Here are the where’s, what’s, and yes, even the who’s, of the beloved BBC sci-fi series, Doctor Who.
Lucasfilm Made the Right Choice for Leia’s Appearance in Ep. 9
Regardless of their thoughts on recent Star Wars movies like The Last Jedi and Solo, it’s safe to say many Star Wars fans have been looking to the release of Episode IX with a degree of trepidation. The untimely passing of actress Carrie Fisher has cast a pall over the latest sequel. Star Wars: Episode IX was intended to be the most Leia-centric film in the new trilogy, and director J.J. Abrams and his crew had to find some way of working around Fisher’s absence.
We finally learned Friday how Lucasfilm plans to proceed from here. Episode IX will make use of archival footage left over from The Force Awakens, allowing Fisher to reprise her most iconic role one final time. It may not be the perfect solution to the Leia dilemma, but it’s the best option Lucasfilm has.
Let’s Play Resident Evil Code: Veronica Finale – Resident Kinevil
On this season’s finale of Resident Kinevil, Mike Mahardy (@mmahardy) and Mary Kish (@merrykish) stay late to defeat Alexia and Wesker, and reveal Mary’s end-game grade.Amazon Orders Horror Anthology from Lena Waithe
Amazon has given a two-season order to a new horror anthology series, THEM, executive produced by The Chi creator Lena Waithe and Little Marvin, who also wrote the script. Jennifer Salke, the Head of Amazon Studios, made the announcement at Amazon’s Television Critics Association summer press tour presentation on Saturday.
The anthology’s first season, THEM: Covenant, is set in 1953, and centers around Alfred and Lucky Emory, who move their family from North Carolina to an all-white neighborhood in Los Angeles. According to Amazon, “the family’s home on a tree lined, seemingly idyllic street becomes ground zero where malevolent forces both real and supernatural threaten to taunt, ravage and destroy them.”
Carr fire: California blaze kills children and great-grandmother
Two children and their great-grandmother are among five people killed in the raging Carr fire.
Lord of the Rings TV Series Taps Star Trek Writers
At the 2018 Television Critics Association summer press tour, the head of Amazon Studios, Jennifer Salke, announced the writing team that will help adapt the streaming provider’s Lord of the Rings TV series.
JD Payne and Patrick McKay, writers of the upcoming Star Trek 4 film, will write and develop the hotly anticipated series.
been a very thoughtful process… it’s such a vast world, there are so many different ways to go with that project, and thanks to Sharon Tal Yguado
, she led the charge on bringing so many different people to pitch us… there was a lot of time spent talking about ideas and different takes. We’re very excited to bring Payne and McKay on to move to the next step of this development process,” Salke explained at Amazon’s TCA presentation.
Castlevania Season 2 Has A New Trailer, Watch It Here
Ghosts, goblins, and vampires, oh my! As revealed at SDCC 2018, the Netflix-exclusive anime interpretation of Castlevania has been renewed for a second season. The second season’s first trailer has finally dropped, and you can watch it above.
Castlevania follows Trevor Belmont, the last survivor of the banished monster-hunting family and a man who must stop the rampage of a crazed, love-sick Vlad Dracula Tepes. The first season saw Dracula’s descent into madness and despair over the murder of his wife, and this season will follow him even further into that abyss of grief.
Trevor and his allies from the first season will have to take on Dracula’s madness once again. This time around, Drac’s drunk on power and is seeking to wipe out all of humanity with the aid of his vampire war council.
Richard Armitage, who is the voice actor for Trevor Belmont, previously revealed that Castlevania Season 3 was already in production. “We’re about to record a third,” he said. “The second season hasn’t been aired yet, but we’re about to do a third.”
Unlike the first season, the new episodes will not be directed by Adi Shankar, but instead by Sam Deets, the character designer from the first season. Shankar is still an executive producer, however. The first season, which is four episodes long, is available on Netflix right now; Season 2 will air on October 26.
Vampyr Update Will Add Two New Difficulty Modes
Dontnod’s latest action game Vampyr is due to see some tweaks in the coming weeks. The 1918 vampire thriller is about to have an update that will optimize the game a bit, as well as add two new gameplay modes for PS4, Xbox One, and PC.
Dontnod has not detailed what optimization tweaks are coming, but we do know that story will see the most changes. The first of the two modes to be added is a more casual version of the standard playthrough. Combat isn’t going to be nearly as intense in this mode, which is called “Story Mode.” The focus here is to get you in and out of the story without having to worry about all the chaos that comes with being a vampire.
The second mode to be added is “Hard Mode.” As the name suggests, combat will be more difficult in this mode than in the standard playthrough. Enemies are tougher, and you won’t get as much experience from killing them. In this mode, you’ll really have to rely on citizens to become more powerful.
We don’t have a date for the update quite yet, but we’re bound to see it soon. For even more of 20th-century doctors turned vampires coverage, check out the first hour of gameplay here, and our Vampyr review here.
Surgeon Simulator CPR Launches On Switch This Fall
This fall, get ready to pick up the scalpel and become the surgeon of your dreams (or nightmares) once again–and with a friend. Surgeon Simulator CPR is headed to Switch.
It’s been five years since Bossa Studios first let us near the operating table. The Switch port is in celebration of that anniversary, and it will include features of the previous iterations, from the notoriously challenging and awkward controls to the most successful heart-in-mouth transplants.
CPR will include motion controls and HD rumble support, as well as every original operation and the eye and teeth transplants from A&E. You’ll also be able to get your hands on the classified Alien Autopsy operation.
What’s one clumsy surgeon without another? New to CPR is co-op. No matter where you are or how you’re playing, hand a joy-con to a friend for drop-in, drop-out co-op play.
While we don’t have an exact release date for Surgeon Simulator CPR, we do know it will be dropping sometime this fall. You can also find previous ports of Surgeon Simulator of PC, PS4, PSVR, and iOS.
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