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With so many new games and movies coming out, it can be hard to keep up. Lucky for you, IGN is here to help with a weekly round-up of the biggest releases each and every week. Check out the latest releases for this week, and be sure to come back next Monday for a new update.
Note: The prices and deals compiled below are accurate at the time we published this story, but all are subject to change.
Apes 3 Casts Steve Zahn as a New Ape Lead
Veteran actor Steve Zahn has reportedly joined the cast of War for the Planet of the Apes, 20th Century Fox's third installment in the rebooted sci-fi franchise.
According to TheWrap, Zahn "has been cast as a new ape" in the film. His credits include Treme, Modern Family, Sahara, Dallas Buyer's Club, Joy Ride, Knights of Badassdom, and the Diary of a Wimpy Kid films.
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes' Matt Reeves returns to direct the film, which he co-scripted with Mark Bomback.
Steve Zahn in Knights of Badassdom.
Sarah Shahi and Amy Acker On Root and Shaw in Season 5 of Person of Interest
Person of Interest's Season 4 finale left the Machine in bad shape and the team in a dark place. When the series returns to CBS, they'll pick up right after they left off. Executive producers Greg Plageman and Chris Fisher, producer Margot Lulick, and cast members Jim Caviezel (John Reese), Michael Emerson (Harold Finch), Kevin Chapman (Lionel Fusco), Sarah Shahi (Sameen Shaw), and Amy Acker (Root) joined IGN's own Eric Goldman at New York Comic Con to discuss what's happening next with The Machine and Root and Shaw.
Plageman said the Machine definitely has problems. A trailer that opened the panel showed there are issues with the facial recognition. "It's not kicking out numbers right away, that's for sure," Plageman said. He continued, "The thing about the Machine right now is we're not sure if it has a heartbeat and even if it does, if we have a chance to resuscitate it." He said they pick back up in real time, and there's a lot of action in the opening. He warned Season 5 will bring a lot of tumult, a lot of change, and a lot of heartbreak. He said, "There won't be any filler."
George Miller: Furiosa Isn’t in Mad Max Sequel Story
Charlize Theron's Imperator Furiosa may not appear in the followup to Mad Max: Fury Road, as director George Miller has confirmed the character isn't featured in his sequel story.
"I'm not sure, is the answer," Miller told Digital Spy when asked about Furiosa's possible return. "She's not in the Mad Max
story, but in one of the stories there's an interaction between
. I can't really say more than that because it's still in progress."
MIller also confirmed that the name of his upcoming Fury Road sequel has yet to be decided, as Mad Max: The Wasteland is merely a working title at this point. "That name came out, that was just a working title," Miller said.
Fargo Returns Tonight: Get all the Info
The acclaimed Fargo returns Monday night to FX with a new season and an entirely new group of characters – well, mostly new, as the character of Lou Solverson returns from Season 2, but as a much younger man (with Patrick Wilson stepping in for Keith Carradine), as the show moves to 1979.
You’ll also see Season 1’s hero, Molly Solverson, albeit as a very young girl, as the show tells a story that will explain what exactly transpired in Sioux Falls, as ominously mentioned in Season 1. The new crop of characters includes Ted Danson as Molly’s grandfather (and yet another cop in the family) and Cristin Milioti as her mother; a crime family, the Gerhardts, played by the likes of Jean Smart, Jeffrey Donovan, Kieran Culkin and Michael Hogan; a normal suburban couple (played by Kirsten Dunst and Jesse Plemons) who become wrapped up in the chaos; and none other than Ronald Reagan himself, played by Bruce Campbell (!), as he campaigns for his rise to president.
iZombie Writers Tease New Brain Dishes and Personalities
With iZombie airing its second episode of Season 2 tomorrow, we attended a press screening to get some information on the upcoming episode.
Hear what show writers Rob Thomas and Diane Ruggiero-Wright had to say about Liv’s brain-eating habits and what to expect from the other characters. Then be sure to check back on IGN after the episode airs for a spoiler-filled article that dives deep into the episode.
Warning: no direct spoilers below, but they do talk about the general direction of Season 2 and what some characters will be up to.
Thomas: It's trying to keep himself and Liv alive, and in order to do that he has to take out these zombies. ... You're going to watch him do that for a long time. I mean, it's going to be a moral crisis for him. ... It will be tearing him apart, and it doesn't get any easier for him for a long time. So part of the journey, he's not going to just sit back and take it all season. At some point he's got to figure out how to turn the tables on Max Rager. It's not that you will watch 22 episodes of him forlornly, simply going about this task. I mean, one of the fun things about Season 1 and what we pitched Robert Buckley when we got him to agree to do this was that there was going to be this journey, and he would be a man of action. He's been put in another pretty awful predicament, but part of the journey will be him trying to figure a way out of it.
App Store Update: October 12
Every day hundreds of new apps make their debut on the App Store, and hundreds more are updated or reduced in price. We have sifted through the noise and highlighted those select few that might be worth your attention.
Note: The prices and deals compiled below are accurate at the time we published this story, but all are subject to change.
Super Sharp – ($1.99)
Your finger has never been so sharp! Cut with skill to complete the 120 ingenious physics levels of Super Sharp and become a cut master!
Daily Deals: Captain America: The Winter Soldier, $332 PlayStation 4, Wii U Discounts
$332 PlayStation 4 With The Nathan Drake Collection
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Treyarch Talks the Future of Call of Duty and Black Ops
Treyarch has discussed the future of the Black Ops branch of the Call of Duty franchise, and whether or not the studio would contemplate returning to a World War setting.
Speaking to IGN, Black Ops III director of campaign and zombies Jason Blundell explained that while the ending of Black Ops III won't be as open as that of Black Ops II, he does believe there are more stories to tell in the universe.
"We had multiple stories at the end of Black Ops II and people had different outcomes. Then we kind of picked an idea and that kind of connect into Black Ops III – I’ll leave that mysterious! But the end of Black Ops… hmmm… here’s the thing, I think there’s always stories to be told. One guy asked me if we were going to keep going into the future but the point is there are always stories to be told. That could be the future, that could be the past.
Batman: Arkham Knight, Mortal Kombat X Sell 5 Million Each
Batman: Arkham Knight and Mortal Kombat X have done incredibly well for Warner Bros. Interactive, as NetherRealm's fighting game and Rocksteady's open-world action title have each surpassed five million in worldwide sales.
"In the past few years, the studio has shot to the top, thanks to major hits including Batman: Arkham Knight and fighting game Mortal Kombat X, which have each sold more than five million units globally," a report from The Wall Street Journal confirms.
Meanwhile, the same can't be said for the film division at Warner Bros., which has had a far less lucrative 2015.