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In a new trailer for the Apple TV+-exclusive show, we see show co-creator Rob McElhenney return as the fictional MMORPG Mythic Quest creative director Ian Grimm alongside Charlotte Nicdao as Poppy pitching ideas for a new expansion to Mythic Quest. They don’t get very far — stopping abruptly at an impasse as to whether the new expansion should take place at sea, or on land.
The trailer concludes with a release date for the show’s second season: May 7, 2021, exclusive to Apple TV+.
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This teaser doesn’t give much else away (though a whiteboard in a later scene indicates that the group may have, successfully or not, landed on the name “Sea of Nails” for a potential expansion), though we do know returning cast members will also include F. Murray Abraham as C.W. Longbottom, Danny Pudi as Brad Bakshi, Imani Hakim as Dana, David Hornsby as David Brittlesbee, Ashly Burch as Rachel, and Jessie Ennis as Jo.
Mythic Quest’s first season didn’t fully land with us, and in our review we struggled to connect with the characters or find a consistent sense of comedy throughout.
However, the cast did put together a rather clever standalone quarantine episode of the show filmed entirely on an iPhone in the middle of last year.
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During the TCA winter press tour, Mystic Quest creator and star Rob McElhenney opened up about life on set after a COVID outbreak closed filming down for a few weeks. This involved the cast getting multiple tests a week and loads of available PPE.
Season 2 of the hit Apple TV+ series will arrive on May 7, and McElhenney talked with journalists ahead of the new season. “We hired a third party–a team of scientists and doctors that an epidemiologist to make sure that we were going to be as safe as we could possibly be, which meant testing as many times as five times a week,” McElhenney explained. “I know that we were tested–the people in Zone A were tested–three times a week, and if we had crowd scenes, which we tried to mitigate as much as possible, or intimate scenes or things like that, we would be rapid tested as well. So there were points at which I was tested [Along with other stars of the show] five or six times a week.”
McElhenney went on to explain there was extensive PPE on set, which included eating in what he said looked a lot like phone booths outside. “We knew that nothing is 100% safe, and if we were going to make the decision to go back to work, we could do the best we could do.”
However, infections did happen on set, even with all of this in place. “Unfortunately, certain things are just uncontrollable, especially if you’re finding that you can’t police everybody all the time,” McElhenney continued. “As we all know, it becomes difficult because we are social animals, and we have a way that we’re used to working, and that people fall back into those ways, regardless of how many times they’re reminded or we’re all learned that we need to keep our face shields down as well as the mask and please stay six feet apart from each other. It’s 200 people working together in the sound stages, and it’s really really difficult.”
There was an eight-week time period where there was no transmission, and McElhenney went on to state that when there were the one or two positive cases, that those people were sequestered and sent home immediately. “Luckily, everybody was fine and was able to return to work,” he continued. “And there was one, possibly two events where we realized there may have been transfer at work.”
These transmissions were sourced back to Zone B or Zone C during set construction. However, they couldn’t figure out where exactly it originated from through contract tracing. “We did everything we could based on the information that we had [and] immediately shut down for two to three weeks before we felt like it was safe to come back again.” he continued. “A lot of this was really unfortunate, and we were just doing our best.”
Season 2 of Mythic Quest will arrive to Apple TV+ on May 7, and a new teaser for the upcoming episodes has been released.
Edgar Wright (Baby Driver, Scott Pilgrim vs the World) will reportedly be directing a new adaptation of The Running Man, according to Deadline. No casting announcements or production start dates have yet been announced.
The Running Man was originally a novel published in 1982 by Stephen King, under the pseudonym Richard Bachman. The book was previously loosely adapted in 1987 into a dystopian sci-fi action movie starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. This new version from Wright will not be a remake, but another crack at reimagining the novel. Wright will co-write the story with Michael Bacall (21 Jump Street), with the latter writing the script.
According to Deadline, the reason why in 2021 a 1982 novel is getting another movie adaptation is reporetedly because Wright was given carte blanche back in 2017 to “remake any film,” and it’s taken years for the deal to come together. That said, the original novels’ themes of a world where the lanes merge between politics and pop culture has arguably never felt more timely.
Wright’s most recent film is The Sparks Brothers, which in January had its world premiere at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. The film is a documentary about the American pop-rock duo, Sparks. The director also recently made headlines with a teasing announcement leading up to the highly anticipated and rabidly requested re-release of the Scott Pilgrim video game in January.
Surprisingly, the legend Jessica Lange has only played four different roles on AHS, but each of them has been unforgettable. So which one is the absolute best? Sure, the correct answer is ALL OF THEM, but Ryan has attempted to rank them anyway. Let’s take a look back at Constance Langdon (Murder House/Apocalypse), Sister Jude (Asylum), Fiona Goode (Coven), and Elsa Mars (Freak Show).
Tom Hardy is teaming up with Gareth Evans, the director behind the critically acclaimed action films The Raid and The Raid 2, for a new crime thriller on Netflix titled “Havoc,” THR reports.
Evans is writing, directing, and co-producing the new project, with Hardy also co-producing.
Havoc follows Hardy as a detective making his way through the criminal world after a botched drug deal, tasked with rescuing a politician’s son while also discovering how deep the corruption in his city runs. Familiar stuff for Evans, who previously explored the Indonesian crime world in both Raid films.
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Filming is being eyed to start in June, possibly in Wales, where Evans filmed his 2018 cult horror Netflix movie Apostle.
Evans is known for his action-packed directorial style, both choreographing and editing his films personally. The Raid films also helped launch the career of martial arts star Iko Uwais, who starred in both Raid films as well as Evans’ 2009 debut Merantau. Those films helped introduce Pencak Silat, an Indonesian form of martial arts, to the world of cinema.
Are you a massive fan of Evans’ work on The Raid films? Check out these other martial arts action flicks we think Raid fans will love.
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Hardy is also set to star in the upcoming Venom: Let There Be Carnage, due out on June 25.
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A weekly challenge in Destiny 2 will be changed after fans alerted Bungie that the title shares a namesake with a slogan from the Hitler Youth. Bungie quickly issued an apology, saying it was “completely unintentional” and promising to change the name in a future patch.
Kotaku reports that the challenge is called “Blood and Honor,” part of the new Season of the Chosen. The name is a translation of the German phrase “Blut und Ehre,” a slogan favored by the Nazi youth organization and currently used by a British neo-Nazi group. Destiny players raised the issue on social media, prompting the response from Bungie.
“Any connection to anti-Semitism in Destiny is completely unintentional,” the company said in a statement. “Bungie is emphatically committed to inclusion and human rights, and will never stand for anti-Semitism. We are already preparing fixes in an upcoming patch. We apologize to all of our players that were hurt by the references, and we are grateful to our community for bringing their concerns to our attention.”
The phrase is reportedly not prominently displayed, only popping up after completing your eight War Table bounties for the week. It also would appear to fit the theme of the Season of the Chosen, since you’re fighting the warrior race, the Cabal. It has appeared in other works of fiction that also appear to have been unintentional.
Meanwhile, Bungie is planning to expand the Destiny property into other forms of media, and aims to launch a second IP by 2025. Destiny 2 continues to offer regular updates, including the recent (and very good) Presage mission.
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New Year, new us. Generation Next is back, with a twist. We wanted to incorporate Nintendo into our weekly roundup and, since new hardware is now available, decided to take the opportunity to mix things up a bit, so, welcome to Console Crew, the show all about the games and platforms you love—same team, same jokes, different name.
This week, Lucy, Tam, and Jordan discuss the latest Nintendo Direct news, or should we say the lack of Hollow Knight: Silksong news (sorry, Jordan). They talk about the Skyward Sword HD remaster, but also question why Nintendo isn’t doing anything more significant for Zelda’s big 3-5 (it’s February 21, in case you forgot). They also discuss the increasing cases of Fast and Furious: DualSense Drift on the new PlayStation 5 consoles, and take a look at FPS Boost on Xbox.
Console Crew is a weekly roundup of Nintendo, PlayStation, and Xbox news hosted by Lucy James, Jordan Ramée, and Tamoor Hussain. Subscribe to youtube.com/gamespot to make sure you never miss an episode.
Tom Hardy will star in a new Netflix crime thriller from The Raid director Gareth Evans. The movie is titled Havoc, and it’s set to start production in June in Wales.
The project was announced by Netflix on Twitter. Hardy will play a detective who must rescue a politician’s son after a drug deal goes wrong, and his mission leads him to unravel a web of corruption and conspiracy within his city. Evans will direct, and has also written the movie’s script. Havoc doesn’t have a release date yet, and no other cast have been announced so far.
Tom Hardy + Gareth Evans, coming to Netflix 💥
Evans will produce and direct films for Netflix for the next several years. First up? HAVOC, starring Tom Hardy (who will also produce) as a detective rescuing a politician’s son while unraveling a web of corruption in his city. pic.twitter.com/vSQWMBQYIe— NetflixFilm (@NetflixFilm) February 19, 2021
This is Evans’s second Netflix movie, following his 2018 horror Apostle, which starred Dan Stevens. The director made his name with the acclaimed 2012 Indonesian martial arts movie The Raid, which was followed by 2014’s The Raid 2. He also co-created and directed much of the highly-praised gang thriller series Gangs of London, which was released by AMC in the US last year.
Hardy will be seen next in the Venom sequel, Venom: Let There Be Carnage. The movie was originally set for release in October last year, but will now arrive in June. It also stars Woody Harrelson and Naomie Harris, and is directed by Andy Serkis.
For more, check out GameSpot’s guide to the biggest upcoming movies of 2021.
As part of Empire Magazine’s joint interview between Elijah Wood and Daniel Radcliffe to celebrate the 20th anniversaries of the Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter franchises, the Lord of the Rings actor shared a frightening story about the 9/11 terrorist attack.
Wood shared that he was doing press in New York City for The Fellowship of the Ring in September 2001 the day of the attack. Together with his co-stars Orlando Bloom and Sean Bean, he flew out of Newark Airport in New Jersey–right across the Hudson River from New York– and they were in the air as the planes hit the World Trade Center tower.
“The planes hit the buildings while we were in the air,” Wood said. “We looked out the window and could see that one of the buildings was on fire. Then there was an announcement from the pilot that planes had been taken over by terrorists and that the FAA had asked all planes to land. We landed in Cincinnati, where I stayed for about a week, before we could take a flight again. So yeah, I directly experienced it. It was super-surreal and scary.”
The question about 9/11 actually came from Radcliffe, who asked Wood in the interview if the terrorist attack impacted the press for The Fellowship of the Ring. Radcliffe himself said of the event, “As kids, we didn’t really know what was going on. But I remember they flew us everywhere on a private jet and we were like, ‘Whoa! We get to go on a private jet!'”
Wood remarked that he doesn’t often think about 9/11 as it pertains to the release of The Fellowship of the Ring or Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. But he acknowledged that the event and the release of the movies are “linked because that was what was happening in the world.”
Both The Fellowship of the Ring and The Sorcerer’s Stone released during Holiday 2001, just a few months after the 9/11 attacks.
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