Jonah Hill Won’t Be in The Batman
Jonah Hill has reportedly passed on joining the cast of The Batman.
According to Deadline, the Oscar-nominated Wolf of Wall Street and Moneyball actor turned down a villain role in the Matt Reeves-directed film. Hill had been up for the role of either Penguin or Riddler, but the production has now moved on to look at other contenders for those roles. (TheWrap claims the role Hill was up for was the Riddler.)
Stranger Things Season 3 Breaks Netflix Viewership Record
Netflix says that the third season of Stranger Things set a views record for the streaming service. According to the video streaming giant, the latest season of the popular supernatural drama was view by more than 60 million households.
According to Netflix’s latest quarterly earnings report, the third season of Stranger Things achieved over 64 million views in four weeks. According to the company, this makes the show’s third season the most-viewed season of the show.
Furthermore, THR reports this figure easily surpasses the viewership for previously Netflix shows. However, it’s important to note that Netflix doesn’t freely reveal viewership numbers for its shows or movies unless it chooses to. But based on every previously released viewership data, the latest season of Stranger Things easily sits at the top.
Fat Pikachu Is Back for Pokemon Sword and Shield and We’re Ecstatic
A beloved Pikachu design is making its way into Pokemon Sword and Shield through a Gigantamax transformation, a special kind form that gives certain Pokemon a unique design and move. Sure, Gigantamax forms for Charizard, Eevee, and Meowth were also revealed, but we're just here for Pikachu. Why? Because it's fat Pikachu.
Watch the new Pokemon Sword and Shield trailer below; the chonkster Pikachu appears at the 00:23 mark:
This wonderfully nostalgic design for Gigantamax Pikachu is far closer to how the iconic Pokemon looked at the start of the series. As shown in the art on the 1999 calendar and the two figures from the late 90s below, Pikachu took on more of a round mouse shape rather than its more slender form we see today. Pikachu also has a much longer, thinner tail which is also featured in its Gigantamax form.
Spectre Joins the Arrowverse for Crisis on Infinite Earths Crossover
Another DC Comics icon will make their Arrowverse debut during the Crisis on Infinite Earths crossover. IGN can exclusively reveal that Detective Jim Corrigan, human host of the powerful cosmic entity known as the Spectre, will appear in the crossover.
The CW has cast Stephen Lobo (Continuum, Supernatural) as Jim Corrigan. The network isn't confirming whether The Spectre himself will appear, though given the character's role in the original Crisis on Infinite Earths comic, that seems a distinct possibility.
Photo credit: Dennys Ilic
How Joker Recast Thomas Wayne as Gotham’s Villain
Full spoilers follow for Joker.
You smell ’80s Gotham before you see it. The Joaquin Phoenix Joker movie opens with a radio report of streets piled high with waste, the result of a garbage strike that has affected everyone in the city. Some, though, are hit by the stink sooner than others.
The rarefied air up in the balcony of Wayne Hall must be cleaner. In the television interviews that punctuate his mayoral campaign, Thomas Wayne draws a hard line between those who make something of themselves, and those he dubs “clowns.” It’s a comforting perspective for the privileged of Gotham - the idea that there’s a karmic reason for the suffering endured by those they step over in the street.
Fractured Ending Explained: Why the Netflix Movie Has Viewers Upset
Full spoilers for the ending of Netflix's Fractured below!
Social media is abuzz with talk of director Brad Anderson's new film Fractured, which is pretty impressive considering it debuted on Netflix the same day as El Camino: A Breaking Bad Story. But between its suspenseful premise and dramatic ending, Fractured is basically 2019's answer to Bird Box.
Read on for a breakdown of what exactly happens at the end of Fractured and why viewers are feeling so taken aback by its ending.
Fractured Ending Explained
Blizzard Bans College Hearthstone Team Who Supported Hong Kong For Six Months
Update:
IGN reached out to Blizzard for further clarification on American University’s ban. We asked why it took a week for Blizzard to announce a punishment for the college team for breaking a rule, whereas Blitzchung was punished almost immediately afterward.
While Blizzard didn’t directly address this question, a spokesperson sent over the following response:
"Thanks for reaching out. We strongly encourage everyone in our community to share their viewpoints in the many places available to express themselves. However, our official broadcast needs to be about the game and the competition, and to be a place where all are welcome. If we allow the introduction of personal views about sensitive issues into the channel, it ceases to be what it’s meant for – esports. We have rules in place to support this, to which these competitors, as well as others at all levels, have agreed. They knowingly broke those rules and we’ve suspended them from Hearthstone esports for six months. The ruling is available here."
6 Things You May Have Forgotten About Zombieland
When Zombieland: Double Tap hits theaters on Friday, October 18, it'll be almost exactly 10 years since the original horror comedy made its debut. That's a long time between sequels. And while you may think you remember the original Zombieland pretty well, there's more to the movie than wisecracks, gore and Twinkies.
From the surprisingly violent zombie carnage to a celebrity cameo to that other celebrity cameo, here are six things you may have forgotten about Zombieland.
Watch our review of Zombieland: Double Tap below:
There's an Amber Heard Cameo
Zombieland has a surprisingly small cast for a zombie movie. There are the four main characters - Woody Harrelson's Tallahassee, Jesse Eisenberg's Columbus, Emma Stone's Wichita and Abigail Breslin's Little Rock - and a whole bunch of extras in zombie makeup. And let's not forget that incredible Bill Murray cameo, easily one of the greatest movie shockers of the past decade.
Check Out What’s New to Amazon Video This November
Amazon Prime Video is dropping four original series in the month of November, including Season 2 of Jack Ryan, the final season of The Man in the High Castle, and sci-fi newcomer The Feed, starring Game of Thrones' Michelle Fairley and Harry Potter's David Thewlis. According to the streamer, "The Feed follows the family of Lawrence Hatfield, the man who invented an omnipresent technology called The Feed. Implanted into nearly everyone’s brain, The Feed enables people to share information, emotions, and memories instantly. But when things start to go wrong and users become murderous, the family is driven apart as they struggle to control the monster they have unleashed."
On the movie front, Amazon is adding Creed 2, the new Adam Driver political thriller The Report, and every James Bond movie before Daniel Craig took over the role, from Connery to Brosnan, aside from the 1967 Casino Royale.
Taika Waititi and Kevin Smith Respond to Martin Scorsese’s Marvel Comments
Taika Waititi and Kevin Smith have spoken up in response to Martin Scorsese saying that Marvel films are "not cinema," and both are in agreement that they are, in fact, cinema.
Scorsese's comments came from an interview with Empire Magazine where he was asked about the superhero genre and the MCU. He said "I don't see them. I tried, you know? But that's not cinema. Honestly, the closest I can think of them, as well made as they are, with actors doing the best they can under the circumstances, is theme parks. It isn't the cinema of human beings trying to convey emotional, psychological experiences to another human being."