Monthly Archives: December 2019
Fast & Furious: Spy Racers Exclusive Car Heist Clip
IGN is proud to exclusively reveal a new clip from DreamWorks Animation and Universal's Fast & Furious: Spy Racers, an animated series headed to Netflix on December 26, 2019, which features a car heist at sea led by Dom Toretto's cousin Tony.
This clip, which you can see above, shows Tony Toretto using a wingsuit to land on a ship at sea and then proceeding to use said ship as a ramp to steal an expensive supercar, making this scene worthy of the Fast & Furious name.
Tony Toretto is a teenager who has been recruited with his friends by a government agency to infiltrate SH1FT3R, an elite racing league serving as a front for a nefarious crime organization bent on world domination.
Respawn Exec Wants ‘Big Head Mode’ To Come Back To Games
Respawn exec and Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order director Stig Asmussen wants to bring Big Head Mode back to games, and he even spoke to Lucasfilm about it.
In this month's episode of IGN Unfiltered (see the full episode below), Ryan McCaffrey sat down with Respawn's Stig Asmussen to talk about the recently-released Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, his time at Sony Santa Monica, the history of blockbuster PlayStation exclusive God of War, and much more.
"Back in the day, Midway Games was all about having 'Big Head Modes' in games," Asmussen said, "We gotta bring those back." When the idea of adding Big Head Mode to Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order was brought up, Asmussen said, "We've had some conversations with Lucasfilm about it... actually, I think they were pretty open to it."
Yoda’s Big Lightsaber Fight in Attack of the Clones Was… Unplanned?!
With Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker wrapping up the nine-movie Skywalker Saga, IGN is celebrating the occasion by looking back at one of our favorite parts of the franchise: the iconic lightsaber duels. Each episode of Star Wars: Breaking Down the Duels will focus on one of the many lightsaber fights as we catch up with the cast and crew members that created them. They share behind-the-scenes stories, offer insightful commentary, and even toss in some trivia you might not have known.
In this episode, Stunt Coordinator/Fight Choreographer Nick Gillard and VFX Supervisor John Knoll give some fascinating insight on the mulit-part battle at the end of Attack of the Clones where Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker fail to stop Count Dooku, only for Jedi Master Yoda to make his now-iconic surprise appearance to battle Dooku with an impressive display of Force powers and lightsaber skills.
The Worst Reviewed Movies of 2019
While Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker isn't receiving the best reviews, at least it didn't wind up on this list of IGN's worst-reviewed movies of 2019!
It's an unfortunate list, because nobody sets out to make a bad movie (as far as we know), but sometimes a project just doesn't come together. Often you can see these films coming from a mile away, but then you get a Glass or a Hellboy remake and it's like, man, what went wrong?
So let's have a look at the films released over the last year that were scored the worst of the worst by IGN's critics. But first, a few notes:
‘Magic Has to Have a Cost’ on Netflix’s The Witcher
We're rolling out sneak peeks for Netflix's The Witcher all month long as part of our IGN First exclusive set visit. Keep it locked right here for never-before-seen interviews and behind the scenes footage of the White Wolf, Ciri, and Yennefer. And be sure to check out The Witcher when it premieres on Netflix on Friday, December 20, 2019. For more, check out Henry Cavill discussing the common misconceptions about Geralt, Anya Chalotra breaking down Yennefer's incredible transformation, Freya Allan on how Ciri fits into the Season 1 storyline, and our chat with David J. Peterson on how he created the "Elder Speech" language for the series.
IGN UK Podcast: The Rise of Skywalker Spoilercast
It's Star Wars Day! Alex, Dale and Cardy are here to spoil everything about Star Wars Episode 9: The Rise of Skywalker. Do not listen to this podcast unless you've seen the film. I really can't stress that enough. It would be a really stupid thing to do. Don't do it. But do enjoy.
Remember, if you want to get in touch with the podcast, please do: ign_ukfeedback@ign.com
Resident Evil 3 Makes Some Big Changes to the Original
Resident Evil 3’s remake will have more changes to the original game compared to how Resident Evil 2’s remake was handled.
Capcom producers Peter Fabiano and Masao Kawada revealed new details about Resident Evil 3 in the latest issue of Japanese magazine Famitsu (via Siliconera). Producer Masachika Kawata also appeared in the latest episode of Capcom TV to talk about the remake (via ResetEra).
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Birds of Prey Rated R for Violence, ‘Sexual Material’ and More
Birds of Prey is officially rated R for violence, language, and "sexual material."
The rating was attached on December 18, according to FilmRatings.com. The film earned its rating for "strong violence and language throughout, and some sexual and drug material."
It's the second live-action DC movie to be released in theaters with an R rating. Joker was the first and became the highest-grossing R-rated movie in history as well as the second biggest DC movie ever. After Joker earned those distinctions there were talks of other DC movies – such as The Suicide Squad – that could be R rated as well.
Cats: Tom Hooper’s Musical Seems to Have Broken Film Critics
It's December, which means it's time for the biggest movie of the year to hit screens worldwide. No, we're not talking about Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, we're talking about Cats. That's right, Broadway's most unusual musical is coming to theaters this month and the first round of reactions are starting to hit social media.
Twitter has completely melted down over the film, with some critics and journalists citing memory loss and temporary insanity. If you need a break from the holiday hustle and bustle, take a look at these hilarious Cats reactions from critics on Twitter.
Angie Han (@ajhan) has given up on society after seeing Cats.