“In an interview with Jamie Wilson, head of the prosthetics department on The Rings of Power, and Lindsey Weber, an executive producer for the series, we get more details on how the forces of evil will operate in this period of Tolkien’s vast fantasy saga. ‘We spent a lot of time talking about what it would mean to be an Orc in the Second Age. It felt appropriate that their look would be different, part of a wilder, more raw, Second Age, Middle-earth, closer to where the First Age ends.’ Weber said, describing the more desiccated, haunted look of the orcs that we see in the preview images that IGN has been given. ‘As we meet them, they’re not yet organized into armies, they’re a little more scattered and they’ve been scavenging. So it’s just a different time in their total story.’” Read more at Gizmodo Stranger Things star Millie Bobby Brown is reportedly being considered for a significant Star Wars role. Read more at The Mary Sue Obi-Wan Kenobi stars Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen said they’d be down for a second season. “For all those curious as to how Obi-Wan Kenobi transforms from the youthful-looking Ewan McGregor to the distinguished elder Alec Guinness, well, you might get to see it play out in real time. At least, if McGregor and co. have anything to say about it: the Obi-Wan Kenobi team are interested in doing a second season, and perhaps even beyond.” Read more at The A.V. Club The filmmakers behind the upcoming Super Mario Bros. movie think the internet will calm down about the casting of Chris Pratt in the lead role. Read more at Kotaku Thor: Love and Thunder star Christian Bale had no idea what the MCU was when he joined the cast of the Marvel sequel. “Speaking to Total Film, Bale explained that the aesthetic of Gorr the God Butcher is a mixture of director Taika Waititi‘s ‘thoughts,’ a horror icon and music. ‘There’s obviously sort of a Nosferatu slight attitude. Taika and I wanted to do a whole dance, which we didn’t get to do, but we had all this sort of Kate Bush stuff that we worked at. But I think he just realised he was never going to be allowed to put that in the final film,’ he shared. ‘I would say that the most common thing I was staring at was the Aphex Twin video of ‘Come To Daddy’. But I don’t even know if that will be in the final film.’” Read more at HypeBeast The mastermind behind Game of Thrones explains why they believe killing off key characters is crucial to good storytelling. Read more at Mental Floss
