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The Hobbit Extended Edition Blu-rays Detailed

July 31, 2013 Bartle Doo Leave a comment

In February, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment announced that Extended Edition Blu-rays of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey would be sold closer to the 2013 holiday season. Now, the studio has revealed new details and an official release date for the sets.

The Extended Edition, which features a 13-minute longer cut, will arrive on Digital Download on October 22 and on Blu-ray 3D, Blu-ray and DVD on November 5. All disc versions of the release come with nearly nine hours of new bonus content, including an audio commentary with writer-director Peter Jackson and co-writer-producer Philippa Boyens, “New Zealand: Home of Middle-earth” featurette, and “The Appendices,” a multi-part documentary focusing on various aspects of the film and the Trilogy.

Source: FULL ARTICLE at IGN Movies

Video Gaming

Batman: Arkham Origins Gets Multiplayer Mode

July 31, 2013 Bartle Doo Leave a comment

Criminals are a superstitious, cowardly lot. Until they find some friends, that is.

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has revealed a new wrinkle to Batman: Arkham Origins, its prequel to Arkham Asylum and Arkham City, with the announcement of a 2 vs. 3 vs. 3 online multiplayer mode developed by Splash Damage (Brink, Enemy Territory: Quake Wars). Invisible Predator Online will pit Batman and Robin against two player-controlled teams of gun-toting henchmen, each consisting of three players, led by the competing Bat-villains Joker and Bane.

These aren’t just any ordinary henchmen, though – Joker and Bane have enlisted their Gang Elite to take down the Dynamic Duo, outfitting them with special gadgets like Enhanced Vision, which works like Batman’s Detective Vision to see other players through walls and objects but with limited battery power, and deadly themed weapons like the Joker gang’s “Surprise, You’re Dead!” proximity mine gift box or the Bane crew’s ultrasonic pulse that can zap enemies even through walls.

Source: FULL ARTICLE at IGN Video Games

Movies & TV

300: Rise of an Empire 'Living Poster' Debut

July 31, 2013 Bartle Doo Leave a comment

After a releasing a load of new character posters for 300: Rise of an Empire over Comic-Con, Warner Bros. has unveiled this awesome new ‘Living Poster’ showcasing Sullivan Stapleton as Themistokles and a tidal wave of blood.

It doesn’t tell us much more about the forthcoming prequel, due out in March next year, other than fans of the original’s OTT violence and gore are probably not going to be disappointed!

Source: FULL ARTICLE at IGN Movies

Movies & TV

CW on Amazon's Status & DC Plans

July 30, 2013 Bartle Doo Leave a comment

Earlier this morning The CW unveiled its plans to develop a Flash television series. In fact, CW president Mark Pedowitz was on-hand at today’s TCA (Television Critics Association) press tour where he confirmed that The Flash is actively being developed, saying that Dr. Barry Allen will be introduced as a recurring character in Arrow: Season 2 and that they’re “planning an origin story” for the character.

The network’s plans of course raised questions about rumors that Warner Bros. was planning to develop a Flash movie leading into the oft-discussed Justice League film which many speculate will follow the studio’s announced Superman/Batman movie.

Source: FULL ARTICLE at IGN Movies

News, Politics, Government

Warner Bros. To Announce 'The Flash' TV Series, Reports Say

July 30, 2013 Bartle Doo Leave a comment

By Mark Hughes, Contributor

According to Deadline, the previous buzz about an imminent Warner Bros. announcement of a Flash superhero movie are wrong, and the actual project is a television series from the creative team behind the successful Arrow series. Deadline says the project will be officially announced today to the TCA. …read more

Source: FULL ARTICLE at Forbes Latest

News, Politics, Government

'Batman Vs. Superman' Reportedly Filming In Toronto

July 30, 2013 Bartle Doo Leave a comment

By Mark Hughes, Contributor

With everyone still talking about the recent announcement of Warner Bros. preparing a Batman vs. Superman movie for the summer of 2015, the Canadian press are reporting that production for the superhero team-up film will move from Vancouver (where a lot of Man of Steel was filmed), supposedly relocating Toronto. The reported move is motivated by the tax credits offered elsewhere, which Vancouver can’t match. …read more

Source: FULL ARTICLE at Forbes Latest

Movies & TV

Where Will Superman vs. Batman Film?

July 29, 2013 Bartle Doo Leave a comment

Man of Steel was shot largely in Vancouver, but that’s not where its sequel — possibly titled Batman vs. Superman or Superman vs. Batman — will be filmed.

VanCityBuzz reports that the Warner Bros. sequel will lens in Toronto instead because their tax incentives for the film industry are better than those offered by British Columbia.

Henry Cavill is set to reprise his role as Superman. Also returning are director Zack Snyder, writer David S. Goyer, and cast members Amy Adams and Laurence Fishburne. The role of Batman has yet to be cast. The sequel is slated for a 2015 release.

Source: FULL ARTICLE at IGN Movies

Entertainment

'Gravity,' 'Prisoners' to screen at Toronto film festival

July 29, 2013 Bartle Doo Leave a comment

LOS ANGELES, July 29 (UPI) — The big-screen dramas “Prisoners” and “Gravity” have been added to the lineup of September’s Toronto International Film Festival, Warner Bros. announced. …read more

Source: FULL ARTICLE at UPI Entertainment

Movies & TV

The Very Best of Comic-Con

July 24, 2013 Bartle Doo Leave a comment

San Diego Comic-Con came and went with a whole bunch of madness in between. If you followed IGN’s coverage last weekend, you might have noticed that there were quite a few notable pieces of news that came out of the event.

You can still see all of it over at our Comic-Con index, but we thought it’d be fun to break down the best of the best across movies, TV, and comics.

The surprise of the con, Warner Bros.’ reveal that the sequel to Man of Steel will actually be a Batman/Superman movie shook Hall H like Krypton in its final hours. We know almost nothing about the film aside from the fact that director Zack Snyder and scripter David Goyer will be back, and that it is scheduled for 2015. Oh, and that it’s going to probably be called Batman Vs. Superman. Yes, the Dark Knight returns…

Source: FULL ARTICLE at IGN Movies

Movies & TV

DiCaprio Interested in Robotech Movie?

July 24, 2013 Bartle Doo Leave a comment

Rumor has it that Leonardo DiCaprio has been approached about starring in Warner Bros. long-gestating Robotech movie.

What lends some credence to the rumor is that DiCaprio is old pals with Tobey Maguire, who is producing the Robotech movie and starred opposite Leo in The Great Gatsby.

Latino-Review claims Leo “wants to do” Robotech enough that he turned down a role in Star Wars: Episode VII to pursue it. Nick Mathieu was hired earlier this year to direct Robotech.

Source: FULL ARTICLE at IGN Movies

News, Politics, Government

'Batman Vs. Superman' Movie Releasing In Summer 2015

July 23, 2013 Bartle Doo Leave a comment

By Mark Hughes, Contributor

San Diego Comic-Con generated big news this week with the official announcement that Warner Bros. will follow up their recent Superman reboot film Man of Steel with a team-up movie featuring Superman and a brand new rebooted Batman (it will not have any relation to the Batman films by Christopher Nolan), which will apparently be titled either Batman vs. Superman or Superman vs. Batman (WB has registered several URLs, and the film’s writer David Goyer confirmed the potential titles). …read more

Source: FULL ARTICLE at Forbes Latest

Movies & TV

DC Team-Up Likely Called Batman Vs. Superman

July 22, 2013 Bartle Doo Leave a comment

So a Superman/Batman team-up movie is happening. Director Zack Snyder’s announcement at the Warner Bros. panel on Saturday was perhaps the biggest news out of Comic-Con this weekend. And while we know almost nothing about the film, it turns out Man of Steel co-writer David Goyer, who is also penning the sequel, let slip the likely name of the film at a different panel.

Goyer said the following at the Superman 75th Anniversary Panel, but the reveal was drowned out in the craziness of the day’s bigger Hall H panels: “We aren’t sure if the title will be Batman Vs Superman or Superman Vs Batman, but they will face off.” (Snyder did say on Saturday that that the iconic The Dark Knight Returns — wherein the two fight it out — will “inform” the film.)

Source: FULL ARTICLE at IGN Movies

News, Politics, Government

When Batman Becomes Warner Bros.' DC Universe Crutch

July 22, 2013 Bartle Doo Leave a comment

By Scott Mendelson, Contributor

Well, the big news out of the Warner Bros./DC Comics panel at the San Diego Comic Book Convention has come and gone, and it appears that I was half-right. There will be a The Flash movie scheduled for summer 2016, followed by a Justice League movie in 2017. And since no new Green Lantern film or Wonder Woman movie is being squeezed in over the next four years, it stands to reason that Warner Bros. may in fact be using a Justice League movie to introduce Wonder Woman into the big-screen mythos, along with (hopefully) bringing in Jon Stewart as Green Lantern. But the big surprise news is also the most disconcerting. We’re getting more Batman, but not in the expected fashion. …read more

Source: FULL ARTICLE at Forbes Latest

Movies & TV

LEGO Marvel Gets the Real Phil Coulson

July 20, 2013 Bartle Doo Leave a comment

Ready for a huge dose of LEGO Marvel Super Heroes news? At today’s San Diego Comic-Con panel, Warner Bros. and Traveller’s Tales revealed a bunch of new characters and just who would be voicing them. Oh yeah, and they brought out Stan Lee to reveal that he’ll be playable in the game as well.

All the info is below, but the cool news is that Clark Gregg — Agent Coulson in The Avengers — is back to play Phil in the game. On top of that, Nolan North continues his run as Deadpool and Steve Blum is back as Wolverine. Batman: Arkham Origins’ Dark Knight, Roger Craig Smith, is Captain America in LEGO form. Plus, Troy Baker — Joel in The Last of Us, Booker in BioShock Infinite, and the Joker in Arkham Origins — is playing Loki.

Source: FULL ARTICLE at IGN Movies

Movies & TV

Comic-Con: 300 Sequel Footage Shown

July 20, 2013 Bartle Doo Leave a comment

Legendary and Warner Bros.’ panel at Saturday’s San Diego Comic-Con included an extended look at their upcoming sequel 300: Rise of an Empire, which opens March 2014.

The footage shown was basically Xerxes’ origin of how he went from a normal Persian warrior prince into the self-proclaimed god king.During a battle the Spartan warrior Themistokles (Sullivan Stapleton) shoots Xerxes’ father Darius, the Persian king, with an arrow, mortally wounding him.

As a grieving Xerxes (Rodrigo Santoro looking like himself) stays by his father’s deathbed, the Persian naval commander Artemisia (Eva Green) comforts him by telling him that only a god can avenge his father and defeat the Greeks … so he must become a god. We then see Xerxes’ journey into the wasteland where he comes to a mystic cavern where he submerges himself in a lake of enchantment and emerges as Xerxes the god king we know. He has embraced the darkness.

Source: FULL ARTICLE at IGN Movies

Movies & TV

Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox Review

July 20, 2013 Bartle Doo Leave a comment

By Joshua Yehl

For those in the comics know, the Flashpoint comic event was more of a means to an end to launch the New 52 than a definitive alternate reality story, but Warner Bros. Animation has outdone its source material by making Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox a fully fleshed out and cohesive tale featuring the Flash. The sleek and hard-hitting anime-influenced style works perfectly for this much more mature and action-packed story. And when I say mature I mean it: this is the most bloody, violent, and downright hardcore DC Comics animated film to date.

Whether that violence is too much or not is your decision. One character gets an arrow through the head. Another, after his helmet gets broken open, gets a face full of bullets and all we see is the blood splatter out. Someone else gets decapitated and we see the severed head. These gratuitous deaths of countless soldiers, favorites making a cameo, and even main characters have that Die Hard sense of fun about it, but it takes a depressing turn at the end. The brutality reaches the tipping point where its not so enjoyable anymore, most notably when a child gets straight up killed and we see his body flop to the ground with unblinking eyes.

Movies & TV

Comic-Con: Godzilla Stomps Back Into SDCC

July 20, 2013 Bartle Doo Leave a comment

Director Gareth Edwards and stars Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen and Bryan Cranston were at San Diego Comic-Con to tout Godzilla, Legendary Pictures and Warner Bros.’ forthcoming reboot of the classic Japanese monster tale.

Footage-wise, they replayed the conceptual footage that was shown here last year. But the panel concluded with a new look at the monster film. And it was glorious.

It was essentially a trailer establishing the tense mood and epic disaster movie scale of the project. We see lots of shots of the U.S. military in action, Olsen and Cranston looking panicked and running around, and then finally a scorpion-like kaiju attack on an airport.

Source: FULL ARTICLE at IGN Movies

Articles of Interest

‘The Butler’ Dispute Moves Forward As MPAA Approves Weinstein Company’s Use Of ‘Lee Daniels’ The Butler’

July 20, 2013 Bartle Doo Leave a comment

By The Huffington Post News Editors

The Weinstein Company and Warner Bros.’ dispute over “The Butler” added another wrinkle late on Friday as the MPAA approved the former’s use of the title “Lee Daniels’ The Butler” for the upcoming film.

The Wrap appeared to break the news, followed closely by THR and Deadline.com. All industry publications had been following the story — which sent Harvey Weinstein himself to the airwaves to put pressure on Warner Bros. and the MPAA — for the duration of the conflict. The dispute centered on Warner Bros.’ claim that a 1916 short film of the same name should be enough to prohibit TWC from using the words “The Butler” in the title for a new movie (more information on the original complaints and rulings below.)

Friday’s news was touted as a victory by The Weinstein Company, which had previously been banned from using the words “The Butler” in any way in the film’s title. The MPAA reversal (of sorts) comes with some restrictions: “All letters of all words in the title must be in the same size and prominence as the size and prominence of the word ‘butler,’ except if the name ‘Lee Daniels’ is used int he title, then ‘Lee Daniels’ must be of a size at least 75 percent and of equal prominence to the word ‘butler.'”

We Have Experienced a Godzilla Attack!

July 19, 2013 Bartle Doo Leave a comment

Godzilla is back, that much is obvious at San Diego Comic-Con this weekend. As Legendary and Warner Bros. prepare to show off their return of the iconic giant monster tomorrow with a panel featuring the film’s star Aaron Taylor-Johnson and director Gareth Edwards, fans have found there’s another way to experience the Godzilla threat too.

The Godzilla Encounter is an interactive experience just down the block from the convention center. When you enter the exhibit, you’re taken through a quick tour of Godzilla history, including smashed cars, an old-school Godzilla suit, a sushi bar complete with a Japanese businessman unaware of the fate that awaits him, and more.

Source: FULL ARTICLE at IGN Movies

Video Gaming

Copperhead Revealed as Arkham Origins Villain

July 18, 2013 Bartle Doo Leave a comment

Copperhead has been confirmed as a Batman: Arkham Origins villain, Warner Bros. announced during a San Diego Comic-Con panel today. The assassin is loosely based on DC’s New 52 re-imagination of the snake-suit wearing villain — rather than the comics’ anthropomorphic serpent design, WB made her human again, as the team wanted to add more women to the roster.

Copperhead was shown escaping interrogation and attacking Batman using poisoned claws. The developers took three motion-capture performers, including a martial artist and Cirque du Soleil performer, to create the scene. DC writer Geoff Johns is so pleased with the new Copperhead that DC will be using it introducing her to the comics.

Source: FULL ARTICLE at IGN Video Games

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Tag Archives: Warner Bros

The Hobbit Extended Edition Blu-rays Detailed

Batman: Arkham Origins Gets Multiplayer Mode

300: Rise of an Empire 'Living Poster' Debut

CW on Amazon's Status & DC Plans

Warner Bros. To Announce 'The Flash' TV Series, Reports Say

'Batman Vs. Superman' Reportedly Filming In Toronto

Where Will Superman vs. Batman Film?

'Gravity,' 'Prisoners' to screen at Toronto film festival

The Very Best of Comic-Con

DiCaprio Interested in Robotech Movie?

'Batman Vs. Superman' Movie Releasing In Summer 2015

DC Team-Up Likely Called Batman Vs. Superman

When Batman Becomes Warner Bros.' DC Universe Crutch

LEGO Marvel Gets the Real Phil Coulson

Comic-Con: 300 Sequel Footage Shown

Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox Review

Comic-Con: Godzilla Stomps Back Into SDCC

‘The Butler’ Dispute Moves Forward As MPAA Approves Weinstein Company’s Use Of ‘Lee Daniels’ The Butler’

We Have Experienced a Godzilla Attack!

Copperhead Revealed as Arkham Origins Villain

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