A new Marvel Studios book chronicles the storied meeting that MCU boss Kevin Feige held with Sony chairperson Amy Pascal about Spider-Man's cinematic future.

The new book, The Story of Marvel Studios: The Making of the Marvel Cinematic Universe by Tara Bennett and Paul Terry, offers fans an all-access history to the creation of the MCU, covering everything from 2008's Iron Man through to 2019's Spider-Man: Far From Home and how Marvel collaborated with Sony to forge a new creative direction for the web-slinger.

One section of the 512-page story, transcribed by The Direct, details a conversation between Marvel boss Kevin Feige and Sony Motion Picture Group chairperson Amy Pascal in which Feige proposed the idea of Spider-Man joining the MCU, as Marvel had already established "a good sense of how they would like to handle the character" if given the opportunity.

"Pascal wasted no time in expressing her strong desire to have Feige be more directly involved, creatively, in the making of Sony Pictures' The Amazing Spider-Man 3. Excited about the ideas her team currently had, Pascal said she would send Feige the latest draft." an excerpt from the book reads, revealing Sony's own stance on Spider-Man's future.

Feige, however, came straight out and told Pascal that Sony's plans for The Amazing Spider-Man 3 were not going to work. He instead offered a counter-proposal and suggested that Marvel handle the next Spider-Man movie. Initially, the idea of the crossover deal evoked an emotional reaction from Pascal who appeared reluctant to hand the responsibility over.

"The only way I know how to do anything is to just do it entirely," Feige is believed to have said in his pitch, which seemingly caught Pascal off-guard. "So why don't you let us do it? Don't think of it as two studios. And don't think of it as giving another studio back the rights. No change of hands of rights. No change of hands of money. Just engage us to produce it."

"At first, I was super resentful," Pascal admits in the book. "I think I started crying and threw him out of my office, or threw a sandwich at him - I'm not sure which... By the fifth movie, we weren't giving them anything new. And I have to be honest about it, we were trying so hard to be different, we even went into places to be different that we shouldn't have."

Pascal's change of heart came when she realized that Sony's plans for Spider-Man were not fresh anymore. She noted that Feige had always shared a mutual love for the character and that he had presented some really smart ideas on what to do with Spider-Man in the MCU, having found a new direction to set up the next stage for Spider-Man's journey.

"Pascal called Feige back the next day after their lunch. The concept of a collaboration between Sony and Marvel Studios had not left her mind," the book recounts. "[Pascal] admits, 'The idea of putting him up against a world where everybody had everything and he had nothing was a whole new way of telling his story. I thought, 'Goddamn, that guy's smart.'"

As a result of that conversation, Tom Holland went on to make his Spider-Man debut in 2016's Captain America: Civil War before swinging into his first solo outing as a young Peter Parker/Spider-Man in 2017's Spider-Man: Homecoming. He will be wall-crawling across our screens again in Spider-Man: No Way Home when that Phase 4 movie hits theaters this December.

No Way Home is expected to include some multiverse elements and may even converge the various Spider-Man universes together in such a way that it potentially allows Holland to make future appearances in both the MCU and the SPUMC (aka Sony Pictures' Universe of Marvel Characters) — depending on what the future has in store for the franchise.

Adele Ankers is a freelance writer for IGN. Follow her on Twitter.

A video that plays at the end of the recently launched The Dark Pictures: House of Ashes has revealed The Devil in Me, the "season one finale" of Supermassive Games ' The Dark Pictures Anthology. This reveals not only what the next game in the anthology will be, but that the series will be split into seasons.

The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me pic.twitter.com/o0vLCdnRSn

— TheHunters (@TheHuntersV) October 22, 2021

The trailer, which can be seen in the Tweet from TheHunters above, reveals a grotesque tease of The Devil in Me, which appears to involve a killer creating a mechanised automaton from human body parts. This suggests that the next game in The Dark Pictures Anthology may be less supernatural than its three predecessors, which have all feature ghost/monster-type foes and themes. What we may be facing in this next game is something more in the realm of Saw, with a focus on a twisted human killer.

The trailer also states that The Devil in Me is the "season one finale". We already knew that The Dark Pictures would be made up of eight games, but it looks as if those eight will be split into at least two seasons. What this means for the next four episodes remains unclear, but it may be that the series has a longer break between the release of The Devil in Me, presumably in 2022, and the unknown fifth game.

In our review of House of Ashes, we said that it is Supermassive's best horror game since Until Dawn, the game that cemented its reputation as a great horror developer. For more, see every single choice and outcome you can get in a single scene of House of Ashes, and how star Ashley Tisdale would react to the events of the game if they were real.

Matt Purslow is IGN's UK News and Entertainment Writer.

A video that plays at the end of the recently launched The Dark Pictures: House of Ashes has revealed The Devil in Me, the "season one finale" of Supermassive Games ' The Dark Pictures Anthology. This reveals not only what the next game in the anthology will be, but that the series will be split into seasons.

The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me pic.twitter.com/o0vLCdnRSn

— TheHunters (@TheHuntersV) October 22, 2021

The trailer, which can be seen in the Tweet from TheHunters above, reveals a grotesque tease of The Devil in Me, which appears to involve a killer creating a mechanised automaton from human body parts. This suggests that the next game in The Dark Pictures Anthology may be less supernatural than its three predecessors, which have all feature ghost/monster-type foes and themes. What we may be facing in this next game is something more in the realm of Saw, with a focus on a twisted human killer.

The trailer also states that The Devil in Me is the "season one finale". We already knew that The Dark Pictures would be made up of eight games, but it looks as if those eight will be split into at least two seasons. What this means for the next four episodes remains unclear, but it may be that the series has a longer break between the release of The Devil in Me, presumably in 2022, and the unknown fifth game.

In our review of House of Ashes, we said that it is Supermassive's best horror game since Until Dawn, the game that cemented its reputation as a great horror developer. For more, see every single choice and outcome you can get in a single scene of House of Ashes, and how star Ashley Tisdale would react to the events of the game if they were real.

Matt Purslow is IGN's UK News and Entertainment Writer.

While Netflix's The Last Kingdom will get its fifth and final season in 2022, it was just announced that the show will get a feature film called Seven Kings Must Die as, according to producer Nigel Marchant, "there was always one more story we wanted to tell."

As reported by Deadline, the announcement was shared at this year's London MCM Comic Con by Alexander Dreymon - the actor behind The Last Kingdom's protagonist Uhtred - and the show's executive producers.

Filming on Seven Kings Must Die will begin in early 2022 in Budapest, shortly before The Last Kingdom's 10-episode season arrives on Netflix. Dreymon will be part of the film, as will "many of the series cast, along with some new faces."

Producer Nigel Marchant added that, while season five "fully concludes the series, there was always one more story that we wanted to tell."

Dreymon also shared his excitement and thanked the fans for being so supportive of the show.

"It’s been such a privilege to tell Uhtred’s story for five seasons. I’m so grateful to our fans. They have been immensely loyal to The Last Kingdom and thanks to their support, the team is getting together for another round.”

The Last Kingdom is based on Bernard Cornwell's Saxon Stories and was originally commissioned by BBC2 and aired in 2015. Netflix became a co-producer for the show's second season and took full rights in most territories beginning in season three.

The show covers a roughly 45-year period of history from "866 following the Great Heathen Army’s arrival in Britain, focusing on the resistance of the Kingdom of Wessex to ongoing Viking incursions to Southern England."

NBCUniversal International Studios' Carnival Films will be producing Seven Kings Must Die, with Dreymon serving as executive producer alongside writer Martha Hillier. Ed Bazalgette will be the film's director, and its other producers include Marchant, Gareth Neame, and Mat Chaplin.

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While Netflix's The Last Kingdom will get its fifth and final season in 2022, it was just announced that the show will get a feature film called Seven Kings Must Die as, according to producer Nigel Marchant, "there was always one more story we wanted to tell."

As reported by Deadline, the announcement was shared at this year's London MCM Comic Con by Alexander Dreymon - the actor behind The Last Kingdom's protagonist Uhtred - and the show's executive producers.

Filming on Seven Kings Must Die will begin in early 2022 in Budapest, shortly before The Last Kingdom's 10-episode season arrives on Netflix. Dreymon will be part of the film, as will "many of the series cast, along with some new faces."

Producer Nigel Marchant added that, while season five "fully concludes the series, there was always one more story that we wanted to tell."

Dreymon also shared his excitement and thanked the fans for being so supportive of the show.

"It’s been such a privilege to tell Uhtred’s story for five seasons. I’m so grateful to our fans. They have been immensely loyal to The Last Kingdom and thanks to their support, the team is getting together for another round.”

The Last Kingdom is based on Bernard Cornwell's Saxon Stories and was originally commissioned by BBC2 and aired in 2015. Netflix became a co-producer for the show's second season and took full rights in most territories beginning in season three.

The show covers a roughly 45-year period of history from "866 following the Great Heathen Army’s arrival in Britain, focusing on the resistance of the Kingdom of Wessex to ongoing Viking incursions to Southern England."

NBCUniversal International Studios' Carnival Films will be producing Seven Kings Must Die, with Dreymon serving as executive producer alongside writer Martha Hillier. Ed Bazalgette will be the film's director, and its other producers include Marchant, Gareth Neame, and Mat Chaplin.

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

James Michael Tyler, the actor who played Gunther on Friends, has died of prostate cancer at the age of 59.

As reported by Variety, Tyler passed away peacefully in his Los Angeles home on Sunday, October 24, after being diagnosed with prostate cancer in September 2018. He shared the story of his battle on "Today" earlier this year and also worked as a "campaigner for individuals with prostates to get a first blood test as early as 40 years old."

“Michael’s loved ones knew him as an actor, musician, cancer-awareness advocate and loving husband,” his manager said in a statement. “Michael loved live music, cheering on his Clemson Tigers and would often find himself in fun and unplanned adventures. If you met him once, you made a friend for life.”

The official Friends Twitter account also mourned the loss of Tyler, a "beloved actor and integral part of our FRIENDS family."

Warner Bros. Television mourns the loss of James Michael Tyler, a beloved actor and integral part of our FRIENDS family. Our thoughts are with his family, friends, colleagues and fans. ❤️☕️ pic.twitter.com/9coGnT5BHz

— FRIENDS (@FriendsTV) October 24, 2021

On Friends, Tyler's Gunther was a worker at Central Perk cafe who had unrequited love for Jennifer Aniston's Rachel. He appeared in the second episode of the show and would be part of 150 of the show's 236 episodes. He was considered by many to be "the seventh 'Friend'" and was the most frequently recurring guest star.

Tyler appeared in the recent HBO Max special Friends: The Reunion via video conference, saying he wanted to be a part of it but didn't "wanna bring a downer on it."

"I wanted to be a part of that, and initially I was going to be on the stage, at least, with them, and be able to take part in all the festivities,” Tyler said about the reunion. “It was bittersweet, honestly. I was very happy to be included. It was my decision not to be a part of that physically and make an appearance on Zoom, basically, because I didn’t wanna bring a downer on it, you know? I didn’t want to be like, ‘Oh, and by the way, Gunther has cancer.’”

Tyler's credits go all the way back to 1992 where he was a bar patron in the short titled The Roommate. Over the years, he has appeared in episodes of Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Scrubs, Modern Music, Episodes, and more.

Tyler was born on May 28, 1962 in Greenwood, Mississippi, and was the youngest of five children. He graduated from Anderson University with a two-year degree in 1982 and from Clemson University in 1984 with a degree in geology.

He was a member of Clemson's student theater group - the Clemson Players - and his time there was said to have inspired him to take on a career in acting. He would go on to receive his Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Georgia in 1987.

Tyler is survived by his wife, Jennifer Carno. The two have been married since 2017.

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

James Michael Tyler, the actor who played Gunther on Friends, has died of prostate cancer at the age of 59.

As reported by Variety, Tyler passed away peacefully in his Los Angeles home on Sunday, October 24, after being diagnosed with prostate cancer in September 2018. He shared the story of his battle on "Today" earlier this year and also worked as a "campaigner for individuals with prostates to get a first blood test as early as 40 years old."

“Michael’s loved ones knew him as an actor, musician, cancer-awareness advocate and loving husband,” his manager said in a statement. “Michael loved live music, cheering on his Clemson Tigers and would often find himself in fun and unplanned adventures. If you met him once, you made a friend for life.”

The official Friends Twitter account also mourned the loss of Tyler, a "beloved actor and integral part of our FRIENDS family."

Warner Bros. Television mourns the loss of James Michael Tyler, a beloved actor and integral part of our FRIENDS family. Our thoughts are with his family, friends, colleagues and fans. ❤️☕️ pic.twitter.com/9coGnT5BHz

— FRIENDS (@FriendsTV) October 24, 2021

On Friends, Tyler's Gunther was a worker at Central Perk cafe who had unrequited love for Jennifer Aniston's Rachel. He appeared in the second episode of the show and would be part of 150 of the show's 236 episodes. He was considered by many to be "the seventh 'Friend'" and was the most frequently recurring guest star.

Tyler appeared in the recent HBO Max special Friends: The Reunion via video conference, saying he wanted to be a part of it but didn't "wanna bring a downer on it."

"I wanted to be a part of that, and initially I was going to be on the stage, at least, with them, and be able to take part in all the festivities,” Tyler said about the reunion. “It was bittersweet, honestly. I was very happy to be included. It was my decision not to be a part of that physically and make an appearance on Zoom, basically, because I didn’t wanna bring a downer on it, you know? I didn’t want to be like, ‘Oh, and by the way, Gunther has cancer.’”

Tyler's credits go all the way back to 1992 where he was a bar patron in the short titled The Roommate. Over the years, he has appeared in episodes of Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Scrubs, Modern Music, Episodes, and more.

Tyler was born on May 28, 1962 in Greenwood, Mississippi, and was the youngest of five children. He graduated from Anderson University with a two-year degree in 1982 and from Clemson University in 1984 with a degree in geology.

He was a member of Clemson's student theater group - the Clemson Players - and his time there was said to have inspired him to take on a career in acting. He would go on to receive his Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Georgia in 1987.

Tyler is survived by his wife, Jennifer Carno. The two have been married since 2017.

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

Xbox has announced that the Halo Infinite campaign gameplay overview will take place tomorrow, October 25, at 6am PT/9am ET/2pm BST.

Xbox shared the news on Twitter alongside saying, "See you soon, Spartans." The attached link takes you to a page on Xbox's YouTube channel where the Halo Infinite - Campaign Overview will premiere tomorrow.

See you soon, Spartans.

The #HaloInfinite campaign gameplay overview arrives tomorrow: https://t.co/McpyqZq1rz pic.twitter.com/rkzQ8Vc6BL

— Xbox (@Xbox) October 25, 2021

On the YouTube page, the description gives a bit more insight into what players can expect to experience when Halo Infinite launches on December 8, 2021.

"The Banished have defeated UNSC forces and taken control of the mysterious Zeta Halo, threatening the survival of humankind," The description reads. "When all hope is lost and humanity’s fate hangs in the balance, the Master Chief returns to confront the most ruthless foe he’s ever faced. Here’s a fresh look at the Halo Infinite campaign that introduces players to true Spartan freedom in the biggest, most wide open and adventure-filled Halo experience yet, launching on December 8, 2021."

This will be our first major look at Halo Infinite's campaign since its controversial showing at the Xbox Games Showcase in July 2020 ahead of the launch of Xbox Series X/S. Master Chief's latest adventure was set to be a launch title for Microsoft's next-gen consoles, but the game was delayed following blowback about Halo Infinite's graphics and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on its development timeline.

Since then, we have seen a ton of Halo Infinite's multiplayer in the form of gameplay videos and multiple technical previews that let players around the world try Halo Infinite for the first time. Unlike the campaign's first showing, Halo Infinite's multiplayer was received quite positively by fans and critics alike.

"It’s got snappy pacing in its matches, the gunplay is some of the best I’ve ever played, and between my reaction as a new player and that of IGN’s resident Halo old-timers, Infinite’s multiplayer really does seem to be shaping up to be just about everything you could want from a modern-day Halo game," IGN's Stella Chung wrote in her multiplayer review in progress.

For more, check out the Halo Infinite Xbox Series X console and Elite controller, the game's accessibility features, and our look at how Halo Infinite's delay was the right one, even if it was painful.

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Xbox has announced that the Halo Infinite campaign gameplay overview will take place tomorrow, October 25, at 6am PT/9am ET/2pm BST.

Xbox shared the news on Twitter alongside saying, "See you soon, Spartans." The attached link takes you to a page on Xbox's YouTube channel where the Halo Infinite - Campaign Overview will premiere tomorrow.

See you soon, Spartans.

The #HaloInfinite campaign gameplay overview arrives tomorrow: https://t.co/McpyqZq1rz pic.twitter.com/rkzQ8Vc6BL

— Xbox (@Xbox) October 25, 2021

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Dune has not only won the weekend domestic box office with ticket sales of $40.1 million, but it also set a pandemic record for Warner Bros. for the biggest three-day opening since the company started its day-and-date strategy on HBO Max.

Dune's $40.1 million was enough to surpass Godzilla vs. Kong's then-pandemic record of $31 million. Even though its performance wasn't enough to surpass the openings of other films like No Time to Die, it's important to remember that the 25th James Bond film was released exclusively in theaters while Dune is available in theaters and to all HBO Max subscribers for no extra cost.

For another comparison, however, Dune was a far cry away from Black Widow's $80 million when it was released in theaters in July. Black Widow also earned another $60 million on Disney+ via those who paid an extra $29.99 USD to unlock it with Premier Access.

The big question on everybody's minds will be if this box office debut will be enough to warrant a sequel. Ann Sarnoff, WarnerMedia CEO of Studios and Network did hint to Deadline that, despite it not yet being green lit, Dune: Part 2 should be on its way.

"Will we have a sequel to Dune? If you watch the movie, you see how it ends. I think you pretty much know the answer to that,” she said.

Variety notes that Dune had a budget of $165 million, and it has already earned that back when taking its international total into account. This weekend, Dune added another $47.4 million to its international tally which is now sitting at $180.6 million. Its global total now stands at $220.7 million.

Halloween Kills placed second with ticket sales of $14 million, which is a 71% drop from its opening last weekend with ticket sales of $50.4 million. Halloween Kills' total domestic run has surpassed $73 million and it has easily earned back its $20 million budget.

No Time to Die placed third with $11.8 million, bringing its domestic total to $120 million, and Venom: Let There Be Carnage won fourth place with $9.1 million, bringing its total to $181 million. Dinsey's Ron's Gone Wrong opened to ticket sales of $7.3 million and a fifth-place spot.

For more, check out our Dune review, our explainer of the ending, and our look at what to expect with the uncertain sequel,

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