Monthly Archives: March 2015
Tron 3 Reportedly Begins Filming Later This Year
A third Tron film is reportedly set to begin filming this fall, with Tron: Legacy director Joseph Kosinski on board to direct.
According to Vancity Buzz, Walt Disney Pictures will commence filming Tron 3 on October 5, 2015. Bad Ass Digest also reports trusted sources have confirmed Kosinski’s role as director.
A sequel to Tron: Legacy was revealed to be in the works back in December 2012. Kosinski said the film was still in development in April 2013.
The Mountain from Game of Thrones Breaks New Record
Hafthor Bjornsson, who you might know best as Ser Gregor Clegane or "The Mountain" in Game of Thrones, has broken another international strongman record.
According to CNN's Bleacher Report, Bjornsson performed a world record throw at the 2015 Arnold Sports Festival, tossing a 56-pound kettlebell 19 feet and three inches into the air using just one arm.
According to his Instagram account, this broken record came after a shaky start: "I did an awful mistake in the deadlift which cost me alot of points! Yesterday made me feel a little bit better though. I did a weight for height event on the main stage. I went over 19'3 with a 56lbs weight and that is a New World Record!!"
SPECTRE Casts The Bridge’s Stephanie Sigman
The Bridge actress Stephanie Sigman has been cast in the latest James Bond film, SPECTRE.
Sigman will play Estrella, though nothing else is known about her character. The news was announced yesterday via the Official 007 Facebook page.
Stephanie Sigman
Tim Burton to Reportedly Direct Live-Action Dumbo
Disney is teaming up with Alice in Wonderland director Tim Burton to bring us a live-action Dumbo.
According to the Wall Street Journal, the film will be a mixture of live-action and CGI. While details of the project are still scarce, Walt Disney president of production Sean Bailey hinted that the film will be broader than the 1943 cartoon. "It's a big world," he said.
Screenwriter Ehren Kruger (Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Transformers: Age of Extinction) is penning the script and will produce along with Justin Springer (Tron: Legacy).
Final Fantasy XV: A Closer Look at its Awesome Combat
After nearly a decade-long wait, we finally got a chance to go hands-on with Final Fantasy XV at PAX East 2015, and we're happy to say that it looks like the wait was worth it. Mitch and I went back and forth on how much we loved the new action-oriented combat system, while Luke Karmali dove into what makes Episode Duscae so special.
To keep the hype train rolling, check out the three-minute combat montage above. You'll get a taste for Noctis' array of weapons, the beasts you'll have to fight throughout Episode Duscae, and a look at the thundering Behemoth that awaits you at the end of your adventure.
The Fall Picked Up for Season 3
Good news for fans of The Fall (aka the other project that features Jamie Dornan tying up women), BBC Two has renewed the psychological thriller - which debuted its second season on Netflix this past January - for a 5-episode third season/series.
*slight spoilers* And yes - per Deadline - despite how things looked at the end of Season 2, both Gillian Anderson and Jamie Dornan will be returning in the roles of Detective Superintendent Stella Gibson and psycho killer Paul Spector.
Gamers Have Spent 12,000 Years in The Sims 4
Electronic Arts has released a new infographic featuring fun facts on its series The Sims.
According to the EA blog post, Sims players have created over 32 million Sims since the September 2014 launch of The Sims 4, with 107 million hours of gameplay - that's 12,000 years - racked up.
Cheekily, the infographic also suggests that Sim characters may have it better than those of us in the real world: apparently Sims engage in "woohoo" four times as much as real-life married couples, and there are far fewer Sim divorcees in comparison to reality as well.
You can check out the full infographic below.
Netflix Plays House of Cards on an NES
What if you could watch House of Cards on an original NES? Are you a bad enough dude to rescue President Underwood? A team of Netflix engineers recently decided to find out during the company's annual Netflix Hack Day, managing to get the streaming service running on a supposedly un-modded NES.
According to the video, the NES contains a cart and the two engineers side-scroll through the list of titles, including House of Cards and Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon. Near the end of the bit, the opening of House of Cards runs in a beautifully pixelated smattering of blue and grey.
Ascension Not Going to Series at Syfy
If you were hoping for resolution to Ascension's cliffhanger, prepare to be disappointed. Syfy has decided it will not move forward with a full series.
“We were very happy with Ascension as an event series, but with so much high profile development in the works, we have decided not to pursue a full series,” said Syfy executives in a statement to Deadline.
Ascension, advertised as a classic space opera, premiered on Syfy last year bringing in 1.8 million viewers. As the network did with Battlestar Galactica before it, Syfy hoped to turn the miniseries into a regular series.
Pre-Order and Pre-Load Final Fantasy Type-0 HD on Xbox One
If you're excited for the impending release of Final Fantasy Type-0 HD and want to start playing it the literal minute it after it becomes available, you can now pre-order and pre-load it on your Xbox One.
For $60 USD, gamers can pre-order the game through either their consoles, or by visiting the Xbox Store website. The game also includes the demo for the upcoming Final Fantasy XV.
The game is scheduled to release on March 17, and both the game and the demo for Final Fantasy XV will be playable at 12:01 a.m. It's possible to purchase the game right now and download it to your hard drive, but it won't unlock until then. It will simply sit there, waiting for the date to spring to life.