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With Jessica Jones now having aired its long-awaited third season, the MCU train has officially left the Netflix station. While the shows will remain on the service for the foreseeable future (as they were partly funded by Netflix), they're now all cancelled. So, what's next for the Defenders?
Rob Zombie's latest masterpiece, 3 From Hell, is heading to cinemas in September, and here's the first poster and details on how and when you can see it.
The first season of Star Trek: Discovery had a mixed reception from fans. Fortunately, season 2 was generally agreed to be an improvement, delving deep into classic Trek lore and introducing iconic characters into the mix. It also ended on a real barnstormer of a cliffhanger, in which the ship jumped 950 years into the future. This indicates we've got some fresh and exciting stories ahead of us and that the third season won't interfere too much with established canon.
The Kingsman franchise was a surprise success for Fox. 2014's The Secret Service exceeded expectations, spawning a sequel in the form of 2017's The Golden Circle, an in-production spinoff prequel titled The King's Man and Kingsman 3. Up until recently, we didn't know much about the third entry in the trilogy, and there'd been talk that the franchise's mature content might see it cancelled due to Disney owning it after the Fox merger. Fortunately though, it seems that Kingsman 3 is indeed going ahead.
The Witcher is one of the most exciting properties in fantasy fiction. Author Andrzej Sapkowski's novels garnered a loyal following in the 90s in his native Poland, but the franchise really exploded when CD Projekt Red began adapting them as action RPGs. The high point was 2015's The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, one of the greatest video games ever released. This global success prompted Netflix to announce a live-action show, featuring Man of Steel star Henry Cavill as the titular Witcher Geralt of Rivia.
Rockstar Games are renowned for their unwillingness to unveil titles until they're in a relatively late stage of development. The knock-on effect of this is that their many fans become positively ravenous for every scrap of information. With all that in mind, take the following with a pinch of salt.
It's make or break time for Apex Legends. The Season 1 Battle Pass arrived on a wave of hype and player excitement, only for them to discover that it was a tedious grind with disappointing rewards. It's a factor that may well have contributed to the shine coming off the game, with its impressive player base gradually shrinking as people returned to Fortnite. Respawn Entertainment will be hoping they make their way back for the re-jigged, much improved Season 2 Battle Pass though, which launches on July 2nd.
Fans eagerly awaiting news on Pokémon Sword and Shield at this year's E3 came away with a nasty surprise, as this will be the first game in which you won't be able to catch 'em all. For twenty years, players have been able to transfer their Pokémon between generations of hardware. This has often been a complicated process, but it's entirely possible to take critters from the virtual console edition of Pokémon Red and bring them through into the most modern games. But Sword & Shield may prevent you from doing that as some Pokémon simply won't be coded into it.
Back in 1998, Pokémon Red and Blue were at the vanguard of a genuine craze. In some playgrounds, all you'd hear was discussion of the best starter, link cable Pokémon battles and gossip over the mysterious MissingNo. Cut to 2019 and the children of those 90s kids are probably talking about Fortnite, the current big craze. So it's a nice symmetry that player FiveWalnut8586 has done an extremely impressive job of recreating Pokémon Red in Fortnite's Creation Mode.