Serial’s Adnan Syed Granted a New Trial
Adnan Syed - subject of the first season of podcast phenomenon, Serial - has been granted a new trial.
The news was announced by Syed's lawyer, Justin Brown in an enthusiastic tweet yesterday:
WE WON A NEW TRIAL FOR ADNAN SYED!!! #FreeAdnan
— Justin Brown (@CJBrownLaw) June 30, 2016
Syed has so far spent 16 years in prison after being convicted of the murder of Hae Min Lee in 2000. He has maintained his innocence throughout that time. The new trial was granted after a Baltimore judge decided Syed's original lawyer should have cross-examined an expert witness about cell phone towers near the victim's burial site
PlayStation 3 Was a ‘Nightmare’ Says Gran Turismo Creator
Polyphony Digital CEO and Gran Turismo creator Kazunori Yamauchi has conceded the PlayStation 3-era was a “nightmare” for the Polyphony team. Yamauchi has also noted the conditions for Gran Turismo 6 – which was released after the arrival of the PS4 and sold considerably fewer copies than Gran Turismo 5 – were particularly tricky.
“We always have the pressure that we have to sell numbers,” Yamauchi told IGN when asked whether the dip in sales from GT5 to GT6 adds extra pressure or scrutiny to the upcoming Gran Turismo Sport.
“At the same time, the conditions for GT6 were really against us, mainly because the PlayStation 3 hardware was a very difficult piece of hardware to develop for, and it caused our development team a lot of stress.
Netflix’s Next Big Series Looks Seriously Strange
Netflix has released a new trailer for Stranger Things, the upcoming sci-fi series that is not only set in the 1980s, but evokes the sci-fi and horror films of that era.
As the trailer shows, the series tells the story of what happens when a little boy vanishes without a trace in a small town - just as a young girl with some notably superhuman abilities shows up. While the boy's friends and mother (Winona Ryder) desperately try and find him, some very unusual, dangerous and, yes, strange things begin to occur.
Netflix has also released a new poster for the series, which you can check out in our Stranger Things gallery below.
For more on Stranger Things, check out our video focused on "Eleven," the mysterious and very powerful girl you see unleashed in the trailer.
Pacific Rim 2: Legendary Sets 2018 Release Date
Legendary's sequel to Pacific Rim will open in theaters on February 23, 2018.
Universal Pictures announced the Pacific Rim 2 release date in a press release, reaffirming that Star Wars: The Force Awakens' John Boyega will star as Pacific Rim 2's leading man. Boyega will play the son of Idris Elba's character Stacker Pentecost from the first film.
Photos: New Walking Dead Theme Park Attraction Puts the Dead In Your Face
Officially opening July 4th at Universal Studios Hollywood, The Walking Dead is a new year-round theme park attraction - a walk-through experience where guests find themselves traveling into the Walker-infested world of the hit AMC series.
IGN got an early look at The Walking Dead attraction this week, and you can take a look at the photo gallery below to see what awaits you, including some notable Easter eggs and familiar undead rotting faces from the series.
Check out the video below to get our first impressions of the attraction.
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Harry Potter star Tom Felton Joins The Flash: Season 3
The actor behind Draco Malfoy in the Harry Potter film series, Tom Felton, has joined The Flash's third season as a series regular, TVLine reports.
Felton joins the cast as Julian Dorn, a Central City Police Department crime scene investigator who doesn't quite trust the high regard in which everyone holds Barry Allen, according to TVLine. As a series regular, Julian might have the time to prove whether he's a good enough investigator to piece together Barry's secret identity.
Key Nintendo Exec Departs Company
UPDATE: A representative for Nintendo provided the following statement to IGN about Scott Moffitt's exit from Nintendo:
Scott Moffitt, Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing, has decided to leave Nintendo of America. In order to ensure a smooth transition, Scott will continue to work through the end of July. Nintendo has a strong group of seasoned leaders in place who will step in to assume the full responsibilities of the role on a permanent basis, with the objective of driving more collaboration and greater efficiencies across these groups and among the respective leaders. We thank Scott for his years of service and wish him the best of luck in his future endeavors.
Watch Nintendo Voice Chat Live at a Special IGN Streetpass Event
Do you have a Nintendo 3DS? Do you like IGN’s Nintendo Voice Chat podcast? Well, do I have some great news for you! We're inviting you to come hang out with us for a special StreetPass event and join us for a live recording of Nintendo Voice Chat.
Come hang out with us! There will also be snacks and *gasp* Capcom has provided some prizes you can win.
Thursday, July 7, 2016 from 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM PT
Marvel Confirms Luke Cage, SHIELD Comic-Con Panels
Marvel TV has confirmed they're bringing the new Luke Cage Netflix series and Agents of SHIELD to San Diego Comic-Con next month.
Luke Cage will kick things off on Thursday, July 21 with a panel moderated by executive producer and head of Marvel TV Jeph Loeb. Including "exclusive updates" on the upcoming series, the panel will feature cast members Mike Colter (Luke Cage), Alfre Woodard, Mahershala Ali, Theo Rossi, Simone Missick, Frank Whaley, and showrunner/EP Cheo Hodari Coker.
Footage from the series, which premieres September 30, will reportedly be previewed during the panel.
AMC Bringing The Walking Dead, Fear TWD and Preacher
AMC has announced its lineup for San Diego Comic-Con 2016. The network is hosting several panels and other opportunities for Walking Dead and Preacher fans during the convention.
The Walking Dead panel will be held on July 22 at 1 p.m. PT in Hall H of the San Diego Convention Center. Moderated by Talking Dead host Chris Hardwick, the panel will include cast members Andrew Lincoln, Norman Reedus, Steven Yeun, Lauren Cohan, Danai Gurira, Chandler Riggs, Michael Cudlitz, Sonequa Martin-Green, Christian Serratos, Ross Marquand, Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Josh McDermitt.
Executive producer and showrunner Scott M. Gimple will also appear alongside executive producers Robert Kirkman, Gale Anne Hurd, David Alpert, and Greg Nicotero.