New York Comic-Con 2021 is set to return with an in-person convention this October. Taking to Twitter, editor Aaron Couch issued an update to THR's report about San Diego Comic-Con's "uphill battle" to secure talent for its in-person show in November to reveal the news that New York Comic-Con is also planning an in-person convention this year, running from October 7-10, 2021. He added that "a virtual element" is being planned in conjunction with the event as well. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=every-delayed-movie-due-to-coronavirus-so-far&captions=true"] This development comes on the heels of San Diego Comic-Con revealing its revised plans to hold an in-person show over Thanksgiving weekend, November 26-28, 2021, at the San Diego Convention Center. The company made reference to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in its announcement, saying they hoped that, by fall, "conditions will permit larger public gatherings." While the details of New York Comic-Con haven't been officially confirmed yet, the October dates provided place it more than a month prior to San Diego Comic-Con, which was previously pegged to be the first in-person convention produced by the organization since Comic-Con 2019, and the first since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to THR, though, the San Diego Comic-Con announcement hasn't been well-received, with multiple studio, publishing, and publicity insiders indicating "a pushback is brewing" behind the scenes. Sources cited various reasons for the criticism, including safety concerns, quarantine issues, and the event schedule, having been booked for the "first post-vaccine Thanksgiving holiday." [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/07/23/the-new-mutants-comic-con-2020-footage-breakdown"] Comic-Con International highlighted "all the great elements that make Comic-Con such a popular event each year," as well as the company's hopes to "generate much-needed revenue, not only for the organization but also for local businesses and the community" by hosting an event that could potentially mark "a slow return to larger in-person gatherings in 2022." [poilib element="accentDivider"] Adele Ankers is a Freelance Entertainment Journalist. You can reach her on Twitter.

After weeks of cryptic social media teasing, shark RPG Maneater is breaching the surface at last with the reveal of its new DLC: Truth Quest, which is planned for this summer. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2021/04/01/maneater-truth-quest-reveal-trailer"] In the new trailer above, we get a story-driven context for the coming DLC: investigative journalist Trip Westhaven (reprised by Chris Parnell) is back, and is once again working to uncover the secrets of Port Clovis, including a government conspiracy about what's happening to the marine life in the area, and why there seems to be a coverup about it. The trailer doesn't show much in the way of actual gameplay, but in an announcement from developer Tripwire we learned a bit more about what to expect in Truth Quest as we once again dive into the fins of the heroine shark. There's a new evolution set of organs, the maximum level cap is being raised to 40, and yes, the shark can get even bigger now. We'll also see new objective types like time trials and destroying new target objectives. New wildlife will also appear, including a new "Uber" apex predator to fight, and new military forces will appear as a part of the bounty hunter system, sending helicopters and land forces after the shark -- and five new boss bounties will accompany this. Maneater launched last year, and at the time we found it lacked the depth we wanted, though playing as "mutant Jaws on steroids" was extremely fun. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Rebekah Valentine is a news reporter for IGN. You can find her on Twitter @duckvalentine.

After weeks of cryptic social media teasing, shark RPG Maneater is breaching the surface at last with the reveal of its new DLC: Truth Quest, which is planned for this summer. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2021/04/01/maneater-truth-quest-reveal-trailer"] In the new trailer above, we get a story-driven context for the coming DLC: investigative journalist Trip Westhaven (reprised by Chris Parnell) is back, and is once again working to uncover the secrets of Port Clovis, including a government conspiracy about what's happening to the marine life in the area, and why there seems to be a coverup about it. The trailer doesn't show much in the way of actual gameplay, but in an announcement from developer Tripwire we learned a bit more about what to expect in Truth Quest as we once again dive into the fins of the heroine shark. There's a new evolution set of organs, the maximum level cap is being raised to 40, and yes, the shark can get even bigger now. We'll also see new objective types like time trials and destroying new target objectives. New wildlife will also appear, including a new "Uber" apex predator to fight, and new military forces will appear as a part of the bounty hunter system, sending helicopters and land forces after the shark -- and five new boss bounties will accompany this. Maneater launched last year, and at the time we found it lacked the depth we wanted, though playing as "mutant Jaws on steroids" was extremely fun. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Rebekah Valentine is a news reporter for IGN. You can find her on Twitter @duckvalentine.

Update (4/2/21) - Netflix's The Witcher's Twitter has shared an image of Henry Cavill as Geralt celebrating the filming for the second season coming to a close. "That's a wrap on Season 2! The White Wolf awaits you back on The Continent." Netflix's The Witcher wrote on Twitter. Original story follows. [poilib element="accentDivider"] A hair and makeup artist on Netflix's The Witcher has revealed that Season 2 has wrapped filming. Jacqueline Rathore posted an Instagram story on Wednesday, sharing a photograph of a barren corkboard with a bunch of pins tacked to it. The colorful text overlay confirmed that production had wrapped on the second season of The Witcher. However, Rathore quickly followed up with a second story to clarify that most of the work was "done," but filming was expected to officially wrap on April 1. [caption id="attachment_2494873" align="alignnone" width="720"] Image credit: Instagram/rathorejacqui[/caption] Cameras started rolling on The Witcher Season 2 back in February 2020, but production was paused shortly thereafter as Netflix paused filming on all of its films and TV shows in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. These delays prompted the shoot to be rescheduled, which resulted in Thue Rasmussen dropping out of the cast, having originally signed up to portray Eskel in Season 2. Netflix resumed production on The Witcher Season 2 in August after being given the "green light" to start filming again. The next significant update arrived in November when Henry Cavill revealed that filming was moving back to the studio ahead of England's second national lockdown. However, less than a week later, the production was shut down again due to multiple positive COVID-19 tests. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=netflixs-the-witcher-season-2-photos&captions=true"] News of the tumultuous production wrapping comes shortly after several new cast members joined The Witcher Season 2 in roles that will likely be recognizable to fans of Andrzej Sapkowski's book saga, including Bridgerton's Adjoa Andoh as Nenneke, who appears in the novels as a priestess of Melitele, and the head of the Temple of Melitele in Ellander, just outside of the main city. Other new cast additions for season 2 included Cassie Clare (Brave New World) in the role of Phillippa Eilhart, Liz Carr (Silent Witness) as Fenn, Graham McTavish (Outlander) as Dijkstra, Kevin Doyle (Downton Abbey) portraying Ba'lian, Simon Callow (A Room with A View) as Codringher, and Chris Fulton (Bridgerton) in the role of Rience, a major antagonist in the Witcher book series. The show's second season will pick up with Geralt of Rivia taking Princess Cirilla to the safest place he knows, his childhood home of Kaer Morhen, where he will strive to protect Ciri from the mysterious power she possesses inside while the Continent's kings, elves, humans, and demons strive for supremacy outside the walls of the castle, located within the Kingdom of Kaedwen. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/06/15/the-witcher-season-2-will-see-all-characters-exist-on-same-timeline-ign-news"]

The Witcher Season 2 has no premiere date yet, though Season 3 is expected to be announced at some point. Netflix is also working on The Witcher: Blood Origin, a six-part spin-off prequel series set 1,200 years before Geralt walked the lands of the Northern Kingdoms, and The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf, an anime feature film centered around Vesemir, Geralt's close friend and mentor.

[poilib element="accentDivider"] Adele Ankers is a Freelance Entertainment Journalist. You can reach her on Twitter.

Update (4/2/21) - Netflix's The Witcher's Twitter has shared an image of Henry Cavill as Geralt celebrating the filming for the second season coming to a close. "That's a wrap on Season 2! The White Wolf awaits you back on The Continent." Netflix's The Witcher wrote on Twitter. Original story follows. [poilib element="accentDivider"] A hair and makeup artist on Netflix's The Witcher has revealed that Season 2 has wrapped filming. Jacqueline Rathore posted an Instagram story on Wednesday, sharing a photograph of a barren corkboard with a bunch of pins tacked to it. The colorful text overlay confirmed that production had wrapped on the second season of The Witcher. However, Rathore quickly followed up with a second story to clarify that most of the work was "done," but filming was expected to officially wrap on April 1. [caption id="attachment_2494873" align="alignnone" width="720"] Image credit: Instagram/rathorejacqui[/caption] Cameras started rolling on The Witcher Season 2 back in February 2020, but production was paused shortly thereafter as Netflix paused filming on all of its films and TV shows in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. These delays prompted the shoot to be rescheduled, which resulted in Thue Rasmussen dropping out of the cast, having originally signed up to portray Eskel in Season 2. Netflix resumed production on The Witcher Season 2 in August after being given the "green light" to start filming again. The next significant update arrived in November when Henry Cavill revealed that filming was moving back to the studio ahead of England's second national lockdown. However, less than a week later, the production was shut down again due to multiple positive COVID-19 tests. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=netflixs-the-witcher-season-2-photos&captions=true"] News of the tumultuous production wrapping comes shortly after several new cast members joined The Witcher Season 2 in roles that will likely be recognizable to fans of Andrzej Sapkowski's book saga, including Bridgerton's Adjoa Andoh as Nenneke, who appears in the novels as a priestess of Melitele, and the head of the Temple of Melitele in Ellander, just outside of the main city. Other new cast additions for season 2 included Cassie Clare (Brave New World) in the role of Phillippa Eilhart, Liz Carr (Silent Witness) as Fenn, Graham McTavish (Outlander) as Dijkstra, Kevin Doyle (Downton Abbey) portraying Ba'lian, Simon Callow (A Room with A View) as Codringher, and Chris Fulton (Bridgerton) in the role of Rience, a major antagonist in the Witcher book series. The show's second season will pick up with Geralt of Rivia taking Princess Cirilla to the safest place he knows, his childhood home of Kaer Morhen, where he will strive to protect Ciri from the mysterious power she possesses inside while the Continent's kings, elves, humans, and demons strive for supremacy outside the walls of the castle, located within the Kingdom of Kaedwen. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/06/15/the-witcher-season-2-will-see-all-characters-exist-on-same-timeline-ign-news"]

The Witcher Season 2 has no premiere date yet, though Season 3 is expected to be announced at some point. Netflix is also working on The Witcher: Blood Origin, a six-part spin-off prequel series set 1,200 years before Geralt walked the lands of the Northern Kingdoms, and The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf, an anime feature film centered around Vesemir, Geralt's close friend and mentor.

[poilib element="accentDivider"] Adele Ankers is a Freelance Entertainment Journalist. You can reach her on Twitter.

Platinum Games has released a new trailer for its 2020 April Fools game Sol Cresta, leading many to wonder whether it's actually coming out. Back in April 2020, Platinum Games updated its 'Platinum 4' website and revealed a side-scrolling shooter called Sol Cresta, which was apparently being developed in collaboration with HAMSTER Corporation. Given that the news came on April Fool's Day, it's thought that the game wasn't actually a real project, despite how authentic it looked. Sure enough, the trailer was eventually tagged with #AprilFoolsDay and #Gotcha, confirming that it was a ruse.

#Platinum４ のボーナスステージがついに公開！！ あの名作合体シューティング『ムーンクレスタ』『テラクレスタ』の魂を受け継いだ新作『ソルクレスタ』が発売決定！#SolCresta #MoonCresta #TerraCrestahttps://t.co/gS9CNDpFqG pic.twitter.com/a2k9L2oYaU

— プラチナゲームズ公式アカウント (@platinumgames_j) April 1, 2021

But fast forward to April 2021 and Platinum is back at again. There's a new trailer for Sol Cresta, but this time there are no April Fool's tags. Instead, we get some in-development gameplay footage and the trailer ends by revealing that the game is coming to PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch and Steam, as part of the NEO-Classic Arcade Series Vol. 1. So are the developers still joking? As spotted by Elixir on Twitter, an official trademark for Sol Cresta was spotted in February, adding more fuel to the fire that the game is really coming out. It wouldn't be the first time an April Fool's game became a reality. Yakuza: Like a Dragon's turn-based combat was famously first announced as an April Fool's Joke. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Jordan Oloman is a freelance writer for IGN. Follow him on Twitter.

Platinum Games has released a new trailer for its 2020 April Fools game Sol Cresta, leading many to wonder whether it's actually coming out. Back in April 2020, Platinum Games updated its 'Platinum 4' website and revealed a side-scrolling shooter called Sol Cresta, which was apparently being developed in collaboration with HAMSTER Corporation. Given that the news came on April Fool's Day, it's thought that the game wasn't actually a real project, despite how authentic it looked. Sure enough, the trailer was eventually tagged with #AprilFoolsDay and #Gotcha, confirming that it was a ruse.

#Platinum４ のボーナスステージがついに公開！！ あの名作合体シューティング『ムーンクレスタ』『テラクレスタ』の魂を受け継いだ新作『ソルクレスタ』が発売決定！#SolCresta #MoonCresta #TerraCrestahttps://t.co/gS9CNDpFqG pic.twitter.com/a2k9L2oYaU

— プラチナゲームズ公式アカウント (@platinumgames_j) April 1, 2021

But fast forward to April 2021 and Platinum is back at again. There's a new trailer for Sol Cresta, but this time there are no April Fool's tags. Instead, we get some in-development gameplay footage and the trailer ends by revealing that the game is coming to PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch and Steam, as part of the NEO-Classic Arcade Series Vol. 1. So are the developers still joking? As spotted by Elixir on Twitter, an official trademark for Sol Cresta was spotted in February, adding more fuel to the fire that the game is really coming out. It wouldn't be the first time an April Fool's game became a reality. Yakuza: Like a Dragon's turn-based combat was famously first announced as an April Fool's Joke. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Jordan Oloman is a freelance writer for IGN. Follow him on Twitter.

Adult Swim kicked off this year's April Fools shenanigans with a preview of Rick and Morty Babies, a kid-friendly version of the network's animated sci-fi sitcom. Rick and Morty Babies played peek-a-boo on people's Twitter timelines on April 1, aka April Fool's Day, as the "Adult Swim Junior" initiative launched with a pint-sized, kid-voiced episode of Rick and Morty. Adult Swim shared the opening credits for the episode, referencing several other animated kids cartoons, in anticipation of the junior edition of Total Rickall, the fourth episode of the second season.

Welcome to a multiverse for every age! #adultswimjr @adultswim pic.twitter.com/AvC0M1xkxw

— Rick and Morty (@RickandMorty) April 1, 2021

Adult Swim further displayed its dedication to the annual day of trickery by releasing another trailer for a preview block of programs coming to its Adult Swim Junior channel, featuring "age-appropriate shows for growing minds and for growing senses of humor," such as The Venture Nephews (formerly The Venture Bros.) and Space Kid Crib to Crib (previously Space Ghost Coast to Coast), amongst others. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2021/03/30/rick-and-morty-season-5-official-trailer"] There's no need for anyone to throw their toys out of the pram over this prank though; Adult Swim is widely known to participate in the fourth-month foolery every year. Previous celebrations included things like the surprise launch of the much-anticipated first episode of Rick and Morty season three, as well as an anarchic re-imagining of the show from Australian animator Michael Cusack. However, if you're looking for a return to regular programming then reserve a spot on the sofa for the first episode of Rick and Morty Season 5, which is scheduled to debut on June 20, aka Rick and Morty Day, a day-long celebration of the show that will offer behind-the-scenes footage, lookaheads for the rest of the season, and "special surprises" across TV, digital, and social media platforms. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=the-25-best-adult-cartoon-tv-series&captions=true"] [poilib element="accentDivider"] Adele Ankers is a Freelance Entertainment Journalist. You can reach her on Twitter.

Adult Swim kicked off this year's April Fools shenanigans with a preview of Rick and Morty Babies, a kid-friendly version of the network's animated sci-fi sitcom. Rick and Morty Babies played peek-a-boo on people's Twitter timelines on April 1, aka April Fool's Day, as the "Adult Swim Junior" initiative launched with a pint-sized, kid-voiced episode of Rick and Morty. Adult Swim shared the opening credits for the episode, referencing several other animated kids cartoons, in anticipation of the junior edition of Total Rickall, the fourth episode of the second season.

Welcome to a multiverse for every age! #adultswimjr @adultswim pic.twitter.com/AvC0M1xkxw

— Rick and Morty (@RickandMorty) April 1, 2021

Adult Swim further displayed its dedication to the annual day of trickery by releasing another trailer for a preview block of programs coming to its Adult Swim Junior channel, featuring "age-appropriate shows for growing minds and for growing senses of humor," such as The Venture Nephews (formerly The Venture Bros.) and Space Kid Crib to Crib (previously Space Ghost Coast to Coast), amongst others. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2021/03/30/rick-and-morty-season-5-official-trailer"] There's no need for anyone to throw their toys out of the pram over this prank though; Adult Swim is widely known to participate in the fourth-month foolery every year. Previous celebrations included things like the surprise launch of the much-anticipated first episode of Rick and Morty season three, as well as an anarchic re-imagining of the show from Australian animator Michael Cusack. However, if you're looking for a return to regular programming then reserve a spot on the sofa for the first episode of Rick and Morty Season 5, which is scheduled to debut on June 20, aka Rick and Morty Day, a day-long celebration of the show that will offer behind-the-scenes footage, lookaheads for the rest of the season, and "special surprises" across TV, digital, and social media platforms. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=the-25-best-adult-cartoon-tv-series&captions=true"] [poilib element="accentDivider"] Adele Ankers is a Freelance Entertainment Journalist. You can reach her on Twitter.

Cruella star Emma Stone has laughed off early comparisons between Disney’s upcoming Cruella and Warner Bros.’ 2019 monster hit Joker but has praised fellow Oscar-winner Joaquin Phoenix, who earned an Academy Award for his performance in the role. “It’s very different from Joker in many ways,” Stone explained to Total Film. “I would never even remotely compare myself to Joaquin Phoenix. I wish I was more like him.” [ignvideo width=610 height=374 url=https://www.ign.com/videos/2021/03/15/disneys-cruella-sneak-peek-trailer] Cruella director Craig Gillespie appreciates that the public may have spotted some basic parallels but explained that Cruella is a different type of film in a number of ways. “There are some really deep, emotional things that Cruella’s dealing with that send her to the villainous darker side. So in that sense, it is [similar],” says Gillespie. “But it’s definitely its own thing. Just to sort of reframe Cruella, I thought it was important to show this darker side of her. But there’s going to be a lot of fun, a lot of humor in it. There’s a lot of absolutely delightful banter and rhythm to the style of it, which is different from Joker.” Disney recently confirmed that Cruella will be available on Disney Plus Premier Access the same day as its theatrical release, on May 28. Reports that Stone was in early talks to play the iconic Disney villain and Dalmatian aficionado in a live-action film first emerged way back in January 2016.

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Luke is Games Editor at IGN's Sydney office. You can find him on Twitter sporadically @MrLukeReilly.