Monthly Archives: January 2017
Tomb Raider Reboot Casts Into the Badlands Star
Daniel Wu has joined the cast of Warner Bros.' upcoming Tomb Raider film reboot.
According to Variety, the actor, who plays Sunny in the AMC series Into the Badlands, will star as a ship captain named Lu Ren who aids Lara Croft (Alicia Vikander) as she seeks to find her father.
Daniel Wu as Sunny in AMC's Into the Badlands
Shovel Knight Coming to Nintendo Switch
Yacht Club Games has announced that Shovel Knight is coming to Nintendo Switch.
In addition to the main game heading to the new platform, Yacht Club confirmed that upcoming new campaign Specter of Torment will also be headed to Switch.
Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove logo
But that’s just one part of the new plan for Shovel Knight moving forward. Yacht Club is now referring to Shovel Knight as Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove, an all-inclusive title for the overall game. Anyone who currently owns Shovel Knight will now automatically own Treasure Trove, which will receive upcoming campaigns and updates for free.
The Walking Dead: Heath’s Return is Possible
There have been exceptions – we’re looking at you, Season 6 Glenn/dumpster fake out – but most of the time, it’s pretty clear when a character on the Walking Dead has been killed off or not. But that’s not the case for Heath.
The Alexandria resident was last seen in Season 7’s “Swear,” when he got separated from Tara during a walker attack. But did he survive or was he killed? We’re not given a definitive answer, and Corey Hawkins, who plays Heath, admitted today at the Television Critics Association press tour that is notable. On The Walking Dead, when someone meets their end, as the actor put it, “It is not big on ambiguity at all. It's usually very finite.”
Corey Hawkins as Heath in The Walking Dead.
Wrestling Wrap Up: Jericho with the US Title is Great, But…
Before I get into Jericho winning the U.S. title on RAW this week, I wanted to bring up the fact that wrestlers used to bleed a lot. Like, a concerning amount. It was a savage, cool-looking and dramatically unhealthy element of pro-wrestling that helped sell its "realness" while also adding intensity to feuds and storylines. It would occasionally happen in the old '80s WWF -- usually at a WrestleMania or a similarly pivotal moment -- but elsewhere, in the NWA and other promotions, it was rampant. Wrestling magazines used to have bloody faces right on the cover.
Jericho got busted open during his main even handicap match this week. It happens nowadays, sure, but it's accidental. Unless it's Brock purposefully elbowing someone's brow open, guys occasionally get walloped a bit too hard, as a mistake, and start bleeding. Sometimes stitches are needed. Images of these mishaps are then usually Instagram'd backstage for posterity.
Prison Break Return Date Set; Empire Renewed
FOX today, at the Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour, announced their full Spring lineup for new and returning shows, including the premiere date for the Prison Break revival.
Prison Break will return Tuesday, April 4th while new time-travel comedy Making History, starring Adam Pally and Leighton Meester (and executive produced by The LEGO Movie's Phil Lord and Chris Miller) debuts on Sunday, March 5th. Plus, new unscripted survivalist series Kicking and Screaming, hosted by New Girl's Hannah Simone, lands on Thursday, Match 9th and event series Shots Fired starts up on Wednesday, March 22nd.
On top of this, FOX announced that it's renewed Empire for a fourth season (it was the only official renewal announced today) and added four more episodes to The Mick's order, bringing the total to 17 episodes.
Lucasfilm Confirms Woody Harrelson for Han Solo Movie
Lucasfilm has confirmed that Woody Harrelson has joined the Star Wars Han Solo standalone movie.
Harrelson, who can be seen in this summer's War for the Planet of the Apes, was in talks to join the Han Solo film earlier this month. He was reportedly the top choice to play the mentor to a younger Han (Alden Ehrenreich). But, Harrelson's role hasn't been specified beyond this brief description. Directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller cast Harrelson because of his ability to nail both comedy and drama.
“We couldn’t be more excited to work with an artist with as much depth and range as Woody,” said Lord and Miller. “His ability to find both humor and pathos, often in the same role, is truly unique."
The 10 Best Funko Pop Star Wars Figures
There's a Funko Vinyl Pop for almost every fandom, from Dragonball Z to The Walking Dead to Overwatch. And every property has a pretty extensive line-up of figures to collect, with variations and con-exclusives to really scratch that collectible itch.
Star Wars Pops cover the gamut of Star Wars lore, from the original trilogy to Rogue One and even Star Wars Rebels. There are tons of great Funko Vinyl Pop figures for the property, but these ones are the best of all. At least, so far.
Wonder Woman: Lead Movie Villain Revealed
Details about the primary antagonist in DC's upcoming Wonder Woman movie have been revealed - not least, their identity.
Possible mild Wonder Woman spoilers follow:
French magazine Studio Ciné Live (translated by Les Toiles Héroïques) reveals that Ares, God of War will be Gal Gadot and co's main threat.
Chris Pine's character, Steve Trevor will apparently steal a notebook containing a secret formula for a potentially world-exterminating gas, which catches the interest of Ares.
Ares - who we've previously speculated will be Danny Huston's German officer spotted in the film's first trailer - is jealous of humanity for having been created by his father Zeus.
Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series Plot Revealed
Telltale's take on Guardians of the Galaxy has seemingly had its plot synopsis released on a retailer's website.
Part of a GameStop pre-order page (as spotted by Bleeding Cool), the synopsis reads:
"Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series delivers a brand new story of the universe's unlikeliest heroes, the rag-tag band of outlaws who go by the names Star-Lord, Gamora, Drax, Rocket, and Groot. In the wake of an epic battle, the Guardians discover an artifact of unspeakable power. Each of the Guardians has a reason to desire this relic, as does a ruthless enemy who is the last of her kind, and who will stop at nothing to tear it from their hands.
Scalebound Cancellation: Developers Comment on the Situation
Executives from PlatinumGames, developer on the now-cancelled Xbox exclusive, Scalebound, have released statements about the surprise announcement.
On Platinum's website, company president Kenichi Sato said:
"We are very disappointed things ended up this way, especially since we know many of our fans were looking forward to this game as much as we were."Going forward, we will strive to continue delivering high-quality games to you, starting with NieR:Automata in March, and including products like GRANBLUE FANTASY Project Re:Link and LOST ORDER in the future.