Luc Besson Teases Valerian Trailer
Director Luc Besson has teased the second trailer for his upcoming sci-fi film Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets.
The filmmaker took to Twitter to share a brief clip previewing the new trailer, which premieres on March 29. The footage features impressive special effects, with leads Dane DeHaan and Cara Delevingne piloting a spaceship through some stunning environments. Check out the Valerian trailer tweet right here.
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets follows the story of a time-traveling, crime-fighting duo (Delevingne, DeHann) who're hired to investigate a galactic empire. The film opens in theaters on July 21.
Robert Downey Jr. to Star as Doctor Dolittle
Iron Man star Robert Downey Jr. is set to play Doctor Dolittle in a new film.
Variety reports Universal acquired the rights for the project, titled The Voyage of Doctor Dolittle, which will be based on author Hugh Lofting's 1920s children's book series. Stephen Gaghan (Gold, Syriana) will direct the movie from his own script, with Susan Downey, Joe Roth, and Jeff Kirschenbaum producing. There's no word yet on the film's plot or a release date.
Doctor Dolittle was previously portrayed by Rex Harrison in the Oscar-winning 1967 musical Doctor Dolittle, and by Eddie Murphy in the 1998 comedy version and its 2001 sequel, Dr. Dolittle 2.
Upcoming Dead Rising 4 DLC Includes Zombie Frank
Dead Rising 4 will receive two new DLC packs in the near future, with one featuring Frank West as a zombie.
Called Frank Rising, the single-player add-on sees Frank infected and trying to find a cure. He'll have to feed on others for survival instead of consuming food. But on the plus side, he will have new abilities and strength when the DLC arrives April 4.
Also on the way for the game is Super Ultra Dead Rising Mini Golf. Hit the links and hit zombies at the same time with specialized golf clubs and balls. Plus, there are power-ups and online multiplayer options.
Both Dead Rising 4 add-ons are included with the season pass. Otherwise, they cost $10 each.
They follow the new difficulty modes for Dead Rising 4 — as well as the Street Fighter outfits — that released earlier this year. For more, be sure to check out IGN's review of Dead Rising 4.
BBC America Announces New Top Gear America Series
Top Gear America, a new U.S. spin-off of Top Gear, is coming to BBC America sometime later this year.
The series will span a total of eight hour-long episodes and feature three hosts, including Top Gear Magazine associate editor Tom "Wookie" Ford, the championship-winning American drag racer Anton Brown, and television/film star William Fichtner (The Dark Knight, Prison Break, Black Hawk Down). In addition his acting career, Fichtner is an avid car fan and competitive racer.
William Fichtner as Sanderson in Black Hawk Down
Top Gear America will cover "exclusive and state-of-the-art vehicles," as well as "the cars of America's culture defining past." The show's hosts will take viewers to various "scenic highways and historic tracks of the American west." Every week, the show will feature a different celebrity who will compete to earn a spot on the leaderboard at Top Gear's new studio and track, Speed Vegas.
Out This Week: Mass Effect: Andromeda, Mario Sports Superstars
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Resident Evil: Vendetta Coming to Theaters
Resident Evil fans have the chance to check out the new computer-animated movie Resident Evil: Vendetta in theaters for one night.
Sony and Fathom Events are coming together to release the film on the big screen in North America. Fans can catch the movie in theaters on June 19. The film will also be released internationally on May 27.
Additionally, Resident Evil: The Final Chapter's home entertainment release was announced today by Sony. The last film in the live-action series will hit Digital release on May 2 and DVD/Blu-ray on May 16. That release will include a behind the scenes clip about Vendetta, but you can check that out right here:
Bates Motel Producers Preview Rihanna as Marion Crane
On this week's Bates Motel, Rihanna begins her two-episode Pyscho-inspired arc as Marion Crane, the doomed character Janet Leigh portrayed in the classic 1960 Alfred Hitchcock film. Bates Motel creators/executive producers Carlton Cuse and Kerry Ehrin spoke to me a bit about the casting the pop star as one of cinema's most famous murder victims, how it came about, and why the Psycho storyline wasn't made to be the very end for the series, which will continue for four final episodes beyond Marion's appearance.
"Bates Motel is really the story of Norman and being in Norman's shoes," Ehrin explained, "and what Psycho was doesn't feel like the ending to who Norman is here. Because basically the ending of Psycho is that he's lost. He's gone. He doesn't know who he is. He's completely absorbed and becomes the mother persona. We wanted to tell a different story."
DC Teases ‘Dark Days’ for Batman This Summer
Batman's role in DC Rebirth is about to get a lot more complicated with the reveal of Dark Days, a pair of one-shots that promise to reveal "the dark underbelly of the DC Universe."
Titled Dark Days: The Forge #1 and Dark Days: The Casting #1, these one-shots will feature Batman veterans Scott Snyder (All-Star Batman) and James Tynion IV (Detective Comics) working with superstar artists Jim Lee (Suicide Squad), Andy Kubert (Batman) and John Romita, Jr. (Superman).
Dark Days: The Forge #1 cover by Jim Lee. (DC Comics)
Pokemon Developer Hiring for a Console Game
The developer of the mainline Pokemon series, Game Freak has released several recruitment adverts for a console game, described as a globally popular RPG.
Reported by Siliconera (and corroborated by our own translation), an advert for a 3D CG designer calls for someone to work on "characters, monsters and items" for "a title that everyone knows".
The advert specifically says that this this is a console title. while a second job listing (for a character model creator) specifies someone with experience of creating models up to "Wii U / PS Vita-level".
For Honor Player Estimates Unlock Times Without Paying
One For Honor player isn't happy with the game's microtransaction math.
Reddit user bystander007 (via PC Gamer) wondered how long it would take to unlock every customization item in For Honor — like emotes, executions, and outfits — without paying. In other words, investigating the game's grind compared to real world time.
bystander007 imagined a "casual" player spending around 2 hours a day playing the game, including completing daily missions, earning them around 1,200 Steel (the game's currency) a day.