Monthly Archives: July 2015
AMC: ‘No Plans’ to Combine Walking Dead TV Series
At the Fear the Walking Dead panel today at San Diego Comic-Con, the question was raised as to whether the new cast will ever meet up with the cast of the original Walking Dead show.
“I want to meet Rick,” said Fear star Cliff Curtis. “I’m campaigning to meet Rick Grimes because I have a bromance with the man.”
Executive Producer Dave Erickson, however, isn’t as hopeful about such a team-up.
“There are no plans right now to combine the two series,” said Erickson. “I think
Scott Gimple would kill me if I ever pitched that idea. Geographically it would be tough. There is currently no plan to do it.”
That of course makes perfect sense, since the new show is set on the other side of the country in Los Angeles. Still, you never know what the future holds.
Watch the First trailer for The Shannara Chronicles
It goes without saying that MTV is not the network many of us remember from our childhoods. They've branched out with their programming, and The Shannara Chronicles is taking the network in a new direction. The adaptation of Terry Brooks's The Elfstones of Shannara means diving into a world of fantasy – one with elves, magic, etc. The series follows a group of three elves who have to fight against demons as a magical tree that kept the demons away starts to die. Cast members Poppy Drayton (Amberle), Ivana Baquero (Eretria), Austin Butler (Wil), Manu Bennett (Allanon), and John Rhys-Davies (Eventine) and executive producers Al Gough, Miles Millar, and Brooks brought the first trailer for the upcoming drama to Comic-Con and shared a little information about the characters and development process.
Nintendo Announces New Map, Splatfest Event for Splatoon
A new multiplayer map and Splatfest turf war is coming to Nintendo's team-based shooter Splatoon.
The Moray Towers map will be added in with the regular multiplayer rotation starting today at 7pm PT. With ramps wrapped around tower structures, teams will have to use the verticality to compete and gain control of the map. Check out the teaser Nintendo posted on Twitter below.
Additionally, another Splatfest turf war is planned to begin on June 17 at 9pm PT and will run exactly 24 hours. Like the previous Splatfest event, this will pit fans of two opposing things against each other to win bragging rights and prizes. This time, it's Team Roller Coaster versus Team Water Slide. In the last event, dogs topped cats as the favorite pet among Splatoon players.
The Walking Dead Team Reflects on Season 5
AMC's The Walking Dead returned to San Diego Comic-Con on Friday, infecting the always-packed Hall H.
Joining this year's panel were stars Andrew Lincoln, Norman Reedus, Steven Yeun, Danai Gurira, Melissa McBride, Chandler Riggs, Sonequa Martin-Green, Michael Cudlitz and Lennie James, as well as executive producer and showrunner Scott Gimple, executive producer Gale Anne Hurd, executive producer Dave Alpert, and special effects makeup supervisor and executive producer Greg Nicotero -- whew! -- to talk about Season 6. (Alas, creator Robert Kirkman had fallen ill and wasn't able to attend.)
After screening the all-new trailer (see below), moderator Chris Hardwicked dived right into a social media Q&A. Talking about the trailer, Gimple warned that "we sometimes play with the truth in trailers," noting that the footage screened may not depict exactly what fans think.
Why The Coalition Is Only Remaking the First Gears of War
The Coalition studio head Rod Fergusson has explained that time and resources are the reasons his team could only remake the first game with Gears of War: Ultimate Edition.
During a San Diego Comic-Con panel yesterday, Fergusson responded to a question about why Microsoft and The Coalition aren't compiling all of the Gears games together, similar to Halo: The Master Chief Collection, according to Gamespot. "It's really hard work
," he said. "It takes a long time.
"It took us in the end 16 to 18 months to do the first one, and to try and do three games ... how many people would we need to have? It just wasn't logistically or physically or technically possible. For us it was really about what can we do, what can we focus on."
Lois and Clark Return for New Superman Comic
Today on IGN's Comic-Con live stream show, DC Comics co-publishers Jim Lee an Dan Didio revealed three new comics spinning out of Convergence.
At the end of DC's Convergence event, an alternate universe Superman, joined by Lois Lane and their newborn son, went back in time to help save the day. Their mini-series was one of the highlights of the entire Convergence event, so it's nice to see this thread picked up on again. Nine years after Convergence, we'll pick back up with the family trio and learn about how their lives have changed. That black Superman costume certainly looks ominous...
Fear the Walking Dead Premiere Date Revealed
Fear the Walking premieres August 23, AMC announced at San Diego Comic-Con today. The first season takes place roughly around the same time Rick Grimes was in his coma. AMC also released the first trailer for Fear the Walking Dead. Check it out below:
Earlier today AMC released the new trailer for The Walking Dead's Season 6. Don't forget to check out the SDCC poster for Fear the Walking Dead, and for all things Comic-Con, check out the IGN SDCC Hub.
Arrow Casts Neal McDonough for Season 4
Neal McDonough (Captain America: The First Avenger's Dum Dum Dugan) has been cast as the classic DC Comics villain Damien Darhk in Arrow: Season 4.
In an official statement, the producers described their version of Damien Darhk as "a mysterious and sophisticated villain, and an adversary of the late Ra’s Al Ghul. Now the leader of his own clandestine group, this cunning foe will prove to be one of the Arrow’s greatest challenges."
Neal McDonough as Dum Dum Dugan in Captain America: The First Avenger.
Amazon Canceling Mighty No. 9 Signature Edition Pre-Orders
Update: Amazon assures customers that their games are indeed still reserved. Amazon posted the following message on Twitter:
"Customers that pre-ordered Mighty No. 9 Signature Edition will recieve an email from us soon. Your game IS still reserved."
Original story follows:
Amazon has been sending emails to customers who pre-ordered the Mighty No. 9 Signature Edition to let them know their orders have been canceled due to a "lack of availability."
Fans of the upcoming game have been posting their cancellation notices to Twitter, and doesn't seem to be limited to one particular platform. The cancellations only apply to the physical, Signature Edition of the game. New preorders have also been suspended by Amazon for the same edition of the game.
The 100: Lexa Returning in Season 3
It was revealed during The 100's Comic-Con panel today that Lexa (Alycia Debnam-Carey) -- last seen betraying Eliza Taylor's Clarke by taking her fighting Grounders out of Season 2's final battle -- will definitely return for some fierce Season 3 drama.
When a fan in the audience asked a question about whether or not there'd ever be a reconciliation between Lexa and Clarke, showrunner Jason Rothenberg answered, "I suppose there’s hope for reconciliation because Alycia Debnam-Carey is coming back to the show. And, yes, Clarke is pissed and there’ll be fireworks between them that we’ve never seen before. I think that it'll be interesting to see how they butt heads. Or not."
"They will make an attempt at peace, for sure, but there's a lot of bad blood," he continued. "When we start off in Season 3, the war is not on and the tensions have been released slightly, but that won’t last very long."