Emilia Clarke is set to lead An Ideal Wife, the new film from Good Luck to You, Leo Grande director Sophie Hyde where she will play the Irish children’s author and Oscar Wilde’s wife, Constance Lloyd.
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Vela Games has revealed its debut title, Evercore Heroes, which is a competitive player versus environment (PvE) game where the goal is to become the world’s best team of heroes.The game is set in the science fantasy world of Lumerea, and combines real-time skill-based teamwork with adventurous co-operative combat. The trailer was released today (October 11) and shows a multitude of heroes showing off a variety of intricate weapons and abilities whilst traversing the world before coming together and facing an intimidating ice-hurling ogre.Vela Games CEO and co-founder, Travis George, said “Our goal has always been to make the game players really want, even it it means breaking the mould,” he then went on to say that with Evercore Heroes, Vela is building a “unique” multiplayer game that brings skill-based co-op and competitive play together in a “fresh new way”.Early testing has been underway for over two years, and George says that the feedback from those sessions has been “great”.
“We’re ecstatic to finally share the game with the world,” he concluded.This weekend (13-16 October) there will be a playtest for Evercore Heroes which anyone interested can sign up for via the game’s website or official Discord server. Vela says that anyone signing up to the Discord will “increase” their chances of being selected for the exclusive playtest.George added that player tests are the key to ensuring that gameplay feels rewarding, is skillful, “but most importantly […] a positive experience for all our players”.
Emilia Clarke is set to lead An Ideal Wife, the new film from Good Luck to You, Leo Grande director Sophie Hyde where she will play the Irish children’s author and Oscar Wilde’s wife, Constance Lloyd.
Comedian Chris Redd, who was attacked outside the Comedy Cellar in Greenwich Village on Wednesday night, has been released from the hospital, the Los Angeles Times reported. Deadline has confirmed that the former Saturday Night Live castmember’s show at New York’s City Winery on Sunday has been canceled. The club said in a statement that “the show has been cancelled due to an unforeseen scheduling conflict.” Deadline also reached out to Redd’s rep and will add any comment received.
The massive injuries suffered by author Salman Rushdie have been confirmed by his agent, who says Rushdie has lost eyesight in one of his eyes and use of one of his hands.
Geena Davis “really wanted to be small” and struggled to fit in because of her height. The ‘Thelma and Louise’ actress, who started her career as a lingerie model, has opened up about the insecurity she had with her height when she was younger and confessed that she felt like a misfit as she was taller than her school colleagues. She told The New Yorker: "I was tall from a baby.
Rita Ora's new album has been inspired by Taika Waititi. The 31-year-old singer started dating the acclaimed filmmaker in 2021, and their recent wedding is said to have been a major inspiration for her upcoming third album. A source explained: "Rita has poured her heart and soul into this album.
Manori Ravindran International Editor The David Tennant-starring “Litvinenko” has sold into AMC+ and Sundance Now in the U.S., along with a host of other buyers in 80 international markets. The drama has pre-sold ahead of its debut on ITV’s forthcoming U.K. streaming service ITVX, which launches this fall, and NENT Group’s Viaplay streaming service in the Nordics, Netherlands, Poland and Baltics. Written by George Kay (“Lupin”) and produced by Patrick Spence, ITV Studios and Tiger Aspect Productions, the drama tells the story of Alexander Litvinenko, the former Russian Federal Security Services and KGB officer, whose death from polonium poisoning in November 2006 triggered one of the most complex and dangerous investigations in the history of the Metropolitan Police.
Radio 4 listeners had quite the wake-up this morning after actress Miriam Margolyes launched into an expletive outburst about the new Chancellor.
Manchester City footballer Bernardo Silva has welcomed a “new family member” with his girlfriend Ines Degener Tomaz.
The New York Times and Serial Productions have announced a new three-part audio mini-series titled We Were Three. Described in a press release as “an intimate look at a family in the aftermath of the pandemic,” it’s hosted by This American Life producer Nancy Updike and scored by the inimitable Sophie Allison (aka Soccer Mommy).
Super tense. Kathie Lee Gifford and Kelly Ripa are feuding over the latter’s book. The current host of Live! With Kelly and Ryan wrote about her former co-host Regis Philbin in her new book Live Wire: Long-Winded Short Stories and Kathie Lee spoke out about it in an interview with Fox 5.
“Never a dull moment,” proclaims Star Trek: Discovery’s Captain Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) in the just released trailer for the upcoming fifth season of the Paramount+ series.
A Guinness World Record for the most scripted jump scares in a single episode of television has a claimant. Coincidentally (well, not really), it’s a new series premiering on Netflix.
New Mexico health officials are renewing a public order aimed at protecting newborn babies from syphilis. The state Health Department on Wednesday announced requirements that medical providers follow best practices by testing all pregnant women for syphilis multiple times. The agency says that New Mexico had the highest rate of congenital syphilis cases among states in 2020, when there were 42 local cases of newborn babies contracting the disease from their mothers.That is the most recent year for finalized federal statistics.