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Keanu Reeves’s John Wick was originally scripted as a 75-year-old man.In the new book They Shouldn’t Have Killed His Dog: The Complete Uncensored A**-Kicking Oral History of John Wick, Gun Fu, and the New Age of Action, franchise producer Basil Iwanyk confirmed that the role was originally meant for an older actor.“One of my best friends is Charlie Ferraro at United Talent Agency, who sent me this script from Derek Kolstad called Scorn,” Iwanyk said. “The lead was a 75-year-old man, 25 years after being retired.“It was…

Based on how the box office takings have been dramatically increasing while the levels of critical and audience acclaim remain exactly the same, it wouldn’t be a stretch to say that every action junkie loves John Wick. Let’s hope that’s the case anyway, with Lionsgate going all-in on the world-building via prequel series The Continental and Ana de Armas spinoff Ballerina, as well as the return of Keanu Reeves for at least Chapters 4 and 5. However, things could have turned out a lot differently had any production…

via Marvel Studios Chris Hemsworth’s Thor: Love and Thunder is now out, proves Thor: Ragnarok was the exception to the rule that movies featuring the character are not astonishing, and director Taika Waititi says a tattoo element of the new release was originally meant to be in the last film. “It was a comedy bit that was supposed to be in ‘Ragnarok‘. When Loki faked his death and he’s reunited with Thor and Thor can’t believe he’s alive, he was to say, ‘I mourned you, look I even got this stupid tattoo,’ and…

via Lucasfilm If writer Stuart Beattie’s initial concept for Obi-Wan Kenobi had made it to the screen, fans would have seen one of their favorite characters brought to the screen for the first time since his character was issued the fateful Order 66 in the last prequel film, Revenge of the Sith. As far as the Disney Plus Star Wars streaming series go, Obi-Wan Kenobi, the latest stand-alone miniseries in the franchise, probably brought in the biggest legacy characters to appear in any of the Star Wars TV series…

Hello there.Image: LucasfilmThere’s no word yet on if Obi-Wan Kenobi will return to Disney+ for more seasons, but apparently the stories are there. In a new interview, writer Stuart Beattie explained that the original plan for Obi-Wan Kenobi was to make three movies, and the story on the first season of the show was just part one.Beattie is credited as a writer on episodes one and three of the Disney+ show, and given story credit for episodes one, two, and six. Despite that, he never had any interaction with anyone…

As in, 65,535 variations instead of two editions The original pitch for the entire concept of Pokemon unique versions included more than two! Tens of thousands were in the cards, actually. Through unearthed documents and interviews, Did You Know Gaming made a discovery of their own recently: the original pitch for Pokemon involved exactly 65,535 different versions of the same fundamental game. Let’s break this down. Why did Pokemon have 65,535 versions? Originally, Game Freak wanted each and every copy of the game (in…

In a recent Ask the Developer interview, Nintendo Switch Sports developer’s divulged a lot of information regarding the game’s development, including an odd early concept. When discussing early concept design ideas for the Wii Sports sequel, producer Takayuki Shimamura recalled, “I remember we had the most outlandish characters that looked like robots”. Art director Junji Morii noted that this was around the time the team decided to reboot the project internally, but the robot concept is further discussed. It turns out…

Ford just started shipping its electric F-150 Lightning on April 26th, but it already has a surprise for soon-to-be owners: all versions of the truck will have higher horsepower than it originally announced, and the standard range model will have an even higher payload capacity, according to a press release from the company. While that’s good news for anyone who’s already got a pre-order, it could end up increasing the FOMO for those who don’t, and can’t get one — Ford stopped taking pre-orders for the truck in…