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Credit: Shutterstock/Anton Balazh When the ancestors of Māori made landfall in Aotearoa some 750 years ago, it marked the final stop of the greatest expansion of human migration in prehistory. Much of their story—exactly when they arrived and where they initially settled, how quickly the population grew, and how they sustained…

Days after the trailer for the upcoming documentary of Johnny Depp and Amber Heard trial, Johnny vs Amber: The US Trial, was released, a film, Hot Take: The Depp/Heard, about the recent defamation case is being rush-released on the streaming platform Tubi, said a new report. The trial, which concluded in June, saw Johnny suing his ex-wife for defamation over an op-ed she wrote for The Washington Post in 2018. Read more: Johnny Depp says 'needed the work' as he makes surprise appearance at MTV VMAsIn her piece, Amber had…

Licensed games need to make a comeback We’ve seen countless game-to-TV or film adaptations announced over the past few months, and while it’s exciting to see some really great properties getting even more love, part of me wishes we could see more pre-existing properties be turned into licensed games. Take one of the most beloved game franchises of all time: The Witcher. Those were books before they were games, and CD Projekt Red’s take on the adventures of Geralt brought a fresh take to the series, just like the Netflix…

Maps of the study region. These were created in QGIS using the ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model v3 as a basemap : (a) All TIB 8 settlements, with elevation data displayed using a topographic color ramp. Important locations are named, ancient (modern) names: Xanthos (Letoön), Balboura (Çölkayiğı), Myra (Demre), Attaleia (Antalya), Side (Manavgat). (b) Location of study region within the Eastern Mediterranean. (c) Lycia-Pamphylia with paleoclimate…

Who’s Bad? The mysterious legend of the Sonic 3 soundtrack has reared its head once again, as Sega has revealed that upcoming retro compilation Sonic Origins will not feature the original score from the 1994 release. Instead, Sonic 3 & Knuckles will feature an “adapted” soundtrack, faithfully recreated by composer Jun Senoue. Sonic fans had been awaiting news on the Sonic Origins soundtrack situation, well aware that Sonic 3 soundtrack is mired in red tape to the alleged input of one Michael Jackson, who supposedly…

Image via Comedy Central In addition to a Netflix comedy special, Norm Macdonald left behind a screenplay for a film adaptation of his celebrated book, Based on a True Story. Geoff Edgers, Macdonald’s trusted scribe, wrote in the Washington Post that the Canadian comedian adapted his “memoir” into film form sometime around June 2020. That wasn’t the first mention of a cinematic adaption. In February 2019, Macdonald announced on Twitter that he had “begun the process of adapting Based on a True Story into a…