New DC Figurines: Darker Batman, Superman
DC Collectibles has released images of the three Justice League: Gods & Monsters set to release later this year.
Toy News International reports they're releasing as tie-ins with the upcoming DVD and Blu-Ray movie of the same name, in which Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman exist as re-imagined heroes in a darker, more ominous alternate universe.
Each standing 7" tall with detachable hands, the figures are made in the likeness of the characters from the movie. Batman also includes an unmasked head, while Wonder Woman has the ability to brandish her sword.
Guardians of the Galaxy 2 May Have a Different Title
A recent listing suggests Guardians of the Galaxy 2 may have a different title.
Film and television magazine Production Weekly lists the sequel as "Guardians of the Galaxy 2 (aka Guardians 3000)" in its current issue. The magazine is a reliable source for the latest in production news on upcoming films and television, but it should be noted that production names aren't always the final title of the film.
It also correlates with Marvel's Guardians 3000 comic that debuted in 2014. If Guardians 3000 is the film's final title, it may suggest some of or all of the other guardians featured in 3000 will be joining with Drax, Star Lord, Rocket, Groot, and Gamora.
Palpatine Voiced By Sam Witwer In Star Wars Rebels
Sam Witwer will reprise his role as Emperor Palpatine in season 2 of Star Wars Rebels.
There have been rumors of Witwer's role, but Star Wars Rebels director Dave Filoni confirmed the news to IGN at Star Wars Celebration today.
Witwer has voiced Palpatine in both TV and video games, including Lego Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed and its sequel, and Kinect Star Wars.
He also lent his voice as Darth Maul in both Lego Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out and Star Wars: The Clone Wars.
Season 2 of Star Wars Rebels premiered at Star Wars Celebration just a few hours ago. We'll have our thoughts about that for you soon, so stay tuned!
BB-8, Sphero Is Your Father
At the Star Wars Celebration 2015, a small start-up called Sphero got a big shout-out for their contributions towards creating BB-8, the newest droid to join the Star Wars universe. In an interview with Fortune, Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy, who took over for company founder George Lucas in 2012, mentioned that the technology that makes BB-8 tick was created by the Boulder, Colorado-based company.
Walt Disney CEO, Bob Iger, whose media empire bought Star Wars creator Lucasfilms for $4.05 billion USD in 2012, is credited with discovering the tech start-up. Sphero was selected to be one of ten companies to receive support from Disney's accelerator program. Disney uses this three-month-long program to select tech start-ups who want to “make an impact on the world of media and entertainment.” The chosen teams are given funds up to $120,000. Each start-up also gets paired up with a mentor from within Disney’s executive ranks and Sphero got none other than Bob Iger himself.
Star Wars: Journey to The Force Awakens Book Series Gets Release Date
The entire series of Star Wars: The Force Awakens tie-in novels will be released on September 4, Del Rey Books announced during its panel at this weekend's Star Wars Celebration.
The series, aptly branded "Journey to The Force Awakens," spans a total of 20 books, all of which will be available on the aforementioned date, providing fans with plenty to do before the film hits theaters in December.
It was confirmed earlier this year that the books will all be set during the 32-year span between the end of Return of the Jedi and the beginning of the upcoming seventh film. Not only that, but the series, which includes both young adult and adult novels as well as comic books, will contain hints at what's to come in the forthcoming films.
Mortal Kombat X Patch 1.02 Adds New Skins, Gameplay Updates
An all-new patch for Mortal Kombat X is now available to download on all platforms.
Patch 1.02 includes a number of new updates, including a free classic Sub-Zero skin and a number of other DLC skins for different characters.
The patch also makes a number of balance and online stability updates to Mortal Kombat X, including several specific move fixes listed below:
General - Throws (regular or command grabs) will no longer sometimes connect on a grounded reacting opponent off a counter hit
Shinnok(Impostor) - He can now control the location of a stolen Goro Stomp.
Original Star Wars Author Returns for The Force Awakens Novel
The upcoming novelization of Star Wars: The Force Awakens will be written by Alan Dean Foster, the very same author responsible for the novel based on the original Star Wars film.
The news was revealed during today's Star Wars Celebration Del Rey panel in which Foster, posing as a fan in the audience, requested if he could handle the novelization. After convincing the panelists to say yes, he took the stage to reveal who he was, surprising the crowd.
We're currently on site covering the panel, so stay tuned to IGN for all your Star Wars Celebration needs.
In the meantime, let us know in the comments what you think of Alan Dean Foster's involvement in the upcoming novel. Do you think he's the right man for the job?
New Star Wars Rebels Season 2 Poster
This article may contain spoilers for Star Wars Rebels.
A new Star Wars Rebels season 2 poster is here only a day after the first season 2 poster reveal yesterday.
This one depicts the cast, weapons out, beneath a looming Darth Vader. We can see Kanan with the lightsaber burn on his shoulder pad from the fight with Vader glimpsed in the Star Wars Rebels season 2 trailer, which also debuted earlier today.
Fans Want Marvel to Make All Sorts of Star Wars Comics
The Star Wars Comes Home to Marvel panel at Star Wars celebration didn't have any big announcements -- Marvel's already revealed the new Lando comic, the creative team to Shattered Empire, and adding Star Wars Legends to Marvel Unlimited -- so the panel was more about rounding up all the news and touching on all of their current Star Wars comics.
Star Wars Rebels Season 2 Trailer is Full of Surprises
The first trailer for season 2 of Star Wars Rebels was shown not once, but twice, during a live panel about the show at Star Wars Celebration in Anaheim. In it, the surprising return of characters from Star Wars: The Clone Wars is shown.
Captain Rex, Hondo Ohnaka, and of course, Ahsoka, are shown in the trailer.
During the panel, executive producer Dave Filoni touched on the possibility of a showdown between Ahsoka and Vader, saying it's "part of the story that we have to tell you."