Robert Kirkman on Possible Walking Dead/FTWD Crossover
Fear the Walking Dead will return for the second half of its third season on September 10th and at Comic-Con, during the FTWD panel hosted by Chris Hardwick, Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman addressed the idea of actually crossing over the characters from the two shows or, in the very least, creating a more concrete connection somehow.
After joking that Kim Dickens' Madison might be the long lost sister of Rick, Daryl, or Carol (since Madison's from Alabama), and then a few more laughs over there possibly being a magical telephone that Daryl discovers in The Walking Dead: Season 8 that allows him to call Madison, Kirkman got more serious and stated that it would be something they'd like to do if they could figure it out.
iZombie SDCC Sizzle Reel Sets Stage for Season 4
The Walking Dead universe isn't the only hot zombie property invading Comic-Con this week. The CW's iZombie, fresh off a killer third season, unleashed an awesome "story so far" sizzle reel video for the fans in attendance at the show's Q&A panel and we've got your first look at it.
Take a brain-devouring stroll down memory lane as we look back at how iZombie basically transformed from a series where zombies were in hiding and Rose McIver's Liv Moore could lead a secret life where she helped the Seattle PD with unsolved murders, to a series where the world now knows that zombies exist and all hell is breaking loose. Feast your peepers...
In some other cool news, revealed at the iZombie panel, actor Robert Knepper (Prison Break, Twin Peaks), who plays the scheming Angus DeBeers, will be a full series regular in Season 4.
New Steven Universe Character Revealed for Save the Light
Steven Universe: Save the Light dropped its first official gameplay trailer today, which unveiled new and returning characters and showed off some of the “fusion characters” that will be available in battle.
While the upcoming action RPG from Cartoon Network still hasn’t revealed its main villain, the trailer does spotlight a new gem exclusive to the game, named Squaridot. Squaridot can be seen in the new footage defending the Great North in a spherical attack drone.
See the new Steven Universe: Save the Light trailer below.
Peridot was also revealed as a playable character, shown constructing a toaster turret during one of Save the Light’s turn-based battles. Some of the fusion characters available in combat include Stevonnie (Steven and Connie), Opal (Amethyst and Pearl) and Sardonyx (Garnet and Pearl).
Metroid: Samus Returns Could Be the Metroid: Zero Mission Follow-Up I’ve Always Wanted
Metroid: Zero Mission introduced me to sidescrolling Metroid games, and while that form of Samus Aran's adventures has remained as frozen as a Chozo statue ever since, I've long wanted to see the franchise's older iteration be given the same treatment. Zero Mission remains one of my favorite platforming experiences more than a decade later, having made something old feel fresh and as vital as when it first debuted.
Thankfully, playing through the demo of Metroid: Samus Returns, which IGN first went hands-on with at E3, has me hopeful it could be the Zero Mission sequel I've wanted all this time. Though I'm wary some changes could rob the full experience of the franchise's magic, many of the additions felt like smart ways of modernizing the original game without completely altering the adventure players remember.
Just Cause 3 Multiplayer Mod Released on Steam
A free multiplayer mod for Just Cause 3 is now available for download on Steam.
The mod is from Nanos, a small team of programmers working independently from Square Enix. With the multiplayer mod, players can access various multiplayer modes, such as Team Death Match, Free Roam and Custom Races, on different servers with their own characteristics.
Players who are proficient with CSS, HTML and JavaScript can also make small tweaks to the game, like vehicle enhancements, and make more significant changes that will alter the game's world.
While the mod is free, you'll need a PC copy of Just Cause 3 to access it.
For IGN's thoughts on Avalanche Studios' action game, read IGN's Just Cause 3 review.
Young Justice Season 3 New Character Designs Revealed and New Character Announced
It was abruptly cancelled back in 2013, but the beloved animated series Young Justice has beat the odds and come back from the dead with a Season 3 now in the works. Called Young Justice: Outsiders, the continued adventures of the young DC heroes team will debut in 2018 exclusively on a new DC-focused digital service. And at Comic-Con today, new character designs were revealed for S3 and a new character was announced to be joining the team: a hero named Thirteen.
Original Young Justice producers Brandon Vietti (Batman: Under the Red Hood, Superman: Doomsday) and Greg Weisman (Star Wars Rebels, Gargoyles, The Spectacular Spider-Man) were on hand today along with art director Phil Bourassa to discuss the new season and the return of the young heroes. Take a look at the new character designs right here, featuring Static, Kid Flash, Robin, Wonder Girl, Spoiler, Blue Beetle, Thirteen, Arrowette, Arsenal and Beast Boy:
Suicide Squad Director on Why He’s Making Gotham City Sirens Instead of a Sequel
At San Diego Comic-Con 2017, we got a chance to chat with Suicide Squad director David Ayer about his upcoming Netflix film Bright, and we took that opportunity to ask him a few questions about his next DC movie, Gotham City Sirens.
When we asked Ayer why he chose to tell this story, as opposed to a direct sequel to Suicide Squad, he responded, "It's a story about three fantastic women who're trying to find their way in the world, and realize that they have more power together than they do individually." He added, "I have daughters, and I want to create something that might be able to help them get along in the world a little bit."
The Gotham City Sirens comic, written by Batman: The Animated Series' creator Paul Dini, follows the trio of Harley Quinn, Catwoman, and Poison Ivy, and their adventures around Gotham City. We pressed him on whether Harley Quinn, who will once again be played by Margot Robbie, will switch up her iconic look. Ever the professional, Ayer replied, "Let's put a pin in that. Maybe next Comic-Con." He did tease a bit, adding, "Everybody evolves."
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One Piece Live-Action TV Series Announced
A live-action One Piece TV show has been announced.
According to Yahoo! Japan (translation via The One Piece Podcast), a live-action Hollywood adaptation of the popular anime was announced in Tokyo as part of One Piece's 20th anniversary celebration.
Tomorrow Studios, who's also taking on the recently-announced Cowboy Bebop live-action TV series, will oversee the project. The One Piece live-action series doesn't have a release date yet.
The 5 The Best Modern War Films
The history of humanity is, tragically, also a history of war. The conflicts in which countries and cultures take arms against one another have shaped the map of the world and repeatedly redefined our place within it, and so it only makes sense that a significant number of films have been made about soldiers, about their battles, and about the consequences.
But it’s one thing to make a movie about a war with the benefit of hindsight. Modern war movies, made during or only shortly after the conflicts they dramatize, are trickier. Filmmakers can’t always see the forest for the trees, and frequently fall back on rah-rah action dynamics and propagandistic simplicity. And while some of the best modern war movies do those things too, the most interesting examples try to say something salient about the people embroiled in these battles, and explore each war from a different, illuminating angle.