Yearly Archives: 2018
Bryan Cranston Cast in Disney’s The One and Only Ivan
Disney's film adaptation of The One and Only Ivan has cast Bryan Cranston.
THR reports Cranston will portray the owner of a failing circus. The Breaking Bad star joins a cast that includes Angelina Jolie and Sam Rockwell. Thea Sharrock (Me Before You) will direct the live-action/CG hybrid from a script by Mike White. A release date has not been set yet.
Cranston as Walter White in Breaking Bad
Did Nintendo Just Have the Best Launch Year Ever?
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Neil Gaiman Overseeing New Line of Sandman Comics
DC Comics is launching a Sandman Universe imprint featuring a new line of four comic books based on Neil Gaiman’s beloved Sandman series. Gaiman himself hand-picked the creative teams for each comic and is acting as the creative overseer for the line.
“The Sandman Universe has always been very close and personal to me and I am thrilled to open up the world once again to an extremely talented group of writers and artists,” Gaiman said in a press release from DC. “I get to see the joy in these brilliant people whom I’ve selected, as they get their chance to play in this world.”
Take a look at the preview art for the Sandman Universe by clicking through the slideshow gallery below:
GitHub Hit With The Largest DDoS Attack Ever Recorded
Yesterday morning, developer platform GitHub was hit with what appears to be the biggest DDoS attack ever recorded. 1.35 terabits per second of traffic targeted GitHub, and the service was down for about five minutes from 9:21am PT, and then intermittently unavailable for the following four minutes.
Image from GitHub.
Rainbow Six Siege Removing Some Renown Costs
On the heels of the Rainbow Six Siege price hikes instated last month, Ubisoft is making Siege's operators and attachments much easier to acquire.
Starting with the launch of the game's third content year on Tuesday, March 6, players who own Siege's Standard, Advanced, Gold or Complete Editions will be able to use the original 20 operators without spending any Renown, Siege's in-game currency.
Renown costs for all previous and future attachments are also being removed for all players, which is especially welcome news considering Ubisoft recently said its goal for Siege is to release 100 operatives over 10 years. However, players who already own any attachments or any of the original 20 operators will not be refunded "due to a technical limitation," Ubisoft said in a blog post.
Avengers: Infinity War Has a New Release Date
You won't have to wait as long to see Marvel Studios' Avengers: Infinity War in theaters in North America.
Marvel announced on Twitter the third Avengers film will now be released on April 27 as opposed to its original planned May 4 release date. Marvel Studios made the announcement via a Twitter exchange with Iron Man star Robert Downey, Jr and a new poster highlighting the date.
Any chance I could see it earlier?
— Robert Downey Jr (@RobertDowneyJr) March 1, 2018
81 Images of LEGO’s Avengers: Infinity War Sets Released
LEGO has provided dozens of new images for its upcoming Avengers: Infinity War sets featuring Iron Man, Spider-Man, and more.
All six sets will be released on March 3, two months ahead of Infinity War's May 4 release date. Older photos of the sets were leaked last month and it's important to note all new and old photos may offer slight spoilers for the upcoming MCU film. Check out Infinity War sets in the gallery below:
The Outrider Dropship Attack includes 124 pieces, 4 minifigures of Captain America, Black Widow, and two Outriders, and more. Meanwhile, the Sanctum Sanctorum Showdown has over a 1,000 pieces and comes with a 3-level New York City building complete with the Sanctum Sanctorum, Peter Parkers' apartment, a pizzeria, and more.
Walking Dead Showrunner Confident Lauren Cohan Will Return
The Walking Dead showrunner Scott M. Gimple remains optimistic about Lauren Cohan returning as Maggie for Season 9.
THR reports Cohan, who's been on the hit series since the second season, has been locked in contract renegotiation with AMC for months. The actress recently signed on to star in the ABC action drama pilot Whiskey Cavalier as the female lead, and currently does not have a contract to return for Season 9.
However, Gimple is still confident an agreement could be reached to have Cohan remain on the show. "We're talking; I'm pretty positive," Gimple said. "We're figuring it out. The timing could work well, so all good."
Shenmue 3 Will Have an Open Ending to Allow for a Sequel
Shenmue series creator, Yu Suzuki, says the ending of Shenmue 3 will allow for a sequel.
In an interview with French website, Gamersflag, Suzuki confirmed that "the end will be open for a sequel," saying that it wouldn't be possible to finish telling the story with the third installment.
Suzuki has always been keen to make a fourth game and said as much in an AMA on Reddit back in 2015.
Arrow Needs to Become Something Else
There's no denying the impact Arrow has had over the past six years, paving the way for an entire shared superhero universe and helping The CW transition into the genre show-driven network it is today. But that being said, Arrow has often been the weakest link in the larger "Arrowverse" in recent years. That's certainly the case right now, with Season 6 likely to go down as the show's worst year yet. It's become increasingly clear over the past few months that the long-running show needs some fundamental changes if it's going to survive much longer. Much like Oliver Queen, Arrow needs to become something else.
Arrow reached a pivotal moment when Season 5 started in 2016. At that point, the show had delivered two bad seasons in a row and really needed to do something to win back wary fans. Season 5 generally succeeded in that goal, some missteps notwithstanding. Above all, the series benefited from the intense rivalry between Stephen Amell's Oliver Queen and Josh Segarra's Adrian Chase. Season 5 culminated in the series' best episode to date, leaving viewers and Ollie reeling as Chase carried out his final plan and destroyed Lian Yu with most of Team Arrow still on site.