You Can Now Read the Joker Screenplay Online

Joker, which dominated the box office this fall, becoming the first R-rated movie to gross over a billion dollars, has also earned multiple Golden Globe nominations - including Best Motion Picture and Best Performance By an Actor in a Drama for star Joaquin Phoenix.

For any Joker fans out there interested in reading the screenplay, written by director Todd Phillips and Scott Silver, you can check it out online here (h/t Deadline).

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Galaxy Quest: How the Thermians Were Born

In the pantheon of alien-oriented sci-fi movies, a qualifier for true greatness is the caliber of the extraterrestrial. The more unique and strange they are, the more likely audiences will still be talking about them decades later.

Case in point: Galaxy Quest. Celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, the beloved satire of low-fi, space-exploration television shows and their egocentric human casts works for many reasons, including a brilliant script and pitch-perfect performances. But one of Galaxy Quest’s secret weapons is its wholly original alien species: the Thermians.

Thermians-Galaxy-QuestBi-pedal cephalopods in their true form, they spend the majority of the movie in human guise, trying to awkwardly pull off a natural human gait and speech patterns. As led by the sweetly naïve Mathesar (Enrico Colantoni), the Thermians laugh, smile and unabashedly “fan-boy” around the original cast of the historical document they know as Galaxy Quest.

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Ryan Reynolds Confirms Deadpool 3 at Marvel Studios

Ryan Reynolds gave Deadpool fans an exciting stocking stuffer while appearing on Live With Kelly and Ryan, officially confirming that Deadpool 3 was currently being developed over at Marvel.

"Yeah we're working on it right now with the whole team," Reynolds said.

"We're over at Marvel

now, which is like the big leagues all of a sudden. It's kinda crazy. So yeah, we're working on it."

How Deadpool will fit into the MCU, and whether or not it will still be an R-rated affair, are still lingering questions of course, but a few months back co-writer Paul Wernick said Marvel had given them permission to continue making R-rated films for the Deadpool franchise.

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NASA Satellite May Be Able to See Rainbows in Clouds

NASA has launched a new satellite to examine invisible specks in the atmosphere said to impact weather, climate and air quality.

According to NASA, the aerosol-detecting satellite, known in science circles as a "Hyper-Angular Rainbow Polarimeter (HARP) CubeSat", launched from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia on November 2, 2019, ahead of its release into Earth orbit.

In orbit, HARP will filter light into four wavelengths and rotate that light to three polarization angles, creating a prism-like effect that will measure hidden properties of clouds and aerosols such as the amount and type of aerosols in the atmosphere, as well as the size of water or ice particles inside clouds.

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Everything You Need to Know to Survive in Resident Evil 2 Remake

Resident Evil 2 Remake places you in Raccoon City, right in the middle of a zombie apocalypse. Playing as either Leon Kennedy or Claire Redfield, you'll need to search various locations in the city for weapons, ammo, codes, and other key items to make it out alive.

If surviving wasn't hard enough, a tyrant known as Mr. X stalks you and shows up in the most dire moments to try and kill you. If you've played the original Resident Evil 2, plenty will be familiar to you in the RE2 Remake, but if it's been a while or you're a complete newcomer to the game, our Resident Evil 2 beginner's guide and tips will help see you through.

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Empyre: Marvel Comics’ Next Big Crossover Revealed

Marvel Comics wraps up 2019 with one final, big release. Incoming #1 is a one-shot special that tees up a number of big storylines for 2020. And among those stories is Marvel's next summer crossover, one called Empyre.

Read on to find out what exactly Empyre is, but beware of spoilers for Incoming #1!

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Incoming opens with a new murder mystery in the Marvel Universe, as the Masked Raider stumbles across a dead body inside a locked room. Numerous Marvel heroes are drawn into the resulting investigation, including Captain Marvel, Black Panther, Blue Marvel, Jessica Jones and Mister Fantastic.

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Robert Pattinson is Ready for The Batman Backlash

Though it's not coming out until Summer 2021, Matt Reeves' The Batman is already overflowing with buzz thanks to its talented cast -- including Robert Pattison, Zoe Kravitz, Jeffrey Wright, John Turturro and more -- and its '90s setting.

Pattinson, who's stepping into his first high-profile role since starring in the Twilight series, said he hopes that he never has to experience that level of fandom again, but in a recent interview with The Guardian he explained why wasn't worried about the inevitable backlash he'll get from fans who demand very specific things of Batman.

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The 20 Biggest Video Game News Stories of 2019

IGN publishes countless video game news stories each year, covering everything from reveals to cancellations, leaks to confirmations, release dates to delays, and everything in between. With the year coming to an end, we've sorted through the analytics to uncover which stories the IGN community cared (or at least read) about most in 2019.

Click through the gallery below or continue scrolling for our 20 biggest video game news stories of the year.

20. PT Camera Hack Reveals Lisa Is Always Right Behind You

Five years after its release, PT's popularity persists. The terrifying playable teaser made its way back into the news in September, when a camera hack revealed the nightmarish Lisa is always right behind you. As hacker Lance McDonald explained, "She actually attaches to the player's back as soon as you get the flashlight."

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