Month: July 2018

In time for 4th of July celebrations, Epic Games has released a new emote for Fortnite. As with most of Fortnite’s emotes, it’s a simple and charming little animation that has your character light up a sparkler, wave it about for a little bit, and then toss it aside.

You can buy the Sparkler emote from the in-game item shop for 200 V-Bucks. Take a look below to see the animation in action, courtesy of the official Fortnite Twitter account.

In related news, Fortnite: Battle Royale has been updated with the Playground LTM (limited-time mode). Although the mode originally launched on June 28, it was taken offline after server issues arose. A week of testing and bug fixing later and Epic has made Playground LTM available again on PS4, Xbox One, PC, Nintendo Switch, and mobile.

Playground is designed to be a “low-pressure environment” similar to a private server. It enables players to explore the map and hang out with up to three friends, free from the risk of being eliminated by other people. It’s a good place to check out weapons, practice, and refine strategies.

A Fortnite update (version 4.5) has also added a few new weapons to the Save the World and Battle Royale modes. Perhaps most notable among these is the Drum Gun for the Battle Royale mode, which is described as a “hybrid weapon that combines the stopping power of a rifle with the suppressive ability and fire rate of an SMG.” On top of that, there’s the Stink Bomb and Stars and Stripes Heroes. You can find out more about all the new Fortnite update and see the full patch notes here.

Fortnite Season 5 is set to start on Thursday, July 12, at 1 AM PDT / 4 AM EDT / 9 AM BST / 6 PM AET. Players can still finish up Season 4’s challenges to level up their Battle Pass and unlock any remaining rewards. If you need help completing the challenges, take a look at our full Season 4 challenge guide.

Today is the anniversary of America’s birth. But it’s also the release day for The First Purge, because the filmmakers have the subtlety of a lead pipe. Perhaps if this continues, this will be the new Independence Day tradition, the way the Saw movies always debuted on Halloween.

Today, in celebration of America’s independence, we’re ranking the disturbing, unsettling masks from the Purge franchise. It’s the central irony of the films; Purging is supposed to be an annual release of everyone’s true selves, but lots of people hide their faces while doing it.

Happy Fourth of July, everyone! Stay safe out there.

Scott Lang, portrayed by Paul Rudd in the Ant-Man films, is not the first Ant Man; It’s actually Michael Douglas” character, Hank Pym. The comic book version of Hank Pym as The Ant Man was one of Marvel’s first superheroes. So, let’s talk a look at what the original Ant Man was like.

Ant-Man first appeared in an anthology comic series called Tales To Astonish which was an effort on the part of Atlas Comics to garner some popularity. Jack Kirby, Stan Lee, and Larry Lieber collaborated on it together, and Hank Pym was one of the one-off characters that they introduced.

In the comic that Dr. Hank Pym was introduced in, he was a kind of mad scientist character who felt spurned by his peers and shrunk himself down to ant-size in order to prove a point. He didn’t return until 8 months after debuting in #27 of the anthology. When he did resurface, he was the fully fledged Ant-Man complete with a fancy suit and a helmet that let him communicate with ants. Ant-Man eventually gets a sidekick and love interest by the name of Janet Van Dyne or The Wasp. He also ends up figuring out how to change into a bunch of different sizes, not just ant size.

In order to get to Scott Lang, we have to jump forward in time. Lang first made a cameo in the 181st issue of The Avengers, and later made his full debut in the 47th issue of Marvel Premiere in 1979, where he was a burglar who went to jail but went straight so he could take care of his daughter. In the comics, he became Ant-Man because he stole the suit from Hank Pym in order to save his daughter’s life. After Pym witnessed Lang’s acts, it prompted his sense of compassion, so he let Lang keep the suit as he had transitioned to Yellowjacket anyway.

If you want to learn more details about the comic history of Ant-Man, including another iteration of Ant-Man, check out Dave’s video above.

Seems like Hollywood directors are really feeling the 80’s nostalgia lately. Childs Play is getting a reboot so Chucky can return to haunt our nightmares.

In the original Child’s Play franchise from the 1980s, a family is plagued by a doll that’s possessed by a serial killer. MGM is being very hush-hush about the plot details, but Collider reports that it will follow a group of kids squaring off with a new age version of Chucky that’s more technologically advanced. The film will be produced by David Katzenberg and Seth Grahame-Smith, who also produced It.

Whether it will be a true horror film or more of a jokey version in the vein of the later films in the original franchise is unclear. It begins production in September in Vancouver and it will be directed by Lars Klevberg who also directed the horror movie Polaroid. Tyler Burton Smith will write the script; he wrote Kung Fury 2 as well as the video game Quantum Break.

There’s no release date for the Child’s Play movie yet, but according to The Hollywood Reporter , MGM is eager to get started.

Tom Cruise finally found someone to take the highway to the danger zone with him. Top Gun: Maverick, a follow-up to the original 1986 film, is already in production and now the team behind the film has found the young actor who will play the young protege of Cruise’s character, Maverick.

According to Variety, Miles Teller (Fantastic Four) has won the coveted role of Goose’s son. In case you don’t remember Top Gun–go rewatch it, already–Goose, played by Anthony Edwards, was Maverick’s co-pilot, though he died during the events of the film. With Teller playing the child of Goose, it can only be assumed his wife (Meg Ryan) was pregnant in the film.

Teller wasn’t the only actor up for the role. Variety reports that among those who tested with Cruise were Glen Powell (Scream Queens) and Nicholas Hoult (X-Men: Apocalypse). As for who else is in the cast, it was previously revealed that Val Kilmer would be returning to reprise his role as Maverick’s arch-nemesis, Tom “Iceman” Kazansky.

Top Gun: Maverick is directed by Joseph Kosinski, who previously collaborated with Cruise on the 2013 movie Oblivion. The director has also previously revived another 1980s property when he directed 2010’s Tron: Legacy.

This particular sequel has been in development for years, with the original film’s director Tony Scott looking to return behind-the-camera. Following his death in 2012, it was revealed that the other parties involved were still interested in making the film, with Kosinski’s involvement being announced in 2017.

Top Gun: Maverick is scheduled to be released on July 12, 2019.

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