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It seems that Luke Skywalker won't let a pesky thing like death slow him down, as Mark Hamill is set to reprise the character in the upcoming Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.
Spider-Man: Far From Home proved to be a nice little digestif after the three-course banquet of Avengers: Endgame. It dealt with the immediate consequences of the Blip (as it's now known), gave some hints as to the future of the MCU and provided a smaller-scale, Peter Parker-focused story (smaller scale in comparison to Endgame, anyway). But there's a really subtle thing that will have flown by most viewers that could be the very first fruit of the Disney/Fox merger.
After a long search, Disney's forthcoming live-action adaptation of The Little Mermaid has found its Ariel. The plum role has gone to singer-actress Halle Bailey, up to this point best known for being one half of R&B duo Chloe x Halle. But the news got social media more than a little mixed up, as they briefly thought that the part had gone to similarly named Academy Award-winning actor Halle Berry.
Today's patch saw the arrival of new legends Wattson to Apex Legends. She's an interesting new character who distinguishes herself by relying on electric devices that can hinder and damage enemies, meaning that she's much more of a defensive character than previous legends. But enough about how she plays, here's how to dress her up in a cute as hell unicorn-themed skin. The free "Sweet Dreams" skins are part of Respawn Entertainments ongoing partnership with Twitch Prime, and are just the beginning of a month of free cosmetics scheduled to be released in July.
The Mortal Kombat franchise is renowned for its gory fighting action, with each entry somehow managing to find new ways to dismember, explore and otherwise torture its cast of character. But since the series was rebooted back in 2011, it's also becoming well known for its cool guest characters. Previous guest stars have included Freddy Krueger, Jason Voorhees, Leatherface, the Predator and Giger’s Alien - and it seems that Mortal Kombat 11 is set to follow suit.
It's positively criminal that the greatest and most iconic Marvel villain of all time has never gotten the big screen treatment he deserves. I'm talking, of course, about Doctor Victor Von Doom. We got Julian McMahon's take on the role in 2005's Fantastic Four and 2007's Rise of the Silver Surfer, and Toby Kebbell's villain in 2015 in the dreadful Fant4stic. All of these films are terrible and they all alter Doom in some crucial way. But that should all change soon. With Disney and Marvel Studios now controlling the rights to the Fantastic Four, expect Doom to rear his masked head in the MCU soon rather than later. And here's a neat way they could introduce him...
Matt Reeves' The Batman has finally entered pre-production. Well, that's if this little tidbit of information turns out to be true anyway. The IMDbPro updates for the film today announced an update that it's moved from the scripting stage to pre-production. So what could this mean for the movie? Well, with The Dark Knight Rises being the last solo Batman outing and a lot of attention given to the casting of Robert Pattinson, it appears that Warner Bros are eager to finally get this one out of the gate. We're hearing that the studio is targeting a June 25th, 2021 release date, with the shoot commencing in late 2019/early 2020.