Monthly Archives: January 2016
UK Deals – Halo 5: Guardians – Limited Edition under £35
PlayStation Plus Subscriptions Extended By 1 Day
If you've got a PlayStation Plus subscription, check your email, because you should have a voucher code for an extra day.
Sony has said that "due to the recent PlayStation Network interruption we are giving you a 1-day extension to your PlayStation Plus subscription."
On January 4, PSN went down with PS4, PS3, and Vita all experiencing issues. Everything from account management to social features was unavailable.
Your voucher code will add a day onto the end of your current subscription. Of course, your PS Plus account had to be active on January 4 to qualify for the extension. You also have to make sure you redeem your code before March 31.
Netflix Open to a Second Season of Making a Murderer
Netflix is open to producing a second season of its wildly popular true-crime series, Making a Murderer.
Speaking at the Television Critics Association press tour, Netflix's chief content officer Ted Sarandos told reporters that "the story is still unfolding, so we'll certainly take a look at it", although nothing had been put in writing.
Making a Murderer creators Moira Demos and Laura Ricciardi told the press that they had been gathering material for a possible second series, although "significant developments" would need to occur to start production proper.
“I think today marks four weeks since the series launched and what we’ve managed to do in the past four weeks is have several phone calls with Steven Avery which we have recorded with an eye toward including them in future episodes,” said Ricciardi. “We have not returned to Wisconsin in the past four weeks.”
Apatow and Community’s Gillian Jacobs Bring Love to Netflix
Premiering February 19th on Netflix is Love - a new Judd Apatow comedy series starring Community's Gillian Jacobs and co-creator Paul Rust as Mickey and Gus, two friends trying to navigate the exhilarations and humiliations of intimacy, commitment, and other things they were hoping to avoid.
Having recently ended their respective dysfunctional relationships, Mickey and Gus meet each other by chance at a convenience store and forge a connection in the mending of their broken hearts and egos. "I think people want to see characters struggle to find happiness," Apatow said, of his new series at the TCA Winter Press Tour, "and we all feel that way. That it’s a bumpy road and we’re trying to figure ourselves out."
Westworld Shuts Down Production; Delay in Shooting Final Episodes
HBO's highly anticipated sci-fi drama Westworld has shut down production. Variety reports that the show will be put on hold for two months while executive producers Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy get on track with the script.
“As we head into the final phase of production on Westworld, we’ve made the decision to take a brief hiatus in order to get ahead of the writing,” a statement from the network reads.
Rumor has it that Nolan and Joy have "struggled to figure out the best way to pull off" the series, especially after the show has undergone a bunch of behind the scenes changes. EW reports that the show has been plagued with "cast changes, delays, and story adjustments."
Masters of the Universe Gets a Force Awakens Fan Trailer
The trailers leading up to the release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens were quite effective in drumming up excitement for J.J. Abrams' space epic, and now a fan has taken that model and applied it to Masters of the Universe.
YouTube user Mike Furth crafted a Masters of the Universe trailer using the iconic music from The Force Awakens. Check out the fan-made clip below.
Sony Pictures has plans to reboot the classic 1987 live-action film, with Thor: Ragnarok writer Christopher Yost onboard to pen the screenplay.
Hearthstone: Creating the Discover Mechanic
Hearthstone’s most recent adventure – The League of Explorers – has had a huge impact on the game, introducing meta-shifting new cards like Reno Jackson, as well as a well-received new mechanic – Discover. Any time the player triggers Discover, they’re presented with three random cards (drawn from their class’ card pool and the neutral card pool), and can choose one, which is added to their hand.
Of the 45 cards introduced with The League of Explorers, nine have Discover, and they run the gamut, allowing players to Discover both minions and spells, to synergise with beasts and mechs, and even to Discover cards of a particular cost.
Some are very very cool indeed. We salute you, Sir Finley!
The Flash: Candice Patton Teases Earth 2 Iris and Barry’s Relationship
The Flash isn't going to make fans wait to deal with the Wally West cliffhanger at the end of Season 2's midseason finale. The younger brother of Iris West (Candice Patton) is going to shake things up for The Flash universe at a time when tensions with Zoom are at an all time high.
To preview The CW series' midseason return on January 19th, I hopped on the phone with Patton to discuss how Wally (Keiynan Lonsdale) will affect the lives of Iris and their father Joe (Jessie L. Martin), what to expect of Earth 2 Iris and how her new Central City Picture News boss Scott Evans (Tone Bell) will challenge her loyalties to Team Flash.
The New Suicide Squad Posters Are Awesome
Suicide Squad director David Ayer took to Twitter to remind everyone of the upcoming new trailer, and at the same time showed off one of the film's new posters.
There are 10 more posters in addition to the one Ayer's showed off in his tweet, one for each character. They aren't merely cast photos, either, but are instead really cool, artistically stylized representations of each member of the Squad.
Movie poster site IMP Awards has the collection up for perusing. The new Suicide Squad trailer debuts January 19 on the CW during DC Films Presents: Dawn of the Justice League. That program is scheduled for 9:30 ET and PT, but if you're completely stoked to see the new trailer, probably best to check your local listings.
How Jessica Jones’ Final Triumph Isn’t an Easy Resolution
Full spoilers for Jessica Jones: Season 1 continue below.
Jessica Jones (Krysten Ritter) didn't get a stereotypical superhero victory when she defeated her primary antagonist in Season 1 of the Marvel Netflix show. Though she killed Kilgrave (David Tennant) after trying every other possible way to bring him to justice, that climax is not going to allow her to rest easy going forward or galvanize her to pursue the superhero lifestyle.
"That final moment, that victorious, triumphant moment when she killed Kilgrave, I found that very conflicting in terms of Jessica Jones' headspace," Ritter said during Jessica Jones' 2016 winter Television Critics Association press tour panel. "He's the reason why she got up every day. He's the reason why she went out in the world, and it really gave her a purpose. I don't think the past trauma just goes away with his death. I think her headspace is really complex."