Former Bob's Burgers Actor Jay Johnston Sentenced to One Year in Prison for Role in January 6 Capitol Riots
Jay Johnston, the former voice of Bob's Burgers antagonist Jimmy Pesto in addition to other roles including Mr. Show and Arrested Development, has been sentenced to a year and one day in prison for participating in the riots that took place at the U.S. Capitol on January 6. NBC News was the first to report the story.The #FBI is still seeking information on people who took part in the violence at the U.S. Capitol on January 6. If you know this individual, visit https://t.co/iL7sD5efWD. Refer to photo 247 in your tip. pic.twitter.com/CetMHzU190— FBI (@FBI) March 4, 2021 Johnston was one of many protesters supporting President Donald Trump who broke into the Capitol as Vice President Mike Pence certified the 2020 election. Images of Johnston wearing a camouflage mask circulated on Twit…
Read more20th Century Studios Dishes on Possible Speed 3, Master and Commander Prequel: 'We Have a Great Script'
Oceans could be battlefields again if 20th Century Studios has its way. In an interview with THR, studio president Steve Asbell hinted at a possibility of a prequel to the 2003 cult classic."I’m trying so hard," Asbell says. "It’s the first movie I worked on at Fox twenty years ago. We have a great script. It just needs the right director."20th Century Studios really wants to do a Master and Commander prequel. Image source: 20th Century Studios.Asbell's comments will be music to the ears of Master and Commander fans who have been waiting more than 20 years now for a new movie. A prequel makes sense in light of how much time has passed, but there's plenty to mine from the original source material as well, which spans more than 20 novels. We wrote in our rev…
Read moreJoker: Folie À Deux Digital and Blu-Ray Announced Less Than a Month After Disastrous Opening Weekend
Less than a month after a disastrous box office debut that included a historic second week drop, Joker: Folie À Deux has a release date on premium digital and blu-ray.Joker: Folie À Deux is headed to blu-ray and DVD in December. Image source: Warner Bros.Warner Bros. announced that the troubled sequel will be available to purchase or rent via Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, and other outlets starting October 29. It will be available on blu-ray and DVD on December 17, with the physical release containing the following:
- Everything Must Go (4 Part Longform Documentary)
- Can I Have A Cigarette?
- Finding Lee
- A Hundred Films In One
- King of Nothing
- The Charac…
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Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 Dev Responds to Steam Review Bomb Campaign Over Nerf Patch
It’s been a turbulent week for Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2, its developer, its publisher, and its players. In the same breath as it announced an incredible 4.5 million sales in just over a month, publisher Focus Entertainment and developer Saber Interactive sparked an angry backlash with the release of the hotly anticipated Update 4.0.IGN has reported on the details of this update and why it’s caused so much upset, but in short, it makes a number of significant nerfs to the Space Marines' ability to fight back against the Tyranid horde and Thousand Sons Chaos Marines. The popular PvE co-op mode Operations was made harder, deliberately so, Focus said in the patch notes, after it deemed the missions too easy. The new Lethal difficulty, via a new mechanic that forces players to …
Read moreGod of War TV Series Hitting the Reset Button After Departure of Showrunner and Producers
The nascent God of War TV series previously announced for Prime Video is hitting the reset button. A report by Deadline separately confirmed by IGN reveals that Sony Pictures and Amazon MGM are planning to hire a new writers room following the departure of showrunner Rafe Judkins and executive producers Hawk Ostby and Mark Fergus, who are said to have written several scripts for the show's first season. According to the report, Sony and Amazon are apparently looking to take the series in a new creative direction, though it's unclear what that direction might be. …
Read moreProject 007 Is a 'Young Bond for Gamers' and Hopefully the Start of a New Trilogy, IO Interactive Boss Says
IO Interactive boss Hakan Abrak has shared some fresh details about Project 007, the shadowy new project from the developers of Hitman that will feature a "James Bond origin story," saying that production is going "amazingly well" and that the studio will have more details to share soon.Speaking with IGN in a wide-ranging interview as part of today's MindsEye publishing deal, Abrak said that Project 007 is being fully developed, published, and funded by IO Interactive, and that there's "a lot of cool stuff coming up."…
Read moreStudio Ghibli's North American Distributor Is Being Acquired by a Japanese Entertainment Giant
Japanese entertainment giant Toho has officially reached an agreement to acquire GKIDS, the North American distributor known for bringing movies like The Boy and the Heron and Wolfwalkers to North American audiences.The deal was announced on Tuesday, and gives Toho a 100% equity share in GKIDS. Financial terms were not disclosed.It goes without saying that the acquisition gives Toho, the studio behind movies like Godzilla Minus One and home to anime including My Hero Academia and Jujutsu Kaisen, a much stronger distribution foothold in North America. As the press release puts it, the move "sets the company’s plans for growth and expansion outside of Japan, and aims to connect its Japanese and international productions, creators, and studios more directly and widely with creators and…
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