HBO’s The Last of Us is bringing back a familiar voice from the video game franchise. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Merle Dandridge, who provided the vocals and motion-capture performance of Marlene in both the 2013 game and its 2020 sequel, will reprise her role in the premium cable network’s series. Marlene is the head of the Fireflies, a resistance movement that clashes with
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In Mass Effect 2, Miranda Lawson may come off as a Cerberus lackey at first. However, as Shepard gets to know her, players will come to understand why she has made the choices she’s made and see her as flawed person whose genetics and upbringing have led her to constantly feel pressured. Miranda’s loyalty mission reveals backstory
Writing manga is no easy task, and few authors work solo, especially where traditional publication is involved. Even so, anime fans often feel frustrated when a beloved manga announces an extensive or indefinite hiatus. RELATED: 10 Monthly Shonen Manga That Deserve An Anime The reasons for hiatuses are myriad and complex, but often the reason for
Next month, DC Comics is launching Batman: Reptilian, a new six-issue series from writer Garth Ennis (Preacher, The Boys) and artist Liam Sharp (Testament, The Green Lantern). While discussing the upcoming title, Ennis — who returns to Gotham City after previously penning issues of Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight — called into question the
During the third story arc of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, the treacherous Dio Brando returned once again as DIO, and he had more than a few Stand-using minions on his side. Jotaro Kujo and his allies had their work cut out for them, and among those enemies, was Jean Pierre Polnareff. While Polnareff initially began on
Marvel Comics has officially declared Oscar Isaac is portraying the future Marvel Cinematic Universe hero Moon Knight in the upcoming Disney+ series. A tweet from the Marvel Twitter account reads, “‘WE ARE MOONKNIGHT’ – Oscar Isaac #MoonKnight” with a cropped photo of Isaac in front of a wall full of Moon Knight comic book art. RELATED:
A new trailer for Werewolves Within has been released by IFC Films. The horror-comedy film, which is based on the Ubisoft game of the same name, takes place in the small town of Beaverton, where the combination of a grisly murder and a snowstorm leads its residents to search for clues. However, things take a turn for
Black Adam star Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson peeled back the curtain on his superhero diet as he prepares to peel off his shirt for an upcoming scene. “At midnight, I know it doesn’t look like much but this diet is a real science,” Johnson wrote on Instagram to accompany a photo of bison meat and
Sonic the Hedgehog has had a particularly storied history in video games since his debut in the 1990s. While many of his classic 2D side-scrolling titles are still fan-favorites, the Blue Blur began running into trouble once he made the leap into 3D. This spiraled into an era where it seemed that Sega couldn’t do
Being a comic book villain means taking on the toughest heroes their universe has to offer to achieve their goals. These fights aren’t usually easy, and they sometimes run across multiple issues of a comic. Then there are the times that things go down a lot differently. RELATED: Invincible: 10 Ways The TV Series Already Improved
Images for Green Lantern 2021 Annual reveal that the Sinestro Corps has potentially gained a new member: Sector 2814 Lantern Jessica Cruz. The comic’s cover preview shows Cruz in a Sinestro Corps uniform aiming her ring over Hal Jordan’s body, while Sinestro and longtime Corps acolyte Lyssa Drak observe. Sinestro celebrates this confrontation by telling the former Green Lantern “Welcome
The latest promo for Loki contains a fitting nod to another franchise in the Marvel Cinematic Universe: the Guardians of the Galaxy. The nod to the Guardians of the Galaxy comes in the final moments of the Loki promo. As various scenes flash across the screen, Loki’s voiceover states, “I know what I am.” He then
Even after the release of Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker, many Star Wars fans still have a lot of questions about things that took place in the sequel trilogy. There are things that feel unexplained, and there are gaps to be filled in the canon, character arcs, and the wider implications for
The DC Extended Universe’s Cyborg actor Ray Fisher has spoken out against WarnerMedia’s EVP Communications and Chief Inclusion Officer Christy Haubegger, alleging she delayed the company’s Justice League investigation. “I spent many hours on the phone with Christy Haubegger. She is one of the major reasons why the [Justice League] investigation dragged on and why
The first pilot for Powerpuff, the CW’s live-action reboot of The Powerpuff Girls, was by all accounts a failure. A second pilot is being made with the same cast and crew in hopes of improving upon the first version and making something worth greenlighting a full series of. Given what the CW’s CEO Mark Pedowitz had
Zack Snyder’s Star Wars project is still alive, but is now a standalone, original sci-fi movie. Snyder talked about his unmade Star Wars film during an appearance on the Happy Sad Confused podcast. First reported on in Jan. 2013, the movie was described as a Jedi epic loosely inspired by Akira Kurosawa’s 1954 film Seven Samurai. Kurosawa’s
Supported by a dark premise and masterful world-building, Gege Akutami’s Jujutsu Kaisen has taken the anime world by storm. Part of that world-building is Ryomen Sukuna, whose curious abilities have become one of Jujutsu Kaisen’s biggest mysteries. Sukuna is an original take on the classic ‘sealed demon’ shonen trope. Much like Kurama from Naruto, Sukuna is an
The new, smaller-scale Marvel Cinematic Universe has one big inconsistency in its debut year on Disney+, but it isn’t a bad one. Kevin Feige is committed to letting each new heroic tale determine how it paces its TV screen story, and that means each new series’ length can seem pretty random. The number of episodes for Loki and their individual length
WARNING: The following contains major spoilers for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin #3 by Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird, Tom Waltz, Esau, Isaac Escorza, Ben Bishop, Samuel Plata, Luis Antonio Delgado, and Shawn Lee, on sale now. The world of The Last Ronin has been among the darkest and depressing futures that the Teenage Mutant
Season 3 of Sons of Anarchy featured a cameo from none other than horror author Stephen King. Although King only appeared for a few minutes, his role as a crime scene “cleaner” was a memorably one. The show wrote him in after learning he was a big Sons of Anarchy fan. Along with giving King
WARNING: The following contains spoilers from Maestro: War & Pax #5, by Peter David, Javier Pina, Jesus Aburtov & VC’s Travis Lanham, on sale now. When the world of “Future Imperfect” first debuted in 1992, the dystopia was a desolate wasteland filled mainly with an evil warlord version of the Hulk known as Maestro and his
Each and every month, PlayStation Plus subscribers get access to several new games that are theirs to keep for as long as they’re signed up for the service, which retails for $59.99 per year. May saw Sony giving subscribers three games: Battlefield V, Wreckfest: Drive Hard. Die Last. and Stranded Deep. In June, players will get
If the Pokémon anime did not explicitly ignore the flow of time, protagonist Ash Ketchum would be a 30-year-old man by now. By such an age, many people have settled down and begun a family. The question is, what kind of parent would Ash be? At first glance, the way Ash raises his Pokémon could be
The Kamen Rider franchise has rarely appeared on American screens. While attempts were made to localize it in the 1990s by taking the fight footage and turning it into the Power Rangers-inspired Masked Rider, it wasn’t until the dawn of streaming services that American fans could easily watch the franchise. However, in the mid-2010s, Kamen
WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Army of the Dead, now in theaters and streaming on Netflix. Zack Snyder’s Army of the Dead introduces a cast of characters whose interests are wildly diverse from one another. Where one character is an expert safecracker, another is an ex-military soldier turned mechanic. However, their desire to find $200
Akira Toriyama’s Dragon Ball was a breakout success for the creator during its debut in the 1980s, but it’s somehow become even more popular over time and is regarded as a beloved anime franchise. Part of what makes Dragon Ball so enjoyable is that it tells a story that continues to evolve and push its characters
Superheroes are the selfless heroes of the weak and downtrodden. One of the tropes of the genre has always been that the hero themselves are in the same financial straits as those they protect. However, there are many Marvel and DC heroes who themselves are rather wealthy, using that money both to fund their acts
Kai Anderson went from an average resident of a Michigan town to an influential cult leader in American Horror Story: Cult, and his transformation was subtle but striking. To achieve this, AHS pulled traits from two of the most infamous cult leaders in history to make that complicated character arc happen. The seventh season of the Ryan Murphy show took inspiration from
WARNING: The following contains spoilers for the story “A Thousand Words” from Batman: Black & White #6 by Scott Snyder, John Romita Jr, Klaus Janson, and Tom Napolitano, on sale now. There are many differences between Batman’s Gotham City and Superman’s Metropolis, but Batman: Black & White just found a way to highlight it in an
It’s been a rollercoaster ride for Ash Ketchum on his journey to becoming a Pokémon Master. Along the way, he and his various Pokémon teams have claimed triumphant victories but also huge failures, and each time he’s had to pick himself up and go again. RELATED: Pokémon: 10 Times Ash Won A Badge He Didn’t Earn Failure