Ghostbusters Gets First Official Cast Photo
Today we got our first official look at the Ghostbusters cast decked out in their costumes and gear.
The photo, posted by director Paul Feig on Twitter, depicts Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, Leslie Jones, and Kate McKinnon wearing the iconic Ghostbusters jumpsuits and proton packs, posing in front of the redesigned ECTO-1.
Falling Skies Bids Farewell to Comic-Con
At the Falling Skies: The Final Farewell Comic-Con panel today, Noah Wyle, Moon Bloodgood, Colin Cunningham, and the rest of the cast (save for Will Patton and Maxim Knight) appeared to answer fan questions from loyal viewers.
Wyle also spoke about the times when the show, due to its many different showrunners over the years, felt a bit scattered. "Falling Skies has been atypical, in my opinion, because we've had a lot of different showrunners and leaders over the years and so each time we got a new showrunner the show would take off on a new direction. And so it has changed its tone and it has changed its style a lot. We already knew that we'd come to this final battle scenario that we're in now in Season 5, but the line to get here was not a straight one."
David Tennant Guest Stars in TMNT Season 5
During Nickelodeon's panel at San Diego Comic-Con, the panel announced some guest stars who will appear in the show's fifth season.
TMNT Season 3 premieres on August 2 at 11am PT. Last month, TMNT was renewed for a fourth season, where comedian Seth Green will replace Jason Biggs as the voice of Leonardo. Both Season 4 and 5 will include 20 episodes.
Some of the guest stars are:
- David Tennant (Dr. Who) guest stars as The Fugitoid who was once an alien scientist named Dr. Honeycutt, but after his body was destroyed, his brain was saved and placed into the body of a robot.
- Peter Stormare (Fargo) guest stars as Lord Dregg, an arrogant, insectoid crime lord. When the Turtles incur his wrath, he becomes one of their most dangerous enemies.
Is Firefly Poised for a Comeback?
Firefly's Alan Tudyk thinks Firefly will return. During an interview today during San Diego Comic Con, Tudyk said "personally, I think it will come back."
Series creator Joss Whedon has said in the past Firefly won't be returning, however. Tudyk mentioned during the interview that at the tenth anniversary celebration of Firefly, Whedon said he felt that the show was at the point where it was something that shouldn't be messed with.
Tudyk drew a comparison to The Godfather III.
Firefly was unceremoniously dumped by FOX after just one season. The follow-up movie Serenity managed to wrap up some of the loose ends, but browncoats the world over have longed for an extension to the stories laid out in the cult-classic television show.
AMC: ‘No Plans’ to Combine Walking Dead TV Series
At the Fear the Walking Dead panel today at San Diego Comic-Con, the question was raised as to whether the new cast will ever meet up with the cast of the original Walking Dead show.
“I want to meet Rick,” said Fear star Cliff Curtis. “I’m campaigning to meet Rick Grimes because I have a bromance with the man.”
Executive Producer Dave Erickson, however, isn’t as hopeful about such a team-up.
“There are no plans right now to combine the two series,” said Erickson. “I think
Scott Gimple would kill me if I ever pitched that idea. Geographically it would be tough. There is currently no plan to do it.”
That of course makes perfect sense, since the new show is set on the other side of the country in Los Angeles. Still, you never know what the future holds.
Watch the First trailer for The Shannara Chronicles
It goes without saying that MTV is not the network many of us remember from our childhoods. They've branched out with their programming, and The Shannara Chronicles is taking the network in a new direction. The adaptation of Terry Brooks's The Elfstones of Shannara means diving into a world of fantasy – one with elves, magic, etc. The series follows a group of three elves who have to fight against demons as a magical tree that kept the demons away starts to die. Cast members Poppy Drayton (Amberle), Ivana Baquero (Eretria), Austin Butler (Wil), Manu Bennett (Allanon), and John Rhys-Davies (Eventine) and executive producers Al Gough, Miles Millar, and Brooks brought the first trailer for the upcoming drama to Comic-Con and shared a little information about the characters and development process.
Nintendo Announces New Map, Splatfest Event for Splatoon
A new multiplayer map and Splatfest turf war is coming to Nintendo's team-based shooter Splatoon.
The Moray Towers map will be added in with the regular multiplayer rotation starting today at 7pm PT. With ramps wrapped around tower structures, teams will have to use the verticality to compete and gain control of the map. Check out the teaser Nintendo posted on Twitter below.
Additionally, another Splatfest turf war is planned to begin on June 17 at 9pm PT and will run exactly 24 hours. Like the previous Splatfest event, this will pit fans of two opposing things against each other to win bragging rights and prizes. This time, it's Team Roller Coaster versus Team Water Slide. In the last event, dogs topped cats as the favorite pet among Splatoon players.
The Walking Dead Team Reflects on Season 5
AMC's The Walking Dead returned to San Diego Comic-Con on Friday, infecting the always-packed Hall H.
Joining this year's panel were stars Andrew Lincoln, Norman Reedus, Steven Yeun, Danai Gurira, Melissa McBride, Chandler Riggs, Sonequa Martin-Green, Michael Cudlitz and Lennie James, as well as executive producer and showrunner Scott Gimple, executive producer Gale Anne Hurd, executive producer Dave Alpert, and special effects makeup supervisor and executive producer Greg Nicotero -- whew! -- to talk about Season 6. (Alas, creator Robert Kirkman had fallen ill and wasn't able to attend.)
After screening the all-new trailer (see below), moderator Chris Hardwicked dived right into a social media Q&A. Talking about the trailer, Gimple warned that "we sometimes play with the truth in trailers," noting that the footage screened may not depict exactly what fans think.
Why The Coalition Is Only Remaking the First Gears of War
The Coalition studio head Rod Fergusson has explained that time and resources are the reasons his team could only remake the first game with Gears of War: Ultimate Edition.
During a San Diego Comic-Con panel yesterday, Fergusson responded to a question about why Microsoft and The Coalition aren't compiling all of the Gears games together, similar to Halo: The Master Chief Collection, according to Gamespot. "It's really hard work
," he said. "It takes a long time.
"It took us in the end 16 to 18 months to do the first one, and to try and do three games ... how many people would we need to have? It just wasn't logistically or physically or technically possible. For us it was really about what can we do, what can we focus on."
Lois and Clark Return for New Superman Comic
Today on IGN's Comic-Con live stream show, DC Comics co-publishers Jim Lee an Dan Didio revealed three new comics spinning out of Convergence.
At the end of DC's Convergence event, an alternate universe Superman, joined by Lois Lane and their newborn son, went back in time to help save the day. Their mini-series was one of the highlights of the entire Convergence event, so it's nice to see this thread picked up on again. Nine years after Convergence, we'll pick back up with the family trio and learn about how their lives have changed. That black Superman costume certainly looks ominous...
