“Press X to not die.” It’s a gaming cliche at this point, one that many view as a symptom of lazy game design. Quick time events, as they’re known, are glorified cut-scenes. Things happen, and we press buttons that don’t really match up with the action on screen. They can be pretty bad .
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Thibaud de la Touanne spent twenty years working in the video game business, most recently with Ubisoft Montreal. He’s left that behind now, though, and is bringing that experience to board games.
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Picture the scene: Christopher Walken gets home after a long day filming. He kicks back, wants to relax with some Destiny on Xbox One, but can’t. Because he’s been “hacked”. So Walken – or in this case, an excellent impersonator – makes the dreaded call to Xbox Support.
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Where can you see the Suicide Squad on a screen by you very, very soon? Does Miles Teller understand your frustrations about the Fantastic Four? Is Famke Janssen okay with Jean Grey being recast for X-Men Apocalypse? What is the codename for Captain America: Civil War? Did someone make a Guardians of the Galaxy trailer in the style of Star Wars: The Force Awakens? Read about all this and more in today’s Superhero Bits.
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Famke Janssen talks about the actresses rumored to replace her in X-Men Apocalypse.
The on-set title of Captain America: Civil War has been revealed. It’s Sputnik.
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Warner Bros. revealed that Justice League: Throne of Atlantis will be released January 13, and the full list of features.
The Suicide Squad is coming! To Lego Batman 3. A new DLC pack will add the villainous crew which soon gets its own movie. See more images here.
Overthinking It has an article linking mental issues with Hollywood’s obsession with superheroes and franchises.
Rocket Raccoon gets a Peanuts, holiday mashup on this shirt.
Not only did the Flash get a ratings bump because of the crossover, Arrow did too.
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We’ve just seen the first trailer for Joe Wright’s Pan, and you might want to have another look at it now. The writer of Pan, Jason Fuchs, has entered talks to be the new Wonder Woman screenwriter. Michelle MacLaren was recently hired to direct, and the two will work together on the script, and the film will eventually star Gal Gadot, who makes her debut as the Amazonian warrior in Zack Snyder’s Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice in 2016.
THR has news on the in-progress deal, but we have no real clue as to the direction the film will take. One Wonder Woman script has been in play for a while, but this suggests there might be a significant rewrite applied to it, at the very least. Whether this is a page-one teardown or something a little less drastic is one of the many details unconfirmed at this point.
Not that the generally unknown status and ambitions for the film have stopped a whole parade of rumors and speculation from trotting down the internet’s main thoroughfares.
The primary rumor we’ve heard is that the movie is envisioned as a prequel to establish backstory for the character seen in Batman v Superman. Rumor/spoilers say that much of the Wonder Woman solo film takes place on Paradise Island, which is occupied by warring Amazon factions. The arrival of a man throws a new wrinkle into their war, and we eventually learn that the action is taking place in or around the 1920s. Whether or not that is correct is another unknown at the moment.
In addition to having Pan and Ice Age: Continental Drift under his belt, Fuchs is working with WB going forward on Pan, as the studio wants a franchise out of that story. He’s already working on a Pan sequel. The first film hits July 17, 2015. Wonder Woman is scheduled for release on June 23, 2017.
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles may have left critics cold, but that didn’t stop a lot of other people from shelling out for a ticket. Enough people did so, in fact, that Paramount dated a sequel before the first film’s opening weekend was done. And now it seems they’ve found the guy to steer that ship.
According to a new report, Earth to Echo helmer Dave Green is looking to helm Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2. Screenwriters Josh Applebaum and Andre Nemec, who penned the last movie, will write and executive produce. More about the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 director after the jump.
TheWrap reported Green is currently in early talks for the gig. If Green closes his deal he’ll be taking over for Jonathan Liebesman, who directed the last film.
Though filmmakers have teased the possibility of bringing in classic baddies like Krang, Casey Jones, and Bebop and Rocksteady, no plot details have been revealed at this point. But we can reasonably expect all four reptilian heroes (Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo, and Donatello) to return, and probably April O’Neil (Megan Fox) and Vernon Fenwick (Will Arnett) as well.
Green made his feature directing debut this summer with Earth to Echo, an ET-esque adventure about a bunch of kids who encounter an alien. It got mixed reviews but performed solidly at the box office, earning $45 million on a $15 million production budget. Also on his to-do list is Lore, a Warner Bros. comic book adaptation starring Dwayne Johnson. (Not to be that Warner Bros. comic book adaptation starring Dwayne Johnson.)
The last Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was a flop with critics, earning a paltry 22% on Rotten Tomatoes. It was a tonal mess — too grown-up for kids but too kiddie for grown-ups — and bizarrely prioritized April over the Turtles. Nevertheless, it was a definite commercial hit, raking in $477 million worldwide.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 will land in theaters June 3, 2016.
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Page 2 is a compilation of stories and news tidbits, which for whatever reason, didn’t make the front page of /Film. After the jump we’ve included 36 different items, fun images, videos, casting tidbits, articles of interest and more. It’s like a mystery grab bag of movie web related goodness.
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The Sundance Film Festival is rolling out announcements quick for the 2015 festival. We just got the first wave of programming yesterday, and the fest has already come out with a giant second wave of announcements.
This time, we’ve got the Spotlight program, which is a set of films that have played other festivals that Sundance wants to give more time to, including ’71, The Tribe, and White God. Then there’s the Midnight program, which features Knock Knock, from director Eli Roth and star Keanu Reeves, and Room 237 director Rodney Ascher‘s new film Nightmare, about sleep paralysis. The program also has The Hallow, from the director just set to helm The Crow remake, and It Follows, which is a great slow burn of suspense.
Finally, there’s the New Frontier program, featuring some of the more out-there films in the fest. (And consequently the ones that I’ll personally be excited to see.) Check out the new wave of Sundance announcements below.
SPOTLIGHT
6 Desires: DH Lawrence and Sardinia / United Kingdom, Italy (Director: Mark Cousins) — In winter 1921, DH Lawrence and his wife journeyed to Sardinia, and he chronicled their experiences in Sea and Sardinia. Now, Mark Cousins retraces Lawrence’s footsteps. The film is conceived partly as a letter to Lawrence — or “Bert” — a detail that’s typical of the film’s inviting sense of conversational intimacy. International Premiere
’71 / United Kingdom (Director: Yann Demange, Screenwriter: Gregory Burke) — ‘71 takes place over a single night in the life of a young British soldier accidentally abandoned by his unit following a riot on the streets of Belfast in 1971. Unable to tell friend from foe, he must survive the night alone and find his way to safety. Cast: Jack O’Connell, Paul Anderson, Richard Dormer, Sean Harris, Barry Keoghan, Martin McCann.
Aloft / Spain, France, Canada (Director and screenwriter: Claudia Llosa) — Aloft tells the story of a struggling mother, Nana, and her evolution to becoming a renowned healer. When a young artist tracks down Nana’s son 20 years after she abandoned him, she sets in motion an encounter between the two that will bring the meaning of their lives into question. Cast: Jennifer Connelly, Cillian Murphy, Mélanie Laurent, William Shimell. North American Premiere
Eden / France (Director: Mia Hansen-Løve, Screenwriters: Mia Hansen-Løve, Sven Hansen-Løve) — Mia Hansen-Løve’s electronic-dance-music epic follows the rise and fall of a DJ (based on her brother, Sven, a contemporary of Daft Punk) who gets into the rave scene in 1994 and spends the next 20 years navigating the French club scene. Cast: Félix de Givry, Pauline Etienne, Greta Gerwig, Brady Corbet, Arsinee Khanjian, Vincent Macaigne.
Girlhood / France (Director and screenwriter: Céline Sciamma) — Oppressed by her family, dead-end school prospects, and the boys law in the neighborhood, Marieme starts a new life after meeting a group of free-spirited girls. She changes her name and dress, and quits school to be accepted in the gang, hoping to find a way to freedom. Cast: Karidja Touré, Assa Sylla, Lindsay Karamoh, Mariétou Touré, Idrissa Diabaté, Simina Soumaré.
The Tribe / Ukraine (Director and screenwriter: Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy) — Set at a Ukrainian boarding school for the deaf, the film’s narrative unfolds purely through sign language without the need for employing subtitles or voiceover, resulting in a unique, never-before-seen cinematic experience that engages the audience on a new level. Cast: Grigoriy Fesenko, Yana Novikova, Rosa Babiy, Alexander Dsiadevich.
Wild Tales / Argentina, Spain (Director and screenwriter: Damián Szifrón) — Inequality, injustice, and the demands of the world cause stress and depression for many people. Some of them, however, explode. This is a movie about those people. Vulnerable in the face of an unpredictable reality, the characters of Wild Tales cross the thin line dividing civilization and barbarism. Cast: Ricardo Darín, Julieta Zyberberg, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Darío Grandinetti, Erica Rivas, Oscar Martínez.
PARK CITY AT MIDNIGHT
Cop Car / U.S.A. (Director: Jon Watts, Screenwriters: Christopher D. Ford, Jon Watts) — Two 10-year-old boys steal an abandoned cop car. Cast: Kevin Bacon, James Freedson-Jackson, Hays Wellford, Shea Whigham, Camryn Manheim. World Premiere
The Hallow / Ireland, United Kingdom (Director: Corin Hardy, Screenwriters: Corin Hardy, Felipe Marino) — When a London-based conservationist is sent to Ireland to survey an area of ancient forest believed by the superstitious locals to be hallowed ground, he unwittingly disturbs a horde of terrifying beings and must fight to protect his family. Cast: Joseph Mawle, Bojana Novakovic, Michael McElhatton, Michael Smiley. World Premiere
Hellions / Canada (Director: Bruce McDonald, Screenwriter: Pascal Trottier) — Teenage Dora Vogel must survive a Halloween night from hell when malevolent trick-or-treaters come knocking at her door. Cast: Chloe Rose, Robert Patrick, Rossif Sutherland, Rachel Wilson, Peter DaCunha, Luke Bilyk. World Premiere
It Follows / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: David Robert Mitchell) — After a strange sexual encounter, a teenager finds herself haunted by nightmarish visions and the inescapable sense that something is after her.Cast: Maika Monroe, Keir Gilchrist, Daniel Zovatto, Jake Weary, Olivia Luccardi, Lili Sepe.
Knock Knock / U.S.A. (Director: Eli Roth, Screenwriters: Eli Roth, Nicolas Lopez, Guillermo Amoedo) — Two beautiful young girls walk into a married man’s life and turn a wild fantasy into his worst nightmare. Cast: Keanu Reeves, Lorenza Izzo, Ana De Armas, Aaron Burns, Ignacia Allamand, Colleen Camp. World Premiere
The Nightmare / U.S.A. (Director: Rodney Ascher) — A documentary-horror film exploring the phenomenon of sleep paralysis through the eyes of eight people. They (and a surprisingly large number of others) often find themselves trapped between the sleeping and awake realms, unable to move but aware of their surroundings while subject to disturbing sights and sounds. World Premiere
Reversal / U.S.A. (Director: J.M Cravioto, Screenwriters: Rock Shaink, Keith Kjornes) — A gritty psychological thriller about a young woman chained in a basement of a sexual predator and manages to escape. However, right when she has a chance for freedom, she unravels a hard truth and decides to turn the tables on her captor. Cast: Tina Ivlev, Richard Tyson, Bianca Malinowski. World Premiere
Turbo Kid / Canada, New Zealand (Directors: Anouk Whissell, Francois Simard, Yoann-Karl Whissell, Screenwriters: Anouk Whissell, Francois Simard, Yoann-Karl Whissell) — In a post-apocalyptic future, The Kid, an orphaned outcast, meets a mysterious girl. They become friends until Zeus, the sadistic leader of the Wasteland, kidnaps her. The Kid must face his fears, and journey to rid the Wasteland of evil and save the girl. Cast: Munro Chambers, Laurence Leboeuf, Michael Ironside, Aaron Jeffery, Edwin Wright. World Premiere
NEW FRONTIER FILMS
The Forbidden Room / Canada (Directors: Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, Screenwriters: Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, Robert Kotyk) — A submarine crew, a feared pack of forest bandits, a famous surgeon, and a battalion of child soldiers all get more than they bargained for as they wend their way toward progressive ideas on life and love. Cast: Geraldine Chaplin, Caroline Dhavernas, Roy Dupuis, Udo Kier, Charlotte Rampling, Karine Vanasse.World Premiere
Liveforever / Colombia, Mexico (Director: Carlos Moreno, Screenwriters: Alberto Ferreras, Alonso Torres, Carlos Moreno) — Driven by the music and dancing she finds along the way, a teenager leaves home willing to try anything her provocative and tolerant city has to offer, even if she burns out in the process. Inspired by the best-selling novel “Que viva la música” by Andres Caicedo. Cast: Paulina Davila, Alejandra Avila, Luis Arrieta, Juan Pablo Barragan, Nelson Camayo, Christian Tappan. World Premiere
The Royal Road / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Jenni Olson) — This cinematic essay, a defense of remembering, offers up a primer on the Spanish colonization of California and the Mexican American War alongside intimate reflections on nostalgia, butch identity and Alfred Hitchcock’sVertigo — all against a contemplative backdrop of 16mm urban California landscapes. Cast: Jenni Olson, Tony Kushner. World Premiere
Sam Klemke’s Time Machine / Australia (Director: Matthew Bate) — Sam Klemke has filmed and narrated 50 years of his life, creating a strange and intimate portrait of what it means to be human. World Premiere
Station to Station / U.S.A. (Director: Doug Aitken) — Station to Station is composed of 60 individual one-minute films featuring different artists, musicians, places, and perspectives. This revolutionary feature-length film reveals a larger narrative about modern creativity. World Premiere
Things of the Aimless Wanderer / Rwanda, United Kingdom (Director and screenwriter: Kivu Ruhorahoza) — A white man meets a black girl, then she disappears. The white man tries to understand what happened to her while also trying to finish a travelogue. Things of the Aimless Wanderer is a film about the sensitive topic of relations between “locals” and Westerners, about paranoia, mistrust, and misunderstandings. Cast: Justin Mullikin, Grace Nikuze, Ramadhan Bizimana, Eliane Umuhire, Wesley Ruzibiza, Matt Ray Brown. World Premiere
NEW FRONTIER INSTALLATIONS
1979 Revolution Game
Artists: Navid Khonsari, Vassiliki Khonsari
1979 Revolution Game presents an innovative approach to non-fiction storytelling. Designed to engage players with an immersive “on the ground” experience of the Iranian Revolution, the game integrates an emotionally impactful narrative with interactive moral choices and intuitive touchscreen gameplay while remaining true to history.
Assent
Artist: Oscar Raby
This immersive documentary uses virtual reality technology to put the user in the footsteps of Director Oscar Raby’s father, who in 1973 was a 22-year-old army officer stationed in the north of Chile, on the day when the Caravan of Death came to his regiment.
Birdly
Artist: Max Rheiner
Flying is one of the oldest dreams of humankind. Birdly is an experiment to capture this dream, to simulate the experience of being a bird from a first-person perspective. This embodiment is conducted through a full-body virtual reality setup.
Dérive
Artist: François Quévillon
This interactive installation uses the audience’s body motions and positions to explore 3-D reconstructions of urban and natural spaces that are transformed according to live environmental data, including meteorological and astronomical phenomena.
Evolution of Verse
Artist: Chris Milk
Chris Milk, working with visual effects powerhouse Digital Domain and virtual reality production company VRSE.works, has created this photo-realistic CGI-rendered 3-D virtual reality film that takes the viewer on a journey from beginning to new beginning.
Kaiju Fury!
Artist: Ian Hunter
A dark energy experiment leads to a devastating attack by monstrous Kaiju, and you are standing at ground zero — all in 360-degree, stereoscopic 3-D cinematic virtual reality. You will “be there” as the beasts lay waste to a crumbling city and humanity makes its last stand. Cast: Susie Abromeit, Bill Lippincott, Daniel Martin, Brian Dodge, Vincient Chiantelli.
Paradise
Artist: Pleix
Paradise is certainly not paradisiacal if you look at it through our eyes. But neither is it totally devoid of humor, melancholy and absurdity. Perhaps it is first and foremost life as it is, and then a touch exaggerated in the digital overdrive.
Perspective; Chapter I: The Party
Artists: Rose Troche, Morris May
A young college woman attends a party with the intention of shedding her “shy girl” persona. At the same party, a young man is after a similar reinvention. They meet, drink, and misinterpreted signals turn into things that cannot be undone. Virtual reality simulators let viewers experience both characters. Cast: Tabitha Morella, Caleb Thomas, Zachary Zagoria, Anna Grace Barlow.
Possibilia
Artists: Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert
Possibilia is a multi-layered narrative experience from acclaimed directing duo the Daniels. The story of two quarreling lovers splits exponentially into more and more possible worlds as their relationship unravels. Cast: Alex Karpovsky, Zoe Jarman.
Project Syria
Artist: Nonny de la Peña
More than one million children have fled Syria and news reports indicate children are being specifically targeted in the violence. By combining pioneering virtual reality technologies with audio and video captured during a real event, audiences feel transported to the powerful scene, becoming witnesses as the intense tragedy unfolds.
The VR works of Felix & Paul
Artists: Félix Lajeunesse, Paul Raphaël
Felix & Paul’s groundbreaking live-action virtual reality experiences range from independent documentary to fictional work with major Hollywood studios and stars. These experiences let viewers sit in the room with musicians making music, roam the Mongolian plains with yak herders, and experience an encounter with the afterlife.
Way to Go
Artist: Vincent Morisset
It is a walk in the woods. It is an astonishing online and virtual reality interactive experience, a restless panorama, a mixture of hand-made animation, 360-degree video capture, music, dreaming, and code; but mostly it is a walk in the woods, c’mon!
Zero Point
Artist: Danfung Dennis
Zero Point, a 3-D and 360-degree documentary for the Oculus Rift headset, creates an entirely new digital dimension. From combat training simulations to research labs at Stanford to indie game developers and hackers, this immersive experience highlights the future of virtual reality.
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Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel players are getting new DLC this month. 2K Games announced today that an expansion called The Holodome Onslaught, the game’s second post-release add-on, will be available December 16 for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC. It’s included with The Pre-Sequel’s $30 DLC pass, or can be purchased separately for $10 on all platforms.
The Holodome Onslaught expansion features new story content, including appearances from well-known Vault hunters such as Gaige and Axton.
“While they were gone on a mission, they missed out on the events of Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel and ask Athena to recount the story,” 2K says. “Since they’re not the most patient badass Vault Hunters on Pandora, they just want an abbreviated version–only the juicy, violent stuff.”
As Athena tells the story, players will venture through The Holodome Onslaught, a new challenge arena that tasks you with fighting against wave after wave of enemies. Foes will include “some of The Pre-Sequel’s most memorable badasses, as well as several new enemies,” 2K says.
Players who survive will be able to earn new weapons, class mods, and “some radical new heads and skins.”The Holodome Onslaught DLC also includes the Ultimate Vault Hunter Upgrade Pack, which boosts the level cap to 60.
If you’ve already picked up the Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel Season Pass, the Ultimate Vault Hunter
Upgrade Pack: The Holodome Onslaught is included, but for players that haven’t, the pack will also be
sold on its own for $9.99. The Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel Season Pass is available for $29.99 and
grants access to all four add-on content packs – a $39.96 value! – as they become available on Xbox Live,
PSN, Windows PC, Mac and Linux. It also includes the previously-released Handsome Jack Doppelganger
Pack, which makes Borderlands 2’s maniacal antagonist playable for the first time (or at least someone
who looks and sounds an awful lot like him). While each add-on content pack will be available for sale
individually, the Season Pass offers all four packs for just about the price of three!
Additionally, all Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel players will receive a free patch next week that adds a
third playthrough, Ultimate Vault Hunter mode, which is more difficult and adds the ability to reset
campaign progress at any time, as well as enemies scaling up to your current level. Additional patch
notes will be available closer to release at support.gearbox.com.
Since Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel launched on October 14th, the teams at Gearbox and 2K Australia
have continued to work hard on supporting the game with post-launch content. Current plans for future
content are to include one more playable character as well as a new campaign, so look out for more
updates in the months ahead.
Good luck in the Holodome!
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Electronic Arts COO Peter Moore will make a “special announcement” tomorrow during The Game Awards 2014, the executive said on Twitter. No further details were provided. Here’s the tweet.
I’m looking forward to joining @geoffkeighley on stage Friday night in Las Vegas @thegameawards to make a special announcement from @EA
— Peter Moore (@petermooreEA) December 4, 2014
Geoff Keighley is the producer for The Game Awards 2014. The event kicks off at 6 PM Pacific / 9 PM Eastern, and you’ll be able to watch the full show right here.
In addition to various awards, including Game of the Year, The game Awards 2014 promises at least a dozen world premieres, one of which is the latest edition of Metal Gear Online. What you won’t see at the show, however, are any Xbox-specific announcements or Fallout 4.
GameSpot will have a team on the ground in Vegas this weekend for The Game Awards 2014. We’ll have red carpet interviews and all the news coverage and trailers for you as they’re released.
It’s a busy weekend for games, as Sony’s PlayStation Experience will immediately follow the awards show, taking place in Vegas December 6-7. Stay with GameSpot all weekend long for all the news.
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