Powerless: Vanessa Hudgens on Exploring DC Comics’ Comedy Side
Though Vanessa Hudgens has had great success in TV movie musicals – including High School Musical and Grease Live – she’s never been a regular on an ongoing series until now, as she takes on the lead role in NBC’s Powerless. A comedic take on the world of DC Comics, Powerless, debuting Thursday night, stars Hudgens as Emily Locke, a new employee at Charm City’s Wayne Securities - a company that creates devices meant to protect people in a world filled with superhero/supervillain battles.
I sat down with Hudgens to discuss Powerless -- which also stars Alan Tudyk, Danny Pudi, Christina Kirk and Ron Funches -- the unusual situation of the show filming an entirely new pilot episodes after original showrunner Ben Queen departed the project, Emily’s upbeat attitude and more.
Nintendo Accidentally Reveals Switch Developer Menus
An unedited version of a new Nintendo Switch advert has revealed the upcoming console's developer menus - seemingly revealing that Switch devkits come with 64GB of internal storage.
Spotted by NeoGAF, the accidentally revealed commercial includes several cuts to a Switch in developer mode, rather than the gameplay footage added in later to other versions.
You can see a reupload of the unedited advert below, although it will likely be taken down soon:
The developer screens don't reveal too much, although one screen points to devkits coming with 64GB of internal memory, rather than the retail version's 32GB.
John Wick Could Get a Prequel TV Show
John Wick could be headed to television with a prequel TV series, according to director Chad Stahelski.
Speaking to /Film at a press event for John Wick: Chapter Two, Stahelski explained that while they wanted to tell a prequel story with the upcoming sequel movie, "it just didn’t fit quite where we're at." Instead, it sounds like Lionsgate is interested in telling that story on television.
Stahelski said he and screenwriter Derek Kolstad "basically almost have a prequel written," though they'd rather "save that for other aspects of the property." He went on to note that "Lionsgate is very interested in doing a John Wick TV show, which they find "very appealing" because of the additional creative freedom that medium provides. "I think in TV you could really expand on what that is, and greater than we could in just a two-hour film," he explained.
FIFA 18 Will Feature The Journey Season 2
The story mode introduced in FIFA 17, The Journey, will make a return in FIFA 18 with a second season, Electronic Arts has confirmed.
During its Q3 2017 earnings call (transcribed by Seeking Alpha), EA CEO Andrew Wilson announced that "FIFA 18 will build on the foundation we created with story mode this year, bringing players back to The Journey with Season 2, featuring new characters and new storylines."
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Arrival, Blade Runner 2049 Director Will Helm Dune Reboot
Denis Villeneuve has officially signed on to direct the reboot of Dune.
Announced by the son of Dune author Frank Herbert, the Prisoners and Sicario director has teamed with Legendary to helm the project:
It's official -- Legendary Pictures has signed the very talented Denis Villeneuve to direct the exciting new DUNE series film project.
— Brian Herbert (@DuneAuthor) February 1, 2017
Villeneuve has been in talks to direct the film since last year, but this announcement makes it official. He will presumably begin work on the project following his involvement in another high-profile reboot, Blade Runner 2049.
EA Doesn’t See Titanfall 2’s Sales as an Underperformance
EA sees Titanfall 2 as a success in spite of its lower-than-expected sales.
Speaking during a call to investors, EA CEO Andrew Wilson restated the company’s dedication to the franchise and the people still playing.
“We’re not seeing it as underperformance at this juncture,” says Wilson, via VG24/7. “What we have demonstrated as an organisation is that with great games, we can sell them for many months and often many years.”
Wilson goes on to compare Titanfall 2 with that of fellow EA shooter Battlefield 4; another title which continued to sell years after its initial launch, and all the way up to the release of Battlefield 1.
‘DestinyCon’ Trademark Registered by Bungie
Bungie may be working on an official fan convention, having registered a trademark in the US for "DestinyCon".
As reported by DualShockers, the application was filed under classification 41, which allows for "organizing and conducting fan conventions in the fields of video and computer games, more particularly in connection with the game 'Destiny'.”
This doesn't necessarily mean that Bungie or Activision has plans for a convention, however. Destiny streamer ProfessorBroman - who already runs a Destiny fan convention - points out that Bungie had previously forced him to change his event's name from 'Destiny Community Con' to 'GuardianCon', and that this may simply be a matter of IP protection.
Resident Evil 7, Texas Chainsaw & Deep South Horror
There’s an unforgettable scene in Tobe Hooper’s horror classic The Texas Chainsaw Massacre where Sally, the final victim of the murderous Sawyer family, is bound to a chair and forced to break bread with her captors. The family bicker and tease one another in a chilling perversion of a Norman Rockwell painting, before chainsaw-wielding igor Leatherface arrives in full matriarchal costume to complete the picture.
It’s a scene echoed near beat for beat in Capcom’s Resident Evil 7: Biohazard, which also takes place in the Deep South. Marguerite, Jack and Lucas Baker are this generation’s Sawyers, willing you to take part in their twisted practices, to sit at the dinner table and eat the decaying remains of their victims while they literally rot beside you.
Nintendo Sells 1.5 Million NES Classics Worldwide
Nintendo has sold a lot of NES Classic Edition consoles.
The company announced it had sold 1.5 million NES Classics worldwide at its corporate strategy meeting today. The information was translated by Wall Street Journal technology reporter Takashi Mochizuki, who said "NES Classic Edition global sell-through 1.5 million; increasing production."
The Nintendo Classic Edition was notoriously difficult to get a hold of when it launched in November, with the Nintendo of America Twitter account tweeting that the company it was "working hard to keep up with consumer demand." Many retro fans were unsurprisingly frustrated at the time.