For the first time in almost two decades, wrestling is back on Turner Networks.
All Elite Wrestling, the new promotion founded by Cody Rhodes and the Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson), will begin airing weekly later this year on TNT.
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It’s been nearly 18 months since the last full season of Netflix’s acclaimed, sci-fi anthology satire Black Mirror was released, and expectations are high for Season 5. The interactive special Bandersnatch was released last December, but while that was a lot of fun, it was hard not to think of it as a gimmicky placeholder before we got back to the main show.
Thankfully, the wait is now over. Netflix has announced that Season 5 will be released on June 5. While previous two seasons have contained six episodes, according to Netflix this one will feature “three stories.” This could mean longer, feature length episodes like the 2014 special “White Christmas,” or even multi-episode stories. We’ll find out in a few weeks.
But what we do know is that Season 5 has got some big names involved. The confirmed cast includes Anthony Mackie (Avengers: Endgame), Andrew Scott (Sherlock), Topher Grace (Blackkklansman), Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (Aquaman), Pom Klementieff (Guardians of the Galaxy), Nicole Beharie (Sleepy Hollow), and pop star Miley Cyrus.
The first trailer has now been released. It cuts all the stories together, and unsurprisingly doesn’t give many details away about the direction each story will go. But as with previous seasons, the emphasis is on the dangers of technology and how our lives are increasingly controlled by the devices around us. We’re gone through the trailer and pulled out everything you need to know while waiting for Season 5 to drop, so let’s get back in Black…
In addition to Iron Man director Jon Favreau’s new Star Wars TV show The Mandalorian and the one starring Rogue One actor Diego Luna as Cassian Andor, a third Star Wars TV program for Disney+ is in the works.
Disney CEO Bob Iger confirmed this during an presentation today where he also announced that the next Star Wars movie after Rise of Skywalker will be from Game of Thrones showrunners D.B. Weiss and David Benioff.
The Mandalorian follows the story of a bounty hunter played by Game of Thrones and Narcos actor Pedro Pascal, while the other, untitled series with Luna follows the story of Cassian Andor and the droid K-2SO, who is played by Alan Tudyk.
As for the third Star Wars show? Iger confirmed that it will be released before the new Star Wars film in 2022, but that’s all he had to say.
“My guess is there probably will be at least one more live-action series that we produce for Disney+, a Star Wars series, before we release the next film,” the executive said, as reported by Entertainment Weekly. “I believe these TV series will be extremely popular for Star Wars fans and very very valuable to Disney+ while we gear up for the next set of films.”
The mainline Star Wars movie series is going on hiatus after December’s Rise of Skywalker, and it won’t return until 2022’s new film from Weiss and Benioff. The Mandalorian will premiere in November through Disney+, while the Andor/K-2SO show will follow in 2021.
Disney+ will also host new Marvel TV shows like The Falcon and the Winter Soldier and WandaVision, as well as new shows based on Hawkeye and Loki. Disney+ will also have lots of Fox programming following its acquisition of the company, including Seasons 1-30 of The Simpsons.
Disney+ is priced at $7 USD/month, which is less than Netflix.
In an effort to help “promote healthy gaming behaviors,” PUBG‘s mobile version has introduced a new “Gameplay Management” system. Designed for people under the age of 18, the new system will send pop-ups to players that remind them to take a break.
Under the terms of the new system, players under the age of 18 are required to “acknowledge a gaming advisory” before they’re able to boot the game. At certain time intervals, which were not mentioned in the press release, pop-up notifications will appear to remind youngsters to “rest or stop the game.”
This new Gameplay Management system is live in Indonesia, India, Nepal, the UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt. It will be released in other markets later, in stages.
According to the developer, PUBG Mobile is among the first mobile games to feature such a system. “As PUBG mobile grows into one of the world’s most trending mobile games, it is devoted to providing a better gaming environment and being proactive in building a balanced and sustainable online gaming ecosystem,” publisher Tencent said.
Tencent executive Vincent Wang said the game wants to allow players to “make informed choices” when it comes to how much time they spend playing PUBG mobile. “Today’s announcement is a proactive step in ensuring that hundreds of millions of players worldwide can continue to enjoy PUBG mobile in a sustainable manner,” Wang said.
Tencent will look into player feedback and make necessary adjustments over time as the system is released globally. The company is also undertaking educational measures to inform players about why they should care about the Gameplay Management system in the first place.
There is no word yet on if the Gameplay Management system will ever be launched for PUBG’s other editions on PC and console.
In other PUBG news, Tencent recently closed the game in China and replaced it with a a strange, patriotic version.
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The Simpsons has done it again: the show accurately predicted the future, this time in relation to a big Game of Thrones Season 8 twist.
GAME OF THRONES SPOILERS FOLLOW BELOW.
In Episode 5, “The Bells,” Daenerys torches King’s Landing with her dragon, Drogon; she destroys the city and kills its innocent civilians in a move that few saw coming amid her turn to becoming the Mad Queen.
As it turns out, the 2017 Simpsons episode, “The Serfsons,” also showed a dragon destroying a city with its fire-breathing skills. The episode was a spoof of sorts of Game of Thrones, and it even featured the voice of Jaime Lannister actor Nikolaj Coster-Waldau from Game of Thrones.
This is far from the first time The Simpsons has accurately predicted something. A Season 11 episode predicted Donald Trump would become president while a Season 10 episode stated that Disney would buy Fox. These seemingly strange things ended up happening in real life.
“The Bells” set a new ratings record for Game of Thrones with 18.4 million viewers. The episode was divisive, and for more, you can check out GameSpot’s review of Game of Thrones: “The Bells.”
For more on the latest episode of Game of Thrones, check out our look at 5 new Game of Thrones Season 8 theories from Episode 5, 15 Easter Eggs and references you might have missed, and the meaning of Dany’s dragon command.
It looks like The Last of Us: Part II might be almost finished. Co-game director Anthony Newman said on Twitter that developer Naughty Dog is looking to hire people to help “close out” the long-awaited PlayStation 4 game. That wording suggests that development might be nearing an end.
That being said, the “close out” period for The Last of Us: Part II might not necessarily happen quickly. Still, the fact that the game’s co-director is using that terminology suggests the title is indeed at least entering the final phase of development.
It’s also worth mentioning that Newman never even mentions The Last of Us: Part II in his tweet, though his reference to closing out a project is no doubt related to that title. Naughty Dog has no other announced projects in the works.
Naughty Dog vice president Neil Druckmann said back in April that Troy Baker and Ashley Johnson completed their shoots for Joel and Ellie, respectively. He said The Last of Us: Part II contains the “most ambitious cinematic shoot we’ve ever done.”
No release date, or even a release window, has been announced yet for The Last of Us: Part II. The parody website The Onion recently posted a silly story that said the game would launch in 2019, but Naughty Dog responded by saying it would share more information when it’s ready. For more on the much-awaited PS4 game, check out everything we know about The Last of Us: Part II.
Ordinarily, this would be an exciting time of year for PlayStation fans eager to learn more about what’s coming next. However, Sony is not attending E3 2019 in June, so if the company has any news to announced about The Last of Us: Part II or any other projects, it will come elsewhere.
The Last of Us: Part II is coming to PS4, but the PS5 will be backwards compatible with PS4 games, so Naughty Dog’s title will play on the new system as well.
In other news, one of The Last of Us: Part II’s designers has joined the new Xbox studio, The Initiative.
Over the years, Lego has done some pretty incredible-looking sets based on familiar properties. Now partnering with Netflix‘s most popular series, the recently revealed Stranger Things set, titled “The Upside Down,” is hard to wrap your mind around.
Looking more like a reflection off of a lake rather than a traditional set. The Upside Down model of the Byers’ house from the first season of Stranger Things can actually flip between the real world and the terrifying Upside Down where the Demogorgon searches for a lost Will Byers.
It’s hard to actually explain the model kit, and to grasp it, you’ll need to actually see it. Below, you’ll see pictures for the latest set, which you can actually flip over.
Available directly at the Lego Shop on June 1 (May 15 for Lego VIP members), the Byers’ house will cost $200 and is made up of over 2,000 pieces. The set contains eight figures, all of which have their own accessories: Eleven, Mike Wheeler, Lucas Sinclair, Dustin Henderson, Will Byers, Joyce Byers, Chief Jim Hopper, and the Demogorgon.
The Byers’ house consists of the front porch, living room, dining room, and Will’s bedroom, while the Upside Down version of the house has dilapidated and eerie versions of the same rooms. The set also comes with Hopper’s police jeep as well.
Season 3 of Stranger Things will hit the streaming service on July 4, and the newest season will take place during the summer vacation of 1985. As you’ve probably seen in the trailer, a mall is one of the big locations, and who doesn’t love a mall during the ’80s? Finn Wolfhard (Mike), Millie Bobby Brown (Eleven), Noah Schnapp (Will), Caleb McLaughlin (Lucas), Gaten Matarazzo (Dustin), Sadie Sink (Max), Natalia Dyer (Nancy), Charlie Heaton (Jonathan), Winona Ryder (Joyce Byers), and David Harbour (Hopper) will all be returning.
