Donald Glover’s New Show Atlanta Is a Far Cry From Community
Don't expect Donald Glover's new FX comedy Atlanta to be similar in tone to his NBC fan favorite Community. The semi-autobiographical series follows two cousins in the Atlanta rap scene, and explores their experiences. While the first episode is fairly grounded, later episodes spin out into more abstract manners of storytelling, a decision that Glover explains was an attempt to get at the thesis of the show.
"The thesis with the show is to show people how it felt to be black, and you can't really write that down. You kind of have to feel it. The tonal aspect was really important to me," said Glover, who stars in, created and executive produces Atlanta. "There isn't a limit to how abstract you can get as long as you believe it. There has to be some sort of grounded nature to something so they don't start being like, 'I don't believe this and then they turn the channel.' If you have something that is grounded on some level, you can go anywhere."
The Defenders: The Many Challenges Facing the Showrunners
The biggest challenge for the showrunners of Marvel's The Defenders is going to be bringing together four separately established heroes into one cohesive story. Doug Petrie and Marco Ramirez are currently writing scripts for the eight-episode first season of The Defenders, slated to premiere in 2017, and are having fun figuring out how Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and Iron Fist work together as a team.
"The idea that we get to mix these ingredients is kind of, as a comic book fan and also just as a fan of storytelling, one of the coolest elements of this job -- or of any job I've ever had," Ramirez told IGN at a Marvel press event. "Being able to think about what it means when some of these people are in rooms together for the first time, and how we want to play, and how we want to make it both what fans are expected but also not how they're expected it to happen -- because some of these characters have obviously met each other in the comics -- we just want to make sure that's it as iconic and awesome as it can be."
Chronicles of Narnia Will Continue at Sony
The next installment in The Chronicles of Narnia is moving forward with The Silver Chair, as Sony has secured the distribution rights to the film franchise based on C.S. Lewis' beloved series of novels.
TriStar Pictures is financing the film in partnership with The Mark Gordon Company, The C.S. Lewis Company and Entertainment One. Life of Pi screenwriter David Magee is penning the adaptation, which is being produced by Mark Gordon, Vincent Sieber, Melvin Adams and Lewis' stepson Douglas Gresham.
The Silver Chair is the fourth installment in The Chronicles of Narnia series
Bethesda ‘Absolutely’ Looking Into Making NX Games
Though Bethesda Softworks isn't ready to make a definitive choice one way or the other, the company's vice president Pete Hines says Bethesda is "absolutely" looking into the possibility of putting its games on Nintendo's next console, the NX.
Hines addressed the possibility of Bethesda's projects appearing on the NX in an interview with IGN at QuakeCon, noting that Bethesda is talking with Nintendo "all the time" and is aware of what the company is doing. But that doesn't mean the studio behind Fallout and The Elder Scrolls is ready to immediately jump on development for the NX, though.
"Obviously we haven't put anything out there
," Hines said. "It's absolutely something that we're looking into and we'll see what comes of it."
Son of Zorn: How Roger Rabbit and Harry Potter are Inspirations
FOX's Son of Zorn -- from The LEGO Movie/Han Solo Movie's Phil Lord and Chris Miller -- is an inventive, live‑action/animated comedy following a cartoon warrior from a faraway island (voiced by Jason Sudeikis), who faces his most epic battle yet - returning to the O.C. to win back his ex‑wife (Cheryl Hines) and teenage son (Johnny Pemberton).
Though Lord and Miller were unable to attend the Son of Zorn panel at the Television Critics Association summer press tour, executive producers Sally Bradford McKenna (The Grinder), Eric Appel (Silicon Valley), and Reed Agnew (Blunt Talk) were on hand to discuss the mix of live-action and animation and how the world of the show is similar to both Who Framed Roger Rabbit? and the Harry Potter films.
Donald Glover Praises Spider-Man: Homecoming Director
Donald Glover recently got to shoot two exciting projects in his home state: the upcoming Sony-Marvel collaboration Spider-Man: Homecoming, and his new FX comedy series, Atlanta. While Glover said shooting Spider-Man in Atlanta was "sort of the icing on the cake," he admitted he would have committed to the project even if "they were shooting in Colorado."
Glover's participation in Spider-Man: Homecoming was confirmed at San Diego Comic-Con, but little is known about his character in the Jon Watts-directed film. When asked after his TCA panel for Atlanta what he could say about his role, Glover quickly zipped up. "I'm not allowed to say," he hedged. "Sworn to secrecy."
Wind Waker HD, Animal Crossing 3DS Price Cuts Coming
Nintendo has announced that several Wii U and 3DS games will be receiving permanent price cuts on August 26, including The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD and Animal Crossing: New Leaf.
According to Nintendo of America on Twitter, each new addition to its lineup of discounted titles, dubbed Nintendo Selects, will be available for $20 USD.
The full list of discounted games include:
- Animal Crossing: New Leaf
- Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon
- Nintendogs + Cats: Golden Retriever & New Friends
- LEGO City Undercover: The Chase Begins
Lethal Weapon TV Series to Include Joe Pesci and Rene Russo Characters
FOX's Lethal Weapon series, starring Clayne Crawford and Damon Wayans, premieres Wednesday, September 21st. Not only will the show offer new takes on the iconic buddy cop duo of Martin Riggs and Roger Murtaugh -- played by Mel Gibson and Danny Glover in the film franchise -- but there are plans to also include other famous characters from the movies.
Namely the characters of Leo Getz and Lorna Cole, played by Joe Pesci and Rene Russo respectively. "We will introduce both of those characters at some point," revealed executive producer Matt Miller (Forever, Chuck) during a Q&A panel at the Television Critics Association summer press tour, with regards to Getz, who was introduced in the second film, and Cole, who arrived in the third.
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Donald Glover Explains Why He Didn’t Return to Community
Donald Glover didn't return for Community's move to Yahoo Screen for Season 6, and it's not a decision he regrets.
While promoting his new series Atlanta at FX's 2016 summer TCA press tour presentation, Glover explained why he opted not to reprise his role as Troy in the additional season of Community after its conclusion on NBC.
"I just like endings," he said. "I think everything should have death clauses in them. Humans have death clauses in them. One day Trump is going to die. That's guaranteed. It's important that things end. I'm glad things end because it forces things to progress. I get really frustrated in the world that things could be better but can't be better because they haven't died yet."