Former CEO Reportedly Hoping to Reboot Toys R Us
Former Toys R Us CEO Jerry Storch has reportedly been meeting with potential investors to reboot the famous retail chain.
According to Bloomberg, Storch has been seeking out various investment groups in order to secure funding for a potential reboot of Toys R Us. This includes Fairfax Financial Holdings, which previously absorbed the Canadian branches of Toys R Us.
Though details are scarce due to the privacy of the meetings, the reboot is reportedly feasible. Storch will need to win a bankruptcy auction for the Toys R Us IP within a month, which is separate from the real estate sale of former Toys R Us locations that will be critical for the potential reboot.
The Purge Universe Explained
The Purge movie series has rapidly grown into one of the most popular and profitable horror franchises in Hollywood, with the fourth film, The First Purge, recently in theaters and a new TV series debuting. This series proves you don't need intricate special effects or supernatural monsters to make good horror, just a few colorfully dressed people doing their best to murder one another.
But where does the new Purge TV show fit into the increasingly complex mythology of The Purge movies? Here's everything you need to know about the story driving The Purge franchise, the continuity of these movies, and more!
Watch an exclusive clip from The Purge TV series above.
Mark Wahlberg to Star in and Produce Netflix Series Wonderland
Mark Wahlberg is currently set to star in a Netflix film adaptation of Robert B. Parker's Wonderland.
Wonderland, just one of a series of New York Times bestselling mystery novels which follow the exploits of Boston private eye, Spenser, is the first in a potential series of Netflix film adaptations.
Wahlberg is also set to produce the film, alongside Stephen Levinson, Peter Berg, and Neal H. Moritz. Toby Ascher and John Logan Pierson are set to Executive Produce the film, which will feature a script by Sean O'Keefe.
Wonderland's story will follow a Spenser who has just been released from prison and stripped of his private investigator license. After learning the truth about a high-profile murder, and the conspiracy behind it, Spenser is drawn back into the Boston underworld.
Latest Fortnite Fan Creation is a Giant Pyramid Over Wailing Woods
Fortnite didn't get its v4.5 patch update today, but that hasn't stopped fans from constructing an incredibly massive pyramid over Wailing Woods.
Led by Fortnite streamer Loserfruit, a group of Fortnite players entered the underpopulated Oceania server at the same time and landed together in Wailing Woods. Players tore through every tree in the area and collected as many materials as possible before starting construction of the wooden pyramid in the now barren and open area.
Once completed, the enormous structure measured out to 16 building segments tall with a 32 x 32 grid base at the bottom. A minimum of 11,480 materials were used.
Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise Import Impressions
Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise is a crossover between post-apocalyptic manga classic Fist of the North Star and Sega’s action-adventure series about the Japanese underworld, Yakuza. If that previous sentence made no sense to you, the barrier to entry may be high; but fans of either series will find something to enjoy.
Spin-offs included, more than a dozen games have been released in the Yakuza series since the first entry back in 2005. There may have been zombies and samurai, but the Fist of the North Star crossover is the first game in the series set in a completely fictional world.
Like in the original manga by Buronson and Tetsuo Hara, the game follows the story of Kenshiro, the successor of a deadly martial art called Hokuto Shinken. After a nuclear war during the end of the Twentieth Century, the world has become a hopeless wasteland. Survivors are few, and the only law that counts is that the weak are victims of the strong.
Kingdom Hearts Producer Wants Franchise to be in Disney Parks
Kingdom Hearts executive producer Shinji Hashimoto wants the franchise to be featured in Disney parks across the world.
During Square Enix's annual shareholders meeting (translation via KHInsider), Hashimoto was asked if a physical crossover between Kingdom Hearts and Disney parks could ever happen. Hashimoto responded by saying it'd be a dream come true.
"As a Japanese person, it's been nothing short of a dream to be able to play something developed by a Japanese creator with Disney, especially the same Disney that owns such properties like Frozen and Star Wars," Hashimoto said.
Disney Parks Introduces App to Keep Guests Entertained in Lines
The new Play Disney Parks app aims to make waiting in lines at Disney parks more bearable.
Available on Android and iOS on June 30, the app supports both the Disneyland and Walt Disney World resorts.
According to Gamespot, Play Disney Parks introduces games while waiting in certain lines, playlists of music for when guests are exploring the parks, and a series of achievements and trivia challenges that appear at specific locations within the parks.
Source: Gamespot
Marvel Comics’ Contradictory Handling of Iron Man
These days, few ongoing Marvel Comics series last more than a year or two before getting relaunched. Iron Man is certainly no exception to the rule. In recent years we've seen the character cycle through new creative teams and new storylines, always seeming to revert back to square one in the end. But if the seesawing nature of Marvel's Iron Man comics isn't unique, it is unusually frustrating given the role this character plays in the Marvel Universe.
Tony Stark: Iron Man #1 cover by Alexander Lozano. (Marvel Comics)
The Black Panther Suit Heads to the Smithsonian
The Smithsonian announced it will display the Black Panther suit worn by Chadwick Boseman during the first African American Film Festival in October.
After pulling in more than $1 billion in global box office sales and standing as the highest-grossing film by a black director, part of the film's legacy will now live at the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture.
Pokemon Go-Esque The Walking Dead Game Coming
The Walking Dead is getting a mobile game similar to Pokemon Go in July.
As detailed on the game's website, The Walking Dead: Our World is an augmented reality, location-based mobile title from Next Games which lets players fight zombies anywhere in the world. Players "collect stashes, find missios, and rescue survivors."
Players can collect and team up with some of the main characters from the AMC show, such as Rick, Michonne, Daryl, and more. The Walking Dead mobile game also lets players team up with others to take on weekly challenges.
The Walking Dead: Our World will be released on July 12 for iOS and Android devices.