Monthly Archives: May 2016
Spielberg, Jurassic World Director Reteam for Powerhouse
Colin Trevorrow and Steven Spielberg are joining forces once again to produce a a new family action film called Powerhouse.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Emily Carmichael will write and direct the project, which, in addition to Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment, will be produced by X-Men: Apocalypse's Simon Kinberg. While plot details are being kept under wraps, Powerhouse is based on a completely original story crafted by Trevorrow.
After seeing Carmichael's short film The Hunter and the Swan Discuss Their Meeting, Trevorrow connected with the rising director to develop the characters of Powerhouse. Carmichael also gained some attention with her animated web series The Adventures of Ledo and Ix and animated short RPG OKC, and is rumored to be in the running to helm Captain Marvel.
New Comic Event Is 28 Days Later with Super Powers
Valiant Comics just announced via live Twitch stream that a new four-part event comic called Bloodshot U.S.A. by writer Jeff Lemire and artist Doug Braithwaite will release in October.
Check out the teaser revealed on Twitch:
BLOODSHOT U.S.A. TEASER by Kano
The event will see a 28 Days Later style story where Project Rising Sun (the creators of Bloodshot) infected the New York City populace with experimental nanites, and now they’ve been activated, giving ordinary citizens the same abilities as Bloodshot and turning them into dangerous, violent and near-invulnerable creatures bent on destroying everything in their path. Naturally, this gets Bloodshot’s attention, and he teams up with a group of other victims of Project Rising Sun to try to save the day. There will also be some other Valiant characters who show up and get infected, but it wasn’t revealed who, so we’ll just let our imaginations run wild with Ninjak-Bloodshots and Zephyr-Bloodshots.
Daily Deals: Modern Warfare Trilogy, Xbox One With Doom and Fallout, PS Plus
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If you've still got your PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360 hooked up and you've got a hankering to revisit the first three Modern Warfare games, this collection brings them all together for just $24 with Amazon Prime.
Wrestling Wrap Up: The New Day Travel Back in Time
What is up, fellow humans? How was your week of pro-wrestling entertainment? Did it meet all your levels of liking?
Once again, because I really didn't see anything better this week, I'm kicking off this madness with Lucha Underground. A promotion (well, a "TV show about a promotion" really) that's currently doing more with less and creating a truly unique, special environment of bloodshed and creativity. Mil Muertes challenged Matanza for the LU Championship last week and they met in a Grave(r) Consequences match. Which is a more ornate Casket Match, complete with Day of the Dead decor and such.
Tetris Movie Will Be a ‘Sci-Fi Thriller’, Part of a Trilogy
Following its announcement last year, Threshold Entertainment's film adaptation of the classic puzzle game Tetris is moving forward, and will serve as the first installment in a trilogy.
According to Deadline, the movie is "billed as a sci-fi thriller" that producer Larry Kasanoff says is "not at all what you think," but will instead "be a cool surprise."
China and the United States are said to be co-producing the $80 million project under Kasanoff and Bruno Wu's new company Threshold Global Studios. Filming is expected to begin next year in China, as well as other locations, and will feature a Chinese cast.
Outlast 2 Character Reveal
Developer Red Barrels' Outlast 2 is one of 2016's most anticipated horror games. What we played at PAX East 2016 was gorgeous and terrifying, and we can't wait to see more of it.
In anticipation of its release, Red Barrels shared some information with us on a new characters. His name is Sullivan Knoth, and there's a good chance that he's going to be giving us nightmares later on in 2016.
Angry Birds Movie Cast Shares the Secrets to Great Voice Acting
There is an art to voice acting, and three of the lead stars of The Angry Birds Movie -- Josh Gad, Jason Sudeikis and Maya Rudolph -- have been practicing it for a long time.
When it came time to sit down with them to talk about the upcoming animated movie, we asked the trio for their pointers on what they think makes a great voice acting performance. Here are their seven tips for getting their characters' voices right.
"There's this quality about him that's out of control that I really loved," Gad said of his character, the yellow speedster Chuck. "I had a friend growing up who was literally like this. His name is Dave. We used to call him 'Motormouth.' That's called bullying now. We don't do that anymore. But he's one of my close friends, so I kind of ratcheted the personality based on him as a kid, how I projected him. So, you know, it was really for fun, for animation or live-action. That's what it comes down to, finding the right springboard."
Person of Interest: Root Confronts Finch About Samaritan
Tuesday night's new episode of Person of Interest, "ShotSeeker" -- remember, Season 5 is debuting episodes twice a week -- features Team Machine investigating a serious system glitch in a piece of NYPD sonic surveillance technology. All while Fusco grows more increasingly frustrated by being kept in the dark about the larger issues at hand.
Meanwhile though, Finch has locked the Samaritan malware inside a Faraday cage and plans on pitting the Machine against it in a series of controlled battles. So that flaws in Samartian's system can be uncovered. But Root wants in. Literally. The cage itself is locked, and in this scene from the episode, Root questions Hardold's decision to keep her away from the cyber-confrontation. Check it out...
SHIELD Moving to 10pm on ABC’s New Fall Schedule
ABC has revealed their new fall schedule and in a notable move, Agents of SHIELD will now air at 10:00pm on Tuesdays. While Netflix's Marvel series skew dark and more adult, SHIELD has always been seen as much more in line with the more mainstream Marvel movies, so putting it on at such a late hour, when many kids simply won't be awake, is surprising. SHIELD originally aired at 8:00pm, before moving to 9:00pm. The series has not been the big hit ABC likely hoped, though it has done well enough to be renewed for a fourth season this fall.
Speaking to press today, ABC president Channing Dungey said SHIELD's move to a later timeslot will allow them "to go a little bit edgier, go a little darker and take some risks." However, she said the shift was "less about moving SHIELD to 10 and more feeling we had a big bench of comedies. The schedule kind of fell into place in that way."
Darth Vader Ends and Civil War II Rages On in August
Marvel released their full list of solicitations for August 2016 today. Civil War II will continue to rage on in August, with two new one-shots exploring the major fallout of Civil War II #3. Also look for Darth Vader to wrap up with a double-sized finale issue.
New Series:
- The Accused #1 (one-shot)
- Civil War: Ulysses #1
- The Fallen #1 (one-shot)
- Marvel Tsum Tsum #1
Ending Series:
- Daredevil/Punisher #4
- Dark Tower: The Drawing of the Three - Bitter Medicine #5
- Marvel's Doctor Strange Prelude #2