Syfy Officially Orders Krypton Series as Part of “Reboot”
In advance of its 25th anniversary this September, Syfy has announced a self-proclaimed network "reboot" focused on a "renewed commitment to the genre and fandom at large" - which includes the Superman prequel Krypton officially being ordered as a series.
Included in the Syfy reboot are an all-new look and feel, an expansion of its news division Syfy Wire, and more additions to the network’s original programming slate.
A look at Syfy's new logo.
Exclusive New Wonder Woman Poster
With Wonder Woman now just weeks away, anticipation for the DC superhero's solo film is fast reaching a fever pitch. We have a new poster from the Warner Bros. movie today to help satiate your fan hunger.
The exclusive one-sheet seen below features both Diana (Gal Gadot) and her ally and love interest, secret agent Steve Trevor (played by Chris Pine).
Check it out:
Chris Pine as Steve Trevor and Gal Gadot as Diana in Wonder Woman.
Directed by Patty Jenkins, Wonder Woman also stars Robin Wright, Connie Nielsen, Danny Huston, David Thewlis, Ewen Bremner, Lucy Davis, Elena Anaya, and Said Taghmaoui.
Prometheus Helped Bring Back the Xenomorph in Alien: Covenant
The mixed response to Prometheus helped bring back the Xenomorph in Alien: Covenant, according to director Ridley Scott.
In an interview with Yahoo, Scott revealed that, despite saying a few years back that the classic Xenomorph would not show up in his Prometheus sequel, fans' negative reaction to that news helped change his mind. "They wanted to see more of the original
and I thought he was definitely cooked, with an orange in his mouth," said Scott. "So I thought: ‘Wow, OK, I’m wrong.’"
The filmmaker then went on to admit that, with the way people reacted to Prometheus, he needed to change the direction he wanted to take the Alien franchise and satisfy series fans. "I think you’re not sensible if you don’t actually take
Comic Book Reviews for May 10, 2017
It was another big week of comics, as Marvel launched new books like Rocket and Secret Warriors and kicked off the Star Wars crossover "The Screaming Citadel." DC, meanwhile, added another title to the Young Animal line with Bug: The Adventures of Forager and began a major new story arc in All-Star Batman #10. And Image wrapped up the mini-series A.D.: After Death and debuted Regression.
Scroll down to check out our reviews for these and various other new releases, and be sure to let us know your favorite books of the week in the comments below.
Note: We'll have a review of A.D.: After Death Book 3 up a bit later.
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ABC Cancels Last Man Standing, Renews Modern Family
Modern Family has been renewed for two additional seasons, ABC has announced.
As such, the popular comedy will run up through at least Season 10. The network also said it's open to the possibly of continuing the show with additional seasons in the future. With this 44-episode order for two more seasons, the finale of Modern Family's tenth season will mark a total of 232 episodes.
Modern Family promo image, courtesy of ABC
Nintendo Details Its Plans for E3 2017
Nintendo has outlined its plans for this year's Electronic Entertainment Expo.
As detailed on the official Nintendo of America Twitter account, the company will hold a "Nintendo Spotlight" on June 13 at 9am PT/12pm ET/5pm UK (June 14 at 2am AET) where we'll learn more about Nintendo Switch games, including Mario Odyssey, on e3.nintendo.com.
Immediately following, Nintendo will kick off its Treehouse Live event, during which developers and members from the Treehouse will showcase gameplay from various Nintendo Switch and 3DS games. Finally, on June 13 and 14, Nintendo will host tournaments for both Splatoon 2 and Arms, which can be seen live from its E3 booth.
Dynasty Warriors 9: New Details and First Screenshots Released
More details of Dynasty Warriors 9 have been revealed, and the first screenshots of its new open world and gameplay have been released.
The first open world game in the long-running hack 'n' slash series has received a reveal feature in Famitsu this week (as translated by IGN Japan). Set in regions that will be familiar to anyone who's played the series before (but placed throughout one seamless map), the game aims to reinvent a series that's stayed relatively similar for 20 years at this point.
Gotham Renewed for Season 4
Overwatch: Game of the Year Edition Seemingly Leaked
A datamine of the Xbox Store has seemingly revealed a few details about Overwatch's inevitable first birthday celebrations this month.
True Achievements (an Xbox Store scanning site) has picked up hidden new entries for a Game of the Year Edition - set for release on May 23 (a day before its May 24 first anniversary) - and Anniversary Loot Boxes.
According to the current store description, the Game of the Year Edition will be practically identical to the currently available Overwatch Origins Edition, aside from the fact that it offers 10 free loot boxes along with the various other cosmetic bonuses in that version.
Voice Commands Coming to Ubisoft’s Star Trek: Bridge Crew
Star Trek: Bridge Crew will utilize the voice recognition capabilities of IBM's Watson AI for a limited time. The Watson beta will be made available after the game launches.
The partnership between IBM and Star Trek: Bridge Crew publisher Ubisoft gives players the "opportunity to use their voice and natural-language commands" during interactions with the non-player controlled characters in the game.
Ubisoft says Watson will let players complete missions "without breaking immersion," whether the missions are carried out with humans or AI.
Watson, a cloud-based AI, makes possible the "ability to issue commands to non-player crew members in the same way they do with a human crew; by using their voice," Ubisoft's David Votypka said.