Shazam! 2 Will Reportedly Bring Back First Film’s Creative Team

The director, screenwriter and producer of Shazam! are reportedly expected to return for its sequel.

Per The Wrap, screenwriter Henry Gayden is set to write this DC sequel, and director David F. Sandberg and producer Peter Safran are also expected to return for the project.

Shazam! is Gayden’s first major box-office success, with his most recent previous screenplay being the 2014 film Earth to Echo. Gayden is also writing the screenplay for Phil Lord and Chris Miller’s upcoming film, Last Human.

For more on what direction this sequel may take, check out our explanation of Shazam’s after credits scene. The film experienced a worldwide debut of $158.8 million, considerably increasing its likelihood of getting a sequel.

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Avengers Endgame Clip: Where Has Captain Marvel Been?

The first clip from Avengers: Endgame has been released. The much-anticipated follow-up to Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War arrives later this month, and focuses on what remains of the world’s mightiest heroes as they try to stop Thanos and get their friends back. It features a small Thor-Captain Marvel interaction we’ve seen before but otherwise sets up both the Avengers’ mission in Endgame and addresses a question everyone has been wondering: Where has Captain Marvel been?

The clip sees Captain America, Black Widow, Thor, War Machine, Bruce Banner, and Captain Marvel forming a plan to take on Thanos. When Banner suggests that the results might be the same as last time they fought the mad tyrant, Captain Marvel tells them that there’s one essential difference: “Before, you didn’t have me.” Cap also gets to drop a mild curse word, so be warned if you only like Steve being polite and respectful! Check it out below.

This clip was part of the 10 minutes of footage that was recently screened to GameSpot. Check out our look at what else we learnt from this Endgame footage. In addition, a new trailer was released last week, and you can also read our report from the recent Endgame press conference, at which directors Joe and Anthony Russo spoke about how they approached Endgame after the shocking events of Infinity War.

Avengers: Endgame releases on April 26, 2019. It stars Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Brie Larsson, Sebastian Stan, Scarlett Johansson, Don Cheadle, Jeremy Renner, Danai Gurira, Paul Rudd, and Josh Brolin.

Endgame will be followed by Spider-Man: Far From Home in July, with Tom Holland’s Spider-Man and Samuel L. Jackson’s Nick Fury both returning, along with a variety of characters from Homecoming.

Bethesda’s The Elder Scrolls: Blades Is Now Available For All

Bethesda has announced The Elder Scrolls: Blades is now open to all and free to download. You still need a Bethesda net account in order to play, though.

Now that Blades is available for all, Bethesda already has it’s eyes set on tweaking the game. “Next up: We’re looking at all your feedback and rebalancing the most difficult enemy in the game… the silver chest,” the studio tweeted.

Blades is the first mobile installment in The Elder Scrolls series, although Bethesda still describes the title as a “pure Elder Scrolls game” with “console-quality graphics.” Unlike The Elder Scrolls games on PC and consoles, Blades doesn’t have an open world. Instead, the game is composed of a series of interconnected environments–some of which are still “very large,” according to Bethesda.

“We could do it,” Bethesda director and executive producer Todd Howard said, when asked about implementing an open-world in Blades. “We’ll see how people interact with it. Because it’s mobile, we know people may play… We need you to get something meaningful done in 10 or 15 minutes. Do you know what I mean? Even though you could sit down and play it for as many hours as you want.”

Blades had been delayed from it’s original launch date of Fall 2018 for Android and iOS devices. Although there are plans to port the game to both PC and consoles, Bethesda hasn’t announced any planned release window for those versions.

The next mainline The Elder Scrolls game was first teased during E3 2018. Currently only titled The Elder Scrolls VI, Bethesda has announced that the game will not be shown off at E3 2019. Neither will Starfield, which is currently scheduled to release prior to the upcoming The Elder Scrolls game.

Dave Bautista Takes A Wild, Hilarious Ride In First Trailer For Action Comedy Stuber

Dave Bautista was already known as one of WWE’s biggest stars when he took on the role of Drax in Guardians of the Galaxy in 2014, and since then his second career as a movie star has continued to flourish. This summer he gets one of his biggest roles so far, in the action comedy Stuber. The first trailer has now been released.

Stuber stars Bautista as a tough, grizzled cop who is forced to call an Uber in the middle of a case. Silicon Valley’s Kumail Nanjiani plays the driver unlucky enough to accept the booking, and inevitably finds himself thrown into a wild, action-packed, and extremely dangerous operation as Bautista sets out to take down some bad guys. The Guardians movies have shown Bautista’s comic skills, and this new movie looks like it will deliver both hilarious buddy comedy and over-the-top action scenes. Check out the very funny trailer below.

Stuber also stars Iko Uwais (Mile 22, The Raid Redemption), Natalie Morales (Battle of the Sexes), Karen Gillan (Guardians of the Galaxy), and Betty Gilpin (GLOW). It’s directed by Michael Dowse, who previously helmed the ice hockey comedy Goon, as well as episode of Preacher and Future Man. It releases in July 12.

Bautista is one of the many big names set to star in the much-anticipated new adaptation of the classic sci-fi novel Dune, which releases in November 2020. In addition, he is expected to appear later this month in Avengers: Endgame and will star in the upcoming Netflix zombie movie Army of the Dead, from Batman vs Superman director Zack Snyder. Bautista also made a return to the ring this weekend, for a showdown with Triple H at Wrestlemania 35.

Overwatch: Storm Rising Event Announced

Blizzard has announced the Overwatch: Storm Rising event, which will begin week.

Announced on Twitter, Storm Rising is set to last from April 16 – May 6. The post includes the caption: “> Accessing archived file… Decryption status: IN PROGRESS. Target: Located.”

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Soundwave, Ultra Magnus Coming to Transformers: TCG in Wave 3

Fan-favorite Transformers and new card types head up Wave 3 of Transformers: The Card Game. Among the upcoming additions are Soundwave, Ultra Magnus and Major Shockwave.

Based on the Transformers Siege: War for Cybertron line from Hasbro, Wave 3 also introduces two new card types: Battle Master and Micro Master cards. Wave 3 is set for a June 28 release in the U.S. and “certain other regions.”

Whereas the Metroplex card took the large character cards of Transformers: TCG and made an incredibly massive 200mm tall card, the new Battle and Micro Master cards shrink cards down to 88mm tall by 63mm wide.

Drew Nolosco, Transformers: TCG Brand Manager, told us each War for Cybertron: Siege pack “will have two character cards in it: one large character and one small character,” and includes some characters “never been shown before in their original Cybertronian incarnations.”

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Daily Deals: Nintendo Switch with Mario Odyssey or Zelda Plus Extras for $330

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nintendoswitchbundleNintendo Switch with Mario Odyssey or Breath of the Wild or Other Game and Switch Backpack for $329.99

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Black Widow Movie Set to Start Filming in June

Marvel Studios’ standalone Black Widow film is, according to Hellboy’s David Harbour, scheduled to start filming in June of this year.

As reported by Den of Geek!, Harbour, who is set to appear in Black Widow, was doing a press junket for Hellboy when he was asked if he could reveal anything about the upcoming solo film that would star Scarlett Johansson.

“I think it’s slated to start in June,” Harbour reveals. “I don’t think they have it fully-boarded yet, but it’s a great character. I’m really excited about it. The cast is fleshing out (with) Scarlett and Florence Pugh, I think they said. I know they were talking about Rachel Weisz. There’s some really great actresses.”

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Philips 326E Gaming Monitor Review

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Philips may not be the first name that comes to mind when you think “gaming monitor,” but the company has been making TVs and PC monitors for years. Its new 326E8FJSB display—or 326E for short—is a budget-focused gaming monitor with a monstrous 32-inch size, 1440p resolution, and 75Hz FreeSync-ready refresh rate, at a rather low price of $279 (See it at Amazon). Let’s take a closer look.

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