Month: January 2019

Future Man Season 2: 9 Things You Need To Know, Straight From The Cast and Producers

Get ready to head back… to the future. The second season of Future Man is almost here and the Hulu original series is somehow more bizarre and absurd than ever before. After seemingly saving the world at the end of Season 1, Josh Futturman (Josh Hutcherson), Tiger (Eliza Coupe), and Wolf (Derek Wilson) are headed forward in the timeline, only to realize something got very screwed up along the way.

To find out what, exactly, got screwed up, GameSpot and a few other outlets got the chance to speak with the cast and producers of the series at New York Comic-Con. Thankfully, they were very revealing when it came to revealing what you should expect in the new episodes. Nothing’s off the table it seems, from more horrible degradation of Futturman to a musical number hidden somewhere in the new season.

If you loved the first season of Future Man, chances are you’re going to enjoy what the team behind the series has come up with for Season 2. Don’t expect to be jumping around in the timeline like Season 1, though. Instead, the majority of Season 2 is set in this insane new future, leaving Josh, Tiger, and Wolf completely out of their element. One of them does find it oddly comforting, though.

The new season of Future Man premieres Friday, January 11 on Hulu.

Venom 2 Brings Back Original Writer And Cast, But No Word On Director Yet

More details about Venom 2 have come to light. According to Variety’s Jeff Sneider, Sony is bringing back Venom 1 writer Kelly Marcel (Fifty Shades of Grey, Saving Mr. Banks) to write the screenplay for the sequel. She will also executively produce the film.

Tom Hardy is set to return as Venom/Eddie Brock, with Woody Harrelson starring as the bad guy Carnage. Michelle Williams is also set to return as Anne Weying.

According to Variety, Marcel is getting a “significant” payday for Venom 2, though a specific figure was not disclosed. Venom 1 was directed by Rubin Fleischer, but it’s not confirmed yet if he’s coming back for the sequel. He will be busy with Zombieland 2, and that could limit his availability for Venom 2.

Venom made more than $855 million worldwide, making it one of the biggest movies of 2018. It was tremendously commercially successful despite getting a very poor reception from critics. The film fared much better with audiences, however.

No release date has been confirmed for Venom 2, but it’s rumoured to premiere in October 2020.

Disneyland Raising Ticket Prices Ahead Of Star Wars Land Opening

It just got more expensive to visit Disneyland in California. As it regularly does, Disney recently raised ticket prices, and this time the hike comes not long before the opening of the new Star Wars area, Galaxy’s Edge, this summer.

According to The Los Angeles Times, the cheapest ticket to get into Disneyland now costs more than $100, while daily parking prices are increasing from $20 to $25. In 2016, Disneyland launched a demand-based pricing scheme that offers lower prices on days that are less in demand and higher prices for popular days like weekends and holidays.

A one-day, one-park ticket for Disneyland or California Adventure for a “low-demand” day is now $104, which is up from $97. The same ticket for a regular-demand day is jumping from $117 to $129. And the daily ticket price of a high-demand day is now $149, and that’s up from $135.

Prices are also increasing for annual passes, while access to the MaxPass app that lets you digitally reserve seats on rides is now $15 instead of $10.

According to The Los Angeles Times, Disneyland raises ticket prices every year in part to help keep crowds at manageable levels. However, demand has remained strong, and even more visitors are expected at Disneyland when Galaxy’s Edge opens in June.

Disney CEO Bob Iger told Barron’s that Disney is trying to be “much smarter” as it relates to the pricing strategy for its parks. “To try to spread attendance and reduce attendance in the peak periods so we can improve guest satisfaction. Crowding is an issue,” he said.

A similar park is opening at Disney World in Florida in Fall 2019; it’s not immediately clear if daily ticket prices are increasing at Disney World as well.

Disneyland’s Galaxy’s Edge is a massive 14-acre park featuring a number of new rides, including one that lets you pilot the Millennium Falcon. Another ride lets you join the Resistance and fight the First Order, including Kylo Ren.

Venom 2 Confirmed, New Director May Be Hired

After the success of the recent Sony/Marvel antihero film Venom, it looks like Sony is already making progress towards a sequel.

Variety reports Sony has made negotiations with Venom screenwriter Kelly Marcel to return for Venom 2. Sources are saying Marcel will also take on a role of executive producer for the sequel and that Tom Hardy will return as Eddie Brock.

Michelle Williams and Woody Harrelson are also expected to return for Venom 2, but a director has not yet been named. It’s unlikely we’ll see the original Venom director Ruben Fleischer return, as he’ll likely be hard at work getting Zombieland 2 ready for an October 2019 release.

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HBO Boss Has Seen Game of Thrones’ Final Six Episodes: ‘I’m in Awe’

HBO CEO Richard Plepler has seen a rough cut of the final six episodes of Game of Thrones and he is “in awe” of them, even without any CGI.

Plepler spoke to Variety during HBO’s post-Golden Globes party last night and said, in regards to Game of Thrones, that “everybody’s in for an extraordinary treat of storytelling and of magical, magical production.”

“It’s a spectacle. The guys have done six movies. The reaction I had while watching them was, ‘I’m watching a movie,’“ Plepler said.

Plepler continued by praising showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, saying that “they knew the bar was high. They’ve exceeded the bar. I’ve watched them twice without any CGI and I’m in awe. Everybody’s in for an extraordinary treat of storytelling and of magical, magical production.”

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Take Another Look at Captain Marvel With Brand New Footage

During the College Football Playoff National Championship, viewers were treated to a brand new look at the upcoming Captain Marvel film.

This newest trailer focuses on Carol Danvers/Captain Marvel and the younger Nick Fury, but also gives us another peek at some new and familiar faces.

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Fortnite Made More Than $450 Million In 2018 On iOS Alone – Report

Fortnite is one of the most popular games on this dear planet Earth right now, and now a new report provides new insight into how much money the game made in 2018.

According to Sensor Tower, the free-to-play game banked $455 million in revenue in 2018 on iOS alone following its launch in March this year. The total figure is surely significantly higher given the game is also on Android. The Android edition bypassed the Google Play Store, and is available exclusively through Epic, so revenue figures are unavailable.

Fortnite made $69 million in December alone on iOS, according to Sensor Tower, and this works out to the game’s biggest month ever for revenue. On average in 2018, Fortnite on iOS brought in $1.6 million every day.

The Sensor Tower report also claims Fortnite was downloaded 5.2 million times in December on iOS, which is up 59 percent compared to November. All up, Fortnite has now been downloaded an estimated 82.6 million times on iOS alone.

Fortnite is a free-to-play game that is supported by various microtransactions. The game is also available on PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC, so the game’s total revenue figure is surely significantly higher.

By comparison, Sensor Tower reports that Fortnite’s main competitor, PUBG Mobile, brought in $100 million worldwide on iOS in 2018.

Fortnite’s $455 million on iOS in 2018 is a massive figure, but it’s less than the reported nearly $800 million that Pokemon Go brought in last year. Notably, however, this figure covers iOS and Android, and Pokemon Go has been out since 2016 while Fortnite only launched for iOS in March 2018.

New Captain Marvel “Special Look” Trailer Arrives

The new Captain Marvel movie starring Brie Larson hits theatres in March, and now a new “special look” trailer for the superhero film has landed. This new trailer, which premiered during the College Football National Championship tonight, contains footage from previous trailers as well as a number of brand-new scenes.

Check it out in the video embed above.

Captain Marvel also stars Jude Law, Gemma Chan, Samuel L. Jackson, Lee Pace, Ben Mendelsohn, Annette Bening, and Djimon Hounsou. You can see a full breakdown of who’s in the movie here.

Captain Marvel fans won’t have to wait long to see more of the character, as Larson is set to play Captain Marvel again in April’s Avengers: Endgame.