Sydney Sweeney has been tapped to star in and executive produce a Barbarella reboot, giving new life to Jean-Claude Forest's comic series that spawned a 1968 film with Jane Fonda.

Deadline reported that Sweeney had partnered up with Sony Pictures again for the new feature film that would see her stepping into the iconic Barbarella role made famous by Fonda. The project is reportedly in the very early stages of development, with no writer or director attached to the new version of the sci-fi flick as of right now.

Sweeney confirmed her involvement in the project on Instagram by posting an image of the original artwork for the 1968 movie that positions its titular space heroine at the center of the action. The Emmy-nominated star of Euphoria and The White Lotus also included a screenshotted image of the news along with the caption, "time to save the universe."

Barbarella is Sweeney's latest collaboration with Sony Pictures, having already signed up to star alongside Dakota Johnson in the Spider-Man spinoff Madame Web. She is also said to be gearing up to star in and produce the dystopian thriller The Registration after Sony reportedly acquired the rights to adapt the book by Madison Lawson.

Roger Vadim's original adaptation of Jean-Claude Forest's comic starred Fonda as an outer space special agent tasked with finding a missing scientist. Along the way she fights and/or has sex with just about everybody. The design of Barbarella is distinctive and bizarre, which arguably makes it one of the Best Space Opera Movies (outside of Star Wars and Star Trek).

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Cyberpunk 2077 players can now succumb to cyberpsychosis thanks to a PC mod that adds Cyberpunk Edgerunners' risk-reward system into the game.

As reported by Games Radar, Nexus Mods user DJ_Kovrik uploaded a Wannabe Edgerunner mod that adds a humanity stat into Cyberpunk 2077.

The mechanic hails from the Cyberpunk tabletop RPG, but has recently been a big topic of discussion between fans thanks to the new Edgerunners anime. The mod has your humanity stat lower as you install more cyberware, kill more people, and use Berserk mode or the Sandevistan operating system from Edgerunners. Letting the humanity stat drop to zero will cause you to turn cyberpsycho.

While middling humanity only causes a few visual glitches and other minor side effects, entering full cyberpsychosis will cause heavy visual glitches to reflect the hallucinations seen in Edgerunners.

Players will gain the "positive" side effects too, though, getting buffs to their movement speed, armour value, and health regeneration. Again, just as it happens in the show, police will also arrive to take out the player if they go cyberpsycho.

It can be somewhat prevented however, as Edgerunners' Neuroblockers have also been added in the mod, letting players temporarily remove low humanity side-effects and halt it from dropping any lower. You can also sleep to ward off some earlier visual glitches.

Preventative measure are also available, as cyberware has a different impact on players' humanity level depending on its quality. Installing more expensive, minor implants will have a small effect on humanity, for example, while installing major, cheap ones will have a big impact.

While the mod may not be terribly practical (per design) for those looking to embrace every aspect of Night City, it does appear to be a good way to fully role play a character from the Edgerunners anime.

The show's release on Netflix last month appears to have triggered a resurgence of interest around Cyberpunk 2077, as developer CD Projekt Red confirmed that more than one million players had been playing each day towards the end of September.

Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelancer. He'll talk about The Witcher all day.

The Dune sequel will be eating the release date of a recently vacated Marvel movie and will arrive a few weeks earlier.

It was announced earlier today that Marvel will pause Blade as it searches for a new director, removing the vampire movie from its November 2023 release date. Now, Dune Part Two will be jumping in to take its place. The sequel will be released on November 3, 2023, instead of the originally announced date, November 17, 2023.

This is a two-week jump forward for the sequel and exciting news for fans who enjoyed Denis Villeneuve's cerebral take on the classic sci-fi novel.

Dune Part Two has already begun filming and will include new cast members like Austin Butler, Florence Pugh, and Christopher Walken. The sequel will premiere exclusively in theaters, and will not be released simultaneously on HBO Max like Dune Part One.

In an official plot synopsis, the sequel will explore "the mythic journey of Paul Atreides as he unites with Chani and the Fremen while on a warpath of revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family."

The film was originally set to be released in October 2023 but was delayed to November 17. Now the sands shift again as Dune Part Two moves forward two weeks.

Check out IGN's review of Dune Part One here for our take on one of the best movies of 2021.

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

The Dune sequel will be eating the release date of a recently vacated Marvel movie and will arrive a few weeks earlier.

It was announced earlier today that Marvel will pause Blade as it searches for a new director, removing the vampire movie from its November 2023 release date. Now, Dune Part Two will be jumping in to take its place. The sequel will be released on November 3, 2023, instead of the originally announced date, November 17, 2023.

This is a two-week jump forward for the sequel and exciting news for fans who enjoyed Denis Villeneuve's cerebral take on the classic sci-fi novel.

Dune Part Two has already begun filming and will include new cast members like Austin Butler, Florence Pugh, and Christopher Walken. The sequel will premiere exclusively in theaters, and will not be released simultaneously on HBO Max like Dune Part One.

In an official plot synopsis, the sequel will explore "the mythic journey of Paul Atreides as he unites with Chani and the Fremen while on a warpath of revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family."

The film was originally set to be released in October 2023 but was delayed to November 17. Now the sands shift again as Dune Part Two moves forward two weeks.

Check out IGN's review of Dune Part One here for our take on one of the best movies of 2021.

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

House of the Dragon is a different beast than Game of Thrones, following the civil war of a single family across the years and generations. This timeline required the show’s creators to utilize time jumps, something George R.R. Martin defends while saying the series will need four seasons at its current pace.

In his most recent personal blog, George R.R. Martin wrote about the most recent episode of House of the Dragon, “The Lord of the Tides,” praising the writer, director, and actor Paddy Considine — whom he personally texted to congratulate.

He also took the time to address the time jumps that the show has done over the course of the first season to move the timeline close to 20 years from when it started. This also means certain actors like Milly Alcock (young Rhanyra) and Emily Carey (young Alicent) have been replaced with Emma D’Arcy and Olivia Cooke respectively.

Martin praised the use of the time jumps as a necessity resulting from the shorter seasons. House of the Dragon only has 10 episodes a season, as opposed to shows like The Sopranos which had 13 seasons just a decade ago.

“The Sopranos had 13 episodes per season, but just a few years later, Game of Thrones had only 10 (and not even that, those last two seasons). If House of the Dragon had 13 episodes per season, maybe we could have shown all the things we had to “time jump” over,” Martin says.

But Martin also says that the added storylines “would have risked having some viewers complain that the show was too “slow,” that “nothing happened.”

So with 10 episodes, House of the Dragon needed to make some story decisions, but at the current rate “It is going to take four full seasons of 10 episodes each to do justice to the Dance of the Dragons, from start to finish,” Martin admits.

Luckily, House of the Dragon has already been renewed for a second season. For more, check out how the emotional scene between Daemon and Viserys came to be, and read IGN’s review of House of the Dragon episode 8.

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

House of the Dragon is a different beast than Game of Thrones, following the civil war of a single family across the years and generations. This timeline required the show’s creators to utilize time jumps, something George R.R. Martin defends while saying the series will need four seasons at its current pace.

In his most recent personal blog, George R.R. Martin wrote about the most recent episode of House of the Dragon, “The Lord of the Tides,” praising the writer, director, and actor Paddy Considine — whom he personally texted to congratulate.

He also took the time to address the time jumps that the show has done over the course of the first season to move the timeline close to 20 years from when it started. This also means certain actors like Milly Alcock (young Rhanyra) and Emily Carey (young Alicent) have been replaced with Emma D’Arcy and Olivia Cooke respectively.

Martin praised the use of the time jumps as a necessity resulting from the shorter seasons. House of the Dragon only has 10 episodes a season, as opposed to shows like The Sopranos which had 13 seasons just a decade ago.

“The Sopranos had 13 episodes per season, but just a few years later, Game of Thrones had only 10 (and not even that, those last two seasons). If House of the Dragon had 13 episodes per season, maybe we could have shown all the things we had to “time jump” over,” Martin says.

But Martin also says that the added storylines “would have risked having some viewers complain that the show was too “slow,” that “nothing happened.”

So with 10 episodes, House of the Dragon needed to make some story decisions, but at the current rate “It is going to take four full seasons of 10 episodes each to do justice to the Dance of the Dragons, from start to finish,” Martin admits.

Luckily, House of the Dragon has already been renewed for a second season. For more, check out how the emotional scene between Daemon and Viserys came to be, and read IGN’s review of House of the Dragon episode 8.

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

Mission Impossible and Top Gun: Maverick star Tom Cruise is set to star in a movie shot in space thanks to a partnership with NASA, and Universal wants to make him the “the first civilian to do a spacewalk outside of the space station.”

In an interview with BBC, Universal Filmed Entertainment Group Chairwoman Donna Langley spoke about the project, which will have Cruise and the rest of the film crew take a rocket to the International Space Station to shoot parts of the movie in space.

Cruise and director Doug Liman pitched the film to Langley over Zoom during the COVID-19 pandemic, and she says the movie's overarching plot "actually takes place on Earth, and then the character needs to go up to space to save the day.” Some scenes will include Cruise’s character walking outside of the space station itself, which will give the movie something other movies set in outer space have only been able to emulate.

“Tom Cruise is taking us to space. He’s taking the world to space. That’s the plan,” Langley told BBC. “We have a great project in development with Tom, that does contemplate him doing just that. Taking a rocket up to the space station and shooting and hopefully being the first civilian to do a spacewalk outside of the space station.”

The as-of-yet-unnamed film was announced back in 2020, with Cruise and Limen’s collaboration being a major tentpole of the announcement. Cruise and Limen previously worked together as actor and director on Edge of Tomorrow and American Made.

Kenneth Shepard is a writer covering games, entertainment, and queerness all around the internet. Find him on Twitter at @shepardcdr, and listen to his biweekly video game retrospective podcast Normandy FM, which is currently covering Cyberpunk 2077.

Mission Impossible and Top Gun: Maverick star Tom Cruise is set to star in a movie shot in space thanks to a partnership with NASA, and Universal wants to make him the “the first civilian to do a spacewalk outside of the space station.”

In an interview with BBC, Universal Filmed Entertainment Group Chairwoman Donna Langley spoke about the project, which will have Cruise and the rest of the film crew take a rocket to the International Space Station to shoot parts of the movie in space.

Cruise and director Doug Liman pitched the film to Langley over Zoom during the COVID-19 pandemic, and she says the movie's overarching plot "actually takes place on Earth, and then the character needs to go up to space to save the day.” Some scenes will include Cruise’s character walking outside of the space station itself, which will give the movie something other movies set in outer space have only been able to emulate.

“Tom Cruise is taking us to space. He’s taking the world to space. That’s the plan,” Langley told BBC. “We have a great project in development with Tom, that does contemplate him doing just that. Taking a rocket up to the space station and shooting and hopefully being the first civilian to do a spacewalk outside of the space station.”

The as-of-yet-unnamed film was announced back in 2020, with Cruise and Limen’s collaboration being a major tentpole of the announcement. Cruise and Limen previously worked together as actor and director on Edge of Tomorrow and American Made.

Kenneth Shepard is a writer covering games, entertainment, and queerness all around the internet. Find him on Twitter at @shepardcdr, and listen to his biweekly video game retrospective podcast Normandy FM, which is currently covering Cyberpunk 2077.

Angela Lansbury, whose career spanned decades and several major Disney roles, has died. She was 96.

“The children of Dame Angela Lansbury are sad to announce that their mother died peacefully in her sleep at home in Los Angeles at 1:30 AM today, Tuesday, October 11, 2022, just five days shy of her 97th birthday," Lansbury's family said in a statement, which was reported by NBC News.

Dame Angela Lansbury, a beloved actress known for her roles in Murder She Wrote and Beauty and the Beast, has died at the age of 96. pic.twitter.com/wNi02kdRW4

— IGN (@IGN) October 11, 2022

While Lansbury's most significant role was in the long-running Murder, She Wrote, which ran from 1984 to 1996, she was known among younger audiences for her turn as Mrs. Potts in Disney's Beauty and the Beast. Her role in that movie included singing the movie's title track, which is remembered as one of its most famous songs.

Born in 1925 in London, Lansbury moved to New York City in the 1940s. Her movie career spans 1944 to 2018, with her final appearance being Rose in Buttons, A New Musical Film.

Apart from Beauty and the Beast, Lansbury had several roles in Disney movies through the years, including Bedknocks and Broomsticks and Mary Poppins Returns. She also played the Dowager Empress Marie in 1997's Anastasia, and was the main villain in the original Manchurian Candidate.

George Takei was among those to pay tribute to Lansbury. And as MSNBC writer and editor Hayes Brown noted, she nailed Beauty and the Beast in one take. A perfectly sweet note on which to remember a legendary actress.

Angela Lansbury, who graced the stage for decades winning five Tony awards and brought the sleuthing Jessica Fletcher into our living rooms for a dozen years, has passed. A tale old as time, our beloved Mrs. Potts will sing lullabies to us now from the stars. Rest, great soul.

— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) October 11, 2022

Never forget that Angela Lansbury wasn’t sure she was the right person to sing the title song in “Beauty and the Beast” — and then nailed it in one takehttps://t.co/DVzWzY4iTj pic.twitter.com/CtRv18SJDT

— Hayes Brown (@HayesBrown) October 11, 2022

Kat Bailey is a Senior News Editor at IGN as well as co-host of Nintendo Voice Chat. Have a tip? Send her a DM at @the_katbot.

Angela Lansbury, whose career spanned decades and several major Disney roles, has died. She was 96.

“The children of Dame Angela Lansbury are sad to announce that their mother died peacefully in her sleep at home in Los Angeles at 1:30 AM today, Tuesday, October 11, 2022, just five days shy of her 97th birthday," Lansbury's family said in a statement, which was reported by NBC News.

Dame Angela Lansbury, a beloved actress known for her roles in Murder She Wrote and Beauty and the Beast, has died at the age of 96. pic.twitter.com/wNi02kdRW4

— IGN (@IGN) October 11, 2022

While Lansbury's most significant role was in the long-running Murder, She Wrote, which ran from 1984 to 1996, she was known among younger audiences for her turn as Mrs. Potts in Disney's Beauty and the Beast. Her role in that movie included singing the movie's title track, which is remembered as one of its most famous songs.

Born in 1925 in London, Lansbury moved to New York City in the 1940s. Her movie career spans 1944 to 2018, with her final appearance being Rose in Buttons, A New Musical Film.

Apart from Beauty and the Beast, Lansbury had several roles in Disney movies through the years, including Bedknocks and Broomsticks and Mary Poppins Returns. She also played the Dowager Empress Marie in 1997's Anastasia, and was the main villain in the original Manchurian Candidate.

George Takei was among those to pay tribute to Lansbury. And as MSNBC writer and editor Hayes Brown noted, she nailed Beauty and the Beast in one take. A perfectly sweet note on which to remember a legendary actress.

Angela Lansbury, who graced the stage for decades winning five Tony awards and brought the sleuthing Jessica Fletcher into our living rooms for a dozen years, has passed. A tale old as time, our beloved Mrs. Potts will sing lullabies to us now from the stars. Rest, great soul.

— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) October 11, 2022

Never forget that Angela Lansbury wasn’t sure she was the right person to sing the title song in “Beauty and the Beast” — and then nailed it in one takehttps://t.co/DVzWzY4iTj pic.twitter.com/CtRv18SJDT

— Hayes Brown (@HayesBrown) October 11, 2022

Kat Bailey is a Senior News Editor at IGN as well as co-host of Nintendo Voice Chat. Have a tip? Send her a DM at @the_katbot.