WWE Hall of Fame Edge on His New Vikings Role
Vikings returns to History this Wednesday, November 29th, with a two-part Season 5 premiere featuring the fallout and aftermath of last season's closing moments - namely, the accidental/on purpose murder of Sigurd by bitter brother Ivar.
With Season 5 also comes some new faces. Along with Jonathan Rhys Meyers' Bishop Heahmund (who we saw right at the end of Season 4), WWE Hall of Famer and former multi-time world champion Edge, Adam Copeland, has joined the series as Kjetill Flatnose, a stalwart warrior chosen by Floki to be one of the leaders of a group traveling to Iceland.
I spoke with Copeland about his brave new role, challenging himself in the world of acting, getting the Vikings accent just right, and his awesome Nordic beard.
Yooka-Laylee Gets Nintendo Switch Release Date
Yooka-Laylee will be released on Nintendo Switch on December 14th.
The game will initially be available only as a digital download, with a physical release still to be confirmed. Those who backed the game on Kickstarter and chose to receive a Wii U version, then chose to receive a Switch copy when the Wii U port was canceled, will receive a code on launch day.
Playtonic worked directly with Nintendo and Unity to optimise the new version of the game - it will run at 900p in docked mode, and 600p in handheld mode (you can see footage of the game in handheld mode below).
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Arrow Cast Responds to THAT Long Awaited Cameo Appearance
Spoilers for Arrow's episode continue below! Make sure to read our reviews for the first two parts of the "Crisis on Earth-X" crossover for Supergirl's and Arrow's respective episodes.
After being unable to reprise his role for 2016's four-show Arrowverse crossover (which also doubled as Arrow's 100th episode), Colin Donnell reprised his role as Tommy Merlyn for the first time in years. In "Crisis on Earth-X, Part 2," Donnell played the Fatherland-following Earth-X Nazi doppelgänger of Tommy... and in doing so brought a popular fan theory to life.
Fear the Walking Dead: First Look at Lennie James as Morgan
AMC has shared the first look at Lennie James preparing for his role as Morgan on Fear the Walking Dead.
The photos, which you can view below, show James at a table read with his fellow Fear co-stars Colman Domingo, Frank Dillane and Alycia Debnam-Carey, and the series' showrunners Andrew Chambliss and Ian Goldberg.
Lennie James at a table read. Image Credit: Richard Foreman/AMC.
It was revealed in a previous episode of The Walking Dead, "The King, the Widow and Rick," that the integral crossover character between The Walking Dead and Fear the Walking Dead will be Lennie James' Morgan. The prevailing theory, however, was that it would be Abraham who moved between the two shows instead.
Marvel Heroes Servers Shut Down a Month Earlier Than Expected
Marvel Heroes servers are shutting down effective immediately, over a month before the projected sunset date.
Today the Marvel Heroes Twitter account announced that Gazillion is closing, and as a result, the game "will be sunset immediately on all platforms." The team originally planned to support Marvel Heroes Omega until December 31.
"It is with great sadness that we announce the closing of Gazillion Entertainment" the post says. "The company would like to sincerely thank its fans and employees for all the support over years of development and live service."
Marvel Heroes Omega launched on Xbox One and PlayStation 4 earlier this year, and players could select characters from across the Marvel Universe. Not long ago, Marvel informed us that they had ended their relationship with Gazillion, and that the game would be shut down.
Legendary Pokemon Ho-Oh Added to Pokemon Go
Ho-Oh is available starting today in Pokemon Go.
As announced on Pokemon Go’s official site, Ho-Oh will begin appearing in gyms today and will be available in raid battles worldwide until December 12.
Ho-Oh comes as a reward for completing the Global Catch Challenge, which tasked players with catching 3 billion Pokemon in under a week.
Hamill Still Upset Over This Empire Strikes Back Scene
Mark Hamill still finds one of the opening scenes in The Empire Strikes Back to be unpleasant and upsetting, and for good reason.
While responding to fans on Twitter, Hamill revealed he's not fond of the wampa arm amputation scene where Luke Skywalker badly hurts the huge snow beast.
Hamill was unaware that Luke would take off the wampa's arm in the film, as he was under the impression Luke would only use his lightsaber to scare off the beast instead and not actually harm it. Hamill believes it was out of character for Luke.
Lady Bird Beats Toy Story 2 to Rotten Tomatoes High Score
New indie film Lady Bird has now become the best-reviewed movie ever on Rotten Tomatoes, beating Toy Story 2.
Director Greta Gerwig's solo directorial debut has a perfect 100 percent score on Rotten Tomatoes with 170 reviews, and counting. Even though Toy Story 2, which was released in 1999, also has a score of 100 percent, it only has 163 reviews compared to Lady Bird's 170.
Some other movies who have achieved a perfect score with over 100 reviews are 2008's Man on Wire and 2016's Things to Come.
Lady Bird, which was released earlier this month on November 3, is set in the early 2000s and follows Saoirse Ronan as the titular Lady Bird, a high schooler who comes of age in in Sacramento, California. Along with Ronan, the movie also stars Laurie Metcalf, Lucas Hedges, Odeya Rush, and Timothée Chalamet.
TWD: Why Abraham Should Have Been the Crossover Character
Warning: Spoilers for The Walking Dead/Fear the Walking Dead follow...
AMC's Talking Dead recenly revealed that Lennie James' Morgan would be the connective tissue, the crossover character, between The Walking Dead and Fear the Walking Dead.
There's been plenty of speculation since it was announced at SDCC that there would be, in fact, a crossover between the two shows (despite Fear the Walking Dead, from a time standpoint, taking place in the past) on how the shows would connect, especially since creator Robert Kirkman confirmed at NYCC that the crossover would come via a specific character.