Monthly Archives: September 2018
Lore’s Season 2 Trailer Reveals Horrifying True Stories
Amazon Prime Video is bringing back Lore for a second frightening season on Friday, October 19.
Based on Aaron Mahnke’s award-winning podcast of the same name, Lore Season 2 "explores the real-life frightening and disturbing tales that have given rise to our modern-day myths and legends. The six-episode second season will feature new tales from the podcast, as well as original stories not yet available in podcast form," according to an Amazon press release.
For a look at all of the spooky goodness Lore Season 2 has to offer, check out the trailer below:
Amazon also provided us with a synopsis for all 6 episodes dropping on October 19:
Captain America’s Chris Evans Gets New Series at Apple
Chris Evans is coming to the small screen in a new series for Apple.
Evans, the star of the Captain America franchise, will star in Defending Jacob, a limited drama series based on the novel of the same name by William Landay. Evans will also serve as an executive producer on the project.
Oscar-nominated director Morten Tyldum—who recently directed the pilot for Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan on Amazon—will direct the series, while Mark Bomback, who co-wrote War for the Planet of the Apes, will pen the series and serve as its showrunner.
5 Ways the MCU Can Improve the X-Men Movies
If there was any doubt that Marvel Studios would be taking the reins of the X-Men movie empire, they have been put to rest.
Bob Iger confirmed that Kevin Feige and Marvel Studios will be in charge of the X-Men movies once Disney's Fox acquisition is finalized. It's all but certain that this will mean a full reboot for the franchise, as Marvel Studios crafts an all-new take on the merry mutants and works to integrate them into the already sprawling Marvel Cinematic Universe.
While we'll be sad to see Fox's long-running X-men saga come to a close, the simple fact is that there's a lot of room to improve on that formula. Here are five ways we hope Marvel Studios can improve the X-Men movies going forward.
6 Things We Learned From Daredevil’s Season 3 Trailer
Warning! SPOILERS follow for Daredevil Season 2 and The Defenders Season 1.
Marvel and Netflix unveiled the exciting new Season 3 teaser trailer for Daredevil, giving us a brief glimpse at what's in store for Matt, Foggy and Karen. Premiering on Friday, October 19, this season of Daredevil looks to be its most brutal yet, featuring a beaten and bloodied version of Matt Murdock throughout the trailer.
While the details surrounding the overall plot are vague, the trailer does offer up some information if you look closely. Here are 6 things we learned from the Season 3 trailer in the gallery below:
Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson Share Men in Black Set Photo
Chris Hemsworth gave a behind-the-scenes look at the upcoming Men in Black spinoff, in which he stars alongside Tessa Thompson, his Thor: Ragnarok co-star.
Chris Hemsworth uploaded this photo to his Instagram with the caption, "#MIB #PIB #HIB #MWIB #legendsinblack #revengers4life @tessamaethompson."
Could We Be Getting a Female Loki on the New MCU Show?
Spoilers follow for Avengers: Infinity War.
It appears that Loki's story in the Marvel Cinematic Universe isn't done. Even though he was the first of many major MCU characters to seemingly bite it in Avengers: Infinity War, Marvel apparently has big plans for the god of mischief in the years to come. This week word broke that Marvel is reportedly developing several MCU spin-off series for the upcoming Disney streaming service, with Loki and Scarlet Witch series named as two possibilities. Which raises the question: Did Loki really die in Infinity War?
While we're excited for all of these upcoming projects, Loki may well be the perfect candidate for a streaming series. That's both because of his story so far in the MCU and the path this character has taken in Marvel's comics over the past decade. Read on to learn more about why Loki truly deserves a series of his own.
Call of Duty: Blackout is Exactly What You’d Expect Of a AAA Battle Royale
I love Call of Duty: Blackout for the same reason that I loved PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds when it first released in early access. Blackout gets straight to my favorite part of Battle Royales - using what I’ve found for an all or nothing skirmish with an equally desperate opponent - with the least amount of B.S. in the way. The combination of smooth, intuitive FPS gameplay, creative but remarkably practical pickups, and the lowest barrier for entry in a Battle Royale yet leave little doubt in my mind that Blackout will be on the tip of everyone’s tongue come October. My experience wasn’t completely devoid of issues, and I have my concerns of whether Call of Duty’s annualized release cadence can facilitate the frequency and longevity of post-launch support that I expect of the genre. But I’d be lying if I said that my time with Blackout was anything other than the best Battle Royale experience I’ve ever had.
Every IGN FIFA Review Ever
It's simply mind-boggling how many words have been written about soccer/football/runnykicky video games over the past two decades. When I asked the amazingly dedicated Michael Koczwara to put together a slideshow of every FIFA review IGN had ever written since the series debuted in 1996, I had no idea how deep that hole went. When I got the final number I was blown away, and immediately quizzed everyone around the office on how many they thought there were. No one – including old-timers like Peer Schneider, whose name appears on examples such as the December 1997 review of FIFA 98 for Nintendo 64 – even came close.
Have you guessed yet? This year's FIFA 19 review, posted just yesterday, brought the all-time total to eighty six. You read that correctly: there are are 86 different FIFA reviews on IGN - an average of almost four per year, every year, for 22 years. Wow.
How Many Views Marvel Movie Trailers Have Gotten in the First 24 Hours
Marvel Studios released Thursday that Captain Marvel's official trailer received a total of 109 million views within its first 24 hours of being live.
Although other Marvel movie trailers rank higher in terms of viewership within a 24-hour period, Captain Marvel ranks fourth out of all Marvel movies so far, surpassing Captain America: Civil War's second trailer which it bumped into the #5 slot.
The Russo brothers' Avengers: Infinity War climbed to the number one spot in history, pulling in 230 million views in just 24 hours for the official trailer.
Next in line is the Avengers: Infinity War second trailer, which pulled in 179 million views. Thor: Ragnarok's official trailer was behind Avengers with 136 million views.
Daredevil’s Season 3 Avengers Connection Discovered
It looks like Daredevil Season 3 might have a bit more of a connection to the films in the MCU than previous Marvel Netflix shows, if a silhouette of the Avengers Tower in the latest official poster is anything to go by.
Courtesy of Marvel and Netflix
The tower, which was spotted by writers at ComicBook.com, is clearly visible in the distance with its distinct shape. When zoomed in on the image, the tower’s identity becomes even more apparent with the inclusion of the Avengers logo.