Month: June 2021

A new Indiana Jones 5 set image has surfaced, and it confirms what we suspected: we’re getting a digitally de-aged Harrison Ford at some point in the movie. This will immediately make some apprehensive, while also making others wonder: just how much digital de-aging is going on in the movie? And why? Ford is older now, of course, but he looks great for his age, and he already looked like an older Indy in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. So what gives? Biodigital Jones, Man The new set image can be found here (we’re not embedding it because we don’t like getting sued), and it confirms something we reported on earlier this week. Last weekend, filming on Indiana Jones 5 commenced on North Yorkshire...

Megan Thee Stallion has a message for conservative politicians and right-wing commentators who say her music is too vulgar: Watch your step.  The Houston rapper dropped a video on Thursday for her new single “Thot Shit” that takes aim at her GOP critics and portrays their outrage as hypocritical. The video begins with a politician character settling into his office watching ― and bobbing his head to ― Megan Thee Stallion’s video for her song “Body.” The presumed elected official, who refers to himself as a senator, happily leaves misogynistic messages in the video’s comments, even though he is clearly enjoying it.  That gets him a phone call from Megan Thee Stallion, who reminds him that the women he’s trying to “step on,” are “everybody that you depend on.”  The rest of the vid...

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Nelson’s narrative of how the Civil War unfolded in the West examines the conflict from the perspectives of nine historical figures from different backgrounds. Critics and historians have praised Nelson for shedding light on how the Civil War impacted Native people living in the West. “Rarely is a Civil War book so readable and so new to our understanding,” the biographer David W. Blight said in a blurb. Credit...Liveright, via Associated Press Biography This biography, which also won the National Book Award for nonfiction, was a decades-long project; Les Payne died in 2018, leaving his daughter and principal researcher, Tamara, to finish the manuscript. “Nobody has written a more poetic account” of Malcolm X’s life, our reviewer said, praising the book’s reconstruction of the key e...

The second season of Netflix’s live-action adaptation of The Witcher is officially in the can. The streamer released a teaser for season 2 of the hit series during its Geeked event on Friday, emphasizing Ciri’s role as a Witcher in training. Filming for The Witcher season 2 commenced in February of 2020. Production on the show was suspended due to the pandemic, but resumed last summer. Henry Cavill will reprise his role as Geralt of Rivia, as will Anya Chalotra as Yennefer, Freya Allan as Ciri, and Joey Batey as Jaskier. New to the cast are Yasen Atour (Ben-Hur, Young Wallander) as the witcher Coen, Agnes Bjorn as the bruxa Vereena, Paul Bullion (Peaky Blinders, Dracula Untold) as the witcher Lambert, Thue Ersted Rasmussen (Fast and Furious 9) as the witcher Eskel, Aisha Fabien...

Sarah Jessica Parker thrilled her fans on Friday when she shared photos of the script to the highly-anticipated Sex And The City revival And Just Like That. The actress, 56, was at a table read for the new series which has been in the works for years. Her co-stars will be Cynthia Nixon and Kristin Davis, among others, but not Kim Cattrall who asked to not be in the series. It was noted on the script that it had to be turned in at the end of the table read as producers want to keep the plot secret. First read: Sarah Jessica Parker thrilled her fans on Friday when she shared photos of the script to the highly-anticipated Sex And The City sequel And Just Like That All but one: The actress, 56, was at a table read for the new series which has been in th...

Ubisoft and Netflix on Friday shared a first look at a new series based on Far Cry and announced that another is set to debut on the streaming service. One Far Cry series is an anime based on the cyberpunk-themed Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon, called Captain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Remix. Variety describes the show as “an original anime featuring alter egos of Ubisoft characters in a highly-referenced homage to the early 80s.” Captain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Remix has been given a six-episode order, according to Variety. You can get a look at it in the tweets below from creator and executive producer Adi Shankar. Thank you Hugo, Helene, Gerard, and Claire for allowing this Elseworlds inspired craziness to happen. Thank you @Netflix for seeing the potential in a cyberpunk dys...