Pokemon Live Action Movie Finds its Female Lead
Big Little Lies' Kathryn Newton is set to join the live action Detective Pikachu movie.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Newton is in talks to star as the female lead in the Pokemon film, a journalist named Lucy. The character goes on an adventure with Pikachu and, in the Pokemon universe, even has a Psyduck as a Pokemon sidekick. It's not known whether Lucy's Psyduck will show up in the movie.
Stranger Things' Natalia Dyer, Split star Haley Lu Richardson, and 13 Reasons Why's Katherine Langford were all reportedly in the running for the role.
Microsoft ‘Broadening Approach’ to Gaming Market
Microsoft has announced that it's "broadening its approach" in the gaming market.
CEO Satya Nadella announced the company's ambitions in the gaming space during Microsoft’s Annual Meeting of Shareholders (via DualShockers).
“We’re mobilizing to pursue an expansive opportunity in the 100+ billion gaming market," said Nadella. "This means broadening our approach to how we think about gaming end-to-end. About starting with games and how they’re created and distributed, and how they’re played and viewed.”
Nadella went on to reference services Game Pass and Mixer as a means to promote connectivity among its hardware, and said Microsoft plans to “grow and engage the over 53 million Xbox Live members more deeply and frequently.” He also mentioned the Xbox One X is seeing “incredible response from fans this Holiday season.”
Bungie Addresses the ‘State of Destiny 2′ in Blog Post
Bungie replaced a planned livestream today with a blog post from the Destiny development team addressing the game and where it stands with the Destiny 2 community.
The team said it's been reading, and taking to heart, feedback on improving the experience, as well as "tough criticism about our lack of communication."
"We agree we need to be more open," the post reads. "We want Destiny to be a game that fits into your life."
Further into the post, Bungie outlines its plans and improvements for both a December 5 and December 12 update, showing off things like Masterworks weapons.
Masterworks are Legendary weapons that have been upgraded. They also drop, and have advantages over Legendaries such as the ability to "track and display the number of kills with that weapon."
Stardew Valley on Switch Gets Major Patch Update
The popular indie farm RPG Stardew Valley has just released an update for the Nintendo Switch version which comes with a plethora of bug fixes.
The official patch notes contain a list of all the fixes found in the update but most notably are improvements to save times, crashing, audio glitches, and rumble during handheld mode as well as support for Nintendo's video recording feature.
Players familiar with these bugs will appreciate the much-needed patch after excessive save times and random crashes had plagued the port since launch but still didn't stop it from making it into our top 25 games on Switch.
Final Fantasy XV: Character Swapping Coming
The December update for Final Fantasy XV will include character swapping, and Episode Ardyn is coming next year.
According to the latest Active Time Report, via WCCFTECH, players will be able to switch between Noctis, Gladio, Ignis, and Prompto in battle, and each of them will control as they do in their respective DLC packs.
Next year will also feature the release of at least three DLC episodes, and one of them will focus on Ardyn, Final Fantasy XV's antagonist. As for the focus of the other DLC packs, Square Enix is saving details to be revealed at a later date.
Destiny 2: The New Curse of Osiris PVP Maps are a Blast
Destiny 2’s PVP mode is about to get an entirely new trio of PVP maps for the Crucible. The two which we had the opportunity to included Pacifica and Wormhaven, the latter being a PlayStation exclusive.
Pacifica has players face off on the surface of Titan. Similar in design to the surface area of the explorable Titan, the Pacifica map will have you either facing off in the narrow hallways and corridors that force you to fight over key entrances, or the long open interior hallways with elevated and ground level points of attack. Meanwhile on the exterior, it’s much more open offering, little cover to fight for the heavy or it'll allow you to flank enemies defending the doorways.
The Flash, Supergirl Showrunner Andrew Kreisberg Fired
Warner Bros. Television Group has cut all ties with Andrew Kreisberg, showrunner for The Flash and Supergirl, following an investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct.
Kreisberg, who was an executive producer on Supergirl, The Flash, Legends of Tomorrow, and Arrow, has been completely removed from all Warner Bros.' productions. Greg Berlanti will step in to fulfil additional responsibilities on The Flash and Supergirl.
Warner Bros. provided the following statement to IGN:
After a thorough investigation, Warner Bros. Television Group has terminated Andrew Kreisberg’s employment, effective immediately.Greg Berlanti will assume additional responsibilities on both The Flash, where he will work closely with executive producer/co-showrunner Todd Helbing, and Supergirl, where he will work closely with executive producers/co-showrunners Robert Rovner and Jessica Queller.
Wrestling Wrap Up: Paige is Back…and It’s Already Ruined
Hey hey hey, I'm back after a week off and ready to ramble (accurate, also rumble is trademarked). I know I missed a bunch of stuff last week what with Paige returning and all those NXT women call-ups, so I'll dig into that a little bit here, but first...
...we're all fine with The Ascension dying in that SAW version of Fashion Files, right?
Like, these two guys are dead now for kayfabe realsies is my suggestion. Death by poison gas. Nobly sacrificing themselves so that Breezango could live. Maybe in a few months or so they could come back with a total repackaging, or maybe they could just vanish for good, I haven't totally come up with a full plan for the aftermath of this crucible. But I'm open to suggestions. As long as those suggestions are not them somehow "not painfully dying from poison gas."
Chinese Actress Liu Yifei Cast as Disney’s Live-Action Mulan
Disney has found its lead for the upcoming live-action Mulan remake.
Liu Yifei, also known as Crystal Liu, will star as the titular heroine Hua Mulan in the upcoming remake, which is set to hit theaters sometime in 2019. Yifei's film credits include The Forbidden Kingdom, Outcast, Ip Man 3, and The Chinese Window.
Liu Yifei in The Forbidden Kingdom
Niki Caro (Whale Rider, The Zookeeper's Wife) will direct the film with Chris Bender, Jason Reed, and Jake Weiner producing, and Bill Kong executive producing. Jurassic World scribes Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver rewrote the screenplay by Lauren Hynek and Elizabeth Martin.
How Avengers: Infinity War Reminds Evangeline Lilly of Lost
Evangeline Lilly, who plays Hope van Dyne (aka the Wasp) in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, recently discussed The Avengers: Infinity War, likening the upcoming film to the popular ABC series she starred in, Lost.
In an interview with Vanity Fair, Lilly was asked about Disney CEO Bob Iger's recent comments that Phase 4 of the MCU will explore new places and times. "So in other words, you want me to tell you about the flash-forwards and flashbacks and flash-sideways?" she replied, clearly referencing Lost.