Finding Dory Has Historic Debut at Weekend Box Office
Finding Dory had a record-breaking debut at the North American box office this weekend, coming in first place with $136.2 million.
Pixar and Disney's sequel comes a whopping 13 years after its beloved predecessor Finding Nemo, with an incredibly successful opening weekend that now stands as the biggest domestic debut of all time for an animated movie and 18th highest debut overall.
As noted by THR, the film's record-breaking figure dethroned DreamWorks' Shrek the Third, which opened to $121.6 million in 2007.
Additionally, Finding Dory pulled in $50 million internationally, bringing its worldwide earnings to $186.2 million. It also set a new record for Pixar in both China and Australia, earning $17.5 million and $7.6 million in their respective regions.
Idris Elba Shares The Dark Tower Teaser Image
Ahead of its release next year, Idris Elba has released a teaser image for Sony's upcoming film adaptation of The Dark Tower.
Elba, who stars as the gunslinger Roland Deschain, shared the image in a post on Twitter. See it below.
I am Roland, son of Steven, son of Henry, true descendant of Arthur. And I have not forgotten. #TheDarkTowerMovie pic.twitter.com/GvowjNapPC
— Idris Elba (@idriselba) June 19, 2016
Star Trek Actor Anton Yelchin Found Dead at Age 27
Actor Anton Yelchin was found dead at his home on Sunday, June 19th. He was 27.
When he was late to a rehearsal, Yelchin's friends reportedly found him pinned between his car and a brick mailbox attached to a security gate at his home at around 1 a.m. Sunday morning with the car engine still running and the car in neutral.
TMZ was the first to report the news, which was later confirmed to the Associated Press by Yelchin's publicist. TMZ reports that Yelchin's driveway is fairly steep, and police do not believe foul play is involved.
The 11 Biggest Stories from E3 2016
The sun has set on another E3, and as the games industry pauses for a moment to nurse its collective hangover we thought we’d pull some stats and find out exactly which announcements hit the biggest with the IGN audience during this year’s show.
Below are the 11 biggest stories from E3 2016, as determined by IGN traffic:
After it was announced and immediately placed into the hands of the public via a P.T.-esque teaser on the PSN, we sat down with the game’s producer and director and uncovered 13 interesting details about Capcom’s survival horror revival – including the fact that it has fewer but more meaningful enemies, and that it takes significant inspiration from the original game.
Halo 5’s Warzone Firefight Update Detailed
Ahead of the Halo 5: Guardians' Warzone Firefight update, 343 Industries is giving fans a peek into what's to come with the free DLC.
As mentioned previously, it's the biggest update for Halo 5 yet, and 343 is "packing in as much as
can fit." Players can expect the Warzone Firefight PvE mode on a bunch of maps, the Warzone Boss Refresh, a new Forge canvas alongside additional Forge updates, Campaign Score Attack, new achievements, and plenty of new vehicles, armors, and weapons.
via 343 Industries
Blizzard Shares New Details on Overwatch’s Competitive Mode
Blizzard Entertainment is expected to launch Overwatch's competitive mode at the end of the month, but the feature doesn't have an exact release date just yet.
How will competitive mode be different than it was in the beta, you ask? Good question—and one Overwatch game director Jeff Kaplan has the answer for. In a Developer Update video posted to YouTube, Kaplan went into detail.
Players thought competitive play wasn't competitive enough, Kaplan said. To account for this, Blizzard removed the tier-based progression system from Overwatch's competitive mode. Instead, it'll "directly correlate" a player's matchmaking rating to a player's skill rating. Now, players will be able to see skill ratings for themselves, as well as for others. The team's average skill rating will also be displayed.
Dishonored 2, No Man’s Sky Included in Into the Pixel Art Exhibit
The official selections for the 2016 Into the Pixel art collection were on display at E3 2016.
The exhibit "honors video game artists who continue to push the interactive entertainment art form forward," and is a joint effort between the Entertainment Software Association and the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences.
AIAS president Martin Rae said the exhibit is welcome respite from the "the craziness of the conference" for many convention goers.
The 2015 Into the Pixel winners were on display at DICE 2016, and featured selections from games like Destiny, Overwatch, and Assassin's Creed. Details on Into the Pixel can be found on its website, including past winners.
Halo Wars 2 Beta Extended
The Halo Wars 2 multiplayer beta on Xbox One has been extended through June 22.
Originally scheduled to end June 20, the open beta was extended by two days due to high demand, according to a post by 343 Industries’ Dan Ayoub on Twitter.
Following a premature reveal on the Xbox Store, Microsoft announced the beta earlier this week during its E3 press conference.
Orange is the New Black: Season 4 Spoiler Discussion
Welcome to the full-spoiler discussion page for Season 4 of Netflix's Orange is the New Black. This is for those who've watched all 13 episodes of the fourth season and want to read my thoughts about plot specifics or comment down below about the finale or any other spoiler-ific aspect of the show. For my overall, non-spoilery thoughts, click here to read the Orange is the New Black: Season 4 review.
I feel like I should have seen tragedy coming Poussey's way since her love story with Soso this season seemed to spell out doom. It's just the way TV works. We know this. Likewise, I suppose, something awful could have happened to Soso. I think I just didn't see Poussey's enormously sad death coming because she seemed to dodge a bullet back in Season 2 with the Big Vee storyline. But, because this show plays things against the grain, she didn't fall when it was expected. She fell when, essentially, the rug could get painfully pulled out from under us.
No Man’s Sky Developer Settles Lawsuit With Sky TV
After a legal dispute with Sky TV, No Man's Sky developer Hello Games has secured the rights to include the word 'Sky' in the title of its ambitious space exploration game.
Studio founder Sean Murray shared the news in a post on Twitter, saying, "Yay! We finally settled with Sky (they own the word 'Sky'). We can call our game No Man's Sky. 3 years of secret stupid legal nonsense over."
In a subsequent post, Murray noted the dispute was with "the same folks who made Microsoft change Skydrive to Onedrive... so it was pretty serious." Back in 2013, the British Sky Broadcasting Group entered in a trademark dispute with Microsoft, forcing the company to rebrand its cloud storage service.