Coco: Inside Pixar’s New Musical Journey
Animated musicals have been the domain of Disney for decades, but this fall, Pixar is bringing out a musical of its own with Coco. And unlike its parent studio, Pixar isn’t adding music to a retelling of a classic fairy tale. Instead, Coco is a modern film in which music is the driving force of the story and a true part of the world inhabited by its characters.
“More so than any other film we've made here at Pixar,
music
so much a crucial part of the storytelling,” related Adrian Molina, the screenwriter and co-director of Coco. “We're all storytellers here. And to be able to weave music into the story, just from the very beginning, has been really fun for us. I think it has created a really great chemistry among the artists and among the musicians.”
Clowns Are Losing Work Because of Stephen King’s IT
The clowning business has taken a legitimate hit thanks to Stephen King's evil clown creation, Pennywise, from his novel - and the upcoming film - IT.
THR reports that a number of professional clowns are losing gigs because of coulrophobia (fear of clowns) inspired by the shapeshifting entity, who most commonly takes the form of "a cross between Bozo and Clarabell".
President of the World Clown Association Pam Moody said the recent spate of coulrophobia - and last year's series of 'evil clown' pranks - began with King's creation. "It all started with the original IT," she notes. "That introduced the concept of this character. It's a science-fiction character. It's not a clown and has nothing to do with pro clowning."
350,000 Visitors Make Gamescom 2017 the Biggest Ever
Gamescom just wrapped up another successful event in Cologne, Germany, and event organizers announced that it was the biggest year yet for "the world's largest event for computer and video games."
According to their press release, Gamescom 2017 beat its record for visitors, with over 350,000 guests across the full event. That makes it slightly bigger than Gamescom 2016, which had approximately 345,000 visitors, and about 5 times larger than E3, which brought in 68,000 visitors in 2017.
Gamescom's visitors hailed from 106 different countries all coming to visit the convention, which was host to 919 companies showing everything from console and PC gaming, mobile and online, as well as VR and esports.
How That Jon Snow Twist Clashes With the Books
With the big reveal of Jon Snow’s true parentage and birthright during the Season 7 finale of Game of Thrones, “The Dragon and the Wolf,” watchers finally got some long-awaited answers. However, the particulars of that reveal have book readers scratching their heads. Here’s why.
Warning: this article contains full spoilers for both the Game of Thrones show and books!
When Bran Stark uses his Three-Eyed Raven flashback powers to tell Samwell Tarly about Jon’s secret origin, we witness Ned Stark receiving a newborn baby Jon from a dying Lyanna Stark. She uses her last breath to tell Ned to protect the baby because he will be killed for his real name, Aegon Targaryen. We also see a flashback of Lyanna’s secret wedding to Rhaegar Targaryen (brother to Daenerys Targaryen), meaning Jon is not only the nephew of his new bedmate Daenerys but the true heir to the Iron Throne.
Splatoon 2 Built-In Voice Chat Available in LAN Play
You can play Splatoon 2 multiplayer with voice chat without having to use Nintendo's Switch mobile app. But once you try, it's easy to see why Nintendo is using an outside tool to properly channel voice chat.
Splatoon 2 LAN play, which is accomplished by going into the game's Shoal lobby, holding down L+R and the left thumbstick, and waiting for the screen to fade into initiating LAN play. After doing so, just plug in a set of headphones with a microphone, and any other players connected to the same wi-fi network can hear you speak without the need to log into the Switch mobile app. The function works in both docked and undocked mode.
Unfortunately the quality is riddled with static interference and initially comes in at a very high volume. Check out the video below for IGN's test of the feature, originally spotted by NeoGAF users.
Deadpool’s Ed Skrein Drops Out of Hellboy Reboot
Ed Skrein has left the upcoming David Harbour-starring Hellboy reboot due to controversy surrounding his casting as Major Ben Daimio.
Skrein, who is best known for playing the villain Ajax in Deadpool, posted a letter on Twitter, expressing his discomfort with his casting due to the fact that the character is of mixed Asian heritage in the comics.
Skrein explained that he was unaware of this fact when he agreed to take the role, and said, "I must do what I feel is right." He elaborated on his thoughts further, saying:
Game of Thrones: S7 Finale Sets Another Record for HBO
In a fractured television market, Game of Thrones remains an immensely popular, record-breaking show.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the Season 7 finale set yet another all-time high for HBO viewers, solidifying the show's status as HBO's most popular program ever.
Game of Thrones has been setting records left and right as it grows in popularity. The Season 7 finale, "The Dragon and the Wolf," though, took things to a whole new level. A whopping 16.5 million people watched the finale either live or streamed it the same night it aired. That breaks HBO's prior record, which had been set, fittingly enough, by Game of Thrones two weeks prior with 10.7 million viewers. Meanwhile, the Season 6 finale pulled in 8.9 million viewers.
Game of Thrones Actor on What’s Next for Jon and Daenerys
Game of Thrones left a number of unanswered questions hanging in the air in its Season 7 finale, but one of the biggest that will need to be resolved at the beginning of the eighth and final season is, "What comes next for Jon Snow and Daenerys Targaryen?" That's a question that's hanging over the heads of all the actors involved on the series, as well.
Full spoilers for Game of Thrones continue below. Make sure to check out IGN's review of "The Dragon and the Wolf."
In the finale, the audience learns that Jon Snow is actually Aegon Targaryen, true born heir to the Iron Throne and son of Rhaegar Targaryen and Lyanna Stark, at the same time that he consummates his season-long romance with Daenerys Targaryen, who we realize in that moment is actually his aunt. Jon and Daenerys are on a ship heading for Winterfell to prepare for the Night King's invasion, and Bran Stark and Samwell Tarly are waiting for them to arrive so they can tell Jon the game-changing news. Just like every Game of Thrones viewer, actor Liam Cunningham, who plays Davos Seaworth, can't wait to find out what happens next.
Ant-Man and the Wasp First Look at Hope in Costume
While Marvel has previously unveiled looks at The Wasp art — and the costume on display in the original Ant-Man, star Evangeline Lilly has offered a first look at the actress as Hope van Dyne suited up.
Lilly tweeted out the photo of what appears to be Hope in a classroom in honor of what would have been Jack Kirby's 100th birthday today, saying "I am honoured to be on set today playing #TheWasp on what would be Jack Kirby's 100th birthday."
Evangeline Lilly as Hope Van Dyne
Come Hang With IGN at PAX West 2017
It's that time of year again -- IGN is heading over to Seattle, Washington for PAX West 2017! We'll be providing tons of impressions and footage from Destiny, huge upcoming Switch games, and BioMutant, as well as rad-looking indies like Where the Water Tastes Like Wine and PUBG for Xbox One. Also, we're partnering with our pals at 2K for BioShock's 10th anniversary party!
If you're in Seattle at the show, come stop by any of the following panels to meet us, hang out, and talk about stuff like dogs. And if you spot us wandering the city/show floor, be sure to say hi!