Rogue One Writer Wasn’t Fond of This Star Wars Cameo
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story features a number of iconic characters from prior Star Wars films, but there's one particular cameo in the movie that one of the film's writers, Gary Whitta, wishes wasn't included.
Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, Whitta said he wasn't enthusiastic about the decision to include A New Hope's cantina brawlers Dr. Evazan and Ponda Baba (aka Walrus Man) in the brief scene that's set in the streets of Jedha.
"I thought having Evazan and Walrus Man was a little too much," Whitta said. "You have to reign in that instinct to go back and put things in just because you loved them when you were a kid." Whitta was the first screenwriter on Rogue One, but others worked on the film after he did (though he would continue to contribute to Star Wars by writing for Star Wars Rebels).
Escape From New York: Robert Rodriguez in Talks to Direct
Sin City director Robert Rodriguez is in talks helm Fox's Escape From New York remake.
Variety reports that while negotiations are underway, nothing's been finalized yet. Fox has been working on the reboot since it acquired the film rights in 2015.
Michael Ireland is overseeing the project, with John Carpenter executive producing and Neil Cross, creator the Luther series, penning the script. Fox is aiming to start production this summer, but no release date has been yet.
Every Spider-Man Movie Poster Ever
Sony and Marvel have debuted the first official Spider-Man: Homecoming posters, so IGN has decided to take a look back at the webhead's entire cinematic history.
Check out every Spider-Man poster, from the first teases of the Tobey Maguire-starring 2002 Spider-Man to the pair of newly released Homecoming images:
The gallery above includes Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2, Spider-Man 3, The Amazing Spider-Man, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, and Spider-Man: Homecoming posters. Spider-Man's 15 years of film has included three actors in the role — Maguire, Andrew Garfield, and current Peter Parker Tom Holland — the latest of which made his debut in last year's Captain America: Civil War.
Splatoon 2 Global Testfire Times in Every Time Zone
The Splatoon 2 Global Testfire will be occurring periodically throughout the weekend, and fans have put together a handy guide to when you can play, no matter your international time zone.
In a NeoGAF thread, users have contributed information to help gamers get ready for the public test of Nintendo's new competitive ink shooter. While the thread also has countdown timers, you can check out the times below:
Splatoon 2 Time Zone Chart, via NeoGAF
Godzilla: Monster Planet Anime Movie Details Revealed
Several new details about Toho and Polygon Pictures' upcoming Godzilla anime film have been revealed.
According to the movie's official website, the film is titled Godzilla: Monster Planet and will debut in Japan this November. Additionally, new art for the film was revealed, which you can check out below.
Godzilla: Monster Planet art, via godzilla-anime.com
An overview of Godzilla: Monster Planet's story can also be found on the site. Read the full summary below:
Life Writers Tease How the Film’s Ending Could Lead to a Sequel
Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick have emerged as two of the most admired and successful screenwriters working in Hollywood today. After the combined successes of Zombieland and Deadpool, the duo has carved out a nice place for themselves in an industry notorious for sidelining its writers. And this week Reese and Wernick have returned to the big screen with their latest effort Life, a new sci-fi horror film about a crew of astronauts working on the International Space Station who discover new life on Mars… but quickly come under attack from the alien entity when they take it aboard their ship and begin analyzing it. Directed by Daniel Espinosa, Life stars Ryan Reynolds, Jake Gyllenhaal and Rebecca Ferguson.
The Witcher Book Author Doesn’t Profit From the Games
Andrzek Sapkowski, the creator of the Polish novels turned video games, doesn't receive royalties from the video game adaptions of his books.
In an interview with Eurogamer, Sapkowski talks about how he dreamed up The Witcher world, his love of fantasy as a genre, and how he doesn't make any money off them after a one-time payment for The Witcher video games.
There's no malevolence in this transaction: simply an old deal between the writer and CD Projekt Red.
CD Projekt Red offered Sapkowski a cut of the game’s profits, but he declined. “Give me all my money right now,” he joked.
When CGI Characters Dominate Live-Action Movies
CGI has truly altered the movie landscape over the past several decades. It's allowed studios to build armies of life-like orcs, transform ordinary actors into superheroes and generally make the impossible happen on the big screen in live-action movies that purport to be set in a "real world." Sure, CGI can often be used as a crutch, but when applied properly it's been responsible for creating some of our favorite movie characters.
With new films like the Will Smith-starring Gemini Man and Martin Scorsese's The Irishman reminding us just how far special effects have come, we figured it was time to update this rundown of our favorite CGI characters in live-action movies. We've included both motion capture performances and entirely digital creations here, so check out our full list -- including everything from Terminators to Gollum to the T-Rex to good old Yoda himself -- in the slideshow below:
Power Rangers Team Teases Future of Movie Franchise
Lionsgate's live-action Power Rangers movie, which opens in theaters today, will serve as the first in a six-film story that could also expand to even more films that aren't direct sequels.
Power Rangers producer Haim Saban recently told Variety they "already have a six-movie story arc" planned, which director Dean Israelite has since reaffirmed in an interview with Entertainment Weekly.
Before he even signed on to helm the film, Israelite said the team at Saban Entertainment already "had a document that laid out six movies." He told EW he's confident there won't be a shortage of ideas for future films, saying, "We just haven’t had the time to really sit down and talk about the full six, but there's no doubt there is enough material for it, absolutely no doubt that the franchise could be that big."
Randy Orton on Facing Bray Wyatt at WrestleMania 33
WrestleMania 33 is just over one week away - coming at us live from the Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida on Sunday, April 2nd. Brock Lesnar and Bill Goldberg will collide once again, this time with Goldberg's Universal Championship on the line, while Roman Reigns is set to square off against The Undertaker.
In another huge match, Randy Orton will challenge Bray Wyatt for the WWE World Championship in a match that's sure to be filled with violent mind games galore. So far, Orton's torched Bray's sister's remains while Bray himself has covered himself in his ashes and pronounced himself reborn. Yeah, it's gonna get weird.
I spoke to Randy Orton about his big title match at WrestleMania, his long-running storyline with the Wyatt Family, the popularity of the RKO, and more.