Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has set a release date for Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part 2.
Batman-on-Film reports that the finale will hit Blu-ray, DVD and digital download on January 29, 2013.
Gotham Knights Online has also posted the box art for the release:
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So then I made them. But would you eat them?
May The Frost Be With You.
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Check out the new international trailer below for A Good Day to Die Hard (via Yahoo!):
Also, Entertainment Weekly has debuted the new poster for the film, due out February 14.
Lightstorm Entertainment has acquired the film rights to The Informationist, based on the acclaimed 2011 novel from Taylor Stevens. James Cameron will direct the film for 20th Century Fox. Lightstorm's Jon Landau will produce alongside Cameron.
The story centers on Vanessa "Michael" Monroe, "an information specialist, whose work is in-demand by corporations, heads of state, private clients, and anyone else who can pay for her unique brand of expertise. When a Texas oil billionaire hires her to find his daughter who vanished in Africa four years ago. Munroe finds herself back in the lands of her childhood. Betrayed, cut off from civilization, and left for dead, she must come face-to-face with the past that she’s tried for so long to forget."
Said Cameron, "Taylor Stevens' Vanessa Michael Munroe is an intriguing and compelling heroine with an agile mind and a thirst for adventure. Equally fascinating for me is her emotional life and her unexpected love story. I'm looking forwarding to bringing Vanessa and her world to the big screen." Current plans are for Cameron to direct the once he's finished working on the second and third Avatar films.
Although Cameron has claimed in recent years that he's strictly in "the Avatar business" from here on out, it seems the filmmaker has opened up to the idea of taking on other features later down the line. In addition to The Informationist, Cameron has expressed an interest in directing Battle Angel as well.
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Marvel: Wars of Heroes from DeNA and Marvel Entertainment is now available on the iOS App Store and Android Google Play Marketplace. The card battler, powered by DeNA's Mobage mobile social game platform, lets gamers assemble a team of Marvel heroes with each represented by a unique player card.
“Marvel: War of Heroes is an incredibly unique handcrafted card-battle game that we’re excited to share with consumers,” said Clive Downie, Vice President of Studios at DeNA’s U.S. subsidiary ngmoco, LLC. “Marvel’s breadth of iconic characters and creative storyline offers players a truly engaging and fun gameplay experience.”
The title follows the same basic premise as DeNA's hugely successful social card battler Rage of Bahamut. Players collect and level-up Marvel heroes for their deck. Unwanted or duplicate cards can be "fused" together to create a single more powerful hero.
Like DeNA's other card battlers, Marvel: War of Heroes is a freemium release. Gamers can download and enjoy the App free-of-charge, but can progress faster or boost their heroes by spending premium currency or getting more of their friends playing.
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The Season 3 premiere of AMC's The Walking Dead delivered the biggest ratings in the adult demo than any other entertainment series this fall (including all broadcast shows), earning its highest rating to date, more than 50% over last season's premiere.
Last night's third season premiere aired to the tune of 10.9 million viewers for its first telecast, with an adult 18-49 demo rating of 5.8. For reference, ABC's Modern Family -- which was previously the highest rated show this fall -- earned a 5.5 rating. Needless to say, for AMC -- a pay cable network -- 5.8 is pretty damn impressive.
Walking Dead Creator Discusses the Season 3 Premiere
Said AMC President Charlie Collier, "Thank you to the fans for making The Walking Dead such a tremendous success. We are honored and humbled that television's largest adult audience resides on AMC. So many people on both sides of the camera worked tirelessly on this project, and I thank and congratulate each of them for their amazing contribution."
The Season 3 premiere of AMC's The Walking Dead delivered the biggest ratings in the adult demo than any other entertainment series this fall (including all broadcast shows), earning its highest rating to date, more than 50% over last season's premiere.
Last night's third season premiere aired to the tune of 10.9 million viewers for its first telecast, with an adult 18-49 demo rating of 5.8. For reference, ABC's Modern Family -- which was previously the highest rated show this fall -- earned a 5.5 rating. Needless to say, for AMC -- a pay cable network -- 5.8 is pretty damn impressive.
IGN Speaks with comic series creator Robert Kirkman
Said AMC President Charlie Collier, "Thank you to the fans for making The Walking Dead such a tremendous success. We are honored and humbled that television's largest adult audience resides on AMC. So many people on both sides of the camera worked tirelessly on this project, and I thank and congratulate each of them for their amazing contribution."
Ready for some hardcore ass kicking? Well, you're in luck! Lionsgate Home Entertainment will bring the smash-hit sequel, The Expendables 2, to Blu-ray, DVD and Digital Download November 20, 2012, just in time for Thanksgiving!
While not as a big of a hit in the U.S. as the first feature, the star-studded sequel was a huge success overseas, grossing nearly $300 million worldwide.
The Expendables 2 will come to Blu-ray and DVD fully loaded with bonus features. The Blu-ray will boast a 1080p hi-def transfer, with 7.1 DTS-HD Master Audio. The DVD will feature an anamorphic widescreen presentation with 5.1 Dolby Digital audio. Extras will include the following:
Suggested retail is set at $39.99 for the Blu-ray and $29.95 for the DVD. Amazon's current pre-order pricing is set at $27.99 for the Blu-ray and $20.97 for the DVD.
Stay tuned for more news, and be sure to check back for our review of The Expendables 2 on Blu-ray this November!
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Ready for some hardcore ass kicking? Well, you're in luck! Lionsgate Home Entertainment will bring the smash-hit sequel, The Expendables 2, to Blu-ray, DVD and Digital Download November 20, 2012, just in time for Thanksgiving!
While not as a big of a hit in the U.S. as the first feature, the star-studded sequel was a huge success overseas, grossing nearly $300 million worldwide.
The Expendables 2 will come to Blu-ray and DVD fully loaded with bonus features. The Blu-ray will boast a 1080p hi-def transfer, with 7.1 DTS-HD Master Audio. The DVD will feature an anamorphic widescreen presentation with 5.1 Dolby Digital audio. Extras will include the following:
Suggested retail is set at $39.99 for the Blu-ray and $29.95 for the DVD. Amazon's current pre-order pricing is set at $27.99 for the Blu-ray and $20.97 for the DVD.
Stay tuned for more news, and be sure to check back for our review of The Expendables 2 on Blu-ray this November!
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Universal Studios Home Entertainment will bring the 3D stop-motion horror-comedy, ParaNorman, to Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D and DVD Nov. 27, 2012. The critically acclaimed film (review here) went on to gross roughly $85 million worldwide, not quite reaching the heights of Coraline, the last feature produced by Laika.
Here's a synopsis of the film, direct from the official press release, "From the makers of Coraline comes the story of Norman, a boy who must use his gift of seeing and speaking with the dead to save his town from a centuries-old curse about to come true. Caught in a wild race against time, the young ghoul whisperer will find his paranormal abilities pushed to their otherworldly limits as he bravely summons up all that makes a hero – courage and compassion.
Featuring the voice talents of Kodi Smit-McPhee (Let Me In), Tucker Albrizzi (Good Luck Charlie), Anna Kendrick (The Twilight Saga), Casey Affleck (Tower Heist,), Christopher Mintz-Plasse (How to Train Your Dragon), Leslie Mann (Knocked Up), Jeff Garlin (WALL-E), Elaine Stritch (30 Rock), Bernard Hill (Titanic), Jodelle Ferland (Silent Hill), Tempestt Bledsoe (Guys with Kids), Alex Borstein (Family Guy), and John Goodman (Monsters, Inc.), it’s a hilariously spooky adventure for the whole family in eye-popping 3D, made by LAIKA in stop-motion animation."
ParaNorman will come to Blu-ray and Blu-ray 3D encoded in 1080p, mixed in 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio. The DVD will feature an anamorphic widescreen presentation, with 5.1 Dolby Digital audio.
There will be three releases of ParaNorman on home video -- a three-disc Blu-ray 3D Combo Pack, featuring a 3DBD, Blu-ray, DVD, Digital Copy and UltraViolet copy of the film; a two-disc Blu-ray combo pack, which nixes the 3DBD; and a single-disc DVD.
Extras for all three releases will include the following:
Suggested retail for ParaNorman is set at $48.98 for the Blu-ray 3D Combo Pack, $34.98 for the Blu-ray combo pack, and $29.98 for the DVD. Amazon already has all three titles available to pre-order. The Blu-ray 3D Combo Pack is currently $34.99. The Blu-ray combo pack is available for pre-order for $23.99, and $26.98 for the DVD.
Stay tuned for artwork and more news regarding this exciting release!
Syfy has just acquired Primeval: New World, the next generation of Primeval, from Entertainment One. The network will air 13 episodes in total.
New World will star Niall Matter (Eureka), Sara Canning (The Vampire Diaries) and Danny Rahim (Young James Herriot) as a team of animal experts and scientists investigating paranormal events, while battling both prehistoric and futuristic creatures. Sanctuary's Amanda Tapping is set to direct several of the episodes.
"This fast-paced entertaining and smart series will delight fans of the original program as well as introduce new viewers to this fascinating world," said Chris Regina, Syfy's senior vice president of programming.
Primeval: New World joins the network's slate of other original shows, which include Lost Girl, Merlin and the upcoming Sinbad. The series is scheduled to air in 2013.
DC Entertainment and Kia Motors America have now joined forces to create a fleet of Justice League-inspired vehicles combining automotive style with comic book art. The partnership, which will deliver eight individually customized vehicles, harnesses the talents of famed DC artist and co-publisher Jim Lee, who has collaborated on the design of each car.
Each core member of the Justice League of America -- Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Flash, Aquaman and Cyborg -- has been matched up with a Kia vehicle. The Batman-themed Optima will be the first unveiled during New York Comic-Con on October 10. Other one-of-a-kind vehicles will be subsequently revealed over the next ten months at various events, including SEMA Show in Las Vegas, North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit, Wonder-Con and San Diego Comic-Con. Additional model bases include the Soul, Sorento, Sportage, Rio and Forte.
The partnership between DC and KMA was originally conceived to benefit "We Can Be Heroes," a giving campaign, dedicated to helping fight hunger in the Horn of Africa and inspired by the heroism of the iconic Justice League characters.
"DC Entertainment is pleased to be partnering with Kia on this program to help raise awareness and funds for the devastating hunger crisis in the Horn of Africa,” said Amit Desai, DC Entertainment's SVP of franchise management. "Each of the iconic members of the Justice League is a superhero in his or her own right, but when they band together as the Justice League, they become an unstoppable force for good and right."
Blizzard has revealed that 100 developers are now working on its next MMO project, codenamed Titan. In an interview with Curse Entertainment, Blizzard chief creative officer Rob Pardo said “Titan’s still moving along. I don’t want to get anyone’s hopes up that it’s around the corner or anything. It’s a very big project. It’s got a long ways to go. We don’t know yet when we’re going to really start releasing more information. We’re definitely dead in the middle of development at this point. I think we’re over 100 people now on the team working on it.”
When asked about rumors that Titan has been in development for six years, Pardo commented that “It depends on how you look at such things. When we first start a team, we start it really, really small. We might start with just a couple people. We talk about the concepts, we draw some concept art. It definitely has not been in core development for that long. I’d say core development is maybe closer to four-ish years, but even that was with a smaller team.”
We first heard hints of Blizzard’s next MMO back in December 2007, when Blizzard said its new MMO isn’t related to World of Warcraft. Blizzard later began hiring developers and WOW lead designer Jeff Kaplan began working on the project. Blizzard said in 2010 that the project was a long way off and the codename Titan emerged later that year.
Last year, rumors suggested Titan would be shown at BlizzCon, but were later debunked by Blizzard. The last time we heard the title referenced was during an Activision Blizzard earnings call last month when it was referred to as “an all-new MMORPG in the future” in reference to Blizzard’s release calendar.
Little is known about Titan, and it sounds like we might still have a long time to wait before concrete details are revealed. In the meantime, Blizzard released World of Warcraft’s Mists of Pandaria expansion earlier this week. For our thoughts so far, read our Mists of Pandaria review in progress.
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Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will bring Len Wiseman's remake of Total Recall to Blu-ray and DVD December 18, 2012. The expensive and generally unwanted remake (review here), starring Colin Farrell, Kate Beckinsale, Bryan Cranston and Jessica Biel, proved a costly failure this summer, grossing a mere $58 million in the U.S. The film did, at least, make some bank overseas, where it grossed nearly $120 million.
The film was infamously hacked up shortly before release, with roughly 17 minutes of footage left on the cutting room floor. It would seem the Blu-ray will restore Wiseman's original "vision" for the film. Will it be enough to redeem the picture? Well, that remains to be seen.
Total Recall will hit Blu-ray with a 1080p transfer, mixed in 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio. There will be two releases -- a single-disc version and a two-disc Blu-ray/DVD combo pack. The DVD will include an anamorphic widescreen presentation, with 5.1 Dolby Digital audio. All three releases will include an UltraViolet copy of the film. Extras for the Blu-ray will include the following:
Suggested retail for the Blu-ray is set at $40.99 for the two-disc combo pack, $35.99 for the single-disc Blu-ray, and $30.99 for the DVD. Amazon has all three releases up for pre-order. Current prices are $24.99 for the Blu-ray, $36.89 for the Blu-ray combo pack, and $21.99 for the DVD.
Be on the lookout for more news regarding this title. And be sure to check back for our review of the film and Blu-ray in the coming months. In the meantime, give our Blu-ray review of the original Total Recall a read.
Waterman Entertainment is looking to adapt the classic television series Mr. Ed into a feature film. The company also recently bought the rights to The Brave Little Toaster, hoping to breathe new life into beloved children's properties.
"We are identifying properties that have had success with multiple generations of parents who feel comfortable and have excitement about reintroducing the characters and storylines to their own kids and grandkids," said executive producer Cooper Waterman. "While each property remains independent of each other, they will share the commonality of addressing social values, morality lessons, and characteristics that are clearly identifiable for kids with comedic elements for all age groups."
The original TV show centered on the exploits of a talking horse, Mr. Ed, and his klutzy but affable owner Wilbur Post. Current plans are to adapt the series into a live-action/CG hybrid movie.
Project Eternity, the new Kickstarter-funded project from Obsidian Entertainment that was revealed last week after a teaser countdown, has hit its fundraising goal in under three days.
Since launching on Friday with a target of $1.1 million, funding for the isometric, party-based RPG is currently sitting at around $1.5 million.
As a result of this, the company has introduced a number of 'stretch goals'; funding thresholds that, if reached, will mean the developers will expand upon their original vision for the game thanks to the extra funding.
While the base game was due to launch with three races, five classes, and five companions, once funding passed $1.4 million this morning, the company promised to increase this to four races, six classes and six companions.
Should funding hit $1.6 million the game will be made available on Mac and a new major storyline will be added. At $1.8 million, there’ll be a further new playable race, class, and companion, while crossing the $2 million mark guarantees the addition of player housing.
The final announced stretch goal is at $2.2 million, when Obsidian will introduce a new region, faction and another companion as well as Linux, apparently. More surprises have been promised should funding hit $2.4 million, but the company clearly doesn't want to jinx anything with 29 days still to go.
Also on the horizon is the prospect of the game becoming DRM free, and the addition of a new $5,000 tier as it apparently sold out too quickly. With all the backer rewards currently being slated for an April 2014 delivery, we can assume that that's when the game is aimed for. We just hope that adding all these extra goodies doesn't lead to any delays!
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And the curtain has been pulled back further. When this year's Electronic Entertainment Expo came to a close, if left us with quite a few questions about the Wii U and its flagship titles, and several months to spend in speculation of their answers while waiting for the next big press event. But though we had time to kill, we wasted none of it where Nintendo Land was concerned. The Big N had only officially announced half of the virtual theme park's dozen playable "attractions," and we were determined to discern the rest – springboarding our discussion of the other six off of a teasing, tantalizing array of franchise emblems posted on Nintendo's Facebook page. That image pointed to which long-running Nintendo brands would be represented by those remaining hidden games, and we went to work predicting them all in a feature called The 12 Attractions of Nintendo Land.
Well, we were right. Not that it was all that difficult, mind you, but it's still satisfying to see that Nintendo Land is shaping up in the way we hoped it would back in June. Now, with the identities of all 12 games revealed, we're presenting them all again and collecting our coverage of each here in The 12 Attractions of Nintendo Land, Revisited.
Oh, and fans of game speculation, have no fear. We still don't have all the details on some of these, so there's still time to make your guesses and place your bets to win some Internet bragging rights.
The Legend of Zelda: Battle Quest
Officially Revealed at E3 2012 | Watch the Demo in Action
In the game itself and in the social media material the company has used to promote it, each of Nintendo Land's 12 different games is represented by a circular franchise emblem. We can assess each icon one at a time to get a better sense of the entire package, and the first one, just above, is unmistakably the Triforce from Nintendo's Legend of Zelda series. That means it's the emblem for The Legend of Zelda: Battle Quest.
One of the five playable Nintendo Land demos on the E3 show floor last June, The Legend of Zelda: Battle Quest is a three-player design that casts two people as Wii Remote-wielding swordsmen while the third uses the Wii U GamePad to fire arrows as an archer. Rich had a chance to go hands-on with this game before the show started last week, and later Audrey was able to record video footage of the game in action. Check it out.
Pikmin Adventure
Officially Revealed at September's Wii U Preview Event | Watch the Demo in Action
The next franchise emblem is a five-petaled flower, and that can only mean one thing – Pikmin. This is the first of the six games we didn't have confirmed for Nintendo Land coming out of this year's E3, and that's likely because Nintendo didn't want to demonstrate a Pikmin mini-game on Wii U at the same time the full game, Pikmin 3, was being shown off just a few yards away.
So we didn't have many clues about how the Nintendo Land Pikmin mini-game would play, but all that changed in New York on September 13. Pikmin Adventure was revealed as a "team attraction" focused on co-op play, and it lets players dress up as either Captain Olimar or large, differently-colored Pikmin. (As we predicted. Score!) The Pikmin players use Wii Remotes, and simply run around each level bashing bad guys and collecting drops of nectar to level up their abilities. The Olimar player wields the GamePad, and can attack enemies with a swarm of smaller Pikmin soldiers or blow his whistle to call the human-controlled Pikmin to himself, then toss them into battle with greater precision thanks to the Pad's touch screen. Rich was impressed by this one in New York, and says that in some ways it's a better Pikmin game that the actual Pikmin games. (We'll have to hope he elaborates on that thought a little later.)
Animal Crossing: Sweet Day
Officially Revealed at E3 2012 | Watch the Demo in Action
This little leaf with a bite taken out of it is the franchise emblem for Animal Crossing (where furniture, clothes and any other kinds of collectible items magically transform into easily carried leaves when picked up around town.) We knew what mini-game this one belonged too back in June – Animal Crossing: Sweet Day.
This is a five-player mini-game that dresses four Wii Remote-using players in animal outfits and tasks them to run around the TV screen collecting candy from trees. Meanwhile, the fifth player uses the two analog sticks on the GamePad to simultaneously control two different guard dogs to hunt down and tag the candy-grabbing critters. We've got video of the sugary-sweet madness in action, so click right here to watch it happen.
Mario Chase
Officially Revealed at September's Wii U Preview Event | Watch the Demo in Action
Here's a simple icon for any Nintendo fan to recognize in a split second – Mario's signature cap. This most prominent piece of Nintendo mascot headgear will hover over the entranceway to Nintendo Land's Mario-themed attraction, which was not shown at this year's E3. But that's OK. Because it was shown at yesterday's Wii U Preview Event –and, before that, at E3 2011.
"Chase Mii" was its name at the time, and it was one of a handful of original demos used to showcase the Wii U back at E3 2011. In the game, four players dressed as Toads attempted to chase down and capture a fifth player dressed as Mario – it was tough because Mario got a head-start and could hide in the environment while enjoying an expanded view of his surroundings on the GamePad screen, while the Toads could only see a piece of the arena each on their quadrants of the TV above.
The newly-renamed "Mario Chase," as officially revealed yesterday, is essentially the same as it was as a tech demo – and that's a good thing. Chase Mii was incredibly fun in 2011 (you can watch a video of that older version here), and we were hoping that the final Mario mini-game in Nintendo Land would be the same thing with a new name. Well, it is. So we're happy.
The Interactive Games and Entertainment Association (iGEA) has cautiously welcomed the final Guidelines for the Classification of Computer Games, which come into effect January 1, 2013.
“We, along with many other stakeholders, have worked for many years to have the classification scheme acknowledge that adults play and enjoy video games and are due the respect of a classification category that reflects ‘age appropriate’ content for adults," reads a statement released by the iGEA. "The new guidelines released today show that they have been crafted to try to balance the concerns of those who have resisted an R18+ classification and adults who want to play video games designed specifically for mature audiences and that are readily available in other developed democracies."
The statement, however, does goes on to criticise the new guidelines for holding games to stricter criteria compared to film and maintaining the interactive nature of video games increases the impact of various classifiable elements.
“Given the opposition to the introduction of an R18+ category from a vocal yet unrepresentative section of the community, along with a largely conservative group of Attorneys-General, it is no surprise the new guidelines hold video games to a higher standard across a number of categories compared to film and what originally existed for video games," continued the statement.
“As we have previously stated, we are concerned with the acknowledgment in the guidelines that interactivity has greater impact on players, despite the Federal Attorney-General’s office publishing a literature review in September 2010 that found no evidence to support these claims. There will be continued debate about whether the interactivity of video games has a greater impact than other forms of media, and we will continue to refer to the lack of the evidence to support these claims."
The iGEA expressed these same concerns on the release of the amended draft guidelines in November last year.
The iGEA will now "wait to see" how the Classification Board will go on to interpret and apply the newly revised guidelines and "trust that they will reflect the standards of morality, decency and propriety accepted by reasonable adults, not just the vocal ones."
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment will bring director Akiva Schaffer's latest comedy, The Watch, to Blu-ray, DVD and Digital Download November 13, 2012. The sci-fi comedy, formerly titled Neighborhood Watch, stars Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Jonah Hill and Richard Ayoade.
Despite the star power and 'Burbs-like vibe, the film didn't quite catch much love from critics (read our review here), nor did it find much of an audience during its theatrical run. The Watch grossed a mere $34 million in the U.S., with a worldwide total of just $47 million.
The Watch Blu-ray will feature a 1080p transfer with 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio. The DVD will boast an anamorphic widescreen transfer with 5.1 Dolby Digital audio. Extras include the following:
Suggested retail for The Watch is set at $39.99 for the Blu-ray, and $29.98 for the DVD. The title is available to pre-order on Amazon. The Blu-ray is currently listed for $35.99. The DVD is listed at $26.98.
Be on the lookout for more news regarding The Watch, and be sure to check back for a review of the disc this November. In the meantime, be sure to check out this interview with the cast:
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Sonar Entertainment, in collaboration with Farah Films, is now developing a television show based on Terry Brooks' bestselling fantasy novel series Shannara.
Set hundreds of years after the fall of our own civilization, the story centers on the Shannara family, whose magical powers perpetually reshape the future of the world. According to Variety, the first season of the show will follow the events of The Elfstones of Shannara, the second book in the series.
"Partnering with Sonar Entertainment and Farah Films on adapting the Shannara saga for television is an exciting prospect," said Brooks in a statement. "Everything about both companies suggests the result will be one that both old and new fans of the books will readily embrace. I am committed to doing everything I can to help make this happen."
Dan Farah and Stewart Till are set to executive produce the TV series, and will begin the search for a showrunner and director before they shop the project to potential networks.
