SDCC 2016: Warner Bros. Bags Include AR Experience
Warner Bros. is providing the official swag bags for San Diego Comic-Con. There are 18 designs in total, and for the first year ever, an interactive, augmented reality experience is included.
Fans will have to download the free Blippar app for iOS or Android, and scan their bag using their phone's camera. That's all it takes to unlock the Warner Bros. and Comic-Con augmented reality experience. Players who scan all 18 bags will unlock extra secrets and surprises.
San Diego Comic-Con attendees will receive their bags upon check-in at the event.
Warner Bros. television shows featured on the bags include The 100, Arrow, The Big Bang Theory, Blindspot, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, The Flash, Gotham, iZombie, Lucifer, Supergirl, Supernatural, and a combination bag with The Originals and The Vampire Diaries. For animated series, there are bags for Justice League Action, Teen Titans Go!, DC Super Hero Girls, as well as Blue Ribbon Content’s digital series Vixen.
Karl Urban Talks Prepping for Thor: Ragnarok
Karl Urban is getting ready to shoot Thor: Ragnarok, the third film in the Marvel Thunder God’s series. The Star Trek and Dredd actor will be playing the classic character Skurge the Executioner, a foe of Thor’s who has also teamed up with the hero at times, and he spoke to IGN this week about his preparation for the role.
Urban said he’s been putting on muscle for the part as the axe-wielding Asgardian.
“Definitely,” he said. “There's a bit of a few hours at the gym lifting heavy things.”
Karl Urban in The Chronicles of Riddick, and Skurge
17 Awesome Pokemon Cosplay Photos
Pokemon Go is so popular that PokeStops are being listed on Yelp, and Nintendo shares have increased by 10% since the game launched.
With that awesome reception comes awesome cosplay, so we rounded up some of the best Pokemon cosplayers - men and women - for one incredible Pokemon cosplay gallery. Click right to see them all:
For those who don't know, most of the cosplays featured above are known as 'Gijinka', which is basically the re-design of an animal-like character to be represented in human form, rather than having cosplayers attempt to look like the Pokemon itself. It gained popularity for Pokemon specifically via a Japanese artist who re-drew the original 150 Pokemon alongside similar-looking human characters. Since they aren't humanoid, the Starmie and Staryu costumes featured above are the only ones that don't count as Gijinka.
Berserk Game Confirmed for North America Release
Originally announced for a Japan-only release, Koei Tecmo has revealed that its video game adaptation of Kentaro Miura's Berserk manga will officially be heading to North America this fall.
Tentatively titled Berserk and also known as Berserk Warriors, the Omega Force-developed title will release later this year for PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, and PC. No exact release date has been announced for its North American arrival.
Marrying the gameplay of the Dynasty Warriors series with beloved storylines from the series, Berserk will focus on the life of protagonist Guts and Griffith, the leader of the Band of the Hawk.
6 New Things We Learned about Rogue One’s Characters
Today's Rogue One: A Star Wars Story panel bore a lot of delicious info-fruit today, including a new reel of footage, a new poster and a new planet.
It also featured an extended section featuring each lead character on stage discussing their characters, very often giving out new information about them in the process. Here are a few of our favourite new chunks of backstory, straight from the actor-shaped horses' mouths.
SPOILERS: Actor Appears to Drop Huge Rogue One Plot Point
I really cannot impress upon you enough how big the potential spoiler for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is below.
If you care in any way about keeping your first viewing of Rogue One pure, don't read down.
I am really, really trying to make this clear to you. There's big, spoilery stuff happening down there.
Please, I mean this in the best possible way: go away.
OK. Let's talk about Jiang Wen.
During today's Star Wars Celebration Rogue One panel, the Chinese actor - who plays Baze in the upcoming standalone film - appeared to give away that his partner, Chirrut (Donnie Yen) dies in the course of the film.
New Wonder Woman Film Photos Revealed
Several new photos from Warner Bros. upcoming Wonder Woman film have been revealed thanks to EW.
The images come courtesy of Entertainment Weekly ahead of San Diego Comic-Con and provide brand-new looks at Gal Gadot's Wonder Woman and Chris Pine as Steve Trevor.
Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman. Photo credit: Clay Enos via EW
We’ve Seen Darth Vader in the New Rogue One Teaser
We already knew that Darth Vader would be appearing in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, but now we’ve seen him. Briefly.
At Star Wars Celebration today, the film's producer Kathleen Kennedy introduced a brand-new teaser that aired exclusively for those in attendance, and it culminated in a very brief cameo from the Sith Lord.
But that’s at the end of the trailer. The beginning features what appears to be a young version of the film’s hero – Jyn Erso – running across a field. It then cuts to a grown-up version of the character racing through a war-torn city, and in voice-over we hear her say...
“There isn’t much time – every day we grow weaker while they grow stronger. This is our chance to make a real difference.”
Sherlock: Season 4 Could Be Its Last
According to co-creator Steven Moffat, Sherlock's upcoming fourth season may be its last — at least for several years.
With the international success of series stars Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman, Moffat was "amazed" BBC was able to secure a deal with the duo for Season 4, The Telegraph reports. While Moffat said he "would be moderately surprised" if Season 4 marked the end for Sherlock, he added "it absolutely could be."
If Cumberbatch and Freeman were no longer able to do the series, presumably due to scheduling conflicts, Moffat believes they could pick it back up at some point in the future. "That’s why I think it’s unlikely that we’ve completely finished it," he said. "There would be nothing strange in stopping for a while. It could go on forever, coming back now and again."
Opinion: Marvel Needs to Do Right by the X-Men
It's been a rough time for X-Men fans lately. The quality of Marvel's current X-Men comics is mixed, at best. The most recent movie was a dud. The characters have all but vanished from Marvel's merchandise. So it didn't help that the recent Marvel NOW announcements showed a grand total of one X-Men comic as part of the publisher's post-Civil War II lineup. The fear among many fans is that the X-Men simply aren't a priority for Marvel any longer. The time has come for Marvel to definitively prove otherwise and prove that the X-Men are still a vital part of the Marvel Universe.
There's a pervasive conspiracy theory among many X-fans that Marvel is attempting to quietly bury the X-Men in favor of those franchises to which they hold the film and TV rights. These conspiracy theorists accuse Marvel of attempting to replace the X-Men with the Inhumans, citing the new status quo of the Inhumans in the comics and the fact that these characters are playing a more prominent role in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. And while there's not really any direct evidence to support this theory, at times Marvel seems to be actively playing on fears about the Inhumans replacing the X-Men. That's essentially the basis of the X-Men's current status quo. The mutant race is quite literally collateral damage as the Inhuman empire expands across the globe.