Monthly Archives: January 2018
Disney Releases Thor: Ragnarok Script Online for Free
Disney has made Thor: Ragnarok's script available to read online for free.
In hope's of landing the film a Best Adapted Screenplay nomination, Disney has uploaded the film's full screenplay to its Walt Disney Studio Awards website. You can download the entire 129 page PDF to your computer right now. So far Ragnarok has not received much awards love, and didn't get a single nomination for this year's Golden Globes.
Fans of the movie will likely enjoy the behind the scenes look at the movie making process, or maybe just have fun reliving the film in its original format. No word on how long Disney will leave the PDF download up, but if you download it now, you can keep it on your hard drive forever.
ABC on Futures of Agents of SHIELD, Once Upon a Time, and Inhumans
ABC's Channing Dungey thinks Agents of SHIELD and Once Upon a Time will return next season, but Inhumans' future isn't as hopeful.
According to Entertainment Weekly, during the Television Critics Association press tour, Dungey said she's "cautiously optimistic" about Agents of SHIELD and Once Upon a Time returning next season.
Inhumans, on the other hand, isn't looking good for a return.
"It didn’t perform for us at the level that we would’ve wanted," Dungey said.
ABC hasn't formally made any "official decision yet" on any shows getting picked up again in May, but Inhumans is averaging 4.1 million viewers, numbers Dungey said are "less exciting for us than we hoped they would be."
PS4 Holiday 2017 Console Sales Surpass 5.9 Million Units
Sony has announced more than 5.9 million PS4 consoles were sold through to consumers worldwide during the holiday 2017 season.
The company also announced that, as of December 31, 2017, total global sales of PlayStation 4 eclipsed 73.6 million units. PS4 console sales reached the 70.6 million unit mark in early December.
Additionally, over 55.9 million PS4 games were sold during the holiday season across the world in retail stores and digitally via PlayStation Store, making for a grand total of 645.0 million games sold since December 31. Sony also announced the number of PlayStation Plus subscribers have reached 31.5 million.
Chris Hemsworth on How Much the Infinity War Trailer Gives Away
The first trailer for Avengers: Infinity War amassed more than 230 million views in its first 24 hours online (and at least half of them came from us rewatching it in slow-mo to look for clues, if we're being honest), but while the footage is heavy on spectacle, it's noticeably light on plot details.
That's probably not surprising, especially looking back at the first trailer for Joe and Anthony Russo's Captain America: Civil War; blockbuster tentpoles increasingly rely on secrecy in their marketing to hype up audiences without risking spoilers, but you definitely get the sense that most of what we're seeing in the Infinity War trailer comes from the first two acts of the superhero team-up, before the battle against Thanos gets real.
Star Trek: Discovery – Explaining *That* Ship
Spoilers follow for certain aspects of this week’s episode of Star Trek: Discovery, “Despite Yourself.”
Sunday marked the return of Star Trek: Discovery after its brief mid-season hiatus, and, wow, did it hit the ground running. Episode 10, "Despite Yourself" (read our review here), shoved the USS Discovery into the Mirror Universe (the alternate reality Trek staple where everyone is evil), put Cadet Tilly in the captain's chair (which she is ill-prepared for to say the least), revealed that one major character may be a mind-wiped sleeper agent (I won't say who), and featured a shocking and unexpected
Ivy Doomkitty’s Dragon Cosplay
Welcome to Hero Makeover, our new video series where professional costume designers and makeup artists transform real-world heroes into their favorite characters.
Ivy "Doomkitty" Turner is our hero in Episode 2, because she shows us how cosplay can encourage a positive body image. Bullied as a child, Ivy grew up with a lot of self-doubt and very little self-confidence. However, once she discovered cosplay, she learned how to embrace her body and now encourages others to do the same. Check out her amazing transformation into Spyro the Dragon in the video player above.
Hulu Renews Marvel’s Runaways, Future Man
Hulu has renewed both Marvel's Runaways and Future Man for second seasons.
Runaway's sophomore season will contain 13 episodes, three more than its ten-episode first season. The renewal comes on the eve of its Season 1 finale, which premieres tomorrow, January 9, on Hulu. While you wait, check out IGN's review of last week's Runaways episode, "Doomsday."
Future Man also received a 13-episode order for its second season. The Josh Hutcherson-led series' first season was released on Hulu in November. IGN's Future Man: Season 1 review said, at times, it's "a really fun and compelling sci-fi caper that cleverly takes established time travel tropes and twists them into dark delicious trauma."
NASA Reveals Beautiful, Close-up Jupiter Photos
NASA has released new, beautiful, close-up photos of Jupiter, taken by its Juno spacecraft.
Taken on December 16, 2017 when Juno was only about one Earth away from the gas giant, these images show details of the turbulent clouds in Jupiter's atmosphere.
The main photo on display has been colour-enhanced and was processed by scientists Gerald Eichstädt and Seán Doran using data from the JunoCam imager.
Raw photos and stunning edited images from JunoCam are also available to the public on the Mission Juno website.
Deadpool 2 Producer Doesn’t Think Miller Will Be Replaced
It's not likely T.J. Miller's role as Weasel will be replaced in Deadpool 2 following recent allegations of sexual misconduct and abuse against the actor.
In an interview with Rotten Tomatoes, the film's producer, Lauren Shuler Donner, said it would not be possible to drop Miller at this stage, with Deadpool 2 hitting theaters on June 1. "We're in the final editing." Shuler Donner said. "I don’t think so."
Shuler Donner also briefly touched on Miller's future in the franchise, indicating it's up to Disney and Fox to make this decision, which is expected to happen after the Disney-Fox deal closes. "That's a whole studio thing," Shuler Donner said. "I don't know."
HTC Announces Vive Pro
The Vive Pro and Vive Wireless Adapter from HTC are improving the VR experience with higher resolution and the removal of wires.
Announced today during CES, the Vive Pro has a combined resolution of 2880 x 1600 using dual OLED screens, a "78% increase in resolution" over the current generation HTC Vive headset.
The Vive Wireless Adapter works with both the Vive and the Vive Pro, and uses Intel's WiGig wireless technology. It promises low "latency and better performance" using the 60Ghz wireless band.
Other improvements to the headset include "dual microphones with active noise cancellation," as well as a set of front-facing cameras "designed to empower developer creativity." The new headset also has a redesigned strap built around "enhanced ergonomics."