Trailer Debut: RZA’s New Movie Cut Throat City
When Marvel takes the year off from Hall H at San Diego Comic-Con, it only makes sense that RZA would step in to help fill the space! He's of course known for his work with the Wu-Tang Clan and as a rapper, musician and record producer, but he's also an actor and director, having made his helming debut with The Man with the Iron Fists in 2012. And now RZA has a new movie coming out called Cut Throat City.
The filmmaker was on hand to talk about Cut Throat City along with castmembers Shameik Moore, Wesley Snipes, Demetrius Shipp Jr., Denzel Whitaker, Keean Johnson and Kat Graham to show off the trailer from the film.
Cut Throat City tells the story of four childhood friends from New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward who return to the city after Hurricane Katrina. Having lost everything, they wind up working for a local criminal and are tasked with taking on a heist. But things aren’t as simple as they seem…
Oliver Takes the Fight to Prison in Arrow Season 7
Warning. FULL SPOILERS for Arrow Season 6 below.
At Comic-Con 2018, the CW revealed a new trailer for Season 7 of Arrow, showing a somber-looking Oliver imprisoned after the events of the Season 6 finale. You can check out the trailer below:
During the Panel, Stephen Amell foreshadowed the trials that Oliver will have to endure in "prison with a bunch of people that he put in prison." Amell said this is going to be a much darker version of the titular hero, because "There's nothing heroic about him at all," Amell said, adding, "I really hope the premiere really pisses you off."
Supergirl Season 4 Trailer Teases Agent Liberty and a Super New Costume
Supergirl Season 4 will introduce a number of DC Comics characters, it was announced at Comic-Con, including TV's first transgender superhero, Dreamer (played by trans activist Nicole Maines). The panel also unveiled the first Season 4 trailer, which featured the debut of previously-announced series regular Sam Witwer as Agent Liberty. Jesse Rath (who recurred last season as Brainiac-5) has also been promoted to series regular for Season 4. Watch the trailer below!
Dreamer, aka Nia Nal, is the newest addition to the CatCo reporting team, per a Warner Bros. TV release. Described as "a soulful young transgender woman with a fierce drive to protect others, Nia’s journey this season means fulfilling her destiny as the superhero Dreamer (much like Kara came into her own as Supergirl)."
Sly Cooper TV Series Will Release in 2019
We found out last year that an animated TV series was in development of the thieving Sly Cooper, with details of the premiere date now being released from PGS Entertainment. The information was shared to ResetEra, according to Comic Book.
The listing details the animated show will be coming out in 2019, with 52 episodes planned for season 1. Episodes 1-26 are set to launch in Oct. 2019, while numbers 27-52 have a debut date of July 2020.
How the Director of the Metal Gear Movie Would Make a Zelda Movie
Note: This article was originally published on July 21, 2018 during San Diego Comic-Con, but in light of recent news that Castlevania producer Adi Shankar may be making a Legend of Zelda TV series, we've repromoted it to highlight another filmmaker's take on the idea.
Speaking on IGN’s Comic-Con live show about his upcoming Metal Gear Solid movie, we asked director Jordan Vogt-Roberts for his take on how he would make a Zelda movie if he had the opportunity.
“The thing about Zelda is Zelda is not Lord of the Rings, right? You cannot forget how quirky and bizarre Zelda is,” Vogt-Roberts said. “I think you need to find a way to actually fuse the traditional Zelda and the very new Zelda,”
Metal Gear Solid Movie Director Shares First Script Details
Speaking with IGN during our Comic-Con live show, Metal Gear Solid movie director Jordan Vogt-Roberts shared details on the plot of the now complete script.
“We’re not exactly adapting something verbatim as ‘this game,’ but we’re also not just going to throw it out in a crazy Dark Tower way that it completely disregards why fans love the thing,” Vogt-Roberts said that Kojima even encouraged him to branch out, literally telling him “Do what I would do, betray your audience.”
You can watch the full interview below:
While Vogt-Roberts said that’s “a very Kojima-San thing to say,” he explained his own goals for adaptation, saying “My goal really is to try and translate what the fans want and expect, and to really take the unwieldy, amazing, decades-spanning timeline and have a way to make part of that make sense as a film.”
Exclusive: New Piece of Concept Art for the Upcoming Metal Gear Solid Film
IGN is debuting the latest piece of concept art from the Jordan Vogt-Roberts directed Metal Gear Solid movie.
The art was created by Joe Peterson and depicts a Gekko in the Middle East with Snake hiding behind an overturned car, smoking a cigarette. The piece is reminiscent of the opening section of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots for the PlayStation 3.
5 Things We Learned About the Aquaman Trailer From Its Director
Aquaman Director James Wan and cast members sat down with IGN to break down the official Aquaman trailer at San Diego Comic-Con. Here are five things we learned exclusively from Wan about the upcoming DC superhero film.
Watch the full official trailer of Aquaman right here on IGN and stay tuned for more of our coverage from San Diego Comic-con. In the meantime, read up on 10 things we learned while being on the set of Aquaman, along with exclusive SDCC Aquaman footage that Wan did not release to the public at the panel on Saturday.
Joss Whedon Pleased With How Avengers: Infinity War Diverted From His Thanos Setup
At the end of the first Avengers movie, fans were given their first glimpse at Thanos, who smiled knowing that by challenging the Avengers, he was courting death. This was a reference to the comics where Thanos is obsessed with gaining the favor of the Grim Reaper-like figure of Death herself. The tease was purposely ambiguous, but it did imply that we might one day see Thanos chase the affection of Death like in the comics, with some fans even theorizing that Hela, Goddess of Death, might fill that romantic role. But those who have seen Infinity War know that they went a completely different route. We talked to Avengers director Joss Whedon about how he felt seeing the Russo brothers take the Mad Titan in a different direction.
Joss Whedon Explains Title of His HBO Series, The Nevers
IGN talked to Joss Whedon at Comic-Con 2018 about his upcoming HBO Series, The Nevers. The show is set in the Victorian era and features a group of superpowered women. But what does the title mean? Is it name of a superhero group a la The Avengers? Not exactly. Turns out it’s a reference to how these super-powered women are viewed by society.
“They, themselves are not called that in the show,” Whedon explained. “It’s a phrase that’s meant to evoke a sort of reaction to their oddity, to what is considered unnatural. The idea that you should never be like this, you should never have existed. Something is not the way it should be, and you don’t have the right to have whatever weird power or ability or that you have. And that idea, that some people are not of the natural order, is fascinating to me. I don't agree with it. But to me, it’s one of those things where you take something negative, and you wear it as a badge of honor, basically. Certain things could never happen - they’re happening. And the people they’re happening to are taking their place in the world.”