Monthly Archives: June 2016
Affleck: Batman Seeks Redemption in Justice League
Ben Affleck joked that Christian Bale would never have been caught dead speaking to the press with "raccoon eyes," but there he was right in front of me: an unmasked Batman with dark greasepaint smeared around his eyes as he spoke to dozens of press outlets invited to the Leavesden set of Justice League last Friday.
After watching Affleck as Batman film a GCPD rooftop scene with fellow JL members Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot), Flash (Ezra Miller), Cyborg (Ray Fisher), and Batman's longtime ally, Commissioner Gordon (J.K. Simmons, on his first day of filming), I spied Batfleck sit down and have his cape and cowl removed by crew members. The extremely tall, musclebound Oscar winner then sauntered down the steps of the rooftop set and started joking with the invited press about his "Alice Cooper" look when his mask is off.
Person of Interest: New Series Finale Clip
After five years, Person of Interest is coming to an end on Tuesday night, as the final episode of the incredibly cool and clever action series airs on CBS.
IGN has an exclusive clip for you from the finale, as all four surviving members of Team Machine gather, with Fusco (Kevin Chapman) finally seeing the Machine for the first time. But will he, Finch (Michael Emerson), Reese (Jim Caviezel) and Shaw (Sarah Shahi) make it out of this final confrontation? Check out the clip below, as Finch explains what's at stake.
Person of Interest: "Return 0" airs Tuesday, June 21st at 10:00pm ET/PT on CBS.
Affleck: Batman Solo Movie Script Still Needs Work
IGN was among dozens of press outlets invited to the English set of Justice League late last week, during which time we also got to chat with star Ben Affleck about the status of his solo Batman movie, which he was recently confirmed as directing from a screenplay he's writing with DC Films' co-boss Geoff Johns.
When pressed about a release date for his solo Batman film, Affleck said, "I think they
have a date for it. Although, I don’t know if I would necessarily be able to make that date because I don’t have a script that’s ready yet. So that’s my -- my timetable is I’m not going to make a movie until there’s a script that I think is good because," he added with a laugh, "I’ve been on the end of the things when you make movies when you have a script that’s not good yet and it doesn’t pan out."
Marvel’s Civil War II Rages On in September
Marvel released their full solicitations for September 2016 today. Civil War II will begin winding down that month, as the main series reaches its penultimate chapter and several tie-ins wrap up.
New Series:
- Captain America: Serpents Unite! #1 (one-shot)
- Max Ride: Final Flight #1
Ending Series:
- Civil War II: Amazing Spider-Man #4
- Civil War II: Choosing Sides #6
- Civil War II: Gods of War #4
- Civil War II: X-Men #4
- Deadpool v Gambit #5
- Howard the Duck #11
Rurouni Kenshin Live-Action Trilogy Trailer
FUNimation Entertainment announced that it's acquired the Rurouni Kenshin live-action movie trilogy with plans to release all three movies sequentially starting this fall.
The films -- Rurouni Kenshin: Origins (renamed for the North American release), Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno, and Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends -- are all based on the worldwide, best-selling manga series of the same name. The manga was later adapted as an anime.
Watch the special live-action trilogy trailer above and then keep it locked here on IGN for more on FUNimation's forthcoming release of the Rurouni Kenshin films.
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Fable Fortune Kickstarter Cancelled, But Project Lives On
Flaming Fowl Studios, developers of collectible card game Fable Fortune, has ended the Kickstarter for its game early.
However, this does not mean the game is dead. On the contrary, Flaming Fowl has secured additional development funding, and will soon be releasing a Closed Beta build.
The studio was formed after the closure of Lionhead Studios, and Fable Fortune is a game the company was secretly working on.
Willem Dafoe’s Justice League Character Revealed
While it was revealed this past April that Willem Dafoe had joined the cast of Justice League, his role has remained a secret -- until now. IGN visited the set of the DC Films project last week, where we learned that Dafoe will be costarring as Nuidis Vulko, the science advisor of Atlantis and an Aquaman supporting character from the comics.
Dafoe, like his Justice League costar J.K. Simmons, previously appeared in the Spider-Man films as an antagonist (in his case as the Green Goblin). But here he plays a good guy, a member of Jason Momoa’s Atlantean inner circle who has known Aquaman his whole life. While talking to the visiting press on set last week, costume designer Michael Wilkinson made sure to differentiate Vulko's more weathered, silver-laced armor from Aquaman's in order to illustrate the generational difference between the two Atlanteans. Also, Dafoe’s look in Justice League will differ from the traditional depiction of Vulko, with the actor sporting long hair and scruff rather than going semi-bald and goateed (or fully bearded) like in the comics.
Mosaic Is Marvel’s Newest Anti-Hero
At long last, Marvel has revealed the secret of the cryptic "Who Is Mosaic?" teasers. It turns out that Mosaic is the newest Inhuman to emerge in the All-New, All-Different Marvel Universe, and he'll be starring in his own ongoing series this fall.
Vulture had the scoop on Mosaic, revealing that this new character will be more flawed and morally ambiguous than most of his fellow Inhumans. When his story begins, Morris Sackett is a vain, self-absorbed professional basketball player. However, after being exposed to the Terrigen Mists, Morris evolves into Mosaic, a "free-floating entity" who has to possess the bodies of others in order to survive. This ability can be incredibly useful, as Mosaic gains all the skills and knowledge of those he possesses, but it also forces Morris to deal with the physical limitations of his host bodies.
Ed Boon Could Make a Horror Movie Fighting Game ‘One Day’
Ed Boon, director of Mortal Kombat X and Injustice 2, has said he'd be open to the idea of making a fighting game with a cast of horror movie characters.
The last two Mortal Kombat games have included guest characters from the Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th, Alien, Predator and Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchises, and Game Informer asked Boon whether NetherRealm Studios might take the next logical step and build a whole game around horror icons.
"Yes, yes! You know, as we've been accumulating them, that idea has been coming up more and more frequently," he explained. "You brought it up and a few other people have brought it up like 'why don't you do a horror movie fighting game?' Maybe one day we'll do it."
A Third of Valve Working on AR/VR Research
Valve reportedly has a huge portion of the company working on virtual reality and alternative reality research—about a third of it, in fact.
This is according to Alan Yates, a hardware engineer at Valve, who responded to a comment on Reddit in a post discussing virtual reality. "It was a much smaller team then than it is now, it has since grown to encompass about a third of the company," Yates said, "but the key individuals that solved most of the really hard technological problems and facilitated this generation of consumer headsets are still here working on the next generation."