American Horror Story’s Sarah Paulson Set to Join Ocean’s 8

Sarah Paulson is in early talks to join the already-formidable cast of Ocean's Eight.

According to Deadline, the Simpson actress is in "early talks" to join the next Ocean's caper. Paulson is perhaps best known for her recurring roles on American Horror Story, but is currently up for an Emmy for her performance as Marcia Clark in The People vs. OJ Simpson  If she comes aboard, she'll be joining Sandra Bullock, Anne Hathaway, Cate Blanchett, Helena Bonham Carter, Mindy Kaling, Rhianna and Awkwafina in the film.

sarahpaulson Paulson in The People vs. OJ Simpson

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The Flash Movie Villains Rumored to be The Rogues

A new rumor suggests The Flash will be up against The Rogues in his DC standalone movie.

Heroic Hollywood claims that Barry Allen will face the loosely associated criminal group which includes Captain Cold, Mirror Master, Heat Wave, Weather Wizard, the Trickster, Pied Piper, the Top, and Captain Boomerang. Members of The Rogues have already appeared on The Flash TV series - Grey Damon was recently cast as Mirror Master for its third season.

The Flash will be directed by Rick Famuyiwa and stars Ezra Miller as the speedster. In July, it was reported that Kiersey Clemons would join the cast as Iris West. Production is expected to begin this year, off a script written by The Flash's original director Seth Grahame-Smith, who left the project over "creative differences". It's set to hit theaters March 16, 2018.

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Deadpool 2: Mackenzie Davis on Domino Casting Rumors

Actress Mackenzie Davis has shot down recent rumors that she will be appearing as Neena Thurman, aka Domino, in Deadpool 2.

Speaking to GQ, Davis (The Martian, Halt and Catch Fire) said that the rumors are - unfortunately - untrue.

"No!

It’s very interesting," Davis told the publication. "People keep sending me printouts being like, “This is so cool!” And I’m like, “Right? I also think it’s cool! But it’s not true!”

"I mean. I’d love to keep the ruse going. It’s sort of cool that people think I’m doing Deadpool. But no! I don’t have any news to share. I wish I did!"

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Nintendo Kicks Off Promotion For Its Nindies Program

Nintendo announced a special Nindies Summer Jam promotion today, a special program which offers discount prices on games from participating independent developers on Wii U and 3DS eShop.

Nintendo’s independent developer community will deliver one new game each week every Thursday in the month of September for WIi U, 3DS, or both. For the week of launch, each new digital Nindie release will be available at a special discount price of 10 percent off. Participating developers will curate a shelf on the Nintendo eShop featuring their favorite games, and they’ll also share stories about their the making of their projects.

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Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 4th DLC Gets PS4 Release Date

The fourth DLC pack for Call of Duty: Black Ops III, dubbed Salvation, will release on September 6 for PlayStation 4, Activision has announced.

The downloadable add-on, which features four new multiplayer maps and the conclusion of the Origins Zombies adventure, will be available for Xbox One and PC at a later date that has yet to be revealed.

The Salvation pack includes Revelations, the final chapter in the Origins Zombies story, which finally brings Richtofen, Dempsey, Takeo, and Nikolai to The House where they encounter Doctor Monty.

In addition, Salvation features four new multiplayer maps, including an ancient castle called Citadel and a mini picnic table-set warzone called Micro. The remaining two maps offer fresh takes on Call of Duty classics, with Outlaw serving as a western-inspired reimagining of the Black Ops II map Standoff and Rupture taking the World at War classic Outskirts and giving it a futuristic twist.

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X-Men: New Mutants Movie Finds Its Writers

The Fault in Our Stars writers Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber have been tapped to write the X-Men film spinoff The New Mutants.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the project reunites the duo with New Mutants director Josh Boone, who also helmed The Fault in Our Stars. The X-Men spinoff will have a "YA vibe to it," according to producer Simon Kinberg, so the choice of Neustadter and Weber, with their young adult experience, would fit with that vision for the film.

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Titanfall 2: The Second Beta Phase – IGN Plays Live

Join us Friday August 26th from 1pm-3pm PT (that's 4pm-7pm ET) as we play through the second phase of the Titanfall 2 beta. Joining us this week will be Vince Ingenito, and James Duggan who will give us their thoughts on the latest updates to this anticipated title. Do we get Titan's a little faster this time? Watch to find out. Join us on the IGN homepage, our Twitch channel, or our YouTube channel, where you can ask questions and be part of the stream.

To make the wait less painless, why not check out some of the awesome videos we've already created for Titanfall 2 and we will see you soon!

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Newest iPhone Update Fixes Major Security Flaw

Today, Apple released a software update addressing a number of major security vulnerabilities that, in the last week, have reportedly allowed hackers full access to the contents of a target's iPhone.

Apple urges all iPhone users to upgrade to iOS version 9.3.5 now, which you can do by navigating to Settings > General > Software Update, and hitting "Install."

“We advise all of our customers to always download the latest version of iOS to protect themselves against potential security exploits,” said Apple spokesman Fred Sainz in a statement to The New York Times.

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