Yearly Archives: 2020
Here’s Why Netflix’s Locke & Key Removed Lovecraft for the Show
At the Locke & Key: Season 1 premiere fan event in Los Angeles, executive producers Carlton Cuse and Meredith Averill explain why they changed the name of the town where Keyhouse is located, from Lovecraft to Matheson.
"It was actually Joe Hill's idea to do that. It was an homage to Richard Matheson, one of Joe's favorites, so that was really his choice to do that," Cuse went on to share more about why Hill made the change. "There was a lot of Lovecraftian elements in the comics and then when we moved it to TV, [Joe] was like, 'I wanted to honor another author.'"
For a closer look at the series, be sure to check out the official Season 1 trailer in the video below:
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Richard Matheson was an American author who wrote I Am Legend and What Dreams May Come. Both of the aforementioned titles were turned into feature films starring popular actors like Will Smith and the late Robin Williams.
Locke & Key: Season 1 premieres on Netflix on February 7th. For more on Locke & Key, check out our spoiler-free review of Season 1 and learn everything you need to know about the source material graphic novel.
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David Griffin still watches DuckTales in his pajamas with a cereal bowl in hand. He's also the TV Editor for IGN. Say hi on Twitter.
Here’s Why Netflix’s Locke & Key Removed Lovecraft for the Show
At the Locke & Key: Season 1 premiere fan event in Los Angeles, executive producers Carlton Cuse and Meredith Averill explain why they changed the name of the town where Keyhouse is located, from Lovecraft to Matheson.
"It was actually Joe Hill's idea to do that. It was an homage to Richard Matheson, one of Joe's favorites, so that was really his choice to do that," Cuse went on to share more about why Hill made the change. "There was a lot of Lovecraftian elements in the comics and then when we moved it to TV, [Joe] was like, 'I wanted to honor another author.'"
For a closer look at the series, be sure to check out the official Season 1 trailer in the video below:
[ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/01/08/netflixs-locke-key-season-1-official-trailer"]
Richard Matheson was an American author who wrote I Am Legend and What Dreams May Come. Both of the aforementioned titles were turned into feature films starring popular actors like Will Smith and the late Robin Williams.
Locke & Key: Season 1 premieres on Netflix on February 7th. For more on Locke & Key, check out our spoiler-free review of Season 1 and learn everything you need to know about the source material graphic novel.
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David Griffin still watches DuckTales in his pajamas with a cereal bowl in hand. He's also the TV Editor for IGN. Say hi on Twitter.
Spider-Man Director Sam Raimi May Direct Doctor Strange 2
Sam Raimi, the director behind the 2002 Spider-Man movies along with classic horror films like The Evil Dead, is in talks to director Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. This would be the first superhero film Raimi directs since 2007’s Spider-Man 3.
According to a report by Variety, Raimi is in talks with Marvel to replace original director Scott Derrickson on the Doctor Strange sequel. Derrickson left the project on January 9 over creative differences with Marvel on the direction of the project.
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Raimi has been working on a variety of projects since wrapping up Spider-Man 3. The last feature film Raimi directed was 2013’s Oz the Great and Powerful, but he’s produced films like Don’t Breathe, Crawl, The Grudge, and a remake of Evil Dead.
He also served as writer and director on Ash vs Evil Dead, a television sequel to his Evil Dead series starring Bruce Campbell as Ash.
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Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness was described by Derrickson as Marvel’s first horror movie, and Raimi’s reputation as a director who can balance both horror and comedy would serve a Marvel horror movie project well.
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Matt Kim is a reporter for IGN.
Spider-Man Director Sam Raimi May Direct Doctor Strange 2
Sam Raimi, the director behind the 2002 Spider-Man movies along with classic horror films like The Evil Dead, is in talks to director Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. This would be the first superhero film Raimi directs since 2007’s Spider-Man 3.
According to a report by Variety, Raimi is in talks with Marvel to replace original director Scott Derrickson on the Doctor Strange sequel. Derrickson left the project on January 9 over creative differences with Marvel on the direction of the project.
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Raimi has been working on a variety of projects since wrapping up Spider-Man 3. The last feature film Raimi directed was 2013’s Oz the Great and Powerful, but he’s produced films like Don’t Breathe, Crawl, The Grudge, and a remake of Evil Dead.
He also served as writer and director on Ash vs Evil Dead, a television sequel to his Evil Dead series starring Bruce Campbell as Ash.
[ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2018/01/18/ash-vs-evil-dead-season-3-trailer"]
Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness was described by Derrickson as Marvel’s first horror movie, and Raimi’s reputation as a director who can balance both horror and comedy would serve a Marvel horror movie project well.
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Matt Kim is a reporter for IGN.
Screen Legend Kirk Douglas Dead at 103
Screen legend Kirk Douglas has died at the age of 103, his family announced Wednesday. Douglas, who had been one of the last surviving stars of the Golden Age of Hollywood, is the father of Oscar-winning actor/producer Michael Douglas and father-in-law of actress Catherine Zeta-Jones.
"It is with tremendous sadness that my brothers and I announce that Kirk Douglas left us today at the age of 103," Michael Douglas said in a statement to People magazine. “To the world, he was a legend, an actor from the golden age of movies who lived well into his golden years, a humanitarian whose commitment to justice and the causes he believed in set a standard for all of us to aspire to."
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Kirk Douglas in the 1960 epic Spartacus.[/caption]
Born Issur Danielovitch Demsky in Amsterdam, New York, in 1916, Douglas was the son of Jewish immigrants from Russia and worked hardscrabble jobs before becoming an actor, experiences he recounted in his 1988 autobiography The Ragman's Son. Douglas also served in the U.S. Navy during World War II.
With his chiseled features, famous dimpled chin, and muscular physique, Douglas starred in a variety of films throughout his six-decade-long acting career. But Douglas' most iconic roles saw him portray rebels against the system and often less than sympathetic characters. Long before his son Michael would win accolades for his turn as Wall Street's Gordon Gekko, Kirk Douglas played nasty heels in such classics as Ace in the Hole and The Bad and the Beautiful.
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Douglas starred in two of Stanley Kubrick's earliest films, Paths of Glory and Spartacus, and helped break the infamous Hollywood blacklist by hiring screenwriter Dalton Trumbo to script Spartacus. Douglas was also one of Hollywood's most notable humanitarians, and received the Medal of Freedom in 1981.
Douglas' many iconic films include Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (where he played Doc Holliday), Lonely Are the Brave, Out of the Past, Seven Days in May, The Strange Love of Martha Ivers, the boxing classic Champion, and Lust for Life (where he played painter Vincent Van Gogh).
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Douglas was also no stranger to genre films, having starred in such sci-fi films as Disney's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, The Final Countdown, Saturn 3, and the horror film The Fury.
Douglas' last major film role was in 2003's dramedy It Runs in the Family, opposite his son Michael Douglas and grandson Cameron.
Kirk Douglas in the 1960 epic Spartacus.[/caption]
Born Issur Danielovitch Demsky in Amsterdam, New York, in 1916, Douglas was the son of Jewish immigrants from Russia and worked hardscrabble jobs before becoming an actor, experiences he recounted in his 1988 autobiography The Ragman's Son. Douglas also served in the U.S. Navy during World War II.
With his chiseled features, famous dimpled chin, and muscular physique, Douglas starred in a variety of films throughout his six-decade-long acting career. But Douglas' most iconic roles saw him portray rebels against the system and often less than sympathetic characters. Long before his son Michael would win accolades for his turn as Wall Street's Gordon Gekko, Kirk Douglas played nasty heels in such classics as Ace in the Hole and The Bad and the Beautiful.
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Douglas starred in two of Stanley Kubrick's earliest films, Paths of Glory and Spartacus, and helped break the infamous Hollywood blacklist by hiring screenwriter Dalton Trumbo to script Spartacus. Douglas was also one of Hollywood's most notable humanitarians, and received the Medal of Freedom in 1981.
Douglas' many iconic films include Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (where he played Doc Holliday), Lonely Are the Brave, Out of the Past, Seven Days in May, The Strange Love of Martha Ivers, the boxing classic Champion, and Lust for Life (where he played painter Vincent Van Gogh).
[ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2011/07/22/spartacus-im-spartacus"]
Douglas was also no stranger to genre films, having starred in such sci-fi films as Disney's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, The Final Countdown, Saturn 3, and the horror film The Fury.
Douglas' last major film role was in 2003's dramedy It Runs in the Family, opposite his son Michael Douglas and grandson Cameron.Screen Legend Kirk Douglas Dead at 103
Screen legend Kirk Douglas has died at the age of 103, his family announced Wednesday. Douglas, who had been one of the last surviving stars of the Golden Age of Hollywood, is the father of Oscar-winning actor/producer Michael Douglas and father-in-law of actress Catherine Zeta-Jones.
"It is with tremendous sadness that my brothers and I announce that Kirk Douglas left us today at the age of 103," Michael Douglas said in a statement to People magazine. “To the world, he was a legend, an actor from the golden age of movies who lived well into his golden years, a humanitarian whose commitment to justice and the causes he believed in set a standard for all of us to aspire to."
[caption id="attachment_2298477" align="alignnone" width="720"] Kirk Douglas in the 1960 epic Spartacus.[/caption]
Born Issur Danielovitch Demsky in Amsterdam, New York, in 1916, Douglas was the son of Jewish immigrants from Russia and worked hardscrabble jobs before becoming an actor, experiences he recounted in his 1988 autobiography The Ragman's Son. Douglas also served in the U.S. Navy during World War II.
With his chiseled features, famous dimpled chin, and muscular physique, Douglas starred in a variety of films throughout his six-decade-long acting career. But Douglas' most iconic roles saw him portray rebels against the system and often less than sympathetic characters. Long before his son Michael would win accolades for his turn as Wall Street's Gordon Gekko, Kirk Douglas played nasty heels in such classics as Ace in the Hole and The Bad and the Beautiful.
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Douglas starred in two of Stanley Kubrick's earliest films, Paths of Glory and Spartacus, and helped break the infamous Hollywood blacklist by hiring screenwriter Dalton Trumbo to script Spartacus. Douglas was also one of Hollywood's most notable humanitarians, and received the Medal of Freedom in 1981.
Douglas' many iconic films include Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (where he played Doc Holliday), Lonely Are the Brave, Out of the Past, Seven Days in May, The Strange Love of Martha Ivers, the boxing classic Champion, and Lust for Life (where he played painter Vincent Van Gogh).
[ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2011/07/22/spartacus-im-spartacus"]
Douglas was also no stranger to genre films, having starred in such sci-fi films as Disney's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, The Final Countdown, Saturn 3, and the horror film The Fury.
Douglas' last major film role was in 2003's dramedy It Runs in the Family, opposite his son Michael Douglas and grandson Cameron.
Kirk Douglas in the 1960 epic Spartacus.[/caption]
Born Issur Danielovitch Demsky in Amsterdam, New York, in 1916, Douglas was the son of Jewish immigrants from Russia and worked hardscrabble jobs before becoming an actor, experiences he recounted in his 1988 autobiography The Ragman's Son. Douglas also served in the U.S. Navy during World War II.
With his chiseled features, famous dimpled chin, and muscular physique, Douglas starred in a variety of films throughout his six-decade-long acting career. But Douglas' most iconic roles saw him portray rebels against the system and often less than sympathetic characters. Long before his son Michael would win accolades for his turn as Wall Street's Gordon Gekko, Kirk Douglas played nasty heels in such classics as Ace in the Hole and The Bad and the Beautiful.
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Douglas starred in two of Stanley Kubrick's earliest films, Paths of Glory and Spartacus, and helped break the infamous Hollywood blacklist by hiring screenwriter Dalton Trumbo to script Spartacus. Douglas was also one of Hollywood's most notable humanitarians, and received the Medal of Freedom in 1981.
Douglas' many iconic films include Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (where he played Doc Holliday), Lonely Are the Brave, Out of the Past, Seven Days in May, The Strange Love of Martha Ivers, the boxing classic Champion, and Lust for Life (where he played painter Vincent Van Gogh).
[ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2011/07/22/spartacus-im-spartacus"]
Douglas was also no stranger to genre films, having starred in such sci-fi films as Disney's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, The Final Countdown, Saturn 3, and the horror film The Fury.
Douglas' last major film role was in 2003's dramedy It Runs in the Family, opposite his son Michael Douglas and grandson Cameron.Gears of War Boss Will Join Blizzard to Oversee Diablo Franchise
Rod Fergusson, Gears 5 director and head of Microsoft’s The Coalition studio, announced that he is leaving the company to join Blizzard in March. Fergusson says he will be overseeing the Diablo franchise in his new role.
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“Starting in March, I will join Blizzard to oversee the Diablo franchise,” said Fergusson in a farewell tweet posted on his personal account. “Leaving is bittersweet as I love our Gears family, the fans, and everyone at The Coalition and Xbox.”
Fergusson began working in games in 1996 at Microsoft. IN 2005 he joined Epic Games as part of the development team on Gears of War. He worked in some capacity on every Gears of War game including Microsoft acquired the Gears of War series from Epic and started up The Coalition studio. Fergusson last served as a director on Gears 5. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="legacyId=20084888&captions=true"] Blizzard recently announced Diablo 4 at BlizzCon 2019. Although because Diablo 4 is already in development, it’s unclear how Fergusson’s arrival might impact the project. IGN has reached out to Blizzard for more info. You can read IGN’s hands-on preview of Diablo 4 from BlizzCon here, or check out our Gears 5 review for more on Fergusson’s work. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Matt Kim is a reporter for IGN. You can reach him on Twitter.Starting in March, I will join Blizzard to oversee the Diablo franchise. Leaving is bittersweet as I love our Gears family, the fans, and everyone at The Coalition and Xbox. Thank you, it has been an honor and a privilege to work with you all. pic.twitter.com/0FuO3RFYSQ
— Rod Fergusson (@GearsViking) February 5, 2020
Gears of War Boss Will Join Blizzard to Oversee Diablo Franchise
Rod Fergusson, Gears 5 director and head of Microsoft’s The Coalition studio, announced that he is leaving the company to join Blizzard in March. Fergusson says he will be overseeing the Diablo franchise in his new role.
[ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2019/09/04/gears-5-campaign-review"]
“Starting in March, I will join Blizzard to oversee the Diablo franchise,” said Fergusson in a farewell tweet posted on his personal account. “Leaving is bittersweet as I love our Gears family, the fans, and everyone at The Coalition and Xbox.”
Fergusson began working in games in 1996 at Microsoft. IN 2005 he joined Epic Games as part of the development team on Gears of War. He worked in some capacity on every Gears of War game including Microsoft acquired the Gears of War series from Epic and started up The Coalition studio. Fergusson last served as a director on Gears 5. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="legacyId=20084888&captions=true"] Blizzard recently announced Diablo 4 at BlizzCon 2019. Although because Diablo 4 is already in development, it’s unclear how Fergusson’s arrival might impact the project. IGN has reached out to Blizzard for more info. You can read IGN’s hands-on preview of Diablo 4 from BlizzCon here, or check out our Gears 5 review for more on Fergusson’s work. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Matt Kim is a reporter for IGN. You can reach him on Twitter.Starting in March, I will join Blizzard to oversee the Diablo franchise. Leaving is bittersweet as I love our Gears family, the fans, and everyone at The Coalition and Xbox. Thank you, it has been an honor and a privilege to work with you all. pic.twitter.com/0FuO3RFYSQ
— Rod Fergusson (@GearsViking) February 5, 2020
Breaking Down PS5’s Latest Price News and Rumors
BEYOND!
On this week's episode of IGN's weekly PlayStation show, Podcast Beyond!, host Jonathon Dornbush is joined by Brian Altano, Max Scoville, and Lucy O'Brien to discuss the latest rumors of PS5's reveal event, as well as when we could potentially hear more about PS5's price, launch games, and release date.
Plus, we also take a look at new Rockstar Games news about Dan Houser leaving, PlayStation Plus games for February, and much more. And, of course, Bloodborne.
We've also got a homework assignment for listeners and viewers! Podcast Beyond! is going to be taking a look back at some of the PS4's biggest games, starting with Horizon Zero Dawn this month. We'll be discussing it more at length later in February, but start diving back in if you own it, as we'll be looking for your thoughts on Guerrilla's hit, as well as what we want in a sequel.
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Download or listen to the show on these platforms:
Podcast Beyond! is live every Wednesday at 3 p.m. PT. For the latest on PS5, check out the new PS5 logo, how fans reacted to the PS5 logo, and check out images of the allegedly PS5 dev kit and controller, as well as a leak alleging the power of the PS5 and Xbox Series X.
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Jonathon Dornbush is IGN's Senior News Editor, host of Podcast Beyond!, and PlayStation lead. Talk to him on Twitter @jmdornbush.
Breaking Down PS5’s Latest Price News and Rumors
BEYOND!
On this week's episode of IGN's weekly PlayStation show, Podcast Beyond!, host Jonathon Dornbush is joined by Brian Altano, Max Scoville, and Lucy O'Brien to discuss the latest rumors of PS5's reveal event, as well as when we could potentially hear more about PS5's price, launch games, and release date.
Plus, we also take a look at new Rockstar Games news about Dan Houser leaving, PlayStation Plus games for February, and much more. And, of course, Bloodborne.
We've also got a homework assignment for listeners and viewers! Podcast Beyond! is going to be taking a look back at some of the PS4's biggest games, starting with Horizon Zero Dawn this month. We'll be discussing it more at length later in February, but start diving back in if you own it, as we'll be looking for your thoughts on Guerrilla's hit, as well as what we want in a sequel.
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Download or listen to the show on these platforms:
Podcast Beyond! is live every Wednesday at 3 p.m. PT. For the latest on PS5, check out the new PS5 logo, how fans reacted to the PS5 logo, and check out images of the allegedly PS5 dev kit and controller, as well as a leak alleging the power of the PS5 and Xbox Series X.
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Jonathon Dornbush is IGN's Senior News Editor, host of Podcast Beyond!, and PlayStation lead. Talk to him on Twitter @jmdornbush.