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Last week the season finale of Marvel’s Moon Knight revealed a third and creepy new personality for Oscar Isaac’s character. That personality’s name is Jake Lockley and we only got to see a brief moment of him in the series during the post-credits scene.

This is another reason Marvel needs to continue this story! We get a first look at a new personality and this guy is completely unhinged and insanely brutal and violent. In fact, during a recent interview with /Film, director Mohamed Diab talked about the new character and apparently Isaac’s portrayal of the character scared the hell out of the crew. He explained:

“We never spoke about Jake that much, honestly, but I want to tell you, when Oscar just showed us the way he wanted to play him, he scared the hell out of us. He became a scary person for sure.”

While we didn’t see much of Jake in the series, you can tell his demeanor is dark and cold-blooded. The filmmaker went on to share that he sees the character as the “Taxi Driver kind of guy.” He also explained why he decided to keep this identity hidden until the end of the season:

“I think the discussion about Jake is going to come one day, if there is an expansion of what’s going to happen. We actually decided to meet him at the end, so we don’t do this disservice to him, because he needs exactly the same time as Marc and Steven on screen. We need to understand who he is. We need to understand his struggle, but he’s one of the reasons that I really want to come back one day to this show and expand that world, whether in film or TV. But I see him as the ‘Taxi Driver’ kind of guy. So I wish one day to play with him and see where it takes us.”

With the way the series ended, I’d be surprised if Marvel didn’t continue the story for Moon Knight! He’s always been one of Marvel’s most interesting characters with his multiple personalities and it’d be so crazy for them to not want to explore that further. There very well could be more than the three personalities that we’ve been introduced to so far!

Marvel has had a bit of fun playing with the multiverse in the MCU with projects such as Loki and Spider-Man: No Way Home, and it all explodes into complete insanity with Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Now, Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige confirms that the events of Loki made everything that has happened in Spider-Man: No Way Home and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness possible.

He explained to Marvel, “There’s always a method to the madness even in the multiverse. Fans know Loki and Sylvie did something at the end of that series that allowed all of this to be possible. He Who Remains is gone and that allowed a spell to go wrong in Spider-Man: No Way Home, which leads to the entire multiverse going quite mad in this.”

That’s not really explained in any of the movies involving the multiverse, but thanks to Feige, we now have some clarity on what is causing all of this multiverse craziness and I imagine that it’s not going to stop. It’s going to be interesting and fun to see how Marvel continues to mess around with the multiverse as they continue telling their stories.

The new Doctor Strange movie definitely takes fans on a wild ride through the multiverse and now anything is possible.

Image Comics is celebrating 30 years! To celebrate the momentous occasion, Humble Bundle has launched Image Comics’ 30 Year Anniversary Bundle (affiliate link) which is live until May 14 and offers collections of comics for Spawn, Savage Dragon, The Darkness, Astro City, and more. The bundle is valued at $770 and can be yours for as little as $25! Each purchase will support Book Industry Charitable Foundation (BINC) which helps bookstore owners, booksellers, and comic store employees and owners meet their financial needs in the case of an unforeseen emergency. Which comics are you excited to read from the bundle?

A trippy trailer has been released for the African sci-fi musical Neptune Frost. The film was written by Saul Williams and co-directed by Williams (in his feature directorial debut) alongside Anisia Uzeyman (Dreamstates). It features performances by Cheryl Isheja, Bertrand Ninteretse, Eliane Umuhire, and Dorcy Rugamba.

Here’s the full synopsis:

Co-directed with the Rwandan-born artist and cinematographer Anisia Uzeyman, the film takes place in the hilltops of Burundi, where a group of escaped coltan miners form an anti-colonialist computer hacker collective. From their camp in an otherworldly e-waste dump, they plan a takeover of the authoritarian regime exploiting the region’s natural resources – and its people. When an intersex runaway and escaped coltan miner find each other through cosmic forces, their connection sparks glitches within the greater divine circuitry. Set between states of being – past and present, dream and waking life, colonized and free, male and female, memory and prescience – the film is an invigorating, empowering direct download to the cerebral cortex and a call to reclaim technology for progressive political ends.

This looks truly captivating, and has been described as such by many critics who have already viewed it across many festivals including Cannes, New York, Toronto, Sundance, and London. Check out the trailer and poster for the film below, and watch Neptune Frost in select US theaters starting June 3rd.

I enjoy the films that Teresa Palmer (Warm Bodies, Lights Out) makes, and she’s got a new horror movie coming out titled The Twin. Palmer takes on the role of a young mother in the story who is plagued by the violent death of one of her twins.

The synopsis reads:

Following the aftermath of a tragic accident that claimed the life of one of their twins, Rachel (Palmer) and husband Anthony (Steven Cree) relocate to the other side of the world with their surviving son in the hopes of building a new life. What begins as a time of healing in the quiet Scandinavian countryside soon takes an ominous turn when Rachel begins to unravel the torturous truth about her son and confronts the malicious forces attempting to take a hold of him.”

The clip features Rachel observing her son’s strange behavior and disturbing artwork. She’s clearly disturbed by what she’s seeing, and asks her son: “You don’t want to hurt mommy, do you?” Chances are, he does; after all, this is a horror movie.

The Twin comes from Lake Bodom director Taneli Mustonen, and it will be released on Shudder, in theaters, on VOD and digital on May 6th, 2022.

The hit Kung Fu action game Sifu has released some new content for players to enjoy. They include difficulty settings, new outfits, advanced training mode, and other quality of life updates. You can now choose between three difficulties: Student, Disciple, and Master. Disciple is what the game was originally set to, so now if you want a more challenging experience you can try master, or if you want an easier time getting through the story, you can do student. There are now two more outfits you can unlock, three if you own the deluxe edition, with more on the way. The advanced training mode will let you train against any enemy archetype or bosses you have defeated in the story. You can also take on more than one at a time. Fans of dark mode can rejoice as that is now an option for in game menus. In addition to that, there is now better mouse and keyboard support, audio updates, and improved HUD readability. Sifu has been wildly popular since its release with some international critics considering it for GOTY, so it’s always nice to see Sloclap still making improvements and not just resting on their laurels. They have also announced they are working on a year’s worth of free content updates for the game. You can check out a trailer featuring some of the new update features below and let me know what you think. Have you been enjoying Sifu?

Magic: The Gathering recently saw the launch of Streets of New Capenna for MTG Arena. Set in a city built by angels and ruled by devils, the official trailer gives a 1920s New York feel that is absolutely incredible. The new cards revolve around the families which are 3-color factions, each with its own mob boss. You’ve got The Obscura, The Maestros, The Riveteers, The Cabaretti, and the Brokers. Enjoy the new set digitally now on MTG Arena for free.

A city built by angels and ruled by demons, New Capenna conceals a crooked underbelly beneath its extravagant parties and classy citizens. Five conniving syndicates feud for control over the supply of “Halo,” a rare resource highly sought after for its material beauty and magic-boosting power. But as the invasion of a bigger threat enters New Capenna, it’s up to Planewalkers Vivien and Elspeth to prevent the conflict between families from boiling into an all-out war.

If you prefer the physical game, you can play Streets of New Capenna as of April 29 with new boosters and decks available. Which family will you join to take over the city?

Hasbro has revealed the first action figure for Disney+’s Obi-Wan Kenobi series of the title character.  Hasbro and Lucasfilm dub this Star Wars: The Black Series figure of the Jedi Master “Wandering Jedi.”

Ewan McGregor debuted the figure on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Star Wars Day and you can watch the video of him doing that below. You can also see some additional photos of the figure, which looks great! If you’re a collector, you’ll definitely want to get one of these!

The 6-inch action figure includes butterfly shoulder joints, photoreal face printing, and a removable Jedi robe. It should go up for preorder at all the usual retailers in one week, on May 11th and it will cost $24.99.

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It’s that time again to talk about the games coming to and leaving Xbox game pass. There are some pretty interesting sounding games coming this month including This War of Mine: Final Cut and Trek to Yomi. I haven’t played either one yet, but I might try to play them now that they are on game pass. Here’s the full list of everything coming:

• Loot River (Cloud, Console, and PC) ID@Xbox  – May 1

  • Available on day one with Game Pass: Explore procedurally generated labyrinths in a dungeon crawling action roguelike that combines tense, real-time combat with spatial block-shifting – slide blocks of ancient ruins, fight bestial abominations, loot, explore, level-up, strategize, cast powerful spells, die and wake up anew.

• Trek to Yomi (Cloud, Console, and PC) ID@Xbox – May 5

  • Available on day one with Game Pass: Trek to Yomi is a cinematic action adventure game that follows an enthralling story of Hiroki during his fall against the forces of evil. Experience his heroic return to make good on his failed promise to save the people he swore to protect.

• Citizen Sleeper (Cloud, Console, and PC) ID@Xbox – May 5

  • Available on day one with Game Pass: Live the life of an escaped worker, washed-up on a lawless station at the edge of an interstellar society. Inspired by the flexibility and freedom of tabletop RPGs, explore the station, choose your friends, escape your past and change your future.

• Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair Anniversary Edition (Cloud, Console, and PC) – May 10

  • On Jabberwock Island, you and your classmates were ready for fun in the sun until Monokuma returned! Trapped in a dangerous situation, you must survive through the class trials. Your only hope rests in solving the island’s mysteries. Plus, Ultimate members can play with native touch controls with cloud gaming on day one, no controller needed!

• Eiyuden Chronicle: Rising (Cloud, Console, and PC) – May 10

  • Available on day one with Game Pass: Strengthen your bonds with the launch of Eiyuden Chronicle: Rising on Xbox Game Pass. Experience the prewar tales of various characters who will eventually become your companions in Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes, the top funded Kickstarter game of 2020 and coming to Game Pass on day one in 2023.

• This War of Mine: Final Cut (Cloud, Console, and PC) ID@Xbox – May 10

  • In This War of Mine: Final Cut, remastered for Xbox Series X|S, you play a group of civilians trying to survive in a besieged city; struggling with lack of necessities and constant danger from snipers and hostiles. It’s an experience of war seen from an entirely new angle. Learn more here.

• NHL 22 (Console) EA Play – May 12

  • Experience breakthrough hockey with Game Pass Ultimate and EA Play! NHL 22 is coming soon to The Play List, so all members can hit the ice. Members also get NHL 22 rewards, including World of Chel gear sets, and more.

Sadly games do need to be leaving, so don’t miss your chance to play and get your 20% off to purchase them:

• Leaving May 10

  • Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas – The Definitive Edition (Cloud and Console)

• Leaving May 15

  • Enter The Gungeon (Cloud, Console, and PC)

  • Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster (Console and PC)

  • Remnant: From the Ashes (Cloud, Console, and PC)

  • Steep (Cloud and Console)

  • The Catch: Carp and Coarse (Cloud, Console, and PC)

  • The Wild at Heart (Cloud, Console, and PC)

Mike Myers is known for his run on the series Saturday Night Live, and his successful franchises that include Wayne’s World, Shrek, and Austin Powers. Each one is a standalone phenomenon, but are also pretty far in the review mirror. Myers has been working the last few years on just a couple of projects including appearing in Bohemian Rhapsody, as well as the series he developed for Netflix that premiers this week titled The Pentaverate.

But could an additional Austin Powers movie be on the horizon? Myers hopes so, but he can’t give us a straight answer one way or the other. In a recent interview with SiriusXM’s The Jess Cagle Show (via CB) to promote his new Netflix series, Myers was asked about Austin Powers 4, and he said:

“I would love to do one. I can neither confirm nor deny the existence or non-existence of such a project, should it exist or not exist?  You know, we’re, you know…”

At that point, co-hosts Cagle and Julia Cunningham both broke in to suggest it sounded like Myers was confirming that something was in the works. 

“It was a non-confirmed, confirmation confirmation,” Myers joked.

The idea of a fourth Austin Powers film is one that has been floating around for some time, starting all the way back in 2005, about three years after Austin Powers in Goldmember. The actor’s IMDb even states that it’s in development. Myers has offered various updates about a fourth film, with most of them being very positive. A May 2018 update saw Myers hint that a fourth film would feature some sort of tribute to Mini Me actor Verne Troyer who died in April of that year.

Goldmember director Jay Roach said of the possible sequel in 2020:

“I wouldn’t say never never…I’m always game for whatever [Mike Myers] wants to do. It does depend on Mike having something that he’s inspired about, and so far, after all these years, it hasn’t quite clicked yet.”

I have a feeling this will probably fall into place. There’s no reason for it not to. It would be ridiculous, but totally fun to see this cast back together for another Austin Powers. Would you like to see Austin Powers 4 on the big screen?