Lord Of The Rings TV Show Cast First Series Regular

Amazon’s big-budget Lord of the Rings TV show is one of the most-anticipated programs in development anywhere. But up until now, there hasn’t been any word as to who would appear in it or what stories it would tell. Now, some of those details are coming into focus.

Variety and other Hollywood sites are reporting that Amazon has cast Australian actress Markella Kavenagh (Romper Stomper) as a series regular. She will reportedly play a character known as Tyra, but no other details were made available. Tyra could be a brand-new character invented for the show, similar to how Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit series created Evangeline Lilly’s non-canon character, Tauriel.

According to Deadline, Amazon has tasked its casting directors to seek out talent for the show from all around the world.

JD Payne and Patrick McKay are the showrunners for Amazon’s Lord of the Rings show. Like D.B. Weiss and David Benioff before they created Game of Thrones, Payne and McKay have no TV credits. Game of Thrones veteran Bryan Cogman and Breaking Bad’s Gennifer Hutchison are believed to be among the writers of the new Lord of the Rings show.

J.A. Bayona, who directed Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, is set to direct multiple episodes of The Lord of the Rings TV show. Bayona is also known for the Guillermo Del Toro-produced horror The Orphanage and the acclaimed drama A Monster Calls.

The Lord of the Rings show is set before the events of JRR Tolkien’s trilogy of books and Peter Jackson’s movie adaptations. It will take place during the Second Age, which is a 3,441-year period that covered major events like the forging of the Rings of Power, the War of Sauron, the beginning of the Ringwraiths, and the Numenor island sinking into the ocean.

The show will air on Amazon Prime, though a release date has not been announced.

In Lord of the Rings video game news, a new Lord of the Rings title focused on Gollum is in development at Daedalic Entertainment, while a brand-new Lord of the Rings MMO is coming from Amazon–though it is not connected to the TV show.

Quentin Tarantino and Uma Thurman Are Discussing Kill Bill: Volume 3

Quentin Tarantino and Uma Thurman have recently discussed the idea of Kill Bill: Volume 3.

Tarantino was asked about making another Kill Bill movie during his appearance on the Happy Sad Confused podcast to promote his upcoming movie. As it turns out, Tarantino recently discussed making another Kill Bill movie with Thurman.

“…me and Uma have been actually

talked about it recently, frankly, to tell you the truth. I’m not sure if I’m going to do it, but I have thought about it a little further,” Tarantino said at the 33 minute mark. “And if any of my movies would be taken — me and Uma were literally were

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EON Super 64 HDMI Adapter For The Nintendo 64 Review

The Nintendo 64 is an absolutely amazing console for many reasons. It houses some of the most beloved video games of all time. Unfortunately, although N64’s aren’t too hard to find, the old-school CRT TVs that provide a lag-free experience are now rather difficult to come by, and do you really want a chunky TV just for gaming on one console? That’s where the EON Super 64 (See it at Amazon) comes in, as it allows you to play the N64 on a modern TV, if you have the coin. Luckily for me, it’s worth every penny.

 

EON Super 64 HDMI Adapter – Design and Features

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Nintendo Switch Joy-Con Drift Leads to Class Action Lawsuit

Nintendo could find itself the target of a class action lawsuit over the drift problem found in its Nintendo Switch Joy-Cons.

The law firm of Chimicles Schwartz Kriner & Donaldson-Smith (CSK&D) has filed a class action lawsuit against Nintendo in the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington. CSK&D allege that Nintendo’s Joy-Cons violate “various consumer protection statutes as well as various warranty and common law claims.”

The law firm asserts that the Joy-Con controllers are “defective” as a result of drifting, or where the Joy-Cons “automatically register movement when the joystick is not being controlled by the user and interfere with gameplay.”

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How Satoru Iwata Saved Earthbound from Development Hell

To this day, Earthbound is a beloved classic that belongs in any “Best RPGs of all time” list – but without help from the late Nintendo President Satoru Iwata, it might have never been finished.

Iwata-san, a book recently published in Japan by Earthbound creator Shigesato Itoi’s company Hobonichi, tells the story of Satoru Iwata’s life, mostly through his own words. While he passed away on July 11 in 2015, the book is a rearrangement of interviews with Iwata that were published on Itoi’s website Hobo Nikkan Itoi Shimbun. The book also includes new interviews with Shigeru Miyamoto and Shigesato Itoi on how they remember Iwata.

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Doctor Strange 2 Director Already Told Us His Pick for the Villain

The Internet was rife with speculation about who the villain of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness could be after Marvel Studios announced the sequel at Comic-Con Saturday.

But director Scott Derrickson already told IGN who he wanted the sequel’s villain to be way back in 2016: Nightmare, a classic Doctor Strange nemesis right in line with the veteran horror helmer’s hope of making “the first scary MCU movie.”

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