Charlize Theron Isn’t Signed for Any Mad Max Sequels
Imperator Furiosa hasn't signed on for any Mad Max sequels.
Charlize Theron, who played Furiosa, told USA Today that she has not been formally approached to star in Fury Road's sequel, possibly called Mad Max: The Wasteland. However, little is known about the sequel beyond Tom Hardy (Mad Max) being signed for two more films in the series.
“What’s Wasteland? This is all news to me. I have not heard anything like that,” Theron said.
Chicken to Get $2,500 3D Printed Prosthetic Leg
A three month old chicken named Cicely is about to be fitted with a US$2,500 3D printed prosthetic limb, Reuters reports.
Owner Andrea Martin was given a choice to either fit Cicely with a prosthetic limb or euthanase her after she was born lame due to a torn tendon in her right leg.
"It was a no-brainer," Martin told Reuters. "She needs to be able to live a normal life.”
Dr. Emi Knafo will remove Cicely’s right leg his Wednesday and will then run a CT-scan on the left limb to be used for a 3D printed prosthetic. The chicken will be fitted with the prosthetic in two weeks time.
Martin, who runs a Massachusetts-based farm that specializes in chicken rehabilitation, has previously spent US$3,000 on a hysterectomy for a hen.
Unlocked: Xbox Just Killed it at Gamescom
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After Xbox's killer Gamescom, we just couldn't wait until Wednesday to do our next show. So here we are, talking about everything from Gamescom, including Halo Wars 2, Crackdown 3, Scalebound, Quantum Break, Homefront: The Revolution, the Halo 5 Xbox One console, new ID@Xbox games, strange Destiny news, Xbox One TV DVR functionality, and Xbox One's downright ridiculous 2016 lineup!
How Much $$$ Downey Jr. Has Made this Year
For the third year running, Robert Downey, Jr. is the best-paid actor in the world. In 2015, he took in $80 million, most of it in that crazy Marvel money, of course.
Forbes has broken down the full list of the highest-paid stars, which also includes fellow Marvel thesps Bradley Cooper (number four with $41.5 million), Chris Hemsworth (number 15 with $27 million), Chris Evans (number 32 with $13.5 million) and Chris Pratt (number 33 with $13 million). Simple addition tells us that Marvel’s Chris triumvirate made $53.5 million combined this year!
Would You Pay $500 for Marvel’s Civil War Box Set?
Marvel Comics is preparing a box set of the Civil War comic book event that will set you back a pretty penny.
Fansided reports that the box set, coming just in time for the Captain America: Civil War movie, will retail for $500. That money will get you a total of 11 hardcover volumes, spanning 100 issues of comics in which superheroes punch each other.
Man in the High Castle: Imagining a Nazi-Led America
At the TCA (Television Critics Association) press tour this week, the cast and producers of The Man in the High Castle spoke about the new Amazon series. Based on the novel by Philip K. Dick (whose stories inspired Blade Runner, Total Recall and Minority Report), the story imagines an alternate history where the Nazis and their allies won World War II, picking up in the former United States in 1962 (the year the book was released).
The Man in the High Castle Pilot Review
Executive Producer/showrunner Frank Spotnitz (The X-Files) spoke about how much discussion they had about how society would have developed differently if we’d lost World War II, saying, “Obviously, we started with an alternative history that is in the novel. And, then, honestly, the biggest challenge was finding the visual alternative history, and that was something the pilot director, David Semel, confronted, because we knew from the pilot on we were establishing the rules of this world and we needed to honor them however many years this show went forward. So that does come down to hairstyles, wardrobe, types of vehicles. You know, there's a very big shot of Time Square very early in the pilot episode. Well, what would Time Square look like if we didn't live in a corporate capitalist society? What would it look like if the Nazis had proceeded for another 17 years ruling the world? What would their values be? What would their commercial values be? Would there be cars with fins? Would you have a kind of space age optimism in the design of home appliances? So there's literally thousands of props and set design and costume and hair design issues that David Semel and, then, our series director, Dan Percival, have been on the front lines of deciding.”
Usain Bolt Gets New Look in Temple Run 2
To celebrate his sixth appearance at the IAAF World Championships in Beijing, China, the playable Olympian Usain Bolt will be updated in Temple Run 2 to better reflect his current appearance.
Bolt's current jersey featuring the colors of Jamaica with black tiger stripes laid over yellow and green will be free to download for players who have purchased the limited edition Usain Bolt character.
Temple Run 2 is an endless runner and the sequel to the original Temple Run. It is available on iOS, Google Play, Amazon, and Windows Phone 8.
This isn't the first time professional athletes have been featured in Imangi Studios' mobile hit, as several professional football players have been playable characters in the past.
Hobbit Extended Trilogy Coming to Theaters
The extended versions of all three films in The Hobbit trilogy will be released in theaters this October.
Presented by Warner Bros. and Fathom Events over three nights, An Unexpected Journey, The Desolation of Smaug, and The Battle of the Five Armies will be available to view in select theaters.
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey will be the first of these extended screenings and will debut on October 5 at 7:30pm local. An exclusive introduction by director Peter Jackson will also be shown.
Ron Perlman on Why He Chose Hand of God After SOA
In Amazon's new series Hand of God - first season available September 4th in the U.S., UK, Austria, and Germany on Amazon Prime - Sons of Anarchy's Ron Perlman plays a morally corrupt judge who suffers a breakdown and believes that God is speaking directly to him, compelling him onto a path of vigilante justice.
Perlman, along with the show's cast and creators, answered questions from TV critics during the recent TCA Press Tour, touching on the arc of Season 1 and whether or not Perlman's character, Judge Pernell Harris, is insane or actually obeying commands from the Almighty.
"The answer could be multiple things," creator/executive producer Ben Watkins said. "I wanted to give fodder for both sides of it. And that puts the audience in the position where they have to draw the conclusions. And I'm really interested to see how that happens because then the answer is different for everyone, and it's really based on their beliefs, how they were brought up, and their agendas."
New Black Ops 3 Screens Showcase Campaign, Multiplayer
Gamescom kicks off this week, and to celebrate Call of Duty: Black Ops III's appearance at the convention, Activision has released a new batch of screenshots for Treyarch's upcoming shooter.
The images provide a fresh look at both the game's campaign and competitive multiplayer.
Give them a look in our gallery below.
Call of Duty: Black Ops III is set for release on November 6, 2015. Before then, Activision is running a public beta, which kicks off first for PS4 owners on August 19. The following week, on August 26, the beta will go live for those on PC and Xbox One.