BvS: Check Out 2 Purported New Batfleck Photos
A pair of photos purportedly showing Ben Affleck as the Dark Knight in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice surfaced online today.
The photos -- one in black and white and the other in color and showing greater detail of the Batfleck costume -- can be seen below (via Batman-News). Warner Bros. did not respond to our request for confirmation of these photos' authenticity by time of publish.
Star Wars Fans Deliver X-wing Into Near-Space
Two amater space enthusiasts, Matt Kingsnorth and Phil St. Pier, released a model X-Wing into near-space using a weather balloon.
The activity was part of the duo’s Project Helium Tears, an initiative that focuses on capturing images of the Earth from the edge of space “For Essex, for Earth, for all mankind."
According to an interview with the BBC, the weather balloon carrying a camera, the X-Wing and a GPS device climbed to a height of approximately 118,000 feet (36,190 meters). The team expects to release the full video of the mission in the near future.
The US$1,840 (£1,200) stunt had a secondary purpose, an attempt to capture the attention of Star Wars: The Force Awakens director JJ Abrams to score some tickets to the film’s premiere.
Competitive Matchmaking Coming to Team Fortress 2?
Valve's popular free-to-play shooter Team Fortress 2 is reportedly set to receive competitive matchmaking in a future update.
TeamFortress.tv reports that the long-rumoured feature is a "high priority" on the to-do list for Valve.
The information came from a couple of notable Team Fortress 2 players who were invited to visit Valve, and posted a video on their experiences.
The TeamFortress.tv folks claim "that Valve is working on matchmaking
as a high-priority project".
TeamFortress.tv has promised to release more information about what else they heard from Valve later this week.
Ryan Phillippe and Marvel Talk Potential Netflix Series
Ryan Phillippe revealed on Howard Stern that he is meeting with Marvel to discuss a new project, igniting rumors that he could be the next Iron Fist.
"Marvel is interested in talking about Netflix, a series possibly," Phillippe said, keeping mum on the details.
Netflix recently released the first of its five upcoming Marvel-based series with the much-acclaimed Daredevil. AKA Jessica Jones (starring Krysten Ritter) is next to premiere—maybe even as early as the end of 2015—followed by Luke Cage (Mike Colter) and Iron First, all leading up to the miniseries team-up The Defenders. While all of the other shows have been cast, Iron First is the only series yet to find its leading superhero.
Viewer Data on Netflix Series Revealed
Marvel's Daredevil, House of Cards, and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt are among Netflix’s most popular original programming, based on an analysis of user data.
Variety reports an estimated 10.7% of Netflix subscribers watched at least one episode of Daredevil—Marvel’s live action series about a blind masked vigilante—within the first 11 days of its premiere, according to San Diego-based Luth Research.
By comparison, the research company estimates that 6.5% of Netflix users viewed the third season of House of Cards in its first 30 days and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt attracted 7.3% in its first month. On the low end of the spectrum, only 2.4% of Netflix users watched Bloodline.
Ruffalo Wants Marvel to Make More Black Widow Merchandise
Mark Ruffalo has kindly asked Marvel for more Black Widow merchandise.
"Marvel, we need more #BlackWidow merchandise for my daughters and nieces", the Avengers star tweeted out. "Pretty please"
Ruffalo's tweet comes in response to news that very little official Avengers: Age of Ultron merchandise features the character. As brought to my attention by The Mary-Sue, out of 56 official items on Marvel.com, Black Widow can be found on four. Other Marvel retailers like Hot Topic and SuperHeroStuff don't offer much more.
NBC Releasing Entire Season of Aquarius Online at Once
NBC is embracing the method of releasing an entire season of a television show online popularized by Netflix.
David Duchovny's new series Aquarius, which follows a Los Angeles police sergeant tracking budding cult leader Charles Manson, will be available on NBC.com in its 13-episode entirety on May 28th, following its network premiere that same night. The show will also be available on other video-on-demand platforms, according to a statement from NBC.
Furious 7’s James Wan Reportedly Up to Direct Robotech
Furious 7 director James Wan is being circled by Sony to direct its adaptation of the 1980s cartoon series Robotech, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Wan reportedly has the offer and is in early talks to helm the live-action film, the rights to which Sony Pictures secured last month. A Robotech film had previously been gestating at Warner Bros. since 2007; at the time Tobey Maguire was attached to produce.
What the Gears of War Remake Must Do To Excite Us
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We try to find humor in what is otherwise a downer of a week: the Astro A40 Xbox One gaming headset isn't good, Silent Hills is canceled and Konami doesn't look long for this world, Black Ops 3 fails to excite us, Batman: Arkham Knight's DLC Season Pass is laughably expensive, and more. On the bright side, it looks like we're getting a Gears of War 1 remake/update, Halo 5: Guardians may finally let us play with Master Chief's best Spartan-II buddies, State of Decay: Year One Survival Edition and a Battletoads-infused Shovel Knight are out for Xbox One, and more!
Revenge Cancelled After Four Seasons
There will be no more revenging for Emily Thorne, as ABC has cancelled Revenge after four seasons. EW broke the news, revealing that the season finale on May 10th will also function as a series finale.
Executive producer Sunil Nayar told EW, “We can officially tell our fans that this will be the end of the story. We’ve been talking to the network and we all just wanted to make sure that we felt very confident. Now that everybody has seen the finale -- which is fabulous -- everybody understands that as much as we all adore the show, it has hit exactly the mark it needed to to end. This is the series finale of Revenge that will be airing in a couple weeks.”