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-12015...