Amazon’s Prime Video is creating a TV series inspired by the acclaimed video game, God of War. The show is a collaboration between Sony Pictures Television and Amazon MGM Studios, and will be led by Ronald D. Moore, who is writing, running, and executive producing the series.
Throughout his career, filmmaker Jafar Panahi has consistently challenged the Iranian government through his films, which often highlight social injustice. As a result, he has faced increasing repercussions for his work, including three arrests and two jail sentences. His most recent imprisonment lasted six months, from July 2022 to February 2023, in Evin Prison. Following his release, a 20-year travel ban imposed in 2010 was lifted. Despite being prohibited from filmmaking, Panahi continued to create movies between 2010 and 2022, secretly getting them out of the country and earning international acclaim. These include the 2011 documentary This Is Not a Film and the 2023 film No Bears.
On November 28th, Geoff Keighley shared a photo of a strange sculpture and described it with the words “regal.inspiring.thickness.” Followers realized this was a reference to a What3Words location, leading them to a secluded area of land close to Joshua Tree, California.
In an interview with The Telegraph, Johansson addressed previous comments she made and whether those comments had harmed her career, explaining that…
In a weekend missive on X, Zhao-the man, the myth, the CZ-proclaimed that the true fortunes in Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) are forged by selling when the market froths like a cappuccino and buying when the masses are panic-refreshing their portfolios with the fervor of a doomed gambler. 🎰
On the 1-hour chart, XLM/USD starts with a multi-day uptrend that looked like a bullish parade-complete with higher highs and strong candles around the 22nd-24th. But alas, the parade hit a pothole (or a bear trap) and the momentum faded faster than a disco ball at a goth party. The sideways-to-downward consolidation that followed was the market’s way of saying, “Let’s take a group photo before we all fall off.” 📸
Moore is overseeing the entire show as showrunner, writer, and executive producer. Production is now starting in Vancouver, and they’re beginning to cast actors, though no names have been announced yet.
Tomonobu Itagaki was a hugely influential figure in the Japanese video game industry. He started Team Ninja in the late 1990s and played a key role in creating many of the action and fighting games we enjoy today. At a recent memorial event, Koei Tecmo’s Yosuke Hayashi shared a story about first meeting Itagaki in 2001. Hayashi remembered being assigned to Itagaki’s team, only to be told there wasn’t anything for him to do.
Even though Batman seems like a key character in the future of the DC Universe, we still don’t know much about how he’ll be portrayed. Andy Muschietti, who directed The Flash, is working on the Batman project, but very few details have been revealed so far.
Global crypto markets faced renewed turbulence as Bitmex co-founder and Maelstrom CIO Arthur Hayes explained on social media platform X on Dec. 1 his assessment of why bitcoin had dropped below $85K. “Darling, it’s the BOJ’s turn to shine,” he quipped, as if orchestrating a financial pantomime. 🎭