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Good evening everyone! Today I want to discuss what picks I got correct and which ones I got wrong. So, let’s get started! I predicted that the Vikings would beat the Saints 26-20, but the final score was 28-25 Vikings over the Saints. I predicted that the Bills would beat the Ravens 28-24, but the final score was 23-20 Bills over the Ravens. The Bills came back and won the game after the Ravens were up 20-3 in the first half. The Ravens blew another winnable game. I predicted that the Eagles would beat the Jags 27-19, but the final score was 29-21 Eagles over the Jags. I predicted that the Cowboys would beat the Commanders 34-21, but the final score was 25-10 Cowboys over the Commanders. I predicted that the Chargers would beat the Texans 37-20, but the final score was 34-24 Chargers over the Texans in a rematch. I predicted that the Raiders would beat the Broncos 29-17, but the final score was 32-23 Raiders over the Broncos. I predicted that the Packers would beat the Patriots 34-18, but the final score was 27-24 Packers over the Patriots in overtime. I predicted that the Chiefs would beat the Bucs 27-20, but the final score was 41-31 Chiefs over the Bucs. I predicted that the 49ers would beat the Rams 24-21, but the final score was 24-9 49ers over the Rams. The Rams offense did not score a single touchdown. Not one.
I predicted that the Colts would beat the Titans 23-20, but the final score was 24-17 Titans over the Colts. I predicted that the Browns would beat the Falcons 34-13, but the final score was 23-20 Falcons over the Browns. I predicted that the Panthers would beat the Cardinals 31-24, but the final score was 26-16 Cardinals over the Panthers. The Cardinals have finally beaten the Panthers for the first time since 2013 and the 2008 playoffs. Mostly is because the defense really stepped up by batting 7 passes of Baker Mayfield and the Panther fans were pouring down the boos on Baker Mayfield. They were not happy with his performance. The Cardinals offense still did not score a point in the first quarter. They had a chance to in the first place, but they decided to squander that opportunity. Got to score points in the first quarter and get off to fast starts. I predicted that the Lions would beat the Seahawks 27-24, but the final score was 48-45 Seahawks over the Lions in a big shootout.
So overall, I have gotten 9 out of 12 picks correct!! Now let’s get to the NFL week 5 picks, shall we?! The first game I will predict is the Giants @Packers game. I think the Packers will beat the Giants 36-23. The next game I will predict is the Chargers @Browns game. I think the Browns will beat the Chargers 38-28 in a close game. The next game I will predict is the Falcons @Buccaneers game, the divisional rivalries. I think the Bucs will beat the Falcons 31-20. The next game I will predict is the Steelers @Bills game. I think the Bills will beat the Steelers 41-24. The next game I will predict is the Bears @Vikings game, the divisional rivalries. I think the Vikings will beat the Bears 30-27 in a close game. The next game I will predict is the Titans @Commanders game. I think the Titans will beat the Commanders 35-24. The next game I will predict is the Seahawks @Saints game. I think the Seahawks will beat the Saints 27-23. The next game I will predict is the 49ers @Panthers game. I think the 49ers will beat the Panthers 33-16. I just think that the 49ers offense and defense will be a little bit too much for the Panthers to handle. Plus, The Panthers offense does not look good. The defense is pretty good, but you cannot win games if your offense is struggling a lot.
The next game I will predict is the Eagles @Cardinals game. Both of these teams are coming off with the wins last week. The Eagles offense has been really good and their defense is pretty talent. Overall, they are the only undefeated team in the NFL so far. The defense has two defensive guys such as Jordan Davis, Fletcher Cox, Brandon Graham, Darius Slay, and Hasson Riddick. The Eagles offense has A.J. Brown, Devonte Smith, Dallas Goedert, Miles Sanders, and of course Jalen Hurts. The Eagles overall have some really good players and they are talent. The Cardinals offense are banged up at the offensive line and a starting center Rodney Hudson is going to be out for Sunday. So, that is going to be a really good challenge. Sean Harlow will be starting at center and he needs to be at his best. Fletcher Cox and Jordan Davis are probably going to cause some problems for the Cardinals offense especially on Kyler Murray. The Cardinals cannot afford to play from behind against the Eagles and they know it. If they play from behind again, then there is no coming back into the game and the Eagles offense will continue to pound you down the field. The Eagles offense in every week have put up over 400 yards of offense. So in order for the Cardinals to slow down the Eagle Pass rushers, they will need to run the ball more and put Kyler Murray under center more. They need to score points in the first quarter. So, who will win the game tomorrow? The Cardinals still have not won the game at home since last season against the Texans. I am going to pick the Eagles to win the game tomorrow in a close game 33-26. I’m just not sure if the Cardinals can keep up with the Eagles fire power offense and their powerful defense. But hopefully they will prove me wrong like they did last week. The next game I will predict is the Cowboys @Rams game. I think the Cowboys will actually beat the Rams 24-17. The Rams have not been the same team like they were last season so far this season. The next game I will predict is the Bengals @Ravens game, the divisional rivalries on Sunday Night Football. I actually think the Bengals will beat the Ravens 30-24 in a close game. I just don’t know that the Ravens can win this game especially after blowing a lead last week against the Bills. John Harbaugh is hoping that it won’t happen again. The last game I will predict is the Raiders @Chiefs game, the divisional rivalries on Monday Night Football. I think the Chiefs will beat the Raiders in a close game 38-31.
So, what do you guys think about the NFL week 5 picks?! I would love to hear lots of comments, thoughts, opinions, questions, or concerns down below! Stay tuned for NFL updates.
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Screenwriter Gary Whitta (who was also formerly a game developer) has a unique origin story when it comes to how he built his community on the popular gaming livestream app Twitch.
Whitta started working in Hollywood as a filmmaker and screenwriter working on such films as The Book of Eli, After Earth, and Star Wars: Rogue One. And while these are incredibly impressive projects we have all come to know and love, sometimes the finished product is not quite what the screenwriter originally envisioned. There are also times in Hollywood where projects get picked up but also get dropped or stalled. Whitta elected to take ownership of his projects from start to finish without the status quo of Hollywood gatekeepers to compromise his artistic vision. He has taken to Twitch, the popular live streaming gaming platform, to fuel his artistic vision in a myriad of ways.
BGN sat down to chat with Gary Whitta at TwitchCon, inside of the San Diego Convention Center, to discuss his career on the platform and about his talk show Animal Talking — a virtual talk show with a similar format as a late night show, complete with guests and performances. He has had a ton of guests on, ranging from Selena Gomez to Brie Larson to Sting.
For Whitta, integrating Hollywood with gaming was a good opportunity for him. He says, “I’ve been fortunate to have to have these two back-to-back careers where I essentially got to do both of the hobbies that I had growing up.” Able to do these hobbies professionally, he’s a self-described video game nerd and movie geek. Both of these industries were a part of his DNA.
Whitta also describes both gaming and some aspects of Hollywood as being a Venn diagram of nerd culture.
“If you’re into Star Wars and Marvel, you’re probably also into Minecraft and Fortnite and all of these things kind of collapse into one,” Whitta says. When Twitch came along, he thought it was a good opportunity to try and combine those two interests. Like most people did on Twitch at the time, he started with playing games on the livestream platform. At the time he joined, Twitch wasn’t what it is today and didn’t expand to incorporate music and other kinds of content creation. It still was primarily known as a place where people play video games.
A light bulb moment happened for Whitta when a film he worked on, The Book of Eli, made its debut on another streaming giant platform — Netflix. There were all of these special features for the film, but the studio never put out audio commentary for the movie. Whitta decided to provide commentary since he had some knowledge about it (he did work on the film after all). He says, “I had this idea to try to use Twitch in a slightly different way, which was to kind of do a live-watch.” While live-tweeting isn’t a new phenomena, conducting a live-stream watch via Twitch certainly was for Whitta and his community of followers. This was also uncharted territory for him as a screenwriter on Twitch talking about movies and doing Q&As. Fans could learn in real time the fundamentals of screenwriting while watching a movie on Netflix.
The self-admitted streamer confesses that he’s very active on Twitter and social media. “I’m pretty much a homebody and I don’t get out much,” he says. “Twitch is a way to connect with people.” His virtual talk show Animal Talking blew up during the pandemic, which was a time many people grew their platforms as online creators.
Twitch is a place that offers many options for content creators such as categories like just chatting, cooking, or comedy. Whitta thinks that gaming will remain the cornerstone of the platform; however, he does believe the platform is branching out in other ways.
In addition to his work as a screenwriter, streamer, and former game developer Whitta has also created an audiobook podcast called Gundog: a sci-fi apocalyptic alien invasion thriller featuring Shannon Woodward (Westworld, The Last Of Us Part II) and Troy Baker (The Last Of Us Part II), with music by composer Austin Wintory (Journey). The story is full of giant robots and alien invasions, so Whitta is sticking to his sci-fi roots with this project.
If there is one thing to take away from Whitta’s story, it is that he used what he knew to build a community on Twitch and was authentic with his approach. He took something as simple as doing a live-watch of a movie that he worked on and answered questions from his community about that film to keep them engaged and build an audience. While his path started with gaming, ultimately it has led him to other areas.
You can follow Gary Whitta on Twitch at his channel GaryWhitta.
If recent history has taught us anything, it’s that nothing guarantees a film or movie will make it to the screen. That’s true even when a studio spends $90 million dollars and finishes a whole movie. So we understand if you long ago gave up on Hulu’s adaptation of Erik Larson’s 2003 best-selling non-fiction book The Devil in the White City. We first told you about the planned series in February 2019. That might as well be a thousand years ago! And that followed decades of failed attempts to bring the story of the first modern serial killer to the big screen. But fear not, because the streaming service has finally picked up the show from executive producers Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio to air. Unfortunately, The Devil in the White City will no longer star Keanu Reeves.
According to Variety, Keanu Reeves will no longer star in The Devil in the White City. Hulu recently ordered the adaptation to series, and Reeves was set to take on his first leading television role. Reeves was meant to play the architect Daniel H. Burnham, one of the breakout stars of the 1893 World’s Fair in Chicago. He designed the event’s “white city” that lends its name to the book. But now that Reeves has exited, it’s unclear who will take on the role.
Either way, the “devil” in the series title refers to the infamous serial killer H.H. Holmes. His heinous crimes took place near the World’s Fair. He claimed to have murdered more than 200 people in his building known as “Murder Castle.” Holmes designed the three-story labyrinth to trap victims inside. That’s where he killed and dismembered them before cremating them in the basement.
According to Variety, Sam Shaw will adapt the book. He’ll also serve as showrunner and executive producer. Todd Field will direct. And if nothing prevents the show from airing, it will mark the end of a long journey from the page to the screen. But we guess The Devil in the White City will have to do it without Keanu Reeves.
With the current state of Hollywood, more than ever, we’ll literally have to see it to know it’s real.
Originally published on August 4, 2022.
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