WWE 2K17 PC Release Date Announced
PC gamers will be able to play the latest entry in WWE2K17 on February 7.
WWE 2K17 was released on all other major platforms, including PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, in late October. But even though it's been a long gap between the console and PC versions, it's an improvement from last year. WWE 2K16 released on consoles in October, 2015, but was only available on PC starting in March.
There will be two versions of WWE 2K17 available for purchase: the $49.99 standard edition, which nets you the Goldberg Pack that's included in every copy, and the $74.99 deluxe edition, which comes with the $29.99 Season Pass.
All of the DLC that's been released to date will be immediately available for PC at launch. However, any future DLC released for console platforms will be available on PC at a later time.
Rogue One Comic Features Director’s Extra Scenes
Marvel Comics is adapting Rogue One: A Star Wars Story into a six-part miniseries that includes story content that didn't make it into the final movie.
According to Entertainment Weekly, the series will debut in April. Jody Houser is writing the comic with illustrations by Emilio Laiso.
Cover art for the first issue of Marvel's Rogue One: A Star Wars comic, via EW
Green Lantern Corps: Batman Begins Writer Joins
DC and Warner Bros. are moving full steam ahead with their planned Green Lantern Corps film.
Deadline reports that Batman Begins, Man of Steel, and Batman v Superman scribe David Goyer is penning the script along with Justin Rhodes (Grassroots, Contract Killers). Goyer is also producing the film with DC head Geoff Johns executive-producing. Goyer and Johns conceived the story together.
Green Lantern Corps is described as "Lethal Weapon in space" and will be an origins story of sorts. It follows both Hal Jordan and John Stewart, and focuses on former Marine sniper Stewart's relationship with Jordan and the Lantern Crops. The film doesn't have a director yet, though Mad Max: Fury Road director George Miller was linked to the project earlier this year, and there are currently no actors attached to play either of the two leads.
How Legion Will Be Different From Any Other Marvel Show
While FX's Legion is the latest comic book-based series making its way to TV, Marvel Television’s Jeph Loeb says he’s not concerned that viewers will expect something similar to other Marvel series on the air.
“We don’t know anyone will come to this show because they think it’s gonna be like The Defenders,” said Loeb at the Television Critics Association press tour today, saying he thinks people will, “Come to it because of Noah Hawley and incredible cast and writing and FX." Loeb described it clearly, “A show Marvel’s never made before.”
Showrunner/executive producer Hawley, the creator of FX’s acclaimed Fargo, said that when it came to taking the Legion job, “The first thought I had looking at the genre was if you remove the genre is there a compelling show you’d want to watch there? The underlying show, whatever the genre, has to be compelling.”
Batman and Flash Are Watching the Watchmen
Last year, DC Universe Rebirth #1 teased a major confrontation between DC's heroes and the cast of Watchmen. DC is taking a major step towards that confrontation this spring with a crossover storyline called "The Button." This story will unite Batman and Flash as these two superhero detectives investigate the mystery of the Comedian's iconic smiley face button and what it means for the future of the DCU.
Batman #21 cover (Batman image) by Jason Fabok. (DC Comics)
11 Classic Movies That Survived Production Hell
Filmmaking is a tough process — it requires the efforts of hundreds of people, and movies often go through drastic changes as they’re being made for all sorts of reasons. With Rogue One: A Star Wars Story dominating the box office for weeks after its release, a big part of the dialogue around the movie is how different the final film was from its first trailer: tales of reshoots and re-edits have cropped up around the project since long before it was released.
The Defenders: First Team Photo Revealed
Marvel's upcoming Netflix-exclusive ensemble series The Defenders will debut this summer.
Confirmation of the show's summer 2017 debut comes by way of Entertainment Weekly, who recently visited the set in Brooklyn where filming for the first group scene that unites Charlie Cox's Matt Murdock (aka Daredevil), Krysten Ritter's Jessica Jones, Mike Colter's Luke Cage, and Finn Jones' Danny Rand (aka Iron Fist) was underway.
Check out the first team photo, as featured on the cover of the next EW, below.
Atlanta: Season 2 Delayed Until 2018 Due to Star Wars
At the Television Critics Association press tour today, there was good news/bad news for Donald Glover fans. The good news is Glover -- who appears this summer in Spider-Man: Homecoming -- has signed a new overall television production deal with FX, but the bad news is we won’t get a second season of Atlanta until 2018.
FX executives John Landgraf, Nick Grad and Eric Schrier said that while they wished Atlanta would be back this year, when Glover got the opportunity to play Lando Calrissian in the Star Wars young Han Solo movie, they understood it was one he couldn’t pass on. With Glover serving as the creator, executive producer and sometime writer and director on Atlanta, there was no way to have the series back on the air this year, given his Star Wars commitments.
Y: The Last Man Will Be an ‘Ongoing Series’
FX is still moving forward on its adaptation of Y: The Last Man, offering an update on its status at the 2017 winter TV Critics Association.
Showrunner Michael Green is currently working with comics creator Brian K. Vaughn on a script for the project, and FX's President of Original Programming Nick Grad says the network is "waiting on a script."
"We're supposed to get a script in the next couple months," he said.
Of whether Y: The Last Man is envisioned as a drama or a limited series, like FX stalwarts American Horror Story, Fargo and American Crime Story, Grad clarified, "It's going to be an ongoing series."
Dwayne Johnson Just Met with DC About Black Adam
Dwayne Johnson recently met with the heads of DC Comics to discuss the actor's role as Black Adam in the upcoming Shazam! film and the DC Extended Universe.
Johnson took to social media to reassure fans that he's still signed on to play Shazam's biggest villain, Black Adam. The actor also mentioned that future DC movies will have some sort of a tonal shift towards more fun and optimistic films rather than the darker tone of Man of Steel and Batman v Superman.