That 90's Show, a spin-off of That 70's Show, is officially in development at Netflix with Kurtwood Smith and Debra Jo Rupp reprising their roles as Red and Kitty Forman respectively. The show will be set in 1995, and will tell the story of Leia Forman, daughter of Eric and Donna, who is visiting Red and Kitty for the summer.
That 70's Show creators Bonnie Turner and Terry Turner are joining the project as executive producers. Gregg Mettler, who worked on the original, will serve as the showrunner. Netflix has ordered 10 episodes of the show.
The original debuted in 1998 and ran for 8 seasons until ending in 2006. It featured stars including Ashton Kutcher, Mila Kunis, Topher Grace, and more hanging out in the Formans' basement. There is no word on the rest of the cast for That 90's Show, including if any of the original characters will return in guest appearances.
This isn't the first attempt at a spinoff. During That 70's Show's original run, That 80's Show launched and ran for only 13 episodes.
Besides rebooting classic sitcoms, Netflix is also bringing more beloved sitcoms to the service. This month, every season of Seinfeld joined Netflix's lineup. For more, you can check out everything new to Netflix for October 2021.
Logan Plant is a freelance writer for IGN. You can find him on Twitter @LoganJPlant.
Sales for green tracksuits and white Vans are up by thousands of percentiles indicating that the look from Squid Game might be the hottest costume for Halloween.
The unfortunate contestants on Squid Game, a life-or-death survival game where players can either win millions of Korean Won or die trying, are forced to wear a simple look. A striped green tracksuit and some white slip-on shoes.
According to sales metrics, this exact outfit is flying off the shelves. As reported by Variety and Sole Supplier, sales for white slip-on Vans have jumped 7,800% and online retailers are returning Squid Game-style outfits in search results for green tracksuits.
TV will supply plenty of inspiration for this year's Halloween costumes. After all, this is a year in which there have been many different Marvel shows on Disney Plus, as well as the continuation of Ted Lasso. I'd wager any one of these shows will fuel this year's Halloween parties.
Squid Game is the number one TV show on Netflix around the world and for good reason. The show about poor Koreans forced to play deadly children’s games for a chance to win millions and pay off their debts has resonated with the world.
Despite the seemingly overnight success, Squid Game was in development for 10 years as the director tried and failed to get the story made for the screen. And when Netflix finally went ahead and produced the show, the director revealed the intensity on the set caused him to lose six teeth to stress.
The Walking Dead's next run of episodes in its final season will begin on February 20, 2022.
Deadline reports the second part of season 11 will feature 8 episodes. The first part of the season is wrapping up this weekend, with the third and final part set to debut sometime in the second half of 2022. The massive, 24-episode final season is the show's biggest ever, following a 22-episode effort in season 10.
A teaser trailer was released today on the official The Walking Dead YouTube page, along with the announcement that fans can start streaming the season as soon as February 13 on AMC+.
Full spoilers ahead for Dune, Part One! If you're wondering whether or not there's a post-credits scene in Dune, we'll tell you right here: No, there is not.
Director Denis Villeneuve’s long-awaited screen adaptation of Dune is finally upon us … but it only tells part of the saga laid out in Frank Herbert’s seminal 1965 sci-if novel.
While a sequel is far from a sure thing, Part One tells a contained story of Paul Atreides wrestling with his responsibilities as the heir to House Atreides, the awakenings of his powers as the son of a Bene Gesserit “witch” and the devastation wrought upon his family when they assume control of the planet Arrakis.
Furthermore, Paul is plagued by visions of his possible future throughout the film, a future that could see him become the messianic leader of a jihad by Arrakis’ indigenous people, the Fremen, against the Galactic Padishah Empire.
But that’s a story for Dune, Part 2 to tell. (Dune did win its opening weekend domestic box office with $40.1 million, while also setting a pandemic record for the studio for the biggest three-day opening since the company started its day-and-date strategy on HBO Max.)
Nope, there are no post or mid-credits scenes in Dune, Part One. That said, if you're looking for more Dune action once you finish the film, you can always watch the David Lynch 1984 Dune movie, which is streaming on HBO Max right now.
The Atreides’ encounter with the Fremen definitely gets off on the wrong foot. Their leader Stilgar (Javier Bardem) and his fellow warriors, particularly Jamis (Babs Olusanmokun), are not especially welcoming despite Stilgar being reminded he previously met Paul and his father, Duke Leto (Oscar Isaac). Tensions between the Atreides and Fremen quickly escalate. Jamis wants Stilgar to eliminate these outsiders because they need their water but, ultimately, Stilgar perceives value in sparing Paul’s life. Jessica’s life? Not so much. And that’s when things turn violent.
Paul disarms Jamis while Stilgar is overwhelmed by Jessica. Paul takes the high ground and gets the drop on the Fremen, resulting in a standoff. Jamis invokes the Amtal Rule — challenging Stilgar’s leadership of their sietch since he was bested by Jessica — and issues the Tahaddi Challenge. And what’s that exactly? Mortal combat!! Paul will fight Jamis as Jessica’s champion. If Jamis wins then he will become the new chieftain — and Paul will be dead.
To make things even more unnerving for Paul, he has been plagued by visions of Arrakis since the beginning of the movie, visions that have only grown more troubling and expansive after he’s exposed to the spice Melange on Arrakis. In his visions, Paul has often seen an enigmatic young Fremen woman as well as a crysknife, the Fremen’s sacred weapon. But he has also seen Jamis in his visions where he’s not a foe but more of a mentor. Paul has even foreseen his death — stabbed by a crysknife — on Arrakis. And now here he is about to duel a man, Jamis, who also appears in his visions.
But there is another vision Paul had at one point, one perhaps even more troubling for him, where he becomes a messianic figure poised to lead the Fremen in a merciless jihad against the Empire — even attacking his former homeworld, Caladan, under the Atreides flag.
From the high ground, Paul realizes someone has had the drop on him this whole time. He turns around to finally meet the literal girl of his dreams, Chani (Zendaya), who says she would never have allowed him to hurt her friends. Moments later, as Paul preps for his duel with Jamis, Chani offers him her great aunt’s crysknife, which he recognizes as the same weapon from his visions. Chani tells Paul that, unlike other Fremen, she doesn’t believe he is the Lisan al'Gaib, their prophesied messianic figure from off-world. She also has no illusions Paul will survive a fight against a skilled fighter like Jamis but she wants him to at least die with honor by carrying the crysknife of a great warrior.
Jamis is a master of the crysknife, whereas Paul has only been trained in the dueling style befitting the use of defensive energy shields. The Fremen and their stillsuits have no such shields (as the vibration from shields would attract the sandworms and send them into a killing frenzy). While Jamis is indeed a fearsome fighter, Paul soon gains the upper hand and immobilizes Jamis, urging him to yield. But with the Fremen, that is not an option. This is a fight to the death and Paul’s reluctance to slay his opponent is initially perceived as toying with Jamis.
Jessica then reveals to Stilgar that Paul has never killed before. But Paul does what he must now and kills Jamis. With that, the boy has become a man in the eyes of the Fremen, who each give him a pat on the shoulder as a sign that Paul — and his mother — have been accepted among them.
So what of Paul’s previously envisioned death? What was the meaning of that? Paul heard a woman’s voice in those visions who said Paul Atreides had to die in order for the Lisan al'Gaib to rise. Paul’s victory also means his vision of him becoming a warmongering messiah for the Fremen could come true. His fear that this may be his inescapable fate weighs heavily on him throughout the latter part of the novel, although it’s largely left up to Chalamet’s nuanced performance to glean how he feels about his possible future.
In the film, Paul berates Jessica and the Bene Gesserit for making him a “freak” when he has the vision of leading a jihad, and yet at the end when he survives his duel with Jamis and the old woman’s words — in the book, it’s the voice of the Reverend Mother of Sietch Tabr — Paul smiles. Maybe he’s just happy he survived or maybe he’s pleased by the thought that he does indeed have a grand destiny ahead of him on Arrakis.
As the Fremen journey back across the dunes to their home with Jamis’ remains, Paul sees a Fremen riding a sandworm through the desert. Chani turns to Paul and smiles — a sunny image he has often seen in his dreams — and declares: “This is only the beginning.” And that’s how Dune, Part One ends.
Interestingly, Dune, Part One never depicts the portion of Herbert’s novel where Paul takes the name of Paul Muad'Dib — in the books, he is also given a nickname, Usul, that the Fremen will only use among themselves — so it’s possible Part Two will cover that.
But do you think we’ll actually get Dune, Part Two? Let us know in the comments!
Myth of Empires is the new large-scale multiplayer sandbox game from development studio, Angela Game.
Player freedom and survival elements feature front and centre against the backdrop of an open-world ripe for customization, crafting and conflict-management.
If you’re looking to get a head-start on the path to power, here’s six things you need to know about Myth of Empires.
1. Survive and Thrive
The recent closed BETA gave us plenty of time to explore Myth of Empires’ detailed world and revealed it to be full of a great many and varied threats to our survival. A mix of wild animals, starvation, exposure to the elements, and roving bandits and NPC factions were amongst the omnipresent hazards waiting to catch out the reckless survivor.
Happily, there are just as many ways to mitigate those risks and stave off predators, making it possible not just to survive but to thrive. Early crafting recipes offer the means to make tools and weapons with which to feed and defend yourself. Areas of expertise ranging from weapon specialization and hunting thorough to animal taming and land cultivation provide focus for longer-term mastery of goals and specializations.
After just a few hours of play it is apparent that learning to survive and thrive go hand in hand as you level up your character.
2. The Land is Alive and It’s Dangerous
Myth of Empires’ land of the ancient East features realistic geographical features shaped by a digital Mother Nature complete with terrain consisting of plentiful landforms. From snowy mountain ranges to temperate forests, each biome hosts its own ecosystem supporting flora, fauna, mineral deposits, and resource categories to be mined, exploited, and defended.
The environment offers up some striking transitions throughout the day/night cycle but it’s best not to get caught staring too intently. Weather plays a key part of the world around you and while it will often be benign with some hazy sunshine here, or scattered showers and low-lying fog there, it can also be more threatening to your well-being. Blizzards, sandstorms, and even toxic miasma can catch sunset-gazers unawares.
3. Strangers Are Just Friends (or Enemies) You’ve Yet to Meet
Assuming you haven’t succumbed to the elements or been gored by a wild boar by this point then a long and – hopefully – illustrious career as a diplomat or military powerhouse could lie before you.
Guiding guilds and forging alliances in order to unite – or conquer – regions populated by other players and NPC factions is an excellent way to stake your claim to an enduring legacy.
Opportunities to meet with would be allies are plentiful across more than 100 resource sites like mines, farms, and treasure spots. Here you can converse, refine your social mores, and increase your nobility level as you break bread with the locals or break necks if things don’t go so well.
Be careful though, as violence begets violence and raising the hostility levels of rival NPC factions or even just the local wildlife through frequent attacks will result in them launching a large scale counter-offensive on your encampment.
4. Two Things Are Certain: Death and Taxes There will come a point where war is waged in your sleepy prefecture, either because you have something your neighbors covet or perhaps because you yourself launch a hostile bid for power.
This is where Myth of Empires becomes a spectacle of large-scale conflict. Enemies at the gates of your fortress, or strife across your wider province, will see siege engines wheeled into place and armies force-marched into position to answer the call to arms.
County battles signal a server-wide conflict to establish ultimate control. Playing out over a two-stage warfront, these battles can see the balance of power shift between factions. The presiding power earns the right to rule with enlightened mercy or belligerent impunity, reaping the benefits of local resources and setting taxation levels to moderate or maniacal levels.
5. After Destruction Follows Construction
Having won a position of power, it might be wise to try to win over some of your former enemies and enlist them to your cause. Befriending other players and NPC factions to have them work towards your cause is a diplomatic mission worth investing in.
If you’re charismatic enough you can convince others to gather resources and craft items for you, or simply have them join your own private army to help protect against all the other people you annoyed along the path to power.
Building projects are a good public focus for cooperation. Whether you’re building with wood, clay, stone, or metal, there are scores of available building types each with myriad customization options. Construct a new fortress to make your followers feel safe, along with a place to eat, drink, and be merry so that they might forget that it was you that burned down their old one.
6. A Life Spent in the Saddle
Myth of Empires has an affinity for horses. Some are graceful and others are skittish — fleeing at the first signs of danger.
Horses can be used for transporting goods, pulling carts, and traveling with the wind in your hair, but it’s the very strongest that make for the most loyal and fearsome battle companions. Mounted combat benefits from associated bespoke crafting and ability trees and, just like their human counterparts, are animated from motion captured movement to ensure every equine is as authentic as possible.
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With expansive PvE and PvP options, thousands of crafting recipes, hundreds of decorative arts, scores of building projects and a whole load of horses, Myth of Empires offers a wealth of activities for those looking for a multiplayer survival sandbox experience.
For more on the game as it develops, stick with IGN.
