How Agents of SHIELD’s Leading Ladies are Super, Powers or Not
Before Marvel's Agents of SHIELD even began shooting its pilot episode, Joss Whedon made it clear that there was one line the show would never cross.
Whedon, who directed and co-wrote the show's first episode, sat down with series stars Chloe Bennet and Elizabeth Henstridge, both of whom were playing characters unique to Agents of SHIELD and were taking on their first series regular roles. He set one unbreakable rule for the two of them in their portrayals of hacker Skye (now revealed to be Daisy Johnson) and bio-chemist Jemma Simmons: they would create a relationship based on respect, and not be cruel to each other or portray a "cliched, catty relationship that is always on TV."
BvS and Cap 3: Which Movie Is Longer?
Fans are in store for two very epic and very long comic book movies in the coming months.
According to Variety, the run time of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice is a whopping 151 minutes. That's three minutes longer than its predecessor Man of Steel.
Meanwhile, CBR (via Event Cinemas) has revealed that Captain America: Civil War has a run time of 146 minutes, just five minutes shorter than BvS but which nevertheless makes it Marvel Studios' longest movie to date.
This Universe Sim Makes Anything a Playable Character
David O'Reilly, a Los Angeles-based artist known for "god simulator" Mountain and the video game sequences in the film Her, announced an upcoming universe exploration game for PlayStation 4 called Everything.
In Everything, anything you see is a playable character. You can become an animal, an inanimate object, or even a star.
If you're having trouble visualizing this, take a look at the trailer below.
According to O'Reilly's post on the PlayStation blog, Everything has been in development for several years because of the constraints of most game engines, which treat many elements as non-interactive. Everything aims to do the opposite. "If you can see it, you can be it," writes O'Reilly.
The Mummy: Jurassic World, Annabelle Stars Cast
Universal's monster movie The Mummy has two reported cast additions—Jurassic World actor Jake Johnson and Annabelle lead Annabelle Wallis.
Tom Cruise and Sofia Boutella (Kingsman: The Secret Service) are already confirmed to star in the film.
Wallis is in talks to play an archaeologist in the film, TheWrap reported. Johnson will play "a member of the military."
The Dark Knight 3 Outsells Star Wars
Diamond Comics has released their sales figures for February 2016, and The Dark Knight III: The Master Race #3 proved to be the best-selling comic of the month with an estimated 146,044 copies sold. That issue helped DC regain some of their lost market share from Marvel, which outsold DC two-to-one in January.
DC had two other books in the top ten - Batman #49 and Justice League #48. The remaining seven spots were claimed by Marvel, with books like Star Wars #16, Spider-Man #1 and Deadpool & The Mercs for Money all performing well.
BvS: Henry Cavill on Superman’s Weakness
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice star Henry Cavill recently shed light on what fans can expect from the Man of Steel in director Zack Snyder's upcoming film, offering new insight into Kal-El's true weakness and the challenges that await the hero.
"For me, when it came on to Superman’s weakness, it’s inside him," Cavill told EW. "It’s the fact that he does really love humans."
Ultimately, according to Cavill, the Man of Steel's true weakness is "that he doesn’t want to hurt anyone. He doesn’t want to scare anyone, and in that you can take advantage of him." In fact, the actor went so far as to call Superman "a complete amateur" who's "facing up against someone who is very well versed in the arts of war."
Wrestling Wrap Up: Shane McMahon Fights Off Security
You guys, it'd be so awesome if Dean beat Triple H. So awesome. So damn awesome.
So.
Awesome.
But he'll lose.
And, in the end, I'm okay with that mostly because - basically - the world is Dean's oyster after WrestleMania. Maybe even as soon as the post-Mania RAW. Like, that quickly. This guy is about to explode all over the joint. Sure, he could win and they could last-minute rejigger 'Mania with him as the champ, but it's unlikely. More likely that they'll just utilize Dean's bulletproof-ness. Wherein he can get his ass thrashed and still remain the top pop in the company. So Dean can lose to Hunter at Roadblock. And also lose to Brock at 'Mania. He'll still be the biggest babyface.
Daily Deals: Xbox One With Six Games, Garden Warfare 2, Nintendo Selects
Plants vs Zombies Garden Warfare 2 Is Surprisingly Great, And It's Surprisingly Cheap Today
I was as skeptical as you when the mobile tower defense game Plants vs Zombies became a team-based, third-person shooter, and it was actually good. Now the sequel is here (we gave it an 8.2) and today only Amazon is selling it for $20 off. This includes the deluxe edition, which normally goes for $70. If you want a game with class-based action and a weird sense of humor, this is a steal.
Half-Life 2 Modders Reveal New Sci-Fi Action Roguelike
Beacon is an upcoming top-down sci-fi shooter headed to Windows, Mac, and Xbox One. You play as a clone of the recently deceased pilot Freja, crash-landed on a hostile alien world and tasked with collecting the materials necessary for crafting a distress beacon. Unlike most games in the roguelike vein, Beacon handles permadeath a bit differently – thanks to the cloning bay onboard your crashed ship, every time you die is an opportunity to recreate yourself in newer, better ways.
You do this by collecting DNA from fallen enemies and then merging it with your own DNA on death, generating an alternate version of yourself. This could mean new stats on your next run, or even "gameplay-altering physical mutations," according to Beacon's official website.
New Cast Additions to Tangled Animated Series
Tangled: Before Ever After -- Disney Channel's upcoming animated series, based on the feature film -- has added more cast members.
Joining the returning Mandy Moore as Rapunzel and Zachary Levi as Flynn Rider in the 2017 series are Ashley Judd (Divergent), playing Rapunzel's mother Queen Ariana; Eden Espinosa (Wicked on Broadway) as Rapunzel's handmaiden and confidant Cassandra; Jeff Ross (The Wedding Ringer) as Hook Hand's brother Hook Foot; and Richard Kind (Inside Out) as Uncle Monty.
Tangled: Before Ever After
Jeffrey Tambor (Transparent) and Paul F. Thompkins (Anchorman) will reprise their feature fim roles as Big Nose and Shorty from the Snuggly Duckling Pub Thugs, while M.C. Gainey (Lost) will continue on as Captain of the Guards.