Aquaman Cast Gathers for Table Read

The director behind Warner Bros.' and DC's Aquaman standalone film has teased that the film is gearing up for production.

Director James Wan shared a photo on Twitter of some of the film's cast, indicating a table read for the upcoming superhero movie. Featured in the image are Patrick Wilson, Amber Heard, Jason Momoa, and Wan as well. Wan captioned the photo "After school detention with the new Breakfast Club. With @PrideofGypsies

@patrickwilson73

and Amber

."

Not included in the photo is Willem Dafoe, who plays the science advisor of Atlantis, Nuidis Vilko.

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Infinity War: Sean Gunn Reveals Set Photo

Guardians of the Galaxy star Sean Gunn has shared a photo from the set of Marvel's Avengers: Infinity War.

Gunn posted the following image on Instagram, in which he's sporting a hat with the Infinity War logo while jokingly stating that he can't reveal the "secret" project he's currently working on.

Infinity War set photo, via Sean Gunn on Instagram

Production on Infinity War is now underway at Pinewood Studios in Atlanta, Georgia. Gunn is possibly on set to play Rocket Raccoon (voiced by Bradley Cooper) for the upcoming Marvel ensemble movie, as he has previously performed the motion capture for the character. The actor will also star as Kraglin in Guardian of the Galaxy Vol. 2, so it's possible Yondu Udonta's First Mate will make an appearance in Infinity War as well.

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Apocalypse Now Video Game Announced

A Kickstarter campaign has been launched to support development of a video game based on Francis Ford Coppola's seminal war film Apocalypse Now.

The Coppola family's film studio American Zoetrope will join forces with "entertainment and games industry veterans" to develop a psychological horror RPG around the 1979 movie. Said veterans include Rob Auten (Gears of War, Battlefield), Lawrence Liberty ( Fallout: New Vegas, The Witcher) , Montgomery Markland ( Wasteland 2 and Torment: Tides of Numenera) and in an advisory capacity, Obsidian Entertainment’s Design Director Josh Sawyer.

The Kickstarter page for the project is now live, and comes complete with a special message from Coppola himself:

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6 Things We Learned About Ghost Recon Wildlands

Ghost Recon Wildlands takes the tactical shooter in a new direction, its open world offering a new level of freedom and opportunity for the series. The Ghosts are dropped deep inside Bolivia, a country ruled by the drug cartel Santa Blanca and its hired private army, Unidad. But by targeting Santa Blanca’s sicarios leading to the Ghosts can restore balance to the country.

Wildlands is a very different type of Ghost Recon game, to the point it doesn’t really feel much like it belongs to the series at times. The fundamentals are present – your squad of four grunts, the ever-satisfying sync shot and a smattering of tactics – but the shift to an open world has had a much bigger impact than just the size of the map.

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Rogue One Comic Book Spin-offs We Want to Read

With Rogue One: A Star Wars Story being such a plot-driven movie, there’s plenty of opportunity for comic books to fill in the backstory of its ensemble cast of characters.

Marvel Comics, holder of the Star Wars comic license, has been churning out both ongoing Star Wars comics and mini-series featuring specific characters like Princess Leia, Han Solo, and Chewbacca. The ragtag Rogue One team is practically tailor-made for the mini-series treatment, just enough time to flesh out where they came from and learn about who they really are when they’re not trying to save the galaxy from a planet-killing weapon.

While at first Marvel only set the comics between A New Hope and Empire Strikes Back, they’ve now taken to exploring different time frames throughout the various Episodes. The mini-series Obi-Wan and Anakin follows the Master/Padawan duo between the events of The Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones, whereas Shattered Empire picks up in the closing moments of Return of the Jedi and introduces us to Poe Dameron’s parents. These Rogue One comics would mostly take place between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope.

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Avengers Animated Series Preview: Civil War is Here!

The animated series Marvel's Avengers: Ultron Revolution is about to dive into Civil War in a big way, in a four-part storyline airing as a marathon this Saturday.

Civil War will bring a ton of Marvel heroes into combat, along with at least one big villain return, which we can reveal in an exclusive clip. In this scene, two different Avengers team discover the truth about a malicious mastermind who's been hiding in plain sight, as Truman Marsh undergoes some changes...

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The official synopsis for the Civil War storyline reads:

In the “Civil War" story arc, when one Inhuman is overwhelmed by his powers and destroys a small town, the U.S. government steps in and passes the Registration Act – a piece of legislation that requires all Inhumans to publicize their superpower. When the Avengers disagree with this new law and refuse to enforce it, Truman Marsh decides to enlist the Mighty Avengers instead. Unfortunately, with these two teams fighting in a civil war, no one expects Ultron to make his final move. This four-part storyline will introduce the Mighty Avengers, a team consisting of Captain Marvel, Ms. Marvel, Black Panther, Red Hulk, Vision, Songbird, and Ant-Man.

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The Magicians Wants You To Know It’s Messing With You

The Magicians isn't going to wait long to resolve its big Season 1 cliffhanger, but expect the Syfy fantasy series to take you on one heck of an unexpected journey from there.

Full spoilers for The Magicians: Season 1 continue below.

We visited the Season 2 set of The Magicians back in October when the show was filming its eighth episode, and already the stars were incredibly buttoned up on the many plot twists and turns had taken to get to that point. Considering the majority of the cast whose characters we saw die in the Season 1 finale were working on set that day, it's safe to say that all hope is not lost for our favorite group of Brakebills magicians, but co-showrunner John McNamara teased that the question of whether Quentin & co survive is just the tip of the iceberg.

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Riverdale Cast Preview a Dark, Dreamy and Dangerous Archie Revamp

It was a rainy, atmospheric day in Vancouver when I visited the set of Riverdale this past fall...

Okay, granted, the rain wasn't a shock given the city the series films in, but the mood felt perfect for a visit to this particular show, which debuts this Thursday. The CW’s new series -- from executive producers Greg Berlanti (The Flash, Supergirl) and Archie Comics' Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, with the latter serving as showrunner -- takes the iconic Archie characters and puts them into a world filled with sex and murder, with the mysterious death of Riverdale High student Jason Blossom upending everyone’s lives and the secrets they’ve been keeping.

The majority of the interviews I conducted during my visit were inside the awesome-looking set for Pop's Chock'lit Shoppe, which expertly replicates a 1950s diner, but is often lit in a dreamy, semi-menacing manner, which is a good example of Riverdale’s intriguing overall vibe.

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Power Rangers Film Getting Fighting Game Tie-In

Power Rangers: Legacy Wars, a multiplayer fighting game, has been announced for iOS and Android.

The upcoming mobile title will release this March and serve as a tie-in to Lionsgate's upcoming Power Rangers live-action film, GameSpot reports. Legacy Wars will feature villains from the classic TV series, and its character designs will be based on those in the movie.

Power Rangers: Legacy Wars

Developer nWay, the studio behind the mobile game ChronoBlade, is developing the upcoming mobile fighting game.

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