Community’s Dan Harmon to Script MST3K Reboot
The creator of Community and Rick and Morty, Dan Harmon, will be a guest writer on the upcoming Mystery Science Theater 3000 reboot.
MST3K creator Joel Hodgson announced the guest writer spot on the Kickstarter campaign today, via TheWrap. Rick and Morty co-creator Justin Roiland is already aboard as a guest writer, along with several others including Ernie Cline (Ready Player One), Rob Schrab (The Lego Movie Sequel), and Robert Lopez (The Book of Mormon).
The crowd-funding campaign currently sits at more than $4 million, with just over two days to go. It ultimately aims to hit $5.5 million to produce a full 12-episode season.
6 New Photos From Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Star Wars: The Force Awakens has gotten six new publicity stills, showcasing Rey, Poe Dameron and even Han Solo embracing General Leia.
The photos — via ComicBookResources and seen below — also give us a new look at Kylo Ren and General Hux walking together, with Captain Phasma off in the background. And Chewbacca gets a close-up as part of the collection, looking like he hasn't aged a day since the Rebellions destroyed the second Death Star.
Earlier this week, we learned The Force Awakens is vying for a Visual Effects Oscar award. And Star Wars creator George Lucas has seen the finished film, saying "fans are going to love it."
Billie Lourd’s Leia-Inspired Look for Force Awakens
Star Wars: The Force Awakens actress Billie Lourd has a Princess Leia Organa-inspired look, even though she's not portraying her daughter.
People Magazine has the first look at Lourd, who is Carrie Fisher's daughter, in The Force Awakens. While her ear buns aren't quite as big as Leia's in A New Hope, there's no doubt her hairdo is inspired by the princess-turned-general.
Courtesy of People Magazine
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive’s Newest Gun Is Much Too Powerful
The Counter-Strike: Global Offensive community has been rocked by the seemingly innocuous addition of the R8 Revolver.
The weapon costs $850 in in-game currency — just $150 more than the standard Desert Eagle. Yet the game's Reddit community has been worked into a fervor over the pistol’s stopping power, which sounds to be on par with weapons that cost five times as much.
Reddit posters note that the R8 seems incredibly accurate, even while moving, and can eliminate enemies in a single hit on most parts of the body. Videos of the weapon in action have begun to surface just hours after the patch, and seem to back this claim up.
Pilot The Millennium Falcon in Google Street View
You can now explore Google Street View with famous Star Wars spacecrafts.
Thanks to a fan made mod, discovered by Popular Science, you can pilot the Millennium Falcon, Luke Skywalker’s X-Wing, or even Darth Vader’s TIE Fighter and explore all that Google's famous panoramas have to offer.
Taking the helm of Han Solo’s ship will drop you in London. Piloting the X-Wing will start you in Times Square. And if you want to explore your inner dark side, picking Vader's TIE Fighter will place you in Brussels. The best part? John Williams' famous score plays over it all.
Disney Hasn’t Forgotten About Star Wars 1313
Star Wars 1313 may not be entirely dead after all, according to Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy.
This ray of hope comes from SlashFilm, which recently interviewed Kennedy on topics including the once announced live-action Star Wars TV series. Kennedy brought up 1313 in passing, which prompted the interviewer to ask about the seemingly abandoned third-person action game.
"So our attitude is, we don’t want to throw any of that stuff away," Kennedy said. "It’s gold. And it’s something we’re spending a lot of time looking at, pouring through, discussing, and we may very well develop those things further."
Persona 5 Director on How P5 Is Different From Prior Entries
Persona 5 will be taking the series in a new narrative direction, thanks to a proactive cast of characters that thrusts themselves into the action.
In an interview with Game Informer, director Katsura Hashino discussed how Persona 5 will distinguish itself from prior entries in the series. "The story takes a different spin," he said. "Rather than getting drawn into a strange case, the team throws themselves into the fray. Through their actions, they draw the attention of an even greater enemy... That's how the game sets in motion."
ARK: Survival Evolved Xbox One Footage and Early Access Details
The dinosaur-hunting open-world survival epic ARK: Survival Evolved has gotten off to a fast start. For many of its 2.4 million Early Access customers on PC, it is the dinosaur game they've been wanting their whole lives (see our epic two-hour first-time playthrough below). ARK was also announced for consoles (console and PC final versions are due out in June 2016), but on Xbox One it's getting the Early Access treatment very soon thanks to the Xbox Game Preview program announced at E3 earlier this year. The XGP edition of the game will be available on December 16 for $34.99. We spoke with Jess Rapczak, co-founder and co-creative director at Studio Wildcard, about ARK on Xbox One.
Another Shocker for Bruce Wayne in Batman #47
You'd think building a new status quo where Jim Gordon is Batman and Bruce Wayne is an amnesiac would be enough for Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo, but they continue to push the series in unexpected directions with the "Superheavy" storyline.
Warning: this article contains spoilers for Batman #47!
As if Bruce's marriage proposal in issue #46 weren't enough, Snyder and Capullo followed up that big twist with several more. Gordon confronted the mysterious Mr. Bloom in this issue, even being forced to battle his own armored suit before finally taking the villain into custody. But it wasn't long before he discovered that Mr. Bloom is a bigger threat than just one man.
Russo on Spider-Man’s Suit in Civil War
Tom Holland will make his MCU debut as Spider-Man next year in Captain America: Civil War, and director Anthony Russo has shared a few details about the web-slinger's new suit.
In a translated interview with Super Interessante (via Den of Geek), Russo was asked about Holland's costume, to which he replied: "Well, we did a lot of research and experimented with the looks of each character. We went through the same process with Spider-Man."