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Michael Bay’s Netflix Action Movie 6 Underground Gets Ridiculous First Trailer
Michael Bay is best known these days for the Transformers movies, but he also has a long list of hugely successful, non-robotic action movies on his filmography. From The Rock and Armageddon to Bad Boys and its sequel, Bay’s brand of big budget over-the-top mayhem defined Hollywood action in the ’90s and beyond. His next film returns him to his roots; it’s titled 6 Underground and hits Netflix in December. The first trailer has been released.
6 Underground stars Ryan Reynolds as part of a wealthy vigilante gang who fake their own deaths in order to go under-the-radar and take down a criminal group. It looks ridiculous in all the right ways, with exotic locations, incredible stunts, and the sort of wise-cracking dialogue you’d expect from Deadpool writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick. Check it out below:
6 Underground also stars Dave Franco (Neighbors), Mélanie Laurent (Inglourious Basterds), Adria Arjona (Pacific Rim: Uprising), Ben Hardy (X-Men: Apocalypse), and Corey Hawkins (BlackKklansman). It hits Netflix on December 13.
In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Bay spoke about how the film gets him back to the type of movie he made his name with. “My crew would call it ‘the old-school Bay,'” he said. “It’s like the movies I did way back when where it’s got real action, it’s tough, it’s funny, it’s got an interesting style to the movie. The writers, Wernick and Rheese, who I’ve always wanted to work with, they’ve got a great sense of humor and there’s a great style we created for the movie.”
In related news, there’s also a third Bad Boys movie on the way. While Bay directed the first two films, Bay Boys For Life is helmed by Bilall Fallah and Adil El Arbi. It reunites Will Smith and Martin Lawrence and arrives in January 2020. Check the first trailer out here.
New My Hero Academia Movie Art Revealed, Villains Teased
New artwork for the upcoming My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising movie has been released online, teasing a major team-up of U.A.’s Class 1-A as they face the threat of fresh-faced villains.
The key visual shared by Funimation places the young heroes of the hit manga series in the spotlight, with Katsuki Bakugo and Izuku “Deku” Midoriya at the forefront of the image, suggesting they will join forces to battle against their newest enemy, Nine, who looms above them at the top of the one-sheet.
According to the official character profiles on the My Hero Academia: The Movie Heroes: Rising website, Nine is set to unite with another mysterious villain known as Slice, who has the quirk to manipulate her long red locks into multiple forms, including several weapons such as swords and knives.
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Mario and Sonic at the Tokyo Olympics Preview: Good Old-School Fun
I wasn’t sure what to expect when I sat down to play Mario and Sonic at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, but whatever those expectations were, this fun-spirited, doesn’t-take-itself-too-seriously collection of mini-games exceeded them. And it’s out soon – November 5.
Mario and Sonic is chock-full of Olympic-themed events, from the swimming high-dive to the 100-meter dash to judo and, of course, track and field. Some of them are even retro-themed so that they look like 8-bit NES sports games. One such event, for instance, was the aforementioned high dive. You have to do a series of button sequences, timed well, in order to land a great dive and a subsequent high score. A more modern attempt at that might involve thumbsticks and motion controls, but the refreshingly retro approach just makes it simple, goofy, button-based fun (case in point: check out the video below of Bowser twirling off the diving board). To be clear, however, there are plenty of events with modern visuals and more modern control methods; as an NES kid, though, I couldn’t help but be won over by the 8-bit stuff. Take a look at the gameplay videos below for some looks at various events.
Mario & Sonic Olympic Games 2020 Retro Events Gameplay
Mario & Sonic on Nintendo Switch is getting some new retro events for Tokyo 2020, featuring NES- and Sega Genesis-style sprites. See the 100m Dash, Gymnastics Vault, and more in action right here.
Mario & Sonic Olympic Games 2020 Events Montage
The latest Mario & Sonic competition brings new events from Tokyo 2020 to Nintendo Switch. Take a look at Dream Karate and Skateboarding, plus some classics like the 100m Dash, Triple Jump, and more.
Mario & Sonic’s Retro 2D Events Are Hilarious Fun
It’s been more than a decade since Mario and Sonic first laced up their shoes and competed against each other at the Olympic Games, spawning what would become a regular crossover franchise. But while the venue changes each time the mascots meet, the underlying game has largely remained the same over the past 12 years, and that holds true for this year’s installment, Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.
Like previous entries in the series, Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 features a varied selection of new and returning Olympic events to compete in, ranging from classics such as the triple jump and 100m dash to new Dream Events like karate and hoverboarding. The biggest addition this time around, however, is the brand-new story mode, which introduces a handful of retro-inspired 2D events to the mix as well–and they’re the clear highlights of the package.
The story begins with Bowser and Dr. Eggman joining forces to finally defeat Mario and Sonic, and before long, the mascots are transported back in time to the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games, complete with retro 2D visuals. There are 10 2D events in total in the game, running the gamut from diving and vaulting to volleyball and judo. Much like the 3D events, they’re all simple to grasp, and coupled with the retro visuals, they immediately bring to mind Konami’s classic Track & Field.
The presentation is a large part of why the 2D events are so amusing. Sonic and company take on their classic 16-bit looks, while Mario and the rest of the Mushroom Kingdom gang revert back to their 8-bit incarnations. These sprites don’t feature any new animations, so Princess Peach and Bowser will humorously bob up and down to “run” around the track.
We recently had a chance to go hands-on with the new Mario & Sonic game, and you can check out a handful of 2D events we played during our demo session in the video above. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 launches exclusively for Nintendo Switch on November 5 in North America and November 8 in Europe. You can read more about the title on its official website.