HBO Orders Time Traveler’s Wife Adaptation from Sherlock Boss
HBO is developing a TV adaptation of The Time Traveler’s Wife from Sherlock co-creator Steven Moffat.
The network has given a straight to series order for the project, based on the novel of the same name by Audrey Niffenegger. A premiere date for the series has not been set yet.
The story centers on Henry, a man who time travels unpredictably because of a genetic disorder, and his complicated marriage with Clare.
Moffat will write and executive produce the series alongside Sue Vertue and Brian Minchin. New Line Cinema also developed a 2009 film adaptation of the book which stars Eric Bana and Rachel McAdams.
“We are thrilled to be partnering with Steven Moffat, Hartswood and WBTV on The Time Traveler’s Wife," HBO president of programming Casey Bloys said. "Steven’s passion is evident in every project he’s written and we are certain that his love and respect for this mesmerizing and textured novel will make it a quintessential HBO series."
Why Avengers: Infinity War’s Directors Filmed Those Thanos Snaps That Way
Avengers: Infinity War directors Joe and Anthony Russo have explained the thought process behind some of the choices they made with the film's ending.
Warning: Spoilers for Avengers: Infinity War follow...
During the bonus features for the movie's DigitalHD release, per ComicBook.com, the Russo brothers revealed how they chose who would perish at the hands of Thanos and his Infinity Gauntlet. The directors had to decide which characters' demise would be the most emotional for the other superheroes.
"In terms of our choices of who Thanos would end up eradicating with his snap, it was very story focused," Anthony Russo said. "How do we pay off each individual character story most profoundly?"
Why Avengers: Infinity War’s Directors Filmed Those Thanos Snaps That Way
Avengers: Infinity War directors Joe and Anthony Russo have explained the thought process behind some of the choices they made with the film's ending.
Warning: Spoilers for Avengers: Infinity War follow...
During the bonus features for the movie's DigitalHD release, per ComicBook.com, the Russo brothers revealed how they chose who would perish at the hands of Thanos and his Infinity Gauntlet. The directors had to decide which characters' demise would be the most emotional for the other superheroes.
"In terms of our choices of who Thanos would end up eradicating with his snap, it was very story focused," Anthony Russo said. "How do we pay off each individual character story most profoundly?"
Valve Removes Scam Game From Steam, Bans Developer
Abstractism, a simple platformer made by developer Okalo Union, has been removed from Steam following allegations that the game was running a cryptojacking program in the background of player's computers. Okalo Union, along with publisher dead.team, have disappeared from Steam as well.
As reported by Steamed, a branch of Kotaku, Abstractism has been accused of secretly using player's resources to mine for cryptocurrency. Players first became suspicious after the game was taxing their CPUs and GPUs, despite being graphically simplistic. Reviews of the game on Steam claimed it installed a virus disguising it as a steam.exe process.
Zack Snyder Wanted to Introduce a Female Robin in the DCEU
Zack Snyder planned to introduce a female Robin in the DCEU aka Worlds of DC.
Per Metro, while replying to fans on Vero, Snyder revealed his desire to eventually include Carrie Kelley, who made her debut in Batman: The Dark Knight Returns.
Carrie Kelley is a huge Batman fan who ends up saving the hero and eventually becomes the new Robin. The character, who prefers wearing green goggles as her disguise, was created by Frank Miller, Klaus Janson, and Lynn Varley.
Snyder also revealed the Robin costume which appears in Batman v Superman actually belonged to Dick Grayson and not Jason Todd, hinting Dick Grayson was the one who was killed by the Joker.
Timeless Revived for Two-Part Finale
Timeless will be getting some closure this winter with a special two-part finale.
Timeless, which was canceled by NBC last month, is coming back for one last hurrah through an NBC and Sony Pictures Television collaboration. All the major actors, including Abigail Spencer, Matt Lanter, Malcolm Barrett, Goran Višnjić, Paterson Joseph, Sakina Jaffrey and Claudia Doumit, are set to return for the finale. No specific date or running time for the finale has been given.
Executive producers Shawn Ryan and Eric Kripke say this will be the Timeless that fans known and love, focusing on unsung and underrepresented people of history. It's to be a final, emotional story for the characters.
MoviePass Raises Subscription Price
MoviePass is raising its monthly subscription price and is limiting access to nearly every major blockbuster release.
The company will be increasing its price from $9.95 to $14.95 over the next 30 days in an effort to stay afloat, with MoviePass temporarily running out of money last week. Users will also won't be able to watch new movies within their first two weeks of release.
The service has recently been suffering from widespread outages, with most showings for films not appearing on the app, including Mission: Impossible - Fallout. MoviePass' parent company, Helios and Matheson Analytics, claims these two measures will help reduce its cash burn rate by 60%
Fortnite 5.10 Update Will Add a New Mode and Two Guns
Fortnite's 5.10 update is coming tomorrow at 5 p.m. PDT, and it will include a new mode, a new gun, and the return of an old gun with some modifications.
In a post today, Epic Games detailed 5.10's content. One of the biggest editions is Fly Explosives, a limited-time mode that gives players jetpacks and arms them only with explosive weapons. The jetpacks will be tweaked a bit with increased fuel regeneration rates and decreased fuel burn rates to keep players airborne longer than normal when playing Fly Explosives. Epic is also expecting matches to be shorter than 20 minutes thanks to lowered between-storm wait times to help players quickly find the needed loot.
Incredibles 2 Passes $1 Billion Worldwide
Incredibles 2 has officially surpassed $1 billion at the global box office.
According to Deadline, Incredibles 2 passed the milestone yesterday. The film's domestic cume now totals $574 million domestically and $430.9 million internationally for a $1.005 billion global haul.
When it debuted in June, Incredibles 2 landed the biggest opening weekend for an animated film domestically with over $182 million. In doing so, Incredibles 2 surpassed another Pixar sequel, Finding Dory, which previously held the record for the biggest opening weekend for an animated film with $135 million.
Overcooked 2: IGN Plays Live Today at 1pm PT
Overcooked 2 releases on August 7, but we're streaming some kitchen chaos today on IGN Plays Live. Join us as we check out some four-player action on Nintendo Switch!
Catch us live today from 1-2pm PT/4-5pm ET/9-10pm UK (Wednesday, August 1 from 6-7am AET) right here on the front page of IGN.com, or check us out on YouTube, Twitch, or Mixer.