Monthly Archives: March 2017

Every Spider-Man Movie Poster Ever

Sony and Marvel have debuted the first official Spider-Man: Homecoming posters, so IGN has decided to take a look back at the webhead's entire cinematic history.

Check out every Spider-Man poster, from the first teases of the Tobey Maguire-starring 2002 Spider-Man to the pair of newly released Homecoming images:

The gallery above includes Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2, Spider-Man 3, The Amazing Spider-Man, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, and Spider-Man: Homecoming posters. Spider-Man's 15 years of film has included three actors in the role — Maguire, Andrew Garfield, and current Peter Parker Tom Holland — the latest of which made his debut in last year's Captain America: Civil War.

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Splatoon 2 Global Testfire Times in Every Time Zone

The Splatoon 2 Global Testfire will be occurring periodically throughout the weekend, and fans have put together a handy guide to when you can play, no matter your international time zone.

In a NeoGAF thread, users have contributed information to help gamers get ready for the public test of Nintendo's new competitive ink shooter. While the thread also has countdown timers, you can check out the times below:

Splatoon 2 Time Zone Chart, via NeoGAF

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Godzilla: Monster Planet Anime Movie Details Revealed

Several new details about Toho and Polygon Pictures' upcoming Godzilla anime film have been revealed.

According to the movie's official website, the film is titled Godzilla: Monster Planet and will debut in Japan this November. Additionally, new art for the film was revealed, which you can check out below.

Godzilla: Monster Planet art, via godzilla-anime.com

An overview of Godzilla: Monster Planet's story can also be found on the site. Read the full summary below:

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Life Writers Tease How the Film’s Ending Could Lead to a Sequel

Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick have emerged as two of the most admired and successful screenwriters working in Hollywood today. After the combined successes of Zombieland and Deadpool, the duo has carved out a nice place for themselves in an industry notorious for sidelining its writers. And this week Reese and Wernick have returned to the big screen with their latest effort Life, a new sci-fi horror film about a crew of astronauts working on the International Space Station who discover new life on Mars… but quickly come under attack from the alien entity when they take it aboard their ship and begin analyzing it. Directed by Daniel Espinosa, Life stars Ryan Reynolds, Jake Gyllenhaal and Rebecca Ferguson.

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The Witcher Book Author Doesn’t Profit From the Games

Andrzek Sapkowski, the creator of the Polish novels turned video games, doesn't receive royalties from the video game adaptions of his books.

In an interview with Eurogamer, Sapkowski talks about how he dreamed up The Witcher world, his love of fantasy as a genre, and how he doesn't make any money off them after a one-time payment for The Witcher video games.

There's no malevolence in this transaction: simply an old deal between the writer and CD Projekt Red.

CD Projekt Red offered Sapkowski a cut of the game’s profits, but he declined. “Give me all my money right now,” he joked.

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When CGI Characters Dominate Live-Action Movies

CGI has truly altered the movie landscape over the past several decades. It's allowed studios to build armies of life-like orcs, transform ordinary actors into superheroes and generally make the impossible happen on the big screen in live-action movies that purport to be set in a "real world." Sure, CGI can often be used as a crutch, but when applied properly it's been responsible for creating some of our favorite movie characters.

With new films like the Will Smith-starring Gemini Man and Martin Scorsese's The Irishman reminding us just how far special effects have come, we figured it was time to update this rundown of our favorite CGI characters in live-action movies. We've included both motion capture performances and entirely digital creations here, so check out our full list -- including everything from Terminators to Gollum to the T-Rex to good old Yoda himself -- in the slideshow below:

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Power Rangers Team Teases Future of Movie Franchise

Lionsgate's live-action Power Rangers movie, which opens in theaters today, will serve as the first in a six-film story that could also expand to even more films that aren't direct sequels.

Power Rangers producer Haim Saban recently told Variety they "already have a six-movie story arc" planned, which director Dean Israelite has since reaffirmed in an interview with Entertainment Weekly.

Before he even signed on to helm the film, Israelite said the team at Saban Entertainment already "had a document that laid out six movies." He told EW he's confident there won't be a shortage of ideas for future films, saying, "We just haven’t had the time to really sit down and talk about the full six, but there's no doubt there is enough material for it, absolutely no doubt that the franchise could be that big."

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Randy Orton on Facing Bray Wyatt at WrestleMania 33

WrestleMania 33 is just over one week away - coming at us live from the Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida on Sunday, April 2nd. Brock Lesnar and Bill Goldberg will collide once again, this time with Goldberg's Universal Championship on the line, while Roman Reigns is set to square off against The Undertaker.

In another huge match, Randy Orton will challenge Bray Wyatt for the WWE World Championship in a match that's sure to be filled with violent mind games galore. So far, Orton's torched Bray's sister's remains while Bray himself has covered himself in his ashes and pronounced himself reborn. Yeah, it's gonna get weird.

I spoke to Randy Orton about his big title match at WrestleMania, his long-running storyline with the Wyatt Family, the popularity of the RKO, and more.

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7 Things We Love AND Hate About Breath of the Wild

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is a masterpiece of open-world design and interconnected systems. And while there's a lot of love about it, that doesn't mean everyone is crazy about every little thing!

We asked several members of the IGN staff who've leaped headfirst into Hyrule what their favorite, and least favorite, moments in Breath of the Wild are after many hours spent adventuring. Here are seven things we love and hate about The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is AWESOME, but that voice acting... man. It's not-so-awesome. Many of the line readings feel rushed and cramped, and almost everyone feels like they're simply 'playing a character.' They don't sound natural, or realistic. I don't want the Zelda team to give up, though. I'm firmly in the camp that thinks it's time for Link to talk. But hopefully their next attempt improves over what we got in Breath of the Wild. -- Justin Davis, Executive Editor

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The Predator Adds Battlestar Galactica Actor to Cast

The Predator has added a veteran actor and Battlestar Galactica star to its cast.

The Hollywood Reporter reports Edward James Olmos, known for his role as William Adama in Battlestar Galactica, has joined director Shane Black’s reboot of the sci-fi series. Olmos will play a military character, though not much else is known about his role.

bsg_olmos_adama_1280x720.jpg Edward James Olmos as William Adama in Battlestar Galactica.

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