HBO Max has reportedly canceled its planned reboot of the teen drama Degrassi, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal.

The news comes as part of a larger report on the state of Warner Bros., which has been undergoing several cuts and cancellations following its merger with Discovery back in May. The Degrassi reboot was among several projects recently canceled, according to WSJ’s report, as part of cuts made to HBO Max projects aimed at children and teens, including a Charlotte’s Web remake.

The Degrassi reboot was in development by Lara Azzopardi and Julia Cohen, who had writing credits on the series, while co-creator Linda Schuyler and executive producer Stephen Stohn would not be returning, saying it was the time to “pass the baton” to new leadership.

The Degrassi series began in 1979 with The Kids of Degrassi Street, which would go on to produce several series in its teen drama framework, such as Degrassi: The Next Generation and Degrassi: Next Class, the latter of which was the last series to carry the name when it was canceled in 2017. Though the franchise originated in Canada, it would go on to find international success and syndication outside of its home country.

Degrassi is one of several casualties in the past few months during the Warner Bros. Discovery merger, as the entire process has resulted in cancellations of projects like the Batgirl film and much of the DC television universe, as well as lay-offs within subsidiaries like HBO.

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Warner Bros. Discovery CEO Dave Zaslav took a defensive approach to questions about the various shows and movies leaving HBO Max, talking instead about how the company will be focusing on the big franchises going forward.

In a fiery response, Zaslav defended the company's decision to remove shows and movies from HBO Max, telling investors in the third-quarter earnings that shows like "Bonanza" aren't doing anything to gain new subscribers to HBO Max.

"The entire library or almost the entire library shouldn't be on HBO Max and paid for by HBO Max," Zaslav says citing vast libraries of unwatched shows that remain on the service while not generating interest for the service.

Instead, Zaslav says the company will focus on popular franchises like Harry Potter, House of the Dragon, and Lord of the Rings which Zaslav reminded investors WBD still has rights to make movies.

"We're going to have a real focus on franchises. We haven't had a Superman movie in 10 years. We haven't done a Harry Potter movie in 15 years... One of the biggest advantages that we have -- House of the Dragon is an example of that -- Game of Thrones. Taking advantage of Sex of the City. Lord of the Rings, we still have the rights to do Lord of the Rings movies."

Zaslav says the company will focus on franchises like Lord of the Rings, and even more Harry Potter if author J.K. Rowling is interested.

Another pivot will be away from putting movies direct to streaming services like Dune and Matrix Resurrection. According to Zaslav, movies released in theaters have done significantly better than movies released direct to streaming which have not translated to more subscribers.

The decision to release movies direct to HBO Max was a decision implemented when Warner Bros. was still owned by AT&T, and seemingly a very unpopular decision by both Hollywood directors and the new owners at Discovery.

Zaslav says that the goal of the company is to reduce spending while working on big franchises that are sure to be hits. To help with that, Zaslav hired James Gunn and Peter Safran as the new heads of DC, who he's praised for bringing a unified approach and blueprint to DC.

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Warner Bros. Discovery CEO Dave Zaslav is promising a new era for DC under new studio co-CEOs James Gunn and Peter Safran.

The company sent shockwaves through the industry when it was announced that director James Gunn and producer Peter Safran will take over the newly formed DC Studios as co-CEOs. The move puts future DC movies, TV shows, and animation under Gunn and Safran and fills the gaping leadership hole at DC.

While Zaslav released a quote the day Gunn and Safran’s hiring was announced, he told investors today that he spent a lot of time talking with the pair over the last few months. “They have a powerful vision and blueprint that will drive a more unified creative approach,” Zaslav promised investors.

Gunn will oversee the creative side of DC Studios while Safran — a prolific producer behind films like Aquaman and The Conjuring franchise — will handle the business aspects. Gunn will continue to direct projects exclusively for DC with the deal expected to last at least four years.

Gunn and Safran will report directly to Zaslav, though not every ongoing DC project will fall under their purview. Todd Phillips’ Joker sequel will not be under Gunn and Safran, and Matt Reeves’ The Batman also exists in a gray area.

But for every other DC project going forward, Gunn and Safran will likely have oversight. Henry Cavill, who is already set to return to DC as Superman, says he’s excited to work with Gunn on the new DC chapter.

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AMD has officially announced its next-generation Radeon RX GPUs today. After months of rumors and some teasing from AMD, the Radeon RX 7000 is officially here.

As part of its "together we advance_gaming," event, AMD unveiled the first two GPUs in the Radeon RX 7000 family: Radeon RX 7900 XTX and the Radeon RX 7900 XT. As AMD previously announced, the RX 7000 series uses the company's new RDNA 3 graphical architecture.

The Radeon RX 7900 XTX features 24GB of GDDR6 memory, a board power of 350 watts, 96 unified RDNA 3 computing units, a 2.3Ghz game clock, and is promised to be up to 1.7 times faster than AMD's previous flagship, the Radeon RX 6950 XT when gaming in 4K resolution. In comparison, the Radeon RX 7900 XT has 84 unified RDNA 3 computing units, a 2Ghz game clock, and 20GB of GDDR6 memory.

AMD also confirmed that both GPUs have two 8-pin connectors — meaning it will not use the 12VHPWR power connectors found in the RTX 4090 graphics card. Recently, the power connector used in Nvidia's new GPU has stirred up controversy as some owners of Nvidia's new flagship graphics card reported that the power connectors have either burned or melted.

In an interesting move, AMD announced that both the RX 7900 XTX and RX 7900 XT include DisplayPort 2.1. Meaning that these GPUs will support higher refresh rates in 4K and 8K resolutions. For context, Nvidia's new RTX 40-series GPUs use DisplayPort 1.4.

Succeeding RDNA 2, AMD's new graphical architecture, RDNA 3, promises 61 teraflops (38 more teraflops than found in RDNA 2), 24GB of GDDR6 memory, with the tech giant touting this as the "world's most advance gaming graphics."

Both the Radeon RX 7900 XTX and RX 7900 XT will launch on December 13. The Radeon RX 7900 XTX will retail or $999, while the RX 7900 XT will retail for $899.

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Toho, the company behind the creation of Godzilla, has announced a new film starring the King of Monsters set to release on November 3, 2023.

The announcement was a part of Godzilla Day 2022, and the official Godzilla Twitter account shared a logo for the new movie.

Takashi Yamazaki will direct the new Godzilla. The filmmaker has previously helmed Lupin III: The First, Parayste Part 1 and Part 2, and Dragon Quest: Your Story. This will be Yamazaki's first time directing a Godzilla film.

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— GODZILLA.OFFICIAL (@Godzilla_Toho) November 3, 2022

The new film marks Toho's first Godzilla movie since 2016's Shin Godzilla. In our Shin Godzilla review, we said the movie, "provides a new origin for the legendary kaiju, establishing its own unique style while taking inspiration from the classics in all the right ways." The untitled 2023 Godzilla film marks the 33rd Toho Godzilla movie, and the 37th Godzilla movie overall.

On the American side of things, Warner Bros, and Legendary Pictures are working on a MonsterVerse sequel to 2021's Godzilla vs. Kong. The follow-up will see Godzilla and King Kong team up to fight "a colossal undiscovered threat hidden within our world".

If you want to catch up on the enormous series of Kaiju movies, check out our list of the Godzilla movies in order. Or, if you just want the best of the best, read our list of the top ten Godzilla movies.

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Marvel Snap is quickly becoming one of the biggest hits of 2022, earning over $2 million in its first week. The collectible card game is already a huge success, and the developers will soon add a highly-anticipated feature: Playing against friends.

A Marvel Snap spokesperson told The Washington Post that the game's friend-centric Battle Mode is coming before the end of 2022. According to a development road map, Battle Mode against friends will work slightly differently than Marvel Snap's primary ranked mode.

In ranked, Marvel Snap matches you against random players of similar skill, moving you up and down the ladder depending on if you win or lose. In Battle Mode versus friends, Marvel Snap implements a health system, where "each player starts with 10 health and the winning player deals damage to their opponent equal to the stakes of the game."

Using the Snap mechanic doubles the damage you'll do to your opponent, players will compete in a series of games with the same deck until one player runs out of health.

Marvel Snap is a collectible card game starring droves of Marvel heroes and villains. The free-to-play game comes from Second Dinner, an indie studio led by former Hearthstone director Ben Brode. The studio has been working on Marvel Snap for the last few years, and it's already off to a roaring start.

If you're hooked on Marvel Snap. check out 11 Marvel Snap tips to help you win and get cards fast.

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Hideo Kojima's rumored horror game Overdose has surfaced again, with leaked images of a character played by Death Stranding actor Margaret Qualley apparently circulating online.

According to a report from leaker Tom Henderson on Insider Gaming, screenshots of Kojima's Overdose have allegedly started to make the rounds in multiple private Discord servers. Supposed screenshots are making the rounds online through social media currently.

Overdose was first rumored this June when Henderson posted details about the game. The leak apparently came from footage showing third-person gameplay of Qualley's character exploring dark corridors using a flashlight. Kojima Productions' reported request to have the article removed was denied.

Henderson said the screenshots that are currently circulating appear to be from the same video as his original report in June. According to the original report, Overdose is apparently separate from the likely Death Stranding sequel, that star Norman Reedus may have accidentally revealed himself.

Officially, Kojima is partnering with Xbox on a game the creator has "always wanted to make." During his appearance at this year's Xbox Bethesda Game Showcase, Kojima said the upcoming title will incorporate Microsoft's "cutting-edge technology" and "change in the industry's trends".

Kojima spoke equally highly of an upcoming project just last week. In an interview, he said one of his new games is "almost like a new medium" that could turn things around "not just in the game industry, but in the movie industry as well." We don't know which project he's referring to, but it's likely the Xbox partnership, given his previous grand statements about that project.

Elle Fanning and Deadpool 2's Shioli Kutsuna are set to appear in an upcoming Kojima project, as revealed through mysterious teasers over the last few weeks. Once again, it's unclear exactly which game these actors are attached to.

For more on Kojima, check out his recent response to the rumors of his involvement with Blue Box's Abandoned.

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Longtime CD Projekt animator Sebastian Kalemba has announced he will direct the studio's new Witcher saga.

On Twitter, the developer wrote, "Career news: I’m directing the new Witcher Saga. Since joining @CDPROJEKTRED I believe nothing is impossible and raising the bar, telling emotional stories & creating worlds is what we’re here for. I’m proud to be part of CDPR and work with such a talented and passionate team."

Career news: I’m directing the new Witcher Saga. Since joining @CDPROJEKTRED I believe nothing is impossible and raising the bar, telling emotional stories & creating worlds is what we’re here for. I’m proud to be part of CDPR and work with such a talented and passionate team.

— Sebastian Kalemba (@Skalemba) November 3, 2022

According to Kalemba's LinkedIn, the developer has been with CD Projekt Red since 2014. From 2014 to 2016, he served as Lead Animator, responsible for the animation teams of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and Cyberpunk 2077. From 2016 until now, Kalemba has been the Head of Animation and Animation Director for CD Projekt Red, overseeing "all creative and managerial aspects of animations in the company".

The first game in the new Witcher saga entered pre-production earlier this year. While details are sparse at the moment, many fans believe The Witcher 3's Ciri could be the protagonist of the new game.

There's one wrinkle in this story, in that CD Projekt already announced a different director for The Witcher 4. In March of this year, Gwent director Jason Slama shared that he was directing the next AAA Witcher game, promising no crunch during development.

Both Slama's Twitter bio and LinkedIn page still list him as The Witcher Director for CD Projekt, but Slama hasn't been active on either profile in some time. As of now, it's unclear if Slama is still directing The Witcher 4 while Kalemba oversees the entire saga, or if Kalemba is taking over as director of the next AAA Witcher.

CD Projekt has been very busy announcing a ton of new projects over the last several weeks. Beyond the new planned Witcher trilogy, the company has also announced a remake of The Witcher in Unreal Engine 5, a multiplayer Witcher game in development at The Molasses Flood, a Cyberpunk 2077 sequel, and the studio's first original IP. To keep track of it all, bookmark our list of every CD Projekt game in development.

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Hideo Kojima has responded to the rumors and fan theories that he was involved in the development of Blue Box Game Studios' Abandoned and that it was secretly the next entry in the Silent Hill franchise. Kojima has confirmed he has no involvement and calls rumors of any connection to Blue Box a "nuisance."

“Well, this one, I really didn’t understand at first," Kojima said. "Users just kept sending me pictures of this Hassan. They still send me collages and deep fake images - like 20 a day. It’s really quite a nuisance. This has been going on for almost two years now. And Geoff, you remember when we did that Moby Dick thing? You were in on the whole thing, and that was pretty fun. But people should know that I wouldn’t do the same thing twice."

Kojima was speaking to The Game Awards' Geoff Keighley on his Spotify podcast Brain Structure and discussed the situation that began when Abandoned was announced in April 2021 on PlayStation.Blog.

There was little known about the studio and the internet quickly started theorizing that this was a secret project by Kojima as there were some aesthetic similarities to P.T. Furthermore, Kojima had done something like this before with the reveal of Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain when it said to be a new game from a new studio called Moby Dick Studio.

Following the reveal and initial hype by fans hoping for some big Kojima surprise, it was confirmed that this was not a Kojima Productions game but in fact a game by the actual Blue Box Game Studios and director Hasan Kahraman. The whole situation became a mess and the game has yet to be released save for a "realtime experience patch" that was simply a four-second tease.

Kojima was taken by surprise as much as anyone when this was all going on, and he is still dealing with the fallout of this game being falsely linked to him. He also shared that his fans should know better and realize he would never play the same hand twice.

Alongside saying he has yet to speak with Hassan, Kojima shared some words of advice for the director and encouraged him to let his work do the talking.

"I don’t think there’s much he can do or say at this point, but if he releases the game, then people might understand," Kojima said. "So, maybe he should just hurry up and release it? It will die down after that. Plus, I’m not involved with it in any way. I don’t know who started this rumor, but ... I think this is fake news based off of users' wishes and hopes.

"So, Mr. Hassan, I’m sure things weren’t easy and, as a creator, I think it’s ok to dismiss it completely. But now that there’s been a buzz and things have gone viral, you should take advantage of it. If you create something good and share it with everyone, they will learn the truth. I think maybe that’s what you should do.

"Fake news is a bad thing, but now that we’ve both gained attention from all of this, let’s boost morale and create something good. Once they have made something, the users who play it will understand it’s not Silent Hill and I’m not involved, but they will still grow to love their game. I think there is a way to turn fake news around positively. I say this, but I’ve never met the guy."

While Kojima may not have been involved in Abandoned, he has begun teasing his next projects. Alongside saying one of his new games is "almost like a new medium" and has the potential to change the video game and film industries, he's also confirmed that Elle Fanning and Shioli Kutsuna will be part of one of them.

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25 years after his untimely death, comedy legend Chris Farley is becoming the subject of a new biographical comic book from Z2 Comics. Growing Up Farley will explore the Saturday Night Live star's childhood and formative years, as related by his brother and fellow comedian, Kevin Farley.

Growing Up Farley is co-written by Kevin Farley and Frank Marraffino (Marvel Zombies), with art by Ryan Dunlavey (Action Philosophers). The book centers around both Farley brothers as they struggle to work their way up the standup comedy ranks of the Midwest, from their earliest summer camp performances up to the elder Farley's big break at Chicago's Second City Theatre (where he would go on to develop his iconic motivational speaker character Matt Foley). The book also reveals the pivotal role their father, Thomas John Farley, Sr., played in steering his sons into comedy.

IGN can exclusively reveal Dunlavey's cover for Growing Up Farley below:

“Laughter was always a big part of Growing Up Farley,” Kevin Farley said in a press release. “I’m excited to partner with the team at Z2 Comics to share all the humor and humanity of growing up with my brother, Chris, in 1970s Madison, Wisconsin and the huge influence our Dad had on our decision to go into comedy.”

“Every Saturday at 11:30 my friends and I would drop everything to watch Chris Farley and the gang on Saturday Night Live,” Marraffino said. “Chris always inspired us. He offered a perpetual masterclass in the art of comedy: exuberant and boisterous, but also genuine and heartfelt. I couldn't be more excited to chronicle the journey of the Farleys!”

Growing Up Farley will be offered in both standard and deluxe hardcover editions. The Deluxe Edition features an exclusive cover and three art prints by Dunlavey, Craig Rousseau and Fred C. Stresing. Z2 is also releasing a Platinum Edition version that comes packaged in a slipcase and includes a Scotch Oil-branded hat and pens (Scotch Oil being the Farley family's oil business). All versions are slated for release in Fall 2023.

In other comic book news, Marvel's Star Wars: Revelations #1 will reveal the future of the franchise in 2023, and Jim Lee just debuted an epic cover for Batman Spawn #1.

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