Rumor: Sherlock’s Jonathan Aris Cast in Rogue One
The latest casting rumor for Star Wars: Rogue One suggests that Jonathan Aris -- best known for his role as forensic scientist Philip Anderson on Sherlock -- has been cast in the upcoming Star Wars Anthology film directed by Gareth Edwards.
Jonathan Aris in Sherlock
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Gyllenhaal Cried When His Parents Turned Down Mighty Ducks
Southpaw actor Jake Gyllenhaal recently admitted he became a bit emotional when his parents, director Stephen Gyllenhaal and writer Naomi Foner, wouldn't allow him to accept a lead role in 1992's The Mighty Ducks.
"I definitely remember crying on the kitchen counter," Gyllenhaal, who would have been about 11 at the time The Mighty Ducks was filmed, said during an interview on The Howard Stern Show (via The Wrap). "I was like, 'You guys are crazy.'"
According to the actor, his parents were concerned the role would interfere with his education. Therefore, they turned down the role. "My parents were like, 'Look, you’re about to enter junior high school, you gotta get your education, that’s the most important thing. I promise you, you hate us now, but you’ll thank us later,'" said Gyllenhaal. "And I do."
New Poster for Heroes Reborn Released
NBC has pulled back the curtain on the latest piece of key art for Heroes Reborn.
You can check out the new poster for the upcoming Heroes reboot, courtesy of TVLine, below.
The poster features the show's core cast, which is comprised of Jack Coleman, Robbie Kay, Danika Yarosh, Judith Shekoni, Zachary Levi, Ryan Guzman, and Kiki Sukezane. Earlier this month at SDCC 2015, we got a chance to chat with Levi about his "dark" role in the upcoming sci-fi show.
New Poster for Heroes Reborn Released
NBC has pulled back the curtain on the latest piece of key art for Heroes Reborn.
You can check out the new poster for the upcoming Heroes reboot, courtesy of TVLine, below.
The poster features the show's core cast, which is comprised of Jack Coleman, Robbie Kay, Danika Yarosh, Judith Shekoni, Zachary Levi, Ryan Guzman, and Kiki Sukezane. Earlier this month at SDCC 2015, we got a chance to chat with Levi about his "dark" role in the upcoming sci-fi show.
Double Score Week For GTA Series A Heist
Rockstar has announced that the Grand Theft Auto Online Series A Funding heist is the latest to get a week of double RP and GTA bucks.
From July 27 until August 2, players will receive 2X GTA$ and RP for each of the set-up missions and the finale in the Series A Funding Heist.
Double GTA$ rewards are also rewarded for completing the finale in under 6:30, as well as killing 75 enemies and no one on your crew getting wasted.
A number of GTA Online activities are also getting an RP bonus, including Gang Attacks, specific Deathmatch achievements, Survival: Wave Reached, and extra rewards for collecting the mission package in Capture mode.
Rockstar will also be announcing mark downs on various gear and vehicles throughout the week.
Check out Splatoon’s Upcoming New Modes and Weapons
Nintendo has revealed that Splatoon will be receiving a major update on August 5, 2015 for the U.S. and August 6, 2015 for Europe and Australia.
The free software update will bring two new matchmaking modes, two new weapon types, an increase to the game’s level cap from 20 to 50, the addition of rank S and S+, and more than 40 pieces of new gear.
The two matchmaking modes are called Squad Battle and Private Battle. Squad Battle is a much anticipated mode that allows players to play in ranked battles alongside friends on teams consisting of two to four inklings.
Private Battle are fully customizable and will enable up to eight players to play in a variety of match setups: one versus one, two versus two, one versus three, two versus four, and so on.
Check out Splatoon’s Upcoming New Modes and Weapons
Nintendo has revealed that Splatoon will be receiving a major update on August 5, 2015 for the U.S. and August 6, 2015 for Europe and Australia.
The free software update will bring two new matchmaking modes, two new weapon types, an increase to the game’s level cap from 20 to 50, the addition of rank S and S+, and more than 40 pieces of new gear.
The two matchmaking modes are called Squad Battle and Private Battle. Squad Battle is a much anticipated mode that allows players to play in ranked battles alongside friends on teams consisting of two to four inklings.
Private Battle are fully customizable and will enable up to eight players to play in a variety of match setups: one versus one, two versus two, one versus three, two versus four, and so on.
Arnold Schwarzenegger Crashes WWE 2K16
Arnold Schwarzenegger will be reprising his role as the T-800 model Terminator in WWE 2K16.
According to a press release from publisher 2K, Arnold will represent two playable T-800s - one from the original 1984 film, and another from 1991's Terminator 2: Judgement Day. Both will be available exclusively to those who pre-order WWE 2K16 from retailers such as Gamestop, Amazon, or any other major retailer accepting pre-orders.
While we haven't gotten any shots of what he'll look like in-game yet, here's a neat video of Arnold recreating a famous scene from Terminator 2 with various WWE Superstars:
WWE 2K16 comes out on PS3. PS4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One in North America on October 27, followed by its international release on October 30.
Steam Accounts Hijacked After Security Lapse
Multiple Steam accounts have been hijacked over the last week, thanks to a bug.
The Steam Store and website were briefly unavailable this morning, but it is unclear whether this is related to any security issues.
Last week, a security "loophole" allowed anyone in the world to access your account using the Lost Password function on Steam, as long as they had your username. From there they could change your password and gain access to your account with no verification needed.
The security issue has now been fixed, however the bug could have been impacting the Steam service all of last week from July 21-25. Valve told Kotaku that it is "resetting passwords on accounts with suspicious password changes during that period."
Stephen Hawking to Take Part in Reddit AMA
Theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking will be answering questions from the public in his first ever Reddit 'Ask Me Anything' session over the next few weeks.
Rather than taking place over a limited time like a standard AMA, Hawking will be taking questions between Monday July 27 at 8am ET (1pm BST) and Tuesday August 4. He will respond to selected questions over the following weeks.
The AMA is being hosted by Nokia and Wired Magazine at /r/science on Reddit.
It is expected that he will be focusing on Artificial Intelligence, particularly in relation to the warning he gave about AI last year. Hawking also recently said that AI would overtake humans within the next 100 years.