Monthly Archives: April 2015
HBO’s The Brink Gets Teaser Trailer
HBO today released a teaser trailer for its upcoming geopolitical comedy, The Brink, which stars Jack Black (School of Rock) and Tim Robbins (The Shawshank Redemption). Check it out below.
While we got a quick glimpse of the series last year in an HBO year-end video, the teaser gives us our first real look at The Brink.
From Roberto and Kim Benabib, the series centers around a foreign service officer (Black) and the Secretary of State (Robbins), as they attempt to navigate a crisis that has Earth on the verge of World War 3.
Black Ops 3 Trailer: What You Might Have Missed
Before the recent flood of Call of Duty news, Activision kicked things off with only the teaser trailer below.
Though it's short and shows no gameplay, its hints were obvious and numerous enough to suggest that 2015's Call of Duty is Black Ops III. Activision and Treyarch later confirmed the game, to no surprise.
But in spite of all its heavy-handedness, the trailer does contain a few more subtle secrets. IGN's Call of Duty fans Brian Albert and Ben Janca sat down to comb through the trailer frame by frame and pick out the details you may have missed.
Rockstar Details GTA 5’s Video Editing Tools
Grand Theft Auto V on PC will include a suite of video editing tools not currently available to those playing on console.
The Rockstar Editor, as it's called, will allow you to record gameplay clips and even create your own custom scenes using the editor's built-in Director mode.
Within this mode, you'll be able to alter the time of day, modify the weather, and tweak the game world in other interesting ways. Plus, hundreds of different assets, including character and animal models, can be imported.
Grand Theft Auto V arrives on PC next week. Here are the specific times when pre-loaded copies will be unlocked.
Valla Most Popular in ‘Heroes of the Dorm’ Tournament
Blizzard has released a truckload of stats for Heroes of the Dorm, its college-based Heroes of the Storm tournament.
Valla is the most popular hero, having garnered 40 votes and being selected 10% of the time by advancing teams. Ontario makes up the widest margin of remaining competitors, at 11 of the final 64. Other frontrunners include California, Texas, Georgia, and Florida. Read on for details on class types, map preferences, and more.
Rocky Horror Picture Show Getting TV Movie Remake
A two-hour television movie remake of iconic musical The Rocky Horror Picture Show is in the works at Fox.
Entertainment Weekly reports, unlike other recent primetime musicals, The Rocky Horror Picture Show won't be performed live. Fox hopes this will ease the casting process, as, in the past, many actors have avoided live musical performances.
Tesla CEO Talks Realities of Flying Cars
Tesla CEO and tech entrepreneur Elon Musk has explained why that grand vision of the future, flying cars, may not be all they're cracked up to be.
On a recent episode of Neil Degrasse Tyson's podcast Startalk (via Business Insider), Musk explained the practical realities that could stand in the way of the future as portrayed in The Jetsons, Back to the Future, and The Fifth Element.
"If there are flying cars then, well, obviously then you have added this additional dimension where a car could potentially fall on your head and would be susceptible to weather," he said. "It’s got to be autopilot, but even on autopilot, and even if you’ve got redundant motors and blades, you are still going from near zero chance of something falling on your head to something greater than that."
DC Gets Surprising Response from Marvel
Today when DC tweeted a heartfelt goodbye to New York, Marvel replied to their biggest rival in a surprisingly genuine way: an emotional gif of Groot wiping away a tear from Rocket Raccoon's eye.
@DCComics pic.twitter.com/7oi7MFYWvG
— Marvel Entertainment (@Marvel) April 10, 2015
As announced in 2013, DC is moving its editorial office from New York to join the rest of its departments in California, all in an effort to have all of their operations working together alongside one another.
Man Volunteers for World’s First Head Transplant
A Russian man with a terminal illness is ready to undergo the world's first human-head transplant as early as next year.
Valery Spiridinov, a 30-year-old computer scientist from Vladimir, Russia, told the Daily Mail that he has full faith in the controversial Dr. Sergio Canavero, the Italian physician many medical professionals are criticizing for his radical views. Canavero recently said he thinks modern science can support a head-transplant procedure, and has been working to gather funds and resources.
'Am I afraid?" Spridinov said. "Yes, of course I am. But it is not just very scary, but also very interesting." Spiridinov was born with the rare Werdnig-Hoffmann muscle-wasting disease, a severe category of spinal muscular atrophy. He said he wants to take his chance at having a healthy body before he dies. "My decision is final and I do not plan to change my mind."
Ratchet Movie Showing at Cannes in May
Ratchet & Clank: The Movie will be shown next month at Cannes.
According to Cinema Management Group, 3D showings of the film will be held during the event at 4pm on May 15 and 16.
For those who aren't familiar with Sony's PlayStation platforming duo, Ratchet is a space-traveling lombax who's accompanied by a witty robot named Clank. Over the years, the pair have gone on various adventures, saving the galaxy from various alien threats.
The series got it start back on PlayStation 2 and has since seen installments on PSP, PlayStation 3, and PS Vita. Sony and Insomniac are currently developing a remake of the original game for release on PlayStation 4 later this year.
Sony Resurrects The Dark Tower Movie & TV Saga
The long-gestating combination big and small screen adaptation of Stephen King's The Dark Tower saga has found new life thanks to Sony Pictures Entertainment and MRC. (MRC first became linked with the project back in summer 2012.)
Deadline reports that Sony and MRC have teamed to co-finance the hugely ambitious feature film and TV adaptation of King's fantasy magnum opus.
"The new script is primarily based on the first book in the series, The Gunslinger, and the relationship between Roland and Jake," according to Deadline. "The latest draft of the script is co-written by Akiva Goldsman