Yearly Archives: 2018
Kelsey Grammer Eyeing Frasier Reboot
Kelsey Grammer is reportedly eyeing the possibility of rebooting Frasier.
According to Deadline, the reboot would take place outside of Seattle, where the original series was set, and could feature new characters. Frasier Crane would be the link between the two series.
Grammer is reportedly meeting with writers to figure out how to launch the reboot, though Grammer and CBS TV Studios (which distributes Frasier) declined to comment.
No Man’s Sky Multiplayer Unavailable on DRM-Free GOG Version Until Later This Year
Owners of the DRM-free version of No Man's Sky, which can only be purchased at GOG.com, will not be gaining access to the multiplayer features that have just been added in No Man's Sky NEXT update until later this year.
In a joint statement on the GOG.com forums, GOG and No Man's Sky developer Hello Games explained that while "the DRM-free edition of No Man's Sky will include all single-player content introduced by NEXT: third-person mode, upgraded visuals, better base building, player customization, and more," multiplayer will not be ready at launch.
Marvel Just Completely Changed Venom’s Origin
Forget whatever you thought you knew about the history of Venom and his symbiote costume, because Marvel just debuted a radical new origin story for this ex-Spider-Man villain.
Warning: this article contains spoilers for Venom #4!
Previous stories have established that the Venom symbiote is a member of an alien race called the Klyntar. While the Klyntar as a whole are a peaceful race, the Venom symbiote was driven into a bloodthirsty rage during its time away from home until it was finally cured during Brian Michael Bendis' Guardians of the Galaxy run. This issue doesn't necessarily eliminate any of that backstory, but it does reveal that the story is much deeper and more complicated than fans ever realized.
Detective Pikachu Movie Moves to Warner Bros.
Detective Pikachu will now be distributed by Warner Bros. instead of Universal.
THR reports Detective Pikachu is still set to hit theaters on May 10, 2019. The film, which will see Ryan Reynolds voice the titular character, could reportedly be the start of a new distribution deal between Legendary and Warner Bros.
Meanwhile, Legendary and Universal's four-year distribution deal recently came to an end and the two studios are not expected to renew their partnership.
Alongside Reynolds, the rest of the film's cast includes Ken Watanabe as Detective Yoshida, Justice Smith, and Kathryn Newton as Lucy, among a few others.
Netflix in Aug: Ozark, Good Place, Batman Begins and More
Netflix unleashes another avalanche of Originals this August, along with movies like Christopher Nolan's Batman Begins, the Coens' No Country for Old Men, Martin Scorsese's The Aviator, Clint Eastwood's Million Dollar Baby and Gran Torino, and Kevin Smith's Clerks - plus Constantine, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, and The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement.
You'll also be able to check out Season 2 of The Good Place, along with the most recent runs of The Originals and The 100.
Ozark, which just garnered Jason Bateman an Emmy nomination, returns for a second season while The Simpsons' Matt Groening hits us with his adult animated comedy, Disenchantment. Also - and this is the case every few months now - new Voltron!
Extremely Detailed Hogwarts Castle Is One of LEGO’s Biggest Sets Ever
LEGO has unveiled a new Hogwarts Castle Lego set, and it's a whopper.
Coming in at over 22 inches tall, 27 inches wide and 16 inches deep, the set consists of over 6,000 pieces and clocks in at $399 US.
Recommended for builders ages 16 and up, it features various towers, turrets, chambers, classrooms, creatures, the Whomping Willow, Hagrid's hut and so much more. It comes with four minifigures: Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, Salazar Slytherin and Rowena Ravenclaw. It also comes with 27 microfigures, including Harry, Ron, Hermione, Dumbledore, Snape, Voldemort, assorted students and more.
The centerpiece of the castle is the Great Hall with buildable replica stained glass windows, house banners, tables, torches and more. The castle comes with moving staircases, the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom, the chessboard chamber and Devil's Snare room from The Sorcerer's Stone, the Flying Ford Angela car from the Chamber of Secrets, and the Goblet of Fire from, you guessed it, The Goblet of Fire.
Fortnite Frustrations Emerge with Overpowered SMG and New Building Meta
An even more powerful SMG is the latest controversial addition to Fortnite that has fans worried about the consistantly weakening building meta.
Yesterday's 5.1 patch added the Compact SMG, the epic and legendary variety of the recently released SMG that can rip through walls and precisely nail your targets. The standard SMG was already alarm for concern when they quickly outpaced the need of shotguns. With an even more monstrous addition to the SMG family, playing without this weapon is quickly becoming a less viable option.
Scientists Believe They Have Found Liquid Water on Mars
It appears that a body of liquid water has been found buried beneath layers of ice and dust on Mars' south pole.
The discovery was made by the European Space Agency (ESA) using radar data collected during their Mars Express mission. Though the mission has been in progress since 2003, this is their first major piece of evidence that liquid water currently exists anywhere on the red planet.
The discovery was made using MARSIS, the Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionosphere Sounding instrument, housed within the Mars Express orbiter. It found an especially bright radar reflection in the south polar region of Mars.
Saga Is Taking a Year-Long Break
Saga's creators Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples have announced they will be taking a break from the comic for an undetermined period which will last for at least a year.
“After fifty-four issues and over 1,200 consecutive pages of sequential storytelling together, Fiona and I have decided to take an extended break before we eventually reunite with Saga #55," Vaughan wrote in the letter column to Saga #54.
"And unlike our usual three months of 'Vacationanza' between arcs, we plan to pause publication of this series for at least the next year.”
Saga #54 cover art, via Image Comics.
Fortnite May Be Getting a Sniper Rifle That Can Shoot Through Walls
Being behind cover may no longer be sufficient protection for Fortnite players if a new leak is accurate. Various Fortnite leakers are reporting a datamine showing a new weapon called the Heavy Sniper Rifle that can shoot through walls is on its way.
"Powerful and accurate rifle with a bolt-action mechanism with an extremely slow reload," reads the weapon's description on Storm Shield One. "Shots pierce through the first wall it hits."
Twitter's Fortnite: Battle Royale Leaks tweeted the rifle's sound effects and a look at the rifle's coding revealing it to be a Barrett .50 caliber rifle. Meanwhile, DieBuddies tweeted out the official item image.