Today at Justice Con, Justice League director Zack Snyder stated that he refuses to use even a "single frame" from Joss Whedon's reshoots of the film for his Snyder Cut - which is headed to HBO Max in 2021. Snyder emphatically said that he'd "literally blow that f***ing thing up" before using any of Whedon's footage, stating too that the theatrical version of the film from 2017, which Whedon oversaw the extensive reshoots on, was "separate" from the DCEU timeline. "There would be no chance on Earth that I would use a shot from after I left the movie," he shared. "I would destroy the movie, I would set it on fire, before I use a single frame that I did not photograph," Snyder explained. "That is a f***ing hard fact." You can hear Snyder say all this and more in the full Spotlight on Zack Snyder panel from Justice Con below. The specific comments mentioned above can be found starting around the 35:40 mark... [youtube clip_id="g_Kg6Cxwn18"] Also during Justice Con, Snyder showed fans a sneak peek at the "Snyder Cut of Justice League" by revealing a brief clip of Henry Cavill's Superman in the black costume not seen in the theatrical release. Check it out below: [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/07/26/zack-snyder-reveals-henry-cavill-in-snyder-cut-black-superman-suit-clip"] In the clip, Superman arrives at Bruce Wayne's lake house where Alfred Pennyworth (Jeremy Irons) is working on a car. More from Justice Con: Actor Ray Fisher, who plays Cyborg in Justice League, said that there was currently an investigation into his allegations of on-set abuse by Joss Whedon, and that Whedon should be "scared." [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=the-flash-movies-possible-dceu-cameos&captions=true"] [poilib element="accentDivider"]

What We Do In the Shadows had a hilarious panel at Comic-Con@Home today, which was featured as part of IGN's Comic-Con 2020 livestream. Before the panel, executive producer Paul Simms spoke to IGN and revealed a number of story details for Season 3 of the show. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/07/26/what-we-do-in-the-shadows-official-panel-comic-con-2020"] Spoilers for Season 2 of What We Do in the Shadows follow - beware! Simms was asked what he could reveal about the next installment of the vampire mockumentary series, and replied with four new plot details:

• "We've never seen Nandor with a serious love interest - that might come up."
• "The fact that last season ended with them almost dying, but Guillermo killing all the other vampires around them definitely is going to have a ripple effect on their standing in the vampire community."
• "I think some old faces that we might have forgotten about - if you watched Season 2 and said 'boy that's a loose end that they never tied up' - will rear its head in a fun way."
• "They get a Hellhound to protect the house."

It was more than our own Sydnee Goodman was expecting to hear as a response - and it turns out that was the same for Simms: "That was more than I thought I was going to say, but whatever. It's for the Comic-Con fans - the Comic-Con fans were so nice to us when we went to Comic-Con last year, that that's a special treat for them." We recently watched some Season 2 episodes with the cast of the show, and we learned quite how much they geeked out over Mark Hamill when he was on-set. We have so much more to come from Comic-Con this year - you can check out the full schedule in our rundown of how to watch Comic-Con@Home on IGN Live. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Joe Skrebels is IGN's Executive Editor of News. Follow him on Twitter. Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com.

What We Do In the Shadows had a hilarious panel at Comic-Con@Home today, which was featured as part of IGN's Comic-Con 2020 livestream. Before the panel, executive producer Paul Simms spoke to IGN and revealed a number of story details for Season 3 of the show. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/07/26/what-we-do-in-the-shadows-official-panel-comic-con-2020"] Spoilers for Season 2 of What We Do in the Shadows follow - beware! Simms was asked what he could reveal about the next installment of the vampire mockumentary series, and replied with four new plot details:

• "We've never seen Nandor with a serious love interest - that might come up."
• "The fact that last season ended with them almost dying, but Guillermo killing all the other vampires around them definitely is going to have a ripple effect on their standing in the vampire community."
• "I think some old faces that we might have forgotten about - if you watched Season 2 and said 'boy that's a loose end that they never tied up' - will rear its head in a fun way."
• "They get a Hellhound to protect the house."

It was more than our own Sydnee Goodman was expecting to hear as a response - and it turns out that was the same for Simms: "That was more than I thought I was going to say, but whatever. It's for the Comic-Con fans - the Comic-Con fans were so nice to us when we went to Comic-Con last year, that that's a special treat for them." We recently watched some Season 2 episodes with the cast of the show, and we learned quite how much they geeked out over Mark Hamill when he was on-set. We have so much more to come from Comic-Con this year - you can check out the full schedule in our rundown of how to watch Comic-Con@Home on IGN Live. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Joe Skrebels is IGN's Executive Editor of News. Follow him on Twitter. Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com.

Family Guy fans got their first look at the show's upcoming 19th Season thanks to Fox's Family Guy panel at Comic-Con@Home. The series will continue spoofing all corners of the pop culture universe, including a hilariously gross parody of an iconic X-Men movie scene. Following the panel, Fox tweeted out a sizzle reel of footage from several Season 19 episodes, including the aforementioned X-Men: Days of Future Past gag. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=the-25-best-adult-cartoon-tv-series&captions=true"] The scene recreates that iconic moment from Days of Future Past when Evan Peters' Quicksilver springs to action to save his new friends from certain death. In this case, Meg is called upon to save her family from Chris' disgusting sneeze cloud. Fittingly, the original needle drop from Days of Future Past, Jim Croce's "Time In a Bottle," is replaced with The Cranberries' "Ode to My Family." Also fittingly, Meg seizes the opportunity to prank the others rather than save them from the blast, earning a tiny slice of revenge for being the show's designated punching bag for the past 21 years. This scene and others in the sizzle reel suggest one Season 19 episode will be dealing with a dangerous new strain of flu in Quahog. Whether planned or just a lucky coincidence, Family Guy may wind up being among the first animated sitcoms to capitalize on the COVID-19 pandemic. The sizzle reel also teases a Godfather-inspired episode, with Peter crowning himself the town's newest mafioso and Chris being forced to flee to Italy, a la Michael Corleone. Other teased storylines include Stewie breaking up with his stuffed animal Rupert and Brian discovering he has 1% cat DNA. You can watch the full Family Guy panel in the video below: [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/07/25/family-guy-official-panel-comic-con-2020"] As we recently learned, Family Guy: Season 19 will debut on Sunday, September 27. The series will be facing some big changes in the near future, as voice actor Mike Henry is stepping down from his role as Cleveland Brown. Check out the biggest announcements and panels from Comic-Con@Home so far. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Jesse is a mild-mannered staff writer for IGN. Allow him to lend a machete to your intellectual thicket by following @jschedeen on Twitter.

Family Guy fans got their first look at the show's upcoming 19th Season thanks to Fox's Family Guy panel at Comic-Con@Home. The series will continue spoofing all corners of the pop culture universe, including a hilariously gross parody of an iconic X-Men movie scene. Following the panel, Fox tweeted out a sizzle reel of footage from several Season 19 episodes, including the aforementioned X-Men: Days of Future Past gag. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=the-25-best-adult-cartoon-tv-series&captions=true"] The scene recreates that iconic moment from Days of Future Past when Evan Peters' Quicksilver springs to action to save his new friends from certain death. In this case, Meg is called upon to save her family from Chris' disgusting sneeze cloud. Fittingly, the original needle drop from Days of Future Past, Jim Croce's "Time In a Bottle," is replaced with The Cranberries' "Ode to My Family." Also fittingly, Meg seizes the opportunity to prank the others rather than save them from the blast, earning a tiny slice of revenge for being the show's designated punching bag for the past 21 years. This scene and others in the sizzle reel suggest one Season 19 episode will be dealing with a dangerous new strain of flu in Quahog. Whether planned or just a lucky coincidence, Family Guy may wind up being among the first animated sitcoms to capitalize on the COVID-19 pandemic. The sizzle reel also teases a Godfather-inspired episode, with Peter crowning himself the town's newest mafioso and Chris being forced to flee to Italy, a la Michael Corleone. Other teased storylines include Stewie breaking up with his stuffed animal Rupert and Brian discovering he has 1% cat DNA. You can watch the full Family Guy panel in the video below: [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/07/25/family-guy-official-panel-comic-con-2020"] As we recently learned, Family Guy: Season 19 will debut on Sunday, September 27. The series will be facing some big changes in the near future, as voice actor Mike Henry is stepping down from his role as Cleveland Brown. Check out the biggest announcements and panels from Comic-Con@Home so far. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Jesse is a mild-mannered staff writer for IGN. Allow him to lend a machete to your intellectual thicket by following @jschedeen on Twitter.

Director Zack Snyder provided fans watching his appearance at Saturday's JusticeCon with a sneak peek at The Snyder Cut of Justice League by revealing a brief clip of Henry Cavill's Superman in the black costume not seen in the theatrical release. In the clip, which can be viewed below, Superman arrives at Bruce Wayne's lake house where Alfred Pennyworth (Jeremy Irons) is working on a car. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/zack-snyder-reveals-henry-cavill-in-snyder-cut-black-superman-suit-clip"] Alfred first becomes aware of something about to happen when his the liquid in his glass ripples. That's when Superman, now back from the dead, lands. Smiling, Superman ascends the steps towards Alfred, who's clearly anxious to see him. "I'm assuming you're Alfred?" Superman asks. That's where the clip ends.

Superman's black suit will be featured in Zack Snyder's Justice League, thanks to this new clip from Justice Con. https://t.co/H9O16LdvAy pic.twitter.com/IWoeuH1Bnh

— IGN (@IGN) July 25, 2020

This Superman clip isn't the only big news to come out of JusticeCon. Cyborg actor Ray Fisher addressed his recent accusations against reshoots director Joss Whedon of abusive behavior on set. Fisher believes Whedon is "scared" of the ongoing investigation and invited him to sue him if he thinks what Fisher is claiming is untrue or damaging. Snyder also confirmed that none of Whedon's footage will be used in the Snyder Cut of Justice League. Work on The Snyder Cut is underway with a release on HBO Max coming sometime in the first half of 2021. For more on Zack Snyder's Justice League, find out why the director thinks The Snyder Cut isn't part of the DCEU and watch this clip of Darkseid. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=best-superhero-directors-cuts-you-can-stream-now&captions=true"]

Director Zack Snyder provided fans watching his appearance at Saturday's JusticeCon with a sneak peek at The Snyder Cut of Justice League by revealing a brief clip of Henry Cavill's Superman in the black costume not seen in the theatrical release. In the clip, which can be viewed below, Superman arrives at Bruce Wayne's lake house where Alfred Pennyworth (Jeremy Irons) is working on a car. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/zack-snyder-reveals-henry-cavill-in-snyder-cut-black-superman-suit-clip"] Alfred first becomes aware of something about to happen when his the liquid in his glass ripples. That's when Superman, now back from the dead, lands. Smiling, Superman ascends the steps towards Alfred, who's clearly anxious to see him. "I'm assuming you're Alfred?" Superman asks. That's where the clip ends.

Superman's black suit will be featured in Zack Snyder's Justice League, thanks to this new clip from Justice Con. https://t.co/H9O16LdvAy pic.twitter.com/IWoeuH1Bnh

— IGN (@IGN) July 25, 2020

This Superman clip isn't the only big news to come out of JusticeCon. Cyborg actor Ray Fisher addressed his recent accusations against reshoots director Joss Whedon of abusive behavior on set. Fisher believes Whedon is "scared" of the ongoing investigation and invited him to sue him if he thinks what Fisher is claiming is untrue or damaging. Snyder also confirmed that none of Whedon's footage will be used in the Snyder Cut of Justice League. Work on The Snyder Cut is underway with a release on HBO Max coming sometime in the first half of 2021. For more on Zack Snyder's Justice League, find out why the director thinks The Snyder Cut isn't part of the DCEU and watch this clip of Darkseid. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=best-superhero-directors-cuts-you-can-stream-now&captions=true"]

Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves weren’t the first dudes to play Bill and Ted. During the Comic-Con@Home livestream for the Bill and Ted Face the Music panel, franchise screenwriters Chris Matheson and Ed Solomon revealed that they originally performed as the characters and how an icon of the sci-fi genre convinced them to script Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/07/25/bill-ted-face-the-music-official-panel-comic-con-2020"] Matheson and Solomon’s own excellent adventure with these characters began in 1983 as part of a comedy improv group with friends. An improv prompt they received was to play two teenage boys studying history who didn’t know anything about the subject. “We started playing these two guys and we just liked them instantly. They struck us as really funny instantly and we just started playing with them,” Matheson recalled. The duo enjoyed playing these characters just for fun, spending about a year fleshing out their ideas for them. Matheson said they “would just talk on the phone as Bill and Ted. We would write letters as Bill and Ted. We just loved them. They were just really fun to be, long before we ever thought of putting them in a movie or anything like that. We just enjoyed them.” [caption id="attachment_2382409" align="alignnone" width="720"] Ed Solomon and Chris Matheson performing as Bill and Ted in the 1980s.[/caption] While their performances as Bill S. Preston, Esq. and Ted ‘’Theodore’’ Logan had been largely confined to their improv group and one another, Solomon said, “Once we did it in front of an audience at UCLA. We took questions as Bill and Ted and basically everything was either ‘excellent’ or ‘bogus’ as far as I remember.” Matheson and Solomon later explored the idea of including Bill and Ted within a movie they were scripting but the characters would have just been a small part of a larger framework. That was until Matheson received some sage advice from a legendary writer. “We were going to write kind of a skit movie with a bunch of different skits because we had just had a bunch of silly ideas. And Bill and Ted was going to be one of the pieces. It was going to be an eight or ten-minute piece,” Matheson explained. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2019/04/19/7-things-you-probably-didnt-know-about-bill-and-ted"] “It was actually my dad -- who was Richard Matheson, who wrote I Am Legend and (The Incredible) Shrinking Man -- and I sort of ran it by him and he said, ‘You could make a whole movie out of that.’ And so we started looking at it that way.” The late Richard Matheson was the author of many classic sci-fi, horror and fantasy novels and short stories. His works were adapted for the big and small screen, including The Twilight Zone, Real Steel, The Legend of Hell House, The Box, Stir of Echoes, Somewhere in Time, and What Dreams May Come. His seminal post-apocalyptic novel I Am Legend has been filmed for the silver screen three times, most recently in 2007 with Will Smith. While the younger Matheson and his writing partner Solomon may have been the first to “play” Bill and Ted, they would not, of course, end up portraying their creations on the big screen. Solomon said “it was hard for us to imagine who would take the characters over and we were not involved in the casting process or anything.” Solomon recalled an anecdote about how they found out who did end up landing the title roles. “We were in Arizona when the movie was about to shoot and we were in line at McDonald’s and we were actually complaining to each other, ‘I bet whoever they cast won’t be able to do it the way we hoped,’” Solomon said. “And then there are these two guys in front of us at McDonald’s just goofing off and talking to each other. And Chris and I are like, ‘Now those should be the people that play Bill and Ted!’ And then we ended up on set for the first rehearsal and it was Alex and Keanu [who were the same guys from McDonald’s]. Unbelievable.” [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=bill-and-ted-face-the-music-first-look&captions=true"] A sequel nearly three decades in the waiting, Bill and Ted Face the Music will open in theaters and on VOD on September 1. For more, be sure to check out our full Comic-Con 2020 panel schedule.

Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves weren’t the first dudes to play Bill and Ted. During the Comic-Con@Home livestream for the Bill and Ted Face the Music panel, franchise screenwriters Chris Matheson and Ed Solomon revealed that they originally performed as the characters and how an icon of the sci-fi genre convinced them to script Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/07/25/bill-ted-face-the-music-official-panel-comic-con-2020"] Matheson and Solomon’s own excellent adventure with these characters began in 1983 as part of a comedy improv group with friends. An improv prompt they received was to play two teenage boys studying history who didn’t know anything about the subject. “We started playing these two guys and we just liked them instantly. They struck us as really funny instantly and we just started playing with them,” Matheson recalled. The duo enjoyed playing these characters just for fun, spending about a year fleshing out their ideas for them. Matheson said they “would just talk on the phone as Bill and Ted. We would write letters as Bill and Ted. We just loved them. They were just really fun to be, long before we ever thought of putting them in a movie or anything like that. We just enjoyed them.” [caption id="attachment_2382409" align="alignnone" width="720"] Ed Solomon and Chris Matheson performing as Bill and Ted in the 1980s.[/caption] While their performances as Bill S. Preston, Esq. and Ted ‘’Theodore’’ Logan had been largely confined to their improv group and one another, Solomon said, “Once we did it in front of an audience at UCLA. We took questions as Bill and Ted and basically everything was either ‘excellent’ or ‘bogus’ as far as I remember.” Matheson and Solomon later explored the idea of including Bill and Ted within a movie they were scripting but the characters would have just been a small part of a larger framework. That was until Matheson received some sage advice from a legendary writer. “We were going to write kind of a skit movie with a bunch of different skits because we had just had a bunch of silly ideas. And Bill and Ted was going to be one of the pieces. It was going to be an eight or ten-minute piece,” Matheson explained. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2019/04/19/7-things-you-probably-didnt-know-about-bill-and-ted"] “It was actually my dad -- who was Richard Matheson, who wrote I Am Legend and (The Incredible) Shrinking Man -- and I sort of ran it by him and he said, ‘You could make a whole movie out of that.’ And so we started looking at it that way.” The late Richard Matheson was the author of many classic sci-fi, horror and fantasy novels and short stories. His works were adapted for the big and small screen, including The Twilight Zone, Real Steel, The Legend of Hell House, The Box, Stir of Echoes, Somewhere in Time, and What Dreams May Come. His seminal post-apocalyptic novel I Am Legend has been filmed for the silver screen three times, most recently in 2007 with Will Smith. While the younger Matheson and his writing partner Solomon may have been the first to “play” Bill and Ted, they would not, of course, end up portraying their creations on the big screen. Solomon said “it was hard for us to imagine who would take the characters over and we were not involved in the casting process or anything.” Solomon recalled an anecdote about how they found out who did end up landing the title roles. “We were in Arizona when the movie was about to shoot and we were in line at McDonald’s and we were actually complaining to each other, ‘I bet whoever they cast won’t be able to do it the way we hoped,’” Solomon said. “And then there are these two guys in front of us at McDonald’s just goofing off and talking to each other. And Chris and I are like, ‘Now those should be the people that play Bill and Ted!’ And then we ended up on set for the first rehearsal and it was Alex and Keanu [who were the same guys from McDonald’s]. Unbelievable.” [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=bill-and-ted-face-the-music-first-look&captions=true"] A sequel nearly three decades in the waiting, Bill and Ted Face the Music will open in theaters and on VOD on September 1. For more, be sure to check out our full Comic-Con 2020 panel schedule.

Back at the beginning of the month, Cyborg actor Ray Fisher tweeted a video of him speaking at SDCC 2017, where he praised Joss Whedon as a "great guy," with this caption: "I’d like to take a moment to forcefully retract every bit of this statement." The actor then went on to say that Whedon's "on-set treatment of the cast and crew of Justice League was gross, abusive, unprofessional, and completely unacceptable" and that former DC Films co-leads Geoff Johns and Jon Berg "enabled" the behavior. Now, during Fisher's Justice Con panel, Fisher said, replying to a question about his previous statements, "Obviously I put out some pretty strong words, and some pretty strong comments about Joss Whedon and every single one of those words, and every single one of those comments is true." Fisher then added "there is a process that is being undergone as we speak to get to the heart of everything that I’m talking about." "The man is probably scared," Fisher said, "and he should be because we are going to get to the heart of everything -- everything -- that went down." You can watch the full Spotlight on Ray Fisher panel below. The Joss Whedon topic comes up around the 26:00 mark. [youtube clip_id="8lMIZmmYkH8"] "I've been in projects where, artistically speaking, I did not agree, but you do your work," Fisher also said. "You go there and you do it. But there is a certain amount of abuse, there's a certain amount of behavior that one is willing to tolerate and once it gets beyond that point you gotta go ahead and deal with it." Following Fisher's remarks from weeks back, Jon Berg responded by saying it was "categorically untrue that we enabled any unprofessional behavior." [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=history-of-the-justice-league-on-tv&captions=true"] In other Justice League news, Snyder revealed a better look at Superman's black costume in a new clip, which you can watch below, and confirmed that the Snyder Cut of Justice League won't use any of Joss Whedon's footage. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/07/26/zack-snyder-reveals-henry-cavill-in-snyder-cut-black-superman-suit-clip"] Zack Snyder's cut of Justice League is being completed and is expected to debut on HBO Max in 2021, For more Snyder Cut coverage, watch the first Darkseid clip and find out about some of the visual changes the movie will have from Justice League's theatrical release. [poilib element="accentDivider"]