Adam Scott’s Ghosted Isn’t Ghostbusters: The TV Show
FOX's new supernatural comedy Ghosted might, on paper, seem inspired and reminiscent of Ghostbusters, but it's a comparison that the creative team behind the series push back against.
The new sitcom follows "a skeptic (Adam Scott) and a genius 'true believer' (Craig Robinson) in the paranormal who are recruited by an organization called The Bureau Underground to investigate a series of 'unexplained' activities that are occurring in the Los Angeles area, which are supposedly tied to a mysterious entity that could threaten the existence of the human race." Scott, who also executive produces Ghosted, was staunch in that Ghosted isn't "Ghostbusters the TV Show," though he said they took "some inspiration" from Ghostbusters in terms of how they balanced "comedy with a grounded world that it all takes place in."
Game of Thrones: What’s Still to Come in Season 7
We might be halfway through Game of Thrones: Season 7, but the previously released trailers for the season promise that a lot more excitement is yet to come.
Based on snippets that were included in the Season 7 trailers but haven't yet been in any episodes, we know there's at least one more major battle coming that could happen as early as next week's "Eastwatch." The previous skirmishes (ahem, this week's "The Spoils of War"), no matter how epic, are still just child’s play compared to the real war against the Night King that's still to come.
But even beyond that, there are several big mysteries we're looking to have resolved. Click through the below gallery for our breakdown of our footage (or watch the video above), but be warned, we’ll be discussing unaired events shown in this season’s trailers. So if those count as spoilers to you, get back to spoiler-safe territory!
What Cable’s Costume Tells Us About Deadpool 2
We finally have our first look at Cable as he will appear played by Josh Brolin in Deadpool 2!
Check out the image below and click through the slideshow gallery to read our analysis of Cable's look and the key element that the teddy bear (yes, the teddy bear) reveals.
Did you notice anything we missed about Cable's costume? Let us know in the comments.
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The Gifted Producers on Possibility of Ties to X-Men Films
Fox's upcoming X-Men drama The Gifted exists in a world where the X-Men are gone, but that doesn't mean it will be ignoring the mutant group nor its history.
Speaking at the Television Critics Association summer press tour, The Gifted's producers Matt Nix and Jeph Loeb discussed the idea that the series isn't "X-Men adjacent." Specifically, the two were asked whether the appearance of Blink and Thunderbird/Warpath (who appeared in X-Men: Days of Future Past) meant the show is highlighting earlier versions of these characters.
Wonder Woman Crosses $400 Million at Domestic Box Office
Warner Bros. has announced that Wonder Woman has now grossed over $400 million in theaters across North America.
After surpassing Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 last month to become the highest-grossing film in domestic theaters—as well as the number two movie of all of 2017—Wonder Woman now stands as the third highest-grossing Warner Bros. film of all time, behind The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises.
The current worldwide total for the Patty Jenkins-directed DC movie is now over $794 million.
GoT: ‘The Spoils of War’ Sets New HBO Ratings Record
The latest Game of Thrones episode, "The Spoils of War," has set a new ratings record for HBO.
Variety reports the fourth episode in Season 7 pulled in a whopping 10.2 million viewers Sunday night, eclipsing the 10.1 million viewers the Season 7 premiere, "Dragonstone," received just a few weeks ago. The number of views from HBO Go and HBO Now streaming and same-day DVR playback haven't been revealed yet.
To put things into perspective, the Season 7 premiere was the most-viewed HBO episode before "The Spoils of War." It surpassed the Season 6 finale, which pulled in 8.89 million viewers last year. It seems the recent HBO hacks, which resulted in this latest Game of Thrones episode leaking, didn't affect viewership.
Overwatch Summer Games Event Launches
Overwatch's Summer Games event has launched, running for three weeks, until August 29.
The event comprises the return of a new-and-improved Lucioball mode and a second stadium to play it in, as well as a set of new (and occasionally incredible) skins, and other unlockable cosmetics.
Summer Games is Overwatch's first repeated event - Blizzard has also brought back last year's Summer Games skins, which will be available to buy with in-game currency at a discounted price.
Check out the new skins in the screenshots below:
It's been less than two weeks since new character Doomfist launched, and with Blizzard heading to Gamescom at the end of the month, we may yet have more announcements to come.
What to Expect from The X-Files: Season 11
The X-Files will return on FOX, with an upgraded 10-episode Season 11. But what can we expect from the latest adventures of Mulder and Scully?
FOX President of Entertainment David Madden offered several good teases of what to expect in Season 11 while at the 2017 summer TV Critics' Association press tour. Read below to find out everything we learned:
Following in the format of Season 10, The X-Files' eleventh season will be bookended by mythology episodes, but uses its expanded episode order to offer more standalone adventures.
"The first episode will be a mythology episode, though it will be a much simpler mythology episode than last season. Then there will be eight standalone episodes, and
Game of Thrones Leaks Continue in Ongoing HBO Hack
Draft scripts for five episodes of Game of Thrones have reportedly leaked online, including this week's new episode. As such, fans of HBO's hit fantasy drama should be careful about running into spoilers online.
As reported by The Guardian, HBO is currently working with cybersecurity experts and the authorities as it continues to investigate the ongoing situation in which the hackers claim to have stolen 1.5TB of data from the network.
Nintendo World Championships 2017 Announced
The Nintendo World Championships is officially returning this year, Nintendo revealed today.
This will be the third Nintendo World Championships, following the original in 1990 and the 2015 event at E3, which included games like Splatoon and Super Mario Maker. This year's competition will be held in the Manhattan Center's Grand Ballroom in New York on October 7.
Qualifiers will be held in various Best Buy stores across the United States this month and next, and the challenge is a Mario Kart 7 time trial on the 3DS. There will be two age brackets: competitors aged 12 and younger, and those who are 13 and older.
The younger segment will try for their best time on the Luigi’s Mansion stage. They can only play as Mario and use the standard kart, standard wheels, and the super glider.