New Star Wars: The Force Awakens Footage

Today, Instagram announced that - in addition to square posts - you can now share photos and videos in both portrait and landscape orientation on their platform. With this update, Instagram users can upload widescreen video which will be more cinematic than ever. 

This morning, @StarWars released an exclusive look at their upcoming film, The Force Awakens, using Instagram’s new landscape orientation. As part of this collaboration, Star Wars: The Force Awakens is the very first video content to be showcased in this new format for the Instagram community.

An Inside Look at Ash Vs The Evil Dead

STARZ today released a new inside look video into the world of the highly anticipated Original series “Ash vs Evil Dead” (premiering on Saturday, October 31 at 9 PM ET/PT).  This comes on the heels of the official red-band trailer that was digitally released this weekend and features never-before-seen scenes.

The 10-episode first season of the half-hour series is executive produced by Sam Raimi, Rob Tapert, Bruce Campbell, the original filmmakers, and Craig DiGregorio who serves as executive producer and showrunner. “Ash vs Evil Dead,” is the long-awaited follow-up to the classic horror film The Evil Dead. 

Target Launches Star Wars "Share the Force" Memory Collection

In anticipation of “Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens,” Target has announced the launch of “Share the Force” (ShareTheForce.Target.com), the first digital collection of Star Wars memories.  The collection, which will include celebrity fans Minka Kelly, Chris Hardwick and Bobby Moynihan, will go on to be archived at Lucasfilm – becoming an everlasting example of how we’re all connected by the force.  Until now, no one has attempted to collect and capture memories from the 147 million Star Wars fans throughout the world, and Target is introducing a unique program to unite these generations of fans in a way that only Target can do.

Mondo's Lil Mikey & Iron Giant Bolt Prop Replica Send Us Into a Geek Frenzy

MONDO have been creating a well known brand for years, wearing their geek on their sleeves with unlimited amounts of love poured into every killer, super exclusive print release and vinyl record. NOW they are causing uncontrollable sobbing (from happiness!) among collectors with limited edition collectibles in unexpected formats, and from licenses we never thought we'd see again. A certain IRON GIANT comes to mind when I mention this! DID YOU SEE THAT THING? Jointed fingers..an angry head..a chunk or iron to chew on..a lil bitty Hogarth!!!! Let's check out two brand new releases from teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Iron Giant...

Official Images of Hasbro's Full Star Wars: The Force Awakens Toy Line!

Welp..it's all out there now! What was once a trickle...a 3.75 inch store leak in Ohio...a Black Series link in another state...LEGO's leaking in Germany..and now...all of it..in one place...for..whatever reason! Time to boogie. Though Force Friday is still 2 whooooole weeks away...I'd gather they don't have much left to reveal..which is fine as that is the on shelf date anyway, and it's good to know what you'd like to buy before you go buy it, don't you think? US TOO! It's like we are twins. A sharing of minds. A mutual psychic geekiness. We've got a pretty big mound of toys to get through so let us begin....

Project Greenlight Returns to HBO Sept 13 with Ben Affleck & Matt Damon

PROJECT GREENLIGHT, the documentary series chronicling the search for a first-time director and exploring the filmmaking process, returns to HBO for its eight-episode fourth season SUNDAY, SEPT. 13 (10:00-10:30 p.m. ET/PT), with other new episodes debuting subsequent Sundays at the same time.

Executive producers of the new season include Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, who were executive producers of the previous two seasons on HBO in 2001 and 2003, as well as Adaptive Studios’ Marc Joubert, TJ Barrack, Perrin Chiles and Marshall Lewy; Miramax’s Zanne Devine; and Magical Elves’ Jane Lipsitz, Dan Cutforth and Alexander Lipsitz. The new season of PROJECT GREENLIGHT is produced for HBO by Adaptive Studios, Affleck and Damon’s Pearl Street Films, Miramax and Magical Elves.

"Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them" Production Begins

Principal photography has begun on Warner Bros. Pictures’ highly anticipated feature “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.”  The all new adventure is set in the wizarding world created by J.K. Rowling in her best-selling Harry Potter books, which were adapted into the highest-grossing film franchise of all time.

Filming started today, August 17, at Warner Bros. Studios, Leavesden, under the direction of David Yates, who helmed the last four “Harry Potter” feature films.

Academy Award winner Eddie Redmayne (“The Theory of Everything”) stars as Newt Scamander, the wizarding world’s preeminent magizoologist, who stops in New York following his travels to find and document magical creatures.

Batman: Arkham Knight DLC Packs: 89' & Bat-Family Skin Packs Available

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and DC Entertainment announced that the next series of add-ons for Batman™: Arkham Knight – the 1989 Movie Batmobile Pack and Bat-Family Skin Pack, will be available beginning today for fans who have purchased the Batman: Arkham Knight Season Pass for the PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system and Xbox One, and are connected to the Internet.  The content can also be purchased a la carte beginning today for $1.99 MSRP on the PlayStation®Network and Xbox LIVE online entertainment network from Microsoft.

Blackwake: Your New High Seas Video Game Addiction

If I told you a combat game involving British Soldiers and Pirates manning warring sea vessels where teams are involved with keeping the ship afloat, firing cannons and rifles at the enemy, steering the boat and..you know..staying alive..would you automatically think this game is too damn difficult to be fun? YOU'D BE WRONG!! I was fortunate enough to stumble upon Twitch Streamer Echoics as she jumped into an intense first time experience with BLACKWAKE. Apparently the game has been gathering funding on Kickstarter, with the inexplicable target of 7 grand (??!!) well met with nearly 48k and 17 more days to go. The Kickstarter gives this introduction:

Mopeez: The Nightmare Before Christmas

Was there ever a more perfect licence for an adorable, mopey faced plush doll? Nope..never. The Nightmare Before Christmas joins Funko's newest plush line with more adorable that a single human being can handle..so like...collect them in groups...or you might die. From the cute.

Boys and girls of every age, wouldn’t you like to see something strange? Our The Nightmare Before Christmas Mopeez are coming soon! The series features Jack Skellingon, his ghost dog, Zero, and his beloved Sally! Jack also comes in his Pumpkin King costume, as well as the Mayor of Halloween Town! Don’t forget to add Vampire Teddy and Oogie Boogie to your collection, too! These four and a half-inch plush figures are weighted on the bottom to retain a slouchy posture and adorable frustration.

Star Wars: Rogue One Cast & Crew Announced

Lucasfilm announced today that their first film in the new standalone Star Wars stories series, Rogue One, has begun principal photography. Gareth Edwards (Godzilla, Monsters) is directing Rogue One, which tells the story of resistance fighters who have united to steal plans to the dreaded Death Star. The film is produced by Kathleen Kennedy and is slated for a December 16, 2016 release.

Universal Adds "This Is The End" To Halloween Horror Nights

In a bold, new approach to bringing iconic horror films to life during "Halloween Horror Nights," Universal Studios Hollywood will break new ground with the introduction of its first ever 3D horror-comedy maze, "This is the End 3D," based on 2013's hit movie starring James Franco, Seth Rogen Jonah Hill, Jay Baruchel, Danny McBride and Craig Robinson.  "Halloween Horror Nights" begins on Friday, September 18, 2015.

The hilarity of this genre-defying blockbuster movie, This is the End, will take a dark turn in this all-new maze experience that will come to life in hypnotic 3D. The end of the world will begin as guests head to the ultimate A-list party at James Franco's new Hollywood Hills home, before the Apocalypse strikes and they find themselves trapped in a life-and-death struggle against the demons of the underworld.  With the fate of humanity at the crossroads of heaven and hell, "This is the End 3D" will offer defining moments for those guests brave enough to tempt the devil as their destiny hangs in the balance to be damned for eternity or raptured to heaven engulfed in a sea of blue light.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens LEGO!

Force Friday is still weeks off, but all the Star Wars: The Force Awakens toys seem to want out of their cases NOW. We covered a handful of leaks from Hasbro's 3.75 inch basic line (featuring only 5 points of articulation and limited paints at a lower price) a couple of days back. NOW we get to see the ENTIRE FIRST WAVE OF FORCE AWAKENS LEGO TOYS!!! Wooo...screw release dates! Let's jump right in and see what LEGO sets you'll be able to snap up on September 4th...

NOTE: Descriptions are translated. Adjust the Power!! ..you'll get that joke in a minute.

Running Through ARK: Survival of the Fittest & Developer Contest

OMG – so much news from Studio Wildcard today: the launch of the ARK Dev Kit directly within the Epic Games Launcher, massive Alienware mod contest, and the release of the badass ‘Survival of the Fittest’ tournament battle mode. To celebrate the news, ARK: Survival Evolved is now available on the Amazon Store, at an introductory, 25% off limited quantity sale!

Studio Wildcard today released the ARK Dev Kit, a streamlined version of the UE4 Editor to simplify the creation and sharing process of mods for ARK: Survival Evolved. It is available to download now for free via the Epic Games Launcher HERE. Creative souls can easily generate their own ARK items, weapons, creatures, maps and game modes to share with fellow survivors online.

Rick and Morty Renewed for Third Season!

Adult Swim has announced that they are ordering more intergalactic adventures with the season three pickup of the original hit animated comedy series, Rick and Morty. New episodes of the series air Sundays at 11:30 p.m. ET/PT.

The series’ season two premiere on Sunday, July 26, ranked #1 in its time period among all key adults and men and charted triple-digit delivery gains over its prior season premiere (P18-24 +154%, P18-34 +117%, P18-49 +121%). The television audience continued to grow in the series’ second week, charting week-over-week gains of up to 27% among all key demos. The season two premiere of Rick and Morty fueled Adult Swim’s video streams in July’15, with an overall total of 29.7M streams, up +12% month-to-month. (Source: Nielsen Media Research Data, Omniture and YouTube Analytics)