Month: May 2019

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Memorial Day sales are live right now, including major price drops on 4K TVs at Walmart and Dell. Memorial Day sales may be known for mattress deals, but the also offer discounts on things like appliances, grills, and patio furniture. But if you like staying in the air conditioning and catching up on TV shows and movies, you’re in luck: Memorial Day sales are the perfect time to buy a new 4K TV at a steeply discounted price.

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Legendary actor Harrison Ford is set to play Indiana Jones yet again in fifth Indiana Jones movie scheduled for July 2021. But who will take over once Ford is ready to step away from the role?

No one, if Ford has his way. In an appearance on The Today Show, Ford was asked directly who he would like to see take over when he’s done playing the archaeologist-adventurter.

He gave a wonderful response: “Nobody is going to be Indiana Jones, don’t you get it? I’m Indiana Jones,” Ford told host Craig Melvin with a laugh. “When I’m gone, he’s gone. It’s easy.”

Actor Chris Pratt is reportedly one of the names in the mix to take over as Indiana Jones with a reboot of the franchise in the future. It appears Chris Pine might be in the running as well (or Ford mixed up his Chrises). He said in the interview, “This is a hell of a way to tell Chris Pine this. I’m sorry, man.”

Actor Shia LaBeouf starred alongside Harrison Ford in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, and some thought LaBeouf was being groomed to take over as the main character. Ford shot down that suggestion, telling Time, “Shia can get his own hat. I earned that hat.”

Indiana Jones 5, or whatever it’s called, is being directed by Steven Spielberg, who helmed all the previous films, with Ford reprising his role as the iconic archaeologist. Jonathan Kasdan, the son of Raiders of the Lost Ark writer Lawrence Kasdan, wrote the newest draft of the story. He replaced the previously announced writer, Jurassic Park’s David Koepp.

Spielberg has said that Indiana Jones 5 will probably be Ford’s final Indiana Jones film, though he expects the franchise to continue after that. Spielberg also said it is time for Indiana Jones the character to take “a different form,” and this could be with a woman in the lead role. “We’d have to change the name from Jones to Joan. And there would be nothing wrong with that,” Spielberg said.

The Indiana Jones series premiered with 1981’s Raiders of the Lost Ark, which was followed up by Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008). Together, the movies have made more than $2 billion at the box office.

The latest North American weekend box office numbers are in, and Disney’s newest live-action remake, Aladdin, won the weekend with $86.1 million. The figure is expected to grow to around $105 million when Monday’s Memorial Day numbers come in.

Aladdin also opened in overseas markets this weekend, it made $121 million for the three-day period from international screens to push the movie’s total global box office haul to $207.1 million after just one weekend.

Aladdin didn’t get the strongest reviews from professional critics, but actual audiences loved it. The movie picked up a near-perfect A CinemaScore rating. CinemaScore is a poll of audiences who saw a movie, and it is not unusual for the average critic score to vary from what audiences thought of a film, and this also appears to be the case for Aladdin. A strong CinemaScore rating also suggests that Aladdin will continue to perform well in Week 2 and beyond because of positive word-of-mouth.

Aladdin stars Mena Massoud as Aladdin and Naomi Scott as Jasmine, with Will Smith playing the Genie.

With more than $200 million worldwide for its opening weekend, Aladdin is director Guy Ritchie’s biggest start ever. His next closest was 2009’s Sherlock Holmes ($62.3 million opening). Aladdin also represents Smith’s second-biggest opening-weekend box office ever, only behind Suicide Squad.

As for the rest of the weekend box office, John Wick 3 made $24.4 million in the US and Canada over the first three days of the weekend; it’s expected to climb to $30.5 million when Monday’s numbers come in to finish No. 2 behind Aladdin. It’s also notable that John Wick 3 has now made $181.5 million worldwide after just two weeks, which is ahead of the $171.5 million that John Wick 2 made across its entire theatrical run.

Avengers: Endgame made $16.8 million for the Friday-Sunday period to finish No. 3; that number expected to climb to $21.9 million for the holiday weekend in the US and Canada. Endgame has now made $2.67 billion worldwide, meaning it still trails Avatar ($2.78 billion) as the biggest movie in history.

Rounding out the top five movies at the US and Canadian box office this weekend were Pokemon: Detective Pikachu ($13.3 million) and the new James Gunn-produced superhero horror movie Brightburn ($7.5 million).

May 24-26 North American Box Office

Via Entertainment Weekly

1. Aladdin — $86.1 million
2. John Wick: Chapter Three Parabellum — $24.4 million
3. Avengers: Endgame — $16.8 million
4. Pokemon Detective Pikachu — $13.3 million
5. Brightburn — $7.5 million
6. Booksmart — $6.5 million
7. A Dog’s Journey — $4.1 million
8. The Hustle — $3.8 million
9. The Intruder — $2.3 million
10. Long Shot — $1.7 million

Hideo Kojima has posted a new teaser video for his mysterious upcoming project, Death Stranding. Released on Twitter, the video shows the outline of a hand and the words “Create the rope.” Some eerie music plays in the background, while flashes of mysterious objects appear as well.

It’s hard to make sense of, which is par for the course with Death Stranding. Check out the video for yourself in the embed below and let us know in the comments what you’ve spotted.

Death Stranding is Kojima’s first new game since his split with Konami. Very little is known about the game, and that appears to be intentional, with Kojima weaving secrets into its new trailers and teasers like the one he released today.

The game features a number of celebrities, including The Walking Dead actor Norman Reedus in the lead role, as well as Mads Mikkelsen, Lea Seydoux, Lindsay Wagner, Guillermo del Toro, and Troy Baker.

Speaking to Metro, Reedus said he’s never seen anything like what Kojima is doing with the game.

“The concept is so far out into the future. Instead of eliminating everyone around you, it’s bringing everyone together,” he explained. “It’s a very positive video game, but scary and depressing at the same time. It’s kind of a new movie. I’ve never seen anything like what we’re doing.”

At the Tribeca Film Festival in April, Kojima talked about how Death Stranding will make you cry.

No release date has been set as of yet for Death Stranding. The game was announced for PlayStation 4 and PC, and it’ll be released on console through a partnership between Kojima’s new studio, Kojima Productions, and Sony. A recent report said Death Stranding might also release on PS5.

The Overwatch League has lost its commissioner. Nate Nanzer, the OWL’s first-ever commissioner who led the eSports organisation from the ground up, has left Blizzard.

He left Blizzard to join Epic Games where he will head up the developer’s eSports and competitive gaming efforts for the massively popular battle royale game Fortnite. Needless to say, he is a huge get for Epic, as Nanzer was instrumental in the creation of the OWL.

In a Twitter thread, Nanzer said leaving Blizzard was the “toughest decision” of his entire life “because it means I won’t get to work with the best staff, players, teams, owners, partners, and fans in eSports anymore.” Nanzer said he is proud of what the OWL has achieved in its early days.

While he was the public face of the OWL, Nanzer stressed that the league’s success wouldn’t have been possible without the efforts of so many other people, and fans. “It isn’t about me; it’s never been. It’s about all of you,” Nanzer said.

He said he leaves Blizzard with the OWL “in great hands.”

“I can’t wait to see where the team takes the Overwatch League in 2020 — and beyond. And I’ll be cheering right there alongside you, every step of the way,” he said.

Activision Blizzard hired former Fox Sports boss Pete Vlastelica to take over for Nanzer as the OWL’s commissioner, according to ESPN.

As for Nanzer’s new job at Epic, the company said it’s “excited to welcome Nate to the Epic Games team, where he’ll be working with us on competitive Fortnite.”

In addition to Fortnite, Epic’s other big eSports game is Rocket League. Epic acquired Rocket League and developer Psyonix earlier this year.