Week in Geek: TikTok returns to app stores in the US

TikTok is available once again in the App Store and Google Play Store in America. Here’s the week in geek.

Prime Video’s Rings of Power is returning for a third season and sets the stage for the arrival of the One Ring. HBO’s The Last of Us is reportedly sticking around for two more seasons. Someone has reportedly already been cast as the brand new Dumbledore. Finally, those in the US can finally download TikTok once again.

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A live-action Dungeons & Dragons series is in the works, the Fantastic Four will finally be complete on Marvel Rivals, and TikTok is downloadable again in the US. Here’s what you may have missed this week in geek.

A live-action Dungeons & Dragons series is coming to Netflix

Stranger Things and Deadpool & Wolverine director Shawn Levy is producing a live-action Dungeons & Dragons TV series on Netflix. The series is reportedly titled The Forgotten Realms, which any DnD player will know is the popular setting of many campaigns including the 2023 movie Honor Among Thieves and the video game Baldur’s Gate III.

Rings of Power has been renewed for Season 3

Prime Video revealed that Rings of Power will be returning for a third season. The streaming service released a brief synopsis to announce the brand new season revealing that the show will jump several years in the height of the war with Sauron. Meanwhile, Sauron himself is set on crafting the One Ring.

An HBO exec says The Last of Us could have four seasons

Francesca Orsi, the EVP and Head of Drama at HBO, has reiterated that The Last of Us will likely have a total of four seasons, a sentiment that showrunners Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann have shared previously. Orsi, in an interview with Deadline, was wary to fully confirm it but said that “it’s looking like this season and then two more seasons after this and we’re done.” Fans of the games are probably curious as to how this will happen since there are only two games in the franchise and the first season adapted the first game. Some have speculated that the second season won’t adapt the second game fully.

John Lithgow could end up being the new Dumbledore

The brand new Harry Potter series is reportedly in final talks to cast American actor John Lithgow as Hogwarts headmaster Albus Dumbledore. The series is set to film this summer and will feature a new cast. Fans of the films are a little hesitant for the series saying that the reboot is still too soon. If Lithgow is cast, he will join Richard Harris and Michael Gambon in playing the legendary wizard.

A new poster for Mortal Kombat II dropped

Two new posters for the sequel to the 2021 movie have been released. The first is a poster for a Johnny Cage movie featuring Karl Urban as the titular character. The second poster features the iconic dragon in metallic silver with glowing green eyes. The movie is set to be released this October 24.

Human Torch and Thing complete the Fantastic Four in Marvel Rivals on February 21

Everyone’s been going crazy over the addition of Mister Fantastic and Invisible Woman on Marvel Rivals… Okay, maybe it’s just for Invisible Woman, but now the First Family is set to be complete with the arrival of Human Torch and Thing. The Human Torch will be a Duelist, focused on manoeuvrability and quick attacks, while Thing will unsurprisingly be a Tank, a frontliner able to withstand a lot of damage.  The last two members of the Fantastic Four will be coming to the game on February 21.

TikTok is back on the App Store and Play Store

Though the social media app was made accessible again after a less than 24-hour ban, it wasn’t available to be re-downloaded from the Apple App Store or Google Play Store. It dismayed those who had already deleted the app thinking it would be banned for good. Fortunately, those who did can now redownload it, but the question remains whether or not the platform will be banned again once its 90 days are up.