From the off-set, the inspired second trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awaken made it crystal clear that J.J. Abrams' upcoming sequel would take place years after the events of Return of the Jedi. Heck, even the haunting opening shot included a downed Star Destroyer, crashed on Rey's arid home planet of Jakku, hinting that the legacy of the old trilogy will underpin Abrams' rebooted universe as opposed to influencing it directly.
Summer blockbuster seasons are rarely as crowded with heavyweights as 2015, with numerous superhero and sci-fi flicks vying for box office supremacy. However, Joe Wright and Warner Bros. will be adding a dash of fantasy with the director's upcoming Pan, a mystical origin story that recounts the beginning of Peter Pan's legacy.
Renown Finnish developer Housemarque has unveiled the first slice of footage for the studio's latest top-down shooter, Alienation, showcasing the fast-paced action that PlayStation fans can look forward to later this year.
With Star Wars fans -- us included -- still reeling from the wondrous new trailer for The Force Awakens, EA and DICE are attempting to capitalize on all of the pent-up hype by debuting new information for Star Wars Battlefront during the ongoing celebration in Anaheim. However, with all eyes trained on the event, it was almost inevitable that the Internet would uncover certain details ahead of time, one of which just so happens to be the shooter's release date, which is allegedly pegged for November 17, 2015.
During the ongoing Star Wars Celebration, director J.J. Abrams took to the stage alongside Kathleen Kennedy to talk all things Star Wars: The Force Awakens, encompassing everything from the importance of practical effects to introducing the all-new leading cast. In fact, Abrams made it explicitly clear that the sci-fi sequel will orbit around an unlikely alliance between an X-Wing pilot, a disillusioned Stormtrooper and a scavenger from Jakku -- not Tatooine, as many had assumed.
With George Miller's latest installment due to premiere at the Cannes Film Festival on May 14, where it will screen out of competition, and to get audiences acquainted with the Road Warrior once again, Warner Bros. has debuted a new trailer for Mad Max: Fury Road that documents the franchise's trailblazing legacy.
Iron Man and Captain America may be fighting for the same cause in the imminent Avengers: Age of Ultron, but astute fans know that it won't be long before the two are at loggerheads with one another. Divided by the superhuman registration act - a controversial law which asks that those with abilities put themselves forward to the government - it's this conflict of ideologies that will ultimately underpin Captain America: Civil War.
Now that initial filming has all but wrapped on Quentin Tarantino's The Hateful Eight, The Weinstein Company has served up the very first teaser trailer for the hotly-anticipated western.
This weekend, Anaheim plays host to the ever-popular Star Wars Celebration, and with the event set to get underway today, news pertaining to a galaxy far, far away is already coming out thick and fast. And though the vast majority of attention will be drawn towards the cinematic side of the beloved IP, DICE and EA are preparing to showcase the first gameplay footage for Star Wars Battlefront, the upcoming third-person shooter from the creative minds behind the Battlefield franchise.
Marvel has all hands at the pump for Avengers: Age of Ultron's appropriately grandiose marketing campaign, and today the studio unveiled a new clip for the soon-to-be-released sequel that sees the superhero team attempt to hoist Mjolnir (Thor's hammer) from its resting position, much to the amusement of the godly Asgardian.
