Spielberg May Direct DC Movie Blackhawk
Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment and Warner Bros. are teaming up for a film adaptation of DC's Blackhawk.
DC revealed Spielberg is intended to direct Blackhawk, with Jurassic Park writer David Koepp on board to write the screenplay. Koepp has collaborated with Spielberg before, including on The Lost World: Jurassic Park, War of the Worlds, and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
Spielberg will also produce the film for Amblin.
Star Wars: Episode 9 Will Reportedly Bring Back This Legacy Character
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Star Wars: Episode IX will reportedly bring back a beloved legacy character.
NY Daily News reports everyone's favorite Jedi Master Yoda will return as a Force ghost to mentor and share some precious words of wisdom with Rey (Daisy Ridley). According to NY Daily News' source, Yoda's scenes in The Last Jedi were very successful.
"Yoda will again appear as a ghost as he acknowledges Rey's success and growth as a Jedi,” the sourced told NY Daily News. “The scenes are due to be put together later this year.”
PUBG Test Server Patch Adds Custom Games Spectator Mode, New Crates, and Weapon Skins
A new patch is coming to PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, and it will add custom game spectating, new crates and weapon skins, and a host of bug fixes.
Patch #11 is hitting PUBG test servers soon, and depending on how things go, the update may hit live servers within the week. The live server update schedule will be revealed later, and full details on the patch are available on PUBG's Steam page.
After the update, players will be able to watch ongoing games from the lobby's custom match list. Games which have Public Spectating enabled can be viewed in Custom Match, and private matches can opt to use passwords to allow selective viewership.
Mark Hamill to Guest Star on Big Bang Theory Season Finale
The upcoming Season 11 finale of The Big Bang Theory will guest star a certain Jedi.
CBS has announced that Luke Skywalker himself, Mark Hamill, will appear on the finale and will attend Sheldon (Jim Parsons) and Amy's (Mayim Bialik) wedding. However, there's no word yet if Hamill will play a character or if he'll star as himself, which is quite common on the CBS comedy show. Bill Gates recently appeared as himself in an episode.
Along with Hamill, other new guest stars include Kathy Bates, Teller of Penn and Teller, and Jerry O’Connell as Sheldon’s older brother, George Jr. Laurie Metcalf will show up once again as Sheldon’s mother and Courtney Henggeler as his twin sister Missy.
Spider-Man PS4 Getting Tie-In Books
Insomniac's upcoming Spider-Man PlayStation 4 game is getting two tie-in books, one of which is a prequel novel.
Per Polygon, the novel is titled Spider-Man: Hostile Takeover and will lead directly into the start of the game. The story will focus on Kingpin's plans to take control of New York City and will feature an array of characters, such as Shocker, J. Jonah Jameson, and Mary Jane Watson.
The novel will also establish character relationships and certain details which will continue on in the game. Hostile Takeover is written by David Liss (Black Panther: The Man Without Fear), with Titan Books publishing. It comes out on August 21.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Reportedly May Have Battle Royale Mode
Update: A new report corroborates Polygon's information about the reported lack of a single player campaign in Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, while also revealing the sequel may include a new mode.
Kotaku has reported a source told the outlet Black Ops 4 will include a battle royale mode, a rumored inclusion also reported by Charlie Intel.
No details on the alleged mode are included in Kotaku's report. Of course, games like Fortnite: Battle Royale and PUBG have exploded, attracting millions of players, and as Kotaku notes, studios releasing massive franchises like Call of Duty have yet to really capitalize on the trend.
Avengers 4 Title Won’t Be Unveiled Anytime Soon
According to directors Joe and Anthony Russo, the official title of Avengers 4 won't be announced anytime soon.
In an interview with Yahoo Movies U.K., the filmmakers said they want fans to watch and digest Infinity War before revealing anything about the fourth Avengers movie. "It's going to be quite a long while before people see that title," Joe Russo said. "We need people to see this movie, digest this movie, and then we can tell them what the next story is they’re going to see."
Joe Russo also reaffirmed that Infinity War and Avengers 4 will each have their own distinct stories with a "beginning, middle and an end, in the same way that Civil War handed off to Infinity War and Infinity War will hand off to the next movie."
BioWare Focusing on Story for Anthem
BioWare will focus on delivering an engaging story, world, and characters in Anthem, particularly following the failings of Mass Effect: Andromeda and its lack of story DLC.
In a recent blog post, the studio's general manager Casey Hudson discussed how BioWare will learn from the mistakes it has made with the last Mass Effect title. Hudson touched on how the developer failed to deliver a story DLC about the unresolved plot of the missing Quarian Ark, saying this is something the studio needs to avoid moving forward.
7 Best Superman Comics to Learn About Krypton
SyFy’s Krypton TV series takes place on Superman’s home planet 200 years before he was born. If you want to know more about the history of Krypton and its role in the universe, then check out these must-read comics to educate yourself on the House of El home-world.
For our thoughts on the Kyrpton show, check out our video below discussing the pilot.
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The Walking Dead Finale Ratings Are the Lowest Since Season 1
After eight seasons, AMC's The Walking Dead has been a ratings behemoth, but if Sunday's Season 8 finale is any indication, that reign of television dominance could be coming to an end.
According to Variety, "Wrath," the Season 8 finale, had the lowest finale ratings since Season 1, with a Nielsen score of 3.4 for adults 18-49, which amounts to 7.9 million viewers. The season as a whole averaged around 7.8 million viewers. Check out all of the season finales Nielsen ratings for the series entire run below: