Video of The Empire Strikes Back Without Music Surfaces
Watching pivotal moments in Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back without music is part of composer John Williams' process.
In a video clip from the 1980 BBC Documentary Star Wars: Music by John Williams (courtesy of Slashfilm), we see the composer, George Lucas, Irvin Kershner, and Gary Kurtz sit down and watch The Empire Strikes Back with placeholder voice acting and limited sound. During this time, Lucas is able to evaluate the onscreen action and determine what he wants to do with the film's eventual score to accentuate and accompany different moments.
Warcraft: Everything We Know About the Movie
Even though the Warcraft movie isn't hitting until next year on June 10, we are still buzzing with excitement at seeing Azeroth on the big screen for the first time. The movie has been in development since 2006, so there's years of material to pour over in order to paint a picture of what to expect. We took some time away from grinding rep and gathering herbs to round up all the coolest, most insightful things we know about the movie.
Here’s Why Cary Fukunaga Left the It Remake
True Detective director Cary Fukunaga left the remake of Stephen King's It earlier this year, and he's opened up on the departure.
“It’s never easy,” Fukunaga said in an interview with Entertainment Weekly. “Chase
and I had been working on that script for probably three years. There was a lot of our childhood and our experience in it.”
According to Fukanaga, the cause for the split was very simple: he and New Line had different ideas on the direction of the movie.
“Ultimately, we and New Line have to agree on the kind of movie we want to make, and we just wanted to make different movies,” Fukunaga says. “It’s like a relationship: you can try to make the other person who you want them to be, but it’s impossible really to change. You just have to work.”
Star Wars: Rogue One Cast – Who’s Who
If nothing else, Disney’s D23 Expo this past weekend drove home the fact that we are getting not one, but two new Star Wars movies in the not too distant future. Star Wars: The Force Awakens of course opens this December, but the first standalone film, Rogue One, has already started shooting in London as well for release next year.
Of course, unless you were hiding beneath a Bantha-sized rock during D23, you know that Disney and Lucasfilm officially revealed the cast of Rogue One (as well as a tweak to the name -- the film is now called Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, having lost the Star Wars Anthology portion of its title). The cast will include Oscar-nominee Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn, Donnie Yen, Jiang Wen, Forest Whitaker, Mads Mikkelsen, Alan Tudyk and Riz Ahmed. (So far -- more actors and characters are sure to be added in time.)
Nintendo Hosting Indie Games Event at PAX
Nintendo is inviting PAX-goers to attend a free indie game event the night before the big show kicks off.
The "Nindies@Night" event will start at 8 PM on August 27, the Thursday evening before PAX Prime, at the EMP Museum in Seattle. It's free to attend and admission will be first-come, first-served. You'll be able to play recent and upcoming indie games on Wii U and 3DS, and gain access to the Indie Game Revolution exhibit at the museum. Refreshments will also be provided.
Nintendo announced that 19 different Nintendo indies ("Nindies") will be playable, and developers will be there to answer questions from fans. The event will also host some multiplayer competitions for certain games, using the EMP Sky Church's 60-foot screen.
Lady Deadpool Joins Koto’s Line of Marvel Statues
Kotobukiya has unveiled Lady Deadpool as the latest addition to its line of Marvel Bishoujo figures.
In addition to standing over 9 inches tall, this statue of Wanda Wilson features interchangeable parts, so collectors can customize her look. In fact, it comes with two different heads: one with, and one without her mask on.
The figure, based on the artwork of Shunya Yamashita, is available for pre-order now for $75 USD.
Koto just recently announced a new statue of Magik as well. You can check out the new X-Men figure right here.
Bootleg Amiibo Device Backs Up, Spoofs, Amiibo Functionality
A new Android device will soon allow amiibo owners to back up their amiibo data, allowing single amiibo to be used across multiple games. The unauthorized device, known as "Amiiqo," works with an Android app.
The device, first spotted over on eurogamer, comes pre-loaded with 10 different figurines, including "5 unreleased ones," and has the capacity to store up to 200 figures worth of data, according to the device's website.
All your favorite amiibo, like Dragon and Linux Penguin.
Big Team Battle Will Not Be in Halo 5 Multiplayer At Launch
Halo's traditional Big Team Battle (BTB) multiplayer mode will not be in Halo 5: Guardians at launch, but players will still have options for large-scale play.
Speaking with a fan on Twitter, studio head Josh Holmes pointed to the Warzone mode as an alternate that will be available day one.
"Warzone is the evolution of
, on steroids," he said, adding the team would "also be adding a more traditional
mode post-launch."
Warzone is a 12v12 multiplayer mode coming to Halo 5. Originally announced during E3, this mode will take place on the largest multiplayer maps in the franchise's history.
Nvidia GTX 950 Specs Leaked Ahead of Launch
The next mid-range graphics card from NVIDIA is expected to launch on August 20 and will have 768 CUDA cores.
According to a leak reported by VideoCardz.com, the numbers confirm earlier rumors on the GTX 950 specifications. Images and specifications acquired by VideoCardz show several different manufacturer's versions of the card.
The 90w card has a 128-bit memory bus and 2GB of GDDR5 memory. The report didn't mention a price, however, but given the fact that the 950 is positioned as the middle-of-the-road option right between the $200 USD GeForce GTX 960 and the $150 GTX 750ti, it stands to reason that the price will also fall somewhere in the middle of that range.
Comcast to Shut Off Xfinity App on Xbox 360
Xbox 360 owners should note that the Comcast Xfinity app will no longer be available in a few weeks.
In response to a question on Twitter, Comcast support claimed the app was being removed to "make way for new updates and improvements." Windows Central reports no further details about these planned changes are known at this time.
The app originally launched to some controversy when it was criticized for not counting video streaming against its own bandwidth caps. It will effectively be shut off on September 1.