Ryan Gosling and Chris Evans will star in The Gray Man, a new thriller movie directed by Joe and Anthony Russo that will carry Netflix's biggest budget yet. The movie is based on the Gray Man and Court Gentry book series from author Mark Greaney. The globe-trotting movie focuses on two killers, Gentry (Gosling) and his former companion Lloyd (Evans), as they hunt each other down. The movie is meant to kickstart a franchise with this first installment written by Joe Russo. Captain America and Avengers writers, Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, also helped out with the script. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=netflix-spotlight-july-2020&captions=true"] Anthony Russo compared the movie to Captain America: The Winter Soldier in an interview with Deadline. “The movie is a real mano a mano between those two great actors, who represent two different versions of the CIA, in what it can be, and what it can do,” Anthony Russo said. “For those who were fans of Captain America: Winter Soldier, this is us moving into that territory in more of a real world setting. That’s what this movie really means for us.” Joe Russo said their intention is to go on for multiple installments and to keep the stakes, and probably the budget, very high. This movie is expected to have Netflix's highest budget yet at around $200 million. For comparison, a movie like The Irishman reportedly cost around $175 million and Extraction was under $100 million. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/extraction-full-one-shot-scene-breakdown-wchris-hemsworth-joe-russo-and-director"] “The intention is for it to be competitive with any theatrical and the ability to do with with [sic] Gosling and Evans is a dream for us," Joe Russo said. "The idea is to create a franchise and build out a whole universe, with Ryan at the center of it. We have all committed to the first movie and that’s got to be great to get us to the second movie. These are master assassins and Gosling’s characters gets burned by the CIA and Evans’ character has to hunt him down. "We think Netflix is the perfect place for this film." Joe Russo also said that the movie will hopefully begin production by late 2020 or early 2021, but that's “COVID dependent.” [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=every-delayed-movie-due-to-coronavirus-so-far&captions=true"] This movie was originally set up with the Russo Brothers at Sony right after the release of Winter Soldier and before the Russo brothers helmed the biggest box office hit of all time. Even before that, Brad Pitt and his Ad Astra director, James Gray, were reportedly going to film The Gray Man. This is the second big franchise for the Russo brothers at Netflix. Extraction was recently crowned on Netflix's list of their biggest opening months for original movies. About half of all Netflix accounts worldwide tried out Extraction in its first month. A sequel is reportedly on the way. Netflix has been pumping out big projects throughout July, including the recently-released The Old Guard and the upcoming Transformers TV series. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Petey Oneto is a freelance writer for IGN who thinks Winter Soldier and Civil War are the best MCU movies so far.

Ryan Gosling and Chris Evans will star in The Gray Man, a new thriller movie directed by Joe and Anthony Russo that will carry Netflix's biggest budget yet. The movie is based on the Gray Man and Court Gentry book series from author Mark Greaney. The globe-trotting movie focuses on two killers, Gentry (Gosling) and his former companion Lloyd (Evans), as they hunt each other down. The movie is meant to kickstart a franchise with this first installment written by Joe Russo. Captain America and Avengers writers, Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, also helped out with the script. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=netflix-spotlight-july-2020&captions=true"] Anthony Russo compared the movie to Captain America: The Winter Soldier in an interview with Deadline. “The movie is a real mano a mano between those two great actors, who represent two different versions of the CIA, in what it can be, and what it can do,” Anthony Russo said. “For those who were fans of Captain America: Winter Soldier, this is us moving into that territory in more of a real world setting. That’s what this movie really means for us.” Joe Russo said their intention is to go on for multiple installments and to keep the stakes, and probably the budget, very high. This movie is expected to have Netflix's highest budget yet at around $200 million. For comparison, a movie like The Irishman reportedly cost around $175 million and Extraction was under $100 million. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/extraction-full-one-shot-scene-breakdown-wchris-hemsworth-joe-russo-and-director"] “The intention is for it to be competitive with any theatrical and the ability to do with with [sic] Gosling and Evans is a dream for us," Joe Russo said. "The idea is to create a franchise and build out a whole universe, with Ryan at the center of it. We have all committed to the first movie and that’s got to be great to get us to the second movie. These are master assassins and Gosling’s characters gets burned by the CIA and Evans’ character has to hunt him down. "We think Netflix is the perfect place for this film." Joe Russo also said that the movie will hopefully begin production by late 2020 or early 2021, but that's “COVID dependent.” [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=every-delayed-movie-due-to-coronavirus-so-far&captions=true"] This movie was originally set up with the Russo Brothers at Sony right after the release of Winter Soldier and before the Russo brothers helmed the biggest box office hit of all time. Even before that, Brad Pitt and his Ad Astra director, James Gray, were going to film The Gray Man, according to Deadline. This is the second big franchise for the Russo brothers at Netflix. Extraction was recently crowned on Netflix's list of their biggest opening months for original movies. About half of all Netflix accounts worldwide tried out Extraction in its first month. A sequel is reportedly on the way. Netflix has been pumping out big projects throughout July, including the recently-released The Old Guard and the upcoming Transformers TV series. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Petey Oneto is a freelance writer for IGN who thinks Winter Soldier and Civil War are the best MCU movies so far.

We've gotten a first real look at the PS4 and PS5 controller side-by-side. Revealed after a Geoff Keighley livestream about the new DualSense controller, the presenter posted a side-by-side comparison of the two:

A new member of the family. #PlayStation5 #SummerGameFest pic.twitter.com/xuCTkBmq8h

— Geoff Keighley (@geoffkeighley) July 17, 2020

As expected, the PS5 controller does look a tad heftier than the DualShock, but not hugely so. Keighley mentioned during the stream that the controller felt slightly heavier, but only slightly. After a reveal in April, we've learned a lot about the new controller's haptic feedback, adaptive triggers (and a little less about its still-mysterious Create button). Microsoft has already revealed the Xbox Series X and its controller, and we've broken down how these new controllers compare to each other. For more on PlayStation 5, be sure to check out the PS5's full specs and how it compares to Xbox Series X, why audio could be Sony's next-gen console's killer feature, and read Sony's comments on how the COVID-19 pandemic should not delay the launch of the PlayStation 5. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=ps5-hardware-accessories&captions=true"] [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.  

We've gotten a first real look at the PS4 and PS5 controller side-by-side. Revealed after a Geoff Keighley livestream about the new DualSense controller, the presenter posted a side-by-side comparison of the two:

A new member of the family. #PlayStation5 #SummerGameFest pic.twitter.com/xuCTkBmq8h

— Geoff Keighley (@geoffkeighley) July 17, 2020

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Earlier this week, rumors began to swirl that the PlayStation 5 would go up for preorder, much to the surprise of, well, everyone, including Sony. In the wake of those rumors, PlayStation has promised that PS5 preorders won't catch players by surprise. Speaking to Geoff Keighley after a brief showcase of the PS5's DualSense controller, Worldwide Head of Marketing Eric Lempel said "I think it's safe to say...we'll let you know when preorder will happen. It's not going to happen with a minute's notice. We're going to at some point let you know when you can preorder PlayStation 5. So, please, don't feel like you have to go run out and line up anywhere until you receive official notice on how that will work." [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/07/17/playstation-5-dualsense-controller-hands-on-livestream"] Rumors kicked into overdrive on Monday, with many speculating that the PS5 would go up for preorder, in part because the PS5 Amazon page of information was added. And while website updates like that only fanned the flames of speculation, the system never ended up being available for preorder. And that fervent expectation even surprised Sony. "We don't know what happened there, we had nothing to do with it. I got a message from someone saying 'People are lining up at stores' and we had no idea why," Lempel said. So while players can't still buy a PS5, it's safe to say Sony is aware of the demand and will give players some warning ahead of when it is available to preorder. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=playstation-5-and-playstation-5-digital-edition-console-design-images&captions=true"] Earlier this week, we learned via a new report that PlayStation is allegedly upping its production of PS5 consoles, and last week we got a first look at what PS5 box art will look like. For more on the PS5 and everything PlayStation, be sure to tune in to our weekly PlayStation show, Podcast Beyond!, for the latest news, impressions, and more from the world of PlayStation. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Jonathon Dornbush is IGN's Senior News Editor and host of Podcast Beyond! Find him on Twitter @jmdornbush.

Earlier this week, rumors began to swirl that the PlayStation 5 would go up for preorder, much to the surprise of, well, everyone, including Sony. In the wake of those rumors, PlayStation has promised that PS5 preorders won't catch players by surprise. Speaking to Geoff Keighley after a brief showcase of the PS5's DualSense controller, Worldwide Head of Marketing Eric Lempel said "I think it's safe to say...we'll let you know when preorder will happen. It's not going to happen with a minute's notice. We're going to at some point let you know when you can preorder PlayStation 5. So, please, don't feel like you have to go run out and line up anywhere until you receive official notice on how that will work." [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/07/17/playstation-5-dualsense-controller-hands-on-livestream"] Rumors kicked into overdrive on Monday, with many speculating that the PS5 would go up for preorder, in part because the PS5 Amazon page of information was added. And while website updates like that only fanned the flames of speculation, the system never ended up being available for preorder. And that fervent expectation even surprised Sony. "We don't know what happened there, we had nothing to do with it. I got a message from someone saying 'People are lining up at stores' and we had no idea why," Lempel said. So while players can't still buy a PS5, it's safe to say Sony is aware of the demand and will give players some warning ahead of when it is available to preorder. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=playstation-5-and-playstation-5-digital-edition-console-design-images&captions=true"] Earlier this week, we learned via a new report that PlayStation is allegedly upping its production of PS5 consoles, and last week we got a first look at what PS5 box art will look like. For more on the PS5 and everything PlayStation, be sure to tune in to our weekly PlayStation show, Podcast Beyond!, for the latest news, impressions, and more from the world of PlayStation. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Jonathon Dornbush is IGN's Senior News Editor and host of Podcast Beyond! Find him on Twitter @jmdornbush.

Animal Planet has released a trailer for its upcoming Tiger King documentary, which was filmed just four months before Joe Exotic's arrest. The new trailer offers fans a sneak peek at the one-off special that is set to follow the stories of the animals that were rescued from the G.W. Zoo and given a second chance at life after Exotic was sentenced to 22-years in federal prison for two counts of murder-for-hire in an attempt to kill animal rights activist Carole Baskin, as well as numerous other wildlife violations, per The Washington Post. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/03/31/netflixs-tiger-king-murder-mayhem-and-madness-season-1-review"] "Four months before he was arrested on murder-for-hire charges, Animal Planet cameras were given special access to Joe Exotic's tiger empire," the teaser reveals before showing an interview with Exotic (real name Joseph Maldonado-Passage), which was originally filmed for Animal Planet's Wolves and Warriors program in 2018. Paired with never-before-seen footage, the documentary shares some insight into Exotic's day-to-day running of the animal park, while the crew conducts interviews with some of its former employees, including Gaylynn Eastwood and Saff Saffery, who lost an arm to one of the tigers, and others with firsthand knowledge of the animal trafficking and breeding, such as rescue leaders and exotic animal experts. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=best-true-crime-shows-and-movies-to-watch-online&captions=true"] Netflix's Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness documented the vicious rivalry between big cat enthusiasts Exotic and Baskin, with the former making it his personal crusade to destroy Baskin, which ultimately resulted in his conviction in a plot to try to murder her. Exotic repeatedly resurfaced rumours that Baskin murdered her husband Don Lewis, whose disappearance has never been solved. Surviving Joe Exotic airs on July 25 at 10 p.m. (ET/PT) on Animal Planet. In the meantime, find out what happened to Tiger King's cast of characters after the docuseries ended and discover all of the revelations made by the motley crew of Joe Exotic's big cat park in the aftershow. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Adele Ankers is a Freelance Entertainment Journalist. You can reach her on Twitter.

Animal Planet has released a trailer for its brand new Tiger King documentary, which was filmed just four months before Joe Exotic's arrest. The new trailer offers fans a sneak peek at the one-off special that is set to follow the stories of the animals that were rescued from the G.W. Zoo and given a second chance at life after Exotic was sentenced to 22-years in federal prison for two counts of murder-for-hire in an attempt to kill animal rights activist Carole Baskin, as well as numerous other wildlife violations, per The Washington Post. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/03/31/netflixs-tiger-king-murder-mayhem-and-madness-season-1-review"] "Four months before he was arrested on murder-for-hire charges, Animal Planet cameras were given special access to Joe Exotic's tiger empire," the teaser reveals before launching into an interview with Exotic (real name Joseph Maldonado-Passage), which was filmed for Animal Planet's Wolves and Warriors program in 2018. While following Exotic around the park, the crew will be shown conducting interviews with former zoo employees, including Gaylynn Eastwood and Saff Saffery, who lost an arm to one of the tigers, and others with firsthand knowledge of the animal trafficking and breeding that fueled Exotic's empire, such as rescue leaders and exotic animal experts. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=best-true-crime-shows-and-movies-to-watch-online&captions=true"] Netflix's Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness documented the vicious rivalry between big cat enthusiasts Exotic and Baskin, with the former making it his personal crusade to destroy Baskin, which ultimately resulted in his conviction in a plot to try to murder her. Exotic repeatedly resurfaced rumours that Baskin murdered her husband Don Lewis, whose disappearance has never been solved. Surviving Joe Exotic airs on July 25 at 10 p.m. (ET/PT) on Animal Planet. In the meantime, find out what happened to Tiger King's cast of characters after the docuseries ended, and check out our rundown of recommendations for other true crime shows and movies available to stream right now. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Adele Ankers is a Freelance Entertainment Journalist. You can reach her on Twitter.

Ubisoft's shown off four shots from its upcoming Prince of Persia Escape Room.

Ubisoft's shown off four shots from its upcoming Prince of Persia Escape Room.