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Trailer for Free Birds
The first trailer has arrived for the animated comedy Free Birds. Featuring the voices of Owen Wilson, Woody Harrelson, and Amy Poehler the film centers on two turkeys who travel back in time to change the course of history by getting their species taken off the holiday menu. Free Birds is slated to release on November 1. ...
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Teaser Trailer for WWE 2K14
2K Sports debuted a teaser trailer for WWE 2K14 on last night's Raw broadcast. This will be the first release under the WWE license acquired by Take Two in February that will run through 2018. Development studio Yuke's continued work on this title which was already well into development when the transfer from now defunct THQ occurred. There isn't much to glean from the trailer except again there being a focus on "legends" and the Attitude Era and getting a few glimpses at some character m...
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NCAA Football 14 Demo Proves Successful
Based on the results of the poll posted last week the demo for NCAA Football 14 has proven valuable for consumers who may have been on the fence about a purchase and beneficial for EA Sports in creating some encouraging word-of-mouth in the weeks leading up to release. A full 50% of the over 4300 respondents cast their vote in the "Encouraged - More likely to buy" column. That is a huge percentage for a poll of this nature. On the flip side the "Less likely to buy" choice was limited to o...
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Will Smith Unlikely for Independence Day 2
With his film White House Down approaching release director Roland Emmerich has been naturally fielding questions about the two planned sequels to his 1996 blockbuster Independence Day. The topic of whether Will Smith will be on board to star was broached with Emmerich dismissing the possibility. “Will Smith can not come back because he’s too expensive, but he’d also be too much of a marquee name,” said Emmerich. “It would be too much.” Throughout t...
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Sequel to World War Z Going Forward
Paramount is green lighting a sequel to World War Z according to The Hollywood Reporter. Based on the 2006 novel of the same name World War Z was initially planned as the start of a trilogy but dramatic changes to the final third of the film provided a more closed ending. World War Z had some huge troubles during development - which were well publicized leading to some horrifically bad buzz until positive reaction to screenings started to turn the tide - and ended up with a budget that wa...
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File Sharing in Madden NFL 25 Opens Up to Rosters, Sliders, and Playbooks
EA Sports has released a new trailer for Madden NFL 25 and this one details the new Madden Share feature. Though the news relates to the 360/PS3 version the fact that EA has declared the One/PS4 version will be similar or near identical in feature sets (besides what it is offering extra with the Ignite engine) means it can probably be expected there as well.Ă‚Â (more…)...
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The Line Drive for June 23
The Line Drive is a weekly collection of news, links, deal alerts, and updates that didn’t necessarily warrant their own postings. ♦Guaranteed launch day pre-orders still available for Xbox One and with PS4 bundles. ♦Amazon still offering the bonus $10 towards a pre-order when trading $10+ of games. ♦Sounds unlikely that EA Sports will get back into MLB any time soon. ♦Here's a video from E3 showing off 'Prestige' ratings for schools in NCAA Football 14. ...
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DVD/Blu-ray for Week of June 25
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone After breaking up with his longtime stage partner after a major injury during a failed hotbox trick, a famous but jaded Vegas magician fights for relevance when a new, "hip" street magician appears on the scene. Ultimately, he must turn to his old partner and fight for him to return to reunite the duo. Burt Wonderstone pairs comedy superstars Steve Carell and Jim Carrey together for the first time since Bruce Almighty. The Call In this heart-pounding, e...
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