Monthly Archives: June 2015
Today Was a Big Day on the X-Men: Apocalypse Set
X-Men: Apocalypse director Bryan Singer has used social media to keep fans abreast of what's happening on the Montreal set of his latest mutant movie.
Today, Singer posted the photo seen below to his Instagram account with the caption "Big day." And as you can see by the array of cast chairs, the scene being shot today involved many of the film's leads, including Jennifer Lawrence's Mystique, Nicholas Hoult's Beast, Alexandra Shipp's Storm, James McAvoy's Professor X, Rose Byrne's Moira MacTaggart, Oscar Isaac's Apocalypse, Lucas Till's Havok, and Michael Fassbender's Magneto.
Here’s Harley Quinn and Katana on Set
I guess we spoke too soon! Just a day after Suicide Squad director David Ayer said the movie's exterior location filming was done (thus putting an end to the daily deluge of set photos) comes ... more set photos!
These new images show Margot Robbie's Harley Quinn and Karen Fukuhara's Katana among other members of Task Force X on the streets of Toronto. Via Comic Book Movie:
Heroes Reborn: Mohinder Returns
Even though the Heroes character of Mohinder was referenced in the Heroes Reborn trailer that screened during the Network Upfronts a few weeks ago (read the full trailer description here), we didn't know for sure if actor Sendhil Ramamurthy would be returning for the new NBC "event series."
Well, now it's official. TVLine is reporting that Ramamurthy is in fact returning to the franchise and reprising his role as Dr. Mohinder Suresh.
Don’t Miss the Return of Spider-Man’s Wife & Daughter
We all want the best of the best, so let us point out the hottest comics and collectibles released each week. We spotlight our favorite comics that we know are money-well-spent, new books that look cool, and any toys we can't wait to play with.
Check out our picks, then take to the comments to let us know what looks good to you!
By writer Geoff Johns & artist Jason Fabok | DC Comics
In the previous issue of Justice League, we got a surprisingly in-depth look at the Anti-Monitor. We learned his true name, got a clear sense of his motivation, and saw that he’s teaming up with Darkseid’s daughter to take down dear old dad.
The Rock Starring in Big Trouble in Little China Remake
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is currently in negotiations to star in the upcoming remake of John Carpenter's Big Trouble in LIttle China.
The movie will be written by Ashley Miller and Zack Stentz, writers of X-Men: First Class, Thor and the upcoming Power Rangers movie.
According to a report by The Wrap, Johnson will star in and produce the movie, taking on the role of Jack Burton. Burton was played by Kurt Russell in the 1986 original.
The report states the original movie is one of The Rock's favorites, and he was involved with pitching the remake to 20th Century Fox with his producing partners Dany and Hiram Garcia.
Hannibal’s Return is This Week’s TV Highlight
June's arrived and we're officially in the raging sea of Summer TV! NBC's superb Hannibal cooks up its first Season 3 feast this week while Netflix releases a brand new mind-bending series from The Wachowskis.
Plus, Power returns to Starz, Lifetime debuts UnREAL, ABC goes extra-terrestrial with The Whispers, and ABC Family premieres the procedural Stitchers (think iZombie without the zombie part) after Pretty Little Liars' season opener.
IGN's 2015 Summer TV Preview Guide
Also, Game of Thrones' Episode 9 is coming! We know to expect big things from GoT's penultimate season episodes, but in seasons past we at least had an idea of what was coming. Wars, weddings, etc. Here, we're not quite sure what's in store for us. We just know it'll be big.
Avengers Assemble and Ultimate Spider-Man Renewed and Retitled
Disney XD has renewed both Marvel's Avengers Assemble and Ultimate Spider-Man for their third and fourth respective seasons.
Both shows will also be renamed to fit their new story lines. Fans can expect to see a number of guest appearances from different heroes and villains in both.
Avengers Assemble, now renamed Marvel's Avengers: Ultron Revolution, will see the headlining Avengers fighting Baron Zemo, the Masters of Evil, the Inhumans, and Kang the Conqueror. Additionally, Black Panther, Captain Marvel, Ant-Man, and Ms. Marvel will make guest appearances and the press release notes the Avengers will need help to have "a chance of surviving an all-out Marvel super hero Civil War."
Hellraid Not Canceled, Says Techland CEO
Techland has now clarified that Hellraid has not been canceled, despite having announced it was being put on hold.
"Right now we want to concentrate on Dying Light," CEO Pawell Marchewka told Eurogamer. "We wanted to be fair with the fans so we wanted to send a clear message, especially as a lot of the people were expecting new things coming from Hellraid at E3 and Gamescom. We decided to take the pressure away. .... But putting on hold means we want some of the resources to concentrate on Dying Light, and once they do what needs to be done we will come back to Hellraid."
Bungie Files Trademarks for ‘Eververse,’ ‘Eververse Trading Co.’
On May 19, Destiny developer Bungie filed three trademarks with the United States Patent & Trademark Office.
NeoGaf reports the first patent was for something called "Eververse," the second was for "Eververse Trading Co.," and the third was for a logo possibly related to the first two patents.
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons Reportedly Rated for PS4, Xbox One
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, the 2013 adventure game from Starbreeze Studios, may be coming to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, according to a German ratings listing.
The listing was filed under publisher 505 Games Italy, as shown in the screenshot taken by Twitter user lifelower, and shared on Neogaf. There's no word on whether this rating is real, but IGN has reached out to 505 Games for comment.
In IGN's Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons review, we praised Starbreeze's beautiful imagery, powerful themes and excellent soundtrack that, despite a sometimes frustrating control scheme, coalesced to form a mature fairy tale about family and independence. Josef Fares, the Swedish film director who also served as director on Brothers, announced Hazelight Studios last year, along with a teaser for the new team's inaugural title. Like Brothers, the game will supposedly focus on storytelling innovations.