Monthly Archives: October 2016
New Nintendo Switch Add-Ons Could Be Revealed in January
Angel Has Fallen Will See Gerard Butler Saving Air Force One
The Gerard Butler-starring "
Has Fallen" action movie series will continue with Angel Has Fallen.
The latest in a series that should really now be called "The Adventures of the Unluckiest Secret Service Agent" will seemingly see Butler's Mike Banning protecting Air Force One (its codename being Angel) from attack.
However, EW indicates that, this time around, Banning himself may be a prime target, as well as the leaders of the free world he's assigned to keep safe.
With the film set to start production in the first half of 2017, no information's emerged on the possible involvement of the series' other stars. Morgan Freeman and Aaron Eckhart.
Everything You Need to Know About Dishonored 2
Four years after Corvo first blinked onto our screens, Dishonored is back with more reasons for revenge, more paranormal powers, and more honour being dissed.
But while an assassin’s occupational hazards never change, a whole lot else certainly has. To bring you up to speed on the next chapter in the Empire of the Isles’ history, here’s everything we’ve learned about Dishonored 2.
Just a year after Arkane Studios whipped the cloak off the first Dishonored game, in 2013 it teased a new project that "will have similar features to Dishonored" and "multiplayer." It wasn't for another two years that we found out that the new project was Dishonored 2, with the news first unintentionally broadcast live over Twitch by Arkane Studios' Harvey Smith and Ralph Colantonio who thought their conversation was private.
Nintendo Will Not Discontinue 3DS After Switch Release
Good news for 3DS owners, Nintendo has no plans to discontinue the 3DS following the release of the Nintendo Switch.
In an interview with Bloomberg, Nintendo president Tatsumi Kimishima explained the current situation when questioned as to why the company decided to combine household and portable gaming:
“We didn't just want a successor to the Wii U or the 3DS,” says Kimishima. “So our original concept was, ‘What kind of new experience can we create?’ And what we showed this time was an object that's both stationary and one you can take outside to play with anyone you want.
Doug Liman Talks Justice League Dark Movie
During a chat with director Doug Liman today about his new VR series Invisible (look for more on that soon), we asked the Bourne Identity and Edge of Tomorrow filmmaker about his involvement with Dark Universe, the long-planned feature film adaptation of DC Comics' Justice League Dark.
Here's what Liman had to say to us about that supernatural superhero flick and the proposed Edge of Tomorrow 2:
IGN: Justice League Dark/Dark Universe -- are you excited about working on that?
Doug Liman: Yeah, I mean first of all, I love those characters, and I love Warner Bros., and I love
Scott Rudin, and it’s -- and you know, I get asked to come in and do things that are “unconventional.” If people want conventional, they don’t come to me. It’s why doing Invisible was like right up my alley -- because how can you be conventional when there aren’t even conventions that exist? And so you know when Warner Bros. wants to sort of turn the comic book genre on its head, they call me.
George Romero on Walking Dead’s Impact on Zombie Movies
Night of the Living Dead filmmaker George Romero has come forward to discuss his struggles in getting financing for a new zombie film, saying he can no longer make one of "substance," thanks in large part to AMC's hit series The Walking Dead.
In an interview with IndieWire, Romero noted that Land of the Dead, which is the biggest zombie movie he's ever made, didn't need such a large budget.
"That money went largely to the cast. They were great, but I don’t think that money needed to be spent," he said, adding that "Dennis Hopper’s cigar budget cost more than the entire production of Night of the Living Dead."
Nintendo’s Mysterious 3DS Game Is Coming to Japan in 2016
Nintendo has a new game coming out in Japan this holiday called Miitopia, and the Japanese video game maker hasn’t spilled many details explaining what this new game is.
Miitopia was first announced at the close of a Japanese Nintendo Direct presentation back in September. And the message was simple: Miitopia is a new holiday game coming to Nintendo 3DS. It will be sold as a retail game and as a digital download on the 3DS eShop. No other specifics were offered at the time.
Over 55 days later, Nintendo president Tatsumi Kimishima reminded investors the game was coming during a financial results meeting in Japan yesterday. “Miitopia, for which we have only announced the title, will be released by the end of this year,” Kimishima told a room of investors, “and we will provide more information about this exciting title at a later date.”
Thor: Ragnarok Wraps Filming… Live
Filming has officially wrapped for Thor: Ragnarok.
Marvel Studios streamed the film's completion live in a video posted on Facebook. Check out the clip below to see director Taika Watiti, joined by Thor actor Chris Hemsworth and Valkyrie star Tessa Thompson, as they wrap filming on the set of Ragnarok.
In addition to Hemsworth and Thompson, Ragnarok stars Jeff Goldlbum as The Grandmaster, Tom Hiddleston as Loki, Idris Elba as Heimdall, Anthony Hopkins as Odin, Cate Blanchett as Hela, Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner/Hulk, Karl Urban as Skurge, and Jurassic Park's Sam Neill, whose role has yet to be revealed.
Fantastic Beasts Box Office Tracking Suggests Lower Opening Than Any Other Harry Potter Film
The upcoming Harry Potter spinoff prequel, Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them, is on track to have the lowest opening weekend of the Harry Potter film franchise.
Variety reports that Fantastic Beasts will take in $75 million in its first weekend next month. That number pales in comparison to what the most recent entries in the franchise made on their respective opening weekends. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 had a $169.2 million opening, while the Deathly Hallows Part 1’s first weekend box office was a little over $125 million (unadjusted for inflation).
Sherlock Holmes 3 Taps Guardians, Rogue One Scribes
Warner Bros. has reportedly added a number of acclaimed scribes to its Sherlock Holmes 3 writers' room, including writers from Guardians of the Galaxy and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.
As Variety reports, the next installment in the Robert Downey Jr.-led series will be tackled by five writers: Nicole Perlman (Guardians of the Galaxy, Captain Marvel), Gary Whitta (Rogue One), Justin Malen (Baywatch), Geneva Robertson-Dworet (Tomb Raider), and Kieran Fitzgerald (Snowden).
James Coyne was brought on to rewrite the script back in April. However, this most recent report makes no mention of Coyne.