Make no mistake, the ongoing Star Wars Battlefront beta is the talk of the town in the video game industry, with vast swathes of players populating Hoth and Tatooine to stress-test DICE's high-profile licensed title. In fact, such was the demand on PC that the studio - along with publisher EA - was forced to boot up additional servers to cope with the unforeseen player count.
Not content with a star-studded ensemble that currently includes Katherine Waterston, Ezra Miller, Colin Farrell and Oscar-winner Eddie Redmayne as the instrumental Newt Scamander, The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that Warner Bros.' Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is continuing to add to its impressive role call, with the latest casting nugget confirming that Hellboy and Pacific Rim star Ron Perlman has boarded the spinoff.
Next year, DC's Trinity will come together - for better or worse - in Zack Snyder's Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice, and in anticipation of March's grand event, Warner Bros. is hosting a big presence for the film at the ongoing New York Comic-Con.
Naysayers be damned, Renée Zellweger and Colin Firth (no Hugh Grant, sadly) are reuniting for a third installment in the beloved romantic comedy series with Bridget Jones' Baby, and a slew of set photos have surfaced for the film's London set.
Love them or loathe them, beta tests are only becoming a more important part of the development process as the years roll on. For online juggernauts such as Destiny, Evolve and now Treyarch's Call of Duty: Black Ops III, the pre-emptive vertical slice allows developers to stress test various gameplay systems and servers, before collating the results and pinpointing any potential flaws or bugs. At least, that's the idea.
LexCorp. The world alone is enough to send chills down the spines of ardent DC fans - and indeed the Last Son of Krypton himself - and it's one that takes the stage in the all-new viral video for Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice. Building off of the character profile for one Lex Luthor Jr. (Jesse Eisenberg), today's snippet is more about rounding out the nefarious power-monger, but it still generates ample buzz for Zack Snyder's superhero face-off in its own right.
As was revealed during the summer, the Netflix Gods have not been kind to Hemlock Grove, with chief content officer Ted Sarandos confirming that Brian McGreevy and Lee Shipman's jet-black series would come to an end after its third and final season later this year.
After opting to forego a media showcase at this year's Gamescom trade show in Cologne, Germany, it appears Sony is primed and ready to make up for lost time. Due to take place in little under three weeks' time, the Parisian event will take place the week of Monday, October 26 in the French capital, and the Japanese giant will be in attendance.
After emerging as the frontrunner only a few days ago, Universal has confirmed that Straight Outta Compton's F. Gary Gray will indeed helm Furious 8, the next installment in the studio's seemingly unstoppable box office juggernaut.
If there was ever any doubt regarding the scale and scope of Bryan Singer's X-Men: Apocalypse, let it be know that the threequel is shaping up to be one of - if not the - most mythic installment in the series to date. Sure, it borders on hyperbole, but today 20th Century Fox revealed the official synopsis for the film in partnership with Mars Chocolate North America, and it's a doozy.
