Monthly Archives: July 2015
Check Out Storm and Psylocke in X-Men: Apocalypse
X-Men: Apocalypse will sport a robust cast of both familiar faces and brand-new additions to Fox's mutant-filled film franchise, and some new images released today provide a fresh look at a few members of its eclectic cast.
The pictures feature Michael Fassbender's Magneto, Olivia Munn's Psylocke, Alexandra Shipp's Storm, Oscar Isaac's ominous take on Apocalypse, and more. Give them a look below, courtesy of Entertainment Weekly:
Depp’s Wife Heard Faces Jail Time in AU for Dog Smuggling
The Australian government has charged Pineapple Express and Magic Mike XXL actress Amber Heard with illegally transporting her dogs into the country.
Heard faces up to 10 years in prison and fines up to $75,000 after smuggling her two Yorkshire terriers via private jet into the country, where she had been accompanying her husband, Johnny Depp, during the filming of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales. In fact, not long ago the country threatened to kill the dogs.
Game of Thrones Dominates Emmy Nominations
The nominations for the 67th Emmy Awards have been announced and Game of Thrones dominated proceedings with a grand total of 24 nods, the most of any show this year. Among the cast, Lena Headey, Emilia Clarke and Peter Dinklage once again received nominations. Diana Riggs was also nominated in the guest category. HBO once again wiped the floor with anyone else in terms of nomination, with the cable channel getting 126 nominations total - the closest runner-up, ABC, has 42 nominations.
In the drama category - where there was no place for this year's biggest breakout hit, Empire - Thrones goes up against Downton Abbey, Mad Men, House of Cards, Orange is the New Black, Homeland and Better Call Saul.
Gotham Has Big Plans for Joker in Season 2
Whether onscreen or not, The Joker will play a pivotal role in the next season of FOX's Gotham, executive producer Bruno Heller has confirmed.
In an interview with IGN at Comic-Con (you can see the full interview below), Heller addressed Cameron Monaghan's recent Joker tease, but wouldn't confirm that his character, Jerome, is definitively the Joker or not, saying, "There’s definitely some curveballs. Life is all about curveballs and this show is about that. Cameron's coming back. He's playing Jerome." However, Heller stressed, "The story we're telling is absolutely the story of how the Joker came to be."
Randy Pitchford Teases the Future of Borderlands
Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford has revealed people are working on stuff for future Borderlands titles at the studio, though how these will be used remains to be seen.
Speaking to IGN at Develop: Brighton, Pitchford acknowledged there'd "almost certainly" be more Borderlands, but the team was still unclear on what form this would take.
"Probably not," he responded if news of a new title was imminent. "It depends on how you define soon. There’ll almost certainly be more Borderlands, but we need to figure out what that is. I don’t even know if it’s Borderlands 3, but yeah. There are people working on Borderlands things for the future at Gearbox but we haven’t announced anything yet.
Telltale Game of Thrones Episode 5 Release Date Arrives
Telltale has announced the penultimate chapter in its Game of Thrones series, A Nest of Vipers, will be available starting next week.
The episode will land on PC/Mac, PS3 and PS4 on July 21, with the Xbox One and Xbox 360 versions coming the day after on July 22. Finally, iOS and Android editions will arrive on July 23.
For more, check out IGN's Game of Thrones: Episode 4 - Sons of Winter review, or head over to our Game of Thrones wiki.
In related news, Telltale recently announced a three-episode The Walking Dead miniseries starring Michonne.
Never Alone Getting DLC Titled Foxtales
E-Line Games has announced that Never Alone will be getting a major DLC expansion.
Titled Never Alone: Foxtales, it will feature three new levels inspired by the native Alaskan story 'The Two Coastal Brothers,' by Willie Panik Goodwin, Sr. It is currently only announced for PS4, and will arrive on July 28.
According to the announcement on the PS Blog, Foxtales will have more complex and varied puzzles, as well as new environments and abilities for each of the characters.
Foxtales is set around the waters and coasts of Northwest Alaska. To help Nuna and Fox in this new location, they will be able to row canoes and interact with spirits to change the flow of underwater currents.
Gearbox Working on ‘Authentic’ New Brothers in Arms Title
Gearbox Software is working on a new "authentic" Brothers in Arms title, according to Randy Pitchford.
Speaking to IGN at Develop: Brighton, Pitchford explained the project was still in its early stages and extra help was being sought, but once this was locked down he expected things to happen quickly.
"I think the next Brothers in Arms game has to be authentic and we have been working on that," he says. "I feel we have unfinished business there with both the fiction and the history and I’d like to get into that. I spend a lot of time thinking about it.
"Sadly it takes a lot of resources, energy and money to do what must be done, so it’s not something I feel I could completely do alone. I need good partners for it, so we’ve been talking to great folks but it’s really putting all that together that’s the limiting factor. Once we put all the partnerships together in terms of publishing, collaborators and creatives, we can talk about it.
The Flash’s Ezra Miller on Sharing the Role with Grant Gustin
Ezra Miller, who is set to play The Flash on the big screen, takes no issue with playing a superhero that already has an accompanying television series starring Grant Gustin.
"I'm not avoiding it at all. I think it's awesome," Miller told MTV News when asked about the The Flash television series.
"And come on, it's The Flash, it's parallel universes. Grant Gustin is The Flash and I'm The Flash. Don't you see? It's the event horizon. We've crossed it, baby! Grant and I are chilling. We're going to have a race, it will be dope."
Miller also discussed his love for comics, noting that this new role provides him with an excellent opportunity to indulge in his nerd fandom even more. "I've been a comic guy but I'm going in as hard as possible because I have a serious excuse to," he said. "I have the ultimate license to geek out so hard all the time!"
Google to Offer Free Internet to Low Income Houses
Google will soon be offering free Internet to selected Housing and Urban Development assisted properties across the United States.
The program is part of a White House project called ConnectHome, and will be launching in all current and future Google Fiber markets. Right now this includes Atlanta, Durham, Nashville and Kansas City, and will soon be expanding to cities such as Salt Lake City, Phoenix, Portland, and San Jose.