Acting legend Ed Asner has died, Variety reports. He was 91.

Asner is known to modern audiences most for his role as Carl Fredricksen in Pixar's Up, where he played the curmudgeonly old man who tied hundreds of balloons to his home and embarked on an adventure alongside Doug the dog and "Junior Wilderness Explorer" Russell.

A publicist for Asner confirmed the actor's death to Variety, stating Asner died on Sunday surrounded by his family.

Asner's big break as an actor was the Mary Tyler Moore Show, which ran from 1970 to 1977. Asner played the grumpy newsroom producer Lou Grant, Moore's boss. Asner won three Emmy awards for best supporting actor for his role on the show. The Lou Grant character proved so popular he got his own spinoff, a more serious in tone hour-long series simply titled "Lou Grant." Asner similarly won two Emmy awards for his work on Rich Man, Poor Man and Roots. Asner appeared as Santa in Will Ferrel's Elf.

Asner told CNN in 2010 that he had never seen a Pixar movie until Wall-E, which debuted one year before Up.

"I was shocked to see how adult [Wall-E] was, with the setting in our lives, both present and future, and how they dealt with it. ... And then quite relieved to find that the one I was working on, "Up," how adult it was," Asner said. If I would fault the producers [and] distributors in any way [it's that] they didn't find some better way to immediately make adults realize that this was as much for them as for kids. ... My God, that four-minute passage in there detailing their life together. We all wish that our lives could be displayed as beautifully as that one is."

Asner's more recent roles include appearances on Grace & Frankie, Netflix's Cobra Kai, voices on American Dad, and The Boondocks. The hugely positive reception to Up reinvigorated interest in the actor's presence, landing him spots on Law & Order: SVU, The Middle, and Hawaii Five-0.

Asner is survived by his four children.

Joseph Knoop is a producer/writer for IGN.

Acting legend Ed Asner has died, Variety reports. He was 91.

Asner is known to modern audiences most for his role as Carl Fredricksen in Pixar's Up, where he played the curmudgeonly old man who tied hundreds of balloons to his home and embarked on an adventure alongside Doug the dog and "Junior Wilderness Explorer" Russell.

A publicist for Asner confirmed the actor's death to Variety, stating Asner died on Sunday surrounded by his family.

Asner's big break as an actor was the Mary Tyler Moore Show, which ran from 1970 to 1977. Asner played the grumpy newsroom producer Lou Grant, Moore's boss. Asner won three Emmy awards for best supporting actor for his role on the show. The Lou Grant character proved so popular he got his own spinoff, a more serious in tone hour-long series simply titled "Lou Grant." Asner similarly won two Emmy awards for his work on Rich Man, Poor Man and Roots. Asner appeared as Santa in Will Ferrel's Elf.

Asner told CNN in 2010 that he had never seen a Pixar movie until Wall-E, which debuted one year before Up.

"I was shocked to see how adult [Wall-E] was, with the setting in our lives, both present and future, and how they dealt with it. ... And then quite relieved to find that the one I was working on, "Up," how adult it was," Asner said. If I would fault the producers [and] distributors in any way [it's that] they didn't find some better way to immediately make adults realize that this was as much for them as for kids. ... My God, that four-minute passage in there detailing their life together. We all wish that our lives could be displayed as beautifully as that one is."

Asner's more recent roles include appearances on Grace & Frankie, Netflix's Cobra Kai, voices on American Dad, and The Boondocks. The hugely positive reception to Up reinvigorated interest in the actor's presence, landing him spots on Law & Order: SVU, The Middle, and Hawaii Five-0.

Asner is survived by his four children.

Joseph Knoop is a producer/writer for IGN.

R-rated horror slasher Candyman had a strong opening weekend at the domestic box office, earning $22.3 million in 3,569 theaters.

This news comes by way of Variety, which also reports that the Nia DaCosta-directed and Jordan Peele-produced film brought in an additional $5.2 million overseas across 51 international markets. This brings Candyman's opening weekend grand total to about $27.5 million.

The movie, which cost MGM $25 million to produce, is due to be quite profitable for the studio, according to Variety. This is especially great news for MGM as other R-rated movies have struggled in the pandemic-era box office. The Suicide Squad opened to just $26.5 million, despite industry expectations that predicted it would pull in around $30 million, for example.

However, unlike Candyman, The Suicide Squad also debuted on a subscription streaming service (HBO Max), following suit with many other movies released this summer. What The Suicide Squad didn't make at the box office, it might have made up for with new HBO Max subscriptions.

Candyman debuted exclusively to theaters, though, and having already made back the money it cost to make, the upcoming three-day weekend could be big for the horror movie. Variety cites the movie's nature as a sequel, as well as its 85% on Rotten Tomatoes and "B" CinemaScore, as reasons for its box office success.

The Yahya Abdul-Mateen II-led movie knocked Ryan Reynolds’ Free Guy down to second place after the video game-themed movie sat at the number one spot for two weeks straight. Free Guy earned an additional $13.6 million from 3,940 theaters, a decline of 27% from its second weekend to the third, according to Variety's report. This brings Free Guy's grand box office total up to $179 million.

The animated PAW Patrol from Paramount took third place this weekend, bringing in $6.6 million from 3,189 theaters. Its grand total in the U.S. and Canada where it was shown sits at $24 million. Disney's Jungle Cruise came in fourth, bringing in another $5 million for a total of $187 million at the box office (although the movie is also available on Disney+ as a Premiere Access title).

Sony's Don't Breathe 2 took fifth place with $2.8 million across 2,703 theaters, bringing the movie's total at the domestic box office to $24.5 million.

Check out our thoughts on Candyman in IGN's Candyman review and then read this list of seven things you probably didn't know about Candyman. Check out this video featuring the movie's director and cast discussing the legacy and meaning of Candyman after that.

Wesley LeBlanc is a freelance news writer and guide maker for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @LeBlancWes.

R-rated horror slasher Candyman had a strong opening weekend at the domestic box office, earning $22.3 million in 3,569 theaters.

This news comes by way of Variety, which also reports that the Nia DaCosta-directed and Jordan Peele-produced film brought in an additional $5.2 million overseas across 51 international markets. This brings Candyman's opening weekend grand total to about $27.5 million.

The movie, which cost MGM $25 million to produce, is due to be quite profitable for the studio, according to Variety. This is especially great news for MGM as other R-rated movies have struggled in the pandemic-era box office. The Suicide Squad opened to just $26.5 million, despite industry expectations that predicted it would pull in around $30 million, for example.

However, unlike Candyman, The Suicide Squad also debuted on a subscription streaming service (HBO Max), following suit with many other movies released this summer. What The Suicide Squad didn't make at the box office, it might have made up for with new HBO Max subscriptions.

Candyman debuted exclusively to theaters, though, and having already made back the money it cost to make, the upcoming three-day weekend could be big for the horror movie. Variety cites the movie's nature as a sequel, as well as its 85% on Rotten Tomatoes and "B" CinemaScore, as reasons for its box office success.

The Yahya Abdul-Mateen II-led movie knocked Ryan Reynolds’ Free Guy down to second place after the video game-themed movie sat at the number one spot for two weeks straight. Free Guy earned an additional $13.6 million from 3,940 theaters, a decline of 27% from its second weekend to the third, according to Variety's report. This brings Free Guy's grand box office total up to $179 million.

The animated PAW Patrol from Paramount took third place this weekend, bringing in $6.6 million from 3,189 theaters. Its grand total in the U.S. and Canada where it was shown sits at $24 million. Disney's Jungle Cruise came in fourth, bringing in another $5 million for a total of $187 million at the box office (although the movie is also available on Disney+ as a Premiere Access title).

Sony's Don't Breathe 2 took fifth place with $2.8 million across 2,703 theaters, bringing the movie's total at the domestic box office to $24.5 million.

Check out our thoughts on Candyman in IGN's Candyman review and then read this list of seven things you probably didn't know about Candyman. Check out this video featuring the movie's director and cast discussing the legacy and meaning of Candyman after that.

Wesley LeBlanc is a freelance news writer and guide maker for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @LeBlancWes.

Fornite has added Will Smith's Mike Lowrey character from the Bad Boys movie franchise to the battle royale's Item Shop.

Epic Games announced the Bad Boys x Fortnite crossover in a blog post on Saturday, revealing that a little of Miami's South Beach would be coming to the game by way of detective Mike Lowrey.

The Mike Lowrey Outfit can be purchased in the Fortnite Item Shop right now and it includes the Detective's Duffle Back Bling. The Loose Cannon set also features Lowrey's dual-wielding pickaxe known as the Loose Cannon Cutters. You can see the entire Mike Lowrey set in the image below:

Unfortunately for Bad Boys diehards, Lowrey's police partner and best friend, Marcus Burnett (played by Martin Lawrence in the movies) is nowhere to be seen.

"Mike Lowrey is one cool customer," the blog post reads. "Whether he's involved in explosive action or a high-speed chase, he's always undeniably smooth."

Hopefully he's great at building, too.

While the addition of Lowrey is probably exciting for Will Smith and Bad Boys fans, the character's inclusion in Season 7 of Fortnite Chapter 2, specifically, is an odd one. That's because the entire season is themed around aliens and alien invasions, and not many actors have fought aliens on the big screen more than Will Smith, as noted by PCGamesN.

The most obvious alien-themed choice when choosing a Will Smith character would have been Agent J from Men in Black, but Steven Hiller from Independence Day would have worked just as well too. Lowrey, however, has not fought off an alien invasion before.

Nevertheless, it's a good day to be a Fortnite fan who's also a fan of Will Smith. Mike Lowrey and his equipment are now available to purchase in the Fortnite Item Shop.

For more Fortnite, read about how Epic Games recently added Ryan Reynold's Dude character from Free Guy to the game and then read about how the company added Ripley and the Alien Xenomorph to the battle royale. Catch up on everything in Fortnite Chapter 2 Season 7 after that.

Wesley LeBlanc is a freelance news writer and guide maker for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @LeBlancWes.

Fornite has added Will Smith's Mike Lowrey character from the Bad Boys movie franchise to the battle royale's Item Shop.

Epic Games announced the Bad Boys x Fortnite crossover in a blog post on Saturday, revealing that a little of Miami's South Beach would be coming to the game by way of detective Mike Lowrey.

The Mike Lowrey Outfit can be purchased in the Fortnite Item Shop right now and it includes the Detective's Duffle Back Bling. The Loose Cannon set also features Lowrey's dual-wielding pickaxe known as the Loose Cannon Cutters. You can see the entire Mike Lowrey set in the image below:

Unfortunately for Bad Boys diehards, Lowrey's police partner and best friend, Marcus Burnett (played by Martin Lawrence in the movies) is nowhere to be seen.

"Mike Lowrey is one cool customer," the blog post reads. "Whether he's involved in explosive action or a high-speed chase, he's always undeniably smooth."

Hopefully he's great at building, too.

While the addition of Lowrey is probably exciting for Will Smith and Bad Boys fans, the character's inclusion in Season 7 of Fortnite Chapter 2, specifically, is an odd one. That's because the entire season is themed around aliens and alien invasions, and not many actors have fought aliens on the big screen more than Will Smith, as noted by PCGamesN.

The most obvious alien-themed choice when choosing a Will Smith character would have been Agent J from Men in Black, but Steven Hiller from Independence Day would have worked just as well too. Lowrey, however, has not fought off an alien invasion before.

Nevertheless, it's a good day to be a Fortnite fan who's also a fan of Will Smith. Mike Lowrey and his equipment are now available to purchase in the Fortnite Item Shop.

For more Fortnite, read about how Epic Games recently added Ryan Reynold's Dude character from Free Guy to the game and then read about how the company added Ripley and the Alien Xenomorph to the battle royale. Catch up on everything in Fortnite Chapter 2 Season 7 after that.

Wesley LeBlanc is a freelance news writer and guide maker for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @LeBlancWes.

Halo Infinite received quite the spotlight during Gamescom's One Night Live showcase, including the reveal of the game's December 8 release date, but more of the game's campaign wasn't shown.

Fans were disappointed when Halo Infinite's campaign failed to make an appearance during Gamescom, citing concerns they have considering the game's release is just a couple of months away and the last time the campaign was shown in a big capacity was over a year ago.

However, 343 Industries has seen and heard the disappointment over the campaign's lack of appearance during Gamescom and Halo Infinite Head of Creative, Joseph Staten, has now addressed where the campaign was, as reported by GameSpot.

"We're at a critical phase in the flight that is Halo Infinite, so it's extremely important to avoid distractions and stay focused on mission-critical tasks only," Staten wrote in the latest Inside Infinite news post. "For Campaign, that means putting maximum effort into ensuring the wide-open, adventure-filled experience you'll all get to play on December 8 is as great as it can possibly be. And gameplay demos and trailers not only take a huge amount of effort to do well, they also take cycles away from bugs and other shutdown tasks."

In short, when developing a game, creating a gameplay demo or story trailer — which is probably what fans wanted to see of the game's campaign during One Night Live — takes time and that time takes away from developers that would otherwise be working on the full game release.

Staten continued in the blog and explained that he's in the middle of a campaign playthrough and that he can't wait to get home (from Gamescom) to continue.

"I hope all of you take comfort from the fact that, honestly, I can't wait to get back home, fire up the build, and hit 'Continue' on the campaign," Staten said. "No matter how many times I play, Halo Infinite remains, fundamentally, super fun to play — and we're very eager to share all the fun with you through captured gameplay, trailers, and other content once we get this plane safely on the ground."

Staten's statement comes from the same Halo Infinite news post where 343 Industries explained that Halo Infinite's multiplayer progression is tied to challenges rather than XP-based leveling. Just days before all of this, Staten also revealed that the game will be released without campaign co-op or forge at launch.

Halo Infinite's multiplayer and campaign will be released on December 8. While waiting for that, check out IGN's thoughts on the multiplayer technical preview and then check out the recently-revealed Halo Infinite PC requirements.

Wesley LeBlanc is a freelance news writer and guide maker for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @LeBlancWes.

Halo Infinite received quite the spotlight during Gamescom's One Night Live showcase, including the reveal of the game's December 8 release date, but more of the game's campaign wasn't shown.

Fans were disappointed when Halo Infinite's campaign failed to make an appearance during Gamescom, citing concerns they have considering the game's release is just a couple of months away and the last time the campaign was shown in a big capacity was over a year ago.

However, 343 Industries has seen and heard the disappointment over the campaign's lack of appearance during Gamescom and Halo Infinite Head of Creative, Joseph Staten, has now addressed where the campaign was, as reported by GameSpot.

"We're at a critical phase in the flight that is Halo Infinite, so it's extremely important to avoid distractions and stay focused on mission-critical tasks only," Staten wrote in the latest Inside Infinite news post. "For Campaign, that means putting maximum effort into ensuring the wide-open, adventure-filled experience you'll all get to play on December 8 is as great as it can possibly be. And gameplay demos and trailers not only take a huge amount of effort to do well, they also take cycles away from bugs and other shutdown tasks."

In short, when developing a game, creating a gameplay demo or story trailer — which is probably what fans wanted to see of the game's campaign during One Night Live — takes time and that time takes away from developers that would otherwise be working on the full game release.

Staten continued in the blog and explained that he's in the middle of a campaign playthrough and that he can't wait to get home (from Gamescom) to continue.

"I hope all of you take comfort from the fact that, honestly, I can't wait to get back home, fire up the build, and hit 'Continue' on the campaign," Staten said. "No matter how many times I play, Halo Infinite remains, fundamentally, super fun to play — and we're very eager to share all the fun with you through captured gameplay, trailers, and other content once we get this plane safely on the ground."

Staten's statement comes from the same Halo Infinite news post where 343 Industries explained that Halo Infinite's multiplayer progression is tied to challenges rather than XP-based leveling. Just days before all of this, Staten also revealed that the game will be released without campaign co-op or forge at launch.

Halo Infinite's multiplayer and campaign will be released on December 8. While waiting for that, check out IGN's thoughts on the multiplayer technical preview and then check out the recently-revealed Halo Infinite PC requirements.

Wesley LeBlanc is a freelance news writer and guide maker for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @LeBlancWes.

The creators of American Vandal are creating a mockumentary in the style of The Last Dance about a fictional pro League of Legends esports team.

Titled PLAYERS, this documentary series is being produced by CBS Studios for Paramount+ and it will explore the world of esports through a comedic lens. Creators Tony Yacenda and Dan Perrault will examine esports through a fictional pro League of Legends team aiming to achieve their first championship win.

"PLAYERS is a comedic documentary-style series that follows a fictional pro League of Legends esports team as they pursue their first championship after years of close calls and heartache," a press release reads. "To win it all, they will need their prodigy, a 17-year-old rookie, and their 27-year-old veteran to put their egos aside and work together."

This series will be produced by CBS Studios in association with Funny or Die and it will actually reunite Yacenda and Perrault after their work on two seasons of American Vandal. Both will serve as co-creators and executive producers for PLAYERS, but Yacenda will also direct the series.

Funny or Die's Joe Farrell and Mike Farah will serve as executive producers, too, alongside Tim McAuliffe, 3Arts' Ari Lubet, Brillstein Entertainment Pictures' Todd Sellers, and the studio behind League of Legends, Riot Games.

Anyone that's watched American Vandal, a raunchy and hilarious high-school-based mockumentary, knows that Yacenda and Perrault don't pull any punches when it comes to telling their stories, so it will be interesting to see if PLAYERS leans as hard into the raunch, vulgarity, and critical nature that American Vandal did, especially with Riot Games actually involved.

League of Legends is a great window into esports as it's one of the most-played PC games in the world, generating billions of hours in gameplay each year. It also happens to be the largest esport on the planet, with the 2020 League of Legends World Championship Finals “generating a record-breaking 23.04 million average minute audience,” according to a press release about PLAYERS.

PLAYERS will hit Paramount+ when it premieres, but a release date for the mockumentary series has not yet been revealed.

While waiting for PLAYERS, read about why we gave Season 1 of American Vandal a 9.1 out of 10 in IGN's review and then check out our thoughts on the second season in IGN's American Vandal Season 2 review.

Wesley LeBlanc is a freelance news writer and guide maker for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @LeBlancWes.

The creators of American Vandal are creating a mockumentary in the style of The Last Dance about a fictional pro League of Legends esports team.

Titled PLAYERS, this documentary series is being produced by CBS Studios for Paramount+ and it will explore the world of esports through a comedic lens. Creators Tony Yacenda and Dan Perrault will examine esports through a fictional pro League of Legends team aiming to achieve their first championship win.

"PLAYERS is a comedic documentary-style series that follows a fictional pro League of Legends esports team as they pursue their first championship after years of close calls and heartache," a press release reads. "To win it all, they will need their prodigy, a 17-year-old rookie, and their 27-year-old veteran to put their egos aside and work together."

This series will be produced by CBS Studios in association with Funny or Die and it will actually reunite Yacenda and Perrault after their work on two seasons of American Vandal. Both will serve as co-creators and executive producers for PLAYERS, but Yacenda will also direct the series.

Funny or Die's Joe Farrell and Mike Farah will serve as executive producers, too, alongside Tim McAuliffe, 3Arts' Ari Lubet, Brillstein Entertainment Pictures' Todd Sellers, and the studio behind League of Legends, Riot Games.

Anyone that's watched American Vandal, a raunchy and hilarious high-school-based mockumentary, knows that Yacenda and Perrault don't pull any punches when it comes to telling their stories, so it will be interesting to see if PLAYERS leans as hard into the raunch, vulgarity, and critical nature that American Vandal did, especially with Riot Games actually involved.

League of Legends is a great window into esports as it's one of the most-played PC games in the world, generating billions of hours in gameplay each year. It also happens to be the largest esport on the planet, with the 2020 League of Legends World Championship Finals “generating a record-breaking 23.04 million average minute audience,” according to a press release about PLAYERS.

PLAYERS will hit Paramount+ when it premieres, but a release date for the mockumentary series has not yet been revealed.

While waiting for PLAYERS, read about why we gave Season 1 of American Vandal a 9.1 out of 10 in IGN's review and then check out our thoughts on the second season in IGN's American Vandal Season 2 review.

Wesley LeBlanc is a freelance news writer and guide maker for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @LeBlancWes.