Richard Stanley, Director Of Color Out Of Space, Is Writing Two More Lovecraft Movies

Filmmaker Richard Stanley, director of the H.P. Lovecraft adaptation Color Out Of Space, has announced that he’s writing two follow-up films. Color Out Of Space is intended to be the first film in a trilogy of Lovecraft adaptations.

Richard Stanley announced these projects in a Q&A following the film’s Los Angeles premiere screening, which was moderated by Patton Oswalt and also featured the film’s star, Nicolas Cage.

When Oswalt pointed out the number of Lovecraft Easter eggs hidden in the film, Stanley responded, “I’m pleased to say that this is the first in a trilogy. I’m really hard at work on the second script.” He says that his next script is an adaptation of The Dunwich Horror, a 1928 story by the infamous horror author.

Asked if he’s making a linked “Lovecraftverse,” Stanley responded that Lovecraft “already did,” so he doesn’t need to. Oswalt asked Cage if he’s involved, and Cage responded that he doesn’t know.

Production studio Spectrevision (which was, notably, founded by Elijah Wood in 2010) has previously said that they’d love for Stanley to make a trilogy, and this confirms that it’s actually happening.

Color Out Of Space is Stanley’s first feature-length narrative fiction film since 1992’s Dust Devil; the filmmaker famously exited the spotlight after being fired from a doomed adaptation of the H.G. Wells story “The Island of Dr. Moreau” in the ’90s. GameSpot reviewed Color Out Of Space last year, writing that the film does a good job of “making you feel like you’re a part of a Lovecraftian cosmic horror story, and following the author’s style of storytelling.”

Color Out of Space hits theaters in the US January 24.

The Mandalorian’s Baby Yoda Puppet Cost $5 Million

(This article contains mild spoilers about the finale of The Mandalorian’s first season.)

The breakout star of The Mandalorian has undoubtedly been The Child, better known as Baby Yoda, a Force-powered infant who closely resembles the original and prequel trilogy’s sage Jedi master. The baby, who star Werner Herzog summed up as “heartbreakingly beautiful,” is a very sophisticated puppet–one that apparently cost a lot of money to manufacture and operate.

Talking to Entertainment Weekly, Adam Pally (who plays one of the two Stormtroopers watching over the baby at the opening of episode 8) shared an anecdote about the puppet’s cost. During the scene, Pally’s character hits the Baby Yoda, and on the first take he hit it fairly hard. The director (Taika Waititi) yelled “cut,” and Pally was visited by showrunner Jon Favreau to discuss the shot.

Pally recalls Favreau telling him that the puppet costs “like, $5 million,” saying “so while I want you to hit it, I just want you to know that.” This made Pally so nervous that he missed on the next three takes.

Pally joked that Baby Yoda was “a bit of a diva” on the set, and that he’s “constantly vaping.”

The Mandalorian will return for season 2 in fall 2020, and characters from the Skywalker series might appear.

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Avengers Director’s New TV Show Casts Two Lead Roles

Citadel, the new TV show from Avengers directors Joe and Anthony Russo, has cast some of its lead roles. It was announced during the Television Critics Association event this week that Richard Madden (Game of Thrones, Bodyguard) and Priyanka Chopra Jonas (Quantico) will star in the Amazon show.

Citadel is described as an “action-packed spy series with a compelling emotional center.”

The show will have locally produced versions made for different parts of the world, including Italy, India, and Mexico, featuring different production companies and stars.

Madden and Chopra will star in the US “mothership” version of Citadel. Madden is perhaps best known for playing Robb Stark on Game of Thrones. More recently, he starred on the British TV series Bodyguard, while he also had a leading role in the Elton John biopic Rocketman.

Chopra starred in numerous Bollywood films over the years, following her win at the 2000 Miss World pageant. Her starring role on Quantico was her first major part for American TV.

Picard’s 10 Best Episodes Of Star Trek The Next Generation

Star Trek: The Next Generation remains one of the best Star Trek series and still holds up to this day. This is due in large part thanks to Patrick Stewart’s Captain Jean-Luc Picard, who leads the fantastic ensemble crew, keeping a cool head and standing by his principles in even the worst of situations.

As Captain Jean-Luc Picard, Patrick Stewart has had many incredible moments over 100 episodes of TNG and 4 movies. We had the tough decision of narrowing the list down to Picard’s 10 best episodes. We cover his powerful courtroom performances in episodes like The Measure of a Man and The Drumhead, to his most sympathetic moments in Sarek and Darmok, to his more vulnerable moments in episodes like Family, and more.

For the full list, watch the video above. And be sure to check out our videos on the history of Jean-Luc Picard, and 11 theories about the new series Star Trek: Picard.

BioShock: The Collection Might Be Coming To Switch

It looks like BioShock: The Collection–which brings together BioShock, BioShock 2, and BioShock Infinite–might be coming to the Switch. Lootpots discovered that the game has been rated by the Taiwanese games rating board. Appearing on a ratings board is usually a good indicator that a game is on its way.

BioShock: The Collection, which released for PS4 and Xbox One in 2016, remastered the three games and was divided between two Blu-Ray discs. Since a Switch release has not been formally announced, there’s no indication of whether the Switch release will be closer to the original Xbox 360/PS3 versions of these games.

The individual games within the Collection has also been rated, which could potentially mean that they’ll be released separately as well. BioShock 2 and Infinite came with all of their previously-released DLC when they were made available on PS4 and Xbox One.

The original BioShock has gone portable before, with an iOS version releasing in 2015 (and eventually disappearing from the App Store), and a Vita spin-off tactics game being planned and cancelled. This version, if it eventuates, will be the first time BioShock has appeared on a Nintendo console.

There’s also a new BioShock game in development right now at the newly created studio Cloud Chamber. It’s still early in development, though, and not much is known about it yet.

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Joker Is Coming Back To Theatres Following Golden Globes Wins And 11 Oscar Nominations

The DC movie Joker is headed back to theatres following its 11 Oscar nominations. Warner Bros. announced that Joker will return to more than 750 theatres across North America beginning on Friday, January 17.

The 11 Oscar nominations that Joker scored is more than any other movie this year. While the Oscars are still to come, Joker already won two awards at the Golden Globes, where Joker actor Joaquin Phoenix won Best Actor and Hildur Guðnadóttir won for Best Original Score.

“With the continued interest in Joker as a result of its recognition during this exciting awards season, we wanted to give audiences the chance to see the film on the big screen, whether for the first time or again,” Warner Bros. executive Jeff Goldstein said in a statement.

It seems Joker is only returning to theatres in North America, and not other parts of the world.

Joker made more than $1 billion globally during its initial theatrical run, which is a tremendous result given it was made on a relatively modest $55 million budget (before marketing). Given the huge success, it’s no surprise that there have been discussions of a sequel.

Joker is the highest-grossing R-rated movie in history, surpassing Deadpool 2 ($785 million) to set the record. Joker is also the 32nd highest-grossing movie in cinema history.

Joker’s 11 Oscar nominations include Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Adapted Screenplay, Costume Design, Original Score, Sound Editing, Sound Mixing, Film Editing, Cinematography, and Makeup and Hairstyling.

The 92nd Academy Awards will take place on Sunday, February 9.

The Sword in the Stone Pulled Out by Guest at Disneyland

One Disneyland visitor reportedly succeeded in pulling King Arthur’s sword from the stone, effectively breaking the famous Fantasyland prop.

After initial reports that claimed the sword’s sudden removal was a part of King Arthur Carrousel’s upcoming refurbishment, WDW News Today reports (via Cinemablend) that it was actually a determined park visitor that yanked the hilt right out of place.

Two separate witnesses both told WDWNT about the event, with one person saying, “My friend Sam broke it last week on the 8th when we went to Disneyland. He literally ripped it out. The staff said that it was really old and that’s why he was able to do so.”

Sam’s friend called him a “pretty buff dude,” and added that it was his first time at Disneyland.

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Another witness said they watched a very burly man break the sword at Disneyland, saying, “At first it seemed as if he had pulled it out, but a cast quickly came over [because] he had in fact broken it. The sword has since been fully repaired and returned to its rightful place in Fantasyland.

In the classic Disney tale The Sword in the Stone, Arthur successfully pulls the blade from the stone and is crowned as the true king. It doesn’t appear that Sam was crowned as the King of Fantasyland after breaking the display.

For more on Disney parks, check out our review of the Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run ride at Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge. And, learn why we loved the Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance ride at Disney World.

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Game of Thrones Actor to Star in Russo Brothers’ Citadel Series

Amazon Studios and the Russo brothers have announced that Game of Thrones star Richard Madden and Quantico’s Priyanka Chopra Jonas will star in the upcoming Citadel series.

In addition to casting announcements, Amazon also revealed that the local language production of the series would originate in Mexico, in addition to the Italy and India versions which were previously announced. Further, Madden and Chopra will be headlining the U.S. “mothership” edition, which we will explain later on.

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Madden is likely best known for his role as Robb Stark in Game of Thrones – however, he also played a major role in BBC’s Bodyguard and the Elton John biopic, Rocketman. Further, Madden is set to star in Marvel’s upcoming Eternals film.

Chopra has also appeared in The Sky is Pink. Additionally, she is set to star in Netflix’s We Can Be Heroes and an untitled Indian wedding comedy.

The Citadel is described as a “groundbreaking global event multi-series” and will air exclusively on Amazon Prime Video. Amazon Studios told TheWarp that The Citadel will be an “action-packed spy series, with a compelling emotional center.”

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The show will technically be three different series, according to Jen Salke, head of Amazon Studios. The “mothership” version, which will star Madden and Chopra, will be the main series, and then the Italy and India versions will serve as side stories of sorts for the characters.

A release date has not been announced yet, but the series is expected to begin production this year.

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Andrew Smith is a freelance contributor with IGN. Follow him on Twitter @_andrewtsmith.

Jack Reacher TV Series Coming to Amazon

Amazon Studios has announced the production of a TV series based on Lee Child’s bestselling book series, Jack Reacher.

The first season will follow the narrative from Child’s first novel, titled “The Killing Floor,” which was published back in 1997. The 24 books in the series follow the adventures of the former US Army military police major, Jack Reacher, as he investigates dangerous crimes in his new civilian life.

Amazon Studios will produce the show alongside Skydance Television and Paramount Television Studios. Nick Santora, known for his work on Prison Break and Scorpion, will write, executive produce, and act as showrunner for the upcoming series.

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“Lee Child has created an incredible character and world; it will be the goal of every writer, producer, actor, executive and crew member to capture the essence of Mr. Child’s books – and luckily Lee has been there, and will continue to be there, to help guide us along the way in this series. He is the pulse of Reacher,” said Santora.

Child also weighed in on the conversion over his books being adapted to TV saying, “It’s been great so far, but really, the fun starts here. By now I know these guys, and Reacher is in the perfect hands, believe me.”

If you’re looking for more to do with your Amazon Prime membership, season 4 of The Expanse was released last month and has one of the best scores on Metacritic for 2019 with Season 5 already on order. You can also get some daily deals using the Prime discount or maybe you need help choosing a VPN to get past location blockers.

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Superman & Lois: The CW Gives Series Order to Arrowverse Spinoff

The Arrowverse is about to get even bigger. As reported by The Wrap, The CW has officially given a full series order to Superman & Lois.

First announced as being in development in October 2019, Superman & Lois is a spinoff of Supergirl featuring Tyler Hoechlin’s Superman and Elizabeth Tulloch’s Lois Lane. The series will follow the duo as they juggle their respective journalism careers, Superman’s costumed adventures and the newfound pressures of raising their son Jon.

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The new series is produced by Berlanti Productions and will be written and executive produced by Arrowverse veteran Todd Helbing. No other casting announcements have been made. We recently asked Jon Cryer if he’d be interested in reprising his role as Lex Luthor for the series, but Cryer is remaining mum about Lex Luthor’s future.

“All I can say is, it’s absolutely a show I will watch, but I have no idea,” said Cryer. “It was very funny because I was shooting the very last of the crossover stuff, and I was under the impression that Tyler [Hoechlin] was done, and I get out of the plane, and there’s Tyler. It was right after they had announced his show, and I was like, ‘Oh, my God! Wait, what does this mean?’ But it’s so funny because, I don’t know what it means. Nobody has said a word to me about that show.”

Superman & Lois isn’t the only new Arrowverse series in development. The penultimate episode of Arrow will also serve as a backdoor pilot for Green Arrow and the Canaries, a spinoff starring Katherine McNamara’s Mia Queen, Katie Cassidy’s Laurel Lance and Juliana Harkavy’s Dinah Drake.

The CW also announced a series order for Walker, Texas Ranger, a reboot of the original Chuck Norris series starring Supernatural’s Jared Padalecki.

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Neither Superman & Lois nor Walker, Texas Ranger have been given a premiere date yet. Where exactly The CW will find room for these new shows is anyone’s guess, as the network recently renewed almost all its current ongoing series (including Batwoman, The Flash and DC’s Legends of Tomorrow) for the 2020-2021 season.

Let us know if you’ll be watching Superman & Lois in the comments below.

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