James Lipton, creator and host of Inside the Actors Studio, has died at the age of 93. He died Monday, March 2, in his Manhattan home from bladder cancer, according to The Hollywood Reporter who received the news from Lipton's wife, Kedakai Mercedes Lipton. Lipton is best known for Bravo series Inside the Actors Studio, which he created in 1994 as a way to teach students of the Actors Studio Drama School. Lipton hosted the show and spoke with actors about their performances and careers in film during a one-hour one-on-one interview each episode. Since its conception, Inside the Actors Studio aired on the Bravo television network until it moved to Ovation TV in 2018. Lipton stepped down from hosting the show when it moved to Ovation TV. In the show's 22-season run on Bravo, Lipton interviewed nearly 300 actors, directors and more. The latest episode of Inside the Actors Studio aired on December 15, 2019, with Lupita Nyong'o of Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Us fame, as the guest. "I made a vow early on that we would not deal in gossip — only in craft, and Ovation, as a network dedicated to the arts, will continue that tradition with the next seasons of the series," Lipton told The Hollywood Reporter at the time of the show's transition to Ovation TV. "I'm excited to see the new hosts engage with the guests and students and continue to entertain viewers in the U.S. and around the world." [poilib element="accentDivider"] Wesley LeBlanc is a freelance news writer and guide maker for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @LeBlancWes.     

Marvel and Netmarble have announced Marvel: Future Revolution, an open-world RPG for mobile. Announced at PAX East, the game comes from the developers of Marvel: Future Fight, and will see players play as part of the ‘Omega Flight’ Super Hero team. According to a press release, the players will, "work together to battle an onslaught of Super Villains, confront their suspicious behaviors and defend the universe." [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/03/02/marvel-future-revolution-teaser-trailer"] Confirmed playable heroes include Captain America, Captain Marvel, Spider-Man, and Doctor Strange, and the open world will merge various Marvel locations, including Xanderth and Sakaar. The game will include new and existing costumes for heroes, with customisation promised. The story is being handled by Marvel Comics writer Marc Sumerak, who also worked on Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=marvel-future-revolution-screenshots&captions=true"] The teaser doesn't give much away about how the game will play but, given its connection to Future Fight, it's fair to assume that it will take an action-RPG approach, with a 3rd person perspective and hero abilities on cooldown timers. [poilib element="accentDivider"]

Death Stranding is officially headed to PC on June 2 via both Steam and the Epic Games Store - and it'll have Half-Life crossover content. Kojima Productions and 505 Games announced the news, revealing new features such as a photo mode, higher frame rate caps, and ultra-wide screen support. As for the Half-Life crossover, we can see it teased in the trailer below - Sam Porter Bridges gets a Valve logo-like ponytail, is wearing the tech-covered gloves we've seen from Half-Life: Alyx, and is seen styling a headcrab hat. Those might even be some Gordon Freeman glasses he's rocking, too. It's not clear just yet how you'll get it in game, however. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/03/02/death-stranding-pc-release-date-trailer"] Anyone who pre-orders Death Stranding on PC will get a Chiral Gold and Omnireflector cap, sunglasses, gold and silver speed skeleton, and gold and silver armor plate. However, all PC purchases will also get the following:

• Selections from ‘The Art of DEATH STRANDING’ digital art book (by Titan Books)
• Death Stranding Original Score Expanded Edition by Ludvig Forsell (including 10 unreleased tracks)
• Ludens mask sunglasses (chiral gold and omnireflector)
• Gold and silver power skeleton
• Gold and silver all-terrain skeleton
• Gold and silver armour plate (LV2)

The blog post that revealed the release date featured an image below showing all the bonuses. Senior Brand Community Manager at 505 Games, Antonela Pounder, wrote in a blog post, "Let us take this opportunity to thank this incredible community for their support since we announced the PC edition of DEATH STRANDING last year. The response has been overwhelming and we’re super grateful for the support you’ve shown us across our social channels. Today is a super exciting day for the team and we hope you guys feel the same way too." For more information on Death Stranding, take a look at what we thought in our review. We were half-expecting Kojima-related news this week, but not this particular story – last week, a member of the Kojima team seemed to tease a Silent Hill game in a very strange way. Kojima himself is also about to receive BAFTA's highest honour for his work in the industry. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Jeffrey Lerman is a Freelance News Writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @Snakester95.

Sony Pictures has officially signed Ruben Fleischer to direct Uncharted, its long-in-development screen adaptation of the video game franchise. Antonio Banderas has also joined the cast, as well as Sophia Ali (Grey's Anatomy) and Tati Gabrielle (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina). The current draft of the screenplay has been handled by Art Marcum and Matt Holloway, the screenwiritng duo behind 2008's Iron Man. Variety broke the news, but it's not clear who Banderas, Ali or Gabrielle will play at this point. Sony Pictures subsequently confirmed the story to IGN. Fleischer’s name first surfaced in early January as a reported frontrunner to replace Bumblebee director Travis Knight, who bowed out of his Uncharted directing duties due to scheduling issues. In the weeks between initial reports of Fleischer being the studio’s top choice to today’s announcement, Sony shifted the release date of Uncharted from December 18, 2020, to March 5, 2021. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=the-strange-history-of-the-uncharted-movie&captions=true"] Fleischer is no stranger to making movies for Sony, having directed their blockbuster adaptation of Marvel Comics’ Venom as well as both Zombieland films. Uncharted also won’t be the first video game movie Fleischer has been linked to, as he was attached to direct the big-screen version of Spy Hunter several years ago. Fleischer called Spy Hunter his favorite video game in an interview IGN did with him back in 2013. Fleischer’s hiring caps a storied journey to the silver screen for Uncharted, which previously saw David O. Russell, Neil Burger, Seth Gordon, Shawn Levy, Dan Trachtenberg, and the aforementioned Travis Knight lined up to direct, only for them to part ways with the project for various reasons. Tom Holland recently revealed to IGN that principal photography is just weeks away. Uncharted will star Holland as a younger incarnation of adventurer Nathan Drake opposite Mark Wahlberg as his mentor, Sully. Ironically, Wahlberg had been attached to play Drake back when David O. Russell was going to direct. [ignvideo width=610 height=374 url=https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/02/14/tom-holland-says-uncharted-has-a-solution-to-the-video-game-movie-problem] Holland recently informed IGN at the world premiere of Pixar’s Onward that the Uncharted movie begins filming in roughly four weeks and that it will draw much of its inspiration from Uncharted 4: A Thief's End. “There was definitely a lot of inspiration that came from the games, but it's a very young, fresh take on the character because, obviously, we didn't get to meet him all that much when he was younger," Holland told us. "But it's a pretty awesome movie, and it's global. We travel the world, we see some amazing places, and Mark Wahlberg and I are going to have a great summer together." Holland also recently explained to us how Uncharted can prove to be a successful video game movie where so many other screen adaptations have failed. “I think what Uncharted offers that most video games films don't is that it's an origin story to the games,” Holland said. “So if you played the games, you haven't seen what's going to happen in the film. And if you haven't played the games, you're going to enjoy the film because it's information that everyone else is getting at the same time. But I'm super excited to make that movie and it's been a long time coming.” [poilib element="accentDivider"]

Colin Farrell has officially been cast in Disney's Artemis Fowl as the titular character's father, who also goes by the name of Artemis Fowl. Disney recently released a new trailer and poster for the upcoming live-action movie, showcasing Farrell's role in the Kenneth Branagh adaptation, which is based on the beloved book by Eoin Colfer. Watch the new trailer for the fantastical, spellbinding adventure below: [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/03/02/artemis-fowl-official-trailer"] Up until now, Farrell's name had not been attached to the project, however, footage from the new trailer confirms that he will be playing the father of the lead character, who is a 12-year-old criminal mastermind that finds himself being pulled into a secret underground world of fairies, dwarves and trolls. The actor makes a further appearance on the new poster, also released on Monday. Check it out below:

Farrell joins the cast alongside Ferdia Shaw as Artemis Fowl Jnr, Lara McDonnell as Captain Holly Short, Josh Gad as Mulch Diggums, Tamara Smart as Juliet, Nonso Anozie as Butler, Josh McGuire as Briar Cudgeon, Nikesh Patel as Foaly, Adrian Scarborough as The Goblin Chief and Miranda Raison as Angeline Fowl, together with Judi Dench as Commander Root.

[widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=every-upcoming-disney-live-action-remake&captions=true"] Director Branagh previously told IGN that he saw parallels between the way in which he conceived the first Thor movie and the way in which he was now trying to create the world of Artemis Fowl, saying that "a very contemporary feeling -- still heightened world of science -- is right next door to a world of magic." For more on the creative process, read our full interview with Branagh who gave us an inside look into the world of his new fantasy film, which is due to hit theaters on May 29, 2020. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Adele Ankers is a Freelance Entertainment Journalist. You can reach her on Twitter.

Scientists have discovered organic material within 75-million year old dinosaur fossils, including cartilage cells, proteins, chromosomes, and DNA. Paleontologist researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and North Carolina University published a paper on National Science Review detailing the discovery, which was found within skull fragments from a Hypacrosaurus. This duck-billed herbivore lived during the Cretaceous period and was a ‘nestling’, meaning it was still very young when it died. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2015/06/10/jurassic-world-video-review"] The fragments contain some preserved cartilage cells, which are host to structures that appear to be chromosomes. After detailed tests and comparing the results against samples from modern emu skulls, it appears that antibodies from a protein commonly found in animal cartilage can be detected in the fossils. Tests were also run for DNA. A staining substance that binds to DNA was applied to the Hypacrosaurus cells, and the result was similar to what would be expected of modern cells. This is surprising as modern day thinking suggests that DNA will only survive for about a million years, but the fossils date back 75 million years. “These new exciting results add to growing evidence that cells and some of their biomolecules can persist in deep-time,” says Alida Bailleul, who is one of the lead authors of the paper. “They suggest DNA can preserve for tens of millions of years, and we hope that this study will encourage scientists working on ancient DNA to push current limits and to use new methodology in order to reveal all the unknown molecular secrets that ancient tissues have.” [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=the-best-deaths-in-the-jurassic-park-movies&captions=true"] This isn’t the first time scientists have discovered elements like this in ancient fossils. A few years ago scientists at Imperial College London found blood cells in a fossilized dinosaur claw. In other discoveries, the oldest meat-eating dinosaur was recently discovered in Brazil. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Matt Purslow is IGN's UK News and Entertainment Writer. You can follow him on Twitter. 

Marvel's WandaVision has seemingly wrapped filming ahead of its release on Disney+ this coming December. Taking to Instagram over the weekend, crew member Taylor Grabowsky posted a huge group photo to celebrate the end of their lengthy production on the Marvel TV series, commending the extensive cast and crew for being the "best in the world." In the accompanying caption, Grabowsky wrote: "Guys, I may or may not have gone a little overboard on the photobooth, though how can you not with these beauts?! Thankful for the BEST crew in the world, and not only were they up to the challenge, every person here helped to make this show beyond special!" Alongside the message, Grabowsky tagged Marvel Studios together with a hashtag confirming that the photos were taken at the WandaVision wrap party in Atlanta, Georgia. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2019/08/27/wandavision-is-the-mcus-first-sitcom"] Marvel's WandaVision was initially slated to debut in 2021, but the release date was recently moved up to December 2020, edging closer towards the release of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier in August. As it stands, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier is still set to be the first MCU spinoff series on the Disney+ release calendar, though it appears that this highly-anticipated miniseries is still currently in production. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=marvels-wandavision-all-the-tv-sitcom-influences&captions=true"] While little is known about the plot of WandaVision, Paul Bettany has previously described it as "the oddest of all the Marvel endeavours so far." To find out more about the mysterious MCU spinoff series, discover how WandaVision might tie into Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness, which is also set to feature Scarlet Witch, and check out our deep dive into the comic books that might have inspired the upcoming Marvel "sitcom." [poilib element="accentDivider"] Adele Ankers is a Freelance Entertainment Journalist. You can reach her on Twitter.

Get ready to enter a whole new action-packed science fiction world in the upcoming Paramount Pictures movie Infinite. IGN has the exclusive synopsis and logo reveal for the new Antoine Fuqua-directed Mark Wahlberg film, which hits theaters on August 7th, as well as the announcement of its first-of-its-kind SXSW activation, the Infinite ISM Hexadome Experience. Based on the novel The Reincarnationist Papers, Infinite explores the idea of reincarnation and the implications that come with being reborn throughout the generations with all your memories intact through the eyes of Mark Wahlberg's character Evan McCauley. The official synopsis for Infinite reads: "For Evan McCauley (Mark Wahlberg), skills he has never learned and memories of places he has never visited haunt his daily life. Self-medicated and on the brink of a mental breakdown, a secret group that call themselves 'Infinites' come to his rescue, revealing to him that his memories are real – but they are from multiple past lives. The Infinites bring Evan into their extraordinary world, where a gifted few are given the ability to be reborn with their memories and knowledge accumulated over centuries. With critical secrets buried in his past, Evan must work with the Infinites to unlock the answers in his memories in a race against time to save humanity from one of their own (Chiwetel Ejiofor) who seeks to destroy it." Check out the logo reveal for Infinite below: Infinite is produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura (Transformers franchise, The Meg) and written by Ian Shorr and James Coyne. In addition to Wahlberg, who also serves as producer, Infinite stars Sophie Cookson, Rupert Friend, Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson, Jason Mantzoukas, Toby Jones, Dylan O’Brien and Liz Carr. Executive producers are Fuqua and Raphael Crohn. In addition to di Bonaventura, the producers include Mark Vahradian, Mark Huffam, John Zaozirny, Mark Wahlberg and Stephen Levinson. To help introduce audiences to the movie's unique world, Paramount Pictures partnered up with Little Cinema, an award-winning art collective focused on reimagining film and creating multi-disciplinary live experiences, to develop an immersive reimagining of Infinite for the ISM Hexadome in Austin, Texas at SXSW 2020. The audiovisual installation will make attendees feel the visceral experience of being an Infinite and having your memories span many lifetimes by creating a unique piece of audiovisual content composed and designed for the ISM Hexadome from hundreds of hours of uncut material from Infinite, as well as found footage discovered inside the Paramount vaults. Designed by the Institute of Sound & Music in Berlin, the ISM Hexadome is comprised six giant screens, Epson advanced laser projection technology and a bespoke 52-channel Meyer Sound Labs spatial sound system, offering audiences complete, 360-degree cinematic immersion. [caption id="attachment_2311817" align="alignnone" width="1131"] The Infinite ISM Hexodome Experience[/caption] Demonstrating the power of shared direct experience through sound, art, film and technology, the ISM Hexadome exhibits exclusive commissioned works from artists such as Brian Eno, Thom Yorke, Suzanne Ciani, Holly Herndon, Herman Kolgen and Ben Frost. Wahlberg shared the first photo from the set of Infinite back on September 18, 2019, showing him and Fuqua in a hanger, surrounded by a jet and a sleek Aston Martin. In the caption for the Instagram image, Wahlberg wrote, "Excited to be back with #AntoineFuqua who has an incredible vision for this high-concept, ORIGINAL action thriller…it’s a classic story of good vs. evil with an epic twist." Fuqua and Wahlberg previously worked together on 2007's Shooter, which di Bonaventura also produced. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Terri Schwartz is Editor-in-Chief of Entertainment at IGN. Talk to her on Twitter at @Terri_Schwartz.