Handsome Jack is one of the most acclaimed and beloved villains around, and his debut in Borderlands 2 cemented his place in fans' minds even before he came back for Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel.
However, Jack dies in Borderlands 2, and while he is seen in Tales from the Borderlands, it's in hologram form. Now, Borderlands 3 developer Gearbox says Handsome Jack will return in the upcoming threequel, in some capacity.
"Handsome Jack is dead," confirmed the studio's narrative managing producer, Randy Varnell, in an interview with GameSpot. "He's such a big character in our universe though. There's always going to be some stuff--there may be a side mission or something and then we mention him a few times. It's so hard to get away from that impact. But you're not ever going to see Handsome Jack come back as a character.
"But it was a hard decision. Because he's such a great villain. But when we were looking at coming up with new villains for Borderlands 3... we've got a lot of Jack--if you like Handsome Jack, you're in luck because there's a lot of existing content where you can play and enjoy him. He's too important to the universe to never mention him again. But we wanted to be sure that the Calypso twins, the new villains, can stand on their own."
If you'd like to see Borderlands 3 in action, you can watch the gameplay reveal stream here. We've also put together a preview on what it's like to play the game solo (spoilers: it's surprisingly good.)
It's been over four years since Gearbox Software last released a Borderlands title and, in that time, the first-person shooter genre has changed in many ways. Similarly, what players expect from a shooter has evolved. For Borderlands 3, Gearbox Software seems to have kept the changing times in mind, as it has showcased a number of gameplay mechanics that draw inspiration from the likes of Titanfall 2 and Apex Legends, among other shooters.
During its gameplay reveal stream--which you can watch here--Gearbox revealed that one of the notable gameplay additions made for Borderlands 3 is the ability to slide while sprinting and also climb up ledges so that elevated surfaces become reachable. Numerous games have used similar mechanics, but it's perhaps most closely linked to Respawn Entertainment's Titanfall, Titanfall 2, and Apex Legends.
Based on our experiences with Borderlands 3, we noticed that these traversal abilities look and behave a lot like they do in Titanfall 2. However, since you don't get the little extra jump jet boosts, they are perhaps more comparable to Apex Legends, Respawn's battle royale title.
The need to make Borderlands 3 feel like a modern shooter was something that Gearbox paid special consideration to, and director Paul Sage cites Titanfall 2 as one of the game's inspirations.
"We've got to hit that mark of making this feel this good, making it feel like a modern shooter," Sage told GameSpot. And so even though it seems really simple when you're talking about, 'Hey, how fast can I move my controller?' Or, 'How much ... will it actually just kind of slow down when I'm moving across a target?' All of those things take time to really tune and get right to make it feel like a modern shooter. So there are definitely things that I would say are inspiration from like all shooters.
"One of my favorite games from, what was it three years ago, is Titanfall 2. Dude, I love that game. And I thought the shooting was just fantastic. And so, yeah, I think there's inspiration we take from all the games we're fans of, because we're all gamers and I think that's true of the entire industry. I hope it is."
Somewhere between the sassy robots and trillions of guns, Borderlands has built a respectably complex world. A big part of that are the Sirens, super-powered women given mysterious tattoos and powers. Gearbox's narrative managing producer Randy Varnell promises they'll play a major role in Borderlands 3 as well.
"The Sirens are a very, very important theme of this game," Varnell told GameSpot. "You've got Lilith, you've seen Maya returning, and we know Amara, the brand new playable Siren, is there. The villain of Borderlands [Commandant Steele] is dead. She's dead dead. She's gone. Angel is dead dead. She's gone. There's three more [Sirens] unaccounted for."
In Borderlands lore, only six Sirens can exist in the universe at any given time. Between Lilith, Maya, and Amara--all playable characters in the main games--we know about three of them. Steele and Angel took two of the additional spots, but Varnell's comments suggest that when one Siren dies, another appears somewhere in the universe. That would mean there are two more relatively new Sirens, and one remaining that may have been a Siren for quite a while now.
"I would just say for all the fans out there: we are absolutely sticking to that canonical lore," Varnell continued. "There are only six Sirens in the universe at any one time. And in this game, we'll delve a little bit more into how all that happens and what's going on, and we'll ask some interesting questions. I don't want to spoil anything because there's so much fun to be had there."
Borderlands 3 releases on September 13 for PC via the Epic Store, PS4, and Xbox One. If you're still on the fence about who you might want to claim as your class, read up on all we know about the four playable characters. Check out our pre-order guide for more details.
Gearbox showed off Borderlands 3 gameplay during a stream, which you can watch here. One of the things showcased was the unique skill trees, something that we found really helps improve the solo experience. Read more about that in our Borderlands 3 gameplay hands-on preview.
Borderlands 3 might be bringing back Handsome Jack in some way, but he's not the game's main villain. That title belongs to a duo named the Calypso twins, who developer Gearbox says are based on "really, really annoying" streamers.
In an interview with GameSpot, the studio's narrative managing producer, Randy Varnell, explained more about the evil pair: "We all know those streamers who are really, really annoying and think very, very highly of themselves--and we just took that to the next level. Imagine if they became malicious, evil people who suddenly wanted to take all the bandits and turned them into their own personality--[what if] they militarized their following?
"We stylized [the Calypso Twins] like Handsome Jack. At the time Handsome Jack came out, memes were just starting to get popular and Handsome Jack [embodied] that. Now, looking at the culture--how we play and consume and enjoy games together with social media and streaming--we wanted villains and topics that were a little bit more relevant to this release. So [the twins] definitely delve into that."
By Anonymous on May 01, 2019 11:30 pm Here is a full hour of our first hands-on with Borderlands 3. We play as Amara, the new Siren class, visit the new planet of Promethea, see some familiar faces, and shoot lots of guns.
Gearbox has shared a ton of new details about Borderlands 3 in its big gameplay reveal event. One of the things we already knew about the game is that its story begins on Pandora, the planet that has served as the setting for all of the previous Borderlands titles, but it turns out that wasn't always the case.
Gearbox managing producer of narrative Randy Varnell revealed to GameSpot that Borderlands 3 was initially set on a different planet. "In fact, the very, very early versions of the story did not start on Pandora. Initially, we started right in [Promethea] because, like, we're going to other planets!" Varnell said. "We want to shock people. But in our early testing, what we found out was that it really was too much of a 'I don't know where I am,' 'I don't know how to feel about this,' 'It doesn't feel like Borderlands,' 'Stranger danger!' You know, all that.
"And so we went back and looked at it and said, you know what, the Calypso Twins have unified the bandit clans and created a Pandora state. Starting there and just starting on Pandora and with Claptrap, there's something about that comfortable familiarity there that I think is really important in creating a franchise moment for [the game]. So we let you earn your shift off of Pandora and get to the other places. And so far it seems that experience has been very, very positive for our first play testers and focus groups. We definitely wanted to get, we wanted to get to the new brand new stuff sooner, but we found out that starting with a little familiarity and having you be the one that gets to play your way to the ship and have that take off moment [is] very special."
As for how many different planets players will be able to go to in Borderlands 3, Gearbox isn't ready to say just yet. "Uh, several, several," Varnell teased. "We aren't talking specific numbers today. We certainly talked about Pandora and Promethea today, and you've seen some very teasy screenshots and some other places that are on other planets [in trailers]. I won't name them or enumerate them for you yet. But there are multiple planets that you can visit, multiple other locations that you can travel to and see. So you are in control of some galaxy hopping."
Wednesday's livestream event also gave us a look at the first live gameplay of Borderlands 3. Among other things, the developer showed off a few new traversal tools at players' disposal, such as the ability to sprint-slide or climb up ledges. Gearbox also confirmed that, unlike previous installments, Borderlands 3 is being developed on Unreal Engine 4.
Every one of the mainline Borderlands games can be played solo or with a team, but Borderlands 3 is the first to actually make the former playstyle worthwhile. The newest entry to the Borderlands franchise gives you more agency over how your Vault Hunter evolves than ever before, allowing you to better construct a character for a solo run through the campaign.
Like in Borderlands, Borderlands 2, and Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel, each playable Vault Hunter in Borderlands 3 has three skill trees, each of which contains distinct abilities and perks. That's really where the similarities end, though. In the first three games, every Vault Hunter unlocked a unique ability first, and then all three skill trees built upon this ability. In Borderlands 2, for example, Maya the Siren unlocks Phase Lock which allows her to trap an enemy in place for several seconds. This skill can be used for defensive crowd control by unlocking her Motion skill tree, supportive healing by going for her Harmony tree, or offensive elemental damage with her Cataclysm tree.
Despite these three differences, though, it doesn't fundamentally change how Maya plays. Because she always has to unlock Phase Lock first, and since all her skills build on this one ability, Maya is mostly a support character. Her Phase Lock can be used as a powerful damage dealer, but it doesn't change that Maya's purpose on the battlefield is to always disrupt the movements of the most powerful enemy so that she and her teammates can focus on the small fry or more easily pool their resources into taking down one central threat. Mordecai, Zer0, Lilith, and all the other Vault Hunters from every Borderlands game we've gotten so far fall into this same trap. With all of their trees focused on one particular ability, they all end up in one class and always carry the strengths and weaknesses that such a class entails. This is great for when you're playing as part of a team where everyone needs a role and squadmates can account for any weaknesses you might have, but it also makes certain Vault Hunters much harder to play with if you're going it alone.
Borderlands 3 abandons this format, and it's for the better. Instead of having one unique ability that all three skill trees build upon, Borderlands 3's Vault Hunters have three distinct abilities--one for each of their three trees--and then one unique trait that separates them from the other characters. So the three skill trees of each Vault Hunter in Borderlands 3 are built around different abilities, allowing each one to have three distinct playstyles.
"I'm really proud [of] the four [Vault Hunters'] trees--the way you configure them and what you do--are very, very different than what we were able to do in Borderlands 2, which was even a big leap on what we did in Borderlands 1," Gearbox managing producer of narrative Randy Varnell said. "[Before] it was mostly one action skill with just some numerical changes."
Amara, the playable Siren in Borderlands 3, for example, can unlock Phasegrasp as her action skill in the Fist of the Elemental skill tree, which allows her to lock enemies in place like Borderlands 2's Maya. The tree is also filled with many of the supportive powers that Maya has. However, Amara can unlock Phaseslam in her Brawler skill tree if you prefer, which sends her careening down on enemies with deadly force and leads her down a path of close-quarters combat. Finally, Amara can unlock Phasecast in her Mystical Assassin skill tree, which transforms her into a long-range fighter that can fire immense elemental blasts from a distance.
Because each of Borderlands 3's Vault Hunter's skill trees are so distinct, it's actually beneficial to unlock passive abilities in each one. Borderlands 3 allows you to create custom loadouts and switch between which active skill you have equipped on the fly. So if you're playing with Amara and you have Phasegrasp equipped, but you're about to enter an enclosed enemy base, you can switch over to Phaseslam if you have both skills unlocked. Having multiple active skills unlocked also motivates you to earn the abilities in their respective trees, which encourages you to create your very own Vault Hunter. For example, you might want the destructive powers of Amara's Phasecast, but you don't want to be a glass cannon so you can unlock some of the supportive and close-combat passives in her other two trees. And since you can create your Vault Hunter to fill whatever role you want, choosing a character does not lock you into one specific playstyle, which in turn makes it much easier to play by yourself if you want to.
"[Skill trees are] a little bit more tweaky than Borderlands 2 wise--you can do more with it," Varnell said. "I would say that Amara is a great example of the fairly straight forward, I mean she's a Siren. She likes to get close to the fight... So she's a really great one to start with."
Which isn't to say that your choice of Vault Hunter is arbitrary. Far from it. Each characters' unique trait means you get very different experiences with each one. "If you look at Amara, Amara has an extra skill for her elements," Borderlands 3 game director Paul Sage said. "And so [with her] you can decide what elements are going to be modified. So each character kind of has that, that very special, unique thing. So Amara has her action skills she can equip, she has augments she can put in them, and then she has an elemental change she [can apply]. But, [the others] like Zane are very different.
"For Zane, you can [equip] a second action skill but you actually give up your grenade to do that," Varnell said. "So you have to think about how your action skills can work together and how you augment them and how you spec them out and really to get the most of that if you're going to give up grenade play. What we found in our playtesting is that Zane really, really, really appeals to the min-max type of people who want to get that advanced game play…. [He's] really a numbers play at the end while Amara, she's just about energy and fun."
When I was playing with Zane, for example, I equipped both his Digi-Clone (a holographic decoy that shoots enemies and that Zane can switch places with) and SNTNL (an automated drone that tracks down and kills enemies) to make a character that survived by constantly teleporting around the battlefield and bamboozling his targets by hitting them from multiple directions at once.
"I think we're gonna see a lot of cool builds and build comparisons and play styles," Varnell continued. "I think [Borderlands 3] is the coolest Borderlands we've done so far in regards to what you can do with the build and what you can do to find a different type of play style. And once you start interweaving that with co-op play, it gets crazy."
Once you do decide to pick up co-op play, Borderlands 3 doesn't punish you and your friends for being vastly different levels like previous Borderlands games do. Both enemies and loot scale when you are playing in a party, so you no longer have to wait for your friends to catch up to your level or grind to keep up with them. You'll each find loot appropriate to your respective levels and both damage received and dealt will scale. High-level players don't dominate and low-level players don't get squashed.
All in all, from what we've seen, Borderlands 3 feels like the first in its franchise to truly give solo players a chance at enjoying the game how they want to and at whatever pace they desire. You're not punished for playing by yourself and possibly out-leveling your friends, and you have greater control over how your chosen Vault Hunter's abilities evolve. We still have to wait and see the skill trees for Moze the Gunner and FL4K the Beastmaster before signing off on all of Borderlands 3's Vault Hunters, but the first two have already confirmed that Gearbox's upcoming game changes the series' skill tree feature for the better.
Borderlands 3 is scheduled to release for Xbox One, PS4, and PC on September 13.
A new month means new PS4 freebies for PlayStation Plus, and while Sony's premium subscription service has had some rough patches recently--the free monthly giveaways stopped including PS3 and Vita titles in March, and April's two PS4 offerings weren't particularly exciting--May is bringing some exciting titles to the table. May's free PS Plus games are Overcooked and What Remains of Edith Finch, and if you don't already own these excellent titles, you'll definitely want to grab them when they become available May 7.
Overcooked is a co-op party game where you and up to three friends work together in a kitchen to prepare meals--sounds simple and wholesome, right? Now throw in kitchen fires, shifting floors, mischievous mice that steal your food, and an accelerating warning beep that signals you have only seconds to grab your food before it burns. Overcooked is a stressful ride that may or may not ruin your friendships, but it's also thrilling and makes you feel truly accomplished when you clear a level with high stars. The game earned an 8/10 in GameSpot's Overcooked review:
"Overcooked contains all the necessary ingredients for a truly excellent co-op game," wrote critic Scott Butterworth. "Stress is always balanced out by feelings of accomplishment and progression, and its gameplay requires a mix of smart planning, consistent communication, and some level of dexterity to execute plans effectively."
Fans of story-driven games will be pleased to see What Remains of Edith Finch in May's PS Plus lineup. The visually stunning game is rooted in exploration and story, and it's suspenseful without stretching into horror, like indie classic Gone Home. The story follows Edith as she returns to her family home where three generations of relatives have perished in various tragic accidents. The game made our top 10 list back in 2017 and earned a 9/10 in GameSpot's What Remains of Edith Finch review.
"Developer Giant Sparrow managed to strike the delicate balance between joy and sorrow in 2012's The Unfinished Swan, but What Remains of Edith Finch transcends even the latent sadness of that game, finding the beauty--even sometimes the fun--in what's always fundamentally a tragedy. It's not often that a game's plot slips past the bitterness of grief to finally get to the acceptance, but that's the triumph in What Remains of Edith Finch," wrote critic Justin Clark.
Because May starts on a Wednesday this year (and PS Plus games always become available on the first Tuesday of the month), April's free games are still available for one more week, so be sure to grab The Surge and Conan Exiles before May 7 if you're interested in owning those games.
Alright, take a deep breath, we're going to take a close look at that final fight--you know, the one with about four thousand characters all running around playing keep-away with the new Infinity Gauntlet? During the chaos, the Gauntlet changes hands a few times. It goes from Clint, who pulls it from the wreckage of the compound, to T'challa, who makes a run for it but is stopped by Ebony Maw. From the Maw, Peter Parker picks it up and finally, it lands in Carol Danvers' hands. With Carol finally ready to make the run to the quantum tunnel van (though we're not entirely sure what she was planning to do once she got there), she's suddenly surrounded by an all-star lineup of most of the MCU's major female heroes.
It's a goosebumps-inducing scene: A shaken Spider-Man asks Carol how she plans to get the Gauntlet through the mass of ravenous Outriders just in time for Wanda and Okoye to assure him, "Don't worry, she's got help," as Valkyrie, Pepper Potts, Mantis, and Shuri set up to form a little impromptu squad.
From there, we get a few moments of Valkyrie swooping around on her pegasus, Pepper blasting things with her repulsors, and Carol rocketing through aliens like they're paper dolls. All told, it's a pretty epic moment in a fight that is packed to the gills with epic moments--but what it implies is a lot bigger than the battle itself.
The (potential) pay off
It's no secret that the core six Avengers have finished their time in the spotlight. Can some of them pop up in the future to help out? Sure, but the original team itself is never going to reform to take down another major threat. It's time for the MCU to get a new central team. And the ladies of Marvel are a pretty likely contender, thanks in part to their comic book history.
Sort of, at least. This particular moment and line up isn't directly pulled from any one particular all-female team in Marvel's history, but it does invoke the spirit of one. The A-Force, a relatively recent addition to the Marvel Comics universe, is a team made up of heroes like She-Hulk, Captain Marvel, Dazzler, and Jane Foster as Thor among others. They formed in the wake of a major crisis and were immediately tossed into the deep end, dealing with cosmic forces and potentially universe-ending stakes as they attempted to figure out the ins and outs of their new team dynamic.
Of course the A-Force isn't Marvel's only all-female hero squad, but they're definitely the most modern, which may actually be an asset more than a detriment. Because they're so new, the MCU would essentially have carte blanche in terms of lineups and motivations--no pesky history to duck and weave around and no source material to feel beholden to. The MCU's version of the team could really wind up including anyone--even the women who weren't present for the big moment during the fight, like Gamora and Nebula--with Carol as their figurehead and leader calling the shots.
Intentionally or otherwise, the bulk of Marvel's surviving female heroes all have cosmic origins of some kind--even Wanda, a human, was empowered by the Reality Stone. Pepper Potts likely won't have a major role in the upcoming phase--not only has Gwyneth Paltrow been open about splitting from Marvel, Pepper is a single mom now with more important things to worry about than galavanting around, risking her life. She certainly has the option to go to space in her Rescue suit, though, so never say never. The A-Force could be not only Earth's next line of defense, but the team who patrols the galaxy as a whole.
Because, really, let's face it: The Guardians probably aren't going to stop screwing that up any time soon.
Our image of just what Phase 4 will look like is still mysterious--there has been no announcement of an all-female team on the horizon, sure, but there also has been no announcement of any new team based movies so far. It's definitely possible that we simply won't get any more major group efforts for the foreseeable future, but with Black Widow allegedly still in development alongside more mysterious efforts like Shang-Chi and The Eternals, it's safe to say anything is possible. And with the core six Avengers out of action, someone has got to step up to fill the void--why not the characters who have already proven they work so well together under pressure?
By Anonymous on May 01, 2019 10:11 pm Here's where to find the portal for the Ascendant Challenge and what to do while you're inside to land some Powerful gear.
By Anonymous on May 01, 2019 09:40 pm Don't let her size fool you! Lyanna Mormont proved to be deadly with her words and a dragonglass dagger. Here's a collection of our favorite moments with the young Lady of Bear Island.
Toy Story 3 was an emotionally satisfying and beautiful ending to Pixar's trilogy about living toys. As a result, hearing that Pixar is making a Toy Story 4 came as a bit of a shock. However, according to Toy Story 4 director Josh Cooley and producers Jonas Rivera and Mark Neilsen, the world of Woody, Buzz, and the rest of Andy's toys is worth revisiting again--with the right story.
"We love the end of Toy Story 3," Cooley said during a panel at Pixar headquarters. "It ends Woody and Andy's story perfectly. We realized there is more story to tell to continue Woody's story. And once we started going down the path… we hit upon something that was worth telling."
At Pixar, press were treated to a screening of the opening 20 minutes of Toy Story 4 and additional chunks from later points in the movie. The film immediately establishes Bo-Peep as a main character alongside Woody and Buzz, and it's her return to the franchise that allows Pixar to explore a new side of Woody, and what it means to be a toy, now that Andy is no longer a part of his life.
"The idea of Bo-Peep is also so intriguing to us," said Rivera. "And the idea of [Woody and Bo] coming back together after not seeing each other for nine years and just what's become of her was something we thought was really worth exploring." We last saw Bo-Peep in Toy Story 3 during a brief scene in a home video shown by Andy's mom. However, Bo never shows up during the main events of the movie. When Woody and the gang talk about toys that have been lost, thrown out, or sold since the events of Toy Story 2, it's revealed that Molly gave Bo away.
By the events of Toy Story 3, it appears as if the same fate awaits Andy's toys as well, as he hasn't played with Woody, Buzz, Jessie, and the rest in years. Ultimately, Woody comes to realize that he and his friends' time with Andy has run its course and it's time to say goodbye so that they can take care of the next kid. Leaving a note for Andy under the guise it's from his mother, Woody gets his owner to donate all of his toys to a neighborhood girl named Bonnie. Andy plays with his toys one last time before going off to college, and Woody and the rest of the gang begin their lives with Bonnie. It's a heartfelt ending to Andy and Woody's relationship, as they both learn to let go of each other so that Woody can continue to bring a smile to a child's face.
When Woody does run into Bo again in Toy Story 4, she's become a lost toy. She's abandoned her frilly dress for a cloak and left her lamp for a life in a park, where she doesn't belong to anyone. Woody, still struggling with no longer belonging to Andy and not being someone's number one toy, can't fathom why Bo would choose to be lost and not have a kid to call her own. Yet through Bo, Woody sees how toys do have a choice in the way they want to live, and that they are not beholden to being passed from child to child for their entire lives. Instead of waiting for someone to come along and want her, Bo has decided to take matters into her own hands and seek out those who appreciate her for who she is.
"[Woody's] worst fear, [we've] said it all along, is to be a lost toy," Neilson said. "What if [Bo] represented something that would challenge his place in the world, and then just lean into that? It was almost like a Lady and the Tramp analogy. Ya know, one is out in the world saying, 'Why wouldn't you want all this?' and the other one is saying, 'No, I want to be at home.' And Woody is that. So she became his catalyst to really change. Of all the change he's done over the years, we thought she had the potential to change him in ways he never has."
"And once we figured that out, that was the place to go," Cooley finished. "I think Jonas, you coined this phrase: If you were to ask Woody, 'What was the biggest moment of your life?' he would say, 'It was when I met Bo-Peep for the second time.' So that was our goal for this film: to make this meeting with her so powerful, it would be deserving of Toy Story 4."
If you like checking out new, creative indie games on PC--and especially like it when they're free--then you'll want to keep an eye Amazon Prime's monthly game giveaways for Twitch Prime members. Last month, Twitch Prime members were able to claim four games--Her Story, Inner Space, Joggernauts, and Keep in Mind: Remastered--at no cost, and for May, Amazon is kicking up that number to five games. Take a look at the new freebies below.
Whispering Willows
First up is Whispering Willows, an indie horror adventure where you play as a young girl named Elena who's searching for her missing father. Elena has a pendant she can use to project her spirit outside her body, travel through walls, and control various objects in the surrounding environment to solve puzzles. Then there's Stealth Bastard Deluxe, which is, as the name implies, a stealth game where you control a clone making his escape from a hazardous testing facility. Also included is The Little Acre, a point-and-click adventure with gorgeous hand-drawn visuals that tells the story of a father and daughter who travel to a strange new world.
Majesty 2
Finally, you've got both Majesty: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim and its sequel, Majesty 2. In these real-time strategy games, you play as the sovereign ruler of a fantasy kingdom, where you can construct and enhance buildings, hire heroes to handle various tasks, and offer rewards to gain their cooperation.
You have through May 31 to download Twitch's new freebies, and once you do, they're yours to keep. To claim the free games and loot, you have to be an Amazon Prime member and make sure your Amazon account is linked to Twitch. After the free 30-day trial, an Amazon Prime membership costs $119 per year; if you're a student, that price drops to $59 per year.
There might be a wealth of Marvel content in development for the upcoming streaming service Disney+, but that won't be the only platform for the studio's superhero shows. It has been announced that two new Marvel shows are in the works to premiere on Hulu.
The service has revealed that live-action Ghost Rider and Helstrom shows are in development and both will arrive in 2020. Ghost Rider is being produced by Ingrid Escajeda, who previously worked on shows such as Sneaky Pete and Empire, and she will also act as showrunner.
It has also been confirmed that this Ghost Rider will be Robbie Reyes, who recently featured as a character in Agents of SHIELD, as opposed to Johnny Blaze, who was played by Nicolas Cage in the two Ghost Rider movies released in the 2000s. Gabriel Luna played Reyes on Agents of SHIELD, and Variety have confirmed that he will reprise the role in the new show.
Helstrom will focus on the Daimon and Ana Helstrom, the son and daughter of a mysterious and powerful serial killer who use their skills to track down villains. Like Ghost Rider, they were created in the 1970s to take Marvel comic book characters in a more supernatural direction. This will be first time the Helstroms have featured in a movie or on TV.
These new shows will join Runaways on Hulu; the third season of the teen-oriented show arrives later this year. In addition, four new animated Marvel Hulu shows were announced back in February. These are M.O.D.O.K, Hit-Monkey, Tigra & Dazzler Show, and Howard The Duck.
As for the Marvel series on Disney+, we know that Loki, the Scarlet Witch show WandaVision, and one focusing on Falcon and Winter Soldier are on the way. While release dates are yet to be announced, it was recently confirmed that Marvel shows will start rolling out in 2020.
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