Month: January 2020

HBO’s adaptation of Brian Wood and Riccardo Burchielli’s comic series, DMZ, is shaping up to be a big deal, with a major star cast in the lead for the pilot. Rosario Dawson has been cast as Alma, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The character, a medic who is looking for her lost son, is actually an original creation for the TV show who did not appear in the book.

DMZ is set after a second civil war has ripped up much of America, and is focused on a version of Manhattan that has been declared a demilitarized zone. The comic ran for 72 issues between 2005 and 2012.

The pilot will be directed by Ava DuVernay, who is best known for directing Selma and A Wrinkle in Time, and who also directed 2019’s magnificent Netflix series When They See Us. She is also directing DC’s The New Gods, which she also co-wrote. Roberto Patino, the co-executive producer of Westworld season 2, is showrunner.

Dawson recently starred in Zombieland: Double Tap, and played Jane Ramos in 18 episodes of Jane the Virgin (she’s not the titular character, just for the record). She also played Claire Temple across several Netflix Marvel shows.

It’s not yet known when DMZ will premiere on HBO, and filming has not yet begun.

Infinity Ward has provided an update on the ongoing issue with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare that has, in some cases, wiped players’ stats and reset other elements of the military shooter. The new problems with Modern Warfare come just after the newest patch came out, featuring a new crossbow weapon and more.

A new fix has been released, and because it’s a “backend” patch, you don’t need to download anything, Infinity Ward said in a blog post. The update addresses two main areas, the first of which are loadout slots.

People who created classes in the slots will notice that they have been reset to default. While less than ideal, Infinity Ward said this will only happen once. Those who never created additional classes in the slots won’t see any changes. The new patch also addresses a bug that could cause the game to kick players back to the multiplayer screen when they clicked on the slots.

The second item addressed in the new Modern Warfare patch relates to the error prompt that some players have experienced. Players who saw the error prompt and clicked “Yes” had their multiplayer statistics wiped, but Infinity Ward says not to worry. All progression-related statistics–including weapon progression, rank, XP, and more–are still intact and will be restored later.

Infinity Ward says you can still play Modern Warfare with the confidence of knowing your stats are being tracked. However, in some cases, the studio might have to roll them back once a fix is ready.

“We’re actively working on a fix for this, but do not have one to deploy tonight,” Infinity Ward said late in the night on January 22. “You are still able to play the game as usual and your progression will still track, but please be aware that once we do have a fix, we may have to roll back your stats to the state they were in prior to today’s update.”

Keep checking back with GameSpot for the latest on this matter.

For more on Modern Warfare, check out the full January 22 patch notes. You can also get a glimpse at what’s coming down the road by checking out the DLC roadmap.

Captain Marvel 2 is officially in production at Marvel Studios, and Megan McDonnell from Disney+’s WandaVision is in final negotiations to write the script for the much-anticipated sequel.

As reported by THR, Marvel is also searching for a female filmmaker to helm the movie and is hoping to release Captain Marvel 2 in theaters in 2022. Furthermore, it is said this new story will move from the 1990s of the original to the present day.

Sources have also stated that Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, the original writers and directors of 2019’s Captain Marvel, will not be returning but “are in talks to remain in the Marvel Universe and direct a possible Disney+ series.”

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Captain Marvel, starring Brie Larson and Samuel L. Jackson, was Marvel’s first female-focused film and proved to be a huge success with global box office earnings of over $1.1 billion.

This isn’t the first we’ve heard of Captain Marvel 2, as Kevin Feige did shout its existence during the Phase 4 Marvel Cinematic Universe reveal panel alongside Black Panther 2 and Guardians of the Galaxy 3.

As for McConnell, WandaVision is her first big credit and is one of the first Marvel live-action series headed to Disney+. Starring Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany as Wanda and… well… Vision, the new series is said to focus on Wanda Maximoff becoming Scarlett Witch.

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WandaVision was set to be released on Disney+ in 2021, but it was recently moved up to 2020.

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