“Gina Carano is not currently employed by Lucasfilm and there are no plans for her to be in the future,” said a Lucasfilm spokesperson. “Nevertheless, her social media posts denigrating people based on their cultural and religious identities are abhorrent and unacceptable.” io9 reports: The news comes after a day in which the hashtag #FireGinaCarano trended on Twitter for hours. The…
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220 years ago today: 1st asteroid discovered
Giuseppe Piazzi discovered the asteroid Ceres – now considered a dwarf planet – on January 1, 1801. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/jan-1-1801-discovery-of-ceres…
‘Lord of the Rings’ Reunion Brings Actors, Director, Writers Together on Zoom
“Just about the entire cast of The Lord of the Rings gathered their Zoom screens together for a reunion nearly two decades after the end of the epic fantasy film trilogy,” reports CNET: io9 notes that it was comic actor-singer Josh Gad who “gathered the hobbits, the wizards, the elves, and the wicked menfolk to go to Isen — YouTube, where…
They’re Making a Movie Based On the 1978 Game ‘Space Invaders’
The 1978 arcade game Space Invader will become a major motion picture, reports Engadget. “The writer behind the ‘Mortal Kombat’ reboot is involved.” Deadline reports:
It will take work fleshing this into a full-fledged alien-invasion movie, but the title is certainly a brand. In the game, a series of blocky aliens descended from the top of the screen to the bottom, and…
Comics Writer Sina Grace Talks the Lack of Support He Received From Marvel While Writing Iceman
In 2017, writer and artist Sina Grace had a historically significant run on Iceman, a book we covered as it came out, in which the powerful mutant struggled as much with superheroic shenanigans as he did with the lived experience of life as a gay man, work for which he was nominated for a GLAAD award. According to its…Read more…Source: https://io9.gizmodo.com/comics-writer-sina-grace-talks-the-lack-of-support-he-r-1835973365…
Watch Krysten Ritter Kick Ass in Front of—and Behind—Jessica Jones’ Camera
Jessica Jones’ third season isn’t just the final farewell of both Alias Investigations and the Marvel-Netflix partnership at large, it’s an interesting evolution for star Krysten Ritter, who found herself stepping up to direct an episode for the first time. As this new featurette shows, it’s clear she had a blast.Read more…Source: https://io9.gizmodo.com/watch-krysten-ritter-kick-ass-in-front-of-and-behind-je-1835241026…
Watch the Opening Few Minutes of the Fifth Season Premiere of Fear the Walking Dead
Fear the Walking Dead premieres its fifth season this Sunday, but if you’re eager to dig your teeth into some zombie action, you can see the first few minutes early.Read more…Source: https://io9.gizmodo.com/watch-the-opening-few-minutes-of-the-fifth-season-premi-1835175936…
10 female fantasy writers to read after Game Of Thrones ends
With HBO’s eighth and final season of Game Of Thrones coming to a close this weekend, millions of dedicated, dare we say obsessed, viewers of the fantasy juggernaut will soon be left with nothing to do on their Sunday nights. But superfans and completists looking to read George R.R. Martin’s own version of events in…Read more…Source: https://aux.avclub.com/10-female-fantasy-writers-to-read-after-game-of-thrones-1834653149…
‘I’d Have These Extremely Graphic Dreams’: What It’s Like To Work On Ultra-Violent Games Like Mortal Kombat 11
Mortal Kombat 11 is a brutal game. That’s what you come for—sensational, over-the-top violence that’s inventive and gratuitous on a level that doesn’t exist anywhere else. It can be shocking in its detail and funny in its execution, but it’s always arresting. It’s also short. Fatalities, gory, physically improbable…Read more…Source: https://kotaku.com/id-have-these-extremely-graphic-dreams-what-its-like-t-1834611691…
Everything You Need to Start Playing D&D Costs Just $8
Dungeons & Dragons is, dare I say it, cool now? Or at the very least, trendy. If you’re curious to try it out for yourself, but don’t know how to get started, this starter set is down to $8 on Amazon, a new all-time low.Read more…Source: https://kinjadeals.theinventory.com/everything-you-need-to-start-playing-d-d-is-just-12-on-1830317973…