Monthly Archives: January 2016
Marvel’s Most Wanted Going to Pilot at ABC
It's official: Marvel's Most Wanted, a spinoff of Marvel's Agents of SHIELD focused on Bobbi Morse (Adrianne Palicki) and Lance Hunter (Nick Blood), is going to pilot at ABC.
ABC President Paul Lee announced at the 2016 winter Television Critics Association press tour, "We're absolutely doing that one. I just announced that we're going to pilot on Marvel's Most Wanted, which is a spinoff."
He spoke highly about the project, which he said will go into production in the near future. "We love the script," he said. "We think it's going to be great. We're doing that in the next few months."
Agents of SHIELD producers Jeff Bell and Paul Zbyszewski co-created the project for Marvel and ABC Studios and co-wrote the pilot. They’ll also be showrunners and executive-producers. Marvel’s head of television Jeph Loeb will also exec-produce. ABC initially decided not to move forward on the series in May 2015.
Abrams on Star Wars’ Success and Oscar Potential
With Star Wars: The Force Awakens having become the highest-grossing movie ever in North America, and a true global juggernaut, J.J. Abrams – appearing at the TCA (Television Critics Association) press tour today to promote his Hulu series, 11.22.63 – was asked to comment on its success.
Said Abrams, “I'm grateful to anyone who's gone to see the movie. When I hear anecdotally people have gone seven, eight times, I just want to apologize to, I'm guessing their parents. No, but honestly I'm just very grateful, and I can't believe that it's done. It was three years of very tense work by a lot of people. So I'm just so happy that all the work that everyone did -- even the people you don't see in the movie, the puppeteers who were painted out -- I watched them in 125-degree heat in Abu Dhabi bring BB-8 to life, and then we mercilessly painted them out of the movie. I'm just so glad people get to see all the work that this amazing crew and cast did. So, whatever the numbers are,…I'm honestly just so grateful that the movie's out there and has been well-received.”
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Call of Duty: Black Ops III is Back to its Lowest Price
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Price Drop on Specialized Fighting Game Controller for PS4 and PS3
No Extended Cut of Force Awakens Planned
Don't expect an extended cut of Star Wars: The Force Awakens when the blockbuster film comes to Blu-ray and DVD later this year.
Asked if such a version will be included at the TCA (Television Critics Association) press tour today, J.J. Abrams said, “There will be deleted scenes
, but not an extended version.”
Abrams was asked what the longest cut of the film was, as it went through the editing process and replied, “I don't remember what the longest cut was. Probably, if it were with credits, close to two hours and 50 minutes or something, the first cut. But I don't remember what it was
.”
Though he’s shared enthusiasm for what Rian Johnson has planned for Star Wars: Episode VIII, Abrams didn’t want to delve into what excited him most about the film, as he hands over the reins to Johnson. “I wouldn't want to do that because it's not my movie to talk about, but I will say Rian's an amazing writer and director, and I'm obviously really excited about what he's going to do.”
The Division Beta Included in Tom Clancy Humble Bundle
This week's new Humble Bundle spotlights the Tom Clancy franchise and features beta access to The Division.
Paying just a dollar unlocks the original Ghost Recon and Rainbow Six, as well as Rainbow Six 3 Gold, Rainbow Six Vegas and Splinter Cell Chaos Theory.
Those who pay above the average—currently set at $9.65—will get beta access to The Division and Rainbow Six Vegas 2, as well as the original Splinter Cell and Splinter Cell Conviction. Humble Bundle has additional offers at higher payment tiers as well, all of which you can check out right here.
Tom Clancy's The Division is scheduled to release on March 8 for Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC. The beta, which was originally set to begin last month, was delayed to "early 2016.
All The Awesome, Crazy, and Weird Stuff We Saw at CES
This year's Consumer Electronics Show showed off the hottest advancements and upcoming products in the world of tech. Aside from all the stuff you'd expect to see at CES, like awesome TVs and ridiculously cool wearables, there's some unexpected surprises to be found. Here are some of the coolest, craziest, and just plain weird things we saw this week at CES.
Flat screens were all the rage 10 years ago, and more recently, curved screens were the hotness in TV-tech. But Korean manufacturer LG showed off its rollable TV at CES 2016. The 18-inch OLED screen can be rolled up like a newspaper.
J.J. Abrams Wants More Rey Merchandise Too
There have been many noticing that Daisy Ridley's Rey, despite being the main character in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, is oddly missing in certain aspects of the merchandising - and J.J. Abrams shares their frustrations.
While there are several Rey action figures (which seems to constantly sell out, as the character's popularity has soared with he movie's release), Rey was left out of a collection of large figures made available at Target, which included Finn, Poe, Chewbacca, Kylo Ren, a Stormtrooper and a TIE Fighter Pilot. And Finn and Chewbacca were the characters included with the new Hasbro Millennium Falcon toy, despite Rey piloting the ship in the film. More recently, many noticed that Rey was not one of the figures that were part of a multi-generational Star Wars Monopoly set, leading Hasbro to decide to add her later this year. All of these occurrences have led to the popular #wheresrey hashtag on Twitter.
Hulu’s The Path Trailer
Hulu have debuted the full trailer for The Path, their upcoming original series from Friday Night Lights executive producer Jason Katims and Jessica Goldberg.
Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad) and Michelle Monaghan (True Detective) star in the series, about a married couple who are part of a religious movement with menacing cult overtones, with Hugh Dancy (Hannibal) as the leader of the group.
Tom Hiddleston & Hugh Laurie Face Off in The Night Manager
For the first time in over 20 years, one of John le Carré's spy novels (author of The Constant Gardener, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, etc) has been adapted for television. Starring Tom Hiddleston, Hugh Laurie, and Olivia Colman, AMC's upcoming miniseries - The Night Manager - brings us into the sinister world of arms dealing, intelligence, Third World militias, and widespread corruption at the highest levels of corporations and governments.
A six episode co-production with Ink Factory and BBC, The Night Manager is set to premiere on April 19th and features Hiddleston as a British spy involved in a dangerous cat and mouse game with a nefarious arms dealer played by Laurie.
Hiddleston and Laurie both appeared at the TCA Winter Press Tour to further discuss their roles and answer questions from the critics on hand. Hiddleston delved into what he found so fascinating about his character, Jonathan Pine. "There is a tension between a very calm exterior and a turbulent and chaotic interior," he said, "that he’s someone who actually has a great amount of vulnerability and a huge amount of doubt. Le Carré describes him as a self exiled creature of the night and a sailor without a destination."
Adventures of Mana Coming to Mobile in the West
Adventures of Mana, the upcoming remake of the classic Game Boy RPG Final Fantasy Adventure, is coming to iOS and Android in the west, Square Enix has announced.
While the game is set to release for both smartphones and PlayStation Vita in Japan sometime this winter, its English website makes no mention of a release for Sony's handheld in North America or Europe.
Last month, Square announced Final Fantasy IX for PC and mobile in Japan, and just yesterday, the publisher confirmed the PS1 RPG will also be coming to Steam in the west. Whether or not a smartphone version will be availble in North American and Europe remains to be seen, but at least iOS and Android users have Adventures of Mana to look forward to.