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It has been 13 years since Nicolas Cage gallivanted around America unlocking historical secrets in the National Treasure series. Luckily for fans, a third movie is in the works.

While details are scarce, National Treasure 3 is in pre-production for Disney, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Bad Boys for Life’s Chris Bremner will be writing the third film in the series (he is also working on Bad Boys 4). Jerry Bruckheimer will produce the latest National Treasure adventure.

At the time of this writing, there’s no indication as to whether or not Nicolas Cage will reprise his role as the eccentric Ben Gates. Both films starred Cage alongside Diane Kruger, Justin Bartha, and Jon Voight.

Together, both 2004’s National Treasure and 2007’s National Treasure: Book of Secrets grossed over $800 million worldwide. The road to a third movie has been a rough one. Bruckheimer confirmed the film would happen back in 2010, and a few years later, writers were hired for it. News about the film went dark after that. However, during this time, Walt Disney Pictures had a few failures like The Lone Ranger and the infamous John Carter movie, which may have swayed the company away from making another National Treasure movie.

Luckily, National Treasure 3 is now underway, and hopefully, it will be as glorious as the first two movies.

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Following a shockingly enjoyable third installment, Bad Boys For Life, Michael Bay’s cult classic franchise Bad Boys is on track for a fourth film, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Writer Chris Bremner, who worked on Bad Boys For Life, has been tapped to write the script for the film. Stars Will Smith and Martin Lawrence are, naturally, expected to return. According to THR, the plan for the fourth film is to eliminate the “time lag” between installments, referencing the 17-year gap between Bad Boys II, released in 2003, and Bad Boys For Life in 2020. Of course, this likely means we’ll be seeing the return of some of the franchise’s newer characters introduced in For Life as well, like Venessa Hudgens, Charles Melton, and Alexander Ludwig–but a complete cast list for the project has yet to be revealed.

In GameSpot’s review of Bad Boy’s For Life, Chris E. Hayner said: “Ultimately, Bad Boys for Life is better than practically anyone could expect. While it would have been easy to rely on the nostalgia of seeing the iconic trio of Smith, Lawrence, and explosions on-screen together again, the new film strives to be so much more and manages to pull it off. And what’s more, it also provides a blueprint for what the franchise could become in the future, should audiences want to see more.

Bad Boys For Life hits theaters today, January 17, 2020.

Hot off of a run on the latest Star Wars trilogy, actor Oscar Isaac has signed on to an adaptation of one of the best comic series of the early 21st century, Ex Machina–now called The Great Machine for the big screen.

Isaac has signed on to play the lead character Mitchell Hundred. In addition to starring, Isaac will also produce The Great Machine alongside Jason Spire and Vaughan.

In the Ex Machina comic–written by Brian K. Vaughan and drawn by Tony Harris–Hundred is the first and only superhero who becomes mayor of New York City after the events of 9/11. The book primarily revolves around politics, with the flashbacks to Hundred’s time as a superhero, The Great Machine–a superhuman who can talk to and control machines. The series ran for 50 issues at Wildstorm Comics, a DC Comics imprint.

In 2014, Isaac also starred in the Alex Garland film Ex Machina–a movie that has nothing to go with Vaughan and Harris’ comic. Obviously, the name of the comic has to be changed for the big screen, as it would be a bit confusing if there were two movies titled Ex Machina and both of them starred Isaac.

The Great Machine isn’t the only Vaughan adaptation coming soon. His brilliant comic series Y: The Last Man is coming to FX, but it’s still in pre-production. “It’s in pre production,” chairman or FX Networks and FX Productions John Landgraf explained at the TCA winter press tour. “Eliza Clark is is running that show with Brad Simpson and Nina Jacobson. We’ve seen, five [or] six scripts now. That’s that’s all I can say. We haven’t scheduled because it hasn’t gone into production yet. We changed showrunners and did a big sort of reboot on it and so that was a big redevelopment. But that seems to be going well.”

Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion’s Revenge is the latest animated feature under production from Warner Bros. Animation. Set to come out in the first half of 2020, the movie has cast two major characters.

Joel McHale (Community) and Jennifer Carpenter (Dexter) have joined the project to voice Johnny Cage and Sonya Blade respectively, according to The Hollywood Reporter. While we won’t see McHale on the big screen as Cage–as it’s an animated movie–his voice should do the Hollywood superstar/Earth-realm savior justice. Also, McHale totally looks a bit like Cage, so that’s a nice bonus. They’re joining a long list of familiar faces from the video game series–which you can see below.

Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion’s Revenge Cast:

• Joel McHale as Johhny Cage
• Jennifer Carpenter as Sonya Blade
• Patrick Seitz as Scorpion and Hanzo Hasashi
• Steve Blum as Sub-Zero
• Jordan Rodrigues as Lui Kang
• Robin Atkin Downes as Kano
• Artt Butler as Shang Tsung
• Darin De Paul as Quan Chi
• David B. Mitchell as Raiden
• Ike Amadi as Jax Briggs
• Kevin Michael Richardson as Goro
• Grey Griffin as Kitana

The upcoming movie is written by Jeremy Adams and will be directed by Ethan Spaulding: two creators who have worked with Warner Bros. Animation previous. Mortal Kombat’s Ed Boon is signed on as a creative consultant for the project.

At this time, there are no story details for the animated feature, but it’s a safe bet to say the film will revolve around the murder of Hanzo Hasashi, how he becomes Scorpion, and his return…for revenge.

Scorpion’s Revenge isn’t the only Mortal Kombat movie in the works. Warner Bros. has a live-action film underway, which is shooting in southern Australia. Most of the casting has been revealed, including Kano, Sonya, Sub-Zero, Lui Kang, and Jax. The live-action Mortal Kombat movie will arrive in March 2021, about a year after Scorpion’s Revenge.

The Xbox One’s Elite Series 2 controller is one of my favourite pads and a huge improvement over the first Elite controller. It is quite an expensive piece of gaming tech, though, which makes it a bit of a hard sell for most gamers. However, if you’re subscribed to Amazon Prime, you can snag yourself an Xbox Elite Series 2 controller with a $20 discount.

While currently listed at $177.07, you’ll see the Prime-exclusive discount at checkout, dropping your price to $159.99. As usual, you’ll get free one- or two-day Prime shipping. Because this is Amazon, there’s no knowing exactly when this deal will end, so don’t wait if you’ve been holding out for a discount on the Elite Series 2.

The great thing about the Xbox Elite Series 2 controller is that it works with PC as well as Xbox One, and Microsoft has confirmed it will also be compatible with Xbox Series X when that console launches later this year.

Xbox Elite Series 2 controller | $160 ($180)

Some of the improvements from the first Elite controller include adjustable analog-stick tension, a third trigger stop, and two more customizable control presets, in addition to Bluetooth connectivity and a rechargeable USB-C battery that lasts upwards of 40 hours. The controller’s case even comes with a charging dock, giving you the ability to keep your controller covered and safe while it charges.

If you want to take a closer look, check out our Xbox Elite Series 2 controller gallery, which shows the pad up close and goes into detail on its deluge of features.

Between it’s stacked cast and interesting “detective-forward” concept, Matt Reeves’ upcoming Batman movie, The Batman, has fans justifiably excited. This afternoon at the Television Critics Association winter press tour in Los Angeles, co-star Zoe Kravitz, who has been confirmed in the role of Catwoman aka Selina Kyle, was able to offer up a few updates as to the project’s progress while promoting her upcoming Hulu series, High Fidelity.

“She’s a great character. I’m very excited to play her. The script is wonderful, really grounded and deep and I can’t say more than that because I’ll get fired,” Kravitz said. “The whole Batman world has always been the most interesting to me. I think Catwoman is an iconic character. I was never into a lot of comic books but that world was always really intriguing to me. And then, of course, Michelle Pfeiffer and, you know, her performance is always super inspiring to me. So it just felt iconic and I think Catwoman/Selina Kyle represents really strong femininity and I’m excited to dive into that.”

She continued, explaining that she believes “femininity means power and I think it’s a different kind of power than masculine power. And that’s something I think is really interesting about Batman and Catwoman. I think Batman represents a very masculine power and Catwoman represents a very feminine power, slightly more complicated. And softer too. I like the idea that you can be soft, you can be gentle, and still be very powerful and so very dangerous.”

Kravitz will be joined by Robert Pattinson as Batman, Paul Dano as The Riddler, Jeffery Wright as Commissioner Gordon, Collin Farrell as The Penguin, and Andy Serkis as Alfred Pennyworth. The Batman hits theaters on June 21, 2021.

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It was first announced last May that Hulu was developing a live-action TV show focused on the Marvel comics character Daimon Helstrom. While a release date hasn’t been announced, Hulu came to the TCA winter press tour with a bit of an update about how production on the series is going.

“We’re in production on Helstrom. I’ve seen the first four episodes of that as well [as the animated M.O.D.O.K.],” Craig Erwich, Hulu’s senior vice president of originals, revealed. “I’m really excited about it. And it’s definitely different corner of the Marvel Universe in terms of its horror.”

That’s right, Helstrom is a horror TV show set in the Marvel universe. Well, set in one of them. It’s still not clear if this or any of Hulu’s other Marvel projects are set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe or not. The series follows siblings Damon (Tom Austen) and Ana Helstrom (Sydney Lemmon), the children of an alleged serial killer who are attempting to rid the world of demons and other supernatural horrors. Homeland alum Elizabeth Marvel plays Victoria Helstrom, the mother to the siblings that has recently completed a two-decade stint in a mental institution.

“It’s a really unique take on a horror show that has a very unique family situation at the center of it,” Erwich continued. It remains to be seen exactly how scary and graphic Helstrom will be. Given the subject matter, though, there’s plenty of room to delve into a truly dark corner of the Marvel universe.

As for when viewers will get to see it, Erwich wasn’t prepared to say just yet. However, he said the streaming service will be announcing premiere dates for this project, as well as M.O.D.O.K., “very soon.”

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