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WILD Developments Around Cyberpunk CLASSIC!

Music

New Music/Video
Godsmack - Truth https://youtu.be/d7sBkZLbQfY From their last record Lighting Up The Sky from last february. Power ballad like it’s 1987. Pretty good. Sully’s voice is great as always.
Demon Hunter - Worlds Apart https://youtu.be/C10MArYZHPw Standalone single. More melodic death than you would usually expect from the boys.
Born of Osiris - A Mind Short Circuiting https://youtu.be/a2gL4kbQb6U billed as an “old-school” single. But it really isn’t.
Slaughter to Prevail - Conflict https://youtu.be/-Cji_T28ybk Not to the same level as previous outings. There is a weird vocal effect in some of the bridges that is… strange?
Twenty One Pilots - Overcome https://youtu.be/53tgVlXBZVg Trance Pilots?

Tours/Festivals
The Refused - Rosendal Garden Party festival Stockholm June 14-16 will be the “Final Festival Show” for the punk rockers. Also featuring performances from Massive Attack, Turnstile, The Heavy, and a ton more.
https://blabbermouth.net/news/refused-announces-final-festival-show-in-sweden
Korn - 30th anniversary of their self-titled album. One show Sat Oct 5 at BMO Stadium in LA. Evanescence, Gojira, Scars on Broadway, Spiritbox and Vended.
https://blabbermouth.net/news/korn-announces-30th-anniversary-show-at-los-angeless-bmo-stadium-with-evanescence-gojira-scars-on-broadway
https://youtu.be/uarTPKkaTw0
Halestorm / I Prevail - July 9 in Raleigh NC through Aug 17 in Las Vegas. Support from Hollywood Undead and Fit for a King.
https://www.livenation.com/artist/K8vZ917GyPV/halestorm-events
Aftershock - Oct 10 - 13 in Sacramento. Slayer (again), Slipknot, Maiden, Motley Crue, Pantera 5FDP, Priest, and Disturbed. And that’s JUST the headliners.
https://metalinjection.net/tour-dates/slayer-slipknot-iron-maiden-motley-crue-to-headline-aftershock-festival-2024
https://aftershockfestival.com/passes/

Reg ‘ol News
Jay Weinberg - The former Slipknot drummer has officially been hired by Suicidal Tendancies as their new skinsman.
https://blabbermouth.net/news/ex-slipknot-drummer-jay-weinberg-officially-joins-suicidal-tendencies
Avenged Sevenfold - release their VR concert experience called “Looking Inside.” Available on Apple Vision Pro and Meta App Lab. Just like all the AmazeVR concerts users can access one song for free, or pay $13 for the whole concert. VIP ticket holders for A7X’s upcoming tour will be given access to the song “Mattel” as part of their VIP lounge experience.
https://blabbermouth.net/news/watch-avenged-sevenfold-discusses-looking-inside-vr-concert-at-los-angeles-press-conference
https://youtu.be/nCKKkV-NkJk

Suggests
Korn - self-titled album. the debut studio album by American nu metal band Korn. It was released on October 11, 1994, through Immortal and Epic Records.

Gaming/Tech

Follow-ups/Corrections
Layoffs - EA is now releasing 5% of THEIR workforce. Estimated 670 people.
https://boundingintocomics.com/2024/02/29/ea-axes-5-of-total-workforce-cancels-respawns-star-wars-fps-as-part-of-emergency-shift-away-from-licensed-ip/
Baulder’s Gate 3 - Xbox physical edition will be FOUR discs. PS5 is 2 and PC is 1.

Trailers
Dune: Awakening - https://youtu.be/8ehOeOR4Ud0 teasing a game based on a book series with tech and story elements that were never even mentioned in said book series is a bit of a bad look. But it is SUPPOSED to be an alternate universe…

Reg ‘ol News
Yuzu - We have a conclusion to the saga. Nintendo has won, but not technically a legal ruling. There has been a settlement out of court. Yuzu will no longer offer their Switch emulation software and they have to pay $2.4 million to the gaming giant.

Suggests
Metal Gear: Master Collection -
an emulation of the original PlayStation game developed by M2, with the option to play any of the seven regional versions (Japanese, North American, European English, German, French, Italian and Spanish) of the game via additional downloads, as well as the Integral/VR Missions/Special Missions expansions. The Master Collection edition handles the Psycho Mantis' mind reading event by giving the player option to create a virtual memory card with save files from supported games in order to trigger specific lines of dialogue. There's also a new animated sequence when the player reaches the blast furnace which visually depicts the disc-swapping process.
Comic Books/Books

Reg ‘ol News
Alan Moore - Moore is finally leaving the comic book industry behind. His final book “The Moon and Serpent Bumper Book of Magic” will go on sale this October. More than just a comic, it will be combined with some of his prose.
https://comicbook.com/comics/news/alan-moores-last-comic-top-shelf-moon-serpent-bumper-book-magic-2024/
Medusa - Dark Horse is publishing an interesting book Written and Drawn by Tony Parker and (C) Tamra Bonvillain. The writer is twisting the original myth around to make the titular character a sympathetic hero. On bookshelves in October.

Suggests
Neuromancer - "a damaged, top-rung super-hacker named Case who is thrust into a web of digital espionage and high stakes crime with his partner Molly, a razor-girl assassin with mirrored eyes, aiming to pull a heist on a corporate dynasty with untold secrets." 1984

Episodic Shows

Follow-ups/Corrections
House of the Dragon - Season 2 set to premiere in June
https://comicbook.com/tv-shows/news/house-of-the-dragon-season-2-premiere-date-june-2024/
One Piece - Season 2 renewal!
Only Murders in the Building - Kumail Nanjiani has been cast for season 4 https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/only-murders-in-the-building-season-4-cast-kumail-nanjiani-1235929357/

Trailers
Interview with the Vampire - https://youtu.be/H4tR8dYPb3A season 2 full clip. May 12

Reg ‘ol News
Neuromancer - The book that jump started a genre is getting a series on Apple TV+!! 10-episode series adaptation of Neuromancer from co-creators Graham Roland and JD Dillard. Roland is set to serve as showrunner with Dillard set to direct the series pilot. The Neuromancer series will be co-produced by Skydance Television and Anonymous Content.
https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/apple-neurmancer-series-william-gibson-1235925640/
Young Sheldon - The Big Bang Theory spinoff is getting its own spinoff. This time we will be following Sheldon’s older brother, and his fiancée, Mandy (Emily Osment), as they raise their young family in Texas while they navigate the challenges of adulthood, parenting and marriage.

Suggests
The Walking Dead The Ones Who Live ep 2

Movies

Follow-ups/Corrections
Tron:Ares - Jared Leto gave us our first look, as well as a possible release window of 2025.
https://cosmicbook.news/tron-ares-first-look-revealed-by-jared-leto
The Crow - People are comparing Bill Skarsgard to Jared Leto’s Joker. MULLET??
https://cosmicbook.news/bill-skarsgards-the-crow-look-like-jared-letos-joker
Rebel Moon - The full 6 hour cut of the whole movie (parts 1 and 2) will reportedly be released together. No official date for that yet. Part 2 out April 19.
https://cosmicbook.news/rebel-moon-6-hour-cut-on-the-way-says-zack-snyder
Maxxxine - July 5th release date.

Trailers
The Watchers - https://youtu.be/CrhrNS0JFyg M. Night Shyamalan’s new movie. International release June 5th. North American release June 7. Dakota Fanning.
The Garfield Movie - https://youtu.be/S3XjsSvwSuU

Reg ‘ol News
Superman: Legacy - James Gunn has cast Wendell Pierce as Perry White. Following Lawrence Fishbourne from the Man of Steel movies.
https://cosmicbook.news/james-gunns-superman-wendell-pierce-cast-as-perry-white
The Unknown - Willy Wonka horror movie… kinda. Based on the “Willy’s Chocolate Experience” situation in Glasgow. Scottish film studio Kaledonia Pictures is rushing the production in hopes for a 2024 release.
https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3802303/the-unknown-a-horror-movie-based-on-the-viral-wonka-experience-has-been-announced/

Suggests
Dune part 2… duh

Rumor Mill

Confirmations/Refutations
Mandalorian - Game does actually appear to have been lost to the EA layoffs.
Deadpool - Emma Corrin will IN FACT be playing Cassandra Nova. https://boundingintocomics.com/2024/02/28/deadpool-wolverine-copyright-filing-confirms-emma-corrins-villainous-role-return-of-live-action-marvel-heroine/

New Sources
Snyderverse - Nope still not dead. Now there is speculation, being fueled by WB and Netflix supposedly, that WB could be in the market to sell IPs to third parties and Netflix has voiced interest in more Zack Snyder.

New Rumors
Henry Cavill - Spider-Man UK? This IS a combination of Spider-Man and Captain Britain from Earth-833 which just so happens to be where Mysterio claimed to come from in Far From Home.
Wolverine - Hugh Jackman is rumored to have 2 big stipulations. He wants to work with Tobey Maguire and RDJ.
Kang the Conqueror - Colman Domingo is rumored to be playing Kang as the replacement for Jonathan Majors. Played coy in a recent interview. In the Candyman reboot, directed some episodes of Fear the Walking Dead.
Spider-Man 4 - Sony wants all 3 Spider-Men (Tom Holland, Tobey Maguire, Andrew Garfield) in the movie. ALSO all 3 are said to be voicing their Spider-Men in the next Spiderverse movie. Tom Holland will be getting the Venom symbiote in the end.
Venom 3 - Tom Hardy going out into the multiverse looking for Peter Parker by the end.
Ghost of Tsushima 2 - said to be getting an official announcement during a Playstation Showcase sometime around May or June