Hardwick Reportedly Out as Warner Bros. Comic-Con Moderator
Following allegations of abuse and sexual assault made against him by his ex-girlfriend Chloe Dykstra, talk show host Chris Hardwick will reportedly not moderate Warner Bros.'s panel at next month's San Diego Comic-Con. The talk show host had moderated the studio's Hall H presentation for the last couple of years.
The Wrap reports that Hardwick is out. Warner Bros. will showcase their upcoming DC movies at their SDCC panel, with the first trailer for Aquaman set to debut there.
George Lucas’ Star Wars Episodes 7-9 Would Have Explored Midi-Chlorians and the “Microbiotic World”
Back in 2012, if George Lucas hadn't sold Lucasfilm for over $4 Billion, he would have created a third Star Wars trilogy focusing on midi-chlorians and the "microbiotic world."
Speaking to filmmaker James Cameron for the second episode of his six-part AMC series, "James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction," Lucas went more in-depth about what the future of Star Wars would have looked like were he still in charge.
were going to get into a microbiotic world,” he explained to Cameron. “There’s this world of creatures that operate differently than we do. I call them the Whills. And the Whills are the ones who actually control the universe. They feed off the Force.”
Incredibles 2: Biggest Opening Weekend Ever for an Animated Movie
Disney-Pixar's latest sequel, Incredibles 2, had the biggest opening weekend ever for an animated film - and it isn't even close.
Coming in during the lucrative Father's Day weekend, Incredibles 2 earned $180 million in the domestic market across 4,410 theaters, according to Variety. The previous record was held by Finding Dory, another one of Pixar's sequels that took forever to come out, which earned $135 million in its opening weekend in 2016.
Incredibles 2 also became eighth largest domestic opening of all time, overtaking another one of Disney's films for the spot: last year's Beauty and the Beast, which netted $174.6 million during its debut weekend.
Incredibles 2: Viral Thread Prompts Theaters to Add Strobe Light Warning
Following a viral Twitter thread which warned viewers that footage in Incredibles 2 had potential to trigger seizures, theaters have decided to add strobe light warnings to the recently released Pixar film.
The footage in question involves rapidly flashing lights and occurs multiple times throughout the film, one sequence lasting over half a minute. The viral thread in question was started by Twitter user Veronica Lewis (@veron4ica) and detailed the various scenes filled with strobing lights that could "cause issues for people with epilepsy, migraines, and chronic illness."
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Kill la Kill Game Announced
Kill la Kill The Game has been officially announced by animation house Studio Trigger and game publisher and developer Arc System Works.
Following a countdown clock for a mystery collaboration between two companies, a game based off the popular anime series Kill la Kill is being developed by APLUS Games and is set for a 2019 release.
On their official website, Kill la Kill The Game is listed as a "battle action" title that supports up to two players, and looks to play in the same vein as Dragon Ball FighterZ or the recently announced Jump Force.
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Jump Force Is a Promising All-Star Anime Crossover with a Lame E3 Showing
Jump Force is not the first time the worlds of Dragon Ball, One Piece, and Naruto have crossed over in video game form. Seeing as its announcement comes on the 50th anniversary of Weekly Shonen Jump -- the weekly shonen manga anthology that houses each of those series -- Jump Force feels like it was designed to be a little extra special, even if its poorly tuned E3 demo seemed like it was designed to hold it back.
Mechanically, Jump Force will feel very familiar to those who have played the Tenkaichi games. In the 3-on-3 tag fighting game, the camera is always set behind your character and locked on to your opponent -- it never breaks away. You’re able to use high speed dashes to get in close very fast, perform quick side-to-side dodges to avoid incoming attacks and reposition, and block right before an attack to teleport behind your opponent.