One Direction’s Harry Styles Joins Chris Nolan Movie
Pop star Harry Styles of One Direction fame has joined the cast of director Christopher Nolan's next film, Dunkirk, which chronicles the British army's historic evacuation of Dunkirk, France during World War II. Oscar winner Mark Rylance, Kenneth Branagh, and Tom Hardy are lined up to play supporting roles in an ensemble to be led by mostly unknowns.
"It is not believed to be a leading role," Deadline claims of Styles' role. In addition to Styles, Dunkirk has also reportedly cast Aneurin Barnard and Jack Lowden, who also co-star together in the 2016 TV miniseries adaptation of War & Peace. Barnard's credits include The White Queen and Citadel, and Lowden appeared in last year's '71.
Adorable Warcraft Movie Funko Figures Revealed
Funko's collection of Warcraft movie toys are coming in April.
On the Alliance side, Funko's Pop! line will include Azeroth's greatest hero, Anduin Lothar, and his fellow Alliance leader King Llane Wrynn of Stormwind. Chieftan of the Frostwolf Clan—Durotan—joins Orgim and his Doomhammer to fight for the Horde. Garona, who is half-orc and half-dranei, lands somewhere in the middle.
Each of these characters also come as Dorbz—which are more stylized versions of Funko's original figures. You'll find these characters and many more in Funko's Warcraft blind boxes.
Funko previewed its line of Warcraft toys at Toy Fair 2016, along with figures in its Marvel and DC Comics collections.
Nintendo Voice Chat: Tales From Within Nintendo
The welcomes... the voices... they just don't stop. Art by Pandamusk.
This week comedian and writer for The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon, Mike Drucker, joins the cast of Nintendo Voice Chat! Previous to his time working for IGN, Drucker was a localization editor for Nintendo Treehouse.
Hearthstone is Doomed: Talking Whispers of the Old Gods
The newest expansion for Hearthstone - Whispers of the Old Gods - was revealed today, and it sees the game head in a much darker direction than the last few releases.
The set will feature 134 new cards themed on the apocalyptic, Cthulhu-inspired Old Gods mythology from World of Warcraft, and will release sometime around late April/early May. Its release will also introduce the split between Standard and Wild formats. Standard will become the new competitive format, and sees the cards from Curse of Naxxramas and Goblins vs Gnomes rotated out of the game, whereas every card ever released will be available for play in Wild.
Six cards from Whispers of the Old Gods have been revealed, including one of the four Old Gods featured in the expansion – C’Thun. This card introduces a new mechanic whereby it can be buffed by its acolytes no matter where it is – in the player’s deck, in the hand or on the board. One such follower – Beckoner of Evil – was also unveiled, and she will be one of 16 cards directly related to C’Thun.
Halle Berry in Talks for Kingsman 2
Halle Berry is in talks to join the cast of Kingsman 2, the follow-up to Matthew Vaughn's Kingsman: The Secret Service.
Some spoilers follow for the original Kingsman.
Berry would play the head of the CIA, and according to Deadline, is eyeing a two-picture deal. This will bring her back to Fox, where she's starred as Storm in four X-Men films.
Julianne Moore is also reportedly joining the film. Taron Egerton will return, but Colin Firth may not. Though Firth's character died in the first film, comic book writer Mark Millar wants him to be a part of the sequel in some way. Details are thin regarding the film's plot.
Find out When Hearthstone’s Card Nerfs Will Be Announced
I recently caught up with Hearthstone’s Senior Game Designer Mike Donais and Game Designer Peter Whalen to chat about the new Whispers of the Old Gods expansion, but I also took the opportunity to find out more about the changes that the team are planning on making to the Classic and Basic sets to address problem cards and combos heading into the new Standard format. Read on to find out what they had to say...
IGN: When are you guys intending on telling us specifically what’s happening with the nerfs to Basic and Classic cards? And have you finalised the changes?
The Flash and Aquaman Movies Won’t Be Origin Stories
While both Jason Momoa's Aquaman and Erza Miller's The Flash will receive their own standalone films following the release of Justice League: Part One, neither will be origin stories.
In an interview with The Wall Street Journal (via ComicBook.com), producer Charles Roven revealed that both solo films pick up after the events of Justice League and continue the stories of each respective character. "While each movie stands alone, they’re all part of one long arc of storytelling," Roven explained.
Luke Cage Premiere Revealed by Lead Actor
At the New York City premiere of Daredevil on March 10, actor Mike Colter revealed that season one of Netflix's Luke Cage series would premiere on September 30, 2016.
Colter, who portrays Luke Cage in Marvel Cinematic Universe, announced the series release date during an interview at the premiere with Marvel.
Beautiful people, fighting, & BREAKING NEWS! Have a look at last night's NYC premiere for @Marvel's #Daredevil.https://t.co/NvHhd7SKAk
— Daredevil (@Daredevil) March 11, 2016
CW Renews Flash, Arrow, Legends, The 100, iZombie, More
The CW has renewed their entire current lineup, with every scripted series they've ran in the current TV season so far securing a pickup for another year. The network handed out 11 renewals today, including The Flash (for Season 3), Arrow (Season 5), Legends of Tomorrow (Season 2), The 100 (Season 4), iZombie (Season 3), Supernatural (Season 12), Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (Season 2), Jane the Virgin (Season 3), Reign (Season 4), The Vampire Diaries (Season 8) and The Originals (Season 4).
Said CW president Mark Pedowitz, in a statement, "As we continue to further our strategy of more year-round original programming, picking up these 11 series for the 2016-17 season puts us in a great position of having proven, high-quality shows to launch in the fall as well as midseason and summer of 2017."
Hearthstone: Whispers of the Old Gods Revealed
Whispers of the Old Gods will be the next Hearthstone expansion, Blizzard has announced.
Packs containing the 134 new cards included in the set will be available for gold, real money, or as rewards in the Arena. They will feature cards based on C’Thun, N’Zoth, Yogg-Saron, and Y’Shaarj — a.k.a the Old Gods — and their followers.
Blizzard teased at least one new mechanic, wherein cards affiliated with a certain god will power up that minion whether it's in the player's hand, on the board, or just in their deck. The card in question, C'Thun, will be a 6/6 creature for 10 mana with a battlecry that deals its attack damage "randomly split among all enemies."
Whispers of Old Gods won't launch until late April or early May of this year. When it does, however, it will bring the promised Standard Hearthstone format along with it. Those who play Standard with Whispers of the Old Gods cards will even unlock new quests for ranked matches.