The Pokémon renaissance is in full swing, and Hollywood is eager to capitalize on the renewed zeitgeist. After news broke on July 12 that a film deal was being offered up by Nintendo and The Pokémon Company, it’s been announced this week that Legendary Entertainment has purchased the rights to the very first live-action Pokémon movie. Based…
Last week, Star Wars fans sleuthed out a surprise trailer for Rogue One hidden in an ABC listing, and Friday July 15 is the date it’s set to air. At 8:00 PM EST, ABC will show a one-hour special on the making of The Force Awakens, including a “3-minute trailer for ‘Rogue One: A Star Wars Story’”–and the…
One of Kickstarter’s most hotly anticipated projects, Mighty No. 9, finally saw the light of day on June 21 in America and Japan, and critical response has deemed the game anything but ‘mighty.’ According to critics, Mighty No. 9 has landed with a thud. Debuting with a 56 on Metacritic for the Xbox One version (the highest score across all platforms),…
Guillermo del Toro’s smaller screen projects have a depressing reputation of being dead on arrival, but with the success of the director’s latest television pilot, it looks like del Toro’s luck is turning around. This week, Amazon Studios picked up Carnival Row, a fantasy thriller series set in a retro-future London where a serial killer stalks the streets. Last year,…