Legends News Stream August 13th 2015

The entertainment news for the week ending Thursday, August 13th 2015 as seen by Beef, Neil and Wing. As usual, we discuss news from the world of entertainment from movies to TV, the web and more. Spoiler Alert! Spoiler Alert! These discussions will be spoiler filled and will contain explicit language, so consider yourself warned.              

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Comics

Marvel:Secret Wars #5, A-Force #3, Star-Lord & Kitty Pryde #2, Attilan Rising #4, Squirrel Girl #8, Lando #2DC:Green Arrow #43, Batman #43, Starfire #2Image:The Walking Dead #145 (trade waiting)Indy: Star Trek & Green Lantern #2 (IDW), Orphan Black #5 - Rachel (IDW)

Online MediaCord Cutting: Over half a million US viewers “cut the cord” between April-June. Winter is coming.http://variety.com/2015/digital/news/cord-cutting-gets-ugly-u-s-pay-tv-sector-drops-566000-customers-in-q2-1201559878/

Ultra-HD Blu-ray: ...Which begs the question, who will actually buy new 4K Ultra-HD Blu-ray disks & new players? (licences for the new format launch on Aug 24)http://www.denofgeek.us/movies/ultra-hd-blu-ray/248259/ultra-hd-blu-ray-launching-later-this-year

TV News

Fear the Walking Dead: Behind the camera featurette released by AMCArticle:http://www.superherohype.com/news/349407-go-inside-fear-the-walking-dead-in-new-video#/slide/1  Video:https://youtu.be/YAJ1elwOH98

True Detective: Season 2 ends. The Internet is generally not impressed. 22% Decrease in viewership over last year’s S.1 finale.http://www.forbes.com/sites/ellenkilloran/2015/08/10/true-detective-season-2-finale-does-not-justify-a-season-3-but-hbo-will-likely-renew-anyway/

Daredevil: First look at the Punisher on the set of Daredevil Season 2http://www.justjared.com/2015/08/08/jon-bernthal-films-a-brutal-fight-scene-for-daredevil/

Sense 8: Sense 8 Gets a second season from Netflix… but has anyone seen it?http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/netflixs-sense8-renewed-season-2-814098

Westworld: HBO Previews first teaser for Westworld. Anyone else getting an Inception vibe?Trailer:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OM8HNuRLIBIArticle:http://variety.com/2015/tv/news/westworld-teaser-watch-hbo-1201566394/

The Bastard Executioner: “There’s Nothing Wrong with Brutality” Says SoA Creator.Trailer:https://youtu.be/YRg81aX_tlMArticle:http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/bastard-executioner-creator-kurt-sutter-813988

The Daily Show: 3.5M People Watched Jon Stewart say Goodbye “I’m gonna go get a drink”http://deadline.com/2015/08/daily-show-ratings-jon-stewart-final-show-comedy-central-gop-debate-1201495090/

The Strain: FX renews the Strain for Season 3http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/fx-renews-strain-third-season-813848

Torentz: Yarrr!! “Pirates” leak two Fox pilots and two NBC pilots ahead of fall premieres.http://variety.com/2015/digital/news/piracy-minority-report-blindspot-lucifer-carmichael-show-1201566568/

Arrow: Matt Ryan to reprise his role of Constantine on Arrow!  #SavedConstantinehttp://www.tvinsider.com/article/33819/constantines-matt-ryan-conjures-up-magical-return-on-arrow/

Killjoys: … firefly , defiance, event horizon, all the good sci ish , class separation, bounty hunters, all goodness wrapped into inTrailer:https://youtu.be/T8rLnjMqi78

Movies

Weekend Box-office:Link to box office Mojo for the week is in the FF news (Part 3)

1. Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation: 28.5 Mil

2. Fantastic Four: 25.6 Mil

3. The Gift: 11.8 Mil

4. Vacation: 8.9 Mil

5. Ant-Man:7.9 Mil

FF Part 1: Josh Trank Blames Fox in a tweet... Fox turns around and blames Trankhttp://www.ew.com/article/2015/08/07/fantastic-four-josh-trank-tweethttp://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/JoshWildingNewsAndReviews/news/?a=123745http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/fantastic-four-blame-game-fox-814764

Update -- The Blame-game continues! Trank lawyers up as new ugly details emerge. http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/JoshWildingNewsAndReviews/news/?a=123917  

FF Part 2: Fox knew it was coming… confirms no X-men crossover days before openinghttp://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/movies/fantastic-x-men-not-film-universe-article-1.2314517

FF Part 3: Weekend Box office was only $26.2M, behind MI:5. BUT FF sequel still plannedhttp://www.denofgeek.us/movies/fantastic-four/248295/fantastic-four-2-still-plannedhttp://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/

Batfleck! Ben Affleck pushes back his next two movies. + Rumors of early screeners of B v. S looking great coincide with rumor he’ll write & direct more Batman.Delay:http://variety.com/2015/film/news/ben-affleck-live-by-night-the-accountant-release-1201559113/New:http://www.denofgeek.us/movies/batman/248269/report-affleck-to-star-in-3-stand-alone-batman-movies

Ghostbusters: Bill Murray will be in Ghostbustershttp://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/ghostbusters-bill-murray-appear-814125

Star Wars: New international tv spot for The Force Awakens w/ 2 sec of new footageArticle:http://spinoff.comicbookresources.com/2015/08/10/star-wars-the-force-awakens-debuts-first-international-tv-spot-have-you-felt-it/Video: https://youtu.be/YpPWWeWvI6QDissecting the 2sec: http://io9.com/lets-dissect-the-crap-out-of-this-new-star-wars-the-fo-1723109598

Star Wars Part 2: No new trailer or footage at D23...Article:http://spinoff.comicbookresources.com/2015/08/11/j-j-abrams-says-no-new-star-wars-the-force-awakens-footage-at-d23/

Star Wars Part 3: ...but they have pretty pictures...Article:http://www.ew.com/gallery/star-wars-force-awakens-first-look-gallery/2274288_clone-all-crops-gallery-star-wars-force-awakens-2015-daisy-ridley-and-john-boyega-0

Star Wars Part 4: ...and branded stuff! (No Happy Meals tho.)http://variety.com/2015/film/news/star-wars-the-force-awakens-takes-on-seven-promo-partners-1201569309/

Beetlejuice: WTF… Winona Ryder says Beetlejuice 2 is a go on Late Nite w/ Seth MeyerArticle:http://spinoff.comicbookresources.com/2015/08/11/yes-beetlejuice-2-is-really-happening-winona-ryder-confirms/Video:https://youtu.be/y5l2IK_ywa4

Lego Batman seems to have found its JokerArticle: http://variety.com/2015/film/news/zach-galifianakis-joker-lego-batman-1201568733/

The Hateful 8: The first trailer to Quentin Tarantino’s 8th film, the Hateful 8, debuts onlineArticle:http://deadline.com/2015/08/the-hateful-eight-trailer-quentin-tarantino-kurt-russell-1201497958/Video:https://youtu.be/gnRbXn4-Yis

Trumbo: Bryan Cranston gets blacklisted in the first trailer for TrumboArticle:http://www.denofgeek.us/movies/trumbo/248397/trumbo-trailer-with-bryan-cranston-arrivesVideo:https://youtu.be/n0dZ_2ICpJE

Deadwood Movie: HBO Confirms talks of a Deadwood MovieArticle: http://variety.com/2015/tv/news/hbo-confirms-early-talks-of-deadwood-movie-1201569178/

Non News

Benedict Cumberbatch asks fans to “Hashtag the Shit” out of this: Don’t record me on stage.http://variety.com/2015/legit/news/watch-benedict-cumberbatch-begs-fans-to-stop-recording-hamlet-its-morifying-1201566996/

Guillermo del Toro on why he develops 5 properties at the same timehttp://collider.com/pacific-rim-2-hellboy-3-updates-guillermo-del-toro/

Giant Robots, Aliens, Dragons? Best. Election. Ad. Ever! (BTW, Canada is having an election)Article:http://io9.com/this-could-seriously-be-the-greatest-political-campaign-1723555465Video:https://youtu.be/DG6fhub9HDQ