A Few Good Men Live Coming to NBC
The Newsroom and West Wing creator Aaron Sorkin is working with NBC on a live version of A Few Good Men.
Sorkin, who wrote the play and penned the film script for A Few Good Men, will write this TV adaption and executive-produce. NBC is planning to air the live version of the courtroom drama in 2017, with casting info to come later.
A Few Good Men premiered as a Broadway play in 1989, but it's most memorable to people as the Oscar-nominated film starring Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson and Demi Moore.
The live TV version is based on the Broadway play, following Lt. Daniel Kaffee as he defends three Marines in court who are charged with murder.
NBC is making A Few Good Men the first live drama event for the network, following in the footsteps of The Sound of Music Live, Peter Pan Live and The Wiz Live.
New Mutants Will Bring a YA Vibe to the X-Men Movies
The X-Men movie universe is starting to grow in big ways and with Deadpool a smash hit and Gambit in the works (though production has been delayed until later this year), you’re going to be seeing a lot more films branching off from the core series.
At the Star Wars Rebels season finale screening this week, I asked Simon Kinberg – who is an EP on Rebels, while also playing a key role as a producer on the X-Men films – for an update on one of those projects, The New Mutants. Last year it was revealed that Josh Boone (The Fault in Our Stars) was attached to co-write and direct the film, based on the Marvel comic about a team of young X-Men in training.
Who Is Batman’s New Sidekick?
The final chapter of DC's weekly comic Batman & Robin Eternal is here, and it makes two notable changes to the Batman family leading into DC's Rebirth relaunch.
Warning: this article contains spoilers for Batman & Robin Eternal #26!
This issue saw Dick Grayson and his team (which included pretty much every Batman sidekick in the history of the DC Universe, plus Midnighter and Scarecrow for good measure) battle Mother as she tried to convert thousands of innocent children into obedient assassins. The conflict boiled down to two crucial choices. Would Harper Row kill Cassandra Cain in revenge for the murder of her mother? And would Cassandra in turn kill Mother, the woman who manipulated her life and molded her into a remorseless assassin?
Far Cry Primal Getting Free Survival Mode
Ubisoft is bringing a free survival mode to Far Cry Primal on April 12.
The game's survival mode will feature optional permadeath and a stamina gauge for Takkar, meaning he'll grow weaker and need rest from time to time. In addition, the minimap is turned off.
"The idea of doing this mode actually started from the team, saying they wanted to create this mode based on feedback they got from the community,” Far Cry Primal director Thomas Simon said on the UbiBlog. “The keystone of that survival mode is the change in the exploration, crafting and difficulty of the game to make it even more realistic. After that, there are options the player can activate to go further.”
Arrow: Why Emily Kinney Loves Playing the Bug-Eyed Bandit
Brie Larvan (Emily Kinney) is coming back to the television DC universe, but this time she's taking her robotic bees to Arrow.
After appearing in The Flash's Season 1 episode "All Star Team Up," the Bug-Eyed Bandit found herself imprisoned after being defeated by the Scarlet Speedster. Now she's broken out, and is tracking down the hacker who helped put her behind bars -- Emily Bett Rickard's Felicity Smoak -- in the March 30 episode "Beacon of Hope."
Emily Kinney as Brie Larvan on Arrow
Shadow of the Beast Release Date Revealed
Heavy Spectrum Entertainment Labs' Shadow of the Beast will release in North America on May 17.
According to Matt Birch, CEO and founder of Heavy Spectrum, the team has reached a "critical point" in the game's development. Heavy Spectrum has made "significant changes" over the past few months. The team is "targeting 60 frames per second," and fine-tuning the Shadow of the Beast's combat system to focus on "optimal response times."
Aarbron in Shadow of the Beast
Microsoft Makes Good on Xbox One as Dev Kit Promise
During its Build developer's conference today, Microsoft announced any retail Xbox One will be a development kit beginning this summer.
The functionality will come as part of Microsoft's Windows anniversary update, celebrating one year of Windows 10. A preview version rolls out today.
Windows and Devices Executive Vice President Terry Myerson said the summer update brings "all of your Windows applications into your living room," in addition to turning the Xbox One into a dev kit.
Cortana, the Windows 10 personal assistant, is also coming to Xbox One. The moves are centered around the anniversary update, but all fall under Microsoft's universal Windows platform initiative.
Jennifer Lawrence ‘Dying’ to Do More X-Men Movies
Despite confirming last year that X-Men: Apocalypse would serve as her last big screen appearance as Mystique, it appears Jennifer Lawrence is ready and willing to put on the blue body make-up for more movies in Fox's mutant-centric film franchise.
"I am dying to come back," Lawrence told Empire on the set of Apocalypse. "I love these movies, I love being in them. I love ensemble movies because it’s not on anyone’s shoulders."
Several months ago, the actress suggested there's "hope" for Mystique's return following her work on Apocalypse; however, whether or not her role will continue on in future X-Men films remains to be seen. After all, Apocalypse marks the end of Fox's prequel trilogy, as well as the contracts for several key actors, including James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender.
Daily Deals: Xbox One With Free Controller, Cities: Skylines, Complete Hunger Games
Build Your Own Teeming Metropolis With Cities: Skylines
When SimCity 4 came and flopped, Cities: Skylines was there to rescue the dreams of wannabe civic planners everywhere. Today Amazon has discounted the complete and standard versions of the game, as well as the After Dark DLC. We gave the original game an 8.5, so if you're at all intrigued by strategy games like this, I don't think you'll be disappointed.
How Does Steve Rogers Become Captain America Again?
The Avengers Standoff crossover continued in the pages of Captain America: Sam Wilson #7 today, and Steve Rogers underwent a major transformation.
Warning: this article contains spoilers for Captain America: Sam Wilson #7!
The main story in this issue picked up as the conflict in Pleasant Hill rages on and Baron Zemo's army of villains continue battling S.H.I.E.L.D. and hunting for Kobik, the fragmented Cosmic Cube that has taken the form of a four-year-old girl. Steve found himself protecting Kobik from his own nemesis, Crossbones. Considering Steve's current old age and lack of Super-Soldier powers, that fight wasn't going very well for him.