Monthly Archives: December 2016
Resident Evil Immersive Experience Launches in Asia
Ahead of Resident Evil: The Final Chapter's release, Sony is bringing an immersive tie-in experience to Asia this week.
According to Variety, the experience, dubbed "The Road to Raccoon City," serves as a complement to the upcoming film, featuring content from the movie, complete with voice work from Alice actress Milla Jovovich.
It also features haptic technology to simulate a zombie attack, as users wear a vest that provides vibration and audio feedback while they shoot at zombies projected on-screen.
BoxBoy Amiibo Announced in Japan Alongside New Game
Nintendo has announced a surprise addition to its amiibo line-up - 3DS eShop star, Qbby from the BoxBoy series - alongside a third (and possibly final) game in the platforming series.
Currently only announced by Nintendo for release in Japan, a physical edition of the new game, Goodbye! BoxBoy! will include a soundtrack CD and the heart-stoppingly cute figurine:
The Qbby Amiibo and Goodbye! BoxBoy! collection. Commence squealing.
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Dataminers Discover Two Unused Enemies in PT
P.T. - the "playable teaser" for since-cancelled Hideo Kojima/Guillermo del Toro team-up, Silent Hills - was hiding two unused enemies in its files.
Discovered by Xentax user luxox18, the game seemingly includes five character models: Norman Reedus' protagonist, antagonist Lisa, that horrible sink-baby-thing and two unseen creatures.
One is a grey, mottled humanoid we've never previously seen, the other a warped, headless female body we previously saw in a Tokyo Game Show concept trailer (below)
Rogue One Director on Whether He’d Make More Star Wars
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story director Gareth Edwards would be interested in making another Star Wars movie, but this time about Obi-Wan Kenobi.
While doing a one-on-one interview with IGN at the Rogue One junket this weekend, Edwards was asked whether he'd consider coming back and doing a completely different Star Wars film from Rogue One. Though Edwards is open to the idea, he still wants new directors to take on the Star Wars universe.
"It's nearly impossible for me to say no, I would never ever do Star Wars ever again but I sort of feel like you know, I've won the lottery in terms of cinema," Edwards told IGN. "The most unfair thing you can do with the lottery winning is go buy more lottery tickets. It's like, you've got to let other people."
Universal Monsters Shared Universe Will Have a New Dracula
Director Alex Kurtzman confirmed to IGN and other press at a trailer launch last week for The Mummy that 2014's Dracula Untold is not part of Universal's planned shared universe based on their classic monsters. The shared universe, which Kurtzman is overseeing, will introduce a new Dracula instead. This confirmation jibes with what Dracula Untold director Gary Shore suspected when we spoke to him in 2014.
"The monster universe thing evolved later on," Shore told us at the time. "So the film doesn’t really adhere to those rules. It isn’t really tied into that. I don’t want to give away what happens in the film. It’s optional for them if they want to use it as that launching pad."
Darth Vader Character Gets Her Own Comic This Week
With dozens of comic books to choose from, let us show you which are the best coming out this week. Take a look at this list spotlighting our favorite comics that we know are money-well-spent and new books that look cool and are backed by some top-tier talent.
Check out our picks, then head to the comments to let us know what you’ll be buying this week!
By writer Kieron Gillen & artist Kev Walker | Marvel Comics
Is This the Year That Westworld Takes Place?
After last night's Westworld finale, HBO has dropped a huge - possibly unintentional, probably not - clue as to the show's time period.
Spoilers for Westworld Season 1 ahead.
The official Westworld website holds the clue. As outlined by Thisinsider.com, fans who signed up to the Westworld mailing list were sent an email about a security alert after last night's episode, prompting them to head to the Delos Security panel for an important message. Within the email, several letters were grayed out to spell "reverie," a nod to last night's episode.
How to Train Your Dragon 3 Release Date Moved
The release date for How to Train Your Dragon 3 has once again been moved. The film will now open in theaters on March 1, 2019.
Universal Pictures and DreamWorks Animation announced the new release date, shifting the film from its previously planned debut date of May 18, 2018 to March of the following year.
After directing the first two films, Dean DeBlois is returning to helm the series' third installment, which will continue the story of Hiccup and Toothless. Jay Baruchel will be back to voice Hiccup, with America Ferrera reprising her role as Astrid and Cate Blanchett returning as Valka.
Universal and DreamWorks' plot description for How to Train Your Dragon 3 follows:
Why the Jedi Are So Forgotten by the Time of Rogue One
I attended the press junket this past weekend for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, during which time I had the chance to chat one-on-one with director Gareth Edwards about the politics of the film, the legend of the Jedi by the time of Rogue One, and the timelessness of Star Wars stories.
Disney screened 28 minutes of footage from Rogue One before press interviews, but fear not: This is a spoiler-free conversation with the filmmaker about his movie, which follows a group of Rebel spies out to steal the plans for the Death Star in the time leading up to the events of the first Star Wars movie, A New Hope.
IGN: The fall of the Jedi in Revenge of the Sith only happened roughly twenty years before Rogue One begins and yet they're treated as almost a myth. How does your film address how it seems that so many people and recent events can be almost forgotten or treated as myth in just a few decades?