Monthly Archives: August 2017
Game Freak Talks Evolution of Pokemon Designs
Pokemon series developer Game Freak has opened up on the changes to Pokemon over the years, as well as the processes involved in choosing viable Pokemon designs.
During an interview with Game Informer, Pokemon director and producer Junichi Musada explained that people from all aspects of development can have a hand in new Pokemon designs.
“The graphic designers are obviously going to be the ones finalizing the look, but it’s not just the graphic designers who come up with ideas or draw the Pokémon,”.
Masuda went on to clarify that ideas for new Pokemon can come from development teams wanting to utilize new battle moves, writers wanting to work something into the story, or a different source of real world inspiration for the design.
Netflix Renews GLOW for Second Season
Netflix has renewed its wrestling comedy GLOW for a second season.
The second season of GLOW will span ten episodes, and continue the story of Ruth Wilder (Alison Brie) and a troupe of other performers who help launch an all-women wrestling TV show in 1985. We called GLOW "fundamentally fun and effortlessly engaging" in our review of the first season.
GLOW is created by Liz Flahive (Homeland, Nurse Jackie) and Carly Mensch (Nurse Jackie, Orange Is The New Black, Weeds) and stars Brie, Betty Gilpin and Marc Maron, among a group of other badass ladies.
Justice League Reshoots Made “Adjustments” to Cyborg
Justice League actor Joe Morton, who plays Cyborg's dad/"inventor" Dr. Silas Stone, informed IGN today during a phone interview that he was part of the Joss Whedon-directed reshoots and also revealed that altering the tone of Cyborg's character was part of the additional filming.
Here's what Morton had to say.
IGN: Did you work on the Joss Whedon portion of filming that's been going on or were you strictly on the Zack Snyder portion of the shoot?
Joe Morton: No, I did some reshoots with Joss.
Defenders Villains The Hand Explained
If you've been watching Netflix's Marvel series over the past few years, you know that the Hand has become one of the great, overarching threats in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. And that threat level is growing as Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and Iron Fist join forces to battle this band of zombie ninja assassins in The Defenders.
So let's look at everything you need to know about the Hand's comic book origins and how they fit into the massive tapestry that is the Marvel Universe.
The Marvel Universe is basically crawling with sinister organizations bent on gathering power, but few have wrought as much death and devastation as the Hand. This ancient, shadowy organization of ninja assassins has been working behind the scenes for centuries, growing its numbers and working its way through the Japanese underworld. Each member of the Hand is a formidable enemy in their own right, but the organization's ability to resurrect the dead and continuously replenish its ranks makes them a persistent threat to the superhero community.
Hannibal: Talks for Season 4 Have Begun
Discussions to bring back Hannibal for a fourth season have officially begun, according to series creator Bryan Fuller.
"Conversations couldn't start until 2 years after the final airing of season 3," Fuller wrote on Twitter. "
has started those conversations. This takes time."
Fuller previously revealed conversations to bring back the canceled NBC series couldn't take place until two years after the final episode, which aired on August 29, 2015. "That’s when we would have to see what the rights are for the character and for the story, and see who’s interested and how we get it done," Fuller said in June 2016.
Wonder Woman Blu-ray Officially Announced
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has announced Wonder Woman will be released on Blu-ray September 19, and available digitally starting August 29.
The film will be available on Ultra HD Blu-ray for $44.95 USD, Blu-ray 3D Combo Pack for $44.95 USD, Blu-ray Combo Pack for $35.99 USD and DVD for $28.98 USD. The Blu-ray versions include a new bonus scene that wasn't shown in theaters. For a look at the box art, check out the gallery below:
The Ultra HD Blu-ray release includes the theatrical version in 4K with HDR, as well as a standard Blu-ray disc with the theatrical version. Additionally, all three Blu-ray releases include a digital version of the movie with UltraViolet, as well as host of special features, including:
Jon Bernthal Takes a Vow of Silence for Pilgrimage
If there’s any actor that might be considered an “actor’s actor” who has gone to great lengths for his craft, then Jon Bernthal has worked his butt off to get where he is now.
It’s been five years since Bernthal was a regular on AMC’s The Walking Dead, but he then got an even more high-profile gig as The Punisher in the second season of Netflix’s Daredevil. Bernthal’s version of Marvel’s Frank Castle proved popular enough to get him his own series, which he shot earlier this year and is expected to debut later in 2017.
Between doing those shows, Bernthal still found plenty of time to make movies, and he even found time to chat with IGN about a variety of topics.
Brendan Muldowney’s Pilgrimage couldn’t be any more different from Bernthal’s normal role, if there is such a thing, because it takes place during 13th century Ireland as it follows a group of monks on a dangerous journey through the rugged Irish landscape to bring a sacred relic back to Rome. The diverse group of monks is played by Stanley Weber, John Lynch, Hugh O’Conor and none other than Tom Holland, and Bernthal is playing a character simply known as The Mute, a man unable to speak who comes from a violent past.
Aquaman Director on DC Film’s Watery, Complicated Shoot
Aquaman Director James Wan says the upcoming DC film's underwater setting has made for a "very technically complicated shoot."
Wan spoke about the difficulties of filming Aquaman with The Hollywood Reporter, saying both the water and dry-for-wet sequences are "very complex." He listed things like "CG with the hair, and how their clothing moves, how are they floating, what kind of rig we put them on," as some of the challenges.
Adding to the difficulty is Wan's desire to make minimal use of CGI, opting to shoot with actors as often as possible, which he says makes filming "very difficult and time-sucking and time-challenging." Despite the various challenges, Wan hopes his efforts will "pay off in spades" once the movie is completed.
Blizzard Adds Deathmatch to Overwatch
Overwatch Arcade will soon feature Deathmatch, Blizzard has announced.
Deathmatch, which is now available on the PTR, brings with it a new map and two new modes, including "Free-For-All," which features 1v7 matches where players compete with the goal of being the first to get 20 kills. The other is "Team Deathmatch," which pits two teams of six against each other, with goal of being the first team to rack up 30 kills. In this mode, Mercy resurrections will subtract kills from the other team's kill count.
While several of Overwatch's existing maps have been modified for Deathmatch, Blizzard is also adding a new map called Château Guillard that is designed specifically for two aforementioned new modes. Additionally, Deathmatch features a new scoreboard to keep track of your kills.
X-Men: Halle Berry Talks Secret Storm-Wolverine Romance
Storm and Wolverine had a secret romantic relationship in the X-Men movies, according to Storm actress Halle Berry.
In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Berry revealed the pair were lovers at one point. “It’s true," said Berry. "Storm and Logan had a thing.”
Logan (Hugh Jackman) and Storm (Halle Berry) in Days of Future Past.
A deleted scene in the 2014 X-Men film Days of Future Past helps corroborate Berry's comments, as it showed Logan (Hugh Jackman) give Storm quite the farewell kiss before traveling back to the 1970s.