“Sir Ridley Scott turns 84 in 2 weeks, but the iconic director shows no signs of slowing down. With his latest film The House of Gucci hitting theaters this week, Scott is hard at work on adapting two of his most famous franchises, Blade Runner and Alien, into live-action TV series.” Read more at The Mary Sue It’s Hawkeye week! Find out all you need to know before streaming the new Marvel show. Read more at Inverse Itching to see Dune again, or haven’t gotten around to it yet? The sci-fi epic is coming to your home sooner than you may think. “Your chance to watch Dune at home is over. For a month, the hit sci-fi spectacle from filmmaker Denis Villeneuve was both in theaters as well as streaming on HBO Max. However, that window has now closed, which means if you want to see Dune, you can either go to a theater or wait at home. Thankfully, the wait is rather brief.” Read more at Gizmodo The cast of tick, Tick… Boom! talks about Jonathan Larson’s impact on queer culture from Rent and beyond. Read more at The A.V. Club The Final Fantasy 7 battle royale setting has exceeded all expectations. “While Fortnite remains banned from Apple’s walled garden, there’s no shortage of battle royales to play on Android and iOS devices, especially with big names like Call of Duty: Mobile and PUBG Mobile available. But we now have a new PvEvP experience that fills the Epic Games-sized hole left in the App Store. It comes from developer Ateam and Square Enix in the form of Final Fantasy 7: The First Soldier, a free-to-play battle royale that’s pretty much Fortnite without the building shenanigans. That’s a good thing.” Read more at Kotaku A bar in Texas has banned “All I Want for Christmas” by Mariah Carey from their jukebox. Read more at Mental Floss
