Castlevania Renewed for Season 2 at Netflix
Netflix has renewed its animated Castlevania series for a second season.
While the first season of the video game-inspired adaptation spans four episodes, Netflix has increased the episode count for Season 2 to eight.
Season 1 of Castlevania debuted today, July 7, on the streaming service. The animated series follows the final surviving member of the Belmont clan, who's trying to thwart the efforts of Vlad Dracula Tepe and save Eastern Europe.
For more on Netflix's new animated series, check out its first trailer and blood-red poster.
The Batman Director Matt Reeves on Possible Trilogy
The Batman director Matt Reeves recently spoke to the possibility of his upcoming DC film serving as the start of a trilogy centered around the Dark Knight.
"I have ideas about an arc, but really, the important thing is just to start... you have to start with one," Reeves said in an interview with Fandango.
Reeves, who directed the upcoming War for the Planet of the Apes, went on to add that "you have to start with a story that begins something," noting that the story arc for the trio of new Apes films wasn't mapped out beforehand.
Spider-Man: Homecoming Easter Eggs and References
Spider-Man: Homecoming set off our Spider-sense because it was filled with so many comic book Easter eggs and references.
Here’s everything we found:
Make sure to check out our review of Spider-Man: Homecoming.
Joshua is IGN’s Comics Editor. If Pokemon, Green Lantern, or Game of Thrones are frequently used words in your vocabulary, you’ll want to follow him on Twitter @JoshuaYehl and IGN.
NVC: Splatoon 2 and Zelda: Master Trials Reactions
Our weekly Nintendo show is back with reactions to the two biggest Switch topics of the week: the many announcements from the Splatoon 2 Direct and Legend of Zelda's new, brutal challenges.
Join Brian Altano, Zach Ryan, Jonathon Dornbush, Peer Schneider, and -- in her NVC debut -- Casey DeFreitas to hear our tales of woe from the Master Trials. We'd probably need an entire episode of NVC to list everything Nintendo revealed at the Splatoon 2 Direct, but we promise that we tried our best to condense it all for you and let you know what we think.
Spider-Man: Homecoming Debuts Strongly at Box Office
Spider-Man: Homecoming earned $15.4 million in Thursday night preview showings at the domestic box office, a stronger start than either of the two previous Spider-Man movies, and one of the best Thursday night hauls of 2017.
The Thursday night box office total, via Box Office Mojo, which will be factored into the film's Friday box office once the weekend is over, is the third-highest preview night of 2017. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 currently holds the record for the highest Thursday night gross with $17 million, followed closely by Beauty and the Beast, which earned $16.3 million from its Thursday night showings.
Ant-Man and the Wasp Casts SHIELD Agent Jimmy Woo
Fresh Off the Boat star Randall Park has joined Ant-Man and the Wasp as a SHIELD agent.
The Tracking Board reports Park will play Jimmy Woo. The character's first comic book appearance was in the first 1956 issue of the espionage series Yellow Claw, where, as an FBI agent, he's tasked with apprehending the titular villain.
More recently, the character has been an agent of SHIELD in the Ultimate Marvel universe.
Randall Park in Fresh Off the Boat.
The All-New IGN Movies Podcast Is Here
We're baaaaa-aaaaack! Yes, we're months overdue but the brand new IGN Movies Podcast is finally here!
Succeeding where our previous show, the now-retired Keepin' It Reel, left off, IGN Entertainment's Jim Vejvoda and Terri Schwartz are back to talk about movies, movies, and movies!
In this premiere episode, we're joined by our video producer Tom Jorgensen to talk FULL SPOILERS about Spider-Man: Homecoming! (Save and listen to this podcast AFTER you've seen the new Marvel movie because otherwise, well, we'll spoil it for you, duh!)
As this is just our first episode, expect some fine-tuning ahead and a different format in future episodes than Keepin' It Reel listeners were accustomed to, with a less news-driven angle and more opinion and topic-driven discussions instead.
Game of Thrones S7: First Three Episode Titles, Descriptions
Ahead of Game of Thrones: Season 7's premiere on July 16, HBO has released the synopses and titles for the first three episodes.
Warning: Minor spoilers for Season 7 follow.
Though the brief descriptions and titles don't reveal much in terms of plot, they do hint at what's to come for main characters Jon Snow (Kit Harington), Cersei Lannister (Lena Headey), Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke), Jaime Lannister (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau), and Tyrion Lannister (Peter Dinklage) in Season 7.
Check out the official titles and descriptions for Game of Thrones: Season 7's first three episodes, along with their respective writers, directors, and premiere dates, below:
Joker Turns Sane in Batman: White Knight
DC announcing a new Batman comic isn't exactly shocking news, but Batman: White Knight features a pretty unique selling point. This upcoming mini-series will feature Joker as the hero and Batman as the villain.
White Knight features Sean Gordon Murphy (Tokyo Ghost) as both writer and artist and will run for seven issues beginning in October.
Batman: White Knight #1 cover by Sean Gordon Murphy. (DC Comics)
Supergirl Casts Smallville’s Erica Durance as Alura for S3
Erica Durance, best known for her role as Lois Lane in Smallville, has joined the cast of Supergirl and will play Alura in Season 3.
The actress will appear as Kara's mother in a recurring arc, taking over for Laura Benanti, who "was unable to continue in the role due to work commitments in NY," according to executive producer Andrew Kreisberg.
Erica Durance, photo credit JSquared Photography
"We are so blessed that Erica has come aboard to offer her own interpretation of Kara's mother," Kreisberg added. "We had tremendous success with a former Lois Lane last season with Teri Hatcher. We know Erica will continue the proud tradition of legacy actors joining our shows and creating new and exciting takes on classic DC characters."