Yearly Archives: 2018
Kingdom Hearts 3: Monsters Inc. World Announced
Kingdom Hearts 3 will include a world themed after Monsters Inc. - the second Pixar franchise to be added to the upcoming RPG.
Announced alongside a raft of new details at today's D23 Expo in Japan, the world features Sora, Goofy and Donald turned into monsters, and sees them meeting Sulley, Mike and Boo. Sulley and Mike
A new gameplay trailer also revealed the return of Marluxia and Vanitas, both of whom were antagonists in previous Kingdom Hearts titles. Marluxia also mentions that he is part of a "New" Organization XIII, the league of antagonists from previous games.
Many smaller elements were also shown or mentioned during the conference as a whole: Gummi Ship sections will now be split into "open-world style" exploration phases and battle phases. A new mini-game was also shown briefly, which looked to be aping Game & Watch games in style. Tangled's Rapunzel was also shown as party character, exploring a city environment and using her hair to attack and traverse the world.
Podcast: Venom, Deadpool 2, Joker, Solo and Cloverfield
Welcome back to the IGN Movies Podcast! Jim Vejvoda, Tom Jorgensen and Joshua Yehl talk about the glut of comic book movie trailers that dropped this week, from Venom, Deadpool 2, and Marvel's The Avengers: Infinity War.
We dive into the big DC movie news about Joaquin Phoenix being up for the role of Joker in a standalone film and Michael Bay possibly directing Lobo.
We also discuss Netflix's surprise drop of The Cloverfield Paradox after the Super Bowl and share our thoughts on the film, as well as our reactions to the first trailer for Solo: A Star Wars Story.
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What Was Your Favorite New Movie Trailer This Week?
Between the Super Bowl and all the big movies attaching previews before the upcoming release of Black Panther, this week saw a larger than usual amount of new movie trailers and TV spots released.
Solo: A Star Wars Story, Marvel's The Avengers: Infinity War, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, Mission: Impossible - Fallout, and Skyscraper were among the upcoming films that received Big Game spots. A trailer for the third Cloverfield film, officially titled The Cloverfield Paradox, also aired during the Super Bowl, ahead of its surprise debut on Netflix immediately after the game.
Child’s Play TV Series in Development
A Child's Play TV series reportedly is in the works.
Bloody Disgusting reports franchise creator Don Mancini and franchise producer David Kirschner are developing the series together, and it will be a continuation of the story rather than a reboot. It reportedly will pick up where the last film in the franchise, Cult of Chucky, left off.
“We plan to use Child’s Play in the title,” Mancini said. “We want to definitely signal that we are going dark, darker than ever before. It’s going to be very creepy.”
Mancini also confirmed longtime Chucky voice actor Brad Dourif will voice the iconic character in the eight-part, hour-long series. However, not much else about the show is currently known, including where it might premiere. The series also won't spell the end for the film franchise, according to the new report.
Stranger Things Season 3 Episode Count Revealed
The episode count for Stranger Things Season 3 has been revealed and it's shorter than Season 2.
TVLine reports the third season of the hit Netflix series will consist of eight episodes—fewer than Season 2's nine episodes but the same as Season 1's total count. Filming on the new season is set to begin in April.
The following series regulars are once again returning: Millie Bobby Brown (Eleven), Winona Ryder (Joyce), David Harbour (Jim), Finn Wolfhard (Mike), Noah Schnapp (Will), Caleb McLaughlin (Lucas), Gaten Matarazzo (Dustin), Cara Buono (Karen), Natalia Dyer (Nancy), Charlie Heaton (Jonathan), Joe Keery (Steve), Dacre Montgomery (Billy), and Sadie Sink (Max).
Is Bandai Namco Developing Metroid Prime 4 for Switch? – Nintendo Voice Chat Ep. 394
Weeelcooome to episode 394 of our weekly Nintendo show and podcast, Nintendo Voice Chat. This week, Filip returns from his adventures in New York City to share his hands-on impressions with Nintendo Labo! Also, Miranda Sanchez joins the panel to discuss what Nintendo and Activision need to do in order to make a good Call of Duty game for Switch. Finally, Jonathan Dornbush joins the gang to discusses the latest Switch releases and NVC's pick of the week!
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How to Watch the 2018 Winter Olympics Online
How to watch the 2018 Winter Olympics even if you're a cord-cutter.
The 2018 Winter Olympic Games from PyeongChang are finally upon us, and for those of you without a standard cable subscription -- fear not. Here's a quick breakdown of where you can officially stream all of the thrilling events that are taking place from February 8 - 25.
All of the Winter Olympic coverage in the United States goes through NBC Universal and their NBC Sports App. Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Windows, Apple TV, Chromecast, and some Samsung smart TVs all feature access to the NBC Sports app. Some of these services even come with free trials.
Netflix Sabrina Series: First Look at Salem Revealed
The first look at Salem Saberhagen in Netflix's Sabrina the Teenage Witch series has been revealed.
Executive producer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa shared a photo of the furry feline on Twitter earlier today with the caption, “Ladies and gentlemen, meet #Greendale’s latest resident. All hail, Salem!” Check out this new version of Salem the cat below.
The new Salem Saberhagen, image via Twitter.
Opinion: Black Panther Saved Marvel Comics
When it comes to superheroes like Spider-Man or Batman, you can ask 20 different comic readers what their favorite stories are and you might get 20 different answers. Black Panther is a different story. Despite the fact that this character has been around since the 1960's and headlined a number of ongoing books and limited series, the vast majority of fans will give you one creator's name in response - Christopher Priest. Rarely has a writer contributed so much to a Marvel hero or exerted such a lasting influence. Priest's Black Panther run didn't merely elevate a formerly minor player in the Avengers franchise, it helped save Marvel Comics as a whole during a time when the company was at its lowest ebb.
George Lucas Contributed to a Solo Scene
George Lucas contributed to a small scene in Solo: A Star Wars Story.
In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy revealed Lucas had planned to do a short set visit. However, the filmmaker ended up staying for a lot longer and helped Ron Howard direct a small scene in the movie involving the Millennium Falcon and Han Solo.
“He had intended to just kind of stop by and say hi, and he stayed five hours,” Kennedy said. “There’s even one little moment in a scene that — I can’t tell you what, sorry — but in the scene on the Millennium Falcon where George said, ‘Why doesn’t Han just do this.’”