the Alpha and the game itself will be revealed at Gamescom 2018. Players can apply for the Alpha through the game's official website.
Street Fighter 5: Arcade Edition to Get Devil May Cry, Mega Man Costumes
Street Fighter 5: Arcade Edition is getting an update on June 25 that will allow players to obtain various Devil May Cry costumes for characters along with an Air Man costume that references one of the new robot masters from Mega Man 11.
The official Capcom-Unity website gave fans info on a new update coming early next week that details exactly how fans can get these costumes. The Devil May Cry costumes are specifically for the fighters Ken, Ed and Laura, while the Air Man costume is reserved for Rashid.
Cyberpunk 2077 Dev Explains Long Development Time
Cyberpunk 2077 was announced more than six years ago, and it's planned release remains a mystery, as CD Projekt Red won't even say what year it's coming out. One of the studio's co-founders has now shed some light on the game's lengthy development cycle.
In a recent interview with Kotaku, Marcin Iwiński, the studio's co-founder and co-CEO, downplayed the idea that CD Projekt Red "rebooted" Cyberpunk 2077 during development. In what may just be a matter of semantics, the executive instead stated there were creative changes made.
