Fox and producers are scrambling to save Lethal Weapon.
Multiple sources tell The Hollywood Reporter that troubled star Clayne Crawford has been fired from the Fox procedural and studio Warner Bros. Television has been scrambling to find an actor to replace him.
Sources say multiple actors have been offered the role for a potential third season and have passed as the process continues ahead of Fox's upfront presentation to Madison Avenue ad buyers on Monday. Fox and WBTV declined comment.
Crawford has come under fire of late for his bad behavior on the set of the Damon Wayans drama. The actor recently apologized for two incidents for which he was reprimanded during the sophomore season.
Crawford said the first incident happened when he became angry with what he deemed unsafe working conditions on the set. After the outburst, the actor said he met with human resources, apologized for his role in the conflict and completed studio-appointed therapy, while also sharing a “sizable portion” of his paycheck with one of the parties involved — at Warners' request. The second incident occurred during an episode Crawford was directing when another actor on set felt unsafe after being hit by a piece of shrapnel from an effect.
“I absolutely love, respect and care for my crew and cast, and would never intentionally jeopardize so many jobs,” Crawford wrote. “I an incredibly sorry if my passion for doing good work has ever made anyone feel less than comfortable on our set, or feel less than celebrated for their efforts. Furthermore, I apologize to all the crew and cast for any negative attention Lethal Weapon is receiving because of these incidents.”
Crawford's behavior has left Lethal Weapon — one of Fox's better-performing dramas — on the bubble as many connected with the series have said they would rather not work with the actor. Fox and Warner Bros. Television have until June 30 — when options on the cast expire — to make a decision on the future of the series, but would prefer to do so before Monday's upfront presentation.
Network insiders are currently mulling the fate of multiple comedy and drama pilots as they piece together their 2018-19 schedule.
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Minecraft's next update will be its last for a selection of older consoles. The team at Mojang confirmed today that Minecraft for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PS Vita, and Wii U will no longer receive updates after the Update Aquatic.
The update will arrive a little later for these older consoles, as well as the PlayStation 4 version as well. Players on the Java Edition, along with the newer Bedrock Engine versions for Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, mobile, and Windows 10 will be the first to receive the Update Aquatic.
The Minecraft team says it made the decision to drop support for the older consoles because they represent a minor portion of the game's player base. From Mojang:
Although we'd love to keep bringing new content to all our players forever, the older generation of consoles now make up less than 5% of our active players, so we've made the difficult decision to focus our efforts to support players where they play Minecraft the most and where we plan to add new features: on Java, PlayStation 4 Edition and the versions of Minecraft made with the Bedrock Engine on other consoles, mobile, and Windows 10.
The Update Aquatic will be a pretty major update for Minecraft, taking the game underwater with a boatload of aquatic species, mobs, and items. The update is currently in beta testing on Xbox One and Windows 10.
Two beloved learning games are coming together. Microsoft has partnered with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, the company that owns the rights to The Oregon Trail, to bring the classic historical simulation game into Minecraft: Education Edition.
The new Oregon Trail Experience inside Minecraft: Education Edition will let students take a trip across North America while learning about the “wonders and challenges that pioneers encountered on this famous journey,” Houghton Mifflin Harcourt SVP Caroline Fraser said in a statement.
This new experience offers the “complete storyline of The Oregon Trail from Missouri to the Pacific Coast … reimagined in the open world of Minecraft,” according to Microsoft.
During their virtual journey, students will encounter more than 15 different educational lessons covering everything from history and geography to math, science, government, and language arts. Students will “think through the ratios of supplies needed, strategize on crossing rivers, and learn how the postal service relied on military outposts before the days of email,” Microsoft said.
Other lessons will challenge students to craft a short Public Service Announcement as they learn about the dangers of the Oregon Trail, solve math problems as they begin to understand how long and challenging the trail was, research fur trading companies to learn about economic concepts of monopolies and supply and demand, and more.
Students will also have the opportunity to “create their own 19th century communities along the journey,” the companies wrote.
Head here to download the new Oregon Trail experience.
Some people find a game and continue to play it on their console or handheld of choice well beyond the end-of-life of the hardware. Minecraft is no exception to that, with around five percent of players continuing to load it up on a PS3, Xbox 360, Wii U, or PS Vita. And those players will soon be able to enjoy the Minecraft Update Aquatic, but it will be the last update they get.
Xbox One$499.99 at PCMag Shop and Switch players won't actually get the Update Aquatic. That's because it comes bundled with a brand new “Bedrock engine” version of Minecraft for those platforms. Xbox One owners can download it for free and Switch owners get it as a free patch.
We first heard about Minecraft going under the seaback in November last year. As the video above shows, there's a lot of new content included in the update including a range of new block, items, status effects, enchantments, mobs, generated structures, biomes, data packs, item forms, and commands. It's sure to keep the avid Minecraft player very busy.
Full details of the additions and changes are available on the Minecraft Wiki.
With the release of the Deadpool 2 just a little over a week away, some fans are getting nervous about having the highly-anticipated sequel spoiled for them.
Luckily, Ryan Reynolds, the movie’s star, is already doing his best to nip that problem in the bud. Reynolds took to Instagram on Wednesday to share a message from Deadpool that not only warned fans about spoilers, but also managed to take a shot at the Avengers.
In a hilarious recreation of the letter that Marvel directors Joe and Anthony Russo tweeted leading up to the release of Avengers: Infinity War, the Merc with a Mouth urges fans to keep quiet about Deadpool 2‘s plot.
“To the greaterest fans in the whole universe,” the note reads. “Only a handful of people know the film’s true plot. One of them is not Ryan Reynolds. We’re asking that when you see Deadpool 2, you don’t say a f—ing word about the fun s—t in the movie. Cause it’d be super lame to spoil the fact that Deadpool dies in this one. Kidding. Not Kidding. Kidding? Godspeed.”
After years of continued updates and support, the Minecraft team has announced that the coming Update Aquatic content drop will be the last significant update to hit the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PlayStation Vita, and Wii U versions of the game.
Mojang notes that the decision to leave these versions behind was driven by a need to support the platforms where most of Minecraft’s player base dwell and, all together, the legacy systems listed above only account for less than 5 percent of the game’s active players.
Additionally, the studio notes that players using the older Xbox One and Nintendo Switch versions of Minecraft won’t be receiving the update, but downloading a free upgrade to Minecraft’s latest release on those platforms will grant players on those platforms access to Update Aquatic when it drops.
Though the game first officially released in 2011, Minecraft hit the Xbox 360 in 2012, PlayStation 3 in 2013, Vita in 2015, and WiiU in 2015. In the years since, Mojang has continued to deliver updates to both legacy and current generation versions of the game, but now notes that, going forward, only Minecraft’s Java Edition (PC), PlayStation 4 Edition, and “Bedrock Engine” releases of Minecraft for mobile, Windows 10, and consoles will be supported by future updates.