Monthly Archives: December 2019
One Ship from Disney World’s Star Wars Ride Made It Into Episode IX
Disney World's new Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance theme park ride, which opened in Florida this week, has one major aim: to make guests feel immersed in their own Star Wars adventure. From the life-sized AT-ATs you encounter through the computer-generated space battle you witness unfold outside the windows of a First Order Star Destroyer, bringing the world of Star Wars to life in the most realistic way possible was the goal of the creative team behind the ambitious project, and the finished product delivers, in a large part thanks to the impressive VFX created by the team at Industrial Light & Magic.
DC’s Birds of Prey Story Will Be ‘Unconventional’ Like Pulp Fiction
Warning! Some spoilers follow for what we saw being filmed on set.
On a brisk March morning in Burbank, California, IGN along with other members of the press were invited to Warner Bros. Studios to visit the set of DC's upcoming Birds of Prey film starring Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn. When we first arrived, the crew took us to the "War Room," which held a treasure trove of props, costumes, and some lovely pieces of concept art. If it were possible to step into the imaginative and chaotic mind of Harley Quinn, it would probably look just like that room.
Producer Sue Kroll (A Star Is Born) informed us that Robbie envisioned Birds of Prey as a "girl gang film," and emphasized that it's a standalone movie. "
Top 10 Star Wars Movie Moments
We're now less than two weeks out from the conclusion of the nine-part Star Wars Skywalker Saga, as J.J. Abrams' Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker hits theaters on December 20.
The final chapter, which will include all the music from previous Star Wars films, the Knights of Ren, and the return of Palpatine, will bring home a decades-running story that began back in 1977 with George Lucas' first Star Wars film. To celebrate this monumental moment of closure, we've painstakingly sorted through all the previous Star Wars live-action films, including Rogue One and Solo, to bring you the 10 best moments from this soaring space opera.
Complete List of the 77th Golden Globe Nominees
The nominations for the 77th Golden Globe Awards have been announced, with top Oscar prospects being Marriage Story, The Irishman, and Joker among the nominees. Tim Allen, Dakota Fanning, and Susan Kelechi Watson joined Golden Globe ambassadors Dylan and Paris Brosnan; Hollywood Foreign Press Association President Lorenzo Soria; and Dick Clark Productions' Barry Adelman to announce the nominees for the 2020 Golden Globes live from the Beverly Hills Hotel.
Minecraft on PS4 Now Supports Cross-Platform Play, Bedrock Edition
Minecraft has announced that starting tomorrow, December 10, 2019, the Bedrock version of the popular crafting RPG will be coming the PlayStation 4. And along with it comes cross-platform play between the PS4 and the other Bedrock editions of Minecraft on other consoles.
That means that starting on December 10, Minecraft players on PlayStation 4 can cross-platform play with other players on the Xbox One, PC, Nintendo Switch, and iOS and Android versions.
This also means that PlayStation 4 players will have their Minecraft purchases and progress carry over across different platforms, and gain access to the Minecraft Marketplace. This is a digital store where players can purchase worlds, skins, mini-games, and mash-up packs.
New BioShock Is Finally Confirmed in the Works
2K has announced a new BioShock game is officially in the works at a newly formed internal studio, Cloud Chamber. However, don't expect this new game in the near future.
Cloud Chamber is a new studio, with locations in both Novato, California and Montreal, Quebec, headed by Kelley Gilmore, who has worked at 2K's Firaxis Games for nearly two decades in various capacities on Sid Meier's Civilization and XCOM.
According to 2K's announcement, the next BioShock will be in development "for the next several years." 2K has not officially announced any platforms nor targeted release date for this new BioShock.
Netflix’s The Witcher Series Almost Had Ciri as the Star
Netflix’s The Witcher series was almost written with Ciri as the main character and narrator.
Showrunner Lauren Hissrich has revealed that the first draft of her script for the TV adaptation of Andrzej Sapkowski’s Witcher books was very different to the final version we’ll get to watch.
Speaking in a new video on Netflix’s YouTube channel, Hissrich talks about how she wanted the three main characters - Geralt, Yennefer, and Ciri - to flourish as individual characters before they start interacting with each other.
She says that this is made difficult for those two female characters if you’re following the books as they’re first seen through Geralt’s eyes before you get to know them properly. This led to her initially trying out a completely different take on the story that she hasn’t talked about before.
Disney Becomes First Studio to Cross $10 Billion at Global Box Office
Disney has become the first studio in history to surpass $10 billion at the worldwide box office in a single calendar year.
According to Variety, Disney has crushed its own records as it was reported back in July that the studio had earned $7.67 billion at the box office at that point in the year, shattering the previous record for a total year's earnings, which was also set by Disney in 2016 with $7.61 billion.
Just When You Thought You’ve Seen It All, Here’s a Baby Yoda Pie
This Baby Yoda pie is just more proof that this little alien is taking fans by storm.
Spotted by The Kitchn, the Instagram famous piemaker The Pieous posted her latest creation to Reddit and Instagram featuring the ever adorable Baby Yoda in pie form.
This interpretation of The Child from the Disney+ Star Wars series The Mandalorian has a Christmas twist by giving the soup sipping meme icon a little hat and candy cane. There's even a festive holly styled rim featuring little helmets an candy canes for good measure.
The Lie That Helped Build Nintendo
In 1981, a young Swede called Owe Bergsten strolled through Singapore to pass the time before his flight home. It had been something of a busman’s holiday - after a busy Christmas running his electronics shop, he and his business partners had travelled to the Far East, idly looking for the products they could import before the next Christmas. Passing a camera shop, he spotted a two-button LCD game called ‘Fire RC-04’ in the window. An acquaintance had told him not long before that LCD games were the future, far better than the simple LED handhelds people had been playing recently. Owe bought it on a whim.
Sitting down for the flight, he turned it on. Firemen holding a sheet blinked across the bottom of the display, catching figures falling from a burning building and bouncing them across to safety. Bergsten got hooked. He played Fire for the entirety of the return flight, playing pass-the-pad with his seat neighbour. When that flight was unexpectedly diverted due to fog, he played it on the 3 hour bus ride he was then forced to take back home to Gothenburg. As he travelled, always playing or waiting to play, he started to wonder who’d made this compulsive little rectangle, and if he could sell them too.