It looks as though that Wonder Twins movie has been canned. According to Variety, HBO Max has put the brakes on the upcoming superhero comedy.

“The planned Wonder Twins live-action movie at HBO Max is no longer going forward,” they confirmed.

Obviously, this is a huge disappointment for Wonder Twins fans… especially as the film was confirmed to star KJ Apa and Isabel May just a month ago.

Apa and May were set to star as Zan and Jayna – the classic Wonder Twins who hail from the planet Exxor. Much like their Hannah-Barbera counterparts, Zan was a shapeshifter while Jayna was able to take the form of various animals.

Their powers are famously activated by the pair touching hands while declaring: “Wonder Twin powers, activate!” They also have a pet monkey, Gleek, who aids them in their crime-fighting.

The super-powered siblings debuted on The All-New Super Friends Hour back in 1977 before making their comic book debut the same year, in Super Friends #7.

Originally named Dick and Jane (with a sidekick called Mighty Monkey) they eventually became Zan and Jayna… while Mighty Monkey was named Gleek.

“Originally Zan (Dick) had Plastic Man powers and Jayna (Jane) could transform into anything, not just animals,” said animator Darrell McNeill in a 2011 interview. “But they were scaled back to their present powers as it made the other Super Friends (even Superman) seem almost superfluous.”

The comic books fleshed out the Wonder Twins considerably, giving them much more background and explaining how they came to join the Super Friends.

Their distinctive style was also based on popular pop culture at the time – the pair’s pointed ears based on the iconic Star Trek character, Spock, while their personalities were based on Donnie and Marie Osmond.

The Wonder Twins movie was first revealed back in February, with Black Adam and Rampage writer Adam Sztykiel on board to both write and direct the project. Production was expected to begin this summer in Atlanta.

Ryan Leston is an entertainment journalist and film critic for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter.

Following a massive merger, it's a new day at Warner Bros. Discovery. That new day involves freshly-minted CEO David Zaslav deciding the overall direction of the company, which includes more Harry Potter.

Already, we've seen a number of executive departures on the Warner Bros. side and the removal of scripted programming at TBS and TNT.

One thing that's not changing is a focus on Warner Bros. tentpole franchises. Reports already point to Zaslav looking for a boss for the entire DC brand, akin to the job Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige has at Disney. It also seems that more Harry Potter content is on the company's priority list.

According to a report from the Wall Street Journal, Zaslav is looking to make Harry Potter-related content for HBO Max. The WSJ also states that the CEO has plans to meet with creator J.K. Rowling in the coming weeks in order to discuss this potential content.

That's interesting, considering the current flagship of the Harry Potter brand at Warner Bros. is floundering. Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore is still at the box office, with a current take of $379 million worldwide. That's already a far cry from the $648 million made by Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald and the $811 million box office take of the first film, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.

The Secrets of Dumbledore's current box office makes it the worst-performing Harry Potter franchise film period, despite a $200 production budget that outstrips some other entries in the franchise.

Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore was the sixth highest-grossing film at last weekend's domestic box office. While that sounds decent, it's behind two films that were released prior to it, Sonic the Hedgehog 2 and Everything Everywhere All At Once.

Sonic the Hedgehog 2's worldwide box office is only $16 million behind The Secret of Dumbledore, despite having a much smaller $90 million production budget. That's a lot of numbers that point to a franchise in decline.

Still, that's just the Fantastic Beasts franchise, which is only a spin-off of Harry Potter. There are many different directions the main franchise could go, whether that's adapting the Harry Potter and the Cursed Child stage play, featuring a new cast of characters at Hogwarts, or moving elsewhere in the Wizarding World.

Of course, for any of that to happen, Rowling has to give Warner Bros. Discovery the greenlight.

While Warner Bros. and Rowling sort that out, The only other major Harry Potter-related media will be the upcoming video game, Hogwarts Legacy. The game, developed by Avalanche Software, is planned for release in Holiday 2022.

Mike Williams is a Freelance Writer for IGN.

Following a massive merger, it's a new day at Warner Bros. Discovery. That new day involves freshly-minted CEO David Zaslav deciding the overall direction of the company, which includes more Harry Potter.

Already, we've seen a number of executive departures on the Warner Bros. side and the removal of scripted programming at TBS and TNT.

One thing that's not changing is a focus on Warner Bros. tentpole franchises. Reports already point to Zaslav looking for a boss for the entire DC brand, akin to the job Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige has at Disney. It also seems that more Harry Potter content is on the company's priority list.

According to a report from the Wall Street Journal, Zaslav is looking to make Harry Potter-related content for HBO Max. The WSJ also states that the CEO has plans to meet with creator J.K. Rowling in the coming weeks in order to discuss this potential content.

That's interesting, considering the current flagship of the Harry Potter brand at Warner Bros. is floundering. Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore is still at the box office, with a current take of $379 million worldwide. That's already a far cry from the $648 million made by Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald and the $811 million box office take of the first film, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.

The Secrets of Dumbledore's current box office makes it the worst-performing Harry Potter franchise film period, despite a $200 production budget that outstrips some other entries in the franchise.

Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore was the sixth highest-grossing film at last weekend's domestic box office. While that sounds decent, it's behind two films that were released prior to it, Sonic the Hedgehog 2 and Everything Everywhere All At Once.

Sonic the Hedgehog 2's worldwide box office is only $16 million behind The Secret of Dumbledore, despite having a much smaller $90 million production budget. That's a lot of numbers that point to a franchise in decline.

Still, that's just the Fantastic Beasts franchise, which is only a spin-off of Harry Potter. There are many different directions the main franchise could go, whether that's adapting the Harry Potter and the Cursed Child stage play, featuring a new cast of characters at Hogwarts, or moving elsewhere in the Wizarding World.

Of course, for any of that to happen, Rowling has to give Warner Bros. Discovery the greenlight.

While Warner Bros. and Rowling sort that out, The only other major Harry Potter-related media will be the upcoming video game, Hogwarts Legacy. The game, developed by Avalanche Software, is planned for release in Holiday 2022.

Mike Williams is a Freelance Writer for IGN.

Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin is getting some visual enhancements as well as some additional content thanks to a new patch. The patch finally fixes the bug that made the game run slowly on PC if your characters had hair, reducing the frame rate for some players.

It also includes quality of life improvements including adjustments to the game’s use of anti-aliasing as well as higher inventory limits for certain crafting items. Final Fantasy Origin is a game full of loot and things to pickup, so it is a welcome addition.

In terms of content, it adds a Battle Simulator side mission that allows players “to try out jobs, equipment, and abilities” With the 28 jobs available in the game, the Battle Simulator sounds like a great way to test out new builds and playstyles.

If you’ve been hesitant to pick it up, there is now an up to 25% off discount for the game across all platforms. You can snag all the chaos of Stranger of Paradise Final Fantasy Origin on sale in both PlayStation and Epic Games Store until May 25. It is discounted on Xbox until May 26 at 3AM PST.

In our review, we said that while the game’s story doesn’t come together until the end, its “respectable combat keeps this reimagining of the original Final Fantasy on track.” If you need help staying on track, be sure to check out our video detailing some of the best tips for surviving all the chaos in Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin.

Casey is a freelance writer for IGN. You can usually find him talking about JRPGs on Twitter at @caseydavidmt.

Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin is getting some visual enhancements as well as some additional content thanks to a new patch. The patch finally fixes the bug that made the game run slowly on PC if your characters had hair, reducing the frame rate for some players.

It also includes quality of life improvements including adjustments to the game’s use of anti-aliasing as well as higher inventory limits for certain crafting items. Final Fantasy Origin is a game full of loot and things to pickup, so it is a welcome addition.

In terms of content, it adds a Battle Simulator side mission that allows players “to try out jobs, equipment, and abilities” With the 28 jobs available in the game, the Battle Simulator sounds like a great way to test out new builds and playstyles.

If you’ve been hesitant to pick it up, there is now an up to 25% off discount for the game across all platforms. You can snag all the chaos of Stranger of Paradise Final Fantasy Origin on sale in both PlayStation and Epic Games Store until May 25. It is discounted on Xbox until May 26 at 3AM PST.

In our review, we said that while the game’s story doesn’t come together until the end, its “respectable combat keeps this reimagining of the original Final Fantasy on track.” If you need help staying on track, be sure to check out our video detailing some of the best tips for surviving all the chaos in Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin.

Casey is a freelance writer for IGN. You can usually find him talking about JRPGs on Twitter at @caseydavidmt.

At the Warner Bros Discovery Upfront presentation, Mindy Kaling took the stage to showcase the upcoming animated series, Velma, with one big change to the lead character.

In the first look at Kaling's adult animation comedy Velma, which is a spinoff of the popular Scooby-Doo cartoons, we got our first glimpse at the reimagined Velma Dinkley. “Hopefully you noticed my Velma is South Asian,” Kaling told the crowd. “If people freak out about that, I don’t care.”

Aside from the new look for the titular character, the spinoff certainly looks more gruesome than anything we've seen in the past.

Mindy Kaling shares a first look at HBO Max's #Velma, her upcoming "Scooby-Doo" spinoff aimed at adult audiences. https://t.co/tFGsadbjCu pic.twitter.com/oa2giwNy0N

— Variety (@Variety) May 18, 2022

While this is the first glimpse we’ve gotten at the upcoming series, it’s not the first we’ve heard of the reimaging for Velma. Last summer, it was announced Velma would be South Asian. Unfortunately, there was a lot of backlash for this from fans of the original cartoon.

In an interview with Seth Meyers, Kaling addressed the backlash by saying, “ I just couldn't understand how people couldn't imagine a really smart, nerdy girl with terrible eyesight, and who loved to solve mysteries, could be Indian."

The new animated series was announced in early 2021 for HBO Max with Mindy Kaling billed as both executive producer and the voice of the titular character. Velma is part of the streaming service’s push for more adult animation. Velma tells the origin story of Velma Dinkley, the bespeckled, brains of the Scooby Doo Mystery Inc. gang.

In a statement from HBO last year, they called the series “an original and humorous spin that unmasks the complex and colorful past of one of America's most beloved mystery solvers."

Based on the image teased for Velma, the series definitely seems to be leaning more toward an adult-themed audience. In it, Velma stands at the front of a crowd overlooking a person with the top of their head and brain missing.

If you're a fan of adult animated series, be sure to check out our coverage of Sacha Baron Cohen's upcoming animated comedy for HBO Max, Chelm: The Smartest Place on Earth and our list of the best adult cartoon TV series.

Casey is a freelance writer for IGN. You can usually find him talking about JRPGs on Twitter at @caseydavidmt.

At the Warner Bros Discovery Upfront presentation, Mindy Kaling took the stage to showcase the upcoming animated series, Velma, with one big change to the lead character.

In the first look at Kaling's adult animation comedy Velma, which is a spinoff of the popular Scooby-Doo cartoons, we got our first glimpse at the reimagined Velma Dinkley. “Hopefully you noticed my Velma is South Asian,” Kaling told the crowd. “If people freak out about that, I don’t care.”

Aside from the new look for the titular character, the spinoff certainly looks more gruesome than anything we've seen in the past.

Mindy Kaling shares a first look at HBO Max's #Velma, her upcoming "Scooby-Doo" spinoff aimed at adult audiences. https://t.co/tFGsadbjCu pic.twitter.com/oa2giwNy0N

— Variety (@Variety) May 18, 2022

While this is the first glimpse we’ve gotten at the upcoming series, it’s not the first we’ve heard of the reimaging for Velma. Last summer, it was announced Velma would be South Asian. Unfortunately, there was a lot of backlash for this from fans of the original cartoon.

In an interview with Seth Meyers, Kaling addressed the backlash by saying, “ I just couldn't understand how people couldn't imagine a really smart, nerdy girl with terrible eyesight, and who loved to solve mysteries, could be Indian."

The new animated series was announced in early 2021 for HBO Max with Mindy Kaling billed as both executive producer and the voice of the titular character. Velma is part of the streaming service’s push for more adult animation. Velma tells the origin story of Velma Dinkley, the bespeckled, brains of the Scooby Doo Mystery Inc. gang.

In a statement from HBO last year, they called the series “an original and humorous spin that unmasks the complex and colorful past of one of America's most beloved mystery solvers."

Based on the image teased for Velma, the series definitely seems to be leaning more toward an adult-themed audience. In it, Velma stands at the front of a crowd overlooking a person with the top of their head and brain missing.

If you're a fan of adult animated series, be sure to check out our coverage of Sacha Baron Cohen's upcoming animated comedy for HBO Max, Chelm: The Smartest Place on Earth and our list of the best adult cartoon TV series.

Casey is a freelance writer for IGN. You can usually find him talking about JRPGs on Twitter at @caseydavidmt.

IGN and Rogue Games teamed up to produce the first-ever Rogue Jam that not only offered publishing deals to indie developers, but also $800,000 in total prize money that will be used to help bring these games to life. Now, the winners have been revealed.

Throughout five episodes over the past few weeks, a team of judges that includes IGN EVP and CCO Peer Schneider and former Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aimé has selected the top games in five categories - Huge Potential Winner, Eye-Poppingly Beautiful, WTF?, Overall Winner, and Audience Choice.

If you'd like to watch all the episodes before seeing all the winners, be sure to check out each one below before checking out more details of the victorious games and a video preview of each one.

Warning: Spoilers Ahead for Rogue Jam!

• Rogue Jam Episode 1: Huge Potential Winner
• Rogue Jam Episode 2: Eye-Poppingly Beautiful
• Rogue Jam Episode 3: WTF?
• Rogue Jam Episode 4: Overall Winner
• Rogue Jam Episode 5: Audience Choice

Rogue Jam Episode 1: Huge Potential Winner - Enter the Chronospherse

Enter the Chronosphere won the Huge Potential award at Rogue Jam 2022 and took home $50,000 and Rogue Games right of first refusal. In Enter the Chronosphere, players must master a turn-based "bullet hell" roguelike game where the action only takes place when they move. While this allows players all the time in the world to plan their next move, the challenges that wait will still require precision and careful thinking.

Rogue Jam Episode 2: Eye-Poppingly Beautiful Winner - I See Red

I See Red won the Eye-Poppingly Beautiful award at Rogue Jam 2022 and won a cash prize of $100,000 and a Rogue Games publishing deal. In I See Red, players take on the role of a space pirate who loves nothing more than invading enemy spaceships and stealing weapons and other goods. The game is a fast-paced, frantic twin-stick shooter that also proudly wears its roguelike aspects on its sleeve.

Rogue Jam Episode 3: WTF? Winner - Zapling Bygone

Zapling Bygone was named the ultimate WTF? game at Rogue Jame 2022 and is taking home $100,000 for that honor and a Rogue Games publishing deal. Zapling Bygone is a mix of open-world, roguelike, and metroidvania styles and puts you in control of a hive mind that must platform through the world, defeat their enemies, and wear their skulls to absorb their consciousness. These skulls give you new powers that help you navigate an alien world.

Rogue Jam Episode 4: Overall Winner - Seadog

Of all the games to enter Rogue Jam 2022, Seadog took home the ultimate prize to become the Overall Winner. In doing so, the developers earned $500,000 and a publishing deal with Rogue Games. So, what is this game that secured victory above all others? It is a game about a skateboarding frog that also happens to be a sailor.

Seadog puts players aboard a ship that is stranded in a ship graveyard and tasks them with traversing through the world by using the skateboard and the many tricks this sailor frog can learn. You won't be alone in this mission, however, as you will be accompanied by your ship's captain - an A.I. that's stored on a flash drive.

Rogue Jam Episode 5: Audience Choice Winner - Mysplaced

In the final episode, Mysplaced took home the award for Audience Choice alongside $50,000 and a Rogue Games right of first refusal. This Zelda-like game doesn't shy away from its inspiration and should feel right at home for those who loved the top-down entries of the franchise like The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, specifically the remake! While not much has been revealed about the game, we do know it follows a hero who finds himself in a mysterious world.

Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.

Top Gun: Maverick producer and star Tom Cruise was not going to let the movie debut online.

During a lengthy Q&A at Cannes attended by IGN, the 50-year-old action star revealed that he put his foot down when it came to debuting Top Gun: Maverick in cinemas.

“They wouldn’t dare,” he said, definitively. “That’s not going to happen, ever. That was never going to happen. Never. Not going to happen.”

Why was Cruise so against an online release? It’s all about the cinematic experience.

“Look at us all together,” he said, gesturing to the theatre. “We’re all united. We’re all speaking different languages, different cultures, different ideas about art or cinema or storytelling but we are united in being able to come together as a community and share in a shared experience.”

It’s no secret that the Covid-19 pandemic put the brakes on Cruise’s other upcoming film, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One. Other studios took a chance, releasing their movies online, with Marvel’s Black Widow making waves as one of the first. But Cruise was adamant this would never happen with Top Gun sequel, Maverick.

“I’ve always loved the audience,” he explained. “I make my movies for audiences, because I am an audience, first and foremost.”

He also hinted that making films for the big screen is a very different process compared to making films for streaming services.

“There’s a very specific way to make a film for cinema and I make movies for the big screen,” he said “I know where to go after that. And that’s fine. But I always thought of a film not just for opening weekend but for the distance.

“You hope to make a movie that’s going to entertain and engage an audience not just on opening weekend but down the line, and I love this experience. I want this experience not just for myself, but I know there are so many people who want this experience. I want other filmmakers to have that experience and have that as an outlet.”

Cruise went on to explain how much he loves the cinema. For him, it’s all about the buzz of watching the latest releases among the fans.

“Cinema is my love. It’s my passion. I always go to the movies when they come out – I put my cap on and sit in the audience with everyone. I come in, I want to see the trailers.”

Director Joseph Kosinsk previously revealed that he shot over 800 hours of footage for Top Gun: Maverick. However, Tom Cruise was stopped from flying an actual jet during the film’s production.

Ryan Leston is an entertainment journalist and film critic for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter.

Developer Smallthing Studios and publisher Leonardo Interactive have announced the return of the 1990's point-and-click adventure classic series Simon the Sorcerer in the form of Simon the Sorcerer: Origins, an adventure-game prequel to the 1993 original.

As you can see in the announcement trailer above, Origins styles itself after a '90's Saturday morning cartoon, which both modernizes its look over the MS-DOS originals while also grounding it in a fittingly retro style as well. Origins is set a few weeks before the events of the first game, which saw Simon's dog Chippy accidentally uncover Ye Old Spellbooke in a chest in the loft of his house, which opens a portal once Simon opens the book, enticing Chippy to go through it and Simon to follow.

"It has been a long time wish of ours to revive one of the gaming industry’s best loved and iconic characters," said Leonardo Interactive founder Leonardo Caltagirone. "Our goal will be to create a new world brought to life with beautiful modern visuals and all new gameplay mechanics to tell the untold story of Simon’s origins."

IGN will have more on Simon the Sorcerer: Origins as development progresses. Origins is due out for PC and consoles in early 2023.

Ryan McCaffrey is IGN's executive editor of previews and host of both IGN's weekly Xbox show, Podcast Unlocked, as well as our monthly(-ish) interview show, IGN Unfiltered. He's a North Jersey guy, so it's "Taylor ham," not "pork roll." Debate it with him on Twitter at @DMC_Ryan.