By Array on Sep 24, 2018 09:52 pm
It's been a big month for Destiny 2, with Bungie releasing the Forsaken DLC, its new Raid, and new content after the Raid was beaten. The latest addition to the game is the revamped Iron Banner. This is the first instance of the Crucible mode since Forsaken's release, and it features one major change--as well as new armor, weapons, and bounties. Here's how it works and what you can get your hands on. Each class gets a brand-new set of Legendary armor, with one piece for each slot. There are also six Legendary weapons. All of this gear can be obtained from Iron Banner Engrams, which you receive for cashing in Iron Banner tokens earned by completing matches. However, that's not your only way of obtaining most of these items. Two of the weapons and each piece of armor for your class can also be purchased for 10 Legendary Shards and 10 Iron Banner tokens. But in order to buy each one, you have to complete a corresponding bounty available from Lord Saladin (who's located in the Tower in his usual spot, on a floor above Shaxx). All of these are done in Iron Banner matches and task you with doing things like winning matches and capturing zones. Complete a bounty and you'll receive 25 Iron Banner Tokens, a piece of random Legendary gear, and the ability to purchase the associated piece of Iron Banner gear. Here's the full lineup of Iron Banner bounties, all of which provide seven days to complete. They're all fairly self-explanatory, if a bit difficult given the competitive environment they have to be completed in. The one possible exception is Unrelenting, which calls for you to land final blows while your team has a Power Play. That simply means you have to get the last hit on an enemy while your team controls all three capture zones. One thing to note: both Unrelenting and To Be Precise offer Powerful gear rewards. They're difficult, but worth trying to complete. - Lightbearer -- Land Super final blows in the Iron Banner (25)
- In the Zone -- Capture zones in the Iron Banner (50)
- Iron in the Blood -- Complete matches in the Iron Banner (30)
- Shine On -- Generate Orbs of Light in the Iron Banner (100)
- Iron Victory -- Win matches in the Iron Banner (10)
- Unrelenting -- Land final blows while your team has a Power Play (15)
- To Be Precise -- Land precision final blows in the Iron Banner (100)
One issue players have encountered is that Iron Banner Engrams are not unlocking at the stated Power level. However, Bungie has confirmed the Engrams are simply listing the wrong Power level--these are not intended to be Powerful rewards. A new update was released on Thursday, September 20, but that didn't include any fixes for this or anything else tied to Crucible or Iron Banner. This iteration of Iron Banner essentially works as it has in the past, with Control as the game mode. However, for the first time in Destiny 2 Iron Banner, level advantages are enabled. What that means is your Power level is a factor in your performance, unlike in a standard Crucible match. In other words, you'll need to account for Power level when selecting your loadout--you'll be at a disadvantage if you use lesser gear that you may like more. Of course, you can always infuse it, though that process is now more expensive than it used to be. The return of Iron Banner comes alongside the release of update 2.0.3. This doesn't introduce any big new features, but it does resolve a number of lingering issues with the game. That includes one where you'd lose the Offering to the Oracle item if your inventory didn't have room for it; now, it'll be sent to the Postmaster.
By Chris E. Hayner on Sep 24, 2018 09:42 pm
Arrow fans are in for a very different Season 7. With Oliver (Stephen Amell) in prison, cut off from the rest of his team, the Green Arrow isn't able to protect Star City; he also can't protect himself. The first batch of photos for the new season have been released, keeping a literal divide Oliver and those he cares about most. While his face can't be seen clearly, it's easy to tell the slammer isn't doing Oliver any favors--he's battered and bruised. What else did they think would happen when they tossed in the rich vigilante with all of the guys he's captured over the years? Another face seen in the photos, visiting Oliver, is Diggle (David Ramsey). Ramsey previously confirmed to GameSpot that he would be one of Oliver's only allies in prison as the two have put their differences behind them and are now friends once again. That doesn't necessarily mean he'll be much help to the imprisoned Green Arrow, though. The only other character shows in the photos is Oliver's wife, Felicity (Emily Bett Rickards). She looks quite a bit different than fans last saw her, though. Felicity and William, Oliver's son, have gone into witness protection after he was imprisoned, which seemed to come with a makeover. Now she has pink hair and a nose ring. We are here for punk rock Felicity. She's almost as cool as goth Felicity was in Season 5. While these images don't show much in the way of action, the first trailer for the new season was packed with it. As Oliver faces off against some of his old foes--including Cody Rhodes returning as Derek Sampson--the fights are going to be utterly vicious. Hopefully, Oliver gets out of all of those alive and reunites with his team sooner, rather than later. Arrow returns Monday, October 15, on The CW. Before then, make sure to check out all of the spoilers and teases we know about the show so far.
By Chris E. Hayner on Sep 24, 2018 09:42 pm
Big things are happening on The Flash. After the daughter of Barry (Grant Gustin) and Iris (Candice Patton) made herself known in the Season 4 finale, she's getting very involved with the team and their superhero antics. Nora (Jessica Parker Kennedy) already has her own superhero suit to match her speedster powers and, based on the first batch of photos released from the new season, is wasting no time in jumping into action. The new photos show Nora as her alter ego XS, plenty of looks at the reunion with her mom and dad, plus working with the Flash against Gridlock--a new meta baddie that will be introduced in the Season 5 premiere. Other photos include various members of the team and the return of Wally West (Keiynan Lonsdale), as well as Iris holding her newborn half-sister. There are some things missing from the photos, though. First and foremost, the new version of Harrison Wells (Tom Cavanagh), named Sherloq, is nowhere to be seen. That leaves fans with no idea what Cavanagh's latest iteration of Wells will look like. There's also no tease of the big bad for the new season, Cicada (Chris Klein). In the comics, Cicada leads a cult of people that kill those the Flash saves. It remains to be seen how he will be portrayed on the show, though showrunner Todd Helbing told GameSpot, "What we do on our show is always inspired by it. So we've changed a lot of it to create a story that, or a villain that's formidable in a way that we haven't done before." The Flash returns Tuesday, October 9, at 8 PM ET on The CW. Before then, check out our teases and spoilers for everything you can expect from Season 5.
By Chris E. Hayner on Sep 24, 2018 09:42 pm
Netflix's Chilling Adventures of Sabrina won't bring its brand of scares until closer to Halloween. If you just can't wait, though, a big batch of photos from the new series has arrived, and they are positively spellbinding. The images are the first introduction the world is being given to a majority of the main characters on Chilling Adventures. While Sabrina Spellman (Kiernan Shipka) and her journey are obviously front-and-center on the series, the world of Greendale is populated with some very interesting--and peculiar--people that make up her family, friends, and foes. Whether it's her aunts Zelda (Miranda Otto) and Hilda (Lucy Davis), the trio of Weird Sisters that look down on Sabrina, or her boyfriend Harvey (Ross Lynch)--who is somehow completely oblivious to the teen witch's magical antics--there are a number of new faces fans will get to know when the series debuts. Perhaps the most exciting and intriguing piece of the puzzle is Sabrina's cousin Ambrose (Chance Perdomo). After being placed under house arrest by the Witches Council at some point in his life, he's forbidden to leave their shared home. That won't stop him from getting into whatever trouble his cousin is causing, though. Rounding out the cast are Michelle Gomez, Richard Coyle, Jaz Sinclair, and Bronson Pinchot. The first season of the series will consist of 10 episodes, with Netflix having already ordered a second season. Chilling Adventures of Sabrina debuts on the streaming service on October 26, just in time for a Halloween binge. Don't forget to check out the first official teaser for the new series, as well as the 9 shows we think you need to be watching this fall.
Sabrina Spellman (Kiernan Shipka)
Harvey Kinkle (Ross Lynch)
The Weird Sisters (Adeline Rudolph, Tati Gabrielle, and Abigail Cowen)
Aunt Zelda (Miranda Otto)
Aunt Hilda (Lucy Davis)
Mary Wardell/Madam Satan (Michelle Gomez)
Sabrina Spellman (Kiernan Shipka)
Father Blackwood (Richard Coyle), Sabrina Spellman (Kiernan Shipka), Aunt Hilda (Lucy Davis), and Aunt Zelda (Miranda Otto)
Father Blackwood (Richard Coyle)
Ambrose Spellman (Chance Perdomo)
Susie Putnam (Lachlan Watson) and Rosalind Walker (Jaz SInclair)
Nicholas Scratch (Gavin Leatherwood)
Susie Putnam (Lachlan Watson), (Jaz Sinclair), Sabrina Spellman (Kiernan Shipka), and Harvey Kinkle (Ross Lynch)
By Chris E. Hayner on Sep 24, 2018 09:33 pm
It's been 20 years since Blade rampaged into theaters. While in 2018, the Marvel Cinematic Universe reigns supreme in the comic book movie world, 1998 was a simpler time. Films based on graphic novels and comics weren't an automatic win, and you had just as much chance to be Howard the Duck as you did Batman Returns. Blade helped show viewers that you could take a comic book idea and gear it towards an audience that wasn't made up of children. This movie was rated R and took its violence and gore very seriously. In doing so, it became a modest box office success and fan favorite movie that still holds up two decades later. Still, even with 20 years of love for Blade, there's plenty you may not know about the film. Thankfully, some of those things are now coming to light thanks to producer Robert Engelman and star Eric Edwards (Pearl). The two took part in a screening of the movie presented by Screamfest in Los Angeles recently, which I was able to attend. After the film, they fielded questions from the audience. In between regaling the audience with stories of making a comic book movie before they were cool, Edwards and Engelman both shared some very interesting into about their time on the set of Blade, including these nine pieces of trivia you have probably never heard before. After you've checked out these facts, don't forget to take a look at our complete ranking of Marvel movies, from best to worst, according to critics
1. The director was not easy to work with.
While the final cut of Blade is great, it was a hard road to go down for Engelman. One of the biggest issues was director Stephen Norrington. "He was an unbelievable nightmare to work with," the producer said. "He was completely crazy and imbalanced." For Engelman, it was a truly bizarre experience filled with highs and lows. "We had the strangest relationship," he continues. "We would fight all day long. Everyone on the crew thought we'd hated each other. Then in dailies, it'd be the cameraman, Steve, and me. We'd get all these sheets of paper, roll them up in little balls and we'd just throw them at the screen. We'd just laugh, race around in our chairs, and then the next day we'd go back to fighting."
2. However, there's one thing the director did perfectly--Blade's tattoos.
One of the most interesting visual aspects of Blade was the ink on the titular Daywalker. Blade was covered in intricate tattoos, care of Norrington. "[He] was a complete crazy guy, but a brilliant visualist," Engelman admitted. "He actually drew all the tattoos for Wesley Snipes. He drew half the sets. I mean, it really was his vision."
3. Pearl was initially going to be a gay vampire.
While it was a small role in the film, it's hard to forget Pearl, the massive vampire Blade encounters. Originally, though, the character was going to be quite different. "I read it and well originally the vampire was probably gay," Edwards revealed. "We were talking [and] in one draft they wanted like a young boy laid across my stomach, but I guess they decided not to. Which I thought was funny cause I always played it that way."
4. Wesley Snipes didn't necessarily give the movie everything he had
Blade is clearly one of Snipes' best roles, but that doesn't mean he was always giving 100%. "Wesley was great," Engelman said. "Wesley was a bit lazy. He wanted to leave early on Friday, come in late on Monday. And the first day he says, 'Actually, I don't think Blade is gonna talk very much.'' Well, I knew what that meant. He didn't need to have any lines. But he was terrific. He took it real seriously, and he was Wesley."
5. There's one big reason Snipes wanted to do this movie.
While playing a comic book superhero in a Marvel movie seems like an obviously good idea in 2018, 1998 was a different time. Comic book films didn't necessarily mean instant success and the MCU was still years away from existing. Knowing it was something of a gamble, Edwards asked Snipes what make him say yes to Blade while the two were on set. "He goes, 'Bob, I get to kill everyone. I get to be as vicious as possible and everyone cheers and I'm not a bad guy.' He says, 'Where else can I do that?' So he just loved the idea that he could be this vampire killer and just go crazy" Edwards explained.
6. The Pearl costume was very difficult to put on.
Given the all of the special effects for Pearl were done practically, that means Edwards had to wear a massive costume. However, it was a more complicated process than most probably think. "The suit was this huge contraption where it had a floor that was on hydraulics that they would lower down," the actor said. "I would get in, I would sit in first, and the guy who played my left arm would come in, the guy who played my right arm would come in. These two puppeteers and then they would raise us up, lock it, and once I was in then they would attach my head to the body of this huge suit. And that I think took 45 minutes to an hour to do. And then it, it only took like 15 minutes to pop off."
7. What's more, the entire set for those scenes was built around Pearl.
Given the size of Pearl, it was impossible to fit the character into a set that was already designed. Instead, they had to create the space with Pearl in mind. "You know, normally, you know you say, 'Here's the actor. You move to where we want,'" Engelman remembered. "In this case, it was all about you and then the set, we would move around you. It was a little strange. We had a great, great production designer, Kirk Petruccelli, and he just did a fabulous job and with Steve. Like I said, Steve would do a lot of Photoshop and design it and then Kirk would then take it to a whole different level, and then we tie it in with the effects and the stunts."
8. How did they make Wesley look so good in his fight scenes?
Throughout the film, Blade is getting into some fierce hand-to-hand combat with a number of vampires and in each skirmish, Snipes looks like a supremely talented fighter. How is that done? Pit him against supremely talented people. "What the secret was is, for example, in the scene in the archive, with the little girl," Engelman said. "She's a real martial artist. She's done it her whole life. She started at age five. Wesley does a bunch of roundhouse kicks and then you have a real, you have a really good martial artist who then takes the hit and flips and does all this stuff and it makes Wesley look like he's incredibly good." Still, that's not to take away from Snipes own abilities. He continued, "Wesley is good. He is a very good martial artist for someone who, in their later years, has studied it and really worked on it. But it is different than some of the people we hired who've been raised their whole life doing martial arts. So, the secret was, you put someone really good, like a Billy Blanks or one of those people next to him, and it's the way they take the hit that really makes Wesley look so great."
9. The original ending of the movie was very different.
Initially, the ending of Blade was going to see Frost (Stephen Dorff) literally turning into the blood god La Magra, which was essentially a swirling mass of blood. While that ending was shot, there were some on the creative team that new at the script stage it was a bad idea. "Some of us knew it cause we read the script and said this isn't working," Edwards revealed. "But the studio didn't believe it, and it wasn't [until] we had shot the ending and they just felt it wasn't enough. You know, it really just didn't have enough oomph to it and Steve came up with a new version, and it cost a ton of money, and New Line supported it." That new version is the now iconic sword fight between Blade and a possessed Frost. Thankfully, this is the version fans got to see.
By Dan Auty on Sep 24, 2018 09:31 pm
Solo: A Star Wars Story is now available buy on digital formats, giving fans a second chance to dig into the latest movie in the much-loved franchise. The movie didn't have the smoothest ride to the screen, with original directors Chris Miller and Phil Lord fired during production and veteran filmmaker Ron Howard brought in to take over and reshoot a reported 70% of the entire movie. Solo made its May release slot this year but underperformed at the box office, putting a sequel and further standalone Star Wars spin-offs in doubt. Nevertheless, it's a hugely entertaining movie well worth a revisit at home. The film, which focuses on the adventures of the young Han Solo, was written by Star Wars veteran Lawrence Kasdan with his son Jon. Last week, Jon took to Twitter to release a lengthy list of behind-the-scene observations and opinions about the film, which makes for fascinating reading as you watch it. Kasdan goes into detail about the many influences that he and the other filmmakers used for Solo, the film's many Easter Eggs, and how the new characters were developed. He explains what changed from earlier drafts of the script and what scenes were shot but ended up on the cutting room floor. He also reveals that, despite the reshoots, the influence of Lord and Miller was greater than many fans might expect, with several key moments remaining from their time on the movie. Finally, Kasdan speculates on the future of the younger incarnations of Han, Chewie, and Lando, and if we'll get to see them in another movie. So here's our pick of Kasdan's most fascinating insights into the making of Solo, presented in chronological order and in his own words.
1. Mother Proxima
"I always hoped Linda Hunt would voice Mother Proxima because she had done the haunting opening narration (an Edgar Allen Poe quote) for the short-lived and criminally-underrated Shelley Duvall Showtime series Nightmare Classics, which you can find on YouTube. When I told Linda this was why I'd thought of her, she had absolutely no recollection of having recorded that narration and disputed it. But it's definitely her. Also, Linda is one of the coolest people you're likely to meet."
2. Speeder Chase
"In early drafts of the script there was no speeder chase. This was something Chris and Phil conceived and Chris and Phil and Ron Howard executed, in my opinion, beautifully. They all felt we needed to see Han's skill "behind the yoke" and that it could it pay off later in the Kessel Run. Lawrence Kasdan, much more focused on the Dickensian element, was more passionate about the foot-chase and the deleted eel barrel scene which is included in the extras."
3. Coronet Spaceport
"Coronet Spaceport was a name we found on Wookieepedia while looking for spaceports on Corellia. We wanted the sequence to feel like the Ellis Island sequence in The Godfather Part 2, to give a sense of how small Han and Qi'ra are in the scheme of things and the cruel, impersonal machine that is the Empire."
4. Mimban
"We wanted Mimban to evoke Kubrick's Paths of Glory and put Han into the most hellish-possible war environment. Originally, there was a fourth member of Beckett's crew, Korso, and in some shots you can even see him. His performance was great but, given the hectic environment, it became confusing to introduce that character we were going to immediately kill off. The original logic for Korso, who was a rather large man, was that Beckett had lost his muscle and Chewie is a useful replacement."
5. The Beast
"Chris and Phil had the idea that Chewie would be 'the beast,' a punishment for disobedient soldiers (and I suppose droids) on Mimban. They also had the brilliant idea to have Han, at the crucial moment, speak Shyriiwook. The mud pit is pure Chris and Phil and for my money, it's one of the best scenes in the movie."
6. Beckett Leaves
"One action sequence that was never filmed but survived several drafts fairly deep into production involved Beckett's crew leaving WITHOUT Han and Chewie, forcing Han and Chewie to steal an Imperial garbage ship on which they could escape. At one point, they dump the garbage onto several Stormtroopers who are chasing them. Writing this now, I'm relieved we didn't actually shoot that. It would've cost a fortune and NEVER would've made the cut."
7. Vandor 1
"We Kasdans spent many a Christmas, while I was growing up, in the Rocky Mountains of Southern Colorado which is only odd when you consider that NONE of us ski. The environment of Vandor 1 was always meant to evoke that beautiful landscape. It also made sense for the space-Western feeling we were trying to invoke."
8. The Conveyex Job
"The Conveyex Job was in every draft of the script. It was something we conceived very early on that people were consistently responded to. Originally, the cargo was not Coaxium but rather an extremely-dangerous criminal en-route to a maximum security prison. Our idea was that Beckett's crew was hired to bust this guy out by members of his gang. The criminal and his gang wordlessly departed after the job and wouldn't return until some unspecified sequel where they would rescue Han at some crucial moment."
9. Val
"In retrospect, Thandie Newton may actually have been too good and too interesting as Val. It was always in the design of the story that Beckett would lose his trusted crew members during the Conveyex Job-gone-wrong and be forced to rely on newbies, Han and Chewie, and this would also open the door for Lando, Qi'ra, and L3 to join the crew. But Thandie is so compelling to watch that the death of her character feels a little like a cheat. It's an odd and unexpected problem that comes with working with such amazing, compelling actors in the Star Wars universe. You just want more of them."
10. Dryden's Base
"Dryden Vos's base of operation was originally not a ship but an island fortress like Mont-Saint Michel but with an elaborate system of canals. In the third act Lando drove a Star Wars-version of a go-fast boat through the canals. It was pretty cool stuff but ultimately impossible to execute and incredibly time-consuming."
11. Dryden Dispatches The Governor
"There was debate surrounding how exactly Dryden would dispose of that unfortunate regional governor. Some of us really wanted him decapitated and we actually shot a version where a head rolls across the floor. Others felt that was a little too rough for Star Wars."
12. Dryden's Influences
"Vos was Robert Prosky's character Leo in Michael Mann's Thief. Robert Prosky worked with Ron on Far and Away. Another influence was Don Draper. We wanted this character to be, physically, the antithesis of that other Star Wars crime boss. Ya know, the one with the weight problem."
13. Kessel Planning
"The scene in Dryden's study in which the Kessel Heist is first proposed is one of my personal favorites in the movie. It's where Han really becomes Han in a lot of ways. The way he improvises to save their skin in that scene felt true to the man he eventually becomes. 'We'll get the ship, we've already got the pilot.' felt like pure Han."
14. The Lodge
"The Lodge at Fort Ypso was something that came from Chris and Phil. They were inspired by Robert Altman's McCabe & Mrs. Miller and really wanted to have that dark, wintery mountain lodge-feeling in the movie. [Cinematographer] Bradford [Young]'s work on that particular set is especially beautiful and was an anchor point for the look and feel of the whole movie."
15. Lando
"At this point it goes without saying, but Donald [Glover] was born to play Lando. I remember the thrill of seeing his screen test. Then the thrill of watching Bob Iger and Alan Horn watch his screen test, all of us knowing how much fun that was going to be and that he would steal each and every scene he was in. This was before Atlanta or Awaken My Love but after Community. In my opinion, Donald NEEDS to don the cape again and the sooner the better."
16. L3
"L3 was a character conceived in conversations between Chris and Phil, Lawrence, and myself. It's interesting to see how divisive she's been in these extremely divisive and politically-charged times. If you're interested in that particular conversation, there was a great piece by Spencer Kornhaber in the Atlantic and another by Kate Gardner on The Mary Sue that illustrate differing points of view and the passion people feel about Star Wars. The truth is, she actually evolved out of Chris's astute observation that it was funny that the bartender at Mos Eisley objected to Threepio, considering droids seem to be the least rambunctious folk in the galaxy."
17. The Falcon
"The night we shot the scene where Han sees the Falcon for the first time was one of the most fun nights of our shoot. I vividly remember the cast sitting around listening to Ron tell stories about growing up in the business and his experiences. Ron is a world-class storyteller and almost no one alive has worked more consistently, since they were five, than he has."
18. The Cape Closet
"Lando's cape closet, another great idea that's pure Chris and Phil. That scene was always meant to parallel the scene between Leia and Han in the avionics closet in Empire. We liked the idea of seeing Han in a similar situation, with a similar type of banter, but a very different partner, one who maybe teaches him a thing or two. The relationship between Han and Qi'ra was never intended to be concluded at the end of this movie. It's a story I hope we get to tell more of someday 'cause I like their diverging paths."
19. Beckett and Han
"The scene between Beckett and Han in the lounge really demonstrates the Michael Mann influence on the movie. We wanted Beckett to be cut from same cloth as [Heat's] Neal McCauley. We wanted Beckett embody a moral cynicism that Han would, later in his life, outwardly project but never really posses. This kind of scene Woody does without a single false note. There was no take of his performance in this scene we couldn't have used. Some actors, they say it and you just believe it. Woody is one of those guys and every moment you spend with him, whether on set or in a restaurant, is pure fun. Also, if you haven't seen it yet, I can't recommend his movie Lost In London enough. It's truly sort of a marvel of filmmaking."
20. The Maelstrom
"The Maelstrom. This is another idea that stuck from the first draft. Trying to solve the problem of how to make the Kessel Run visually exciting, inventive, and at least somewhat logical, weighed heavily on all of us throughout the process. It was something we discussed endlessly and knew would never satisfy everyone, and specifically never satisfy Neil Degrasse Tyson. We wanted a Jules Verne flavor and we loved the idea of a storm in space, what that might look like. The Hubble image of the Pillars of Creation was a huge influence on this concept. ILM did tests in which they blow up canisters of different colored powder and photographed the explosion in slo-mo. Those test were fun to watch."
21. Qi'ra's Job Title
"Is Qi'ra's made-up job title, 'Assistant to the Vice Admiral of Trade Route Allocation and Monetization' a good-natured poke at some of the more confusing bits of exposition in previous Star Wars adventures? Of course not, we take all this s*** very seriously."
22. The Kessel Heist
"While figuring out the Kessel Heist, we kept revisiting the Mission Impossible movies because we wanted the sequence to have the kind of momentum and feeling of coordinated effort that the best sequences in those movies always have. Ultimately though, Han's personality is very different from Ethan Hunt. He's much more... laid back, and things tend to go best for him when he just sorta bulls***s his way though. Which is why Han Solo is the patron saint of screenwriters."
23. Lando's Memoirs
"Would the movie have made more money if it had just been two hours of Lando dictating his memoirs into his holorecorder? Perhaps. You live and learn."
24. Beckett's Armor
"I wish there was a special feature where you see Beckett toss aside the Tantel Armor and Gondar-tusk mask he uses as a disguise on Kessel, then just settle into a time-lapse shot of that gear lying in a closet in the Falcon for like, fifteen years... until Lando picks it up and wears it as a disguise himself for Jabba's Palace. And if you're wondering why or objecting to how interconnected the movie is with the others, it's 'cos that's the kind of nonsense I think about."
25. Han And Lando Get Blasting
"When I was growing up, there was a stack of Star Wars Marvel comics in my grandparents' house in Michigan that, I assume, belonged to my brother. It remained there, in exactly the same spot, for twenty-five years. I really wanted the shoot-out on the landing pad at Kessel to evoke the feeling of those wonderful Marvel comic covers from the '80s, Han and Lando, their blasters blazing. I think Ron achieved that and then some. Seeing those three guys beneath the Falcon is the absolute realization of that particular childhood fantasies. Thank you Ron and George Lucas."
26. Han The Pilot
"Does the movie work? I'm not the person to ask. But here's what I think DOES work: the moment when Han jumps into pilot's seat of the Falcon for the first time. It's directed beautifully, Alden nails every movement and look, and unless you're actively resisting it, John Powell's perfect cue will make your heart swell. That moment is as good as this movie gets in my opinion."
27. Imperial Blockade
"An Imperial Blockade was something we wanted to see the burgeoning smuggler deal with. We went through many iterations of that bit as well. For a long time, the idea was that the Falcon got stuck in a tractor beam and Han has the idea to disrupt it by removing a small amount of Coaxium, putting it into Lando's mini-ship and launching the mini-ship at the destroyer. We even filmed this version but it was incredibly time-consuming and the Kessel Run hadn't even started yet."
28. The Kessel Run
"Love it, hate it, or indifferent, watch the Kessel Run on the best screen with the best sound you can find. It's truly a technical marvel of visual effects and sound design that really represents the state of that art form at this moment. I'd put that sequence up against any visual effects in movie history. Rob Bredow knocked out of the park. It's simply gorgeous. It's also a testament to Chris Rouse, the brilliant writer and editor who came in and helped us streamline the Kessel Run sequence and the Conveyex Job."
29. Summa-Verminoth
"SUMMA-VERMINOTH, the creature the Falcon encounters in the Maelstrom had a long road to the screen. In the earliest drafts, the Kessel Run was interrupted with a forced pit stop on a spooky Ridley Scott-type planet. On that Nameless Planet, Beckett's crew encounters enormous Lovecraftian monsters that claim one of their number. When Chris and Phil got involved, they determined (correctly) that that pit-stop would kill the momentum of the Kessel Run. Later, when working on the sequence with Ron, the notion of a Lovecraftian monster returned (as we are both huge Lovecraft fans). "I remember Kathleen Kennedy would go into her office and google images of frilled sharks and giant squids for reference. She loves that stuff. One thing we stumbled across while working on this was a fantastic short film/teaser directed Ruairi Robinson called The Leviathan. You can find it on YouTube and Vimeo. It has been long-rumored to be turned into a feature and I sincerely hope it will be. The name Summa-Verminoth is another Cthulhu mythos homage to Robert Bloch's fictional tome, De Vermis Mysteriis."
30. Savareen
"In the script, the area of Savareen where the refinery is located is identified as the Pnakotic Dunes, another Lovecraft nod. Where we shot it, on Fuerteventura, was an incredibly remote and punishing location. You'd return to the hotel at the end of the day, chapped everywhere and with your boots full of sand. But there were moments when you'd be standing on that set, and look off in a certain direction, away from the crew, at Neil Lamont's incredible set and the hundreds of costumed extras, and you would swear you really were IN another galaxy."
31. Efts Nest
"Erin Kellyman was a discovery of [casting director] Nina Gold and Chris and Phil that exceeded our wildest hopes for Enfys Nest. She has a face made for the movies and is, I believe, busy shooting a new version of Les Miserables as I write this. Personally, I'd love to see more of Enfys Nest."
32. Warwick
"While shooting in Fuerteventura I had another dream-fulfillment experience, getting to know and hang out with Warwick Davis. Maybe it was partly the way Bradford photographed him, but that guy just seems to get handsomer and cooler as he gets older. He's playing the same character he played in The Phantom Menace, Weazel, but I think maybe it's time Ron and I worked with Warwick to bring back another legacy character he once played. I don't know, what do you think?"
33. Qi'ra's Betrayal
"Qi'ra's betrayal/departure was also in the DNA of Solo from the very beginnIng. She was always intended to be more complicated and ambiguous than Han, at least at this point in their lives. This was a tricky thing to pull off as you're constantly weighing how invested you want the audience to be in that relationship with properly setting up the choice she makes in the end. Again, this was always intended to be just the first and second acts of their story. The third act, the resolution of Han and Qi'ra, has yet to be told."
34. Maul
"If you felt like it was just a cheap stunt, I suppose that's fair, but the the truth is Maul was built into the design of Solo in many subtle ways, including the name Crimson Dawn, the artifacts in Dryden's study, and Qi'ra's use of Teras Kasi. Maul is my favorite character from the prequel trilogy. I love that Dave Filoni brought him back and expanded on his story in The Clone Wars and Rebels. I love that there is at least some continuity between the shows and the movies. For me, Maul was destined to pass through Solo as the ultimate Star Wars Keyser Sozé."
35. Final Thoughts
"Will there ever be a sequel, 'cos it really seems like you guys were setting one up? To be honest, I think the challenge has much more to do with the foreign box office than the US. Personally, I think there are great Star Wars movies to be made that don't need to cost quite so much. Hopefully that will be the trend in the years to come, and maybe, just maybe that trend will allow us, one way or another, to tell more stories with Alden, Joonas, Emilia, and Donald. With those actors and Ron, I would jump at the opportunity. Given the way Hollywood, and the culture at large, seem to run from anything labeled a disappointment, the odds seem like they're against it happening anytime soon. But, I suppose, Han wouldn't have it any other way. "We really appreciate the feedback, love talking about this stuff with the fans, and we couldn't be more excited that Solo is now available to anyone who wants to see it anytime they want to. May the Force be with you... always."
By Michael Rougeau on Sep 24, 2018 09:29 pm
A troubled production makes for some fascinating special features.
Solo's famously troubled production made for a slightly weird hodgepodge of a movie--although an enjoyable one, too. And it also makes for some fascinating special features, as director Ron Howard, writers Lawrence and Jonathan Kasdan, and the rest of the cast and crew behind Solo take to the Blu-ray to reveal what it was like to work on this movie. Did you know that George Lucas dropped by the set when production resumed after the hiatus following the original directors' departure--on Ron Howard's first day? What about the special mud they brought in to make Chewie's filthy fur when we first meet him look just right? Or did you ever wonder how all these actors reacted when they found out they'd been cast in a Star Wars movie? Across multiple featurettes and a roundtable interview featuring the entire cast and Ron Howard, Solo's special features answer these questions and more. Solo may not have been the strongest Star Wars movie ever, and it wasn't exactly a smash box office hit. But many Star Wars fans who flew into theaters to watch it found it to be an enjoyable, if somewhat safe, movie. There were even some surprises--like the way Solo addressed the "Han shot first" controversy head on, or how its most incredibly shocking cameo came to be. Elsewhere in the special features, we even learned why Han Solo was kicked out of the Imperial Navy. Click through for the craziest things we learned from Solo's special features. When you're done, check out all the tidbits that co-writer Jonathan Kasdan posted on Twitter after not being asked to record an audio commentary track, plus 33 Star Wars Easter eggs and references you might have missed in Solo.
1. When Alden Ehrenreich found out he'd been cast as Han Solo, he went to the beach by himself.
The actor says during a roundtable with the cast and director Ron Howard that since he couldn't tell anyone, he went to the beach and rode an amusement park ride by himself. Donald Glover replies that it's "the most Alden answer I've ever heard." Ehrenreich also told his "nana," who proceeded to tell tons of people, against his instructions.
2. Donald Glover immediately called his dad.
He and his dad had watched the original Star Wars movies together all his life, and he said he felt like his whole life had been leading up to this.
3. Joonas Suotamo, who plays Chewbacca, opened a bottle of champagne with his fiance.
And then he went and played LEGO Star Wars on a PS3.
4. The original Star Wars movies inspired Paul Bettany to become an actor.
"In 1977 I was 6 years old and I was taken away from a rainy, dreary London by these movies," says Bettany, who plays Dryden Vos in Solo. "I mean, I think it was really instrumental in me wanting to be in this business."
5. Alden auditioned six times for the role of Han Solo.
Some of the auditions took place on the Millennium Falcon, while others involved acting alongside a puppet of a dog as a stand-in for Chewbacca--mostly so they could maintain the illusion of Ehrenreich not knowing quite what he was auditioning for, to keep it secret longer.
6. People started recognizing Donald Glover as Lando immediately as the casting was announced.
From random strangers on the street, to the guy giving him his pizza, to the employees at the airport the very next day, people instantly starting calling Glover Lando as soon as the news broke. It kind of freaked him out, apparently.
7. Thandie Newton has an origin story for her character, Val, and Woody Harrelson's Beckett.
"We talked about it a little bit, you know, I feel like Beckett saved her life at some point, and I feel like it may have been very perilous for him to do that, so there's a sense of gratitude and loyalty there," Newton said.
8. Dryden Vos's face was done with CG.
"They were able to track it without putting the dots on my face," Bettany says. He didn't see what his face would look like in the movie until director Ron Howard sent him a photo that he wasn't even supposed to see yet.
9. Phoebe Waller-Bridge, who played the droid L3, wore a Green Man suit while shooting.
"The suit was such an extraordinary experience in itself," Waller-Bridge says. "You don't really ever get to wear a skin tight green sock very often in life."
10. Glover and Waller-Bridge also have a theory for how Lando and L3 met.
"I think it started violently probably," Waller-Bridge says. "I feel like we were probably in a bar, and I needed you to get out of there," Glover continues.
11. George Lucas himself visited the set.
He showed up somewhat unexpectedly on Ron Howard's first day on the movie, which was the cast's return from hiatus. They were shooting the closet scene between Han and Qi'ra, which Emilia Clarke claims gave her a "stubble rash."
12. Lucas made at least one contribution to the movie.
According to Ron Howard, as they filmed the closet scene on the Millennium Falcon, Lucas leaned over to him and suggested that Han wouldn't hang Lando's cape back up, but would throw it carelessly over his shoulder. Howard loved the note, and it's in the final movie.
13. Emilia Clarke says Kit Harington is "desperate" to be in Star Wars.
Clarke says her Game of Thrones cast members want to talk about Star Wars with her constantly. "Kit, who plays Jon Snow, is desperate to be in it," she says during the roundtable.
14. The Kasdans got a box of Star Wars toys from Lucasfilm every year on Christmas.
In the "Kasdan on Kasdan" featurette, Jonathan Kasdan, who co-wrote Solo with his father Lawrence Kasdan--who worked on the originals--describes getting a box of Star Wars toys every year.
15. Lawrence Kasdan basically implies he's never seen the prequels.
"I've written four of these movies, but [Jonathan] knows more detail," he says. "He's very funny about it. He thinks it's sort of charming and pitiful that I don't know some basic facts. There's a whole group of movies I know almost nothing about, and he's seen those...I'm sort of an original--you know, I'm faithful to the originals."
16. One of the biggest challenges was making the Millennium Falcon look new.
"One of the biggest challenges with Solo was to take the Falcon and say, 'OK, this is actually now back in time. What did the Falcon look like when it was under Lando?'" says set decorator Lee Sandales in the featurette "Remaking the Millennium Falcon."
17. They considered many modifications for the Millennium Falcon.
These include a Smokey and the Bandit-inspired decal as well as hot rod flames. Ultimately, they settled on some blue accents and larger rear fins, which is what wound up in the final film.
18. The Millennium Falcon's bar in Solo was inspired by earlier movies.
These included the Skywalker homestead in A New Hope, and the kitchen in Rogue One, according to assistant art director Liam Georgensen.
19. The Falcon's silver headphones are another reference.
Likewise, the silver headphones seen on the ship in Solo are a nod to a pair of headphones visible in the background during A New Hope, according to Georgensen.
20. The Falcon set used in Solo wasn't built for this film.
The set used in Solo is actually the same set built for Episode VII, The Force Awakens. Underneath the shiny new construction is the older, more shabby version. "If we were to take down certain bits of this set, the older pieces of the set are still there," Georgensen says.
21. They kept as much of the chase scene practical and "in camera" as possible.
The goal with the car chase early in the movie, according to producer Simon Emanuel, was to make it feel like a chase from a 1970s movie. They did as much of it practically, with stunt drivers, as possible.
22. They have a map of Corellia designed specially for the chase scene.
"They all turned to me and said, 'Give us a map, James," says Lucasfilm design supervisor James Clyne. He drew on designs of other Star Wars places, including the Death Star and Cloud City. "They're all very simple shapes."
23. They pictured Corellia as "a Star Wars version of Venice [Italy]."
"But an industrial Venice," says set decorate Lee Sandales. They shot much of the city scenes at a power plant in Southampton, England.
24. The speeder Han steals is a mix of many different elements.
"Designing a Star Wars vehicle is a balance of making something look fantastic and visionary, but also keeping it grounded," says Georgensen. They took visual inspiration from muscle cars like Ford Mustangs and Dodge Challengers, while they used parts from sources as different as fighter jets and grocery store displays to build it.
25. Alden wanted to know how to really drive it.
"Alden loved it," says Senior art director Gary Tomkins. "He was very keen to work out how all the controls worked, because we have levers, and afterburners, and ignition switches and things. So I spent maybe an hour with him just going through the different controls. I was just making it up, of course, because it's not a real speeder. But at least then in his head he knew exactly how, if it were a real speeder, how he could drive it."
26. The sound of the big truck that chases Han and Qi'ra was created using a "pulse jet engine."
We have no idea what that is, but apparently very few people in the world know how to build them. They recorded their sound out in the desert, and they became the basis for the truck's sound in the movie.
27. The character Rio is part practical, part CG.
Rio, voiced by Jon Favreau, is one of the most underused characters in the movie. The practical portion was played by a circus performer in a suit, while other parts were animated in CG.
28. The explosion after the train heist involved setting off firecrackers underwater.
They filmed it using high speed cameras and played it in slow motion.
29. Chewie's dialogue is written into the script.
Despite the fact that we can't understand him and it basically doesn't matter what he's saying, the Kasdans wrote all Chewie's dialogue into the script. "We wanted Alden to know what was being said to him, so he would know what to play, regardless of what he interpreted from the moan," says Jonathan Kasdan.
30. They had to record new sounds for Chewbacca.
They wanted Chewie to be introduced into the movie with a terrifying roar, but that sound didn't exist in Chewie's existing audio library of noises. "The main recording of Chewbacca is a bear that Ben Burtt, the original sound designer, recorded many, many years ago," says supervising sound editor Tim Nielsen. "But because the original bear only made so many sounds, Chewbacca's vocabulary's always been a little bit limited." For Solo, they spent time recording the noises of bears and other animals, including a very cute sea lion.
31. Getting Chewie muddy was a huge challenge.
"We've never done anything like this with Chewbacca before. He's always been clean, dry," says supervising animatronic designer Maria Cork. They tested different kinds of mud, including mud from the dead sea. With the mud caked on, she says, the suit weighed six or seven times as much as normal. "I was so happy when we got through that scene," says Chewie actor Joonas Suotamo.
32. L3 wasn't always a humanoid droid.
"Once upon a time, she was actually an R2 type droid, and she'd modified herself and given herself legs and arms and continued to evolve," says producer Simon Emanuel in the featurette "Becoming a Droid: L3-37." At one point in here design, she even had Leia's hair buns.
33. They used original Millennium Falcon sound effects for L3.
There's a moment in Solo when L3 hits her head and emits a unique sound. If you listen closely in A New Hope, the Millennium Falcon makes the same sound. It emphasizes even more that L3 becomes part of the Falcon after her "death" in Solo. "We wanted to have that connective tissue," says supervising sound editor Matthew Wood.
34. They had a Sabacc trainer on set.
Steven Bridges, Sabacc trainer, explains the rules of the game in the featurette "Scoundrels, Droids, Creatures and Cards: Welcome to Fort Ypso."
35. The creatures in the Sabacc scene are a combination of puppets and people in suits.
They're designed in such detail, and the puppeteers have such minute control over them, that the actors are often surprised how lifelike they are when they get into a scene with them.
36. The visual effects during the Kessel Run were practical--sort of.
"What we set out to do is make it as immersive and realistic as possible," says visual effects supervisor Rob Bredow. "The special effects department actually built this rig so it could spin, and turn, and rattle. And then Industrial Light and Magic created the media that would go around this wrap-around screen. And it was completely photorealistic, and it was high enough quality, that the camera could photograph it directly. And on set, we had multiple projectors that were all lined up, so the shots that you see on the set are actually what you see in the film. We shook the cockpit a little bit. It was basically like going on a very custom ride at Disneyland."
37. The Millennium Falcon's sound in this movie includes a "really old air conditioner."
The buttons and switches on this old hotel air conditioner had an almost musical quality, according to supervising sound editor Tim Nielsen.
By Dan Auty on Sep 24, 2018 09:21 pm
While the big draw of the first movie in the Predator franchise was seeing the now iconic alien hunter do battle with the biggest '80s action star (Arnold Schwarzenegger), there is no doubt that seeing the Predator pick off Arnie's crew was also a huge part of why the movie was such a hit. Predator's effortless blend of sci-fi, action, and horror delivered on all levels and ensured that fans looking to see some seriously gruesome killings weren't disappointed. The film was essentially a slasher movie set in the jungle, with a high-tech alien hunter instead of a masked psychopath. The films that followed may have varied wildly in quality, but they all have one thing going for them--they continued to deliver the kills. The decision to set 1990's Predator 2 in the urban jungle, namely "futuristic" Los Angeles (it's set in 1997), provided the Predator with even more victims, and its increased selection of weaponry added plenty of variety to his kills. And although the next movie, Alien vs. Predator (2004), toned down some of the violence to get a PG-13 rating, Alien vs. Predator: Requiem (2007) brought the gore levels back up and delivered some of the nastiest deaths of the franchise. The fifth movie in the series, 2010's Predators, returned to the jungle. This time it was an alien planet where a group of assorted soldiers, violent criminals, and mercenaries assembled to take on the Predators with suitably bloody results. The Predator is the latest entry in the series, and we already know that it will deliver the gory goods. In GameSpot's The Predator review, Rafael Motamayor said that "those craving an R-rated The Predator will get their money's worth, as spines get ripped out and every part of the human body is shredded to pieces at one point or another." So to celebrate the latest addition to this gore-splattered franchise hitting theaters, here's a look at the series' most gruesome death scenes.
14. Net So Fast! (Alien vs. Predator)
The first Alien vs. Predator was also the first movie in the series to carry a PG-13 rating, so the gore is somewhat toned down compared to the two previous entries. Nevertheless, there are a couple of juicy moments. Gruff mercenary Max Stafford meets an unpleasant end when a Predator fires his Netgun at him. As the net contracts painfully over his face, cutting into his flesh, the Predator seals the deal by impaling him on his Combistick.
13. Berserker Beheaded (Predators)
While the Predators do most of the killing, occasionally one of their human prey does get the upper hand. At the end of Predators, surviving heroes Royce and Isabelle manage to defeat the fearsome Berserker. After Isabelle shoots the creature, Royce grabs its axe and chops off its arm and then its head in satisfyingly juicy close-up.
12. Jesse Gets Pinned (Alien vs. Predator: Requiem)
Young love doesn't stand much of a chance when a Predator is in town. Poor Jesse might have been introduced as the romantic interest for our hero Ricky in Alien vs. Predator: Requiem, but a flying shuriken thrown by the Xenomorph-hunting Predator Wolf quickly ends that relationship. Jesse is pinned nastily to the wall while Ricky runs after Wolf, guns blazing.
11. Cooper Is Blasted (Predator)
Played by former wrestling star Jesse "The Body" Ventura, gunner Blain Cooper is the second of the elite army squad to get picked off in the first movie. He is blasted from behind as he stalks the Predator through the jungle, his chest exploding in our faces.
10. Exploding Noland (Predators)
Laurence Fishburne's role as crazy survivalist Noland in Predators is relatively small but highly memorable and he has a great death scene. His attempts to kill the movie's heroes attract the attention of the Tracker Predator, who corners Noland and blasts him with his Plasmacaster, causing his entire body to explode.
9. Like Father, Like Son (Alien vs. Predator: Requiem)
Buddy Benson and his son Sam are on a woodland hunting trip when they encounter some Facehuggers that have escaped from the crashed Predator ship. Buddy and Sam both become hosts for the Alien and get to share a gruesome simultaneous chestburst. This is particularly noteworthy for the fact that Sam is a small child, usually off limits in this type of movie.
8. Jerry Very Dead (Predator 2)
Predators like their trophies, and where possible they remove the head and attached spinal column from their victims to display proudly on the walls of their spacecraft. In Predator 2, likeable loudmouth cop Jerry (played by the late, great Bill Paxton) meets an unpleasant end when he is dragged into the sewers of LA and has his spine ripped-out. The moment itself is shot at a distance, but director Stephen Hopkins then gives us a juicy close-up of Jerry's body just to make sure we didn't miss it.
7. Mac Checks Out (Predator)
Mac (Bill Duke) manages to last more than an hour into the original Predator, but his luck runs out when he attempts to sneak up on the creature. The three glowing laser sights move from his arm to his head, which then explodes as the Predator blasts him, splattering the camera with gore.
6. Keyes Gets Cut (Predator 2)
From the moment he steps on screen in Predator 2, it's quite clear that Gary Busey's snarling Federal agent Keyes is going to meet an unpleasant end. And the movie doesn't disappoint. During a confrontation with the Predator in a meat locker, the creature throws his Smartdisc at Keyes. It slices through a row of hanging animal carcasses before it does exactly the same to Keyes, cutting him cleanly in half.
5. Jaw-Dropping! (Alien vs. Predator)
With the exception the aforementioned Netgun scene, the best deaths in Alien vs. Predator occur--unsurprisingly--during the skirmishes between Predators and Xenomorphs. In a moment that fans of both franchises must have been waiting years to see on screen, one unlucky Predator is killed when a Xenomorph smashes its extendable jaws through his Biomask and into his head, sending fluorescent brain matter flying everywhere.
4. Screaming Willy (Predator 2)
We don't actually see the moment that mystical drug lord King Willy is killed in Predator 2, but the aftermath of his death is so good it deserves a mention here. Willy is confronted by the Predator in an alleyway and prepares to fight. Cut to what seems to be Willy screaming--until the camera pulls back and we see that it's actually his severed head, being carried away by the Predator. Bad luck Willy.
3. Spine Time (Predators)
One of the most spectacularly nasty deaths in the whole series, the demise of wisecracking serial killer Stans allows us to see the Predator's spine-rip in close detail. Stans is overcome by the Berserker Predator, who reaches down and in one swift, brutal motion, wrenches his entire spinal column and skull from his body.
2. Bellybuster (Alien vs. Predator: Requiem)
It might be the worst Predator movie, but Requiem does have plenty of satisfyingly splattery moments. Perhaps the most gruesome death comes in the sequence in which the Predalien (the movie's Predator/Alien hybrid) attacks the maternity ward of a hospital. It forces Alien embryos down the throat of a heavily pregnant woman, whose belly then erupts in disgusting detail.
1. Armless Dillon (Predator)
The first Predator gave '80s action fans the glorious team-up of Arnold Schwarzenegger with another of the decade's great action icons--Apollo Creed himself, Carl Weathers. Sadly Carl, playing Colonel Al Dillon, doesn't make it to the end of the movie, but he does get its most spectacularly nasty death. Cornered by the Predator, Dillon has his arm blasted clean off--we see the severed limb drop to the ground, still firing into the trees. Luckily he has a second weapon, so while his right stump spurts blood, he spins round ready to blast his attacker. Sadly it's all too late and The Predator spears him through his chest.
By Mat Elfring on Sep 24, 2018 08:58 pm
One of the most attractive aspects of a game in the WWE 2K series is its enormous roster of playable characters, and WWE 2K19 will not be scaling things back. 2K has announced the majority of its lineup of wrestlers, and 2K19 offers a sizable plethora of superstars to choose from when the game releases on October 9, 2018. Last year's WWE 2K18 ended up with over 180 wrestlers--the largest in the history of the series to that point--and 2K19 has already comfortably topped that. Here's a detailed look at every member of the 2K19 roster. More WWE superstars were added to the roster for WWE 2K19 very recently, as 2K revealed its DLC for the upcoming game. This batch added 11 wrestlers to the game, none of which were playable in previous versions. It includes Raw superstar Bobby Lashley, and NXT superstars Lacey Evans, Ricochet, and EC3. We've also gotten to go hands-on with MyCareer and found that overall, 2K19 is fun again. During another recent roster reveal from 2K, Rusev and Lana revealed the latest WWE 2K19 playable superstars with Cesaro and Sheamus, also known as The Bar. The focus for this batch was legendary WWE wrestlers. The large reveal had a few new additions to the game, including Ted DiBiase, who has been only a manager in previous games. Additionally, fan favorites like Scott Hall, Kevin Nash, and Booker T will be included in the new game. Fans of both Daniel Bryan are going to be very happy as 2K is bringing back Showcase Mode for WWE 2K19, which follows the career of the superstar. From his first match as Bryan Danielson to his feuds with The Miz, it will be covered in the upcoming game. Among the new features are the Million Dollar Challenge, which takes place within the new Challenge Mode. Cover star AJ Styles headlines the roster, while those who pre-order will get bonus characters Ronda Rousey and Rey Mysterio. Additionally, the $130 Wooooo! Edition of the game has been announced which comes with a bunch of exclusives including a season pass, exclusive roster additions, a piece of Ric Flair's robe, early access to play, and more. This year's edition will be skipping Nintendo Switch, after last year's port featured a bevy of problems from frame rate issues to resolution dropping down to 540p, even in docked mode. However, the game will still be released in early October for Xbox One, PS4, and PC. If you're interested in pre-ordering WWE 2K19, check out our pre-order guide, with all the info about what each edition contains, where to buy it, and pricing. As release approaches, we'll keep you updated with all the newly confirmed superstars in the game, as well as a breakdown of which shows these wrestlers are from and how many new additions will be playable. You can find links to the latest updates below as well. Above, you can find every playable character we know about so far. Confirmed playable characters breakdown (so far): - Total wrestlers: 200
- New to the series: 40
- Raw superstars: 52
- Smackdown superstars: 50
- Legends: 54
- NXT superstars: 28
- 205 Live: superstars: 12
- Men's division: 159
- Women's division: 41
Jump ahead to the latest updates:
AJ Styles (Smackdown)
Cover star.
Ronda Rousey (Raw)
New to the series. Pre-order bonus character.
Rey Mysterio (Legend)
New to the series. Pre-order bonus character.
Ric Flair (Legend)
Deluxe edition contains exclusive Wrestlemania 24 attire.
Charlotte (Smackdown)
Deluxe edition contains exclusive Wrestlemania 32 attire.
Dusty Rhodes (Legend)
Deluxe edition contains '80s-inspired character.
"Macho Man" Randy Savage (Legend)
Deluxe edition contains '80s-inspired character in his Wrestlemania VIII attire.
Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat (Legend)
Deluxe edition contains '80s-inspired character.
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper (Legend)
Deluxe edition contains '80s-inspired character.
2002 Undertaker (Legend)
Deluxe edition contains the character in his 2002 Bikertaker outfit.
Daniel Bryan (Smackdown)
2K announced that the Daniel Bryan's career will be the subject of WWE 2K19's Showcase Mode. There will be 11 different models of Bryan, each with its own unique moveset and look. Additionally, GameSpot talked to Bryan about his longtime feud with WWE superstar The Miz.
Randy Orton (Smackdown)
John Cena
Kane (Smackdown)
Kofi Kingston (Smackdown)
Tyler Bate (NXT UK)
Pete Dunne (NXT UK)
Angelo Dawkins (NXT)
Braun Strowman (Raw)
Finn Balor (Raw)
Kairi Sane (NXT)
Liv Morgan (Raw)
Montez Ford (NXT)
Sarah Logan (Raw)
Ruby Riott (Raw)
The Velveteen Dream (NXT)
Adam Cole (NXT)
Akam (Raw)
Aleister Black (NXT)
Alexa Bliss (Raw)
Alicia Fox (Raw)
Apollo Crews (Raw)
Baron Corbin (Raw)
Bayley (Raw)
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Big Show (Raw)
Bo Dallas (Raw)
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Curt Hawkins (Raw)
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Dana Brooke (Raw)
Dash Wilder (Raw)
Dean Ambrose (Raw)
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Drew McIntyre (Raw)
Elias (Raw)
Sasha Banks (Raw)
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Fandango (Raw)
Goldust (Raw)
Heath Slater (Raw)
Jason Jordan (Raw)
Jinder Mahal (Raw)
Johnny Gargano (NXT)
Kassius Ohno (NXT)
Kevin Owens (Raw)
Konnor (Raw)
Lana (Smackdown)
Lars Sullivan (NXT)
Matt Hardy (Raw)
Mickie James (Raw)
Mojo Rawley (Raw)
Natalya (Raw)
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Nick Miller (NXT)
No Way Jose (Raw)
Oney Lorcan (NXT)
Otis Dozovic (NXT)
Rezar (Raw)
Titus O'Neil (Raw)
Rhyno (Raw)
Roderick Strong (NXT)
Roman Reigns (Raw)
Rusev (Smackdown)
Sami Zayn (Raw)
Scott Dawson (Raw)
Seth Rollins (Raw)
Shane Thorne (NXT)
Shayna Baszler (NXT)
Triple H
Tucker Knight (NXT)
Tyler Breeze (Raw)
Viktor (Raw)
Zack Ryder (Raw)
Kyle O'Reilly (NXT)
Aiden English (Smackdown)
Akira Tozawa (205 Live)
Alexander Wolfe (Smackdown)
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Ariya Daivari (205 Live)
Asuka (Smackdown)
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Big E (Smackdown)
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Carmella (Smackdown)
Cedric Alexander (205 Live)
Cesaro (Smackdown)
Chris Jericho (Legend)
Drew Gulak (205 Live)
Epico Colon (Smackdown)
Eric Young (Smackdown)
Gran Metalik (205 Live)
Harper (Smackdown)
Hideo Itami (205 Live)
Jack Gallagher (205 Live)
Jeff Hardy (Smackdown)
Jey Uso (Smackdown)
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Kalisto (205 Live)
Karl Anderson (Smackdown)
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Lince Dorado (205 Live)
Luke Gallows (Smackdown)
Mandy Rose (Smackdown)
Maryse (Smackdown)
The Miz (Smackdown)
Mustafa Ali (205 Live)
Naomi (Smackdown)
Nikki Bella (Smackdown)
Noam Dar (205 Live)
Paige (Smackdown)
Peyton Royce (Smackdown)
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Rowan (Smackdown)
R-Truth (Smackdown)
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Sheamus (Smackdown)
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TJP (Smackdown)
Tony Nese (205 Live)
Tye Dillinger (Smackdown)
Xavier Woods (Smackdown)
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Andre The Giant (Legend)
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Batista (Legend)
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Big Boss Man (Legend)
Booker T (Legend)
Bret "Hit Man" Hart (Legend)
British Bulldog (Legend)
Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake (Legend)
Christian (Legend)
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By Michael Rougeau on Sep 24, 2018 06:30 pm
Aquaman spoilers ahead!
It was exciting enough to get a brief glimpse of Aquaman at Comic-Con this year, so you can imagine how it felt when we got an invitation to join director James Wan in the edit bay on the Warner Bros. lot in Burbank, California recently. During the post production process, Wan--most famous for horror movies like The Conjuring, Saw, and Insidious--worked hard to make Aquaman the best movie he possibly could, as puzzle pieces like visual effects, music, and more fell into place. It was during that process that we got to sit down and chat with Wan--and view some of the more finished scenes in the movie. Those scenes included the movie's opening, an extended fight scene between Arthur Curry/Aquaman (Jason Momoa) and King Orm (Patrick Wilson), and more. If you don't want to know anything about Aquaman's plot, stop reading now! Based on the footage we saw, it's safe to say Aquaman's first act will focus on Queen Atlanta (Nicole Kidman) and Thomas Curry (Temuera Morrison). Their romance will set the stage for the rest of the movie, from Aquaman and Mera's (Amber Heard) own relationship to the hero's deep seated feeling that he doesn't belong in either world, under the sea or on land. The movie won't skimp on action, either--there's an intense fight scene in which Nicole Kidman shows what Queen Atlanta is capable of as she defends Thomas and the young Arthur from Atlantean soldiers. Later in the movie, Arthur will head down to Atlantis to claim what he sees as his birthright: the throne. That involves a ritualistic duel with King Orm (Patrick Wilson)--a battle to the death in a gigantic underwater arena with what seems like all of Atlanta looking on (we've caught glimpses of this scene in the trailer). The fight shows off some impressive underwater choreography, but it's not all serious--there's even an octopus drummer, which borders on Flintstones levels of camp, but somehow seems to work. In between scenes, we got the opportunity to ask Wan whatever we wanted about the actors, the story, and the many challenges of adapting Aquaman to the big screen. Click ahead to read what he had to say on a variety of topics, from including Aquaman's classic orange and green costume to the movie's comparatively light tone. Aquaman hits theaters December 14.
1. Adapting the classic Aquaman costume
"The key was to try and take that classic outfit and make sure it's not goofy, make sure it's not cheesy. We associate so much of the cheese of the character with the Super Friends cartoon that we're familiar with, and the look of it, but that's also what kind of makes him really cool. For us the key was kind of like taking that idea and making sure that that aesthetic fits with the look of what Atlantis is today and what Atlantis was back then. And you know, just trying to do it justice, but do it in a way that potentially wink at the classic old costume but kind of bringing a modern sensibility to it."
2. Giving Aquaman a sense of humor, rather than making him the butt of the joke
"I think it was important very early on when I met with Jason Momoa, and just seeing how likable the guy actually is in person, you know, how charismatic and how funny and goofy he is, and right off the start I just wanted to bring a lot of his own personality into this character. I didn't want to make a whole movie where he's heavy and moody and stuff like that. That's not the movie I wanted to make. So you know, just digging into Jason and getting that out of him was very important. And his personality plays really strongly throughout this whole film, you know. I really wanted to lean into who he is and make this character kind of synonymous to him."
3. Leaning into the kookiness of a guy who talks to fish
"A lot of the humor definitely comes from what [Jason Momoa] is like, and then also, literally the sort of fish out of water aspect of it--like when he is in the world of Atlantis, he's a fish out of water, but when Mera and he are on land, Mera's the one who's a fish out of water, and so from that you can find humorous things to play up. I said from day one when I joined this project that I wanted to make a fun movie, and I just feel like you've gotta lean into the kookiness of it all, right? A guy who talks to fish, that's his power--and just kind of embrace that. And just don't be embarrassed of it."
4. Establishing Atlantis
"I definitely got to create a massive world [with Atlantis]....the different kingdoms, the different worlds, the machines that drive the world, their [transportation], the animals that live in this world, and all that stuff. I've never made a movie that is so heavily designed to this extent, and it was really awesome just being able to come up with really interesting things and just run with it."
5. Mixing wonder and horror
"The great thing about adapting something like this is years and years and decades worth of amazing source material to pull from, but from that obviously I want to take what people think is funny, take what people think is special about the world, and bring it into this movie, and filter it through my own sensibility. So of course we're going to see creatures in there that are scary, and that's what I love about this movie, is it really allows me to kind of lean into how most people feel about the ocean, which is it's amazing and wondrous and magical on one hand, but on the other hand it's scary and frightening and so unknown and so undiscovered yet, right? And so I think those two elements--the magic and wonder, and the unknown sort of potentially scary aspect of it--really go hand in hand, and I really wanted to touch on those two worlds in my world creation."
6. Does Aquaman talk to fish?
"Spoiler, you guys!" [According to some people, "it's complicated."]
7. The opening scenes
"It's the story of how mom and dad meet each other. It's Nicole Kidman and Temuera Morrison, and I think it's important because as much as the movie is a sort of romantic love story between Arthur and Mera, it's also very much a love story between mom and dad and how their love for each other created Arthur Curry. And I think that's important because the emotion of this opening prologue basically sets up the emotional backbone for the rest of the movie and how it informs Arthur's journey."
8. Nicole Kidman playing the queen of Atlantis
"Nicole and I have been wanting to work together for a while now, and so when this project came along, it just felt like I've gotta give Nicole a shot. There's no one more perfect to play the queen of Atlantis than Nicole Kidman. She literally was at the top of my list. And you know, luckily we were able to get her to come play with us. And she's fantastic, you know, she's such a great actress, and the gravitas and emotion she brings to the film is just so valuable."
9. Nicole Kidman kicking ass
"I've always wanted to see Nicole in a kick ass role as well, just beating everyone up. She really enjoyed all that stuff, and you know, that sequence with her [in the first act] was a really hard sequence to shoot because it's a one take shot, the character jumping, flipping, and all that, and the way we did it was we removed the ceiling of the set, and we had a spider cam on wires zip all over the set, from one character to another, and the character goes around beating up all the soldiers. It was very technically challenging to try to get all that done, but I just thought it was a great way to show how strong her character is, but without sort of cutting it up. And it was actually a really fun thing to shoot. It took two days to shoot that shot, many takes."
10. Shooting the action
"Generally most action movies are cut pretty quickly, you know, for pace and stuff like that, and for me it's always kind of nice to just let a really detailed action moment play out in one shot without editing, and letting the audience just sort of soak it all in, examine all the little details, all the nuances in the moment, and--just as important--just basically showing the lay of the land, literally the geography of the land, and giving the audience an understanding of where they are as the action plays out. And it's something that I've done in my horror films, and it's the same mentality that I have in this--you know, if you kind of lay it out for the audience, they have a good sense of where things are, and it helps with confusion; therefore I can do more interesting things with the camera work and all that, because they always know where they are."
11. How important Queen Atlanta is to Arthur's story
"She is super important, like I said, the love story between her and dad is the emotional backbone for the movie, and how it informs Arthur's character and his journey and sort of his bitter outlook on the world of Atlantis. He blames them for something that happens to her, and it shapes his point of view."
12. Introducing Atlanta to fans who aren't familiar with the character
"The most important thing--I've said this many times, and it's something that I truly believe in--it's not just a love story between Arthur and Mera, it's a love story of mom and dad, and how even though they have nothing in common, so to speak--she's the queen of Atlantis, and he's a lighthouse keeper, a surface dweller--but the love that they have for each other is what creates this boy that will grow up to become Aquaman. And I think that's super important, and I needed that, and yes, I took a lot of inspiration from the New 52, but the mother character was always super integral to the story I wanted to tell because like I said, she's who helped shape the father character and the story."
13. Focusing on the romance
"Atlanta tells Tom that 'One day I'll be back, and just wait for me here,' and every day dad, for the next 20, 30 years of his life, he gets up every morning and goes to the end of the dock just hoping she will come back. And I love that because it really plays into the bittersweet romantic nature of it, and this movie at the end of the day is a very classic action adventure, like a romance, it's a very classic romance adventure story. It's first and foremost that, I think, more than it is a superhero story."
14. Jason Momoa being a biracial actor and the relevance to the character
"I think we do touch on it pretty strongly, without necessarily being too on the nose, so to speak. I think it's very evident that it's almost like a forbidden love, so to speak, and it really is definitely very relevant to the times that we live in. It really is about two different races coming together, and through that creating this guy, and that's why Momoa's character starts off in the movie not quite feeling like he fits in. He doesn't feel like he fits in on the surface world, or in the underwater world, and that's something that Jason has always felt growing up, as a guy who's part Polynesian--part Hawaiian--and part white American as well, so he's always felt like he didn't quite belong when he was in Hawaii, and he didn't quite belong when he was in the Midwest growing up. "I think that's super important. I think that is definitely something that I'm aware of, the importance of that, and I definitely felt like I lean into that and I think the movie touches on that. But at the end of the day the movie touches on the theme of family and love, and how it doesn't really matter where you're from, you are who you are, and what his character learns--he starts off going, 'I'm nothing, because I'm neither here nor there,' but what he ends up understanding through the help of Mera is he's the best of both worlds. That's not a detrimental thing. He's the best of both worlds, he's the bridge between two worlds, and because of that he is a better person and that is what makes him who he is."
15. Why Arthur goes to Atlantis
"As you guys have seen in the trailer, we know the brother [Orm] is trying to do something bad, and Arthur is there to try and stop his brother, and the only way he can stop his brother is in this--basically this ancient sort of ritualistic combat. It's an ancient practice, but the brother is basically saying, 'Yeah, you're the first born son to the throne, technically it's yours, but you have to prove to the people of Atlantis that you have what it takes, and so you have to take it from me if you want it.'"
16. Crafting the underwater scenes
"The first thing we actually did was just making sure the actors were physically up to shape, training them every day. We had a trainer on them that just worked with them physically, just because knowing how difficult those rigs and the wire work was going to be, I just wanted to make sure that they were able to put up with that. It's not very comfortable, especially when you're someone as big as Jason Momoa, right? Especially because he's a guy as well--all the weight that goes around the crotch region is not the most comfortable. And so we do that with the actors, get them trained early on, so that they understand what they're getting themselves into when we get around to shooting it. "But then working closely with the stunt department, literally laying out the action first on dry land, laying out the choreography, dialing all that in. Once I felt like it had the right shape to it, then we now start thinking 'How do we now apply this to an underwater sort of environment where gravity obviously plays very differently?' So now we start introducing wire work into it, introducing rigging devices and stuff like that, and constantly challenging the stunt department, and I've got an amazing stunt crew that just come up with really awesome stuff, especially all the swimming stuff. "And so we had the swimming rig--it was already designed--so now we had to apply the swimming rig into a fighting scenario, and so we would do that and of course the final stage is we would cut that together and then visual effects come in and help us take that to a whole completely different level, you know, and working with the stunt performers and the actors and doing a lot of motion capture as well, so that I can revisit a lot of the stunts. I can create it in a digital space, and I can put the camera anywhere I want and recreate the stunt again."
17. Was anything shot under actual water?
"No. It's all 'dry for wet.' It's very difficult trying to simulate the look of weightlessness that you would get underwater, but we did tons of R&D early on of how people would move underwater. We built props, we built sets, and we submerged everything underwater, and we did tons of study just to see what things would look like, and then ultimately what we realized is, what we can do underwater was still very much limited by what we're capable of doing, because we're normal human beings, we're not Altanteans, right? And these guys obviously move very differently in that space. To them they're basically like superheroes, but for us, we swim slowly. And so we had to apply a very different sort of thinking."
18. Atlantean water vomit
"Just from a practical standpoint, people have asked me, 'When they talk, do bubbles come out of their mouths?' And I'm like, 'No, because there's no air in your lungs, there wouldn't be any bubbles, right?' So then, in that sequence, where you saw Mera open up this air pocket to suck Orm away from Arthur to help him out, when he lands in it, the first thing he does is he pukes out all the water that's in his lungs. That's the first step. We were thinking about all these little details, and then when he's screaming, we want bubbles coming out of his mouth, because now there's actually air in his lungs."
19. Atlantean caste system
"In our story, Atlanteans, because they were surface dwellers at one point, they evolved slightly different, so we kind of used that to differentiate a sort of caste system. Like the highborns kind of evolved slightly different to the people that are lower than them."
20. The music
"The scoring is one of the things that you get, like the visual effects, you go all the way to the very end, you don't get it very early on, just because everything's still a work in progress. And constantly, you know, when we change our edits and tweak stuff, whatever the score is before, [the composer] has to keep changing it. So it's a bit of a process. But you know, it was very important for me to give him his hero score, which you kind of need, but finding the emotional score was very important as well--finding the emotional stuff that would be peppered throughout the film--and then of course the love theme between Arthur and Mera as well."
21. The movie's environmental message
"I just don't think you can make a movie about a water hero and not kind of touch upon all the pollution that we do as surface dwellers, and that plays a big part into why King Orm is so pissed off with the humans on the surface world, and it just felt like it's something that I think just give the movie a bit more relevance, as well. And I think even in the comic books they touch on a lot of those elements as well, and I just think it kind of grounds the film with a message that we can all kind of relate to...I think that's one of the cool things, is how Atlanteans actually have a lot of respect for the planet, and definitely we touch on it a little bit here, but we kind of want to be careful with it being too on the nose. But it definitely is something I was very mindful of, and I wanted to go there."
22. Making the villain relatable
"In a lot of ways you kind of sympathize with what the bad guy is doing, and how he is sick and tired with the crap and the disrespect we have for the planet...I think it's important [to make the villain relatable], someone that you can kind of understand why he's doing what he's doing, as opposed to like a James Bond villain I guess."
23. Creating the tribes of Atlantis
"Arthur and Mera's journey takes them to these different kingdoms and all that, so what it does for me is it allows me to create the world that I'm going for here, just create the different look of the different kingdoms, and the coolest thing about that is I get to create this sort of fantastical world--it's not in another dimension, it's not in outer space, it's right here on our planet. And that's what's so cool about it, is it's not in Middle Earth, it's here on our planet, and so I get to kind of play into the design aspect of it that I really love and wanted to embrace. "And the other thing it allows me to do as well, is it allows my lead hero to see the different kingdoms, and seeing the different kingdoms and seeing how different people live kind of then informed what kind of king he should eventually be. So there's also a character arc purpose to it, besides us showing cool locations. And I think it kind of allows me to kill two birds with one stone and it allows us to go on this really fun adventure journey story, but all of it takes place here on earth."
24. A lighter tone than previous DCEU movies
"I don't think making an Aquaman movie can be any other tone than this, right? In pop culture, he's known as the lamest superhero. And so you've gotta lean into that. You've gotta play into that. You've gotta have fun with it, right? Like, yes, he rides seahorses, but in our movie, it's a different kind of--you wouldn't be laughing at a seahorse like that. And so I think I just wanted to embrace what people think is goofy and potentially campy about this world, and really make it fun and adventurous in a cool way. And definitely from day one I've always said that the inspiration for me in a really big way was Romancing the Stone, and it kind of has a bit of that flavor, and in a lot of ways I went into this film not necessarily wanting to make a superhero movie, but wanting to make an action adventure fantasy movie."
25. How much freedom do you have with a movie that has so much preceding it?
"It was very important for me early on to be allowed to make my own film and to have my own voice be in there. After Furious 7 and Conjuring 2, I didn't want to be a director for hire. After Furious 7 that's kind of who I was to some degree, but after that, I don't want to be that guy again. And so it was very important for me to be able to bring my own stamp, my own visual aesthetic, create the characters, so even though Jason has already somewhat been established in Justice League, I wanted to bring his character into this basically fresh in a lot of ways. And so it was important for me to kind of obviously pay respect to where he was left off in [Justice League], but then allow me the freedom to take him where I want to take him at the end of the movie. And so my hero goes on this hero's journey to become someone very different than where he started, and that was something that was very important for me, with the movie I wanted to make, that I was allowed that freedom to do that."
26. Aquaman flying solo
"The good thing about not necessarily involving the other characters [from Justice League] is I can kind of do whatever I want in this story, in this world, and not be beholden to what someone else is making--and vice versa, not have someone else being beholden to what I'm doing. What I'm doing is very circular to the world of Aquaman."
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