The Batman actor Jeffrey Wright guested on SiriusXM’s The Jess Cagle Show this week during which time he insinuated that his character James Gordon might not be the Gotham City Police Commissioner in director Matt Reeves' upcoming franchise reboot. Wright was asked specifically about what his take was on Police Commissioner Gordon to which he replied, with a smile, "I play Gordon. I'll just say that. So, yes, I play Jim Gordon." If Wright's Jim Gordon isn't GCPD Commissioner yet that would be in line with this being a story set early in Batman's career. You may recall that Gary Oldman's Gordon didn't become Commissioner until part way through the second film in Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight Trilogy. The Westworld and James Bond franchise veteran went on to explain that he, Reeves, and his fellow actors are striving "to create something together that is our own, but is also Batman.” “This is the next evolution of Gotham," Wright declared. [ignvideo width=610 height=374 url=https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/04/20/big-changes-for-the-batman-and-other-dc-movies-ign-now] Wright sang the praises of the film's new Batmobile, which Matt Reeves revealed on Twitter last month. “I read the script for the Batmobile and I was like, 'Yeah, that’s it,'" Wright enthused, saying this film's Batman "created the most badass muscle car you could imagine, but it’s grounded in Gotham. It’s grounded in Americana.” The Batman shut down production in March due to the coronavirus pandemic and there's no word yet when filming will resume. The delay is enough to postpone the film's release from June to October 2021. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=the-batman-how-robert-pattinsons-batmobile-draws-from-the-comics-and-tv-shows&captions=true"] For more on The Batman, learn about Robert Pattinson's workout regime (or lack thereof), what Andy Serkis had to say about the plot and tone, and Zoe Kravitz's comments on her Catwoman suit and quarantine.

The Batman actor Jeffrey Wright guested on SiriusXM’s The Jess Cagle Show this week during which time he insinuated that his character James Gordon might not be the Gotham City Police Commissioner in director Matt Reeves' upcoming franchise reboot. Wright was asked specifically about what his take was on Police Commissioner Gordon to which he replied, with a smile, "I play Gordon. I'll just say that. So, yes, I play Jim Gordon." If Wright's Jim Gordon isn't GCPD Commissioner yet that would be in line with this being a story set early in Batman's career. You may recall that Gary Oldman's Gordon didn't become Commissioner until part way through the second film in Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight Trilogy. The Westworld and James Bond franchise veteran went on to explain that he, Reeves, and his fellow actors are striving "to create something together that is our own, but is also Batman.” “This is the next evolution of Gotham," Wright declared. [ignvideo width=610 height=374 url=https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/04/20/big-changes-for-the-batman-and-other-dc-movies-ign-now] Wright sang the praises of the film's new Batmobile, which Matt Reeves revealed on Twitter last month. “I read the script for the Batmobile and I was like, 'Yeah, that’s it,'" Wright enthused, saying this film's Batman "created the most badass muscle car you could imagine, but it’s grounded in Gotham. It’s grounded in Americana.” The Batman shut down production in March due to the coronavirus pandemic and there's no word yet when filming will resume. The delay is enough to postpone the film's release from June to October 2021. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=the-batman-how-robert-pattinsons-batmobile-draws-from-the-comics-and-tv-shows&captions=true"] For more on The Batman, learn about Robert Pattinson's workout regime (or lack thereof), what Andy Serkis had to say about the plot and tone, and Zoe Kravitz's comments on her Catwoman suit and quarantine.

Earlier this month substantial leaks for The Last of Us Part 2 made their way online. Since then, it’s become sadly easy to come across spoilers for the upcoming game on social media. Some have even taken to responding to every Naughty Dog Tweet and Facebook post with leaks. Now, Naughty Dog is using a brand new Twitter tool to try and at least fight spoilers from appearing on that particular social media service. It’s a new tool Twitter began testing yesterday that makes it so that accounts can choose who is allowed to respond to a given tweet, even preventing anyone from responding at all. The new Twitter convo tool lets accounts select who can @mention reply to your tweets. The options include either: Everyone, People you follow, or Only people you mention. The latter option makes it so that if a social media account doesn’t mention anyone, nobody can respond. This is still a tool Twitter is testing, and the company has only rolled it out to a certain percentage of users globally, so this is likely not a permanent solution. But given the proliferation of The Last of Us 2 spoilers in such a short amount of time, it is a useful tool to help anyone who doesn’t wish to see spoilers under every new Tweet or update from Naughty Dog. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/05/20/the-last-of-us-part-ii-inside-the-gameplay-video"] While Twitter’s tool may change further along in testing, right now it’s looking like a potential way to prevent spoilers from proliferating online. Or at least directly underneath tweets that fans are most likely going to see. The Last of Us Part 2 is out in a couple of weeks and Naughty Dog has been sharing gameplay and story details online ahead of the launch. Check them out along with IGN’s Last of Us Part 2 preview. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Matt Kim is a reporter for IGN.

Earlier this month substantial leaks for The Last of Us Part 2 made their way online. Since then, it’s become sadly easy to come across spoilers for the upcoming game on social media. Some have even taken to responding to every Naughty Dog Tweet and Facebook post with leaks. Now, Naughty Dog is using a brand new Twitter tool to try and at least fight spoilers from appearing on that particular social media service. It’s a new tool Twitter began testing yesterday that makes it so that accounts can choose who is allowed to respond to a given tweet, even preventing anyone from responding at all. The new Twitter convo tool lets accounts select who can @mention reply to your tweets. The options include either: Everyone, People you follow, or Only people you mention. The latter option makes it so that if a social media account doesn’t mention anyone, nobody can respond. This is still a tool Twitter is testing, and the company has only rolled it out to a certain percentage of users globally, so this is likely not a permanent solution. But given the proliferation of The Last of Us 2 spoilers in such a short amount of time, it is a useful tool to help anyone who doesn’t wish to see spoilers under every new Tweet or update from Naughty Dog. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/05/20/the-last-of-us-part-ii-inside-the-gameplay-video"] While Twitter’s tool may change further along in testing, right now it’s looking like a potential way to prevent spoilers from proliferating online. Or at least directly underneath tweets that fans are most likely going to see. The Last of Us Part 2 is out in a couple of weeks and Naughty Dog has been sharing gameplay and story details online ahead of the launch. Check them out along with IGN’s Last of Us Part 2 preview. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Matt Kim is a reporter for IGN.

UPDATE 2: Universal Orlando is reportedly aiming to reopen for business June 5. The Hollywood Reporter says plans for the targeted reopening have been filed with the city government. "Universal Studios will open June 1 just for employees as a dry run of sorts and then on June 3, some invited guests would visit. Then the park would open to the public on June 5, officials said," according to THR. "The CityWalk district within the Florida resort reopened earlier this month with strict new measures in place such as a mask and temperature check requirement." There's no word yet on when Universal Studios Hollywood will reopen. UPDATE: Universal announced Thursday that they have extended the closure of Universal Orlando Resort and Universal Studios Hollywood, including the theme parks and Universal CityWalk at both destinations, at least through May 31 due to the coronavirus pandemic. The company also announced that some staff will have their reduced to 80% while other employees will be furloughed as Universal continues to monitor the ongoing crisis. Our original report from March 24 follows. [poilib element="accentDivider"] The company also announced that they will be asking some employees to take a 20% pay cut while furloughing others as they continue to monitor developments in the ongoing crisis. Universal Orlando Resort and Universal Studios Hollywood will remain closed beyond the original March 28 reopening date that Universal announced March 12. "We are extending the closure of Universal Orlando Resort and Universal Studios Hollywood through April 19 as we continue to respond to current conditions and make the health and safety of team members and guests our top priority," Universal said in a statement posted Tuesday. "This includes our theme parks and Universal CityWalk at both destinations. The Universal Orlando Resort hotels have also temporarily suspended operations. We will continue to monitor the situation and make adjustments as needed, based on guidance from health agencies and government officials." Our original report follows. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Universal has shut down operations at the Universal Studios theme park, with current plans to reopen as of March 28 at this time. Variety reports that in response to and in order to help contain the spread of novel coronavirus COVID-19, Universal will be closed starting March 14. “The health and safety of our team members and guests is always our top priority,” Universal Studios spokesperson told Variety. “Out of an abundance of caution and in response to the guidance provided by the California Department of Public Health, Universal Studios Hollywood will temporarily close beginning Saturday, March 14. The theme park anticipates reopening on March 28 as we continue to monitor the situation." Universal CityWalk, however, will remain open. Universal joins Disneyland and Disney California Adventure in closing in response to efforts to contain the spread of COVID-19. Those two parks, however, are closed indefinitely as of this time. News of Disney World's closure has yet to be announced, and that park is operating normally as of press time. The film world has also seen several changes due to efforts to contain COVID-19. Universal Pictures earlier announced nearly a year's delay for the release date of Fast 9. And Disney has delayed the releases of Mulan, as well as pushed the release dates for New Mutants and Antlers. IGN spoke with a number of medical experts to learn how movie delays may help stop the spread of COVID-19. Events like E3 2020 and SXSW that bring large amounts of people together have closed as well.

Update: Donald Mustard, worldwide creative director at Epic Games, confirmed that the idea for premiering the new Tenet trailer in Fortnite came from a call with director Christopher Nolan himself. According to Mustard, Epic told Nolan that it was sad they couldn't watch the new trailer on the big screen, but suggested that Fortnite's virtual big screens could be the "next best thing."

The idea of debuting the TENET trailer came from a phone call with Christopher Nolan. We were all talking about our love of seeing new trailers in a THEATER and how sad we were that we can’t do that right now - but how maybe this could be the next best thing. Hope you love it!

— Donald Mustard (@DonaldMustard) May 21, 2020

Original story follows. [poilib element="accentDivider"] For anyone excited for Christopher Nolan’s highly-anticipated new movie, Tenet, you will be able to watch the brand new trailer on Fortnite starting tonight. In the latest collaboration with Epic Games’ popular battle royale shooter, Warner Bros. is premiering the brand new Tenet trailer on Fortnite’s virtual big screens. The new Tenet trailer will premiere at the top of every hour starting at 5 pm PT/8 pm ET tonight, May 21. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2019/12/19/tenet-official-trailer"] The first trailer for Tenet was released in December, but while the first trailer showed off a mysterious time-reversal power of some sort, it’s hard to fully grasp the true plot of the film. The official synopsis simply states that an agent must prevent World War III. This isn’t the first time Fortnite premiered new footage for an upcoming movie. Star Wars premiered exclusive trailers and events in Fortnite before. Even the nascent streaming service Quibi premiered shows directly on Fortnite. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=every-delayed-movie-due-to-coronavirus-so-far&captions=true"] Tenet is still scheduled to premiere in theaters on July 17. Whether it will be able to during the COVID-19 pandemic remains to be seen. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Matt Kim is a reporter for IGN.

For anyone excited for Christopher Nolan’s highly-anticipated new movie, Tenet, you will be able to watch the brand new trailer on Fortnite starting tonight. In the latest collaboration with Epic Games’ popular battle royale shooter, Warner Bros. is premiering the brand new Tenet trailer on Fortnite’s virtual big screens. The new Tenet trailer will premiere at the top of every hour starting at 5 pm PT/8 pm ET tonight, May 21. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2019/12/19/tenet-official-trailer"] The first trailer for Tenet was released in December, but while the first trailer showed off a mysterious time-reversal power of some sort, it’s hard to fully grasp the true plot of the film. The official synopsis simply states that an agent must prevent World War III. This isn’t the first time Fortnite premiered new footage for an upcoming movie. Star Wars premiered exclusive trailers and events in Fortnite before. Even the nascent streaming service Quibi premiered shows directly on Fortnite. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=every-delayed-movie-due-to-coronavirus-so-far&captions=true"] Tenet is still scheduled to premiere in theaters on July 17. Whether it will be able to during the COVID-19 pandemic remains to be seen. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Matt Kim is a reporter for IGN.

Marc Guggenheim, one of the architects of The CW's Arrowverse, will script Jackpot for Sony Pictures based on the Marvel Comics title, according to Deadline. The project falls under the banner of the Sony Pictures Universe of Marvel Characters, the all-encompassing handle for Sony's Marvel filmography from the old Tobey Maguire Spidey films to Morbius and Venom. Before he became the maestro of DC Comics on television, Guggenheim was a Marvel Comics writer who worked on the "Brand New Day" storyline that the character of Jackpot came from. Jackpot followed scientist Sara Ehret who gains superpowers through a virus that altered her DNA. Boasting super strength, she becomes a crime-fighting mom who had to balance the duties of both family and superheroism. Ehret briefly handed the mantle of Jackpot over to the ill-fated Alana Jobson before returning to the role. Fans had long speculated that Jackpot, who sported long red hair and used the expression "Tiger," was actually Peter Parker's beloved Mary Jane Watson but that did not turn out to be the case. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=every-spider-man-movie-spin-off-in-development&captions=true"] Jackpot isn't the only comic book movie Marc Guggenheim is currently working on. He's also writing the feature film adaptation of Rob Liefeld's Prophet and is adapting the graphic novel Gantz for Sony. Other Spidey spin-offs in development include Kraven the Hunter and Madame Web, the latter of which will reportedly be directed by Jessica Jones' S.J. Clarkson.