Netflix announced that Tim Burton was creating a live-action Addams Family spinoff show for the subscription service back in February and now the cast has grown by 10.

The spinoff, titled Wednesday, will be aptly centered on Wednesday Addams, played by Jenna Ortega. Luis Guzmán was cast as Gomez Addams earlier this month and Catherine Zeta-Jones was cast as Morticia Addams just a few days later, and now, 10 more characters have been added to the show.

• Hunter Doohan (Your Honor, Truth Be Told) has been cast to play Tyler Galpin, the son of the town's local sheriff who becomes friends with Wednesday.

• Georgie Farmer (Treadstone, The Evermoor Chronicles) has been cast to play Ajax Petropolus, a gorgon student attending Nevermore Academy who is awkward, shy, and anxious.

• Moosa Mostafa (Nativity Rocks!, The Last Bus) has been cast to play Eugen Otinger, a quirky student at Nevermore Academy who is president of the school's bee-keeping club.

• Emma Myers (Girl in the Basement, Taste of Christmas) has been cast to play Enid Sinclair, Wednesday's sunny and Californian roommate who hails from a pack of San Francisco-based werewolves

• Naomi J. Ogawa (Skylin3s) has been cast to play Yoko Tanaka, a vampire with Harajuku-inspired goth flair and one of the cool kids at Nevermore Academy.

• Joy Sunday (Dear White People, The Beta Test) has been cast to play Bianca Barclay, one of the most popular students at Nevermore Academy who hails from a long line of Sirens.

• Percy Hynes White (The Gifted, Pretty Hard Cases) has been cast to play Xavier Thorpe, a charismatic and supernaturally artistic Nevermore Academy student whose father is a celebrity psychic.

• Thora Birch (Ghost World, The Walking Dead) has been cast to play Tamara Novak, Wednesday's dorm mother and the only "Normie" staff member at Nevermore Academy.

• Riki Lindhome (Knives Out, Another Period) has been cast to play Dr. Valerie Kinbott, Wednesday's new therapist.

• Jamie McShane (Mank, Bloodline) has been cast to play Sheriff Donovan Galpin, an officer who takes issue with Nevermore Academy and especially one of its former students, Gomez Addams.

These 10 characters will join the already-cast Gomez, Morticia, and Wednesday in the Addams Family spinoff.

This Addams Family spinoff hails from Tim Burton, who will direct and executive produce the eight-episode series coming from MGM and UA Television. Showrunners Al Gough and Miles Millar are set to executive produce the series as well alongside Andrew Mittman, Kevin Miserocchi, Kayla Alpert, Jonathan Glickman, and Gail Berman.

There's no official release date for Wednesday just yet, but the series is set to premiere on Netflix sometime in 2022.

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

Netflix announced that Tim Burton was creating a live-action Addams Family spinoff show for the subscription service back in February and now the cast has grown by 10.

The spinoff, titled Wednesday, will be aptly centered on Wednesday Addams, but the titular character has not been cast yet. Luis Guzmán was cast as Gomez Addams earlier this month and Catherine Zeta-Jones was cast as Morticia Addams just a few days later, and now, 10 more characters have been added to the show.

• Hunter Doohan (Your Honor, Truth Be Told) has been cast to play Tyler Galpin, the son of the town's local sheriff who becomes friends with Wednesday.

• Georgie Farmer (Treadstone, The Evermoor Chronicles) has been cast to play Ajax Petropolus, a gorgon student attending Nevermore Academy who is awkward, shy, and anxious.

• Moosa Mostafa (Nativity Rocks!, The Last Bus) has been cast to play Eugen Otinger, a quirky student at Nevermore Academy who is president of the school's bee-keeping club.

• Emma Myers (Girl in the Basement, Taste of Christmas) has been cast to play Enid Sinclair, Wednesday's sunny and Californian roommate who hails from a pack of San Francisco-based werewolves

• Naomi J. Ogawa (Skylin3s) has been cast to play Yoko Tanaka, a vampire with Harajuku-inspired goth flair and one of the cool kids at Nevermore Academy.

• Joy Sunday (Dear White People, The Beta Test) has been cast to play Bianca Barclay, one of the most popular students at Nevermore Academy who hails from a long line of Sirens.

• Percy Hynes White (The Gifted, Pretty Hard Cases) has been cast to play Xavier Thorpe, a charismatic and supernaturally artistic Nevermore Academy student whose father is a celebrity psychic.

• Thora Birch (Ghost World, The Walking Dead) has been cast to play Tamara Novak, Wednesday's dorm mother and the only "Normie" staff member at Nevermore Academy.

• Riki Lindhome (Knives Out, Another Period) has been cast to play Dr. Valerie Kinbott, Wednesday's new therapist.

• Jamie McShane (Mank, Bloodline) has been cast to play Sheriff Donovan Galpin, an officer who takes issue with Nevermore Academy and especially one of its former students, Gomez Addams.

These 10 characters will join the already-cast Gomez and Morticia, and eventually Wednesday, in the Addams Family spinoff.

This Addams Family spinoff hails from Tim Burton, who will direct and executive produce the eight-episode series coming from MGM and UA Television. Showrunners Al Gough and Miles Millar are set to executive produce the series as well alongside Andrew Mittman, Kevin Miserocchi, Kayla Alpert, Jonathan Glickman, and Gail Berman.

There's no official release date for Wednesday just yet, but the series is set to premiere on Netflix sometime in 2022.

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

Netflix has revived Manifest for one last season after NBC cancelled the series earlier this year.

NBC cancelled Manifest back in June and fans quickly took to Twitter with the "#SaveManifest" hashtag to express their desire to see a fourth season happen.

Now, just over two months later, Netflix has announced that it has picked the series up to create a fourth and final season.

"The fourth and final season will be comprised of 20 episodes, which will bring the story of the passengers of Flight 828 to its conclusion," a press release from Netflix reads.

When Season 3 of Manifest came to an end, the series left quite a few questions open on the table, ideally to be answered in a fourth season...but Netflix cancelled the series. It seems "#SaveManifest," and the great numbers the show has seen on Netflix since its premiere on the subscription service back in June, showed that the show had more story to tell (and fans to please).

"Since its premiere on Netflix in June, Manifest has proven very popular with our members," Netflix Head of Global TV, Bela Bejaria, said in a press release. "[Manifest producer and creator Jeff Rake] and his team have crafted a beguiling mystery that has viewers around the world on the edge of their seats and believing again in second chances, and we're thrilled that they will bring fans some closure with this final super-sized season."

Rake said that never in his wildest dreams did he envision the amount of support and love for Manifest that's been revealed as of late — enough support to revive the series. He also said he's excited to have the chance to reward the show's fans with the ending they deserve.

"On behalf of the cast, the crew, the writers, directors, and producers, thank you to Netflix, to Warner Bros., and of course to the fans," Rake said. "You did this."

Manifest premiered on NBC back in 2018 and ran for three seasons before it was cancelled in June of this year. The series revolved around the mysterious Montego Air Flight 828. What was supposed to be a standard flight quickly turned into something else when passengers realized that five years had passed after landing.

The mystery of this flight will seemingly be wrapped up in a final 20-episode season set to premiere on Netflix, although the company didn't mention a release date.

For more about Manifest, check out our thoughts on the show's start in IGN's Manifest Season 1 Episode 1 review and then watch this Manifest Season 3 trailer.

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

Netflix has revived Manifest for one last season after NBC cancelled the series earlier this year.

NBC cancelled Manifest back in June and fans quickly took to Twitter with the "#SaveManifest" hashtag to express their desire to see a fourth season happen.

Now, just over two months later, Netflix has announced that it has picked the series up to create a fourth and final season.

"The fourth and final season will be comprised of 20 episodes, which will bring the story of the passengers of Flight 828 to its conclusion," a press release from Netflix reads.

When Season 3 of Manifest came to an end, the series left quite a few questions open on the table, ideally to be answered in a fourth season...but Netflix cancelled the series. It seems "#SaveManifest," and the great numbers the show has seen on Netflix since its premiere on the subscription service back in June, showed that the show had more story to tell (and fans to please).

"Since its premiere on Netflix in June, Manifest has proven very popular with our members," Netflix Head of Global TV, Bela Bejaria, said in a press release. "[Manifest producer and creator Jeff Rake] and his team have crafted a beguiling mystery that has viewers around the world on the edge of their seats and believing again in second chances, and we're thrilled that they will bring fans some closure with this final super-sized season."

Rake said that never in his wildest dreams did he envision the amount of support and love for Manifest that's been revealed as of late — enough support to revive the series. He also said he's excited to have the chance to reward the show's fans with the ending they deserve.

"On behalf of the cast, the crew, the writers, directors, and producers, thank you to Netflix, to Warner Bros., and of course to the fans," Rake said. "You did this."

Manifest premiered on NBC back in 2018 and ran for three seasons before it was cancelled in June of this year. The series revolved around the mysterious Montego Air Flight 828. What was supposed to be a standard flight quickly turned into something else when passengers realized that five years had passed after landing.

The mystery of this flight will seemingly be wrapped up in a final 20-episode season set to premiere on Netflix, although the company didn't mention a release date.

For more about Manifest, check out our thoughts on the show's start in IGN's Manifest Season 1 Episode 1 review and then watch this Manifest Season 3 trailer.

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

A viral Twitter thread about someone’s old Xbox 360 Gamertag profile picture being cropped weird with each new Xbox console has prompted one Xbox engineer to go ahead and just… fix the problem.

As reported by The Verge, Twitter user Noukon purchased a Pac-Man ghost avatar years ago and has kept it as their profile picture ever since. According to Noukon, they purchased the Gamerpic for 80 Xbox Points in 2006 and he’ll “be f*cked if it won’t remain the best dollar I’ve ever spent until the seas boil over.”

With each passing generation, Xbox tries to shame my Pac-Man ghost avatar by shrinking it ever smaller and smaller. I will not yield. I bought this gamerpic for 80 Xbox Points in 2006, and I'll be fucked if it won't remain the best dollar I've ever spent until the seas boil over pic.twitter.com/Ji5ttoUVjh

— Gabriel Roland (@noukon) August 19, 2021

Unfortunately, advances in Xbox’s UI means the profile pic from 2006 now looks like a tiny square surrounding by an empty gray circle. Luckily, Xbox engineer Eden Marie saw Nokoun’s Tweet and decided to go ahead and solve the problem, calling it her “personal mission to fix this.”

Marie posted a full Twitter thread of her process, beginning with purchasing the same profile picture pack as Noukon (for a more expensive price of $2.38), before setting out to diagnose and ultimately solve the issue.

Listen, I can't promise anything, but I'm going to make it my personal mission to fix this https://t.co/o1zYjBBHSd

— Eden Marie (@neonepiphany) August 25, 2021

According to Marie, “a long time ago someone decided that no matter how big a Gamerpic we wanted to display, the 360 Gamerpic would never get bigger than 72 x 72 pixels. The rest of the background is filled in with a blown up, faded version of itself,” Marie says.

The solution, ultimately, lay with the Xbox dashboard’s ability to recognize transparent PNG files. This allowed Marie to take the small square 360-era Gamerpic and put it in a transparent circle and adjust the dimensions, resulting in a fixed, totally normal-looking Pac-Man ghost avatar for Noukon.

Marie was able to fix the issue during something called Exploration Time which is where members of the Experiences team can spend half a day each week to tackle random things within the product. "This week I absolutely chose to use it to rescue ghosts," Marie tweeted.

It's a lot of fun, and sometimes, you even learn something new, like... apparently 360 gamerpics supported transparency all along?

SURPRISE

Anyway, what do you think, @noukon? Feel better about that dollar? pic.twitter.com/zxQx7SmHJw

— Eden Marie (@neonepiphany) August 27, 2021

Who knows, maybe the next time you're having a weird issue on Xbox Live, an Xbox engineer with free time can fix your problem for you?

Matt T.M. Kim is IGN's News Editor. You can reach him @lawoftd.

A viral Twitter thread about someone’s old Xbox 360 Gamertag profile picture being cropped weird with each new Xbox console has prompted one Xbox engineer to go ahead and just… fix the problem.

As reported by The Verge, Twitter user Noukon purchased a Pac-Man ghost avatar years ago and has kept it as their profile picture ever since. According to Noukon, they purchased the Gamerpic for 80 Xbox Points in 2006 and he’ll “be f*cked if it won’t remain the best dollar I’ve ever spent until the seas boil over.”

With each passing generation, Xbox tries to shame my Pac-Man ghost avatar by shrinking it ever smaller and smaller. I will not yield. I bought this gamerpic for 80 Xbox Points in 2006, and I'll be fucked if it won't remain the best dollar I've ever spent until the seas boil over pic.twitter.com/Ji5ttoUVjh

— Gabriel Roland (@noukon) August 19, 2021

Unfortunately, advances in Xbox’s UI means the profile pic from 2006 now looks like a tiny square surrounding by an empty gray circle. Luckily, Xbox engineer Eden Marie saw Nokoun’s Tweet and decided to go ahead and solve the problem, calling it her “personal mission to fix this.”

Marie posted a full Twitter thread of her process, beginning with purchasing the same profile picture pack as Noukon (for a more expensive price of $2.38), before setting out to diagnose and ultimately solve the issue.

Listen, I can't promise anything, but I'm going to make it my personal mission to fix this https://t.co/o1zYjBBHSd

— Eden Marie (@neonepiphany) August 25, 2021

According to Marie, “a long time ago someone decided that no matter how big a Gamerpic we wanted to display, the 360 Gamerpic would never get bigger than 72 x 72 pixels. The rest of the background is filled in with a blown up, faded version of itself,” Marie says.

The solution, ultimately, lay with the Xbox dashboard’s ability to recognize transparent PNG files. This allowed Marie to take the small square 360-era Gamerpic and put it in a transparent circle and adjust the dimensions, resulting in a fixed, totally normal-looking Pac-Man ghost avatar for Noukon.

Marie was able to fix the issue during something called Exploration Time which is where members of the Experiences team can spend half a day each week to tackle random things within the product. "This week I absolutely chose to use it to rescue ghosts," Marie tweeted.

It's a lot of fun, and sometimes, you even learn something new, like... apparently 360 gamerpics supported transparency all along?

SURPRISE

Anyway, what do you think, @noukon? Feel better about that dollar? pic.twitter.com/zxQx7SmHJw

— Eden Marie (@neonepiphany) August 27, 2021

Who knows, maybe the next time you're having a weird issue on Xbox Live, an Xbox engineer with free time can fix your problem for you?

Matt T.M. Kim is IGN's News Editor. You can reach him @lawoftd.

Ready or not, there's a lot of Cowboy Bebop media emerging from the proverbial jumpgate ahead of the upcoming live-action Netflix adaptation.

Among the most notable of them is Cowboy Bebop: A Syndicate Story: Red Planet Requiem, a prequel novel by staff writer Sean Cummings. Set in Spike's syndicate days before he became a bounty hunter, it will explore his early adventures with Vicious, presumably shedding more light on how he gets to be a lonesome cowboy wandering the stars.

Further expanding the Cowboy Bebop universe is a comic series featuring a "never-before-seen" story set in the world of the show. It will follow the crew of the Bebop as they chase an ex-gang member with a vest said to confer unlimited luck. It will be written by DC veteran Dan Watters, with art by Lamar Mathurin.

Capping it all off is a Cowboy Bebop: Making the Netflix Series, an official companion featuring concept art, behind-the-scenes photography, and a foreward by showrunner André Nemec. The only way it could be better is if it featured its own exclusive soundtrack by Yoko Kanno.

It's all part of a broader push for Cowboy Bebop, which is set to arrive on Netflix on November 19. Earlier this week, Netflix revealed some of the first images from the series, which looks to faithfully recreate the look and feel of the popular anime.

Accordingly, the prequel novel will be releasing just a few days after the show on November 23, and the companion book will be launching on January 11. The first installment in the four-issue comic series will be out December 2021, with a trade paperback to follow in May 2022.

Kat Bailey is a Senior News Editor at IGN.

Ready or not, there's a lot of Cowboy Bebop media emerging from the proverbial jumpgate ahead of the upcoming live-action Netflix adaptation.

Among the most notable of them is Cowboy Bebop: A Syndicate Story: Red Planet Requiem, a prequel novel by staff writer Sean Cummings. Set in Spike's syndicate days before he became a bounty hunter, it will explore his early adventures with Vicious, presumably shedding more light on how he gets to be a lonesome cowboy wandering the stars.

Further expanding the Cowboy Bebop universe is a comic series featuring a "never-before-seen" story set in the world of the show. It will follow the crew of the Bebop as they chase an ex-gang member with a vest said to confer unlimited luck. It will be written by DC veteran Dan Watters, with art by Lamar Mathurin.

Capping it all off is a Cowboy Bebop: Making the Netflix Series, an official companion featuring concept art, behind-the-scenes photography, and a foreward by showrunner André Nemec. The only way it could be better is if it featured its own exclusive soundtrack by Yoko Kanno.

It's all part of a broader push for Cowboy Bebop, which is set to arrive on Netflix on November 19. Earlier this week, Netflix revealed some of the first images from the series, which looks to faithfully recreate the look and feel of the popular anime.

Accordingly, the prequel novel will be releasing just a few days after the show on November 23, and the companion book will be launching on January 11. The first installment in the four-issue comic series will be out December 2021, with a trade paperback to follow in May 2022.

Kat Bailey is a Senior News Editor at IGN.

Rhythm of the Universe: Ionia brings together the latest in VR technology with an epic story about saving the environment. Revealed during Gamescom, ROTU Entertainment announced that its award-winning VR game, Ionia, is coming to Oculus Quest, PlayStation VR, and SteamVR on September 23, 2021.

Ionia is set in a fantastical world overgrowing with nature. Unfortunately, it’s in danger, and in order to keep the environment safe, you’ll need to embark on a journey to save the mystical Harpa.

ROTU Entertainment specializes in music, and it plays a key part in Ionia. You’ll need to solve music theory-based puzzles and interact with virtual flowers scattered throughout the Ionian forest that emit musical sounds like drums and bells. You’ll also be able to traverse the massive virtual forest by climbing trees or ziplining across ravines.

Ionia won the Cannes XR Development Showcase award in 2020 for its immersive technology, and environmental message. ROTUE Entertainment announced that it will donate five percent of the proceeds to the non-profit Wildlife Warriors Worldwide, an organization founded in 2002 by Terri and the late Steve Irwin.

For more, check out IGN’s full Gamescom coverage including new announcements, trailers, and news.

Matt T.M. Kim is IGN's News Editor. You can reach him @lawoftd.

Rhythm of the Universe: Ionia brings together the latest in VR technology with an epic story about saving the environment. Revealed during Gamescom, ROTU Entertainment announced that its award-winning VR game, Ionia, is coming to Oculus Quest, PlayStation VR, and SteamVR on September 23, 2021.

Ionia is set in a fantastical world overgrowing with nature. Unfortunately, it’s in danger, and in order to keep the environment safe, you’ll need to embark on a journey to save the mystical Harpa.

ROTU Entertainment specializes in music, and it plays a key part in Ionia. You’ll need to solve music theory-based puzzles and interact with virtual flowers scattered throughout the Ionian forest that emit musical sounds like drums and bells. You’ll also be able to traverse the massive virtual forest by climbing trees or ziplining across ravines.

Ionia won the Cannes XR Development Showcase award in 2020 for its immersive technology, and environmental message. ROTUE Entertainment announced that it will donate five percent of the proceeds to the non-profit Wildlife Warriors Worldwide, an organization founded in 2002 by Terri and the late Steve Irwin.

For more, check out IGN’s full Gamescom coverage including new announcements, trailers, and news.

Matt T.M. Kim is IGN's News Editor. You can reach him @lawoftd.