Despite the box office failure of 2015’s Terminator Genisys and lots of uncertainty about the future of the long-running sci-fi franchise, the sixth Terminator movie is set for release next year. The currently-untitled film is currently in production, and the first official image has now been released.
The image shows Linda Hamilton, who is reprising her role as Sarah Connor, alongside new stars Natalia Reyes and Blade Runner 2049‘s Mackenzie Davis. Reyes is playing a character called Dani Ramos, while Davis will portray Grace. Check it out below:
Terminator 6 is directed by Deadpool‘s Tim Miller, with series creator James Cameron producing. Original star Arnold Schwarzenegger is also coming back, and the movie is reportedly a direct sequel to 1991’s classic Terminator 2 and will ignore the three movies in-between. It hits theaters on November 22, 2019.
Last year, Cameron spoke about the decision to bring Hamilton back. “As meaningful as she was to gender and action stars everywhere back then, it’s going to make a huge statement to have that seasoned warrior that she’s become return,” he told The Hollywood Reporter.
The director also made reference to Hollywood’s willingness to employ aging male action stars, but not female ones. “There are 50-year-old, 60-year-old guys out there killing bad guys,” he said. “But there isn’t an example of that for women.”
It’s hard to believe, but Ubisoft has released 20 Assassin’s Creed games in the span of a decade, and we’re already primed for a new one this year with Assassin’s Creed Odyssey. In the years since the franchise’s 2007 debut, we’ve received a wealth of fantastic games that have each managed to refine the series’ classic open-world formula, while at times pushing it in exciting new directions.
Of course, not every Assassin’s Creed game has met fan expectations, but the franchise is still packed with a ton of thrilling adventures that are well-worth experiencing and even revisiting today. It all began with the first Assassin’s Creed, a flawed game that showed great promise with its innovative climbing mechanics and sci-fi/historical drama narrative. This potential was eventually realized with Assassin’s Creed II, which proved a remarkable improvement thanks to more varied design and a historical setting that stood out from other open-world games of the time. Its follow-up, Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood, remains a satisfying sequel that refined much of what we loved about ACII while giving us new combat and exploration mechanics to engage with.
The next major highlight in the franchise came from Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, a pirate-themed adventure telling the redemption tale of Edward Kenway, an errant thief soon to be made an Assassin. The game’s naval combat and exploration brought new life to the series’ increasingly stale urban environments. Rounding out the series’ most noteworthy entries are Assassin’s Creed Syndicate and Assassin’s Creed Origins. Syndicate brought hope back to the series after one of its most debilitating lows, but Origins completely revitalized the franchise while transforming it into an action-RPG series.
You can experience the highs and lows of Assassin’s Creed by checking out our reviews of nearly every single game in the franchise in the slides ahead. It’s worth noting that we do not have reviews of lesser-known games in the series: Assassin’s Creed: Pirates and Assassin’s Creed identity. Though, if you’re interested in the deeper cuts of the franchise and want an in-depth look at Assassin’s Creed in all of its ups and downs, be sure to watch the video above discussing the franchise’s history and its impact on the gaming industry.
In the meantime, which Assassin’s Creed games do you love the most? Which games disappointed you the most? Feel free to discuss all your thoughts in the comments below.
With Sony releasing the new Venom trailer, we got to see that this upcoming movie contains a lot more symbiotes than we originally expected. Venom aside, Scream, Riot, and possibly Phage appear in the trailer. However, it was mentioned at Comic-Con that Riot will be a bigger part of this movie. Who is this character, and where does he come from?
The symbiote that would eventually be known as Riot made his first appearance in Venom: Lethal Protector #4 back in 1993. Using Venom, Dr. Carlton Drake created five symbiotes, one of which was Riot. He looked like a slightly larger version of Venom but colored grey. Strangely enough, Riot only appears in eight total panels in the entirety of the Lethal Protector miniseries, and readers knew nothing about the character or his backstory.
The following year, the five symbiotes were back in the four-issue miniseries Venom: Separation Anxiety. We learn the person inside the Riot symbiote is named Trevor, and that he was a volunteer at the Life Foundation. Drake made Trevor and the other symbiote volunteers believe Venom was a villain who needed to be stopped. However, at the tail end of Separation Anxiety, Riot and Trevor are killed by Donna (Scream) as she believes the symbiotes all need to die. This would be the last time we ever see Trevor. Goodbye, we hardly knew thee.
In Venom: Along Came A Spider #1, the Riot symbiote popped back up, along with the four other symbiotes from the previous miniseries. A testing facility merges all the symbiotes into one called Hybrid. After a few years, the Hybrid was split back into its five separate symbiotes.
While we all call the symbiote Riot, it wasn’t until 2012’s Carnage, USA #2 when Trevor’s symbiote was officially named Riot. The name originally comes from the 1996 Toy Biz line “Venom: Planet of the Symbiotes.” The figure didn’t look much like the character though. In Carnage, USA, the Riot symbiote is given to Howard Ogden, with the hopes of taking down Carnage, who made his symbiote possess the Avengers.
Riot popped up one more time in 2014’s Deadpool vs. Carnage miniseries. All five of the Lethal Protector symbiotes bonded with Deadpool, so he could take down Carnage. That’s the last we’ve seen of the Riot symbiote.
Because Riot is the “child” of Venom, he has pretty much the same powers. In Deadpool vs. Carnage, Wade Wilson mentioned that the Riot symbiote gave him increased speeds. However, that’s all we really know about the character. While Riot has existed for 25 years, he is not a well-defined character by any means.
While the trailers don’t give too much away about the character, we do know that Dr. Carlton Drake is the person inside the Riot symbiote. That’s a bit of a departure from the source material, but it makes sense for the story. We can assume Drake is of the mindset of “if you want something done right, you gotta do it yourself.”
Find out more about Riot when Venom comes to theaters on October 5.
It’s easy to feel a sense of apathy towards Marvel’s cosmic franchises of late. The Inhumans line has contracted and may well be gone in a few more months. Silver Surfer and various other key characters are basically MIA. And while Gerry Duggan’s cosmic saga has continued in the transition from Guardians of the Galaxy to Infinity Countdown, lately it’s felt like Marvel has been publishing a never-ending cosmic crossover with no real selling point to speak of. That’s finally started to change with the advent of Infinity Wars, however. Between last week’s Infinity Wars Prime prelude and the start of the core series, the latest Infinity crossover is making a strong case for itself.
Tom Cruise pulls off some wild stunts in Mission Impossible films, including the recent Mission Impossible Fallout. But it’s another kind of physical feat that may be the strongest indicator of success. A very serious study from Rotten Tomatoes concludes that box office success correlates directly with how much Tom Cruise runs.
The study tabulated all of Tom Cruise’s on-screen sprints, then calculated them into distances as measured against a six-minute mile. Then the films were split into four categories, based on how much distance he covered per film: zero feet, 1-500 feet, 501-1,000 feet, and 1,000+ feet. Once all the numbers were crunched and the steps counted, a pattern emerged: movies where Cruise spent more time cruising made more money at the box office and scored a higher critical review average to boot.
The zero feet category is populated by dramas like Magnolia and Valkyrie, whereas short-distance running is largely made up of older movies like Risky Business, Days of Thunder, and Rain Man. The longer-distance running category has some of the older Mission Impossible movies mixed with recent action films, and the longest-distance is composed almost entirely of recent action movies. It turns out Cruise is running a lot more on film as he gets older.
The top ten for distance traveled has three Mission Impossible films on it–Mission Impossible 3, Ghost Protocol, and Rogue Nation–along with recent action movies like Edge of Tomorrow and The Mummy. So chalk it up to his star power increasing with age or big-budget action movies having more reason to spur on an exciting on-foot chase sequence. Whatever the cause, the data is clear. Tom Cruise running makes bank. It’s science.
We’re in the midst of summer, which means school’s out, the Sun is shining, and it’s blockbuster season. With films like Incredibles 2 and Mission Impossible: Fallout launching to critical and commercial success it got us thinking about the much-maligned film to game tie-in. While a rarer sight nowadays, tie-in games were treasured in our childhoods, so we decided to chat about our favorites and those better forgotten.
Oscar Dayus and Dave Jewitt discuss Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, Lego Star Wars, From Russia With Love, Die Hard, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and Street Fighter The Movie: The Game. Which do you think we liked and which are better off resigned to the bargain bin?
Watch the video above to see how the debate turned out. Alongside the serious analysis from each side, there’s also some friendly fun-making and jokes at each other’s expense. Be sure to watch till the end to see the quickfire round, which gets a little goofy.
Last week we discussed whether Kingdom Hearts or Final Fantasy was the better JRPG series, and Lucy’s Disney characters defeated Tamoor by a considerable proportion of the votes. Make sure to get your voice heard this week by voting for who you think won the debate on YouTube or by commenting down below. Check back next week for another episode of Versus; new episodes drop every Wednesday at 6 AM PT / 9 AM ET / 2 PM BST / 11 PM AET on GameSpot.com and YouTube.
The American classic The Sandlot is reportedly getting a prequel film, and it’s deep in development.
Per The Hollywood Reporter, it looks like fans of The Sandlot, which turns 25 this year, have something big coming their way. The film is reportedly in advanced development at 20th Century Fox, and will be written by original director and writer David Mickey Evans alongside new writer Austin Reynolds.
There is no word on the plot for the potential prequel, so it’s unclear if this will feature famous characters from the original like Smalls, Yeah-Yeah and Benny “The Jet” Rodriguez, or if it will be an entirely new group of kids. Considering Smalls had just moved to the San Fernando Valley at the beginning of the original, it’s possible he won’t be involved in this prequel.
IGN can exclusively reveal two new fighters for DEAD OR ALIVE 6, the forthcoming fighting game from Koei Tecmo’s Team Ninja. Brand-new fighter Diego and returning DOA5 antagonist Rig can be seen in a new announcement trailer.
A street-fighting brawler who grew up in the back alleys of New York, newcomer Diego brings a range of hard-hitting moves including headbutts and tackles when he makes his DOA debut. Diego started entering street matches to win money to support his ailing mother, and quickly became known as New York’s “uncrowned street hero.” With a talent for fighting in confined quarters, his anything-goes full-body-contact move-set is visceral and raw. See his reveal trailer above.
Xbox Live Gold members can now treat themselves to a few more free games, now that August’s offerings have been made available. This rotation includes four new games to come available at some point this month, two of which are out already: Forza Horizon 2, and Dead Space 3 via backwards compatibility. For Honor will join Forza Horizon 2 mid-month, and Disney Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two for Xbox 360 will replace Dead Space 3.
Forza Horizon 2 is a part of Microsoft’s lavish open-world racing series, and a nice way to catch the need for speed before Forza Horizon 4 launches this October. For Honor is Ubisoft’s melee combat game that pits historical factions against one another. Ubisoft has embraced a live model for a lot of its games lately, so For Honor has enjoyed a long lifespan in the competitive community. It has a free update planned for the fall to add a new faction. Death Squared, from July’s GWG, will be available until For Honor replaces it.
Dead Space 3 closes out the space-horror trilogy with the addition of co-op play. Epic Mickey 2 is co-op too, but otherwise about as far from Dead Space as you can get. It sees the classic Disney mascot saving the Wasteland with a magic paintbrush, and his new best buddy Oswald the rabbit. As with all of the growing list of Xbox 360 backwards compatible games, these will be playable on your Xbox One too. And if you own the game disc, just pop it in and it will still work.
August 2018 Games With Gold
Xbox One
Forza Horizon 2 (August 1-31)
For Honor (August 16-September 15)
Xbox 360
Dead Space 3 (August 1-15)
Disney Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two (August 16-31)
Topher Grace, known for his roles as Eric in That ’70s Show and Eddie Brock in Spider-Man 3, made a personal 2 hour cut of the Hobbit Trilogy.
According to IndieWire, Grace created this edit after filming his role as the infamous white supremacist David Duke in Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman. The role had taken such a mental toll on him, he used the editing process to undo the psychological stress it gave him, bringing him out of a depression.
“I don’t know what other guys do. Go fishing?” said Grace. “For me, this is just a great way to relax. There’s something really zen about it.”
