Atomic Blonde 2 Is Apparently in Development

Atomic Blonde star Charlize Theron has confirmed that a sequel is in the works.

“We are definitely developing an Atomic Blonde 2,” she said on Watch What Happens Live. Theron was asked whether she would consider the 007 role after Chris Hemsworth commented that the actress “should be the next Bond.”

After starring together in Snow White and the Huntsman, Hemsworth told W Magazine that Theron could “beat the sh*t out” of him and “most villains out there,” saying she “embodies every ounce of strength and nobility and dignity and integrity that

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Xbox One Game Deals For This Week Revealed

It’s a new week, and that means there is a fresh set of deals available on Xbox Live across Xbox One and Xbox 360. Microsoft’s Major Nelson rounded these up on his blog, and you can see all of them here. In this post we’re rounding up some of the best, most notable deals for you to consider.

Some of the Xbox One deals include Ark: Survival Evolved ($36), Assassin’s Creed: Origins ($36), Burnout Paradise Remastered ($28), Destiny 2 ($30), EA Sports UFC 3 ($36), Just Cause 3 ($6), Mirror’s Edge Catalyst ($5), and The Sims 4 ($25). Additionally, Farming Simulator 17 ($10), XCOM 2 ($20), and For Honor ($20) are on sale this week on Xbox One.

On Xbox 360, the backwards-compatible Assassin’s Creed ($8) and Assassin’s Creed III ($10) are on sale, as is Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag ($8). Go to Major Nelson’s blog to see a full rundown of all the Xbox One and Xbox 360 deals, some of which require an Gold membership to save the most. These deals are good all week, ending on May 15.

In other news, Xbox Live Gold members can now pick up more free Games With Gold titles, including Super Mega Baseball 2 on Xbox One and Streets of Rage on Xbox 360.

The Witcher TV Show Is Moving Ahead, More Writers Announced

The Witcher franchise is being turned into a TV show for Netflix, and while the project is still a long time away from airing, fans may be happy to learn that things are moving forward. Lead writer Lauren Hissrich announced that the writer’s room for the show officially opened today, while she also announced the names of the show’s co-writers.

We don’t know exactly what Hissrich and the rest of her team discussed, but she teased that the day was “full of ideas and banter and cupcakes and creativity and darkness and champagne.” It’s also now been confirmed that Jenny Klein, who wrote for Jessica Jones, is also on the writing team for the untitled Witcher TV show. In her own tweet, she said she is “super stoked” to be writing the show with Hissrich and others. “Witcher is gonna ROCK THE NETFLIX,” she said. She also shared a picture of what’s in the fridge in the writer’s room.

It’s also been confirmed that The Originals writer Declan de Barra and Daredevil writer Sneha Koorse are on the writing team as well. Additionally Clare Higgins is a writer’s assistant.

The Witcher show for Netflix is based on Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski’s novels that inspired CD Projekt Red’s video game franchise. Geralt of Rivia is the hero of the books and the games, so it’s expected he will be in the show. No casting announcements have been made as of yet, however.

Back in April, Hissrich revealed a lot of details about The Witcher’s TV show, including the fact that it isn’t expected to premiere until 2020 at the earliest. Hissrich also confirmed that Season 1 will span eight episodes and it will be filmed in Eastern Europe.

As for The Witcher video game franchise, developer CD Projekt Red is letting the franchise rest after 2015’s The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. The RPG series is expected to return someday, but CD Projekt Red is focusing more on its new game Cyberpunk 2077 right now.

The Mountain From Game Of Thrones Is The World’s Strongest Man

Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson, who plays Gregor Clegane AKA The Mountain on Game of Thrones, is a force to be reckoned with in the novels and on the show. He’s also a force in real life, as the actor, 28, recently earned the title of World’s Strongest Man at a competition in the Philippines. Björnssonn, who is 6′ 9″ and weighs 400 pounds, won the title on Sunday, improving from his previous second- and third-place finishes over the years.

The event took place this month and was taped before its airing in the United States on CBS in June. You can see amateur footage of the finals in the YouTube video below. Among other things, Björnsson pulled a bus with a rope and deadlifted a car. You can see these incredible feats and more in the footage below in the video from Power Mafia (via NYT).

Celebrating his achievement on Instagram, Björnssonn quoted the Will Smith movie The Pursuit of Happyness. He wrote: “Don’t ever let someone tell you that you can’t do something. You got a dream, you gotta protect it. When people can’t do something themselves, they are going to tell you that you can’t do it. You want something, go get it. Period.”

Björnssonn joined Game of Thrones as The Mountain in its fourth season. He’s the third actor to play the character after HBO recast the role twice.

Game of Thrones Season 8 premieres sometime in 2019. There are six episodes in all, which doesn’t sound like many, but remember that they might all be as long as movies. In other news, we recently learned about a battle scene that took 55 nights to shoot.

Original Avengers Get Matching Tattoos

The stars of the original Avengers movie have picked up matching tattoos.

Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, Iron Man star Robert Downey Jr revealed the news.

“Five of the original six Avengers got a tattoo, and the sixth was the tattoo artist, who gave it to five of us, the one who opted out being Mark Ruffalo”

The tattoo appears to be a modified version of the Avengers logo created by artist Joshua Lord. You can check it out for yourself on Robert Downey Jr’s Instagram page.

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