Monthly Archives: May 2016
Arrested Development Season 5 Will “Definitely Happen”
Arrested Development creator, Mitch Hurwitz has said that a fifth series of the acclaimed comedy will "definitely happen". Look, here he is saying it now:
"It'll happen. It'll definitely happen," Hurwitz explained to Esquire. "I say that because the actors want to do it, the studio wants to do it, Netflix wants to do it, I want to do it. It's just making it happen. There's no one resisting."
It sounds as though the only issue is timing for those involved - the same issue rumoured to have forced the fourth season to feature many characters separately, creating its non-linear narrative.
Cara Delevingne Did Weird Things to Get Suicide Squad Role
Model and actress Cara Delevingne has spoken about some of the things she was asked to do before getting the role of Enchantress in Suicide Squad.
"I met the director, David Ayer, at a hotel in London on a dark and stormy night," Delevingne told W Magazine. "He didn’t tell me anything about the movie. Instead, he showed me pictures of these amazing, enlightened, powerful, but very evil women."
Cara Delevingne as Enchantress in Suicide Squad.
The Kojima World Tour Was to Find an Engine for his New Game
Hideo Kojima has confirmed that his first post-Konami game will use a third-party engine, and that his well-documented trips to meet creatives - in video games and otherwise - have at least in part been to find which tools his new project will utilise.
Speaking at the Nordic Game 2016 festival, Kojima explained that in order to ensure a timely release for the new Kojima Productions' debut, he had to go against his preferred methods:
"I actually think it's better to make games using internal tools," Kojima said. "As for my first title, because I want to release it to the people who are waiting for it, for that title we are going to use a third-party engine - the reason I am travelling around the world is looking for such technology to use."
Dwayne Johnson, Universal Ramping Up Bourne Author Robert Ludlum Cinematic Universe
Universal Pictures has joined forces with screenwriter James Vanderbilt (Zodiac, White House Down, The Amazing Spider-Man), Mythology Entertainment, and Captivate Entertainment to build a new cinematic universe based on the novels of the late Robert Ludlum, best known for his Jason Bourne series.
Their first project will be an adaptation of Ludlum’s The Janson Directive, featuring Dwayne Johnson, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The Janson Directive is an espionage thriller about an ex-Navy SEAL and highly sought-after corporate security consultant called Paul Janson, who is framed for the murder of a billionaire Nobel Peace Laureate and must uncover the truth while staying out of the crosshairs of his former colleagues.
This Fear the Walking Dead Star May Join Wolverine 3
Fear the Walking Dead's Elizabeth Rodriguez may star in Wolverine 3.
According to TheWrap, an "individual familiar with 20th Century Fox’s sequel" has revealed that Rodriguez is currently in talks to star alongside Hugh Jackman and Patrick Stewart in a "small but key role."
Elizabeth Rodriguez in Fear the Walking Dead
The Dark Tower: Stephen King Says Movie Not a Straight Adaptation
Author Stephen King has said Director Nikolaj Arcel's first Dark Tower film won't be entirely in step with his sprawling book series.
In a podcast with EW, King said that the film won't be a straight adaptation of his novels, but believes fans will get behind it nonetheless.
starts sort of in medias res", said King, "in the middle of the story instead of at the beginning, which may upset some of the fans a little bit. But they will get behind it, because it is the story."
Arcel's movie is the first in what will be several films based on King's seven-book series. It recently begun filming with Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey as the gunslinger (Roland Deschain) and the man in black (Walter Padick), respectively.
Margot Robbie Circling Winnie the Pooh Author Biopic
Margot Robbie may star alongside Domhnall Gleeson in Goodbye Christopher Robin.
According to Variety, Robbie, who plays Harley Quinn in Warner Bros.' Suicide Squad, is currently in "early negotiations" with the studio.
Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn in Suicide Squad.
Sources: FaZe Clan to Leave WESA
Sources close to FaZe Clan tell IGN that the team will be leaving the newly formed World Esports Association due to early demands of exclusivity by ESL. They’re reported to be paying as much as $50,000 out of pocket in penalties to leave the federation. It was previously rumored that ESL will lose major status for the Cologne CS:GO major, but ESL has confirmed this is not the case.
Check Out IGN’s Improved Mobile Site
The IGN mobile site has a new look, improving the IGN experience for readers and viewers on the go.
Whether you're on a smartphone, tablet, or desktop browser, you can head over to m.ign.com for a look at some of the awesome new changes we've implemented.
Here are some of the new things you can expect to see on our updated IGN mobile site:
- Larger headlines, for easier reading on smaller devices.
- Top stories stickied at the top of the feed, so you never miss out on the most important news and features.
- Previously-read stories are greyed out, making it easy to see what content you've already seen.
Every X-Men: Apocalypse Easter Egg
X-Men: Apocalypse is here and it's filled with tons of comic book Easter eggs, movie and TV references, and trivia from its production.
Warning: this article contains full spoilers for X-Men: Apocalypse!
When we meet Wolverine he’s in full berserker mode and wearing his iconic Weapon X outfit from the comics.
Also, we’d like to think that the cage match in the film between Angel and Nightcrawler is a callback to Wolvie’s first appearance in the very first X-Men film.