“Dad – sometimes you’re just not there.” An official trailer has arrived for an indie comedy titled Ordinary World, from the director of John Krasinski’s The Giant Mechanical Man from 2012. Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong stars in the film as a former punk rocker who is having trouble getting used to the “real world” after 10 years of leaving behind that world. When his wife & daughter forget his 40th birthday, his brother throws him a big party in New York where he encounters his old bandmates. The cast includes Selma Blair, Judy Greer, Madisyn Shipman, Dallas Roberts, Chris Messina and Fred Armisen. This looks like it might be fun, and it features original songs written and performed by Billie Joe Armstrong. ›››
“You lack confidence. In yourself, in others, in life.” Strand Releasing has debuted an official US trailer for André Téchiné’s Being 17, a drama that first premiered at the Berlin Film Festival earlier this year. The film is about a boy named Thomas, played by newcomer Corentin Fila, who lives up in the mountains in a small town in France. He is always getting into fights with another kid at his school, named Damien played by Kacey Mottet Klein, but it turns out there’s actually a sexual tension between them that is causing all the problems. The cast includes Sandrine Kiberlain as the mother of Damien, who invites Thomas to stay at their home. I saw this film in Berlin and was very impressed, even though it’s going to be a hard sell for most, it’s worth your time to discover. André Téchiné is an experienced director who knows what he’s doing. ›››
To celebrate the recent launch of ReCore, the team at Xbox UK built a custom Xbox One S themed around the game. The console itself sports a yellow design, featuring Mack the robo-dog on the front.
You can see the full terms and conditions for the giveaway here. One important thing to note is that since this is an Xbox UK promotion, it’s only open to people 18 or older who live in the UK.
ReCore was released on Tuesday, September 13, for Xbox One and PC. Its release is not only notable because it’s a new game from Mega Man and Dead Rising designer Keiji Inafune. The game is also the first title in Microsoft’s highly touted Xbox Play Anywhere program.
With only three months to go before Star Wars: Rogue One comes to theaters, Lucasfilm has reportedly replaced the movie’s Oscar-winning composer. According to The Hollywood Reporter and EW, Michael Giacchino is stepping in to replace Alexandre Desplat, who won an Oscar for The Grand Budapest Hotel.
According to the reports, the change is the result of the movie’s much-discussed reshoots. Lucasfilm did five weeks of additional filming and according to the report, this “altered the timetable to the point where Desplat had to bow out.”
Giacchino, the new composer, also won an Oscar, taking home the honor for Pixar’s beloved Up. He also worked on Ratatouille, The Incredibles, Zootopia, and Doctor Strange, all of which were made by Disney studios. He also did the music for Jurassic World and the new Star Trek films.
As EW points out, Giacchino played a stormtrooper in 2015’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens, so he’s no stranger to the franchise. He might be better known in Hollywood, but he also wrote the music for the first Call of Duty game.
The film is directed by Gareth Edwards and stars Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Riz Ahmed, Donnie Yen, Ben Mendelsohn, Forest Whitaker, and Mads Mikkelsen
In a new interview with Newsweek, Cavill’s manager, Dany Garcia, stated that Man of Steel 2 was one of the projects that the actor was currently working on at the studio. “Henry has a big appetite,” she said. “We’ve been in a five-month period of time where he’s re-strategizing, acquiring property [for his production company], he’s filming [Justice League] now, he’s in development for the Superman standalone.
“He’s beginning to expand that world. It’s beautifully teed up. In a year from now, or two years from now, he’s going to be a force globally.”
Cavill played Superman for the first time in Man of Steel and reprised the role in this year’s Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. He’ll next be seen in Justice League–in August, the actor teased a potential new-look for the character.
Man of Steel made $668 million at the global box office and represented the first entry in the DC Cinematic Universe. In August, a source for The Wrap told the site that a new Superman movie is a “top priority” for Warner.
The next Elusive Target for Hitman has been announced. This mission, which is Hitman’s 10th Elusive Target since launch, sees players tracking down a mysterious pharmacist.
The mission goes live on the in-game Featured Hub today, September 16, starting at 5 AM PT / 8 AM ET. You will need to own the first episode to find the target, as she’s located in Paris.
As with previous Elusive Targets, the pharmacist will only be in the location for a set period of time–168 hours (7 days) in this case. And there are no second chances. If you miss out, you may never have another chance to take down the target and earn rewards.
If you complete five Elusive Targets, you’ll get the Hitman Absolution Signature Suit (see it below), while completing all 10 will unlock the Blood Money Signature Suit.
Lead online designer Torben Ellert spoke to GameSpot earlier this year about how developer IO Interactive wanted to make Elusive Targets get more difficult.
“We probably want the first couple at least to be quite approachable experiences, because it’s really important that we make it clear that these are not impossible missions,” he said. “Yes, they’re tense, because if you screw up, you’re finished. But they’re totally doable. I think we need to keep that for the next couple, but as we go down the line, we will improve on their perceptiveness, where it makes narrative sense.”
DICE has shared some new details on the Battlefield 1 map Giant’s Shadow, which will be released in December for free to all players.
As detailed on the game’s website, Giant’s Shadow puts players into the Battle of the Selle in the fall of 1918. Its name comes from the fact that a massive airship crashed in an open field and is casting its shadow over the battlefield.
“The British forces have broken through the Hindenburg line and are now in pursuit towards an important railway center,” reads a line from the description. “Fierce infantry and tank engagements ensue on the open ground and river banks alongside the Cateu-Wassigny railway.”
This map, like Sinai Desert from the Battlefield 1 beta, will feature the armored train. This train is outfitted with deadly weapons and, if used properly, can turn the tide of battle.
No images for Giant’s Shadow have been released, except for the teaser art above.
All of the Battlefield 1 maps announce so far can be seen below.
The St. Quentin Scar
Sinai Desert
Amiens
Monte Grappa
Empire’s Edge
Giant’s Shadow (coming in December)
In addition to the on-disc and free map, DICE will add more arenas to Battlefield through its various DLC packs. The first of these, They Shall Not Pass, comes out in March 2017. In all, DICE will release four expansion packs, adding a total of 16 new multiplayer maps to the game.
Xbox Live Gold members can now pick up more games at the low, low price of free.
The second batch of freebies for September are available now, including Assassin’s Creed Chronicles: China for Xbox One and the backwards-compatible Mirror’s Edge for Xbox 360. Even if you don’t have an Xbox One right now, you can grab the game and it will show up when/if you get the console.
October 2016’s Games With Gold titles have not yet been announced. The announcement of the next month’s titles normally comes during the last week of the current month.
The first standalone Star Wars spinoff, Rogue One, is now only three months away, and two new international posters have been released. Check them out below, via Den of Geek:
It has also been reported that the movie has a new composer. Alexandre Desplat, who won an Oscar in 2015 for The Grand Budapest Hotel, was originally hired to write the score for Rogue One. However, according to The Hollywood Reporter, scheduling conflicts have meant that he has been replaced by Inside Out‘s Michael Giacchino.
The site states that the film’s post-production schedule changed, following this summer’s extensive reshoots. With Desplat no longer available, producers approached Giacchino, who has worked with Disney on many of its Pixar films, as well as the upcoming Marvel adventure Doctor Strange.
Rogue One is directed by Gareth Edwards and stars Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Riz Ahmed, Donnie Yen, Ben Mendelsohn, Forest Whitaker, and Mads Mikkelsen. It hits theaters on December 16, 2016.
Blizzard has introduced the option to change your handle on its Battle.net service. Much like Microsoft does with its Xbox Live Gamertags, Blizzard is allowing users to pick a new BattleTag once for free, but it’ll cost money for every change thereafter.
“Every Battle.net user can choose a BattleTag to represent themselves both in-game and on their Friends list,” reads the Battle.net website. “If you change your mind later on, you can change it once for free.
“Just because you change your BattleTag doesn’t mean anything else has to change–your friends will be right there waiting for you on your Battle.net Friends list.”
Switching your BattleTag after the one free change offer has been used costs $10. This feature will no doubt be appreciated by the many players out there that wish they had come up with a cooler handle for themselves when their accounts were first made. I imagine this player might be thinking about making use of the offer:
C’mon buddy, how is anyone going to add you as a friend?
In other Blizzard news, the studio’s senior vice president of story and franchise development, Chris Metzen, has announce his retirement. Metzen has been one of the key creative forces behind Warcraft, StarCraft, and Diablo series, as well as Overwatch.
In his statement, Metzen emphasised the use of the word “retire” because he’s “not going to some other company or starting up new projects or anything remotely like that.”
