Game of Thrones Cast Weighs in on Controversial Season 8 Ending
Game of Thrones actors Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Jaime Lannister) and Conleth Hill (Varys) shared their opinions on the series' divisive ending during a panel at Comic Con 2019.
Spoilers for the final season of Game of Thrones below.
Speaking about Jaime Lannister's fate specifically, Coster-Waldau said he felt his character's death was a "great" ending. "I thought it was perfect for the character to end in the arms of Cersei," he said to quiet boos from the crowd. "That’s just my opinion, but to me the scene with Gwendoline Christie
when she fills in the blanks in the book was really beautiful, and I think it showed her understanding of Jaime and her love of Jaime, and I thought it was a beautiful scene."
Henry Cavill Talks Magic in The Witcher and the Adaptation For Fans
In an interview with IGN at San Diego Comic-Con, Henry Cavill shared details about Netflix's The Witcher, including how magic is used throughout the show and what that last scene was about in the trailer.
In terms of how magic will be portrayed in the series, Cavill explained, "The thing with magic as well, its one of those things which we’re using it as a force which is drawn from. You draw from chaos, and that is explained in Yennefer’s storyline especially, and it manifests in different ways. And you will see it as the audience how it manifests, and some familiar things which players of the game and readers of the books will understand."
Cavill also confirmed that the reason his eyes were that way at the end of the trailer, was a result of taking a decoction, but when asked which decoction it was, Cavill said with a smirk, "I’m not going to reveal anything yet about that, because there are too many parallels drawn with other products as well, which we are not drawing parallels too."
Sonic the Hedgehog Actor Says He’s ‘Excited’ About Character’s Redesign
Ben Schwartz, the voice behind the upcoming Sonic the Hedgehog live-action movie, says he’s “excited” for fans to see the character redesign that Paramount is creating, following fan backlash after the first trailer released.
“I can say that I’m very excited,” Schwartz told IGN during our Comic Con live stream.. “I haven’t seen the final thing yet, but I’m very excited. Because of the fans, they’re changing it, and I think it’s going to be great. The way it seems to be going, I think people are going to be really excited. It’s incredible to me that the fans spoke, and the people at Paramount, Jeff Fowler, our producers all listened and said ‘hey, you know, we can do this.’ So something special is coming.”
Russo’s Say Captain America ‘Certainly’ Met Red Skull In Endgame
Spoilers for The Avengers: Endgame below.
When asked if Captain America would have met the Red Skull in Vormir, the shadowy realm where both Gamora and Black Widow lost their lives in pursuit of the Soul Stone in Avengers: Endgame, directors the Russo brothers unequivocally said yes.
““He would have certainly met Red Skull to return the stone,” Joe Russo said. “Unfortunately, there’s a no return policy in respect to getting Black Widow back.”
The Russo’s confirmed that, at least according to their artistic interpretation of Avengers: Endgame, Captain America lives out his life with Peggy Carter in an alternate universe.
Russo Brother: Why They Used Community Music in Comic Con Promo
Last week, the Russo brothers teased their Comic Con 2019 career retrospective panel with a simple audio clip accompanied by "11:00 AM," the time of their panel. The accompanying audio ended up being the Biblioteca Spanish rap from the first season of Community, the cult favorite comedy series that both Anthony and Joseph Russo helped direct and produce. Fan speculation led most to believe it meant they'd debut some news about a possible Community film, something the show's fan community have been begging for since the show ended its sixth season.
Now, Anthony Russo has told IGN why he and his brother included that audio in their teaser.
Henry Cavill Has Played The Witcher 3 Multiple Times
Netflix’s the Witcher officially has a trailer, but if you want to hear the behind-the-scenes thoughts of actor Henry Cavill, showrunner Lauren Schmidt Hissrich, and more, you’ve come to the right place. The cast and Hissrich joined IGN to discuss the making of the show, as well as what similarities the show has to the best-selling RPG games.
“For me personally, it'd be like playing another run of the Witcher 3 but with a completely different skin on,” Cavill told IGN. “That I think would be interesting. I've played it through a number of times now, and it's like OK, cool, I've done it, I've seen, and I still get that enjoyment of playing it through, but what if I could play it slightly differently. Then yeah, this is kind of what it is for me when you're doing the show. Yes, it's Geralt of Rivia, the Witcher, but he looks like me now. For me, that's an interesting thing. It creates a freshness to it, because the themes are still very similar.”
Amazon Renews The Boys for Season 2
Just days ahead of the series premiere of The Boys, Amazon has renewed this dark superhero series for a second season.
The news was revealed at the show's Comic-Con panel this afternoon. Executive producer Seth Rogen revealed that the cast and crew flew down to San Diego from Toronto, where filming is well underway on Season 2. "We’re literally halfway through filming the second season," said Rogen.
Amazon is also confirming that Aya Cash (You're the Worst) will be joining the cast in Season 2 as the character Stormfront.
Little else was revealed about Season 2, apart from executive producer Eric Kripke teasing a very Billy Joel-heavy soundtrack in contrast to Season 1's punk-centric score. Instead, the panelists reflected on their characters and the fact that the series, despite featuring superheroes, is very much grounded in our current reality."
Rick and Morty Creator’s New Series Will Be ‘Really Violent’ and ‘Very Sweet’
Rick and Morty co-creator Justin Roiland brought his new animated series Solar Opposites to Comic-Con today, the story of a family of aliens “from a better world” who wind up living in Middle America.
Voice actors Sean Giambrone (The Goldbergs) and Mary Mack (Golan the Insatiable) and executive producers Mike McMahan (Rick and Morty) and Josh Bycel (Happy Endings) were also on hand to offer up an exclusive first look at the series, which comes to Hulu in 2020.
SpongeBob SquarePants himself, Tom Kenny, moderated the panel, and opened with the obvious question: What is this thing?
“The show is basically
a family -- a group of aliens. Their home planet gets destroyed and they have to flee,” said Roiland, adding that it’s basically an immigrant story but from the viewpoint of aliens.
Netflix Debuts First Witcher Trailer at Comic-Con
Netflix has debuted the first trailer from The Witcher from the show's Hall H panel at San Diego Comic-Con, offering a first look at Henry Cavill as Geralt of Rivia in all his monster-killing glory, Freya Allan as Ciri, Princess of Cintra, and Anya Chalotra as the sorceress Yennefer. You can check out our discussion of the trailer below:
The trailer showcases Geralt fighting a number of monsters, including what looks like a Striga and Kikimora, and sees the White Wolf interacting with both Yennefer and Triss Merigold.
Plane With ‘Release the Snyder Cut’ Banner Flies Over Comic Con
According to the Hollywood Reporter and photos on social media, a plane flew over the San Diego Comic Con airspace Friday, all while a banner reading ‘release the Snyder Cut’ trailed behind.
THR editor Patrick Shanley posted two distant images of the plane at approximately 12:30 p.m Friday.
Someone hired a plane to fly over #SDCC with a banner urging DC to release the Snyder cut of Justice League pic.twitter.com/MqKPh161B4