Take-Two Boss On Remasters: “We Don’t Just Port Titles Over”

Take-Two’s top executive has spoken about remasters, saying what separates his company’s games from the competition is a focus on quality and making sure the remaster feels like it’s taking advantage of the new hardware instead of standing as a simple port.

During a Morgan Stanley speaking event, Strauss Zelnick said remasters have always been a part of Take-Two’s strategy, and this is expected to continue.

“I’m not sure they’ll be a bigger part of the strategy. Remastering has always been a part of the strategy. What we’ve done differently than the competition is we don’t just port titles over,” he said (via VGC). “We actually take the time to do the very best job we can making the title different for the new release for the new technology that we’re launching it on.”

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Without Remorse Trailer Stars Michael B. Jordan As Future Rainbow Six Leader

The first trailer for Amazon’s Tom Clancy adaptation Without Remorse has been released. The movie stars Michael B. Jordan as vengeful CIA operative John Clark, and it hits Amazon Video on April 30.

The trailer sets up the basic plot, which sees Clark and his family attacked by highly trained assassins. Clark survives but his wife dies, so the angry operative goes rogue in an attempt to find whoever launched the assault. This being a Clancy story, there also lots of shadowy conspiracy thrills alongside the high-octane violence, a mix that diretor Stefano Sollima (Sicario: Day of the Soldado, Gomorrah) has proven to be very skilled at in the past. Check the trailer below.

Without Remorse also stars Jamie Bell, Jodie Turner-Smith, and Guy Pierce. It’s written by Taylor Sherdian, who wrote both Sicario movies. The novel Without Remorse was published in 1993 and was an origin story for John Clark, who had appeared as a supporting character in Clancy’s Jack Ryan novels. Clark has previously been played on screen by Willem Dafoe and Liev Schreiber.

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Disney’s Live-Action Pinocchio Movie Adds Joseph Gordon-Levitt As Jiminy Cricket

Disney’s upcoming live-action Pinocchio movie has cast more of its main roles, with Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Batman) lined up to voice Jiminy Cricket and Cynthia Erivo (Harriet) playing the Blue Fairy.

This news comes from Variety. The new cast members joins a cast that already includes Tom Hanks as Geppetto and Luke Evans as The Coachman. Benjamin Evan Ainsworth (Flora and Ulysses) will voice Pinocchio, while Keegan-Michael Key will voice Honest John. Goodfellas star Lorraine Bracco will voice Sofia the Seagull, a new character.

The film is being directed by Oscar-winner Robert Zemeckis (Forest Gump, Cast Away, Back to the Future) and is expected to begin production this month in the UK. The movie will blend live-action with visual effects.

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Netflix’s Most Expensive Movie Ever Adds To Its Cast With Billy Bob Thornton And More

The new Netflix movie The Gray Man–which is the most expensive original Netflix movie in history in terms of its budget–has added new cast members. Oscar-winner Billy Bob Thornton will appear in the film, alongside Bridgerton actor Rege-Jean Page and Oscar nominee Alfre Woodard (Cross Creek, 12 Years a Slave), according to Deadline.

These new cast members join the previously announced cast that includes Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans, Ana De Armas, Wagner Moura, Jessica Henwick, Dhanush, and Julia Butters.

Avengers directors Joe and Anthony Russo are set to direct the film, which was originally set up at Sony before it went back into the market where Netflix bought it. According to Deadline, Netflix is eyeing The Gray Man to become a new franchise, and it’s spending more than $200 million to produce the film–that’s the highest budget ever for a Netflix original movie.

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WWE’s Shayna Baszler Is Ready For NXT Return To Demolish Tag Team Competition

After winning the inaugural women’s Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic, NXT superstars Dakota Kai and Raquel González were flying high on their way to a WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship match. Now, WWE’s Shayna Baszler and Nia Jax are looking to send them crashing back to Earth.

Speaking to GameSpot’s Wrestle Buddies podcast, Baszler admitted she and her co-champion aren’t sweating the competition. “They did a great job through that tournament,” she said. “They showed that they were the best tag team in that tournament. But, like we weren’t in that tournament because we don’t need to be.”

Baszler continued, “They’re flying high right now. But they’re going to learn [and] they’re going to learn real fast.”

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