Game of Thrones Season Four Episodes 5-7 Plot Synopses Released

An Imp will face judgement, a Khaleesi will make plans and new alliances will be forged in the weeks ahead!
HBO Studios have today released plot synopses for three upcoming instalments in the fourth season of their hit fantasy drama Game of Thrones. Based loosely on the A Song of Ice and Fire series of novels by George R.R. Martin, the show has sparked controversy in abundance this week thanks to its inclusion of a not-so-ambiguous sequence involving non-consensual sexual intercourse between Jaime and Cersei Lannister.

We shouldn't need to remind you that there'll be light spoilers in each of the synopses, though nothing more or less so than any of the footage shown in previously-released or upcoming episode trailers. Here's our round-up of the plot précises for Episodes 5-7 of Season Four:

• EPISODE 5: "FIRST OF HIS NAME"- "Cersei and Tywin plot the Crown's next move. Dany discusses future plans. Jon embarks on a new mission."
• EPISODE 6: "THE LAWS OF GODS AND MEN"- "Stannis and Davos set sail with a new strategy. Dany meets with supplicants. Tyrion faces down his father in the throne room."
• EPISODE 7: "MOCKINGBIRD"- "Tyrion enlists an unlikely ally. Daario entreats Dany to allow him to do what he does best. Jon's warnings about the Wall's vulnerability fall on deaf ears. Brienne follows a new lead on the road with Pod."

And that's your lot for now. Stay tuned to On-Screen over the next few days, as we'll be bringing you our definitive verdicts on Episodes 1-3, i.e. "Two Swords", "The Lion and the Rose" and "Breaker of Chains".

Game of Thrones continues next Monday, April 28th with "Oathkeeper" on Sky Atlantic at 9pm.

First Call of Duty 2014 Promotional Image Released

Source: IGN

Ghosts may have taken the franchise to new lows, but there's no stopping the COD train.

Sledgehammer Games have today released the first promotional image of this year's annual Call of Duty video game. Reportedly set to continue the narrative of the Modern Warfare series, the series' eleventh chapter will apparently retail on both next-generation and current-generation consoles in a similar vein to the FIFA franchise's continued multi-generational release strategy.

In terms of precisely what we're meant to glean from this initial screenshot other than that the soldiers we control and fight alongside in this year's COD will look that much better thanks to texture upgrades on One and PS4, we're stumped at this point in time. Nevertheless, if and when concrete new details emerge on Call of Duty 2014 (as we'll brand it until we hear otherwise, since the franchise is edging closer to FIFA territory thanks to its increasingly minimal yearly feature overhauls)'s narrative, its multiplayer modes and its release window (read: November), you'll be the first to know right here at On-Screen.

Call of Duty 2014 will blast onto PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, Xbox One, Xbox 360 and PC this Winter.

New X-Men: Days of Future Past TV Spot Released

May 22nd nears ever closer as we get yet another glimpse at Fox's time-travelling epic.
20th Century Fox have today released a second television trailer (below) for their upcoming superhero film X-Men: Days of Future Past. Starring Hugh Jackman, James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender, the eighth instalment in the hit franchise of blockbuster movies will see X-Men young and old unite in order to battle the near-unstoppable armada of Sentinel Mark X soldiers which threaten to destroy mutantkind.

In comparison to The Amazing Spider-Man 2's overstuffed marketing campaign, Days of Future Past's promotional tactics have been relatively lightweight until now. With Sony's only major superhero film of 2014 done and dusted, though, it looks as if Fox are seizing the opportunity to make their voices heard in the Summer of Film, revealing a host of new video clips from both Days and their impending fantasy movie Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. We'll have more on both of these increasingly promising projects in the weeks ahead, so keep it On-Screen for all of the latest developments...

X-Men: Days of Future Past materializes in UK cinemas nationwide this May 22nd.

First How To Train Your Dragon 2 Promotional Clip Released

It turns out that you needn't have rushed to ODEON to catch the first five minutes of the movie over the weekend.

DreamWorks Pictures have today released the first promotional clip for their impending animated film How To Train Your Dragon 2. The long-awaited follow-up to 2011's How To Train Your Dragon will depict Hiccup and Toothless' first encounters with a vast range of different dragon communities and a deadly new enemy who threatens to render their entire species extinct.

For any viewer who attended a screening of any of the films being shown at ODEON right now over the Easter weekend, this clip will seem mighty familiar, and that's because the cinema chain launched it alongside all of their screenings for four days only to help DreamWorks further promote the sequel here in the UK. As marketing stunts go, we'd wager that this is likely to go down as one of the more effective examples for the animated genre in 2014, especially since dozens upon dozens of kids were likely taken to see Rio 2 once they had overdosed on chocolate last Sunday. Here's hoping that the production team can trump the aforementioned Easter cash-in parrot film by miles when they launch what looks to be this year's hottest animated effort (barring The LEGO Movie, of course) in three months' time!

How To Train Your Dragon 2 unleashes its fire upon UK cinemas nationwide this July 4th.

New Sherlock Season Four Production Details Revealed

"Did you miss me?" may be a question that's on our minds for a good while yet!
Lead star Martin Freeman has this week revealed new details regarding filming schedules for the upcoming fourth season of the BBC's acclaimed detective drama Sherlock. A loose adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle's classic Sherlock Holmes series of novels, the show stars Benedict Cumberbatch in its titular role, Freeman as John Watson and Amanda Abbington as the latter's newfound spouse Mary Watson.

While in many ways it shouldn't come as a real shock to seasoned fans, the news that production on Season Four has once again been delayed still isn't something which will alleviate any concerns about the waiting time between seasons. Indeed, viewers were forced to wait nearly two years to discover the truth behind the resurrection of Holmes, and many would argue that the revelation itself hardly justified the elongated tension and speculation. Freeman recently informed The Guardian that "the [original] plan was to film [Season Four] in the Autumn but apparently that's fallen away." If execs Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss hope to garner a more positive critical reaction to their next run of murder mysteries and intellectually-stimulating cases, especially now that fans' patience is set to potentially be tested for another twenty-four months, then the pair will need to endeavour to bring their A-game with their latest trio of scripts.

Judging by all of the evidence, Sherlock will return for its action-packed fourth season in January 2016.

First Star Wars: Rebels Promotional Clip Released

Jedi warriors, astromech droids and Tie Fighters burst onto Disney XD later this year...
Walt Disney Pictures have this week released the first promotional clip for their upcoming science-fiction TV series Star Wars: Rebels. Set between the events of Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005) and Episode IV: A New Hope (1977), the show will chronicle the rise of the Rebel Alliance and the ongoing quest of the Galactic Empire to wipe out each and every remaining member of the Jedi Order.

Contrary to the expectations of many fans, however, this first video preview (taken from the Wondercon showfloor, no less) features a good deal of humour rather than over-emphasising the doom-and-gloom tone which could quite easily pervade a series set in such a foreboding period of the Star Wars timeline. Our first glimpse at Rebels does admittedly come from an unspecified episode, which could mean that things get a lot darker and mirror the tone of Star Wars: The Clone Wars as its first season progresses, but if that were the case, then we suspect that Disney and Lucasfilm would have premièred a clip which reflected such a tonal shift. Nevertheless, we wish the production team the very best of luck as they endeavour to commence the revival of the much-maligned modern incarnation of the franchise with a bang.

Star Wars: Rebels premières on Disney XD in both the US and the UK this Autumn.

New Doctor Who Comic-Book Companions Announced

Geronimo! Prepare for new escapades with the Tenth and Eleventh Doctors this Summer.
IDW Comics and BBC Worldwide have today announced two new fictitious companions set to feature in future comic-strips based on the BBC's beloved science-fiction drama Doctor Who. The news follows the début of the Twelfth Doctor on our screens last Christmas, a new and daring incarnation of the Time Lord who will make his first appearance in IDW's ongoing range of Who graphic novels closer to the time of his first full season of televised adventures.

For now, then, we're staying focused on Doctors from days gone by, specifically the Tenth (played by David Tennant from 2006-2009) and Eleventh (played by Matt Smith from 2010-2013) versions of the eternal extraterrestrial. The former will be joined by Gabriella Gonzalez, a Latino laundress who collides with the Doctor in the midst of the Day of the Dead celebrations in a post-Season Four multi-part narrative, and the latter will come face to face with a recently-motherless young woman named Alice Obiefune shortly after the events of the 2010 season finale The Big Bang. Previous arcs in the US Doctor Who comic-book range have involved crossovers with other sci-fi franchises such as Star Trek and plenty of classic Doctors, so don't expect anything to be off limits when the series returns in graphic form...

IDW's Doctor Who comic-strips will continue with new issues in the Tenth and Eleventh Doctor ranges starting from July 23rd.