The American rock band Weezer is coming to The Simpsons. The band will be featured in the end-credits sequence for this Sunday’s episode, performing the show’s theme music in a heavier manner.
The clip was posted to YouTube ahead of this weekend’s Season 31 episode, and it rocks. The group is captured faithfully, it seems, with lead singer Rivers Cuomo’s character model looking particularly authentic-looking. The clip also shows Moe Szyslak in attendance at the concert, throwing up the flying W sign as he enjoys the gig. You can check out the clip further down the page.
This is just the latest musical outro for The Simpsons in recent years. A 2019 episode of the show featured a music video for the song “White Wine Spritzer” by the Ned Flanders-themed metal band, Okilly Dokilly–and it was truly a sight to behold. Before that, the band Green Day was featured in The Simpsons Movie, performing the show’s theme and trying to tell the crowd to be more environmentally responsible. Earlier on, Fall Out Boy performed The Simpsons theme for the outro segment in Season 20, Episode 9, “Lisa The Drama Queen.”
Disney is producing a live-action Hercules movie, and the Hollywood giant has recruited The Avengers: Endgame directors Joe and Anthony Russo to produce it. In a new interview, the brothers spoke about their long-running fandom of Hercules and offered some teases for what to expect from the new movie.
Anthony Russo told Collider that he and his brother are “Hercules fanatics.” When they caught wind that Disney was interested in making a live-action film, they made the case to executives that they were the right partners to produce it. “And here we are,” Anthony Russo said.
The film is only in the earliest stages of development, the brothers said. Right now, they aren’t even sure if it will be a musical like the 1997 animated movie it’s based on.
“We can’t say one way or the other,” Anthony said, immediately thereafter confirming that “music will certainly be a part of it” in some capacity.
What the brothers did confirm, however, is that their new live-action Hercules will not be a “literal translation” of the animated movie. They are keen to bring “something new to the table” with the movie.
“We’re going to give you a different story. I think we’ll do something that’s in the vein of the original and inspired by it, but we also bring some new elements to the table.”
According to reports, Disney has hired Godzilla and Wonder Woman 1984 writer Dave Calla ham to work on the script for the new Hercules movie. The original movie featured the voice of Tate Donovan as Hercules, with Danny DeVito playing Phil and James Woods voicing Hades. There is no word yet on who will star in the new film, who will direct it, and when it will release.
The next live-action Disney remake will be Mulan. The film was set to be released in March, but the COVID-19 pandemic led it to be delayed until July. Other Disney live-action movies on the way include the 101 Dalmatians spin-off Cruella, which is currently set for a May 2021 release, as well as films based on The Little Mermaid, Pinocchio, Peter Pan, and Bambi.
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is a film that we loved, as did many others. Producer Christopher Miller recently participated in a watch-along on Twitter, tweeting out facts and observations about the movie to give fans additional insight into how it was made. Among some great insights was one particular reveal of a scene that was not allowed in the film–one we’d very much like to see for the sequel.
During the watch-along, one fan asked Miller about a rumored cameo from Tom Holland, who plays Spider-Man in the current Marvel Cinematic Universe. He says that Holland’s cameo was planned alongside two other former Spider-Man actors–Tobey Maguire (Spider-Man 1-3) and Andrew Garfield (The Amazing Spider-Man 1 and 2).
Miller says that they pitched the idea to Sony, but were told that it was “too soon.” It’s unclear how the three actors would have been used–and even whether they would have all played Spider-Man–but in any case, it did not happen.
A sequel is coming–it was originally scheduled for April 8, 2022, but has since been delayed until October 7. Considering how much time will have passed by the date of its release–and how well-received the current cinematic run of Spider-Man is–perhaps we’ll see this idea revisited.
Tom Holland will next play Spider-Man in a third MCU film, which is due to start shooting in July–although whether that actually happens is up in the air right now due to COVID-19.
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The anime streaming service Crunchyroll has announced the return of dubbed anime to the weekly schedule.
Back during the early stages of the coronavirus lockdown, Funimation was forced to delay all dubbed releases. The safety of the employees at Funimation was the top priority, with all employees transitioning to working from home during the quarantine. This caused a number of delays to the recording of of English dubs for various anime.
During this time Funimation and Crunchyroll were still able to roll out subbed versions of the latest anime episodes, but have fallen behind the release schedule due to nearly two months of no dubbed releases.
The following Crunchyroll shows will have dubbed episodes available going forward:
Tower of God
Somali and the Forest Spirit
Science Fell in Love, So I Tried to Prove It
The 8th son? Are you kidding me?
My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!
Doom Eternal is introducing another strange skin for the Doom Slayer later this month, and it’ll give him an awful 80s mullet to rock. The original Doom debuted in 1993, of course, so the Slayer has never had a mullet until now.
The new skin will grant the Slayer dry, flowing hair, and a beer gut too, which should make the campaign’s cutscenes a bit weirder to watch. You can practically sense the dandruff in the video below. It’ll be available on May 21, but not for everyone.
The Mullet Slayer is the latest Twitch Prime drop for the game, meaning that it will be given to users who subscribe to that service. You can sign up here.
Doom Eternal received an 8/10 in GameSpot’s review. “Though it can take a bit to get the hang of it, the intricacies of Doom Eternal’s combat, combined with its enhanced mobility and option-heavy level design, create a ton of white-knuckle moments that elevate everything that made Doom 2016 work so well,” wrote reviewer Phil Hornshaw.
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Finally, it’s time for Stanley to pay the price for the murders he’s committed. Let’s just say he gets what he deserves and joins the Freak Show as its newest member.
With or without Stanley (aka Richard), Elsa is determined to leave Florida for Hollywood, CA. She believes she will become the star that she’s always dreamed of. But first, she needs to sell off the Freak Show. She does so and Chester Creb becomes the new owner.
But Chester has a few problems of his own. He’s gone a bit crazy following his return from the war and we soon find out that he’s no magician at all. He commits a horrible accident during a practice run with the Goldin’s Sawing Box.
Dandy returns to turn the Tattler twins against Chester by exposing his dark past but we all know Dandy has ulterior motives as well. The twins tip Elsa off that the rest of the group wants her dead, and before they can track her down, she runs off.
With Elsa and Chester no longer in the picture, Dandy becomes new owner of the Cabinet of Curiosities for a mere $10,000. Something tells us Dandy isn’t going to be a nice boss.
Paris Games Week 2020 will not go ahead, the event’s organizers have announced. The event, which was planned for October 23-27, would have marked the week’s 10th anniversary.
“It is with great emotion that we have made the difficult decision to cancel Paris Games Week,” the announcement reads. “The current context and the necessary anticipation of both the technical and logistical complexities of an event such as Paris Games Week have led us to cancel this edition.”
While COVID-19 is not explicitly mentioned, it is undoubtedly responsible for this decision. “This year should have been special, with a line-up full of new releases, and an anniversary edition which we were thrilled to celebrate with you,” the announcement continues.
Paris Games Week is one of the major game trade show events in Europe, and it’s one of many 2020 events cancelled–E3 will not happen this year, and GDC will be digital only. An event this late in the year, though, could have given attendees a look at Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 games, so it’s unfortunate that it cannot go ahead.
This week on the Nintendo Switch, a number of indie titles are being released, along with some big discounts on Switch titles.
With only a few weeks to go until Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition drops, Nintendo is releasing a myriad of indie titles to tide us over until then. Beat up some foes in the electro arcade platformer Megabyte Punch, raise your own island of amazing animals in Island Saver, and cook up a culinary storm in Cooking Simulator.
New Switch Games This Week:
May 8
Megabyte Punch
Fury Unleashed
SuperMash
May 9
Highrise Heroes: Word Challenge
May 12
Huntdown
Jet Lancer
May 13
Island Saver
She Sees Red – Interactive Movie
Super Mega Baseball 3
May 14
TT Isle of Man Rise on the Edge 2
Cooking Simulator
Oddworld: Munch’s Oddysee
Kholat
Ion Fury
Satazius NEXT
Armed 7 DX
Carnage: Battle Arena
Wolflame
Zenge
May 15
Emma: Lost in Memories
Thy Sword
The Eternal Castle [REMASTERED]
Kakuro Magic
Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Mega Mix
Dungeon of the Endless
There’s also a range of games up for sale on the Eshop this week with titles such as Splatoon 2, Assassin’s Creed: The Rebel Collection, Trials Rising, Rayman Legends Definitive Edition, and an assortment of NIS America titles all on discount. Deadly Premonition is currently on sale to celebrate the pre-purchase of Deadly Premonition 2: A Blessing in Disguise being available on the Nintendo Eshop.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons has been an incredible success for Nintendo, selling 13.41 million copies since launch and landing high in the system’s all-time top seller list. There are numerous factors involved here, but one element that is perhaps leading to a surge in sales is the current state of the world and the COVID-19 pandemic–which might also be why the latest Animal Crossing has had strong digital sales.
According to Nintendo’s recent investor call, live-tweeted (and translated) by Astris Advisory Japan KK’s Dave Gibson, about 50% of Animal Crossing: New Horizon’s sales were digital, with people buying the game through the Eshop in lieu of picking up a cartridge from a store.
Nintendo is expecting a growth in digital sales within the next financial year overall, but not that all games will hit a 50-50 split–the Switch’s low internal memory and the cost of SD cards means that many people prefer to own their games physically.
AC sales were about 50% download. Digital was high in 4Q, dont assume this level will continue but for FY it will grow
Animal Crossing is also a game that players will likely keep returning to, or want to jump into briefly every day over months or years, which makes a digital copy attractive.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons received a 9/10 in GameSpot’s review. “New Horizons certainly came at the right time, and its strengths are particularly comforting right now,” reviewer Kallie Plagge wrote. “I’m as excited to see what random events await me each morning as I am glad to have it during hard times, and that’s sure to keep me coming back for the foreseeable future.”
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