Monthly Archives: July 2016
First Star Wars Rebels: Season 3 Clip and Image
Ahead of the Star Wars Rebels panel this weekend at Star Wars Celebration in London, Lucasfilm has revealed the first clip and image from Season 3.
Executive producer Dave Filoni unveiled the new footage during this week's episode of The Star Wars Show, which also features an interview with Rogue One: A Star Wars Story director Gareth Edwards. The Rebels clip begins at the 3:39 mark and includes Ezra's new lightsaber.
Additionally, a new image of Ezra Bridger (voiced by Taylor Gray) was revealed, showcasing the character's new look for Rebels' third season.
Ezra in Star Wars Rebels: Season 3
Star Wars: Episode 8 Wraps With Stormtrooper Dance Party
Filming for Star Wars: Episode VIII is now complete, and in celebration, a wrap party was held in London that featured a crew of dancing Stormtroopers.
According to UPROXX, the cast and crew celebrated at the London's Natural History Museum, where a group of Stormtrooper dancers known as Boogie Storm (who io9 notes were on Britain's Got Talent) put on quite the show.
Luke Skywalker star Mark Hamill shared a clip from the party on Facebook, during which Boogie Storm dances to the tunes of Beyonce.
How Much $$$ Warcraft Will Lose
Warcraft will end up losing around $15 million, less than it would have if not for a strong showing in China.
THR says that the film, which was budgeted at $160 million, may lose $30-40 million according to industry execs, but a digital rights deal for China at the unusually-high amount of $24 million, and a $20 million merchandising pact, help offset the loss. Though the loss is smaller than expected after a dismal domestic showing, it is still a deficit.
The U.S. release bombed, making only $46.6 million. The rest of its total $430 million global gross came from international sales, and more than half of that was from China alone.
Steam Bans Item Gambling
In response to recent controversy surrounding Steam's ability to allow users to trade in-game items and the use of that functionality by third-party sites for gambling, Valve has announced it will begin asking these sites to "cease operations through Steam" and effectively ban item gambling on the service.
The full statement from Valve explains that the company has "no business relationship with any of these sites" and has never received revenue from them.
Valve's Erik Johnson issued the following statement concerning the company's decision, explaining how the sites are violating Steam's user agreements:
"In 2011, we added a feature to Steam that enabled users to trade in-game items as a way to make it easier for people to get the items they wanted in games featuring in-game economies.
Who Are Marvel’s Accused and Fallen?
Warning: this article contains spoilers for Civil War II #3!
With Civil War II #3 in stores, Marvel can now reveal details about two upcoming tie-in comics, Civil War II: The Accused #1 and Civil War II: The Fallen #1. Both of these one-shot issues will spin directly out of the events of Civil War II #3 and the death of Hulk at Hawkeye's hands.
As announced by ComicBook.com, Civil War II: The Accused #1 will focus on the trial of Clint Barton. While some of that trial was glimpsed in the pages of Civil War II #3, this issue will explore that trial in greater depth and the wide range of reactions among Marvel's superhero community. Matt Murdock looks to be the star of this issue, as he digs deeper into Clint's actions and finds some surprising truths about what unfolded, truths that tie back to the Superhuman Registration Act.
First Look at Pennywise the Clown From It Movie
Pennywise the Clown is back to instill a fear of clowns into a new generation of moviegoers, and Entertainment Weekly has a first look at the latest incarnation of It.
Bill Skarsgård plays Pennywise in Andrés Muschietti's take on Stephen King's It, which is due in theaters on September 8, 2017.
Originally brought to terrifying life by Tim Curry in the 1990 TV movie version, Pennywise will have a less "weird, greasy look" as the filmmakers aim for something "fresh and original," Skarsgård told EW.
Hideo Kojima Was Worried Death Stranding Would Leak Before E3 Reveal
Hideo Kojima's newest project, Death Stranding, debuted at Sony's E3 2016 PlayStation press conference. And while the particulars of the game and its trailer were kept hidden before that reveal, Kojima was concerned that the surprise would be spoiled.
"So every single year, there are leaks before E3," Kojima said in the latest episode of his HideoTube series. "...So we didn't let more than five people at Sony know about
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Mr. Robot came out of nowhere to become one of the best shows of 2015. Now season 2 just started, and you can watch the whole thing on Amazon for just $12. Episodes show up on Amazon 24 hours after they air on TV, so if you don't have cable, this is a great way to get in on the show in a timely fashion. For some perspective, season 1 is $18, so this is like a 33% discount on a brand new season.
Star Trek: 5 Settings We Want in the New Show
Starting next week, Star Trek is coming back in a big way, with not just the new movie Star Trek Beyond hitting theaters but also a large San Diego Comic-Con presence planned for the franchise as it celebrates its 50th anniversary. And then of course there’s also the brand new TV series that’s heading to CBS’ All Access streaming service at the start of 2017, to be led by Hannibal’s writer-producer Bryan Fuller. In fact, Fuller will be moderating a “Star Trek: Celebrating 50 Years” panel at SDCC which may or may not offer up some tidbits of information about the new show.
So far, we know almost nothing about Fuller’s program other than the fact that it will be the seventh series set in Gene Roddenberry’s universe, and the first to air since Enterprise ended over a decade ago in 2005. As for premise, story or characters, basically the only thing that’s certain is that it will be set… somewhere in outer space.
HBO Announces Game of Thrones Comic-Con Scavenger Hunt
HBO is planning its own game of thrones at San Diego Comic-Con this year. To promote the company's new array of Game of Thrones products and convention exclusives, fans are invited to participate in a Comic-Con Scavenger Hunt that could end in them winning some of the series' coolest swag.
IGN can exclusively reveal how to take part in the scavenger hunt, which kicks off Wednesday, July 20th at 6 p.m. PT when Preview Night begins and continues until Saturday, July 23rd at 11 a.m. To participate, fans will need to complete six challenges by posting photos of themselves with specified Game of Thrones products to Twitter (accounts must be public) using the hashtag #GoTScavengerHunt.