Yearly Archives: 2018
Showtime Orders Basketball Docuseries Shut Up and Dribble from LeBron James
Los Angeles Lakers and NBA legend LeBron James is taking his executive producing talents to Showtime with a new docuseries, titled Shut Up and Dribble.
Announced at the 2018 Television Critics Association summer press tour, Shut Up and Dribble will take an in-depth look at the evolving roles of NBA players through a political and cultural lens. James, along with co-executive producer Maverick Carter (Space Jam 2), will join forces with director Gotham Chopra (Tom vs. Time) to bring this 3-part documentary to life.
David Nevins, President and CEO of Showtime, had this to say about collaborating with the future Hall of Famer.
“LeBron James is one of many competitors whose place in the spotlight has led not to silence but perspective, and he, Maverick Carter and Gotham Chopra have given us an important, insightful docuseries that should bring their fans and fellow citizens to a higher level of discourse, rather than the dismissal satirized in the title,” explained Nevins.
Showtime Orders Basketball Docuseries Shut Up and Dribble from LeBron James
Los Angeles Lakers and NBA legend LeBron James is taking his executive producing talents to Showtime with a new docuseries, titled Shut Up and Dribble.
Announced at the 2018 Television Critics Association summer press tour, Shut Up and Dribble will take an in-depth look at the evolving roles of NBA players through a political and cultural lens. James, along with co-executive producer Maverick Carter (Space Jam 2), will join forces with director Gotham Chopra (Tom vs. Time) to bring this 3-part documentary to life.
David Nevins, President and CEO of Showtime, had this to say about collaborating with the future Hall of Famer.
“LeBron James is one of many competitors whose place in the spotlight has led not to silence but perspective, and he, Maverick Carter and Gotham Chopra have given us an important, insightful docuseries that should bring their fans and fellow citizens to a higher level of discourse, rather than the dismissal satirized in the title,” explained Nevins.
Pokemon Go PVP Should Wait for a Battle System Rework
Pokemon Go could add battles against other players very soon. According to an interview with Polish publication Gram.pl (as translated by Pokemon Go Hub), Niantic’s EMEA product marketing head Anne Beuttenmuller says Niantic is working on PVP and aims to have it available by the end of this year.
The idea of PVP itself is hardly news for Pokemon Go -- after an appearance in Pokemon Go’s original announcement trailer, comments about the mode have shown up in interviews with other Niantic employees and The Pokemon Company’s CEO in the past, and Niantic outright told IGN that PVP is “still on the roadmap” nine months ago.
Fallout 76 Won’t Be Available On Steam
Fallout 76, both the full retail release and the upcoming B.E.T.A., will only be available via Bethesda.net, meaning it will not be coming to Steam at launch.
In the Fallout 76 B.E.T.A. FAQ that announced that the Break-It Early Test Application will most likely be the full game and your progress will carry over, Bethesda also mentions that the B.E.T.A. will be available on "Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and on PC (via Bethesda.net)."
Fallout 76 Won’t Be Available On Steam
Fallout 76, both the full retail release and the upcoming B.E.T.A., will only be available via Bethesda.net, meaning it will not be coming to Steam at launch.
In the Fallout 76 B.E.T.A. FAQ that announced that the Break-It Early Test Application will most likely be the full game and your progress will carry over, Bethesda also mentions that the B.E.T.A. will be available on "Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and on PC (via Bethesda.net)."
Showtime’s Halo TV Series Will Tell an Original Story
Master Chief will be "a lead character" in Showtime's upcoming Halo TV series, Showtime's President of Programming Gary Levine told IGN, although he won't be the only protagonist in the series.
The series is such an "enormous undertaking," Levine said, the premium cable network is aiming to air the series in 2020, and confirmed that Halo's TV adaptation will be set in "multiple locations" on "foreign planets," meaning that they'll likely shoot on a studio backlot rather than try and find foreign countries to serve as backdrops, the way big-budget shows like Game of Thrones have.
Master Chief Will Be a ‘Lead Character’ in Halo TV Series
Master Chief will be "a lead character" in Showtime's upcoming Halo TV series, Showtime's President of Programming Gary Levine told IGN, although he won't be the only protagonist in the series.
The series is such an "enormous undertaking," Levine said, the premium cable network is aiming to air the series in 2020, and confirmed that the series will take place in "multiple locations" on "foreign planets," meaning that they'll likely shoot on a studio backlot rather than on location.
During Showtime's panel at the Television Critics Association summer press tour, Levine and Showtime President and CEO David Nevins shed some light on the hotly-anticipated adaptation, which they declined to call their attempt at replicating the success of Game of Thrones.
Homeland Ending: Showtime Confirms Season 8 Will Be Its Last
Showtime has announced that Homeland, the multi-award winning drama starring Claire Danes and Mandy Patinkin, is ending with its upcoming eighth season.
Though the news that the show would end with Season 8 was originally broken by lead actress Claire Danes in April, Showtime has now confirmed this to be true. Premiering in June 2019, Season 8 of Homeland will consist of 12 episodes that will begin production in early 2019. The filming locations have yet to be disclosed.
“Homeland has been a game-changing series for Showtime, as provocative about the world we live in as it is prescient,” said president and CEO of Showtime David Nevins. “This project, arriving right at the beginning of my Showtime tenure thanks to Alex Gansa and Howard Gordon, and brought to life by a remarkable cast led by Claire Danes and Mandy Patinkin, is a richly written character study that is now ready for its natural conclusion. Viewers will be rewarded by the way Alex brings Homeland home.”
Homeland Ending: Showtime Confirms Season 8 Will Be Its Last
Showtime has announced that Homeland, the multi-award winning drama starring Claire Danes and Mandy Patinkin, is ending with its upcoming eighth season.
Though the news that the show would end with Season 8 was originally broken by lead actress Claire Danes in April, Showtime has now confirmed this to be true. Premiering in June 2019, Season 8 of Homeland will consist of 12 episodes that will begin production in early 2019. The filming locations have yet to be disclosed.
“Homeland has been a game-changing series for Showtime, as provocative about the world we live in as it is prescient,” said president and CEO of Showtime David Nevins. “This project, arriving right at the beginning of my Showtime tenure thanks to Alex Gansa and Howard Gordon, and brought to life by a remarkable cast led by Claire Danes and Mandy Patinkin, is a richly written character study that is now ready for its natural conclusion. Viewers will be rewarded by the way Alex brings Homeland home.”
Hellboy Game Leans into the Weirdest Adventures Big Red Has Been On
When Hellboy: The Board Game was announced earlier this year, I was immediately intrigued by how developer Mantic Games might translate the spirit of Big Red and his “Right Hand of Doom” onto the tabletop. After playing a round on the show floor of Gen Con 2018, it’s shaping up to be a lot of fun, and staying very true to its comic inspiration.
I got to play as Hellboy while IGN’s own Tom Marks controlled Abe as we took on the adaptation’s introductory mission. A ‘Case’ card with a story setup was read, explaining we were responding to a pretty routine disturbance -- which rarely ever end up being routine. As play began, our characters stepped into a small, stone-walled hallway, immediately coming face to face (or mini to mini) with some terrible frog monsters.