Monday, January 5, 2015

Today In...

Ghost in the Shell casting, Amazon's cancelled pilot, and Games Done Quick

....Movies

- Scarlett Johansson is reportedly attached to star in the live-action Ghost in the Shell. Rupert Sanders, the Snow White and the Huntsman director, is set to direct. Not much else is known at the moment.

- Fox broke the global box office record with $5.5 billion. It beat the previous record set by Paramount in 2011 by $350M. $1.79 billion was domestic with the other $3.73 billion was internationally.

....Television

- Revenge has a new series regular. Elena Satine, who started playing the recurring role of Louise, has been promoted for the ABC drama.

- Amazon has cancelled the series order for The After, a supernatural drama from the creator of The X-Files, Chris Carter. The show received a series order back in March along with a couple other series. No reason has been given for the cancellation.

....Video Games

- The week long marathon of speedruns benefiting cancer research started yesterday. Awesome Games Done Quick started off with Donkey Kong Tropical Freeze and will end Saturday with The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. More info here

- PlayStation Now will start a subscription service starting January 13. You can get a $19..9 per month or $44.99 for three-months. The service lets you play PS3 games on your PS4. It is may not be the perfect solution, but it is a step up from the $12 for a week of one game.




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