Tom Holland’s Uncharted Movie Takes Inspiration From One Game in Particular

Tom Holland, who will be playing a younger Nathan Drake in the upcoming Uncharted film, has said this new movie will draw inspiration from Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End and will have a “global” scope.

Speaking to IGN at Disney Pixar’s Onward World Premiere, Holland revealed that Uncharted 4 was one of his favorite games of all time and that it will also be a guiding light for the film, which will begin shooting in “like four weeks.”

“If I’m honest, one of my favorite video games ever is the fourth Uncharted game… Unbelievable. And lots of the inspiration from the film has come from that game in particular,” Holland said. “It was interesting, when I sat down with [Sony Pictures Chairman] Tom Rothman and we were talking about video games, and I was like “Oh, I’ve just finished Uncharted.” And he was like “Well, why don’t you play Nathan Drake?” I remember being like, “I would do anything to play Nathan Drake. Please, that would be amazing.” So yeah, we start shooting in like four weeks. Mark Wahlberg is going to be amazing as Sully. The stunt department that we have out there in Berlin have done an amazing job already, prepping the stunts, and it’s going to be an exciting one.”

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IGN’s Max Scoville then asked him about his younger version of Nathan Drake and if it’s based more on the games or Holland himself.

“There was definitely a lot of inspiration that came from the games, but it’s a very young, fresh take on the character because, obviously, we didn’t get to meet him all that much when he was younger,” Holland explained. “But it’s a pretty awesome movie, and it’s global. We travel the world, we see some amazing places, and Mark Wahlberg and I are going to have a great summer together.”

The Uncharted film is set to be released on March 5, 2021, and has reportedly found its seventh director in Venom and Zombieland’s Ruben Fleischer.

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For more on the Uncharted film, check out Holland’s comments on how this movie has a solution to the video game movie problem and the strange history of this particular project.

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Ben Affleck Opens Up On Why He Quit The Batman

Oscar winning actor and director Ben Affleck was originally attached to write, direct, and star in the new Batman movie called The Batman, but he dropped out. The title role eventually went to Robert Pattinson, while Dawn of the Planet of the Apes director Matt Reeves came aboard to write a new script and direct.

Now, Affleck has opened up on why he quit The Batman. After a “troubled shoot” on Justice League, in which Affleck appears as Batman, he decided to step away, according to The New York Times. Affleck told the publication that taking on the role of Batman again for the new film might have led him back to drinking.

“I showed somebody The Batman script,” he said. “They said, ‘I think the script is good. I also think you’ll drink yourself to death if you go through what you just went through again.'”

Affleck, 47, said he “drank relatively normally for a long time” and this led to problems in his relationship with his wife, Jennifer Garner, with whom he separated from in 2018.

“You’re trying to make yourself feel better with eating or drinking or sex or gambling or shopping or whatever,” Affleck said. “But that ends up making your life worse. Then you do more of it to make that discomfort go away. Then the real pain starts. It becomes a vicious cycle you can’t break. That’s at least what happened to me.”

The NYT reports that Affleck’s experience on Justice League “sapped” his interest in returning to play Batman again.

Affleck played Batman a total of three times, beginning with Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. He played the character again in a cameo for Suicide Squad and then a third time in Justice League.

The Batman is due out in theaters on June 25, 2021. Reeves recently shared the first footage of Pattinson in the new Batsuit–and it looks pretty great.

Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX Shows Off Dungeon-Crawling Gameplay In New Trailer

Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX has a new trailer, showing off some of the dungeon-crawling gameplay from the new Switch remake of the 2006 Game Boy Advance/Nintendo DS title. The first announcement of the game gave us some idea of what to expect, but this new trailer gives us a better look at how it actually plays.

For those unfamiliar with the game, which has spawned four sequels (one exclusive to Japan), it casts you as a human who gets turned into a Pokemon and is made to team up with a partner to tackle dungeons. It’s got grid-based dungeon-crawling gameplay that’s quite different from what fans of the mainline Pokemon series are used to.

The new art style is looking good, too, in the footage below.

Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX releases for Nintendo Switch on March 6. A demo is available on the Switch Eshop.

For fans of the more traditional Pokemon experience, Nintendo recently released the Pokemon Home app for easier trading, allowing you to export monsters from the 3DS to your Switch games. Pokemon Sword and Shield will also receive two expansions this year. A new Legendary coming to the game has recently been teased.

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In Bruges Director Brings Back Colin Farrell And Brendan Gleeson For New Movie

Oscar winning director Martin McDonagh has set his first movie after Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, and the early reports are very intriguing. Sources told Deadline that McDonagh’s next movie, The Banshees of Inisheer, will tell a story of two lifelong friends who struggle to cope with their lives after one abruptly ends their friendship, which leads to “alarming consequences.”

The movie is set on a remote island off the coast of Ireland, and the casting news is very exciting. According to the report, The Banshees of Inisheer will bring back Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson in the lead roles, both of whom starred in McDonagh’s In Bruges in very memorable performances. They had electric chemistry for In Bruges, so it’s exciting to learn they’re coming back to play troubled friends once again.

The film will be made at Searchlight Pictures, which was formerly known as Fox Searchlight up until Disney acquired Fox and killed the name.

2008’s In Bruges was McDonagh’s breakout feature-length directorial debut, following his Oscar win for the live-action short film, Six Shooter. A black comedy, In Bruges follows the story of two hitmen, Gleeson and Farrell, who come to terms with their choices with devastating results. Ralph Fiennes and Clemence Poesy also starred in the movie.

McDonagh earned an Academy Award nomination for In Bruges (Best Writing, Original Screenplay), and he followed up that movie with Seven Psychopaths in 2012 starring Farrell, Sam Rockwell, and Christopher Walken.

His third feature-length movie was 2017’s Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, which was nominated for seven Academy Awards. The movie won two Oscars, including Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role (Frances McDormand) and Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role (Sam Rockwell).

There is no word on a release date for The Banshees of Inisheer or who else might star in it.

Red Dead Online Bonuses–Get Extra XP In Bounty Hunts And Showdown Mode Right Now

Red Dead Online, the online component of Red Dead Redemption 2, is currently offering XP bonuses on certain activities. To really help you earn that extra XP, there are also discounts running on certain in-game products. Rockstar has announced bonuses that will be in effect until February 24.

First up, all Bounty Missions, including the ten Legendary Bounties that are available and Bounty Hunter Free Roam Events that pop up, will now give an extra 50% Role XP. This means that you can level up a bit faster while hunting down bounties across the game world.

Similarly, if you compete in Showdown Mode during this period, you’ll also receive a 50% XP boost. This week’s featured series is Gun Rush: Teams, which is Red Dead Online’s sort-of battle royale mode. Races have also received the same XP boost, if you want to test your mettle on horseback.

Meanwhile, the Wheeler, Rawson & Co. Catalogue features discounts on many items that you’ll need to be an effective bounty hunter. The bounty hunting-specific variants of the Schofield Revolver and Bolt-Action Rifle, along with the LeMat Revolver and Repeating Shotgun, are all discounted by 30%. The Reinforced Lasso has received the same discount, which makes it easier to bring your bounties in alive and make more money.

In addition, if you’re on PlayStation 4 and have a PlayStation Plus subscription, you can pick up three Moonshiner Mash Refills and three Trader Resupplies for free.

A recent update added the Lovers Collection reward, if you can track down Madam Nazar and claim it. Rockstar Games co-founder Dan Houser is set to leave the company in March, but it’s business as usual for the online Wild West.

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Xbox One Elite Series 2 Controller Discounted In Great Deal From Amazon

The Xbox One Elite Series 2 controller is one of the best Xbox One controllers in 2020, and one of its many positive qualities is that it will work with the Xbox Series X. However, it is quite expensive. Thankfully, Amazon currently has the Elite Series 2 for $160 for Prime members ($168 for non-Prime members), down from the original price of $180. If you’re looking for an excellent Xbox One controller that will keep you going for years, then the Elite Series 2 is your best bet.

The Elite Series 2 controller features three profiles for saving your custom settings, which includes button mappings for the four back paddles that come included with the controller. You also get four interchangeable thumbsticks, two of which emulate the size of the Xbox 360 controller. Furthermore, you can tighten or loosen the analog sticks to the exact tension you want.

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Xbox One Elite Series 2 controller

Additionally, the Series 2 adds a third trigger stop, in case you want an even shorter pull when playing shooters–the sensitivity even adjusts automatically. And unlike the first Elite controller, the Series 2 now features Bluetooth connectivity, though it’s not compatible with every device that a regular Xbox One controller is. You can’t currently connect the Elite Series 2 to an iPhone, so be sure to check device compatibility before you purchase.

If you want to take a closer look before you buy, check out our Xbox One Elite Series 2 controller gallery. It goes into detail on all of the controller’s features.

Win A Dragon Ball Z: Kararot Collector’s Edition with PS4 Pro Included*

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The Batman: Ben Affleck Reveals the Real Reason He Dropped Out

Ben Affleck revealed in a new interview with The New York Times why he decided to depart the Batman movie he had signed on to write and direct: It was due to the infamously troubled production of the Justice League movie that Affleck had just completed.

“I showed somebody The Batman script. They said, ‘I think the script is good. I also think you’ll drink yourself to death if you go through what you just went through again,’” Affleck explained. While that may sound like a flippant remark, Affleck has been open about his history of dealing with alcohol addiction and has checked himself into rehab on multiple occasions, which he also addressed in the interview.

While Affleck’s take on the Caped Crusader in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice was generally well-received, Zack Snyder’s movie as a whole received a critical thrashing. While promoting the film, the “Sad Affleck” meme was spawned, showing a dejected Affleck lost in thought after being asked about the negative reaction to the film. Affleck had sworn off superhero roles after the poor reception to 2003’s Daredevil movie.

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The story for Affleck’s Batman only got worse when he starred in the poorly-received follow-up Justice League, which was subject to numerous rewrites, reshoots, and, most notably, saw Avengers director Joss Whedon brought on as a replacement after Snyder departed the project. Affleck now admits it was his experience on the DC ensemble flick that ultimately dissuaded him from continuing on as Batman and writing/directing his solo movie.

This new quote from Affleck paints a different picture from what he’s said before on the subject. Previously, Affleck told IGN that he decided to depart The Batman because he wasn’t satisfied with the script, saying, “We worked on the script, I was trying to figure out how to crack it, and I was never happy enough with it where I thought it was worth going out and making it because I just didn’t want to do a version that I wasn’t really excited by, so I still don’t know.” Perhaps enough time has passed that Affleck now feels comfortable being a bit more candid with why he left.

Despite Affleck’s bad experience with Justice League, he seems to still be in Snyder’s corner given how he tweeted in support of the campaign to #ReleaseTheSnyderCut two years after its release.

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With Affleck out of the picture, Matt Reeves took over The Batman as director and began fresh with a new script. Reeves recently shared the first look at Robert Pattinson as Batman with a screen test showing the actor in the new Batsuit. The story reportedly shows Batman early on in his superhero career and the Batman cast also stars Zoe Kravitz as Selina Kyle / Catwoman, Colin Farrel as Oswald Cobblepot / The Penguin, Jeffrey Wright as Commissioner Gordon, Paul Dano as Edward Nashton / The Riddler, Andy Serkis as Alfred Pennyworth, and John Turturro as Gotham City mobster Carmine Falcone.

Check out our breakdown of the new Batsuit below:

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