Andy Serkis is reportedly set to play a role in Matt Reeves’ upcoming The Batman.

Batman on Film reports the rumour, detailing that Serkis has been cast in an unspecified non-motion-capture role. That means we’ll actually be seeing Serkis’ physical face and form in the movie, which potentially rules out some of Batman’s more monster-like foes that would likely be rendered in CGI, such as Clayface.

Serkis and Reeves have a professional history, with the pair working together on Dawn of the Planet of the Apes and War for the Planet of the Apes. Reeves directed Serkis’ performance as Ceasar in both films.

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Amazon Prime Day, the online retailer’s biggest yearly sale this side of Black Friday, is now live on the Australian site, and will run for 48 hours. After that, an additional 17 hours of deals from the U.S. will still be available to Aussie shoppers, ending July 17 at 5:00pm AEST. This means that Australian shoppers will enjoy 65 hours of sales in total, making our Amazon Prime Day event the longest in the world.

It’s not as easy as logging on and frantically adding to cart, however. Amazon Prime Day deals will only be available to Amazon Prime members, so if you want in on the bargain bonanza you will need to set up a subscription in advance. You can sign up for a 30-day free trial today which will cover you for the upcoming Amazon Prime Day period, and beyond that you can either subscribe for AUD $6.99 a month or AUD $59 per year. Outside of getting access to Amazon Prime Day deals, Australian Amazon Prime subscribers also enjoy free two-day domestic delivery, free standard international delivery on eligible orders over AUD $49, as well as access to Prime Video, Prime Music, and Prime Reading. A Twitch Prime Membership is also included, which brings with it free monthly PC games and more.

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A pair of identical Instagram posts by Breaking Bad's Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul may be hinting at news or even a release of the Breaking Bad movie, an appearance by Walter White and Jesse Pinkman on Better Call Saul, or something completely different.

As reported by IndieWire, Cranston and Paul's Instagram posts were identical featuring two donkeys in a desert setting, with "Soon" accompanying the image.

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Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama has confirmed that the upcoming Action-RPG Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot will include backstories that haven't been told in the manga, further expanding the Dragon Ball universe.

As reported by Comicbook.com, Bandai Namco US shared the announcement on Twitter and Toriyama hopes that these new additions will greatly contribute to the "fresh new take on the franchise as you re-live the moment where Goku discovers his Saiyan bloodline and birth name, Kakarot."

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Viz Media has formally apologized for what it says was a translation error in the limited edition Season 5, Set 1 release of Sailor Moon Sailor Stars, the long-awaited dub of the series’ final season. According to Viz Media, the mistranslation implied the characters Sailor Neptune and Sailor Uranus, who are canonically gay and in a relationship with one another, were not.

Rather than a mistranslation in one of the show’s episodes, the error was actually in the romaji (or romanized translation of Japanese) lyrics in a booklet packaged with the limited edition home video release of Sailor Moon Season 5, Set 1 on Blu-ray and DVD.

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Now that the madness of E3 has died down, it’s nice to finally be able to take a breath and actually digest all of the information that was whirling around over the past few weeks.

Looking back, while there was plenty of great stuff to see during the show, I was especially glad to see one genre seemed to get a lot more love this year than it has in a long time: RPGs.

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While Netflix’s re-release of Neon Genesis Evangelion was highly anticipated by longtime fans of the acclaimed anime series that first aired in 1995, many have found themselves disappointed with the final product. It turns out that what Netflix is streaming isn't the series as it originally debuted. They made some key changes to the series, some bigger than others, and many have been met with disappointment from fans.

Check out our video analysis of this subject by watching the above video!

Here are all of the big changes we’ll be covering:

• Evangelion’s covers of “Fly Me to the Moon” are missing
• Netflix re-dubbed Evangelion with a new voice cast

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The world of high-end VR headsets is finally heating up, with the Valve Index about to arrive and now the HTC Vive Cosmos teasing a full reveal in the coming weeks. To help whet your appetite, and possibly rain on the parade of its fellow VR competitors, HTC is letting some specs trickle out in advance of the big enchilada; price and availability.

Here's the latest details HTC has released:

• Cameras: 6 cameras offer a premier inside-out tracking experience, including a robust room-scale experience and smooth controller tracking.

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The Office will no longer be available on Netflix in 2021 as NBCUniversal has secured exclusive domestic streaming rights to the beloved series and will make all nine seasons available on its soon-to-be-launched ad-supported streaming service.

NBCUniversal's streaming service is set to launch in 2020 and, beginning in 2021, it will be the exclusive home of The Office for at least the five years following it being made available.

“’The Office’ is one of our most prized series, and we are thrilled it has found an exciting new home where generation after generation will continue to discover and rediscover Michael Scott’s most cringe-worthy moments, Jim and Pam’s will-they-or-won’t-they, and the incredible quirky ensemble that makes each episode a masterclass in comedy,” said Pearlena Igbokwe, President, Universal Television.

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