Beyonce, Elton John Recording New Song for Lion King Remake
Sir Elton John will be recording a new song with Beyonce for the upcoming The Lion King live-action remake.
The Sun reports John will be returning to the studio with Tim Rice to record songs from the original film, including Hakuna Matata and Circle of Life. However John and Rice, who together composed the soundtrack for the 1994 animated classic, will be teaming up with Beyonce for one new end credits song.
“They need to have a new end credits song," John said. "There’s going to be four of our songs in the film, from the original: 'Can You Feel The Love Tonight?,' 'Hakuna Matata,' 'I Just Can’t Wait To Be King,' and 'Circle of Life.' And then there will be an end, closing song, and we’ve been speaking to Beyonce’s people and hopefully Tim and I and her can cook up something."
LEGO Unveils New Sets for Avengers: Infinity War
As we get closer to the release of Marvel's Avengers: Infinity War, LEGO has unveiled its new movie merchandise, with six new Avengers sets available this March.
The Brothers Brick reports that each of the six sets comes with an Infinity Gem, while the Thanos: Ultimate Battle set features a mounted Infinity Gauntlet, with slots for five additional stones.
CHECK OUT ALL OF THE LEGO SETS BELOW.
Some of them depict scenes from the film and while LEGO sets don't necessarily align with events in the films that their toys accompany, it's worth nothing that poring over the pictures might give away spoilers for the film.
Marvel’s Black Panther Makes an Appearance at New York Fashion Week With the Welcome to Wakanda Show
New York Fashion Week is nearing an end, and amidst the big names synonymous with the event was Marvel Studios, with its 'Welcome to Wakanda' show.
The show features a number of designs inspired by the costumes in Marvel's latest movie. Marvel commissioned seven designers and two "veteran" hair and makeup artists to bring Wakanda to life, Vanity Fair reports.
The featured designers were Cushnie Et Ochs, Ikiré Jones, Tome, Sophie Theallet, Fear of God, Chromat, and Laquan Smith. Rodney Cutler and Nick Barose were tasked with hair and makeup. Barose has previously worked with Black Panther's Lupita Nyong’o.
Ash of Gods Is Like The Banner Saga Mixed With a Classic Adventure Game
Ash of Gods, an upcoming turn-based tactical RPG from Aurum Dust, clearly wears its inspiration on its sleeve. Scrolling past screenshots it’s perfectly natural to think it’s a spinoff or sequel to The Banner Saga, but it’s actually got nothing to do with Stoic Studio’s viking adventure. In fact, Ash of Gods’ dark and desperate medieval world has more in common with the Dark Ages than any other era.
I recently got my hands on a brief hour-long demo build and played through the tutorial, two more fights, and a handful of dialog scenes and choice-driven area exploration. It’s hard to really pin a specific genre to Ash of Gods due to how nuanced its systems can be.
At the start of my demo I learn of an ancient war between a group of immortals and a strange, powerful group of beastly enemies. At the climax of the battle most of the human-looking characters begin to glow and sacrifice themselves – turning to stone – to banish the evil forces. The game picks up 2,000 years later, with you controlling one of the immortals that was wounded in the fight and never sacrificed himself.
How to Make a Duke Nukem Movie Work
Here's what we know: John Cena is in negotiations to star in a movie adaptation of Duke Nukem. The project currently sits at Paramount and Platinum Dunes, a mid-size studio known for franchise horror and the most recent live-action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles films. With no director or writer attached, it’s unclear whether Duke Nukem will even go ahead. But if it does, it faces sizeable creative hurdles.
For one thing, Duke Nukem isn’t exactly current. The franchise's tortured last outing, 2011's Duke Nukem Forever, suffered from an overwhelming negative response. Even the series’ high point, Duke Nukem 3D, is mostly remembered for its gameplay and level design - hardly useful for cinematic adaptation. The games’ narratives center around bog-standard alien invasions, and somehow their central character is even less substantial.
First Solo: A Star Wars Story Action Figures Revealed
The first action figures for Solo: A Star Wars story have been revealed, showing off Han, Lando, Qi'ra and the a brand new Stormtrooper variant, the warm-looking Imperial Range Troopers.
Revealed by io9, the figures are part of Hasbro's 6-inch Black Series line - you can check out all four below:
This is the first we've seen of the Imperial Range Trooper, perhaps indicating the film will be spending a significant amount of time on the snowy planet we've seen the film's two trailers so far.
PUBG Sales Reach 30 Million, But PC Player Base Drops Off
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds hit a whopping 30 million sales this week, but the game is seeing its daily active player base on PC decline.
Bloomberg tech reporter, Yuji Nakamura, shared the news on Twitter, suggesting that cheaters could be to blame for the drop. This is the most significant drop in players since the game's launch, and has been dropping off since January.
PUBG hit 30m in sales this week, but it is churning hard. Bluehole still not taking cheaters seriously enough imo pic.twitter.com/Iqjz8BPzVE
Comic Book Reviews for February 14, 2018
The comic book industry celebrated Valentine's Day with another massive pile of new releases. DC welcomed writer Grant Morrison back into the fold with Dark Knights Rising: The Wild Hunt #1. Marvel delivered a new Amazing Spider-Man Annual and kicked off Star Wars: Thrawn. And Image had a particularly huge week, as they published the final issue of Invincible and debuted the rebooted Kick-Ass.
Scroll down to check out our reviews for these and various other new releases, and be sure to let us know your favorite books of the week in the comments below.
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Fortnite Patch Introduces Lunar New Year Items
Fortnite is back up and running, and patch v.2.5.0 is live. The update brings new Lunar New Year legendary skins and weapons, a new grenade, and 4K support on Xbox One X.
The full list of patch notes were posted today and as well as a bunch of bug fixes, there's a new impulse grenade limited to supply drops and treasure chests, and a slew of new Dragon weapons to mark the Lunar New Year.
Lunar New Year heroes with four new kits have also been added, in the form of Berserker, Thunderstrike, Riot Control, and Flash:
- Berserker - A fearless Soldier who rushes into combat at close range with War Cry and Shockwave.
Kingdom Come: Deliverance Has Sold Around Half a Million Copies
Kingdom Come: Deliverance was finally released this week for both PC and consoles, and has managed to sell around 500,000 copies already.
In an interview with Czech TV, game designer Daniel Vávra said that the game would reach the milestone today.