Disney Announces Little Mermaid Live Musical TV Special
The Little Mermaid will resurface as a live musical TV special on ABC.
Disney has officially announced The Wonderful World of Disney: The Little Mermaid Live, with a premiere date set for October 3. The two-hour special will be based on the animated movie.
This version of The Little Mermaid will mix live action with animation, and Disney says it's using cutting-edge tech for the special. The cast — teased to include "favorite celebrity artists" — will be revealed at a later date.
Now this isn't the only adaptation of The Little Mermaid that Disney is working on. The company is creating a live-action Little Mermaid movie with Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda.
Marvel’s Inhumans Airing Fridays, SHIELD Held for Midseason
ABC has announced its primetime lineup for the 2017-18 season, which features Marvel's Inhumans and Once Upon a Time on Friday nights.
Once Upon a Time, which returns for its seventh season on a new day and time, will air at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT, which will then be followed by Marvel's Inhumans at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT.
Meanwhile, the fifth season of Marvel's Agents of SHIELD will be held for a midseason debut, and will begin airing Friday nights after Marvel's Inhumans completes its eight-episode run. Despite debuting later than usual, Agents of SHIELD still has been ordered for a full 22-episode season.
Roseanne Revival Set for ABC
ABC is officially bringing back Roseanne for an eight-episode reboot next year.
The originally cast of Conners will star in the new Roseanne show. That means the return of Roseanne Barr, John Goodman, Sara Gilbert, Laurie Metcalf, Michael Fishman and Lecy Goranson.
In fact, Sarah Chalke will return as well. The Scrubs actress portrayed Becky in later seasons of Roseanne, but she'll play another role in the reboot.
The Roseanne revival, airing next year on ABC, will see the return of the original cast. Sarah Chalke is also coming back in a new role. (Photo courtesy of ABC)
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Pokemon Go Adventure Week Increases Odds of Finding Aerodactyl, Other Rock-types
Niantic announced a Pokemon Go Adventure Week celebration that increases the spawn rates of Rock-type Pokemon.
Adventure Week starts at 1 p.m. PT on May 18, with festivities lasting a full week until 1 p.m. PT on May 25. Niantic specifically suggested for players to be on the look out for rare Rock-type fossil Pokemon Omanyte, Kabuto, and Aerodactyl.
To help evolve these and other rare Pokemon, buddy Pokemon will find four times as much candy as usual. More items will be rewarded at PokeStops, and Poke Balls will be half-off in the shop during the week-long event as well. Plus, everyone will get a new free accessory, the Adventure Hat.
Over 200 Backward Compatible Xbox 360 Games Discounted
Microsoft is slashing the prices of over 200 Xbox 360 games that work on Xbox One.
Called the Xbox One Backward Compatibility Super Sale, Microsoft is offering discounts from 30 percent up to even 90 percent on hundreds of games. Some of the deal highlights are Red Dead Redemption, Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, BioShock, Grand Theft Auto IV and The Orange Box.
According to Microsoft, nearly half of Xbox One owners play 360 backward compatible games. There are over 300 games available. For a look at them, check out IGN's Xbox One Backward Compatibility List.
Why We’re Hyped to See Battlefront 2 at E3 2017
It's that time of year again: E3 2017 is just on the horizon. From June 10-15, we'll be covering the biggest games and hardware announcements of 2017 and beyond. While you can check out our continually-updated Games of E3 List, we're now going to start diving deeper. Every day leading up to the show, we'll be highlight the stuff we want to see and play at E3 2017.
Today's game: Star Wars Battlefront 2.
Tucked between a new teaser for The Last Jedi and footage from the new season of Star Wars Rebels, EA’s Star Wars Battlefront 2 made its official debut at this year’s Star Wars Celebration in Orlando. Although the new trailer was light on actual gameplay, it did give us a great idea of where in the massive Star Wars galaxy Battlefront 2 would visit (and return to) next.
New Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry Coming Within the Next Year
Ubisoft has revealed that it plans to release four major titles in the next fiscal year, which will include the return of Assassin's Creed, as well as Far Cry 5 and The Crew 2.
As part of its 2017 fiscal year earnings report, Ubisoft confirmed that both Assassin's Creed and Far Cry will return in the 2017-2018 fiscal year release window, which runs from April 1, 2017 to March 31, 2018. South Park: The Fractured But Whole and The Crew are also set to return in that timeframe, with a sequel for the latter confirmed.
Rock Band Creator Reveals Band He Always Wanted in Game
Harmonix co-founder Alex Rigopulos has revealed that Led Zeppelin is the biggest artist he's always wanted featured in Rock Band but hasn't been able to get yet.
"I love Zeppelin. I played in a Zeppelin cover band in high school," Rigopulos said on that latest episode of our monthly interview show IGN Unfiltered. He acknowledged Led Zeppelin is the obvious choice, noting that "lots of people would love to see their music in the game" and "it would be wicked fun to play."
Rigopulos went on to address why Led Zeppelin has yet to be featured in Rock Band. "Obviously we've asked repeatedly," he said. "We've had dialogue with the band, absolutely. I think they've given it serious consideration, but for various reasons it hasn't been right for them."