Monthly Archives: August 2017
Disney to Pull Its Movies from Netflix
Disney has announced plans to launch its own streaming services, and as such will pull its movies from Netflix.
During its latest earnings report, Disney said it intends to debut its own branded streaming service for US consumers in 2019 and will then expand the service worldwide, CNBC reports.
Disney and Pixar titles will be removed from Netflix, with this new service serving as the home for all Disney movies going forward. The service's initial lineup will include Toy Story 4, Frozen 2 and the live-action adaptation of The Lion King.
FOX Exec Doesn’t ‘See an End’ to The Simpsons Soon
As The Simpsons approaches its 30th season, Fox TV's Chairman and CEO Dana Walden doesn't expect the series to come to a close in the near future.
Speaking to journalists following Fox's Television Critics Association summer press tour executive panel, Walden said she sees a long future for the series, especially as its producers continue to innovate.
"I never want to be
without The Simpsons," Walden joked. "Jim
and Matt
have so much excitement and enthusiasm and they keep innovating. The stories are so fresh, I really don't see an end to that storytelling. It's certainly not one... something that we've discussed," Walden said.
Fox renewed The Simpsons through season 30 late last year, and part of what Walden believes is keeping the series fresh is its willingness to experiment, including a live Homer Simpson segment and a VR couch gag in episodes that aired last year.
Ubisoft Opens New Studio in Stockholm
Ubisoft has announced it's opening a new studio in Stockholm, Sweden and has appointed former EA DICE manager Patrick Bach to lead its efforts.
According to a post on Ubisoft's official blog, the studio, aptly named Ubisoft Stockhom, will work on AAA projects with Massive Entertainment, the Sweden-based studio behind The Division.
Bach confirmed the team will work with Massive on its new game based on James Cameron's Avatar, a title that won't be released before 2020.
Middle-earth and the Shadow of Microtransactions
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Adam Scott’s Ghosted Isn’t Ghostbusters: The TV Show
FOX's new supernatural comedy Ghosted might, on paper, seem inspired and reminiscent of Ghostbusters, but it's a comparison that the creative team behind the series push back against.
The new sitcom follows "a skeptic (Adam Scott) and a genius 'true believer' (Craig Robinson) in the paranormal who are recruited by an organization called The Bureau Underground to investigate a series of 'unexplained' activities that are occurring in the Los Angeles area, which are supposedly tied to a mysterious entity that could threaten the existence of the human race." Scott, who also executive produces Ghosted, was staunch in that Ghosted isn't "Ghostbusters the TV Show," though he said they took "some inspiration" from Ghostbusters in terms of how they balanced "comedy with a grounded world that it all takes place in."
Game of Thrones: What’s Still to Come in Season 7
We might be halfway through Game of Thrones: Season 7, but the previously released trailers for the season promise that a lot more excitement is yet to come.
Based on snippets that were included in the Season 7 trailers but haven't yet been in any episodes, we know there's at least one more major battle coming that could happen as early as next week's "Eastwatch." The previous skirmishes (ahem, this week's "The Spoils of War"), no matter how epic, are still just child’s play compared to the real war against the Night King that's still to come.
But even beyond that, there are several big mysteries we're looking to have resolved. Click through the below gallery for our breakdown of our footage (or watch the video above), but be warned, we’ll be discussing unaired events shown in this season’s trailers. So if those count as spoilers to you, get back to spoiler-safe territory!
What Cable’s Costume Tells Us About Deadpool 2
We finally have our first look at Cable as he will appear played by Josh Brolin in Deadpool 2!
Check out the image below and click through the slideshow gallery to read our analysis of Cable's look and the key element that the teddy bear (yes, the teddy bear) reveals.
Did you notice anything we missed about Cable's costume? Let us know in the comments.
Joshua is IGN’s Comics Editor. If Pokemon, Green Lantern, or Game of Thrones are frequently used words in your vocabulary, you’ll want to follow him on Twitter @JoshuaYehl and IGN.
The Gifted Producers on Possibility of Ties to X-Men Films
Fox's upcoming X-Men drama The Gifted exists in a world where the X-Men are gone, but that doesn't mean it will be ignoring the mutant group nor its history.
Speaking at the Television Critics Association summer press tour, The Gifted's producers Matt Nix and Jeph Loeb discussed the idea that the series isn't "X-Men adjacent." Specifically, the two were asked whether the appearance of Blink and Thunderbird/Warpath (who appeared in X-Men: Days of Future Past) meant the show is highlighting earlier versions of these characters.
Wonder Woman Crosses $400 Million at Domestic Box Office
Warner Bros. has announced that Wonder Woman has now grossed over $400 million in theaters across North America.
After surpassing Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 last month to become the highest-grossing film in domestic theaters—as well as the number two movie of all of 2017—Wonder Woman now stands as the third highest-grossing Warner Bros. film of all time, behind The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises.
The current worldwide total for the Patty Jenkins-directed DC movie is now over $794 million.
GoT: ‘The Spoils of War’ Sets New HBO Ratings Record
The latest Game of Thrones episode, "The Spoils of War," has set a new ratings record for HBO.
Variety reports the fourth episode in Season 7 pulled in a whopping 10.2 million viewers Sunday night, eclipsing the 10.1 million viewers the Season 7 premiere, "Dragonstone," received just a few weeks ago. The number of views from HBO Go and HBO Now streaming and same-day DVR playback haven't been revealed yet.
To put things into perspective, the Season 7 premiere was the most-viewed HBO episode before "The Spoils of War." It surpassed the Season 6 finale, which pulled in 8.89 million viewers last year. It seems the recent HBO hacks, which resulted in this latest Game of Thrones episode leaking, didn't affect viewership.