Bryan Fuller No Longer Star Trek: Discovery Showrunner
Due to the demands of having three television series in the works, Bryan Fuller (Hannibal) has reportedly stepped down as the showrunner on Star Trek: Discovery, the upcoming CBS All Access series.
According to Variety, it was decided late last week that day-to-day oversight of Trek will be handed over to the show's executive producers Gretchen Berg and Aaron Harberts, both of whom are close to Fuller. Fuller will remain "actively involved" with Star Trek: Discovery but just not on a day-to-day basis. Fuller is currently handling shooting and post-production on Starz's American Gods and is prepping an Amazing Stories reboot for NBC.
Apple AirPods Launch Delayed
AirPods, Apple's wireless earbuds, won't hit the expected October release window, as the company needs "a little more time" before they're ready.
"The early response to AirPods has been incredible," an Apple spokesperson told TechCrunch. "We don’t believe in shipping a product before it’s ready, and we need a little more time before AirPods are ready for our customers." Apple didn't provide a specific reason for the delay.
Announced during Apple's September event, the $159 USD AirPods will run for five hours on a single charge and feature a charger built into their case. The headphones are also able to detect when they're in or out of your ear, and will power on or off accordingly.
Nintendo Switch: The Major Unanswered Questions
It's amazing how much information can be revealed in a trailer only three minutes long. Nintendo managed to introduce its all-new console, the Switch, in a concise, compelling video package that actually included six different pieces of hardware – the screen-equipped Switch itself, the TV-connecting Dock, the Pro Controller, the left and right detachable Joy-Cons and the Grip that can house them both – and yet everything felt neatly explained.
. . . well, maybe not everything. Because though we did learn a lot about the Switch through its first commercial, we've been left with plenty of unanswered questions in its wake. Let's turn our attention now to several of the biggest mysteries still surrounding the machine, and hope that solid answers arrive long before the system goes on sale next March.
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Sherlock Season 4 Premiere Date Announced
Sherlock fans can ring in the new year with the show's season 4 premiere.
The official Twitter account for the BBC series revealed that the series will return on January 1, 2017, alongside a teaser image seen below. The first episode of Sherlock's return is called "The Six Thatchers."
Sherlock Season 4 begins January 1.
Toy Story 4 Delayed, Incredibles 2 Release Moved Up
Disney has swapped released dates for two of its upcoming Pixar sequels.
Instead of hitting theaters on June 15, 2018 like originally planned, Toy Story 4 will now be released on June 21, 2019, with The Incredibles 2 taking Toy Story 4’s 2018 release date, Disney/Pixar announced today. The Incredibles 2’s production is reportedly ahead of schedule, according to The Hollywood Reporter, hence the change in release dates.
Cars 3 is still set for a June 16, 2017 release.
Far Cry and BloodRayne Director Uwe Boll Retiring
Uwe Boll, the director behind several video game-to-film adaptations -- including Far Cry, In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale, Alone in the Dark, Postal and BloodRayne -- has announced he's retiring from filmmaking.
According to Metro News, Boll's last film will be Rampage: President Down, with the director saying his politically-minded films just aren't making an impact. "Rampage 3 will be watched on Netflix, DVD or iTunes or whatever," he said.
Boll went so far as to say the "market is dead," noting that "with streaming everywhere there is just a big wave of movies flooding around and you have no impact." He also highlighted the drastic decline in DVD and Blu-ray sales over the past few years as "the real reason" he's retiring, adding, "I just cannot afford to make movies."
Bride of Frankenstein Reboot a ‘Tale of Liberation’
Bride of Frankenstein writer David Koepp says the Universal monster saga film will be "a tale of liberation."
Speaking with Collider, Koepp touched on the female perspective of the Bride of Frankenstein reboot. "It’s one of my favorite scripts I’ve written in years because if you reimagine the Frankenstein story, it gets into so many issues of men trying to feel dominant over women," he said.
"To create someone who then says, 'You don’t own me,' it becomes a tale of liberation," Koepp added. "... It was really fun, and I hope it gets going soon because I think it’d make for a great movie."
Microsoft Surface Studio Announced, Release Date Revealed
Microsoft introduced the newest member of its Surface lineup today, the Microsoft Surface Studio.
A new desktop iteration of its tablet and laptop line, the Surface Studio is now available for pre-order and is set for release on December 15. Take a closer look at the studio in the gallery below:
The Surface Studio features a touchscreen and a hinge that allows the 28-inch PixelSense display to be tilted at different angles, offering owners to operate the screen in the position best suited to their work, whether that be as a traditional desktop or in more of a drafting board form.
A Surface Pen is included with the Surface Studio, which features a sixth generation Intel Core and 8 GB of RAM. Microsoft has full technical specs available on the Surface Studio's official page.
Wrestling Wrap Up: RAW’s in Trouble
A few weeks back, I wrote about how SmackDown Live, following Backlash, had overtaken RAW and become the better show. Then, last week, I wrote about how important it was to have Sasha and Charlotte main event the upcoming Hell in a Cell PPV this Sunday. Well, this week I'm sort of mashing those two topics up into an unholy abomination I'd like to call "What the hell is wrong with RAW?"
It's a little song, a little dance. Some seltzer down the the pants. Batman's head on a lance. Basically, I thought about writing up a quaint "RAW sucks" piece this week after I watched RAW and it sucked, but what really got me was the announcers, and ads, on SmackDown that kept repeating, over and over, that Hell in a Cell featured a TRIPLE main event. Because the women were now a main event. Which is great. I already covered that. But no one wants a triple main event. Unless you're Fully Loaded 2000, double's as deep and wide as it should go. Two main events, tops. Which makes us all seriously side-eye that ding dang Roman/Rusev match. Why is that a main event?