Hannibal Producer Thinks Piracy Contributed to Cancellation
NBC cancelled Hannibal last year, and one of its executive producers thinks she knows why.
According to Yahoo, Martha De Laurentiis believes online pirates are to blame. “When nearly one-third of your audience for Hannibal is coming from pirated sites," she said, "...You don’t have to know calculus to do the math. If a show is stolen, it makes it difficult, if not impossible, to fairly compensate a crew and keep a series in production.”
Hannibal was reportedly the fifth most illegally downloaded show of 2013, with numbers reaching into the millions.
Earlier this year we asked you to tell us which show that ended in 2015 you'll miss the most, and Hannibal won by a huge margin. We also recently sat down with Hugh Dancy and spoke about the potential for more Hannibal, and how Season 3 ended.
Ready Player One: Simon Pegg May Join Cast of Spielberg Movie
Simon Pegg is in negotiations and could be joining the cast of Ready Player One.
This news comes via The Hollywood Reporter. Ready Player One will be an adaptation of the bestselling novel by Ernest Cline, focusing on Wade Watts, who enters a virtual game world and must search for puzzle pieces alongside and against other players.
If he joins, Pegg will reportedly play Orgen Morrow, the co-creator of OASIS, the game world Watts finds himself within.
Simon Pegg has starred in movies such as Hot Fuzz and Shaun of the Dead, and also makes regular appearances in the Star Trek and Mission Impossible franchises.
Hyrule Warriors Season Pass Detailed
Nintendo has detailed what’s coming in the Hyrule Warriors Season Pass.
The first thing you need to know is there are three versions of the pass available: One for 3DS, one for Wii U, and a third which grants access to the DLC on both platforms.
Here’s a breakdown of what’s coming and when:
Master Wind Waker Pack – Late Spring
- 16 new My Fairy costume pieces
- The “Master” Wind Waker map for Adventure Mode with one new adventure battle scenario
Link’s Awakening – Summer
- 16 new My Fairy costume pieces
- A new map for Adventure Mode with two new challenge battle scenarios
Fallout 4 Season Pass Currently Free on UK PlayStation Store
UPDATE: The mistake now seems to have been fixed, with buyers informed they're "not eligible" for the purchase. It's not clear whether transactions that went through earlier will be honoured. We've contacted Sony for comment.
PS Store's rejection of transaction request for the free Season Pass.
The Fallout 4 Season Pass is currently displaying as free on the desktop website for the UK PlayStation Store.
ARK: Survival Evolved’s Poop Button Has a Dark Origin Story
ARK: Survival Evolved has gained notoriety for, among other things, the ability to make your character defecate on command - but it's been revealed that this seeming joke started as the logical design endpoint for how a player could kill themselves if they got stuck.
Speaking to Kotaku at GDC, Studio Wildcard co-founder, Susan Stieglitz explained that the game allowing players to become trapped or imprisoned necessitated a way for players to be able to respawn, but the developer didn't want to add a simple suicide button:
“If you’re trapped in a room,
Why We’ve Got into The Division as a Team
We've been running around Manhattan all week, clearing up an apocalypse, and giving chocolate bars and bottles of water to the needy in exchange for their clothes. It's been a weird week. We've also got in quite a bit of time in The Division.
But if you've not played yet, there's plenty more in this week's show, including Hitman, Dead Island 2, and Spidey's return and why one member of the podcast couldn't care less.
IGN UK Podcast #323: Why We've All Really Got into The Division
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The TV Show Obituary: Here’s What Got Cancelled
Welcome to the 2016 edition of the IGN TV Show Obituary, formerly known as the "Endangered Series" list. With all of the broadcast networks having announced their 2016-2017 lineups this past week (and thus making their final renewal and cancellation decisions) it's time to put another endangered list to bed...
Per usual, you'll find shows below that ended for very different reasons. A lucky few got to end "naturally," with pre-announced final seasons and true series finales. But for the unfortunate remainder, whether after one season or four, the show was more abruptly cancelled - some series with more closure than others when last we saw them.
Note that our focus here is specifically on broadcast network series that ran during the traditional TV season, so cable shows (which don't operate under the same September-May TV season cycle) or summer series are not included.
Colony: Season 2 Will Have Spaceships and Scarier, More Fanatical Resistance
Full spoilers for Colony: Season 1 continue below.
Will Bowman (Josh Holloway) got what he wanted -- a chance to rescue his son -- by the Season 1 finale of Colony, but his family was destroyed in the process. With his wife Katie (Sarah Wayne Callies) now a known Resistance collaborator and his son Bram (Alex Neustaedter) captured after illegally trying to leave the Los Angeles colony, this family isn't in a good place going into Season 2.
Showrunners Carlton Cuse and Ryan Condal are already hard at work writing the second season of the USA sci-fi drama, and the duo got on the phone to talk about the events of the finale and the gameplan for what's coming up next in Season 2. While the Bowmans will remain front and center on the show, expect to see the world of Colony expand a lot more when it returns.
Vikings Star Discusses Kalf’s Big, Tragic Wedding Day
Warning: Full spoilers for the Vikings episode "Promised" follow...
This week's episode of Vikings ended with a a big wedding day betrayal. A knife in the gut of Kalf, the former Hereby usurper who now shared the Earldom with Lagertha. The man who now intended to marry her. And after she informed Kalf she was pregnant with his child, I'm sure he felt like all of his dreams and planning were about to come true.
But then it all came crashing down when Lagertha plunged a dagger into him on what was supposed to be a blessed happy day. In her big move to retake Hereby for herself.
I spoke to actor Ben Robson, who plays Kalf, about his big show exit. Also, about Kalf's true feelings for Lagertha, his decision to try and assassinate Bjorn, and what Kalf was thinking during his final few moments of breath.
Details Revealed for Guillermo del Toro’s Next Movie
Anxiously awaiting Guillermo del Toro's next film? New details reveal it's a supernatural movie set in 1963 Cold War-era America and centers on an "otherworldly love story."
Much of the untitled project is being kept under wraps, though it has been reported Octavia Spencer is in talks to join the film. According to The Hollywood Reporter, del Toro will write, produce, and direct the film for Fox Searchlight, and it's already "deep into casting." The film is expected to shoot this summer.
In February, del Toro stepped down as director of Pacific Rim 2, though he continues to serve as producer. Daredevil: Season 1 showrunner Steven S. DeKnight took his place. We also learned this year del Toro is developing an adaptation to Alvin Schwartz's Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark.