Yearly Archives: 2018
Chris Evans Seems to Confirm Black Widow Movie
Captain America himself, Chris Evans has appeared to confirm the long-rumoured Black Widow standalone movie.
Speaking to ET Canada about the success of Black Panther, Evans said:
"There's nothing they can't do, man. And I'm sure it's going to have the exact same effect when Captain Marvel comes out, and then the Black Widow movie comes out. Marvel just has the winning recipe."
With Marvel currently releasing three films a year, and with both 2018 and 2019 already fully scheduled, it seems likely that a Black Widow movie would hit a 2020 release date.
Last month, we heard reports that the movie was in the very early stages of development, and had attached a scriptwriter.
100 Reasons Why Monster Hunter World is the Best Monster Hunter to Date
Capcom really went back to the drawing board for Monster Hunter World, and the results are sensational. The team made so many improvements to the Monster Hunter formula there's almost too many to list – but that didn't stop us trying. Here are 100 reasons why Monster Hunter World is the best in the series to date. (Our full review is here too.)
01 - 4K Fidelity
Monster Hunter rose to prominence on portable systems: the PSP and the 3DS. The leap from 240p to 4K delivers a long-overdue upgrade that borders on sensory overload.
02 - Staggering Detail in Monster Rendering
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri the Big Winner at BAFTAs
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri was the big winner at the 2018 BAFTAs, taking home the awards for Best Film, Outstanding British Film, and Original Screenplay.
In addition, Frances McDormand and Sam Rockwell won the Leading Actress and Supporting Actor awards, respectively, for their roles in the film. The Shape of Water followed with a total of three wins, including the Director award for Guillemot del Toro, as well as the awards for Production Design and Original Music.
Blade Runner 2049 won the awards for Cinematography and Special Visual Effects, Coco won the Animated Film award, and Dunkirk received the award for Sound.
Check out the full list of winners at the 2018 BAFTAs below.
Black Panther’s CinemaScore Revealed
Black Panther received an "A+" CinemaScore in audience exit polling its opening night.
CinemaScore is the letter grade domestic filmgoers assign to a movie in audience exit polling conducted opening night. It's been a barometer by which Hollywood has gauged how their movies will perform at the box office for roughly two decades now, but it has become, in the digital age, an even more talked about facet in how studios and the media respond to a movie's performance.
Given how highly critics have rated the franchise's latest installment (97% certified fresh on Rotten Tomatoes) and its record-smashing box office debut, it really shouldn't come as any surprise that audiences loved Marvel's latest film enough to give it such a stellar score.
Steam Puzzle Game Offers 1 Bitcoin to First Player to Beat It
A puzzle game coming out soon on Steam promises to offer a single Bitcoin to the first person who can beat it.
The developers of Montecrypto: The Bitcoin Enigma, Gem Rose Accent, will launch the $2 USD game on Steam on February 20. Players must traverse a maze in first-person and solve 24 different puzzles. The first player to finish all of the puzzles will receive one Bitcoin, which is currently worth a little over $9,800 USD.
You can work with others to solve these puzzles, leave hints and clues behind for other players, or lead them down dead ends if you so choose. Motherboard reports the developers of the game want to remain anonymous until a winner is crowned.
Black Panther Opening Smashes Box Office Records
Black Panther is breaking box office records left and right as weekend estimates in North America continue to climb for the latest entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
The film is estimated to make $192 million over its first three days at the domestic box office and somewhere between $218 million and $222 million over the four-day Presidents Day weekend. This puts the film well ahead of Deadpool's 2016 record of $152 million, setting a new for both Presidents Day weekend and the month of February.
On top of that, Black Panther has surpassed Beauty and the Beasts' $174 million record for the biggest pre-summer opening weekend of all time, as well as Iron Man 3's record as the highest grossing solo superhero movie in history. The Ryan Coogler-directed film also broke the record for the biggest debut for a film by a black director, soaring well past F. Gary Gray's The Fate of the Furious, which opened to $98.8 million last year.
Exclusive: Mattel Launches Tomb Raider Barbie
Before Lara Croft comes to theaters in March, her fans will be able to get their hands on a new collectible.
Mattel is releasing a new Barbie Tomb Raider doll, based on Alicia Vikander's upcoming portrayal of the iconic action hero, and IGN can exclusively reveal the new doll:
Tomb Raider Barbie
Mattel will be unveiling the doll at the Mattel Collector event during the New York Toy Fair later today. The presale begins tomorrow on Barbie.com, and collectors will be able to purchase the doll for $29.99.
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Dragon Ball FighterZ: First DLC Characters Revealed
The first two characters to join the Dragon Ball FighterZ roster as DLC are Broly and Bardock.
The announcement was spotted by Ryokutya2089 in the latest issue of V-Jump (via Gematsu). While a release date and price for the fighters have yet to be revealed, information about their Super Special Attacks was provided.
Bardock's Super Special Attack is called "Revenger Assault" and sees him transform into a Super Saiyan before charging forward into his opponent. Meanwhile, Broly's Super Special Attack, which consumes three bars of the energy gauge, is called "Gigantic Meteor" and fires a ball of energy.
Transformers Movie Franchise Will Reportedly Reset
IGN has confirmed the Transformers movie universe will likely be reset following the release of Bumblebee, which hits theaters on December 21.
A Hasbro representative provided IGN with the following statement:
We are working with the new Paramount leadership team to lay out the future of Transformers films and there will likely not be a movie in 2019. We’re very much looking forward to Bumblebee coming in December.
Hasbro will have more creative control over the film franchise moving forward. This confirms comments made at Toy Fair, reported by TFW2005, that there will be no new Transformers film in the near future. A new team at Paramount will reportedly reboot the live-action series.