Overlord: J.J. Abrams Producing a D-Day Movie With a Supernatural Twist
The Force Awakens director J.J. Abrams is a producing a World War II movie with a supernatural twist.
Variety reports that Son of a Gun director Julius Avery will helm the film, titled Overlord, with Billy Ray writing the script, and Mark L. Smith (The Revenant) doing a polish on the first draft.
Overlord follows the story of two paratroopers who're on a mission, during D-Day, to destroy a German Radio Tower in a small town outside of Normandy. They find themselves caught behind enemy lines when their planes crash but still manage to reach their target. However, the pair quickly realize that, not only do they have to fight off Nazi soldiers, but they must also battle supernatural forces that are the result of strange Nazi experiments.
Final Fantasy 14 Escape Room Announced
A new Final Fantasy XIV escape room, Trials of Bahamut, is coming to select US cities this summer.
The experience gives you and your friends 60 minutes to stop the awakening of Bahamut, the "primal dragon" of Final Fantasy lore.
SCRAP Entertainment, the creator of the experience, stresses the Trials of Bahamut is not a traditional escape room, but is instead a "story-based escape event designed for puzzle fans and fans of the Final Fantasy franchise."
SCRAP says you and the other members of your team are "heroes actually inside the story," and it's up to the players working together to solve the riddles and mysteries before the hour ends.
Currently 8 US cities will host the Trials of Bahamut escape room. For dates and more information, make sure to check out the website.
Watch This Year’s Big Super Bowl Commercials
The New England Patriots are set to clash with the Atlanta Falcons at Super Bowl 51 this coming Sunday, February 5th and, as usual, companies are spending millions of advertising dollars to attract your attention during the many, many commercial breaks.
Most of these businesses have gotten into the practice of releasing their ads ahead of time, allowing us to compile many of them here so that you can watch them all on your own time. Ahead are spots featuring Peter Fonda, Jason Statham, Gal Gadot, Melissa McCarthy, Tom Brady, and more!
We'll be updating this story as more of the ads are released (or in some cases, the full versions of ads, where a teaser is put out ahead of time), so make sure to check back to see what's new!
Harry Potter: Behold a Malfoy Family Reunion
It's been six years since the last Harry Potter film hit theaters, but that didn't stop the Malfoy family from reuniting.
Jason Isaacs (Lucius Malfoy) met up with Tom Felton (Draco Malfoy) and Matthew Lewis (Neville Longbottom) while visiting the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at the Universal Orlando Resort in Florida. Isaacs posted photos of the reunion on social media, thanking all of the Potter fans who "fight for the light. In Isaacs' Instagram photo, Warwick Davis (Professor Flitwick and Griphook) is also present with Felton and Lewis.
Into the Badlands: Season 2 Poster Revealed
AMC has released a new poster for the upcoming second season of Into The Badlands.
The image features Sunny (Daniel Wu) and the Widow (Emily Beecham) with a striking white background.
Into the Badlands season 2 poster.
Season 2 will premiere on March 19, and the story centers around Sunny and M.K. (Aramis Knight) being separated from each other. Sunny needs to make his way back into the Badlands by any means necessary with M.K. struggling to come to grips with his powers. The Widow is trying to secure power from the other Barons while a new mysterious threat is getting ready to strike.
Bethesda Parent Company Awarded $500 Million in Lawsuit
UPDATE: ZeniMax may seek an injunction to prevent Facebook and Oculus from selling the Oculus Rift.
"We will consider what further steps we need to take to ensure there will be no ongoing use of our misappropriated technology, including by seeking an injunction to restrain Oculus and Facebook from their ongoing use of computer code that the jury found infringed ZeniMax’s copyrights," a ZeniMax spokesperson told IGN.
Zenimax provided the following full statement:
"We are pleased that the jury in our case in the U.S. District Court in Dallas has awarded ZeniMax $500,000,000 for Defendants’ unlawful infringement of our copyrights and trademarks, and for the violation of our non-disclosure agreement with Oculus pursuant to which we shared breakthrough VR technology that we had developed and that we exclusively own. In addition, the jury upheld our complaint regarding the theft by John Carmack of RAGE source code and thousands of electronic files on a USB storage device which contained ZeniMax VR technology. While we regret we had to litigate in order to vindicate our rights, it was necessary to take a stand against companies that engage in illegal activity in their desire to get control of new, valuable technology.
James Cameron Refutes Titanic Scenario Where Jack Lives
In James Cameron's opinion, there's no way Jack (Leonardo DiCaprio) could've survived at the end of Titanic.
While doing an interview with The Daily Beast, Cameron was asked whether there's room for one more on the plank-raft for Jack. The director explained that the only possible scenario in Titanic's script was to have Jack give up his place on the raft and his life for Rose (Kate Winslet).
Cameron then went on to refute the theory presented by a Mythbusters episode detailing exactly how Jack could've made it out alive. The director wants audiences to consider the fact that Jack is swimming in 28-degree water and his brain is starting to get hypothermia.
The 100 Introduces a Threat There’s No Answer For
With The 100 kicking off a new season on Wednesday night, executive producer/showrunner Jason Rothenberg spoke to IGN about what’s next on the ever-intense CW series.
Season 4 begins with Clarke still processing that the world’s remaining nuclear power plants are on the verge of meltdown, with just months left until life will become unsustainable. Rothenberg discussed how Clarke responds to this new threat, plus the ongoing role of the Grounders on the series, and Bellamy’s new philosophy.
IGN: Everyone on this show has dealt with a lot and arguably Clarke has dealt with more than anyone. How is she handling this situation? It’s not tangible in a way that the other threats have been and it is all encompassing. Is there a fear of it overwhelming her?
New PlayStation VR Bundle Announced
Sony will release a new PlayStation VR bundle later this month that includes Until Dawn: Rush of Blood.
Unveiled on the PlayStation Blog, the package is exclusive to GameStop and EB Games. The PlayStation VR Until Dawn: Rush of Blood bundle comes with the headset, camera, game, two Move controllers and PlayStation VR demo disc.
The PlayStation VR Until Dawn: Rush of Blood bundle will only be sold at GameStop and EB Games.
Black Panther: Details on South Korea Action Sequence
Busan, South Korea will serve as the location of a major car chase scene in Marvel's upcoming Black Panther movie.
According to local production service company Mr. Romance Film, as reported by Variety, the action sequence "is a car chase scene with the protagonist and the villain." Not only will the scene involve over 700 people and approximately 150 cars, but also "helicopter(s) and guns (firing blanks) and may cause noise as well as traffic restrictions."
Ryan Coogler is directing Black Panther, which stars Chadwick Boseman is the title role of Wakandan king T'Challa. In addition to Boseman, the film will also star Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong’o, Danai Gurira, and many more. For an overview of the cast, take a look at every character confirmed for Marvel's Black Panther thus far: