Is This How Spider-Man Will Make His MCU Debut?
Tom Holland will make his big screen debut as Spider-Man later this year in Captain America: Civil War, and it looks like details regarding the web-slinging hero's grand entrance may have just leaked.
Warning: Potential spoilers for Captain America: Civil War ahead.
According to Geek.com, Spider-Man may be teaming up with Tony Stark (Robert Downey, Jr.) after looking up to Iron Man ever since he was a little boy. "Peter started becoming Spidey because he grew up and idolized Tony," a source close to the film told the outlet.
FOX Open to Considering Gotham Spinoff
With networks like The CW and ABC growing their comic book TV show franchises into expanded universes, FOX isn't against similarly expanding the world of Gotham.
Speaking with IGN after FOX's executive session at the 2016 winter Television Critics Association press tour, FOX Chairman and CEO Gary Newman said the network would "certainly be open to considering" potential Gotham spinoffs, though those creative decisions would need to go through DC.
"We're really happy with the creative on Gotham this year," he said. "We thought the Rise of the Villains has been great, and it feels like a world that has many, many stories to tell. We haven't had any conversations with Warners about whether or not they'd want to do a spinoff series. I think that would be an issue for DC. It isn't quite clear to me that they'd be ready to do that, but it's a good idea."
Diablo 3 Update Hurts Console Performance
UPDATE: Blizzard reached out to us to say it's "currently researching reported issues," and promises to keep the community updated "as soon as we have new information." In the meantime, Blizzard asked affected users comment in the thread on its forums, listed in the story below, so it can try to "reproduce the issues internally."
Diablo 3's most recent patch has caused serious lag and frame rate issues for some console players.
A user brought up the problems on the game's Battle.net forum, saying "As soon as I downloaded the patch I went into a t10 rift and my goodness it's lagging so bad. When there's density it's terrible it's even creating button lag." The user then asked if anyone else was having issues.
John Romero Makes His First Doom Level in 21 Years
Doom creator John Romero says it had been 21 years since he made a level for the game. However, that changed when he created his own iteration of the classic E1M8 map.
The dev used a Doom level editor to create it, limiting himself only to the "shareware assets." The original level was created by Doom I and Doom II level designer Sandy Peterson. Romero included the Dropbox download link for his version in a Facebook post today.
Doom's fourth installment is said to release in Q2 of 2016, but IGN reported that the date may have been leaked by Amazon France. The company listed the game's release as June 30, though Besthesda remains firm that they haven't yet set a date, saying that "a variety of retailers have different placeholder dates."
Nintendo President Publishes His Plans for the Company’s Future
Nintendo president Tatsumi Kimishima has revealed some of his plans for the company in 2016.
The plans were published in the Japanese newspaper Mainichi Shimbun, and subsequently translated by games industry consultant Dr. Serkan Toto. They offer hints about Nintendo's upcoming console — codename NX — as well as intentions for anime, and mobile apps.
Regarding the NX, Kimishima says the company isn't looking to build on old ideas, but offer entirely new ones. Nintendo will offer more concrete details sometime this year, however, Kimishima made no mention of the console actually arriving in 2016. Nintendo also plans to branch its characters further out of its traditional games. Smartphones and theme parks are one thing, but "TV anime" with licensed characters is also on the docket.
The Walking Dead: Jeffrey Dean Morgan’s Negan Gave Robert Kirkman Goosebumps
Walking Dead fans aren't the only ones excited about the upcoming debut of the psychopathic villain Negan in the second half o Season 6. Creator Robert Kirkman is also thrilled to be seeing one of his most memorable characters making his live-action debut. According to Kirkman, seeing actor Jeffrey Dean Morgan bringing Negan to life gave him goosebumps.
When we talked to Kirkman earlier this week about the recent release of The Walking Dead #150, we also asked if he had a chance to see Morgan's performance yet. Kirkman told us, "I have seen him in action, and it’s very great. You’d expect me to say that because, you know, I’m part of the production. I can’t exactly come out and say, 'Oh, it’s not good!' But it’s one of the most goosebump-y moments I’ve ever gotten watching the show. I’ve walked through the prison. I’ve seen Steven Yeun and Andrew Lincoln meet for the first time. There have been a lot of huge moments that I’ve experienced on this show that have really touched me and moved me in ways that I can’t really describe with words."
New Star Wars Rebels Trailer Has Darth Maul, Kylo Ren Connections
The latest trailer for Star Wars Rebels' season 2 -- which resumes January 20 with an episode about Princess Leia -- has tons of revelations. EW debuted the video, which gives us our first look at Ahsoka Tano fighting Darth Vader, and connections to The Clone Wars, The Force Awakens, and The Phantom Menace.
Ezra Bridger -- whose commitment to the Light Side of the Force is in question -- is seen speaking with what may possibly be Darth Maul as well as Yoda, learning about Anakin Skywalker, and igniting a very Kylo Ren-esque cross-guard lightsaber. We also get a look at Hera's father, Cham Syndulla.
FOX Wants Rambo TV Series to Have ‘Contemporary Take’ on Story
The Rambo TV series continues to be in development at FOX. FOX's Chairmen and CEOs Dana Walden and Gary Newman are still waiting for the first script to be delivered for the show, which is reported to be called Rambo: New Blood.
"That script continues to be in development. We haven't seen a draft yet, but once have it, we'll know more about what our plans will be," Newman said during a FOX executive Q&A at the 2016 winter Television Critics Association press tour.
Of speculation about Sylvester Stallone being involved with the project, Newman reiterated that rumors had said Stallone would be acting as a producer and not an actor in the series. "Nothing changed on that front," he said.
Prison Break Officially Returning to FOX
Update added at the bottom of the story regarding scheduling, episode count and story questions.
It’s official: Michael Scofield and Lincoln Burrows are coming back to TV. At the TCA (Television Critics Association) press tour today, FOX officially announced that Prison Break is returning as an event series.
Wentworth Miller and Dominic Purcell – who also both currently star in DC’s Legends of Tomorrow -- will reprise their roles as the oft-imprisoned brothers. The original Prison Break producing team, series creator Paul T. Scheuring (Zero Hour), Neal Moritz (The Fast and the Furious franchise), Marty Adelstein (Aquarius, Last Man Standing) and Dawn Olmstead (The Whispers, Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce), all are back as executive producers, with Scheuring serving as showrunner/writer. FOX's executives promised other returning characters, yet to be named.
New Promo for Marvel’s Three-Hour Event on ABC
Steve Rogers and Peggy Carter are taking over ABC for three hours on Tuesday, January 19. Marvel's new promo for the event highlights the Captain America: 75 Heroic Years special, starting at 8 PM EST, and the second season premiere of Marvel's Agent Carter, starting at 9 PM EST.
Check it out below:
Captain America: 75 Heroic Years looks back at Cap's history, starting at his first appearance in 1941. Chris Evans, who plays Steve Rogers himself, will be joined by Stan Lee, Joe Quesada, and Clark Gregg (Marvel's Phil Coulson) in discussing the character's legacy.
Captain America's latest film—Captain America: Civil War—hits theaters on May 6. Recently, the Russo brothers spoke out about some plot details.