Valve has announced that DOTA 2’s massive professional gaming tournament The International will no longer allow fans to attend due to COVID. The event is still going forward, though, and it is scheduled to begin on October 7 in Romania, Bucharest.

“We have been carefully evaluating the continued rise of Covid rates in Romania, as well as the resulting introduction of new local restrictions in Bucharest,” Valve said in a statement. “To ensure the safety of all players, talent, and production staff participating in the event, we have decided to refund all ticket sales for The International 2021.”

“We wanted nothing more than to welcome fans live to the event, but we can no longer do so in a way that allows us to prioritize the health and well-being of both audience members and…

Who do you call when you need to revive a popular action franchise like The Expendables after nearly a decade-long hiatus? Probably a stunt performer. Enter Scott Waugh, Expendables 4 director and a former stuntman who was “born and raised on set”–his late father, Fred, was a movie and TV stuntman going all the way back to the 1960s, and both Scott and his brother, Ric, are stuntmen-turned-directors.

“Being an ex-stuntman always gives me a little bit of a leg up coming into a set,” Waugh said. “So to come in with these action heroes, I don’t want to say I’m on common ground with them, but there is a commonality between us.”

Warning: This article describes a particularly cool action sequence from late in the film.

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