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Gotham Knights: How Is Former Oracle Barbara Gordon Back as Batgirl?

Barbara Gordon is one of Gotham’s most iconic heroes, and in the newly announced Gotham Knights, she’ll be taking to the streets under her most famous mantle, Batgirl. Alongside her other Bat-Family super-siblings, she’ll be protecting the city from the mysterious organization known as the Court of Owls, but if you’ve played the Arkham games, you might be wondering why she is no longer in a wheelchair and using the mantle of Oracle.  The official press release from WB Games gives a brief indication of how Babs becomes Batgirl again: “Barbara Gordon is a determined fighter and a skilled hacker.…
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Fletch Reboot Movie’s Difficulties Explained by Former Director in Ted Lasso’s Bill Lawrence

If the Fletch reboot movie project was an undercover prostate exam, it would have had ample time to belt out “Moon River” many times over. While such a project was recently revived by Miramax, this time starring Jon Hamm, the process has been one marred by so much difficulty, it has been referred to as a cursed endeavor. It’s a notion to which Bill Lawrence, co-creator of Apple TV+ series Ted Lasso, can attest, having once been attached as director for Fletch. The effort to revive and/or reboot Fletch, the Chevy Chase-starring 1980s comedic detective film franchise based on the…
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Former Ubisoft Executive Canceled King Arthur Game From Dragon Age Director

A report from Bloomberg reveals that former Ubisoft executive Serge Hascoët is responsible for the cancellation of a King Arthur project led by Dragon Age creative director Mike Laidlaw. The report (which is currently behind a paywall) indicates that Laidlaw was hired by Ubisoft sometime around 2018 to work on an RPG project known as Avalon. With the help of Assassin’s Creed Odyssey developers Ubisoft Québec, Laidlaw intended to create an expansive fantasy world based on the legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. It seems that Laidlaw and the team at Ubisoft Québec also intended…
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Destiny-Activision Deal Was “Bad From The Start,” Says Former Bungie Executive

In an interview with Youtuber HiddenXperia, composer and former Bungie executive Marty O’Donnell spoke candidly about the failed partnership between Destiny developer Bungie and publisher Activision. “We knew it was a risk right from the get-go, and then it turned out to be exactly as we thought it was going to be,” O’Donnell says. “Everybody who no longer works for Bungie is gonna say, ‘Yeah, it was bad from the start.'” O’Donnell goes on to imply that those who still work for Bungie are often being “political” when they speak about the Bungie/Activision partnership and even says that “There are…
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