DC fans got a long-awaited piece of news on Monday, when reports indicated that Cobra Kai actor Xolo Maridueña was in talks to star in HBO Max’s upcoming Blue Beetle movie. The idea of getting to see Maridueña play Jaime Reyes — a character comic fans have been eager to see get his own movie — has already captivated the Internet, but some were awaiting confirmation that he would be playing the part....
Wizards of the Coast showed off a first look at how Warduke, the popular evil character popularized in a series of Dungeons & Dragons toys, will look in an upcoming adventure book. Earlier this summer, we reported that Dungeons & Dragons is bringing back several characters from a line of 1980s D&D toys in The Wild Beyond the Witchlight, this fall’s full-length D&D campaign book. Dungeons & Dragons’ Twitter account showed off what Warduke will look like in the upcoming book, with the character sporting his familiar winged helm and a flaming sword....
Former NWA and WWE star Don Kernodle passed away at the age of 71 this week. The North Carolina native made his debut in the pro wrestling business in 1973 in Jim Crockett Promotions and found success alongside Sgt. Slaughter and Jim Nelson in Mid-Atlantic Championship wrestling as a member of the Cobra Corps. His success within the promotion eventually led him to working on a series of co-promoted cards with the WWF and propelled him to win the NWA World Tag Team Championships three times with three different partners....
Infinity Train fans probably weren’t expecting JK Simmons to appear in Book 4 of the animated series. Creator Owen Dennis shared how the crew was able to convince the beloved actor to come voice a Pig Baby in the show during a Reddit AMA. Fans were asking all kinds of questions about Book 4 and he couldn’t answer everything. But, apparently, JK Simmons is down to have a role as long as he doesn’t have to go too far from his house....
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 went into production back in November, and director James Gunn announced yesterday that the threequel had wrapped filming. The first Guardians of the Galaxy was released back in 2014, which means Gunn has been working with the Marvel team for the better part of a decade. The director previously confirmed that this will be the last film to feature the original Guardians crew, so it’s definitely an emotional time for those who have been involved since the beginning....
Marvel’s Avengers fans are divided over a new Iron Man 2 Marvel Cinematic Universe suit coming to the PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series S, Xbox Series X, and Google Stadia game. Using the game’s official Twitter account, today Crystal Dynamics announced that a new suit “inspired” Mark V in Iron Man 2 is set to release tomorrow, via the in-game marketplace. How much it will cost, the game’s official Twitter account doesn’t say, but it will presumably be in line with the price of previous premium skins....
My Hero Academia updated the anime’s newest key visual after Season 5’s newest heartbreaking episode! After returning from its latest break due to the Tokyo Olympics broadcast, Season 5 of the anime is back in full swing as it continues to set up its final string of episodes for this season’s run. With the Endeavor Agency arc reaching its climax in the previous episode, Episode 107 was left with some final clean up as it needed to continue setting the stage on the side of the heroes for the major arc to come in the next season....
Pokemon Journeys is getting ready for its final climax, and has sneakily updated its opening theme sequence to celebrate Ash Ketchum’s entry into the Master Class of the World Coronation Series! The newest iteration of the series has been following Ash as he has battled his way up the ranks of this world spanning tournament, and the previous episode of the series confirmed that he had officially become one of the top eight trainers in the world overall....
Peter Jackson’s new docuseries, The Beatles: Get Back, is now streaming on Disney+ with the three-part series giving viewers a new look at the recording of what would become the band’s final studio album, Let It Be. For fans of the Fab Four, it’s an exciting project and there might be no fan more excited than Mark Hamill. The Star Wars legend has been sharing his excitement for The Beatles: Get Back with Star Wars mashup photos on social media to celebrate the new series....
Pedro Pascal is starring in The Last of Us, and BossLogic decided to celebrate the news with a wild mashup featuring The Mandalorian. News came down about the Star Wars actor snagging the role late Wednesday. The Internet promptly celebrated the fact and the artist got to work. He took some of the key art from the game and instead of Joel walking Ellie through the apocalyptic wasteland, it’s Baby Yoda rolling shotgun....
WandaVision managed to sneak in one more sly reference to House of M during the show’s finale. During the family’s battle, the boys and Vision are incapacitated by Wanda’s decision to dissolve the Hex. While they’re on the floor asking for help, they’re disassembling in a manner similar to Joe Quesada’s variant cover for House of M #1. That art sees Wanda’s face floating to the sky as she strains against her powers....
WWE didn’t waste any time dishing out a surprise for fans tuning into WrestleMania Backlash, as right off the bat we got a video introduction narrated by none other than Dave Bautista, or as WWE fans know him, Batista. Big Dave narrated the full introduction which spotlighted some of the Champions standing atop WWE right now and saying they could stay up there for a bit or for a long time, and the choice is theirs....
Izzy, the host of The Hot Tag With Izzy and well-known fan of NXT and Bayley, took to social media on Tuesday to get in on the fun of Austin 3:16 Day. Thanks to the miracle of video editing she was able to splice together a scene where Austin was interviewing her, and she was becoming increasingly annoyed by the lackluster questions he was throwing at her. Eventually she decided to just cut a promo on “The Texas Rattlesnake....
Treyarch released the second update for Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War of Season Two outside of the big one that kicked off the season itself, and in this update, a number of different issues affecting the game’s new Outbreak mode have been resolved. The patch didn’t deal exclusively with the Outbreak mode and was a small update overall, but the majority of the changes released now did deal with the new Zombies mode and should lead to a smoother experience now....
Several WWE fans pointed out a bizarre moment during Sunday’s Money in the Bank pay-per-view when SmackDown commentator Michael Cole made the claim that Edge invented the concept of the Money in the Bank Ladder Match. The WWE Hall of Famer did win the initial ladder match as was the first man to ever successfully cash-in the briefcase twice, but he’s never been credited as the inventor of the concept. That distinction belongs to another Canadian in Chris Jericho, now a member of AEW’s roster....
Daredevil actress Deborah Ann Woll will appear in a new ongoing Dungeons & Dragons live play series. Woll will serve as the Dungeon Master of Children of Earte, a new series hosted by the RPG database/platform Demiplane. She’ll be joined by veteran TTRPG live play cast members Hope LaVelle, Alicia Marie, Adam Bradford, Lauren Urban, and Jennifer Kretchmer. An “Episode 0” will air on March 8th where Woll will provide further details about the series and its setting, followed by the official launch of the series on March 15th....
New set photos from the Dungeons & Dragons movie appear to show a full adventuring party gathered together, including our best look yet at Justice Smith and Michelle Rodriguez in costume. The upcoming Dungeons & Dragons movie wrapped up filming yesterday at Carrickfergus Castle in Northern Ireland, and multiple British newspapers including RTE and the Daily Mail published photos of the cast in between scenes. The new photos include full looks at Sophia Lillis and Justice Smith in costume, along with Michelle Rodriguez carrying a very hefty looking battle axe....
Tonight’s WWE SmackDown was set to deal with the big fallout from the Royal Rumble, which was centered around Roman Reigns and Paul Heyman after their plan came to fruition against Brock Lesnar, robbing him of his WWE Championship. The Universal Champion and Tribal Chief was out first with Heyman by his side, and Heyman kicked things off. Heyman said “you know why we bothered to come here tonight? To acknowledge what really happened....
Star Wars Celebration Anaheim has already been pleasantly surprising fans, with the convention opening with a significant look at the future of Lucasfilm. The Studio Spotlight Showcase panel provided a preview of a number of upcoming Star Wars-related projects — as well as a surprising few that don’t have to do with a galaxy far, far away. Among them was Indiana Jones 5, the long-awaited return of the adventure character to the big screen....
Johnny Gargano hosted his first Twitch stream on Tuesday night, offering up his first public comments since his WWE contract expired and he gave his farewell to the NXT brand at the end of last week’s episode. He confirmed a few things throughout the episode, including the fact that at one point the figure running around in the Ghostface mask (eventually revealed to be Austin Theory, launching Gargano’s The Way faction) was originally going to be Scream actor and former WCW World Heavyweight Champion David Arquette, though plans for that fell through....
