Michael Cera to Voice Robin LEGO Batman
The LEGO Batman Movie is quickly becoming an Arrested Development reunion.
The Hollywood Reporter revealed today that actor Michael Cera had agreed to lend his voice to the LEGO version of Batman's sidekick Robin. Will Arnett will once again return to play Batman, as he did in The LEGO Movie.
Directed by Chris McKay and written by Seth Grahame-Smith, The LEGO Batman Movie will debut in theaters in 2017. Read IGN's The LEGO Movie review to learn why everything is awesome.
IGN Overclocked: Welcome to IGN’s PC Gaming Show
PlayStation fans have Beyond, Nintendo fans have Nintendo Voice Chat, Xbox fans have Unlocked, and now our hardcore mouse-and-keyboard enthusiasts have IGN Overclocked, our brand-new PC gaming show.
On this debut episode, Mitch Dyer, Marty Sliva, and Dan Stapleton dive deep into the ongoing issues with Batman: Arkham Knight -- including how WB might be able to make good on it for PC gamers -- as well as the spectacular promise of No Man's Sky, which we can't wait to play more. Additionally, we talk about Starcraft II: Legacy of the Void's cool new Whispers of Oblivion prologue, our surprise favorite PC games of 2015, and our free PC game of the week -- a Portal 2 prequel. Bless you, modders.
Kravitz Was Too ‘Urban’ to Audition for Dark Knight Rises
Mad Max: Fury Road and X-Men: First Class star Zoe Kravitz was told that she was denied the chance to audition for a role in The Dark Knight Rises because she was "urban."
Vulture spotted the story in Nylon's interview with Kravitz. As Kravitz says, "In the last Batman movie
, they told me that I couldn’t get an audition for a small role they were casting because they weren’t 'going urban.' It was like, 'What does that have to do with anything?' I have to play the role like, 'Yo, what’s up, Batman? What’s going on wit chu?'"
Arkham Knight Was June’s Best Selling Game
Batman: Arkham Knight took the top spot for the month of June, according to the NPD Group.
Following behind the newly released Batman game was Elder Scrolls: Tamriel Unlimited, which hit both Xbox One and PS4 after having already been available on PC. Batman: Arkham Knight took the top spot "with just 12 days of sales" and is also the second highest-selling game so far in 2015.
The PS4 Batman SKU helped push both the PS4 and Batman to the tops of the hardware and software lists. In fact, the PS4 Batman SKU had the "highest sales for a single SKU across any Batman game" since NPD has been tracking the gaming industry.
Hanging on in the middle of the pack was Splatoon, which planted its tentacles firmly at place number 5, the same spot it held in last month's NPD. Splatoon was also the only Wii U exclusive title on the list.
Sony Takes the Top Console Spot Again
Sony's PS4 continues to be the console leader in sales for North America, beating out both the Xbox One and the Wii U.
The PS4 Batman SKU helped push both the PS4 and Batman to the tops of the hardware and software sales for the month. Overall, hardware sales were up 18% over the same period last year.
Hardware sales for June came in at $869 million, with sales of video game hardware totalling $313 million, up 21% from June 2014. The major factor in June's strong sales were, according to NPD, was the success of the games launched in June, "which collectively rose close to 300 percent in dollar sales compared to June 2014 launches."
Batman v Superman: 5 Things We Learned at SDCC
Since there was no sign of Marvel Studios in Comic-Con's Hall H last weekend, the show was DC and Warner Bros.' for the taking. Sure, Fox was also present with X-Men: Apocalypse, Deadpool and Fantastic Four footage to show off. But really, we've been doing the X-Men thing for years, whereas the DC Cinematic Universe is brand-freaking-new. And super exciting. As such, the Batman v Superman panel presentation was bound to be a highlight of the show.
With Ben Affleck (Batman), Henry Cavill (Superman), Gal Gadot (Wonder Woman), Jesse Eisenberg (Lex Luthor), Amy Adams (Lois Lane), Jeremy Irons (Alfred), Holly Hunter and director Zack Snyder all on hand -- plus the new trailer that was shown -- lots of nuggets of information about Batman v Superman came to the surface. Here are some of the most interesting thing we learned about Dawn of Justice at SDCC...
New Back to the Future Collections Combine Films, Cartoon
To celebrate the series' 30th anniversary, Universal Pictures is releasing three different Back to the Future collections.
Simply called the 30th Anniversary Trilogy, the first of these collections features all three movies and a bonus disc (available on both DVD and Blu-ray) containing a myriad of interviews, documentaries, and animated shorts about the making and characters of the movies.
The second collection combines all 26 episodes of Back to the Future: The Complete Animated Series on DVD for the first time ever. Finally, the third collection - known as Back to the Future: The Complete Adventures - combines the contents of the first two together with an additional 64-page book and light up Flux Capacitor-themed packaging, as seen in the photo below.
New Deadpool Images Hit
New images from the upcoming Ryan Reynolds-starring Deadpool movie have been released, and they give us a better look at the Merc with a Mouth and his friends (and enemies) in action.
Deadpool, Negasonic Teenage Warhead, and Ajax are among the many characters shown. Check out the images below to see them all.
Images of Megasonic Teenage Warhead and Ajax have been previously released as well, giving us more looks at the people Deadpool will interact with in the very R-rated upcoming film.
WWE’s Edge to Play Atom-Smasher on The Flash
Former WWE wrestler Adam Copeland, AKA "Edge", will be guest starring on The Flash as DC Comics' Atom Smasher in Season 2.
"One of the most powerful enemies we encounter this season, Atom Smasher has come to Central City to kill The Flash," the CW told Comicbook.com. "His incredible strength and ability to grow to enormous size makes him more than a match for Flash and the entire S.T.A.R. Labs team will have to come together to find a way to defeat him."
In the comics, Atom Smasher is the alter ego of Al Rothstein, and was a longtime hero - only to go much darker following the death of his mother. Rothstein was name-dropped in Season 1 among the victims of the particle accelerator explosion, among many other DC characters.
Sleepy Hollow / Bones Crossover Coming Next Season
FOX is planning crossover episodes between supernatural drama Sleepy Hollow and crime comedy-drama Bones.
According to EW, the crossover will be across two episodes - one on each show.
Fanfic made real!
This is pretty unusual, given that the two shows are radically different and that Bones has never been a genre show. But both shows not only air on FOX but are produced and owned by the same studio, 20th Century Fox, which makes a mash-up like this possible.