Quick News: Marvel, Moana, Long, Trek, Apple

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Garth Franklin
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Marvel, Skydance Games

Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra
Skydance Games has announced that its upcoming “Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra” video game has been delayed “beyond early 2026”. The delay is being down so the game “meets the level of quality that our team, players, and fans expect”.

Set in 1943, the game follows a story involving Captain America, a pre-T’Challa incarnation of Black Panther, Gabriel Jones of the Howling Commandos, and a Wakandan spy stationed in Paris. [Source; Skydance Games]

Moana
Disney’s live-action “Moana” remake appears to have completed some additional photography with actor Dwayne Johnson saying “Just this past Friday, around 8:00 pm, we officially wrapped the live-action version of Moana, so we can’t wait.” The project’s main shoot took place July-November last year.

The actor will play Maui, the character he voiced in the original animated movie and the sequel. Johnson also says he spent an entire week shooting the “You’re Welcome” song for the film and that the “singing and the choreography is crazy.” [Source: THR]

Long Lost
“Final Destination: Bloodlines” writer/directors Zach Lipovsky and Adam B. Stein are reportedly in talks to direct “Long Lost” at Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment. Steven Spielberg, Simon Kinberg, Audrey Chon and Scott Glassgold produce.

The story, dubbed “What Lies Beneath meets Rosemary’s Baby,” follows a woman whose husband’s long-lost wife suddenly returns. It’s based on a short story by Colin Bannon who also wrote the script. [Source: THR]

Star Trek LEGO
LEGO and the “Star Trek” franchise are finally collaborating for the first time with a LEGO version of Captain Jean-Luc Picard’s ship, the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-D, which served as the main ship from “Star Trek: The Next Generation”.

The 3,600-piece set includes a detachable command saucer, an opening shuttlebay, 2 mini shuttlepods, and an angled display stand with a schematic and ship statistics. There’s also nine minifigures including Picard, Riker, Worf, Data, Troi, LaForge, Dr. Crusher, Guinan and Wesley.

There’s also accessories – a teacup, trombone with a stand, a phaser, tricorder, engineering case, PADD, bottle, portable tractor beam generator, and a cat figure. The set retails for $399.99.

Apple TV
Apple have revealed that their colourful new identity Apple TV logo branding, which debuted the other week, isn’t a full CG animation. Rather, it was captured entirely in camera using glass and lighting tricks by TBWA\Media Arts Lab with “no CG shortcuts”. [Source: 9to5Mac]