First Look at George Clooney in Hulu’s Catch-22
In the Spring of 2019, Hulu is set to release a new adaptation of Joseph Heller's beloved novel, Catch-22. This six-part miniseries is led by George Clooney, who will star, produce, and direct the ambitious undertaking by the streaming provider.
For a look at Clooney, along with many of the supporting cast, check out the gallery below:
"Based on Joseph Heller’s seminal novel of the same name, Catch-22 is the story of the incomparable, artful dodger, Yossarian (Christopher Abbott), a US Air Force bombardier in World War II who is furious because thousands of people he has never met are trying to kill him. But his real problem is not the enemy, but rather his own army which keeps increasing the number of missions the men must fly to complete their service. Yet if Yossarian makes any attempt to avoid his military assignments, he’ll be in violation of Catch-22, a hilariously sinister bureaucratic rule which specifies that a concern for one’s own safety in the face of dangers which are real and immediate is the process of a rational mind; a man is considered insane if he willingly continues to fly dangerous combat missions, but a request to be removed from duty is evidence of sanity and therefore makes him ineligible to be relieved from duty," according to a synopsis provided by Hulu.
Fortnite Adds First Player-Created Content to The Block
Fortnite Battle Royale’s first player-created content to be featured on The Block, the Grimy Greens factory, is now live.
Announced on the official Fortnite Twitter account, the Grimy Greens factory made by user kaancitak is the first player-created location to appear on the reserved space. Kaancitak’s creation was first made as a player-created Fortnite island in Creative, accessible separately from the main map, but has been modified to meet The Block’s specifications.
Drop to The Block and explore the newest community creation! Get lost in the mysterious Grimy Greens factory made by kaancitak. pic.twitter.com/GFBSohTvSn
343 Industries and Limbitless Solutions Partner for Halo-Themed ‘Bionic Arm’ Prosthetic
Halo developer 343 Industries and Limbitless Solutions have announced a collaboration to provide a new Halo-themed, 3D-printed prosthetic arm for "young heroes who – like the Master Chief himself – also routinely and triumphantly beat the odds."
As detailed by 343, two special Halo-themed options will be added to Limbitless' lineup of designs beginning in 2019.
The first Bionic Arm is a recreation of Master Chief's own Mk. VI armor, while the second is a "multiplayer" variant of the "Mjolnir-inspired and personalized prosthetic" that will come in many colors to "create a Spartan style as unique and heroic as the recipients themselves."
Here Are the Best Retro Mini Consoles Available
Retro games are back in a big way thanks to the NES Classic Edition, SNES Classic, PlayStation Cl...Sega Genesis Mini and more retro mini consoles. Beyond Nintendo and Sony making their own mini-consoles in-house, other manufacturers are getting into the game by licensing out their hardware design and software likenesses out to third-parties.
All of these retro consoles have worked to varying degrees of success, but we've tested them all to help you find the very best ones. For new consoles just about to release we've got the full scoop on where to preorder and which retailers have them in stock, including Amazon, Best Buy, and Walmart. We’ve also compiled the full games lists for every classic mini console, including the recently-announced Sega Genesis Mini lineup.
These Two New Sports Anime Offer a Refreshing Focus on Relatable Problems
Sports anime have always been an eccentric flavor of a genre; they contain so many of the quirks that make anime intense and exciting, but they also can nail the slow burn character development and arcs we find in introspective stories. Hits like Kuroko's Basket and Prince of Tennis, for instance, are full of short-burst, high-adrenaline matches, and exaggerated abilities. On the other hand, series like Ace of Diamond, Haikyuu!, and Slam Dunk! tend to be more slow, drawn out, and character-driven. This season of anime takes a new spin on sports anime with two very different but fascinating series - Tsurune, a show focused on archery, and Run with the Wind, a show focused on running relays. While both of these shows have many of the shared traits of sports anime, they also do a fantastic job of balancing relatable problems with non-traditional ideas of masculinity.
Jump Force: My Hero Academia’s Izuku ‘Deku’ Midoriya Joins the Roster
Jump Force has added My Hero Academia's Izuku "Deku" Midoriya to its ever-growing roster of fighters.
Announced by Bandai Namco US' Twitter, Deku will be arriving with his Detroit Smash Super Move that was performed by him and All Might using the One For All Quirk.
Deku is the protagonist of My Hero Academia, an anime that will be receiving its fourth season in October 2019 and which also had a movie released in theaters, My Hero Academia: Two Heroes, earlier this year.
Building a Superhero Team is Harder Than It Looks in Runaways Sneak Peek
Season 1 of Marvel's Runaways spends a lot of time establishing the titular teens before they actually, ahem, run away from their villainous parents, but in Season 2 of the Hulu comic book series, our heroes are definitely out of the house and on the lam, which will force them into plenty of dangerous situations and locations they never could've anticipated.
In IGN's exclusive sneak peek at Season 2, we see the Runaways in a hideout that should be familiar to fans of Brian K. Vaughan and Adrian Alphona's comic - "The Hostel," a sprawling mansion that sank during an earthquake and is now buried underground, making it a perfect shelter for a group of wannabe heroes who are just learning to harness their powers and work as a team.
For Honor Teases Assassin’s Creed Crossover
It looks like For Honor and Assassin’s Creed, two properties from Ubisoft, will receive some sort of crossover that will be announced tomorrow.
Teased on the official For Honor Twitter account, a brief video with the caption “Nothing is true, everything is permitted” was shared, which is the Creed’s maxim itself. The video also features visuals that directly reference the Animus from Assassin’s creed, as well as the Animus logo from the fictional Abstergo Industries and various logos from For Honor. The video ends with the message “Full reveal on Dec. 20 at 12 PM EST on The Warrior’s Den livestream!"
Aladdin’s Will Smith Confirms Genie Will Be CGI in Majority of Movie
Following the first look photos of Will Smith in Disney's Aladdin remake that were released early Wednesday from EW, fans were confused as to why the character of Genie was not blue.
Smith took to social media to explain, stating that Genie would in fact be blue in the film. His instagram post reads:
The Best Movies You (Probably) Didn’t See in 2018
Over 700 movies were released theatrically in 2018, and that doesn't even scratch the surface. When you factor in the many home video and streaming debuts and international films that didn't get an official release in the states, there's no way everyone had time to see them all. But that's what we have critics for!
We've compiled twenty of the most impressive motion pictures that got overlooked by the mainstream, for one reason or another, and which deserve to find a big audience all for themselves. We've got beautiful and eloquent dramas, blisteringly funny comedies, ultraviolent thrillers and eccentric genre-bending musicals, and an adorable kids film about a dog, just to cover all our bases.