New Animated Garfield Movie Announced
The comic strip character Garfield is getting another full-length movie, but this one will be fully animated.
Alcon Entertainment announced today that it has secured exclusive rights for a Garfield CG-animated movie, with creator Jim Davis tapped to serve as executive producer. In the announcement, Alcon said it plans to build a franchise of animated Garfield films.
“I’ve been so impressed with the quality of animation and storytelling coming out of Hollywood of late,” Davis said in a statement. “I can’t wait to get into production with the terrific team Alcon has assembled.”
The character has already had two feature-length movies over the last few years, both having featured a mix of CG characters and real-life actors. The announcement that this movie will be all CG, along with the involvement of Davis, seems to suggest a direction closer in tone and style to the original comic strips.
Trailer: Adam Sandler’s The Do-Over
Netflix has released its final trailer for Adam Sandler's The Do-Over ahead of the film's May 27 release.
The Do-Over is Sandler's second Netflix exclusive feature film. His first film with the streaming service, The Ridiculous Six, became Netflix's most-watched movie in its history, despite the film's poor reviews. Watch the trailer here:
Sandler plays a guy named Max, with David Spade co-starring as Charlie, an old friend from high school. The friends reunite at their high school reunion, where they decide—well, Sandler decides—to fake their deaths and start new lives.
Mark Millar Offering $10,000 Per Issue to New Hit-Girl Artist
Comic book writer Mark Millar is looking for someone to draw his upcoming Hit-Girl series, and he's publicly offering $10,000 per issue and a "generous royalty package" to the selected artist.
"Instead of messing around emailing people privately I thought I'd just do a big shout out right now to the comic-book community," Millar said in a forum post on MillarWorld. "We're looking for someone truly great for this, someone who can really handle a monthly deadline."
The plan is to publish approximately 8 issues a year, making for two four-issue arcs, and "payment is $10,000 dollars an issue for black and white art and a generous royalty package for monthly books and trades." As noted by Newarama, Millar's open call offer makes for one of the highest-paying projects in comic book history.
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The Best Deals On Blizzard's New Shooter, Overwatch
Ever since I played the beta, Overwatch has been my most anticipated game in ages. If you're ready to get into the fray, here are all the best deals on the game, which releases next Tuesday.
NASA to Resume Focus on Moon Missions
Lawmakers in the United States House of Representatives are encouraging NASA to focus its efforts on returning to the Moon as an alternative pathway to its Mars expedition.
NASA's current "direct-to-Mars" plan focuses on an asteroid landing—along with "other operations in the vicinity of the Moon," according to Ars Technica—before taking off for the Moon "some time in the 2030s."
While the committee recognized the merit in "some" of NASA's asteroid research—like advanced propulsion technology—it found that "neither a robotic nor a crewed mission to an asteroid appreciably contribute to the over-arching mission to Mars."
Out This Week: Overwatch, TMNT: Mutants in Manhattan
With so many new games and movies coming out, it can be hard to keep up. Lucky for you, IGN is here to help with a weekly round-up of the biggest releases each and every week. Check out the latest releases for this week, and be sure to come back next Monday for a new update.
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McFarlane Toys Reveals Assassin’s Creed Movie Figure
McFarlane Toys unveiled its action figure based on upcoming Assassin's Creed: The Movie. The 7-inch figure is modeled from 3D scans of Aguilar actor Michael Fassbender.
The figure is part of McFarlane's new Color Tops series of collectibles. McFarlane Toys calls it "an exact likeness" of Aguilar.
Aguilar Assassin's Creed figure from McFarlane Toys
The figure includes an "Assassin Sword and Extended Hidden Blade," and also comes with an Assassin's Creed-branded display base. McFarlane Toys owner and CEO Todd McFarlane said Ubisoft is taking Assassin’s Creed "into real life," and his company plans to capture the move "by making our most life-like figures ever."
E3 Has Announced Its First Ever Public Event
The Entertainment Software Association has announced E3 Live 2016, a free, ticketed satellite event open to the public throughout the course of the core E3 show, from June 14-16.
Taking place at the LA Live complex - situated next door to E3's home, the LA Convention Centre - the event will feature playable games, live entertainment, industry personality meet-ups and exclusive merchandise for sale. No specific playable games have been detailed at time of writing.
Tickets are available now on a first-come-first-served basis from the E3 Live website.
E3 has traditionally only ever included a trade show component, open exclusively to members of the games industry, but recent years have seen the likes of Nintendo breaking away from the accepted structure and hosting public-facing events.
Independence Day: Resurgence Extended Trailer
Ahead of its debut next month, 20th Century Fox has unveiled a new extended trailer for Independence Day: Resurgence.
The trailer is nearly five minutes in length and features a fair amount of never-before-seen footage with stars Liam Hemsworth, Jeff Goldblum and many more. Take a look:
Additionally, Empire Magazine unveiled several exclusive new images from the film, one of which you can check out below.
Photo credit: Empire Magazine
Conan to Play Overwatch With Game of Thrones Stars
Conan O'Brien will take on Game of Thrones actors Lena Headey and Peter Dinklage in Overwatch on the next Clueless Gamer.
Clueless Gamer—a segment on O'Brien's late-night talk show—will air tonight at 11/10c on TBS. No word on whether Headey, who stars as Cersei Lannister in Game of Thrones, or Dinklage, who plays Tyrion Lannister, had been practicing during Overwatch's successful open beta.
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