Month: February 2020

Tom Holland, who will be playing a younger Nathan Drake in the upcoming Uncharted film, has said this new movie will draw inspiration from Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End and will have a “global” scope.

Speaking to IGN at Disney Pixar’s Onward World Premiere, Holland revealed that Uncharted 4 was one of his favorite games of all time and that it will also be a guiding light for the film, which will begin shooting in “like four weeks.”

“If I’m honest, one of my favorite video games ever is the fourth Uncharted game… Unbelievable. And lots of the inspiration from the film has come from that game in particular,” Holland said. “It was interesting, when I sat down with [Sony Pictures Chairman] Tom Rothman and we were talking about video games, and I was like “Oh, I’ve just finished Uncharted.” And he was like “Well, why don’t you play Nathan Drake?” I remember being like, “I would do anything to play Nathan Drake. Please, that would be amazing.” So yeah, we start shooting in like four weeks. Mark Wahlberg is going to be amazing as Sully. The stunt department that we have out there in Berlin have done an amazing job already, prepping the stunts, and it’s going to be an exciting one.”

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IGN’s Max Scoville then asked him about his younger version of Nathan Drake and if it’s based more on the games or Holland himself.

“There was definitely a lot of inspiration that came from the games, but it’s a very young, fresh take on the character because, obviously, we didn’t get to meet him all that much when he was younger,” Holland explained. “But it’s a pretty awesome movie, and it’s global. We travel the world, we see some amazing places, and Mark Wahlberg and I are going to have a great summer together.”

The Uncharted film is set to be released on March 5, 2021, and has reportedly found its seventh director in Venom and Zombieland’s Ruben Fleischer.

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For more on the Uncharted film, check out Holland’s comments on how this movie has a solution to the video game movie problem and the strange history of this particular project.

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Oscar winning actor and director Ben Affleck was originally attached to write, direct, and star in the new Batman movie called The Batman, but he dropped out. The title role eventually went to Robert Pattinson, while Dawn of the Planet of the Apes director Matt Reeves came aboard to write a new script and direct.

Now, Affleck has opened up on why he quit The Batman. After a “troubled shoot” on Justice League, in which Affleck appears as Batman, he decided to step away, according to The New York Times. Affleck told the publication that taking on the role of Batman again for the new film might have led him back to drinking.

“I showed somebody The Batman script,” he said. “They said, ‘I think the script is good. I also think you’ll drink yourself to death if you go through what you just went through again.'”

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Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX has a new trailer, showing off some of the dungeon-crawling gameplay from the new Switch remake of the 2006 Game Boy Advance/Nintendo DS title. The first announcement of the game gave us some idea of what to expect, but this new trailer gives us a better look at how it actually plays.

For those unfamiliar with the game, which has spawned four sequels (one exclusive to Japan), it casts you as a human who gets turned into a Pokemon and is made to team up with a partner to tackle dungeons. It’s got grid-based dungeon-crawling gameplay that’s quite different from what fans of the mainline Pokemon series are used to.

The new art style is looking good, too, in the footage below.

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We check out the end game in Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem where we head into a fully upgraded expedition. We even lured the Untainteds into our map. With the willpower and rage system its fun to play a hybrid character such as this gun mage. We primarly use Gunslingers Brand as our rage dump and primary dps. We use aether step, as well as anomaly to help generate rage and to help group up targets. Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem released on PC February 13th.

Oscar winning director Martin McDonagh has set his first movie after Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, and the early reports are very intriguing. Sources told Deadline that McDonagh’s next movie, The Banshees of Inisheer, will tell a story of two lifelong friends who struggle to cope with their lives after one abruptly ends their friendship, which leads to “alarming consequences.”

The movie is set on a remote island off the coast of Ireland, and the casting news is very exciting. According to the report, The Banshees of Inisheer will bring back Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson in the lead roles, both of whom starred in McDonagh’s In Bruges in very memorable performances. They had electric chemistry for In Bruges, so it’s exciting to learn they’re coming back to play troubled friends once again.

The film will be made at Searchlight Pictures, which was formerly known as Fox Searchlight up until Disney acquired Fox and killed the name.

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Red Dead Online, the online component of Red Dead Redemption 2, is currently offering XP bonuses on certain activities. To really help you earn that extra XP, there are also discounts running on certain in-game products. Rockstar has announced bonuses that will be in effect until February 24.

First up, all Bounty Missions, including the ten Legendary Bounties that are available and Bounty Hunter Free Roam Events that pop up, will now give an extra 50% Role XP. This means that you can level up a bit faster while hunting down bounties across the game world.

Similarly, if you compete in Showdown Mode during this period, you’ll also receive a 50% XP boost. This week’s featured series is Gun Rush: Teams, which is Red Dead Online’s sort-of battle royale mode. Races have also received the same XP boost, if you want to test your mettle on horseback.

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The Xbox One Elite Series 2 controller is one of the best Xbox One controllers in 2020, and one of its many positive qualities is that it will work with the Xbox Series X. However, it is quite expensive. Thankfully, Amazon currently has the Elite Series 2 for $160 for Prime members ($168 for non-Prime members), down from the original price of $180. If you’re looking for an excellent Xbox One controller that will keep you going for years, then the Elite Series 2 is your best bet.

The Elite Series 2 controller features three profiles for saving your custom settings, which includes button mappings for the four back paddles that come included with the controller. You also get four interchangeable thumbsticks, two of which emulate the size of the Xbox 360 controller. Furthermore, you can tighten or loosen the analog sticks to the exact tension you want.

Xbox One Elite Series 2 controller

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You can relive the best moments of Dragon Ball Z in the new action-packed RPG Dragon Ball Z Kakarot, and in our latest online giveaway, you have a chance of winning a bundle with Kakarot’s collector’s edition. Here are the prizes:

• One grand prize winner takes home a PS4 Pro with the collector’s edition of Dragon Ball Z: Kararot, which includes the standard edition game, a collectible steelbook, an exclusive diorama figure and a hardcover game artbook.
• Four first prizes will win the standard edition of the game for Xbox or PS4.

To sign up for the giveaway, you have to be a legal resident of the US, Puerto Rico or Canada, read the official rules, accept the terms and condition, and fill out the form below. If you are having trouble seeing the form, please make sure your ad block is disabled.

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