Game of Thrones: Digging into the Season 5 Premiere
Warning: Full spoilers for HBO's Season 5 premiere episode follow...
Welcome to IGN's Game of Thrones show. This week, Eric Goldman and Roth Cornet dive deep on the Season 5 premiere "The Wars to Come."
We then move onto a discussion of the flashback. From there we talk about this week's big death and take social questions, which includes a discussion of our favorite characters.
Finally, with plenty of warning, we move into a book specific chat.
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Mortal Kombat X Available Early in Australia
Video game retailer EB Games has announced that Mortal Kombat X is available to pick up and/or purchase today, a day ahead of its scheduled April 15 release date in Australia. Pre-order customers have been notified via SMS and the retailer also published a post on its Facebook page.
Confusingly enough, this was followed in short order by a post reminding interested folk about the Mortal Kombat X "midnight launch" event at EB Games' Garden City, Queensland store tonight (commencing at 9PM). Why exactly anybody would hang around anywhere until midnight to buy a game available now is somewhat of a mystery.
Civil War Will Have Imax Footage
Captain America: Civil War will reportedly have close to 15 minutes of IMAX footage.
According to Variety, Civil War will be the first film to take advantage of Imax's all-new 2D digital cameras.
Co-director Joe Russo estimated approximately 15 minutes of footage would be shot, including at least one sequence "with some incredible scale to it".
Joe Russo was the co-director of Captain America: The Winter Soldier with his brother Anthony, and the duo is set to director the two-part Avengers: Infinity War for release in 2018 and 2019.
Guardians of the Galaxy Writer in Talks For Captain Marvel
Guardians of the Galaxy co-writer Nicole Perlman and Pixar's Inside Out co-writer Meg LeFauve are being courted to pen Captain Marvel.
THR reports that the pair are in negotiations to write Marvel's first female-led superhero movie, due for release in 2018. Apparently, Marvel boss Kevin Feige had met with the writers separately but liked both pitches so much he's combining them for the final film, creating a new writing partnership from the get-go.
Last month we reported a rumour that Captain Marvel had already been cast, although we've heard nothing since. When the project was announced last year, Feige explained that it's been gestating at the studio for a while.
Another Pokémon Movie Is Coming Stateside
Pokémon the Movie: Hoopa and the Clash of Ages, the latest entry in The Pokémon Company's kid-friendly film franchise, will be coming to the United States later this year.
A teaser trailer for the film debuted today at Cannes. Give it a view below:
The 70-minute animated film once again shines the spotlight on series protagonist Ash Ketchum and his loyal electric mouse Pikachu. As the title implies, Hoopa and the Clash of Ages takes the pair and their friends on a trip where they meet a Mythical Pokémon named Hoopa.
The movie is set to air on Cartoon Network later this year. While you patiently wait for its release, be sure to check out our review of Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, the latest pair of Pokémon titles to release for Nintendo 3DS.
Wonder Woman Movie Loses its Director
Michelle MacLaren has left Warner Bros.' upcoming Wonder Woman movie.
“Given creative differences, Warner Bros. and Michelle MacLaren have decided not to move forward with plans to develop and direct Wonder Woman together,” said the studio in a statement, via The Hollywood Reporter.
It was announced last November that Warner Bros. had brought on MacLaren, a TV veteran whose credits include Breaking Bad, Game of Thrones and The Walking Dead, to develop and direct their Wonder Woman solo movie starring Gal Gadot.
HBO Renews Veep and Silicon Valley
Veep and Silicon Valley have been renewed by HBO for their fifth and third seasons, respectively.
"Veep and Silicon Valley are terrific series, and I'm immensely proud that they will return to HBO next year," said President of Programming at HBO Michael Lambardo. "Along with Game of Thrones and Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, both of which have already been renewed for 2016, they give HBO a stellar Sunday night like no other."
Veep stars Seinfeld's Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Selina Meyer, who is now President of the United States. Season 4 of the political comedy kicked off last night. Check out IGN's review of Veep's season premiere to learn more.
7 Hot Comics to Buy This Week
We all want the best of the best, so let us point out the hottest comics and collectibles released each week. We spotlight our favorite comics that we know are money-well-spent, new books that look cool, and any toys we can't wait to play with.
Check out our picks, then take to the comments to let us know what looks good to you!
By writer Jeff Lemire & artists Mico Suayan, Jeff Lemire | Valiant Comics
Destiny House of Wolves Will Have No New Raid, Update Hits Tomorrow
Destiny's second expansion, titled House of Wolves, will not have a new Raid and will instead offer a three-player cooperative multiplayer arena mode.
According the Bungie blog, the developer didn’t make the decision to omit a new Raid from the upcoming expansion lightly but placated it is creating a new Raid for a release later this year. This gives weight to Activision executive Eric Hirshberg’s claims the biggest content release yet is coming after House of Wolves.
Your Reactions to the Game of Thrones Premiere
It felt like last night would never come, but it finally did. With excitement at a record high, the fifth season of Game of Thrones debuted on HBO, and a collective sigh of relief was heard around the world.
By now, you've seen the episode (maybe even twice) and have had time to reflect on it. You've read our thoughts, and we want to read yours. So, we took to Twitter and asked you: Now that the dust has settled, what did you think of Game of Thrones' season 5 premiere? Here's what you had to say:
