Get Out Director Jordan Peele Considering Sequel
A sequel to one of last year's biggest movies may be in the works.
Jordan Peele, the writer-director-producer behind Get Out, said he will "seriously consider" a sequel to the film.
"I love that universe, and I feel like there is more story to tell," Peele told The Hollywood Reporter. "I don't know what it is now, but there are some loose ends."
.@JordanPeele is "seriously considering" a sequel to #GetOut: "There is more story to tell. I don't know what it is now, but there are some loose ends that feel like they want to be tied up." #NomineesNight pic.twitter.com/4MDEO77tDs
HBO’s Confederate Series Unlikely to Happen Because of Star Wars
HBO's Confederate is reportedly unlikely to happen due to Game of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss' recent commitment to Star Wars.
Deadline reports Confederate won't see the light of day anytime soon as Benioff and Weiss will be too busy working on a new series of Star Wars movies after Game of Thrones ends. Confederate was originally supposed to be Benioff and Weiss' next project after Game of Thrones' final ninth season, which premieres in 2019.
FTL Developer’s Next Game Launching Later This Month
FTL: Faster Than Light developer Subset Games has announced that its next game, Into the Breach, will launch for PC on February 27.
Into the Breach is a turn-based tactical roguelike where you take control of a team of three mechs, fighting giant, kaiju-like bugs. Similar to FTL, each run is relatively short, but randomized to enable lots of replayability.
Into the Breach plans to come to Mac and Linux later, but there are currently no plans in motion for other platforms or consoles. There’s also no price listed yet, but it will be available on Steam, Humble, and GOG.
PUBG Xbox One Patch Changes Vehicle Damage, Fixes Bugs
The latest Xbox One update for PUBG reverts changes made to vehicle damage in the previous patch.
According to the patch notes, the update is live, and it reverses a recent update reducing the damage players took when struck by a vehicle, after player feedback following the recent change. Players will now, once again, take increased damage when hit, and the team will "continue to tune and balance" it in the future.
The update also resolves an issue preventing players from vaulting over specific objects, fixes a bug which caused vehicles to relocate to another position on the map after players disembarked, as well as an issue causing the camera to move after a player died.
The Good Place Officially Shares a Universe with Parks and Rec
Sometimes good things do happen, and more often than not these days, we have the beautiful brain of Michael Schur to thank.
Schur is the showrunner of NBC's refreshingly daring comedy The Good Place, and also co-created Parks and Recreation -- two shows that will bring instant joy to anyone who watches them. And, thanks to a recurring easter egg in The Good Place, we now have proof that Eleanor, Chidi and the gang share a universe with Leslie Knope, Ron Swanson and the other quirky inhabitants of Pawnee, IN.
Just discovered that The Good Place takes place in the Parks and Rec universe and now by whole brain is crying. pic.twitter.com/UjtJLSclrA
Star Wars: It’s Time for Someone New on the Throne
When Lucasfilm dropped news this week about the next phase in their Star Wars film development, they did it with a double dose of information that was equal parts cherry flavoring and that weird aftertaste you get once you’ve taken the medicine. On the one hand, we got the announcement of a new series of Star Wars films which, to Star Wars fans, is generally great news. On the other, the films are being written and produced by Game of Thrones power couple David Benioff and D.B. Weiss.
I have concerns.
Let me preface this by saying that I’m all for more Star Wars films and I love Game of Thrones. Benioff and Weiss are obviously skilled writers and producers with a multiplicity of awards to their names and they’ve certainly helped HBO raise their profile when it comes to genre fare with their work on Game of Thrones.
Minecraft Developer’s Scrolls Will Finally Shut Down Next Week
Minecraft developer Mojang announced that its tactical card game Scrolls would be shutting down on Tuesday, February 13.
Released at the end of 2014, Mojang revealed they would stop development of the game way back in June of 2015. They committed to keeping the servers running until at least July of 2016, though they’ve clearly lasted much longer than that.
As part of the announcement, Mojang also revealed that they are working to make the Scrolls server software public, allowing the community to host their own servers and continue playing online. They said they can’t guarantee this will happen, but that they have “high hopes that we’ll be able to do this in the next few weeks or months.”
The 10 Best Deck-Building Board Games
Board games have been around for thousands of years. So when a designer comes up with a genuinely new idea for a game mechanic, the hype train takes off like a rocket. Such was the case for deck building in 2008.
Like many fresh ideas, the concept of a deck building game is startling in its simplicity. Card games where you build a custom deck before you play have been around a while. In a deck building game, though, you build the deck while you play. Starting with a hand of currency cards, you cash them in for other, more interesting cards, and make a deck on-the-fly you think is good enough to win.
It wasn't just gamers who got bowled over by the brilliance of the concept: it was designers too. Gaming was soon awash in copycat games, many of limited interest. Since then, the mechanic has seen redeployment into other genres of game with mixed results. But there are loads of awesome examples, too. These are the best deck-building board games:
Black Panther Breaks Another Record on Fandango
Black Panther continues to break pre-sale ticket records on Fandango.
The Hollywood Reporter reveals the MCU film is quickly becoming the fastest pre-selling first-quarter movie ever on Fandango. It's outpacing previous record holders Beauty and the Beast and the first The Hunger Games movie.
We previously heard that Black Panther was both Fandango and Alamo Drafthouse's fastest pre-selling superhero movie, outpacing 2016's Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. It's also now also now the top pre-selling MCU film in the first 24 hours of advance ticket sales.
Kim Possible Live-Action Movie in Development
A Kim Possible live-action movie is in development at Disney Channel.
Variety reports casting has started on the film, with the story following the titular high school hero who continually tries to save the world with her trusty sidekicks Ron Stoppable, his mole-rat Rufus, and computer genius Wade. A release date for the project has not been set.
The show's creators Mark McCorkle and Robert Schooley wrote the script with Josh Cagan. Adam B. Stein and Zach Lipovsky are co-directing and co-producing the film, which is yet to have an official title. McCorkle, Schooley, and Zanne Devine are executive producing.