iZombie Poster
Check out the new brainy poster for The CW's iZombie, which premieres on March 17th.
Pictured is "Liv" (Rose McIver), a former medical student-turned-zombie who absorbs people's memories and traits whenever she consumes their grey matter. Here you'll see her posing with, well, the thing she craves the most these days...
New Friday the 13th Won’t Be Found Footage
Producer Brad Fuller has revealed that Paramount Pictures' upcoming Friday the 13th installment won't be jumping on the found footage bandwagon.
In an interview with Esquire, the producer shot down rumors that Jason's next incarnation would takes some cues from Paranormal Activity. Fuller was a producer, along with Michael Bay and Andrew Form, on the Friday the 13th reboot, the most recent film in the franchise.
"There's always been this supernatural aspect to these movies," says Fuller. "It defies logic that, you see Jason get killed in every movie, including ours, the 2009 one. And then he comes back and no one's ever really investigated what that is. So that's something that I think about a little bit. Like it is supernatural, but what is he? Those are the things that we're toying with. Nothing has been decided."
Amazon Remaking Sigmund and the Sea Monsters
Amazon Studios has signed a deal with TV producers Sid and Marty Krofft to reboot the 70s children live action program Sigmund and the Sea Monsters, at least for a pilot episode.
The original half-puppet-half-real persons series followed two brothers who take in a young sea creature named Sigmund after he's thrown out of his strange underwater family. It enjoyed two seasons on NBC, running on Saturday mornings from 1973 to 1975.
“Sid found Sigmund swimming in the ocean as seaweed,” said Marty Krofft in a press release. “Boy, are we lucky to re-create Sigmund and the Sea Monsters with Roy Price and Tara Sorensen at Amazon Studios.”
The Kroft brothers made their TV debut in 1969 with the adventures of Jimmy, a dragon, and a talking flute in H.R. Pufnstuf. Other programs such as Land of the Lost, The Bugaloos, and Lidsville followed thereafter. They also gave comedian Richard Pryor his own award-winning Saturday morning kids' show Pryor's Place in 1984.
Panasonic Shows Off VR Headset
After showing off its prototype at a private press event in Tokyo, Panasonic has become the latest tech company to enter the market for virtual reality headsets.
According to Japanese tech outlet Nikkei, Panasonic not only demonstrated its own headset, but also an omnidirectional camera. A company spokesperson said it planned to put the camera to use at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, where the seven image sensors would allow viewers to choose their own angle to watch an event like long-jumping.
VR goggles offer a 90 degree viewing angle on an OLED screen running at 75 frames per second, though the most noticeable feature of the design at the moment is that it doesn't have an elastic band like most other full headsets but instead is worn over the ears like a pair of glasses.
7 People Who Could Replace The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart
The news hit us all last week like a stiff elbow to the gut (especially Viacom, whose stock dropped costing them $350 million in one day). Jon Stewart was leaving The Daily Show. Not years from now, mere months. Sure, The Daily Show changed hands once before - from Craig Kilborn to Stewart - but at that point, in 1999, The Daily Show wasn't the magnificent satirical late night think piece that it is now. So the question remains: Who will sit at that desk when Stewart takes his leave?
PS4 Darksiders 2: Definitive Edition Just Popped Up on Amazon
Darksiders II: Definitive Edition has appeared on Amazon, without fanfare or even a shot of the box art. The edition is listed for PlayStation 4 and has a price of $40.
The release date for the PS4 version of the 2012 game is listed as December 31, 2015, which is a standard Amazon placeholder date, meaning no release date has yet been announced.
Other Nordic Games properties were discovered residing on Amazon by allgamesbeta.com, including Legend of Kay HD, The Book of Unwritten Tales 2, MX vs. ATV Supercross Encore Edition, and ArcaniA: The Complete Tale. All the listings are for PS4, and all share the same placeholder date.
Broforce Alien Infestation Update Now Available
A new Broforce update featuring otherworldly enemies and terrain is now available on PC.
In the Alien Infestation update, the various bros of Broforce will have to fight a variety of alien types ranging from small to large, each with their own abilities not unlike those found in the movies Alien and Aliens. These enemies can spit acid, clamp onto the bros, and savagely rip them apart.
The update also takes Broforce to alien terrain filled with areas to explore and various platforming hazards to avoid. According to Free Lives, this is the largest Broforce update yet. Check out the trailer below to see it all in action.
A Steam Early Access game, Broforce is a pixelated side-scrolling shooter borrowing themes and elements from '80s and '90s action movies and TV shows. Their last update was themed around the movie The Expendables 3.
Broadway’s Frozen Musical to Include New Songs
The Oscar-winning creative team behind Disney's Frozen have signed on to adapt the animated film for the planned Broadway musical.
According to Daily Mail, writer and co-director Jennifer Lee will pen the show's book, with composer duo Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez writing new songs for the musical, which will obviously include the megahit single "Let It Go."
Alex Timbers, who directed Peter And The Starcatcher for Disney Theatrical, is said to have met with Lee, Lopez and Anderson-Lopez for "various work sessions" to develop the on-stage project. No production schedule has been set just yet, but rumors suggest a 2017 debut is possible.
New Nintendo 3DS Launch Impressions
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IGN UK Editor Daniel Krupa joins the regular cast of Nintendo Voice Chat (Jose, Peer, and Brian) to discuss New 3DS transfer horror stories, first time hunting in Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate, Nintendo's presence in Europe and the UK, and the ideas for the live-action Netflix series the WSJ revealed last week.
Indie Classic Limbo Arrives on Android
Limbo, the very archetype of the atmospheric indie platformer, has finally been released on Android devices.
Limbo got its first commercial release in 2010 on the Xbox 360 where it amassed a mountain of awards and earned even more critical acclaim as it moved on to the PlayStation 3 and PC a year later. Now it's available on several other platforms including iOS devices and the Xbox One, and will soon be heading to the PlayStation 4.
The game's developers, Playdead, launched Limbo on Google Play just two days ago and have already scored an average 4.9 star rating, suggesting the game is surprisingly stable on the new platform.