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After facing a lengthy production delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Jurassic World: Dominion is back to set–with a record number of animatronic dinosaurs. Speaking on Collider’s Comic-Con@Home Directors on Directing panel, director Colin Trevorrow has said that Dominion is going heavier on the practical effects than either of the past two films in the franchise have.

“We’ve actually gone more practical with every Jurassic movie we’ve made since the first one, and we’ve made more animatronics in this one than we have in the previous two,” Trevorrow said on the panel. After taking a break from the franchise, with J.A. Bayona directing 2018’s Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, Trevorrow is back in the director’s chair for Dominion, and apparently borrowing from his predecessor’s work.

“J.A. Bayona really, he found the value in creating really photo-real, just beautiful lighting references that could be articulated just slightly,” Trevorrow said. “Just a head and a jaw that could move, but painted beautifully, hand-painted. We do it for all of the dinosaurs now, so when we put it into a space, you can see how the light reacts to the skin. Even if they ultimately do make that a digital animal, there was always something there reacting to the light in that environment.”

It sounds like a simple, low-tech way to improve the overall quality of the visuals–though more advanced technology is also helping the Dominion team use more animatronics on set.

“We finally reached a point where… digital extensions on animatronics will be able to match the texture and the level of fidelity that, on film, an animatronic is going to be able to bring. And you didn’t use to be able to really mix them. You could really see the seams. And so that part of it is very exciting for me.”

For more on Jurassic World: Dominion, check out our guide to everything we know so far about the film. Dominion is currently scheduled to release on June 11, 2021, with filming now back in motion in the UK.

For many people in my generation, Spy Kids was a formative work of early 2000s entertainment–but it was also groundbreaking in its representation of a Latinx family. Director Robert Rodriguez has recently discussed how difficult it was for him to see that vision through, in a chat on Collider’s Comic-Con@Home Directors on Directing panel.

The casting of a Latinx family was more than just Rodriguez’s vision–it was personal, with each main character named after a member of his own family. Carmen was his sister, Juni his brother, and Gregorio and Felix both uncles.

“For me, it was a big victory, and it was an important one for things to follow, to have the kids in Spy Kids be a Latin family,” Rodriguez said in the panel. “The studio was like, ‘Why are you making them Latin, though? Why don’t you just make them American?’ And I was like, ‘They are American, it’s based on my family.'”

The story was partially inspired by his uncle Gregorio, the basis for Antonio Banderas’s character, who was the only FBI agent to ever bring down two different top ten most wanted criminals. “I wanted to make a movie about my family, cause I grew up in a family of 10 kids, a big Latin family,” Rodriguez explained. “But I thought, ‘Well, I should make them spies so it’s more interesting for people. So it’s not just about my family.'”

But the director still faced a fight over casting, with the studio questioning whether diverse casting would make the film’s audience smaller. “People think only Latins will go see it,” Rodriguez explained. “I said, ‘No, I don’t think so, I mean they’re only gonna speak Spanish as a kind of code when it’s cool. And they are American, they’re just Latin.”

“It wasn’t really convincing. I finally had to come up with a good argument,” he added. “Finally, I said, ‘Okay, you don’t have to be British to enjoy James Bond. By being so specific, it becomes more universal.’ So they went with it.”

As we now know, the films were a huge success that ended up spawning three sequels, and a recent CGI animated reboot called Spy Kids: Mission Critical. Rodriguez has been back in the spotlight lately for his work directing last year’s Battle Angel Alita adaptation.

This Save State focuses on all things from the Xbox Game Showcase. The livestream kicked off with our first look at Halo Infinite gameplay. A cinematic opening fit for Master Chief began with a crash landing and took us into a mission on a massive map. Halo Infinite is confirmed to be larger than previous titles and Microsoft already spoke on brand new mechanics being added to the series. Multiplayer will be revealed in the coming months but other features like sprinting and the rumored grappling hook were shown in the gameplay.

There were also a variety of first and third-party games announced, like a brand new Fable, State of Decay 3, and Outer Worlds DLC. Fable’s announcement closed out the show but gameplay or a release date were not provided.

Other announcements gave us more information on games like Hellblade 2: Senua’s Sacrifice and Everwild, with new trailers and deeper looks into their worlds. And we also got confirmation that Destiny 2 will be making its way to next-gen through Game Pass.

There was even more details revealed during the Xbox Games Showcase and you can check it all out on GameSpot.com. While you’re there, stop by our store to purchase Play For All merch, the proceeds of which are donated to Black Lives Matter and COVID-19 Relief.

This is your Save State for Thursday, July 23rd.

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Watch out The Office and Scrubs, there’s a new show with a retrospective podcast on the way. Saved by the Bell is going to get the episodic breakdown in a new podcast called Zack to the Future and it’ll be hosted by none other than Zack Morris himself, Mark-Paul Gosselaar.

The news comes from Variety, which reveals Gosselaar hasn’t actually seen the show since he finished filming it over 20 years ago. Now, he’ll be rewatching the first season to break it all down. He’ll be teaming with co-host Dashiell Driscoll, creator of the web series Zack Morris is Trash.

In a statement, Gosselaar said, “For years I have been asked by the dedicated fans of Saved by the Bell to revisit the show. I couldn’t wrap my head around an idea that would keep the audience entertained and celebrate the beloved series we created over 30 years ago, mostly because I can’t remember a thing about making it, and I am thrilled to say I have found the answer.”

As for Driscoll, he seemingly could be more thrilled to make a podcast about Zack Morris with Zack Morris. “I’ve been told there are other TV shows besides Saved by the Bell, and someday I hope to watch one of them–they sound fantastic,” he said. “But until then, I’m so excited to return to Bayside and introduce Mark-Paul Gosselaar to Zack Morris, and to do so with [producer] Cadence13.”

The news of this podcast comes as Gosselaar is preparing to return to his Saved by the Bell roots. He’s been confirmed to be appearing on the upcoming reboot for NBCUniversal’s Peacock streaming service, in which viewers will learn Zack has become governor of California.

The first episode of Zack to the Future will debut July 29 on all podcast platforms.

In case you’re worried about whether Season 2 will be the last you see of Amazon Prime Video’s The Boys, there’s some good news coming your way. The streaming service announced at Comic-Con@Home that the show has already been renewed! That’s right, Season 3 is in the works, before Season 2 even begins streaming. What’s more, work on it has already begun.

“Amazon, in a bold and historic push to expand their ‘weirdo’ demographic, has greenlit Season 3 of The Boys! The writers and I are hard at work in the (virtual) writer’s room and we’re sad to say, the world has given us way too much material,” showrunner Eric Kriokke said in a press release. “We hope to be shooting in early 2021, but that’s up to a microscopic virus.”

It was also announced during the panel that Season 2 would see the debut of an aftershow for The Boys, titled, Prime Rewind: Inside The Boys. The series is set to be hosted by Aisha Tyler (Archer) and will feature members of the cast and crew of The Boys. According to Kripke, Inside the Boys–which he assures fans is a double entendre–is “a deep dive into how we make this insane thing.”

In a statement, Tyler said, “The Boys is one of the smartest, most irreverent, unapologetically badass shows streaming. I became a fan during Season 1 and this season I’m stoked to be flying fans into the heart of the show as host of Prime Rewind: Inside The Boys. Season 2 is bigger, badder, and more audacious than ever before, so join me after every episode as we dig through the rubble pile of our feelings. I promise, we’ll get through it like The Boys–dysfunctional, but together.”

During the panel, the cast discussed the upcoming Season 2, which starts with the Boys themselves on the run, Homelander out of control, and Starlight “trapped” in her current situation within the Seven. Showrunner Eric Kripke spoke to the show’s biting social commentary, and teased that Season 2 will tackle white supremacy, white nationalism, and systemic racism.

Karl Urban, who plays fan favorite Butcher, teased his Season 2 storyline. “The end of [Season 1] was a complete game changer for Butcher,” he said. “It was a real paradigm shift. It changes everything going forward for him, you know–his objective through Season 2 is to really find Rebecca and rescue her, to get his wife back. And so if Season 1 was Butcher really focused on blind revenge for the perceived death of his wife, Season 2 really becomes about getting her and saving her, and the moral questions that arise from that.”

The Boys follows a team of misfits who want to expose corrupt superheroes, primarily the group known as The Seven. In the world of the show, they’re essentially the Justice League, but run by the world’s greediest corporation. The series stars Karl Urban, Jack Quaid, Laz Alonso, Tomer Capon, and Karen Fukuhara, among many others. Season 2 premieres on September 4.

Make sure to keep up with all of the news coming out of Comic-Con@Home, as well as the panels you should be preparing for.

Call of Duty: Warzone is full of awesome, hilarious, and big-brain moments- sometimes all at once. This is our roundup of the top 5 Call of Duty: Warzone Moments of the week.

In our first clip, Reddit user KuzushiKavanagh makes a seemingly impossible save. After his friend FeedtheP0ny is downed on top of stadium, the only way he can pick his friend up is by letting him fall down. FeedtheP0ny plummets down to his friend in this hilarious mid-air revive.

In our second clip, Reddit user Releasethesnacken finds himself surrounded by an entire enemy squad…only they don’t even know it. He’s able to hide behind three other enemies on the back of a pickup truck and go entirely unnoticed. That is until he wipes them all out using his R9-0 shotgun.

Clip number 3 features Twitter user Fhoowd in quite the pickle. Surrounded by two riot-shielding enemies, Fhoowd attempts to take them head-on. Unfortunately, the two enemies aren’t letting up and are making their way closer for the kill. Low on ammo, Fhoowd thinks quickly and drops his ammunitions box, which when fired at can be used much like a claymore explosive. As the shielders move in for the kill, Fhoowd drops the box and fires on it, killing both enemies at once. This incredibly risky move proved worthwhile for Fhoowd as he takes a few seconds for a victory tea-bagging.

Clip 4 is a terrifying look at what a glitchy operator skin can look like. If you want to pick up the Earth Expeditionary Force pack you’ve been warned. To round off our list, clip 5 comes from a Playstation Network user by the name of Pete_392. Pete is separated from his team when he comes across two enemies within inches of his position. Luckily, with the help of his riot shield, he’s able to go unnoticed in a corner for nearly a minute. Shocking still is that he manages to stealthily take down both enemies as they still have no idea he’s even in the same building as he is.

Mid-air revive: Reddit u/KuzushiKavanagh

Shotgun Stowaway: Reddit u/releasethesnacken

Ammo Box Legend: Twitter @Fhoowd_

Charly Bundle Disaster: Reddit: u/TarMAC_BBQ

Stealth Soldier: PSN: Pete_392