Twilight Zone/Rod Serling Exhibit Opens
A Twilight Zone exhibit that houses original props from the classic anthology series has opened-up in the hometown of creator Rod Serling.
The exhibit, which opened Wednesday at the Bundy Museum of History and Art in Binghampton, New York, includes hundreds of Twilight Zone props/memorabilia that fans can personally handle -- including the original Cobra Phone.
All the Twilight Zone/Serling memorabilia was collected by volunteer curator Mike Pipher over the course of 40 years. Some items on display include signed photos, movie posters, scripts, film books and Serling letters.
You Have to See This New Star Wars Costumes Gallery
Star Wars Celebration kicked off this morning with a new teaser trailer that left no fan unteased, and costumes and models from the upcoming Star Wars: The Force Awakens are on display.
Some of the name plates that accompany the costumes and models show off the alleged new names for the Star Wars forces. The Empire is now "First Order" while the Rebel Alliance is the "Resistance."
We've got boots on the ground for the entirety of this huge celebration of all things Star Wars, so make sure you keep it right here at IGN for all the Star Wars news you can shake a lightsaber at.
Star Wars: Then and Now
In addition to an on-stage appearance from Mark Hamill and a real-life look at BB-8, the second teaser trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens dropped today during Star Wars Celebration's opening panel.
Director J.J. Abrams is a self-proclaimed fanboy of the film franchise, so you can expect plenty of nods to the older films. In fact, the new footage that was revealed today features a number of striking parallels to the earlier movies. As such, we've hand picked a number images from the teaser and put them up against the Star Wars of old.
The Fall of an Empire? Star Wars Opposing Forces Have New Names
Folks on the floor at the Star Wars Celebration in Anaheim are noticing the Empire is no longer referred to as such. Instead, it's being referred to as "First Order." And the Rebels have also had a change of name, and are now referred to as "Resistance."
Technically the Rebels are the Alliance to Restore the Republic, and the Empire also has several different names, including the First Galactic Empire, New Order, Palapatine's New Order, the Old Empire, the First Galactic Empire, and the Imperium.
RiffTrax Takes on The Room
Fathom Events, RiffTrax and IGN are teaming up for a live-presentation of The Room, with commentary from hosts (and original Mystery Science Theater 3000 guys) Michael J. Nelson, Kevin Murphy and Bill Corbett. The now-classic B-movie, with RiffTrax commentary included, will debut tomorrow at the Tribeca Film Festival.
The first nationwide screening of RiffTrax Live: The Room is slated for May 6, with an encore presentation scheduled for May 12. You can pick up tickets over at Fathom's website. Check out a very special video shout-out from the RiffTrax guys right here (if you can handle the heat):
Battlefield: Hardline Leads Sales of Games for March
According to the NPD group, Battlefield: Hardline was the top selling game for the month of March. It beat out Bloodborne and Grand Theft Auto V to claim the title.
The top 10 selling games for March were:
- Battlefield: Hardline (Xbox One, PlayStation 4, 360, PS3, PC)
- Bloodborne (PS4)
- Grand Theft Auto V (Xbox One, PS4, 360, PS3)
- Mario Party 10 (Wii U) (sold 290,000 copies physical and digital, according to Nintendo)
- Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (PS4, Xbox One, 360, PS3, PC)
- MLB 15: The Show (PS4, PS3)
- Minecraft (360, PS3, Xbox One, PS4)
- NBA 2K15 (PS4, Xbox One, 360, PS3, PC)
March’s Top-Selling Console Was…
PlayStation 4 was March's top-selling console, according to NPD sales results.
"We are truly honored PlayStation 4 is the top selling console and #1 in software sales again according to NPD sales data for March 2015," a statement from Sony Computer Entertainment revealed. "PS4 remains the cumulative sales leader both globally and in the United States and we want to thank gamers worldwide for their ongoing support."
On the Nintendo front, total 3DS hardware sales this year have increased approximately 80 percent when compared to the first quarter of last year. As for Wii U, Nintendo's tablet-centric console has seen over a 20 percent year-over-year increase in Q1 hardware sales.
Hands-On With GTA 5’s First Cheat Mod
Those much-anticipated mods for Rockstar’s PC port of Grand Theft Auto 5 are slowly emerging, beginning with the LinGon Trainer.
The LinGon Trainer is a client for Grand Theft Auto 5 that adds several cheat codes in-game, including invincibility, instant money, and more, all at the touch of a button. You can see it in action in the video above.
IGN’s Jared Petty dove into the mod. For most of the Let’s Play, he has invincibility active, as well as the option that removes the need to reload.
It Follows Sequel Ideas
Though there are no solid plans for a sequel to the horror hit It Follows, studio execs have revealed that they are currently floating potential ideas for the plot.
"I don’t want to give away too much, but we’ve thought about it," says Tom Quinn, co-president of Radius-TWC - which distributed the movie with Dimension Films - in an interview with Entertainment Weekly. "Flip the title. There's so much you could do."
Flipping the title would result in "Follow It," suggesting that a sequel may have characters tracing their partners' sexual histories to track the origin of the first film's shapeshifting demon, which is spread from person to person via sexual contact.
Disney XD to Air David Tennant Doctor Who Seasons
Disney XD has picked up the David Tennant seasons of Doctor Who, and is set to premiere the 10th Doctor’s run of episodes next month.
Season 2, Episode 1 of BBC’s Doctor Who revival, titled “New Earth,” will premiere Saturday, May 9 at 9pm ET on Disney XD, following the network’s debut of the 2005 Fantastic Four film at 6:45pm ET.
The second season of Doctor Who will resume on Saturday, June 13 with the airing of Episode 2, “Adventures in time and space,” and the next seven episodes will continue to rollout thru Saturday, June 20, as part of a week-long programming event. Additionally, starting June 14, all the episodes will be available to stream on the WATCH Disney XD app.