Dwayne Johnson Officially Announces Jumanji Sequel
Dwayne Johnson has officially announced the Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle sequel is in the works.
Johnson revealed the news on Instagram while also confirming the original core cast of Jack Black, Kevin Hart, Karen Gillian, and Johnson himself are coming back.
Welcome to the Jungle writers Scott Rosenberg and Jeff Pinkner will return to pen the sequel, with Jake Kasdan directing once again as well. Johnson will produce alongside Matt Tolmach, Dany Garcia, and Hiram Garcia.
The film is set to open in theaters in December 2019, right around the same time as Star Wars: Episode IX.
Kellogg’s Releases Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom Limited-Edition Cereal Boxes
Universal Studios has teamed up with Kellogg Co. to release two limited-edition collector's boxes of Frosted Flakes and Keebler Fudge Stripes cookies. The boxes include over five minutes of exclusive, behind-the-scenes footage from the making of Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, which hits theaters this Friday, June 22.
The footage takes the viewer onto the set of the newest Jurassic World installment to watch the actors and creators of the film bring the dinosaurs to life. The boxes have been released today and can be found on Amazon for $25 each.
Making the McLaren Senna in Forza Horizon 4
From the outside, the McLaren Technology Centre looks like a Bond villain’s lair. A narrow, paved path skirts the edge of a semi-circular lake before tracing a thin bridge over the water. The main building itself is also basically a semi-circle, although its curved glass façade splits the building and the lake into what I imagine would appear somewhat like a yin-yang symbol when viewed from above.
Inside things aren’t any less impressive. The entrance hall is wide, vast, and lined with millions upon millions of dollars’ worth of McLaren’s finest metal. McLaren Racing founder Bruce McLaren’s first ever racing car, a 1929 Austin 7, sits silently beside a special McLaren F1, the company’s famous road-going rocket which spent most of the ’90s to the early 2000s as the fastest production car on the planet. Indeed, the green F1 sitting in McLaren’s lobby is the very car Le Mans winner Andy Wallace reset the record with back in 1998. It’s still the fastest naturally-aspirated production car ever built.
Ant-Man and the Wasp More About Civil War Than Infinity War
I was among the members of the press invited last September to the Atlanta set of Marvel's Ant-Man and the Wasp. During our set visit, we interviewed director Peyton Reed and stars Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, and Michael Douglas -- as well as key production personnel -- about making the the Marvel sequel.
While they were understandably guarded about discussing certain aspects of the film, they did shed some light on the plot and characters. We found out interesting new details about the heroes' mission in the movie, the Quantum Realm (and the challenges of revisiting it, visually, this time), the new vehicle our heroes use in their journey into the Quantum Realm, the rivalry between two key characters, and more.
Out This Week: Mario Tennis Aces, Minecraft and SteamWorld Dig 2 Physical Versions on Switch
With so many new games and movies coming out, it can be hard to keep up. Lucky for you, IGN is here to help with a weekly round-up of the biggest releases each and every week. Check out the latest releases for this week, and be sure to come back next Monday for a new update.
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LEGO Teasing James Bond Sets
LEGO may be adding James Bond to its stable of pop-culture brands.
The official LEGO Twitter account was joined by the James Bond and Aston Martin accounts in a back and forth that suggests that 007 might be making an appearance in his own LEGO set some time soon, with his iconic British car to boot.
We’ve been thinking about creating a special Secret (Service) model that could help an agent out in a tricky situation. Any ideas? @astonmartin #LicenceToBuild
PUBG Devs Defend Use of Store-Bought Assets for Maps
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds' developer is defending its use of store-bought assets, denying that the Erangel map is an "asset flip."
Engines such as Unreal - which PUBG uses - often include a store of pre-made assets that developers can buy and use in their game, and a PUBG subreddit post has pointed to specific store-bought assets used in Erangel.
Some players went on to bemoan the fact the the studio isn't creating all of its own assets, while others took it further, suggesting that the entire game is an "asset flip."
Beyond Good and Evil 2 Aiming For a Beta By Late 2019
Ubisoft is aiming to release a Beyond Good and Evil 2 beta by late 2019 according to creator Michel Ancel.
In an Instagram post of a screenshot from the game, Ancel responded to a user comment asking for a release date, saying, "We aim for a playable beta for the end of next year":
Given that Ubisoft's betas tend to take place months in advance of release, that almost certainly places a release date, at the very earliest, at some point in 2020.
Sea of Thieves Sold More Than Microsoft Expected
Sea of Thieves and State of Decay 2 exceeded internal sales expectations at Microsoft, even though both are available on the subscription service Xbox Game Pass.
Xbox head Phil Spencer discussed their success on Giant Bomb, stating that Sea of Thieves sold "significantly more" than Microsoft projected. "On those two games
, we sold more copies of those games than we expected," Spencer said in the interview.
Rare producer Joe Neate shared similar information about Sea of Thieves with US Gamer as well. "... We had a target to hit by the end of June, which we hit in day one of sales," he said. Neate believes Game Pass and Mixer contributed to the success of the multiplayer-centric game.
Resident Evil 2 Remake Still Has 2 Campaigns, But They’re a Little Different
Resident Evil 2's campaigns will be streamlined in the remake to avoid a "sense of repetition."
The original Resident Evil 2's campaign is getting pared down for the 2019 version to make it more appealing for "players today," says producer Yoshiaki Hirabayashi.
Hirabayashi touched on how the original's four different scenarios (Leon A/Claire B and Claire A/Leon B) have become two more straightforward campaigns in an interview with Rely on Horror.
"One of the great things about the original was this sort of two character system where you could get a different perspective on events. Either as Leon the rookie cop, or Claire as a student—the ‘zapping’ system as it was known where there was A parts and B parts to each character.