Monthly Archives: April 2017
New Set Photos Star Wars: The Last Jedi
During the The Last Jedi panel at Star Wars Celebration, director Rian Johnson showed off some pictures that he took he took on set with his trusty Leica camera.
In the black and white photos, we get a look at Poe Dameron, Finn, Rey, General Organa, Captain Phasma, C3PO and more. Take a look below!
What do you think about the photos? Let us know in the comments, and for all things Star Wars: The Last Jedi and Star Wars Celebration, keep it locked to IGN.
Finn Needs to Choose His Path in The Last Jedi
During the panel for Star Wars: The Last Jedi at Star Wars Celebration today, John Boyega discussed the evolution of Finn in the highly anticipated movie.
When last we saw Finn, he'd been badly injured by Kylo Ren, and Boyega said as the new movie begins, "It's been painful. It's been a process." He said he felt, Finn definitely stood up for himself," but the injury is something he had to deal with and "He's in recovery, but he will be back in The Last Jedi."
Oscar Isaac couldn't make it to Celebration, but Boyega said that when it came to the popular friendship (and some fans wonder perhaps even more eventually?) between Finn and Poe, Boyega said there'd "absolutely" be more for them, proclaiming, "There's my boy!" when a photo of Isaac as Poe was shown, and adding, "There's always a new adventure for us to go on."
New Character, Rose is the ‘Biggest New Part’ of Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Kelly Marie Tran will play Rose, a Resistance maintenance worker in the "biggest new part" in Star Wars: The Last Jedi.
Revealed during the panel for the upcoming movie, we didn't learn much about the character, other than that she will join with the core heroes from The Force Awakens.
We did, however, get a first image:
Kelly Marie Tran as Rose.
Tran herself said that she'd had to keep her involvement in the film secret from everyone she knew, including her parents: "I told them I was doing an indie movie in Canada."
Star Wars: The Last Jedi: Luke Isn’t What Rey Expects
Daisy Ridley shared very, very few details about Star Wars: The Last Jedi during the film's Star Wars Celebration panel, but it should be enough to get fans excited about the 2017 movie.
Ridley promised that the Rian Johnson movie will go "deeper into Rey's story," but also hinted that what comes after the end of The Force Awakens won't be exactly what her character expects.
Daisy Ridley as Rey in Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Carrie Fisher Helped Write Leia’s Lines in The Last Jedi
Carrie Fisher helped write Princess Leia's dialogue for Star Wars: The Last Jedi.
During today's panel for the upcoming Episode XIII, director Rian Johnson revealed that he collaborated with Fisher on the script:
"I connected with her first and foremost as a writer," he explained. "I'd got to her house and sit on her bed for hours, and we'd go through the script."
Star Wars: The Last Jedi – First Trailer Released
Nobody freak out, but the first trailer for Star Wars: The Last Jedi has been released.
Revealed by director Rian Johnson during the film's panel at Star Wars Celebration today, it's our first look at the continuing adventures of Rey, Finn, Poe... and Luke.
Take a deep breath, and click below to watch the trailer:
The Last Jedi will be released in the US, UK and Australia on December 15.
Here's a slideshow of images from the teaser, in case you don't want to do all that tiring frame skipping yourself:
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The IGN UK Podcast Meets Overwatch’s Jeff Kaplan
Hey, remember how lots of our listeners told us we talk about Overwatch too much? Well, we invited the Overwatch game director, Jeff Kaplan onto the podcast, and talked about Overwatch so much. Never question us, we're just incorrigible.
The living meme, very nice man and game genius talked to us about his best and worst heroes, what it feels like to see Hanzo as part of the presidential campaign, and how he wants to stop Overwatch players being so mean.
He also took some time to pass judgement on our very own Overwatch play in this rather nice video...
That's topped off with a quick chat about Thor: Ragnarok, upcoming PS VR games, your feedback and, of course, Keyword Countdown.
Bill Condon in Talks to Direct Bride of Frankenstein Remake
Universal's upcoming Bride of Frankenstein movie remake may have found its director in Bill Condon.
According to Deadline, Condon is currently in "early talks" with the studio and both parties are excited about the potential collaboration.
In addition to directing Disney's live-action Beauty and the Beast, which crossed the $1 billion mark at the worldwide box office earlier this week, Condon helmed Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 1 and Part 2.
MST3K: The Return is Fun for Old Fans and New Viewers
Since only two episodes of Netflix's Mystery Science Theater: The Return were made available to the press ahead of time, we don't have a full season review yet. Over the next few days, I'll absorb the remaining 12 new installments and then hit y'all up with a Season 11 review next weekend. For now though, here's my first impression of the rebooted cult classic based on the two episodes I've seen - "Reptilicus" and "Cry Wilderness."
In the not too distant future -- AKA "now" -- comedian Jonah Ray has taken over hosting duties for an all new batch of Mystery Science Theater 3000 episodes - a Kickstarter funded resurrection/reboot/sequel that brings back the original ground zero snark-a-long series for the Netflix generation.
Nintendo Temporarily Discontinues Famicom Classic Mini
Nintendo is halting production of the Famicom Classic Mini, but intends to resume manufacturing at some point in the future.
As reported by Famitsu (translation courtesy of Kotaku) the official Japanese Nintendo website says, "Production of this product is ending temporarily. When manufacturing resumes, we will provide information at another time on this homepage."
The Famicom Classic Mini released in Japan last year to incredible success. This miniature console, which comes with 30 games built in, is the Japanese equivalent of the NES Classic Edition—production for which Nintendo announced just yesterday will be discontinued in North America.