Jurassic World 3: Sam Neill, Jeff Goldblum and Laura Dern Appear Throughout
In an interview with Yahoo Movies UK, Neill, who is set to reprise his iconic role as palaeontologist Dr. Alan Grant, said he can’t wait to reunite with his “dear friends” Jeff Goldblum and Laura Dern on set. In fact, he said he’s “raring to go” on the shoot, with his fellow cast members who are also gearing up to restart production after an almost four-month hiatus due to the coronavirus outbreak (COVID-19).
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When asked whether he would be featuring in a “couple of scenes” or a “more substantial role,” Neill revealed that his character plays a sizeable part in the next installment, together with Goldblum’s Dr. Ian Malcolm and Dern’s Dr. Ellie Sattler.
“We’re all the way through the film, Jeff [Goldblum], and me, and Laura [Dern],” he stated, adding that he “probably won’t be running quite as fast” as he did 27 years ago, as he referred back to his first appearance in the blockbuster franchise.
Jurassic World 3 director Colin Trevorrow previously admitted that he had always wanted the original franchise stars to appear in the Jurassic World trilogy in some capacity, but he first needed to figure out the best way to continue their legacy in “an organic way.”
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The original trio will be joining returning franchise stars Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard, who are reprising their respective roles as Owen Grady and Claire Dearing, alongside Jurassic World stars Jake Johnson and Omar Sy, both of whom did not make it into the sequel. Fallen Kingdom stars Justice Smith and Daniella Pineda will return as well.
Jurassic World: Dominion is currently scheduled for a release on June 11, 2021, though that date could change in light of the production shutdown.
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PlayStation Indies Initiative Revealed, 9 Games to Be Announced Today
In a post on the PlayStation Blog, Yoshida writes, “With PlayStation Indies, we hope to spotlight and support the best of the best indie games being published on PlayStation and the entire indie community as a whole. Our goal is to make PlayStation the best place to develop, find, and play great indie games.”
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How exactly that will manifest itself is yet to be confirmed, but Yoshida confirms that a new indie game will be added to the PlayStation Now service every month, beginning with Hello Neighbor this month. Perhaps most importantly, Yoshida also confirms that he, like all of us, has not been able to stop singing the Bugsnax song (which you can listen to above, if you too want to succumb to the curse).
We will update this story with the games announced today, with Yoshida writing that they will be “nine imaginative and exciting titles coming to both PS4 and PS5.”
Full List of PlayStation Indies Revealed
F.I.S.T: Forged In Shadow Torch (PS4) – This 2D action-platformer sees an anthropomorphic bunny with a giant metal fist fight his way across a dieselpunk-inspired Metroidvania map. It launches for PS4 “soon”.
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Maquette (PS5, PS4) – A first-person puzzle game from Graceful Decay (and published by Annapurna Interactive) bound to garner comparisons to The Witness, Maquette has you manipulating objects in simultaneously simulated, recursive worlds to create solutions to progress. It’s hard to explain without seeing it in action, so here’s a walkthrough trailer:
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Where the Heart Is (PS4): A narrative adventure game coming this winter, the new game from Armature follows a family throughout their lives.
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Lost Creator Discusses The Show’s Original Three-Season Plan
When it first aired, Lost was groundbreaking for the way it rejected common TV structures, presenting a serialized show that demanded viewers come back week to week. It helped lead us into the era of prestige TV we still enjoy today, though leading that charge could be a struggle, as co-creator and showrunner Damon Lindelof discussed in an interview with Collider.
Lindelof says that the plan for the series was only ever to run for around three seasons. With the show’s hook relying on dangling mysteries in front of viewers hungry for answers, it could only ever sustain itself for as long as those mysteries were compelling.
“Lost was like, ‘What’s in the hatch? What’s up with the monster? Who’s the original Sawyer? How did Locke get in the wheelchair? What is the nature of the island? Why does it appear to be moving? Who are the Others?'” Lindelof told Collider. “There were all of these compelling mysteries and so we were saying, ‘We wanna have this stuff answered by the end of Season 1, this stuff answered by the end of Season 2, and then the show basically ends after about three years.'”
Bandai Namco Announces Play Anime Live Stream, Featuring Anime Games
Bandai Namco has announced a new event for anime fans, and it’ll focus on their upcoming slate of games that are anime focused. The event, called Play Anime Live, hasn’t announced the games it will focus on yet.
The stream will begin on July 22 at 4 PM PT–that’s a Wednesday. It’s not yet clear how long the event will run for.
Bandai Namco publishes many anime games, including games based on Dragon Ball and Naruto. It’s been a while since we’ve seen a new Naruto game, and the Dragon Ball FighterZ Fighters Pass 3 currently has several unannounced fighters, so we could see news about these series (although nothing has been confirmed).
It also seems likely that we’ll see something from Scarlet Nexus, an upcoming RPG that’s coming to PS5 and Xbox Series X, along with current-gen systems. Other upcoming anime-themed games coming from Namco Bandai include Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions, One Piece: Grand Cruise, Tales of Arise, and Digimon Survive.
You can sign up for the event now, which will put you in the running to win a “VIP box” prize containing $75 worth of anime-themed swag.
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