Thor: Ragnarok’s Tessa Thompson Joins Men in Black reboot
Valkyrie and Thor are reuniting soon for Sony's new Men in Black spinoff.
THR reports Tessa Thompson, who plays Valkyrie in Thor: Ragnarok, is set to star opposite Thor himself Chris Hemsworth in the reboot, who's reportedly close to joining the film. It's not currently known what role Thompson and Hemsworth would play in the film, as story details are being kept under wraps. Earlier reports suggest Sony wanted a diverse cast for the movie featuring a white male, a black woman, and an older man.
ARK: Survival Evolved Coming to Nintendo Switch
ARK: Survival Evolved is coming to Nintendo Switch, Studio Wildcard announced during Epic Games' "State of Unreal" keynote today at Game Developers Conference (GDC) 2018.
The prehistoric survival game will be released digitally and at retail for Nintendo's console this fall. The Switch version is being co-developed by Abstraction Games, and will feature all of the content found in the original release, including over 100 different creatures.
Studio Wildcard also announced the first wave of closed beta invites to War Drum Studio's recently announced mobile version of ARK: Survival Evolved have been sent out to iOS users. The mobile version will provide the "full online experience" and release for both iOS and Android as a free-to-play title.
PUBG Creator Will Deliver Opening Keynote at PAX East
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds creator Brendan Greene will deliver the keynote speech at this year's PAX East on April 5.
Greene will take viewers through his five-year journey from an ArmA II modder to the creative director of Steam's third-highest selling game of all time. According to the announcement, PUBG sales have now surpassed 35 million copies across PC and Xbox One.
"Brendan Greene's story is a fascinating one, and PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds is only the latest chapter," said Penny Arcade co-founder Jerry Holkins.
Past keynote speakers for the event include XCOM designer Jake Solomon, The Witness creator Jonathan Blow, and Telltale Games co-founders Kevin Bruner and Dan Connors.
Why the True Story of The Terror is as Scary as the Show
On the surface, AMC's new series The Terror is about a mysterious monster hunting and devouring the crews of two massive ships lost in an icy abyss with little hope of survival. However, as horrifying as the series -- and the Dan Simmons novel it's based on -- may be, it's the true story buried this monstrous fable that might be the most intriguing piece of the puzzle.
In the 1840s, the HMS Terror and the HMS Erebus were lost in the Northwest Passage (the route between the Pacific and the Atlantic through the Arctic Ocean) when the ships became lodged in thick ice, with both crews disappearing, never to be seen or heard from again. While it was well over a century before the ships' true fates were discovered (it's believed the crews died from exposure, starvation or botulism, and there was some evidence of cannibalism among the remains), The Terror has gone into incredible detail when it comes to setting the scene as best it can, with as much historical accuracy as possible. And it all started with a blog.
Deadpool 2 Has Better Test Screenings than the First Movie
Deadpool 2 has reportedly scored high in recent test screenings, and they're better than what the first film received.
THR reports the sequel scored a 98 in one screening and a 94 in another screening, while the first Deadpool's highest test screening was only a 91. Fox will be using the 98-scoring cut of the film, according to THR.
If you're not familiar with what test screenings are, it's when movie studios recruit a handful of people to watch a specific cut of a film before that movie is released in theaters. The audience then rates the film using boxes marked excellent, very good, good, fair, and poor.
Frank Oz Thinks Disney Is Mishandling the Muppets
Legendary puppeteer and Yoda actor Frank Oz isn't too happy with how Disney has been treating the Muppets franchise.
THR reports Oz believes that, despite Disney's best intentions with Kermit and the rest of the gang, it doesn't understand how to properly utilize Jim Henson's beloved creation.
"As much as Disney loves The Muppets and wants the best for The Muppets — and they truly believe they can do it — they don't get it," Oz said. "They don't get the true rebellion and true affection underneath those characters."
However, Oz thinks there's still some of that Jim Henson spirit still left in the property, and offers Disney a piece of advice on how to best move forward with the Muppets.
Rocket League Tournaments Update Coming in April
Rocket League's Tournaments Update is coming in early April, Psyonix announced.
The update will be released on all platforms on April 3 and will allow players to create tournaments without leaving the game. Plenty of quality-of-life improvements will also be added, including performance and visual quality updates for the Nintendo Switch version of the game.
The following improvements/content will be added with the Tournaments Update:
- Connection Quality Information - This will add new notification icons which signal the types of online connection issues during online matches to better troubleshoot problems
- Enhanced Garage Options - This adds sorting, searching, item stacking, and filtering options
Modern Warfare 2 Remaster Reportedly Single Player-Only
Last week, a listing was spotted for a Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 remaster, suggesting Activision may be announcing a remaster of the title some time soon. Now new rumors are hinting that the game may be single player-only.
Charlie Intel and Eurogamer report sources confirmed to both outlets that the title won't have a multiplayer mode.
6 Wrestlers Daniel Bryan Should Face Now That He’s Back
The awesome news is in: Daniel Bryan's been cleared to wrestle by the WWE - and he's (maybe) most definitely tagging with Shane McMahon against Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens at WrestleMania 34 in New Orleans!
RIP anyone who has to follow that match, by the way. Even just in a "TV role," Bryan's been the most over dude on the ranch.
While we're all riding this roller coaster of joy and enthusiasm - with possibly a little worry that he might flat out get hurt again and be taken away from us - let's sift through some of the superstars Daniel Bryan might face in this new revival (note: The Revival are not on the list).
The 15 Best Sci-Fi Movie Soundtracks
Since the birth of the theremin, the importance of inventive music to science-fiction filmmaking has been indisputable. And with recent Marvel soundtracks enjoying vinyl-collector levels of popularity, we’ve decided to revisit some of the best song collections in modern sci-fi films.
Some of these entries occupy the murky space between “soundtrack” and “score,” but each one made the list because of how important the presence of music (whether popular or original) is to the narrative or overall vibe of the film. (Or because I think they’re really good songs, dammit.) And with respect to John Williams and Jerry Goldsmith, we’re looking for less “standard classical” and more “Wait a sec, was that the Fairy Fountain music from Legend of Zelda?” Here they are, in chronological order…