My Hero Academia: English Dub of S3 Premiere Delayed
The English dub of My Hero Academia Season 3's first episode has been delayed.
In a post on Twitter, Funimation explained: "Our partners in Japan are working very hard to make broadcast deadlines, but due to production delays, they weren't able to send the episode early for dubbing." In the meantime, Funimation will premiere the subtitled version when Season 3 debuts on April 7.
In March, Funimation announced plans to air the first six episodes of the English dub alongside the subtitled simulcast on FunimationNow. While the third season's first episode won't be ready in time, Funimation said it's still on schedule for dubbing Season 3's second episode.
Studio Ghibli Co-Founder Isao Takahata Dies at 82
Isao Takahata, the legendary anime director and co-founder of Studio Ghibli, has died. He was 82.
As reported by Sanspo and NTV News 24 (via Anime News Network), Takahata passed away on April 5 in a hospital in Tokyo, Japan. The director's health had reportedly been on the decline since summer of last year.
Before co-founding Studio Ghibli with Hayao Miyazaki, Takahata worked at Toei Douga—which is now Toei Animation—after graduating from college, and directed several classic films, including Anne of Green Gables and Little Norse Prince Valiant.
Dredd’s Karl Urban to Star in Amazon Comic Book Series The Boys
Karl Urban has been enlisted to star in Amazon’s upcoming series based on Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson’s comic book The Boys, reports Deadline.
The Boys are a CIA-backed group of hardcases charged with monitoring the world’s largely hedonistic and corrupt community of superheroes, and eliminating them whenever necessary.
The Boys comic.
Stan Lee’s Stolen Blood Allegedly Used to Sign Comics
A new and horrifying report claims that Stan Lee's former business associate is using vials of the comic book legend's stolen blood to sign comics.
TMZ's report comes off the back of The Daily's Beast's recent story that the same business associate Lee and his daughter JC once worked with at his former for-profit charity Hands of Respect is draining much of his finances in dodgy 'loans' and purchases.
TMZ claims this individual forged fake medical documents, authorising the blood to be drawn, before stamping it on several copies of The Mighty Thor #700, and a variant cover of Rise of the Black Panther #1.
New Tom Holland, Daisy Ridley Movie to Get Major Reshoots
Chaos Walking, the Tom Holland and Daisy Ridley-led film adaptation of the YA novel of the same name, will reportedly undergo major reshoots.
This news comes by way of The Hollywood Reporter, who notes the reshoots for director Doug Liman's upcoming movie could result in Lionsgate having to delay the film, thanks to the busy schedules of both Holland and Ridley.
Additionally, Patrick Ness—the author of the Chaos Walking novel—is reportedly in talks to write new script pages for the reshoot.
Rogue One’s Writer Opens Up About the Production’s ‘Terrible Trouble’
Tony Gilroy, the writer brought on to rework the Rogue One: A Star Wars Story script, has opened up about "the terrible trouble" the production was in before its reshoots.
Speaking on on The Moment With Brian Koppelman podcast (via THR), Gilroy said the only way was up when he was brought on.
Spoilers for Rogue One ahead, obviously.
"If you look at Rogue, all the difficulty with Rogue, all the confusion of it … and all the mess, and in the end when you get in there, it's actually very, very simple to solve," Gilroy said. "Because you sort of go, 'This is a movie where, folks, just look. Everyone is going to die.' So it's a movie about sacrifice."
Solo: A Star Wars Story to Debut at Cannes
Solo: A Star Wars Story is headed to the South of France for its premiere on May 15 at the Cannes Film Festival, just 10 days before its release in theaters on May 25.
The Hollywood Reporter confirmed Solo's appearances at the international film festival. Solo is not the first Stars Wars film to debut at Cannes -- Attack of the Clones (2002) and Revenge of the Sith (2005) also had their premieres at the festival. Hopefully, Solo will be better received than its predecessors, but with a shaky production that resulted in the firing of directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, a successful opening isn't a guarantee.
Why Spyro the Dragon’s Return Is a Big Deal
The Spyro Reignited Trilogy from Skylanders developer Toys for Bob is bringing Spyro’s first three original PlayStation adventures into glorious HD with remastered sound, visuals, and modernized gameplay.
And Spyro’s return is clearly a big deal for long-time fans of the purple dragon, two decades after his debut. If you’re unfamiliar with why Spyro’s return has fans so excited, or if you’re just looking for a nostalgia trip to Gnasty’s World or the Summer Forest, read on for our deep dive into the love behind Spyro — and why his return has fans so excited.
Spyro Reignited Trilogy is a redone collection of Spyro the Dragon, Spyro 2: Ripto’s Rage, and Spyro: Year of the Dragon. All three games were originally developed by Insomniac Games and released for the PS1 between 1998 and 2000.
LawBreakers ‘Failed to Find’ Audience, Studio Is Working on New Project
LawBreakers' performance has failed to meet Boss Key's expectations, so the development team is shifting the game's model to free-to-play.
In a recent statement, Boss Key Productions' development team confirmed the game "failed to find enough of an audience to generate the funds necessary to keep it sustained in the manner we had originally planned for and anticipated." In light of this, the studio is moving to a free-to-play model and Boss Key has begun development on a new "passion project."
"The team here has worked hard on
over the past three and a half years and our studio is determined to give this game the second life it deserves," and "while a pivot to free-to-play may seem like easiest change to make," the developer says, "a change of this magnitude takes publishing planning and resources."
League of Legends Dev Says New Character Was ‘Unnecessarily Sexualized’
In a Q&A posted today, League of Legends developer Riot Games admitted that it unintentionally made its newest champion, Kai’Sa, look “unnecessarily sexualized.”
Riot had previously committed to not adding any more “hyper sexualized” champions to League of Legends, so some players cried foul when they saw the deep V-neckline on Kai’Sa. Lead Producer of Champions Ryan Mireles responded to exactly that complaint in an official dev Q&A, saying that they “could’ve done better.”
