Though it may have leaked ahead of time last week, Disney has formally unveiled the next chapter in its lucrative sandbox franchise as Disney Infinity 3.0, which will bring together faces old and new for another bout of pixelated action.
Throughout the course of his long and illustrious career, Ian McKellen has played a great many iconic characters across film and theater, most notable of which are Magneto in the X-Men series and Gandalf for Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit franchise. Now, thanks to Bill Condon's atypical take on Arthur Conan Doyle's super sleuth, the English actor is primed to play Sherlock Holmes in the upcoming Mr. Holmes.
Six months after the tumultuous release of Halo: The Master Chief Collection and despite 343 Industries' valiant attempts to put out fires left, right and center, there's no disguising the fact that the anticipated compilation was a technical mess. It proved to be an embarrassment for both the studio and Microsoft, and now, Frank O’Connor - franchise development director of the sci-fi series - has revealed in an interview with Xbox Achievements that the debacle that surrounded MCC is "definitely a black eye" for both parties.
Jane Austen's wealth of fiction has been adapted for the screen time and time again, with the seminal Pride & Prejudice being the most notable example of the late author's work. How and ever, one of Austen's lesser known novella's has attracted the attention of Metropolitan director Whit Stillman, who is adapting the period piece in the form of Love and Friendship.
Before The New Order, there was The Old Blood. And to welcome the arrival of MachinesGames' standalone expansion, Wolfenstein: The Old Blood, on consoles and PC, Bethesda has unveiled the DLC's appropriately bombastic launch trailer.
Natalie Portman is no stranger to the world of directing, having helmed two short features in the past, most notably a segment in the romantic melange New York, I love You. However, the actress-cum-filmmaker is now primed to make her directorial debut with the feature-length adaptation, A Tale of Love and Darkness.
Despite the fact that one of the common complaints levelled at Avengers: Age of Ultron is the sequel's overstuffed narrative, seemingly every day we learn about more and more of the footage that remained on Marvel's cutting room floor. First up, there was the alleged Captain Marvel appearance toward the end of the flick - said to be included in the Blu-Ray's deleted scenes - while the Loki dream sequence didn't quite make the final draft of the screenplay. Now, director Joss Whedon has revealed that he pushed long and hard to incorporate a Spider-Man cameo in some shape or form, but the reference never came to pass.
Tony Jaa and Dolph Lundgren come from very different camps within the action genre. Weaned on a diet of martial arts before making his breakout in high-octane fighting series Ong Bak, the former is among some of the best fighters to break into Hollywood. On the other hand, Lundgren is best known for his role as the unyielding man-mountain Ivan Drogo in Rocky IV, before flexing his muscles alongside his genre contemporaries Stallone and Schwarzenegger for The Expendables franchise.
Star Wars was undoubtedly the crown jewel in Lucasfilm's vault that attracted the attention of Disney prior to the company's acquisition, though the House of Mouse also hold the cards to a certain, fedora-wearing professor. All is quiet on the Indiana Jones front as of late, ever since Guardians of the Galaxy star Chris Pratt was attached to a potential reboot; however, according to Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy, a franchise relaunch is currently incubating in the early stages of development.
