For God’s sake, I was still playing “Minesweeper” back then. The “Diablo” series goes all the way back to 1997.

Technically, Zhao had already taken a leap while “Nomadland” was on the awards trail: She had signed on to direct the Marvel film “ Eternals,” which debuted with mixed reviews in 2021.īut today’s project keeps the Chinese-born filmmaker in league with, as our friends at San Diego Comic-Con call it, “The Popular Arts.” (“Nomadland” also won the top prizes at the Venice and Toronto Film Festivals, not bad!) McDormand also took home two trophies during that ceremony, her third Best Actress award following “Fargo” and “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” as well as her own Best Picture Oscar as a producer.

After a similarly elegiac look at the American West with “The Rider,” Zhao teamed with Frances McDormand for “ Nomadland.” The 2020 feature was an awards smash, winning Zhao two Oscars – Best Picture as a producer and Best Director. The trailer is co-directed by Chloe Zhao alongside Kiku Ohe.įew would have predicted, watching the 2015 independent film “Songs My Brother Taught Me,” just how mainstream Zhao would become in just a few years. These are just a few of the characters you’ll meet in the minute-long trailer for Blizzard Entertainment’s upcoming blockbuster video game “ Diablo IV.” And if this has a more cinematic look than most ads targeting the joystick set, that’s no surprise.

An acrobatic archer, a sorceress, a shapeshifting barbarian, skeletons-with-swords, and a frightened child.

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