AMC’s zombie drama The Walking Dead has a lot of life in it. After its record-breaking second season premiere, AMC has renewed the series for a third season. “Today we are pleased to announce that the ‘dead’ shall live as we proudly renew The Walking Dead for a third season on …
Read More »EA’s Internationally Award-Winning Battlefield 3 Begins Its Assault on Retail Worldwide
The entertainment event of the year has arrived. DICE announced that Battlefield 3, winner of over 60 industry awards worldwide, is now available at retail stores in North America. With close to 3 million pre-sales*, Battlefield 3 is the biggest first-person shooter launch in EA history. Celebrated for its immersive single-player campaign, intense co-op mode …
Read More »Production Begins On Falling Skies’ Season Two
TNT has launched production on the second season of Falling Skies, the epic series from DreamWorks Television and executive producerSteven Spielberg and starring Noah Wyle. The show finished its first season as basic cable’s #1 new series for the year-to-date. The second season of Falling Skies will air as part of TNT’s summer 2012 lineup. Several cast members are …
Read More »World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria Revealed at BlizzCon
Blizzard Entertainment announced plans for the fourth expansion to World of Warcraft, its award-winning massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG). Unveiled to a sold-out crowd at the company’s BlizzCon gaming festival, World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria lifts the fog of mystery surrounding a long-lost continent that has been newly rediscovered following the events of World of …
Read More »“The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings” To Make 2012 XBox Debut
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and CD Projekt RED, developers of the blockbuster Witcherfranchise of video games, announced a distribution agreement for the upcoming Xbox 360 release of “The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings” in North America. Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment will distribute “The Witcher 2” on Xbox 360, contributing sales and …
Read More »Hasbro Unveils Holiday Lineup
Hasbro kicks off the holiday season by delivering consumers an unmatched line-up of toy, game and entertainment offerings based on the Company’s extensive brand portfolio. With powerful and classic brands such as TRANSFORMERS, MONOPOLY, PLAY-DOH, MY LITTLE PONY and NERF and strategic relationships covering Sesame Workshop, Marvel and Star Wars, Hasbro is …
Read More »Box Office Goes Paranormal
“Paranormal Activity 3” opened to a massive $54 million at the domestic box office–the top launch of all time for a horror pic, as well as the best October debut ever. The Top-12 grossing motion pictures for the weekend, per data collected as of Sunday, October 23, 2011 are as follows: Rank …
Read More »Script Underway For Third Sherlock Holmes Movie
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadowsdoesn’t open until December 16, but Warner Bros. is already planning the next installment of the period detective adventure movies. The studio has hired Drew Pearce, the creator of the British superhero TV satireNo Heroics, to pen a script for what would be the third Robert Downey Jr.-Jude …
Read More »Pokémon Rumble Blast Brings Pokémon Action to Nintendo 3Ds
This holiday season, kids needn’t settle for ordinary toys. Instead, they can encounter hundreds of extraordinary Toy Pokémon in the newest entry in the fan-favorite Pokémon video game series. The Pokémon Rumble Blast game launches Oct. 24 as the first Pokémon game created for the Nintendo 3DS, letting new and …
Read More »Dav Pilkey’s Captain Underpants Comes to the Big Screen
DreamWorks Animation announced that the studio has obtained the rights to Dav Pilkey’s Captain Underpants book series, with plans to pursue a feature film adaptation for the big screen. DreamWorks Animation development executive Damon Ross is overseeing the project at the studio. The Captain Underpants book series tells the story of two mischievous kids, George Beard and Harold Hutchins, who …
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