Earlier this year a viral video introduced us to Vincent D’Onofrio‘s character in Jurassic World, and we definitely got the vibe that he could be some sort of villainous character in the summer blockbuster. Plus, let’s not forget that he’s playing Kingpin in Netflix’s series adaptation of “Daredevil” from Marvel Studios. Now the actor has lined up another key bad guy role as Variety reports D’Onofrio will be giving Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt and Ethan Hawke some trouble in MGM and Sony’s remake of The Magnificent Seven, which in itself was a remake of Akira Kurosawa’s classic Seven Samurai. So who will he play? ›››
Are record stores finally making a come back?! Maybe, maybe… While most remaining video rental shops slowly start closing their doors, on the other side of the world a record company has decided to open a brand new vinyl store located in the town of Margate in the UK. Death Waltz Records, known producing fresh vinyl copies of soundtracks old and new, has announced that they’re opening an actual brick ‘n mortar store in the UK that will be called Transmission Records. The store will “offer the very best in soundtracks, library and electronic music as well as an expertly curated selection of artworks and designer toys”, with an emphasis on anime and Japanese soundtrack pressings, they say. This isn’t really mainstream movie news, but as a cinephile and movie geek this is news I am always looking out for, as this place sounds cool already. ›››
While Kevin Smith is rounding up the cast to shoot Mallrats 2 next year, right now he’s getting ready to shoot Clerks 3. And coincidentally, this fall will bring a biopic about how the filmmaker launched his career with the original Clerks, an indie hit at Sundance in 1993. Shooting Clerks will feature familiar faces like Smith himself, Jason Mewes, Brian O’Halloran, Scott Mosier, Walter Flanagan and more, but they won’t be playing the character’s from Smith’s film or even themselves. Instead an unknown cast is bringing to life these characters in the story of how Clerks came to be, and a teaser trailer has just arrived. It looks like a student film, but in a charming way, and seems to be something that Smith’s fans will enjoy. Watch? ›››
“As the world fell, it was hard to know who was more crazy. Me or everyone else.” Now that it’s spring, we’re getting closer and closer to the May release of the insane action extravaganza Mad Max: Fury Road. The film will play at Cannes Film Festival in France, but only one day before it’s unleashed here in the United States. And to continue hyping the film, a new extended TV spot for the film starring Tom Hardy (with an unrecognizable voice again) and Charlize Theron has arrived with some new footage. It seems like this film is one massive car chase across the post-apocalyptic desert, and that’s just fine. Watch! ›››
The blockbuster summer of 2015 is almost upon us, and we should be getting some new glimpses of the tentpole releases sooner than later. And since last night brought the finale of “The Walking Dead,” and studios new that millions would be watching, Universal Pictures unleashed a new TV spot for Jurassic World. There’s not tons of new footage, but there’s definitely some stuff we haven’t seen before. In fact, this spot reveals that the Indominus Rex had already killed its sibling before it begins trekking across the park and killing for sport. This hybrid dinosaur is certainly going to be a force to be reckoned with. Watch! ›››
Five grandmasters hunted by a serial killer. This actually looks way better than it sounds, so give it a look. Well Go USA has released a trailer for Kung Fu Killer, a new film starring martial arts master Donnie Yen killer and a kung fu expert, who convinces the police to recruit him to track down a serial killer in return for his freedom. Sounds like the perfect kind of plot for a cheesy martial arts movie, but it seems to be a few notches above that. Charlie Yeung, Baoqiang Wang, Bing Bai, Deep Ng and Alex Fong also star in this martial arts thriller from Hong Kong. The big skeleton set piece looks cool, and all the action gets awesome in the second half of this trailer, so don’t stop watching too early. I really want to see this! Enjoy.›››
Nearly a year ago, Hugh Jackman indicated that the sequel to The Wolverine (which we can basically say is Wolverine 3 if we count X-Men Origins) may be his last time putting on the claws as the nearly invincible mutant he’s been playing since X-Men in 2000. But the next month, he pulled back the reins a bit saying he was less sure of that sentiment as time went on. Since then, he’s been said to be in talks for the next solo Wolverine movie and even an appearance in X-Men: Apocalypse (though maybe not a key role like in Days of Future Past). Jackman was even quoted last month as saying he wanted to play Wolverine until he died. But a new post from the actor on Instagram seems to indicate otherwise now. Look below! ›››
Roberts previously predicted that Star Citizen would eventually reach $100 million. If funding continues at this pace, the game will hit that mark before the end of the year. Just recently, Roberts said, “I don’t think we’re close to the addressable market” in terms of how much room the game still had to grow.
In other Star Citizen news, developer Cloud Imperium Games has launched an official Instagram account for the game, giving you yet another way to track the title’s development. Check out the page here.
Veteran Mortal Kombat producer Shaun Himmerick is stepping away from social media site Twitter in the wake of violent and disturbing threats against his family, some of which were sexual in nature.
On March 26, Himmerick posted a threatening message [NSFW] he received from a fan regarding his wife. At this time, Himmerick announced he would be leaving Twitter, and he also changed his Twitter handle to “come on people.”
Across a series of follow-up tweets, Himmerick went on to offer more insight into why he’s decided to quit Twitter. It’s not because he’s inundated with messages from fans asking about new Mortal Kombat characters and other details about the game. He says he understands this passion and it’s what drives him at work, too. Instead, he’s stepping away because he won’t stand for threats against his wife and daughters.
So to be clear. The reason I don’t want to do this twitter anymore is not fans asking for characters or hints or whatever. I get that ->
Earlier this year, Twitter CEO Dick Costolo admitted: “We suck at handling abuse” for its millions of users.
“I’m frankly ashamed of how poorly we’ve dealt with this issue during my tenure as CEO,” he said in February. “It’s absurd. There’s no excuse for it. I take full responsibility for not being more aggressive on this front. It’s nobody’s fault but mine, and it’s embarrassing.”
As it faced an avalanche of criticism, Twitter in December announced new harassment reporting features that the company says it hopes will make Twitter a safer place. However, when Electronic Arts COO Peter Moore reported death threats made against him and his family to Twitter, he was told that the harassing tweets did not violate the company’s rules.
Moore says he receives similar threats on a daily basis. And he’s not the only one with ties to gaming taking abuse through Twitter. Call of Duty developer David Vonderhaar has also faced threats against his life from people upset with gameplay tweaks.
More recently, Feminist Frequency creator Anita Sarkeesian published an account of the harassment she received on Twitter from January 20 through the 26th, which included death and rape threats, among other things.
Dead Space creator Visceral Games’ cops-and-robbers shooter Battlefield Hardline was yet again the best-selling game in the United Kingdom last week, at least in terms of physical units sold. The latest UKIE Games Charts, put together by Gfk Chart-Track, show that From Software’s dark role-playing game Bloodborne came in second for the week, missing out on the top spot by just 22,500 units.
Check out the full top-ten UK software list below. New sales data for the United States will arrive early next month, when the NPD Group releases its March report.
