Adam Sandler’s Ghost Comedy
Director Chris Columbus is teaming up with Adam Sandler for Hello Ghost, a remake of a Korean supernatural comedy recently set up at Universal Pictures. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Sandler is set to star in the film about a man who, after failing an attempt at suicide, is plagued by the arrival of four ghosts who won’t leave him alone until he helps them right their past. Columbus will...
June 14th, 2013
Marvel Cancels Journey Into Mystery
If you checked out Marvel’s September 2013 solicitations yesterday, you probably noticed the lineup was dominated by Infinity tie-ins, X-books, and series with the word “Superior” in them. What you wouldn’t find is any mention of Kathryn Immonen’s Journey Into Mystery. Immonen took the reins of the series from Kieron Gillen with the start of Marvel NOW, where she and artist...
June 14th, 2013
More Man of Steel Collectibles Revealed
Man of Steel already looks to be doing pretty well for itself in theaters. But there’s money to be made with more than just movie tickets. As always, a big-budget superhero film means lots and lots of cool toys and collectibles. Earlier this week, Joey provided in-hand pics and impressions of DC Collectibles’ Man of Steel Icons series of statues. His verdict was that, despite the sometimes...
June 14th, 2013
How Superman’s Choices Inspire Us
Spoilers ahead. If you haven’t seen the movie yet, turn back now and come back later! Seriously. Spoilers. Last chance. Spoilers incoming. Last week, I emerged from a screening of Man of Steel – a moment I’d been eagerly anticipating for years – not disappointed, but genuinely stumped in deciding how I felt about it. I enjoyed it, no doubt, but there was an interesting choice made in...
June 14th, 2013
Arrested Development: Season 4 Finale Review
Note: With all of Arrested Development’s new season released simultaneously on Netflix, we’re running a new episode review each weekday until we’ve gone through all 15 episodes. You can find previously posted reviews on IGN’s Arrested Development: Season 4 page. Also, in the interest of full disclosure, I should mention that, aside from the premiere episode, I’m writing...
June 14th, 2013
Gene Wilder Disses Burton’s Chocolate Factory
Legendary comedian Gene Wilder, now 80 years old, considers himself more of an author than an actor lately, but that’s not to say he still doesn’t have an opinion on modern Hollywood. While making a rare public appearance Thursday night in New York City to discuss his long and successful career, Wilder shared his thoughts on one film in particular, Tim Burton’s Charlie and the Chocolate...
June 14th, 2013
Schwarzenegger Joins Expendables 3
Just yesterday we heard from Arnold Schwarzenegger that filming on Terminator 5 was expected to begin this January. And now the actor has confirmed that he will be starring in The Expendables 3 along with Sylvester Stallone. He will reportedly start shooting the action sequel in August in Los Angeles. According to The Arnold Fans, this is probably why Stallone and Schwarzenegger’s Escape...
June 14th, 2013
Reilly’s Character Confirmed for Guardians
Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy cast gets more and more interesting every day, with John C. Reilly now set to play Rhomann Dey, leader of the Nova Corps, in the upcoming sci-fi epic. Glenn Close was previously reported to also be playing a character with a “leadership role” in the intergalactic space patrol Nova Corp. Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Benicio Del Toro, Lee Pace, Michael...
June 14th, 2013
Teaser for McConaughey / Harrelson HBO Series
HBO have released the first teaser for True Detective, their upcoming new crime series. Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson star as two detectives investigating a murder in a story that spans the course of 17 years, from 1995-2012. True Detective will consist of eight episodes and the plan is for each season to be about a completely different investigation, with different characters, should the...
June 14th, 2013
IGN Assemble!: Batman’s New Origin
This was a big week for comic book fans, seeing the release of major titles like Batman: Zero Year, Superman Unchained, and Wolverine and the X-Men, not to mention, you know, Man of freaking Steel. We talk all of that and more on this week’s show! As for this week’s comics, we talk: Superman Unchained, Batman, Nightwing, American Vampire: The Long Road to Hell, Guardians of the Galaxy,...
June 14th, 2013