Monthly Archives: February 2016
The Walking Dead Actor Talks Eye-Popping VFX Moment
The Walking Dead TV show brought to life one of its most surprising moments from Robert Kirkman's comics in its Season 6 midseason premiere, "No Way Out," and Chandler Riggs couldn't wait for it to happen.
Spoilers for The Walking Dead TV show and comics continue below.
In the midseason premiere, Rick & co. are covered and walker guts trying to navigate the huge horde of zombies that has overrun Alexandria. While they're surrounded by the undead, the Andersons slowly are picked off by the walkers and there's nothing the people around them can do to stop it.
First Sam (Major Dodson) draws their attention when he is paralyzed by fear and then his mother Jessie (Alexandra Breckenridge) gets attacked. When her son Ron (Austin Abrams) turns his gun on Rick (Andrew Lincoln) and Carl (Chandler Riggs) in anger, Michonne (Danai Gurira) spears him with her katana -- but not before his gun goes off and he shoots a gaping hole in Carl's face.
Star Wars: Benicio del Toro, Laura Dern Confirmed for Episode 8
A few days after Disney CEO Bob Iger noted production has begun on Star Wars: Episode VIII, Lucasfilm has sent out an official press release announcing the sequel is now filming, and in the process, has officially revealed a trio of new cast members joining the saga.
While the actor himself had spoken about likely being in the film since last summer, this is the first time Lucasfilm has said that Benicio Del Toro (Guardians of the Galaxy, The Usual Suspects) is officially cast in Episode VIII. Joining him will be Laura Dern (Jurassic Park, Enlightened) and a relative newcomer, Kelly Marie Tran. Tran's credits include a couple episodes of the NBC comedy About a Boy, along with the series Ladies Like Us and several College Humor originals.
New Pokken Tournament Support Characters Revealed
Three pairs of new support Pokemon have been revealed for Pokken Tournament, including Cubone and Diglett, Magneton and Quagsire, and Espeon and Umbreon.
Additionally, a few new details about the game, as well as a fresh batch of new screenshots have been revealed, courtesy of Serebii. Check out the gallery below for a closer look at the new support characters, as well as several new screens.
As a support character, Cubone uses its Bonemerang for a long range attack, while Diglett can use Dig to aid in landing combos. Magneton can lower the opponent's speed with a Tri Attack, and Quagsire's Mud Bomb serves as a solid way to damage foes using guard. Finally, Espeon can use Morning Sun to heal status effects and restore HP, and Umbreon can Snarl, preventing the opposition from landing a critical hit.
Daredevil: Season 2 Trailer
Netflix has debuted the first full trailer for Marvel's Daredevil: Season 2.
The trailer puts the focus on the debut of Frank Castle (Jon Bernthal), aka The Punisher, in Season 2 and Daredevil's attempts to stop the murderous vigilante.
Netflix will premiere the entire 13-episode second season of Daredevil on March 18th. As the new trailer notes, a second trailer -- one that likely focuses more on Elektra (Elodie Yung) is coming on February 25th.
New Pokemon Actually Named Magearna, Movie Coming in 2016
The next Pokemon movie is expected to come out later this year.
This news comes via Pokemon.com, and the site has also confirmed the existence of another new Pokemon which will appear in the movie.
Ash and friends with the newest Pokemon, Magearna.
The latest mythical Pokemon, which everyone thought was called Magiana, is actually called Magearna. It has a metallic body and was created by humans 500 years ago.
The Revenant Wins Five BAFTAs
The Revenant was the big winner at this year's BAFTAs, winning for director (Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu), actor (Leonardo DiCaprio), cinematography and sound, as well as the big one, best film.
Mad Max: Fury Road picked up four awards - costume design, production design, make-up & hair, and editing.
Oustanding British film went to Brooklyn, best animated film was Inside Out, and best documentary Amy.
Brie Larson was named best actress for her performance in Room, Kate Winslet best supporting actress for Steve Jobs, and Mark Rylance took home supporting actor for Bridge of Spies.
In the writing categories, Spotlight won the original screenplay award and The Big Short took home adapted.
Daytona Experience Coming to Real Racing 3
New NASCAR content is headed to Real Racing 3 from February 15. The ‘Daytona Experience’ will allow players to compete in the Daytona 500 in-game in one of several included NASCAR Sprint Cup Series cars.
The update will also include a head-to-head split-screen multiplayer ‘Party Play’ mode, playable via Android TV and Apple TV.
The Real Racing 3 Daytona event will be available from February 16 to March 4. Completion of the event will unlock four NASCAR stock cars to keep in your in-game garage.
Some of these, presumably.
Doom Developers Estimate Campaign Should Last 13+ Hours
id Software has claimed the campaign in its upcoming Doom should take players around 13+ hours to complete. The news comes via a recent post on the official Doom Twitter account, in response to a question regarding the game’s length.
The developers note that difficulty level will play a factor but that “folks playing at the office average 13+ hours in the campaign.”
.@Unreal389 The difficulty level plays a factor, but folks playing at the office average 13+ hours in the campaign
Game of Thrones: Season 6 Teaser Trailer
Straight from its debut Sunday night on HBO -- where it aired with the premiere of the new series, Vinyl -- check out the new teaser trailer for Game of Thrones: Season 6.
Check out the trailer below, which focuses on many of the notable characters who have died along the way on the series.
Set in the House of Black and White - HQ of the Faceless Men of Braavos - dead characters like Ned, Robb, Catelyn, and even Jon Snow are shown as masks. With the end revealing masks for all the remaining series characters as well. Valar Morghulis indeed!
Debuting April 24th on HBO, the new season is especially notable as the first to move into a ton of story terrain that exists after the five completed George R.R. Martin A Song of Ice and Fire books, as Martin continues to work on the sixth book.
Harry Potter Hogwarts Express Figures Up Close
Funko's line of new Harry Potter figures were on display this weekend at New York Toy Fair.
The Hogwarts Express-themed collection aptly includes the iconic train, as well as figures of J.K. Rowling's beloved wizarding trio: Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger. For a detailed look at the complete set, check out the gallery below.
In addition to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, Funko had a vast array of figures for other popular franchises on display at Toy Fair 2016, including ones from various Marvel and DC properties, as well as Warcraft and Game of Thrones.