Since the release of Love, Damini last July, Burna Boy has largely focused on touring the world and letting the accolades pour in. His busy summer includes a headlining slot at Afro Nation Detroit and a stadium show at New York’s Citi Field.
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Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Amazon Games is taking another shot at Middle-earth. The ecommerce giant announced a deal with Middle-earth Enterprises for Amazon Games to develop and publish a new massively multiplayer online (MMO) game based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy epic “The Lord of the Rings.” The upcoming game, as yet untitled, will be “an open-world MMO adventure in a persistent world set in Middle-earth, featuring the beloved stories of ‘The Hobbit’ and ‘The Lord of the Rings’ literary trilogy,” according to Amazon. The game is in early stages of production, with development led by Amazon Games Orange County, the studio behind Amazon Games’ open-world MMO game “New World.” Amazon Games will publish the game globally for PC and consoles, but it did not announce an expected launch date.
Amazon Games reached the new deal with Middle-earth Enterprises, the entity responsible for licensing Tolkien’s works that was acquired by video-game conglomerate Embracer Group in 2022. It’s Amazon’s second attempt to build a “Lord of the Rings” MMO. In 2019, it set plans for a massively multiplayer online game set in “a time long before the events of ‘The Lord of the Rings'” with Leyou Technologies, a Hong Kong-based games company. But Amazon abandoned the project after China’s Tencent acquired Leyou, Amazon and Tencent failed to come to terms on a new deal for the game. Separately, Amazon Studios produces pricey original series “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” for Prime Video, which is set during Tolkien’s Second Age of Middle-earth and is unrelated to the upcoming MMO title from Amazon Games. (In February, Warner Bros. announced a deal with Middle-earth Enterprises for multiple “LOTR” movies.) “We’re committed to
Since the release of Love, Damini last July, Burna Boy has largely focused on touring the world and letting the accolades pour in. His busy summer includes a headlining slot at Afro Nation Detroit and a stadium show at New York’s Citi Field.
told Variety. “Office politics have changed a bit in 20 years, so can’t wait to see how they navigate a modern-day David Brent.”The Down Under version of the show will have Howard as the managing director of a packaging company called Flinley Craddick.
SPOILER ALERT! This post contains spoilers for the series finale of HBO’s Succession.
What do writers do when they can’t write? It’s an exasperating question, since some write anyway – even in risky ways.
Bill Lee, the accomplished Jazz musician who collaborated with the likes of Cat Stevens, Aretha Franklin and Bob Dylan and also scored many of his son Spike Lee’s films, has died according to multiple reports. He was 94.
over 11 seasons, an indomitable walker-killing mom and onetime leader of the Hilltop Colony, is venturing into NYC with Negan (former Alexa cover star Jeffrey Dean Morgan), the reformed baseball bat-wielding maniac and killer of Maggie’s husband, Glenn (Steven Yeun). It’s an inspired pairing, and things are gonna be awkward: In the “Walking Dead” finale, Maggie tells an apologetic Negan she can never forgive him.For a performer who’s spent more than a decade steeped in fictional death and destruction — yes, the walking dead on the show can be metaphorical, but also, there’s a lot of killing — Cohan really comes alive talking about the experience.
was false. And on Monday, MSNBC’s Chris Hayes had fun with the whole thing, in particular Fox News primestime star Laura Ingraham.Ingraham was tasked with disclosing the mistake, saying the network “had no clue” why anyone would make that story up.
Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor TikTok says Montana’s newly enacted law that would criminalize usage of the short-form video app is unconstitutional — and the app company has taken legal action to fight the state’s ban. TikTok filed a lawsuit Monday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Montana seeking to have the law reversed. It was signed into law last week by Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte, who said it would “protect Montanans’ private data and sensitive personal information from being harvested by the Chinese Communist Party.” TikTok is owned by ByteDance, a China-based internet conglomerate. “We are challenging Montana’s unconstitutional TikTok ban to protect our business and the hundreds of thousands of TikTok users in Montana,” the app maker said in a statement. “We believe our legal challenge will prevail based on an exceedingly strong set of precedents and facts.”
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex (Prince Harry and Meghan Markle) have had some major headlines written about them over the past few months.
Blur have spoken about recording their surprise new album ‘The Ballad Of Darren’.The 10-track LP, was announced earlier this week and is the band’s first since 2015’s ‘The Magic Whip‘. It was produced by James Ford (Arctic Monkeys, Foals, Depeche Mode) and recorded at Studio 13 in London and Devon.Speaking in a press conference at Colchester Castle ahead of their gig at the town’s Arts Centre last night (May 19), all four members opened up about the recording process of their ninth studio album.“There were moments of utter joy,” enthused bassist Alex James. “The new song we open with [‘St Charles Square’] I just thought, ‘Oh my God, we’ve pulled it back’.
Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic A new documentary about Avicii, the late Swedish DJ who became an international phenomenon in the 2010s, is underway, with Lawrence Bender, known for his many projects with Quentin Tarantino, and longtime talent manager Orlando John as producing partners. John will co-direct the film with Jonas Trukanas. “Avicii changed the music industry,” said John, a Dutch talent manager who works with musician Wyclef Jean, actor Joel Kinnaman and others. “People think they know the story, but they have really no clue as to what actually happened. I feel a profound responsibility to ensure that it’s told accurately and objectively. This documentary will give the audiences a deeper understanding of the brand that left an indelible mark on music and culture.”
Ariana Madix is getting candid about her personal life.
Squid Game: The Challenge will premiere on the streaming service this yearSquid Game: The Challenge is a reality TV show based on the popular K-drama Squid Game, and will feature contestants competing for a cash prize of $4.56million (£3.65million) in a series of games inspired by the show – without the violent stakes.This week, during Netflix’s first upfronts event in New York, the streaming service revealed that the upcoming reality TV competition will premiere this November.Netflix gave the Squid Game: The Challenge spin-off the greenlight back in June 2022. “The stakes are high, but in this game, the worst fate is going home empty-handed,” the streaming service said in a statement at the time.“Squid Game took the world by storm with Director Hwang’s captivating story and iconic imagery.
EXCLUSIVE: Emmy and Golden Globe winner Eddie Murphy is circling a new Pink Panther movie in the works at the Amazon-owned MGM, multiple sources have confirmed to Deadline.
The reality competition version of Squid Game is coming later this year.
Amazon Games has announced they are working on a new massively multiplayer online (MMO) game based on The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien.
Nicole Williams’ modelling career has come a long way since she dreamt of making it big in New York and posing for the cover of Sports Illustrated — two things she crossed off her vision board.
BreAnna Bell As Upfronts begin, it’s time to take a look at the current shows scheduled to return in the upcoming broadcast season as cable networks continue to take stock of their successes. For those keeping up, CBS previously announced several cancellations including the popular show “SWAT,” which will close after its seventh season.
finally returns for its 14th season, with an all-new cast ready to show off sides of the city the OG never did. Gone is the season 13 lineup (Ramona Singer, Luann de Lesseps, Sonja Morgan, Leah McSweeney and Eboni K.
is joining a long list of suitors hoping to cash in on the gambling market after New York City was recently approved for a gaming license. The hip-hop artist and entrepreneur released a long-winded statement on Instagram Thursday from his entertainment company Roc Nation with the headline: “It’s Time, Times Square.” In an open letter to New York, Jay-Z makes his case for why he should be the one applicant granted the license, stating that others in the running have “spread misinformation.” He’s vying for what is predicted to be a single license to open a legal casino in the city.