Doctor Sleep director Mike Flanagan has revealed there was almost another Shining sequel after Doctor Sleep.

Appearing on Twitter, the 44-year-old filmmaker revealed that The Shining almost got another sequel, but Warner Bros. turned it down because Doctor Sleep didn't meet box office expectations.

“We were SO CLOSE,” he said. “I’ll always regret this didn’t happen." Asked by a fan why it didn't happen, Flanagan added, "Because of Doctor Sleep’s box office performance, Warner Bros opted not to proceed with it. They control the rights, so that was that.”

We were SO CLOSE. I’ll always regret this didn’t happen https://t.co/0hr3hUTMhg

— Mike Flanagan (@flanaganfilm) September 18, 2022

Doctor Sleep debuted in 2019 – a direct sequel to the classic 1980 Stanley Kubrick film, The Shining. It tells the story of Danny Torrance – Jack’s son from the first movie. Now grown up (and played by Ewan McGregor) he struggles with his supernatural gift and the trauma of his past until becoming a popular orderly at a local hospice, using his powers to comfort dying patients and earning him the titular nickname, Doctor Sleep.

Unfortunately, the film was something of a disappointment at the box office, earning $72 million worldwide, after being made on a $45 million budget. Now, it looks as though Warner Bros. chosen not to take another roll of the dice when it came to a potential sequel.

Flanagan, who also wrote the Doctor Sleep script, is also known for another Stephen King adaptation after bringing Gerald’s Game to Netflix. His adaptation was met with critical success, with King himself calling the film “hypnotic, horrifying and terrific”.

IGN’s Doctor Sleep review gave it 8.5/10 and said: “When it’s focusing on the new things it brings to the table, Doctor Sleep is consistently terrifying, visually impressive, and soulful in equal measure. Though it may get a little heavy-handed and tonally confused in its reverence for Stanley Kubrick’s Shining in the homestretch, the vast majority of the film succeeds in using the Torrance family’s pain to tell a story of coming to terms with the past."

Want to read more about Doctor Sleep and The Shining? Check out where it sits in our rankings of the best Stephen King films, and find out how the sequel addresses Jack Torrance.

Ryan Leston is an entertainment journalist and film critic for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter.

Nviidia is kicking off its September GTC 2022 event today where the company is likely to reveal the new RTX 40 series GPUs. Although there has yet to be any official information about it's upcoming products, the Nvidia CEO Jensen Huan has already confirmed that we will be hearing more about the next generation of GPUs at the event.

If you're wondering when and where you can livestream GTC 2022 yourself, take a look at our guide for how to to watch Nvidia keynote.

How to Watch the Nvidia GTC 2022 Keynote Live

CEO Jensen Huang will be delivering the Nvidia keynote on Tuesday, September 20 at 8 a.m. PT / 11 a.m. ET. You can tune into the livestream yourself directly from the Nvidia website or tune in on Nvidia's official YouTube channel today to watch the biggest announcements.

Don't miss the #GTC22 keynote featuring our CEO Jensen Huang! Join us on Sept. 20 as he unveils unique insights, major announcements, and a big surprise or two. Watch the @NVIDIAGTC keynote live at 8 a.m. PDT (5 p.m. CEST) online: https://t.co/CaF9w8La4p pic.twitter.com/Tq1hm7IicT

— NVIDIA (@nvidia) September 14, 2022

Although the Nvidia Keynote is what most folks will be tuning into, GTC 2022 is actually going on from September 19 through September 22. There are various talks, panels, and sessions you can attend during this time.

GTC 2022 Schedule

Looking for a full schedule of all of the GTC 2022 sessions you can join this week? Although the keynote is happening today, there are multiple other panels going on this week. Take a look at the full GTC session catalog for a list of all of the events and when they are happening.

You will need to register for the event to attend the developer sessions, but you can still watch the Nvidia keynote without any registration today.

What to Expect From the Nvidia GTC 2022 Keynote

The main thing we're expecting to see from the Nvidia keynote today is the new RTX 40 series GPUs. While we haven't gotten any official confirmation from the company that the new graphics cards will be unveiled, recent leaks and comments from the CEO suggest this is what we'll see tomorrow. Nvidia will be most likely be unveiling the RTX 4090 and atleast two other cards from the 40 series line.

Although we are mostly expecting to see the RTX 40 series GPUs unveiled, there's a chance the company will announce more than just that. Nvidia has been teasing something called Project Beyond on Twitter over the past few weeks. These teasers have been rather vague, but in a recent earnings call, Nvidia stated that it is planning to reach new segments of the market.

It's possible that Project Beyond is just a codename for the next-gen GPUs, but it seems more likely that this will be a surprise announcement outside of the RTX 40 series.

Nviidia is kicking off its September GTC 2022 event tomorrow where the company is likely to reveal the new RTX 40 series GPUs. Although there has yet to be any official information about it's upcoming products, the Nvidia CEO Jensen Huan has already confirmed that we will be hearing more about the next generation of GPU at the event.

If you're wondering when and where you can livestream GTC 2022 yourself, take a look at our guide for how to to watch Nvidia keynote.

How to Watch the Nvidia GTC 2022 Keynote Live

CEO Jensen Huang will be delivering the Nvidia keynote on Tuesday, September 20 at 8 a.m. PT / 11 a.m. ET. You can tune into the livestream yourself directly from the Nvidia website or tune in on Nvidia's official YouTube channel tomorrow to watch the biggest announcements.

Don't miss the #GTC22 keynote featuring our CEO Jensen Huang! Join us on Sept. 20 as he unveils unique insights, major announcements, and a big surprise or two. Watch the @NVIDIAGTC keynote live at 8 a.m. PDT (5 p.m. CEST) online: https://t.co/CaF9w8La4p pic.twitter.com/Tq1hm7IicT

— NVIDIA (@nvidia) September 14, 2022

Although the Nvidia Keynote is what most folks will be tuning into, GTC 2022 is actually going on from September 19 through September 22. There are various talks, panels, and sessions you can attend during this time.

GTC 2022 Schedule

Looking for a full schedule of all of the GTC 2022 sessions you can join this week? Although the keynote isn't happening until tomorrow, there are already some panels going on today. Take a look at the full GTC session catalog for a list of all of the events and when they are happening.

You will need to register for the event to attend the developer sessions, but you will be able to watch the Nvidia keynote without any registration.

What to Expect From the Nvidia GTC 2022 Keynote

The main thing we're expecting to see from the Nvidia keynote is the new RTX 40 series GPUs. While we haven't gotten any official confirmation from the company that the new graphics cards will be unveiled, recent leaks and comments from the CEO suggest this is what we'll see tomorrow. Nvidia will be most likely be unveiling the RTX 4090 and atleast two other cards from the 40 series line.

Although we are mostly expecting to see the RTX 40 series GPUs unveiled, there's a chance the company will announce more than just that. Nvidia has been teasing something called Project Beyond on Twitter over the past few weeks. These teasers have been rather vague, but in a recent earnings call, Nvidia stated that it is planning to reach new segments of the market.

It's possible that Project Beyond is just a codename for the next-gen GPUs, but it seems more likely that this will be a surprise announcement outside of the RTX 40 series.

The highly anticipated Chainsaw Man anime series finally has a release date, with episode one arriving on October 11.

Announced on its official Twitter account, the release date came alongside a new trailer for the series (below) and confirmation that it would run for 12 episodes in total. The first episode will also be available for streaming on Crunchyroll.

Chainsaw Man - a beloved manga series about a teenage devil hunter who's brought back from the dead with chainsaws for hands - is one of the most anticipated anime adaptations of this year. Its page on the online manga and anime database My Anime List already has more than 500,000 members and its release date announcement tweet hit 100,000 likes in just 26 minutes.

10/11(火)24:00より放送『#チェンソーマン』

オープニング・テーマは #米津玄師「KICK BACK」に決定！ 共同編曲に #常田大希 を迎えた楽曲が本PVで解禁！挿入歌は #マキシマムザホルモン、全12話の週替わりEDを彩る豪華アーティスト＆追加キャストも発表！
詳細:https://t.co/AYbXiBINBi#chainsawman pic.twitter.com/4CWKUjOMhz

— チェンソーマン【公式】 (@CHAINSAWMAN_PR) September 19, 2022

Details on the anime's opening and closing themes were also released, with Kenshi Yonezu performing the opener and the credits featuring a different soundtrack in each episode, played by artists including Maximum the Hormone, Ano, People 1, and more.

As evidenced in this new and previous trailer, Chainsaw Man is as violent and gory as any anime about a chainsaw man could be.

Crunchyroll's chief content officer Asa Suehira said previously that it features "dark humour, dynamic characters and a sharp story," and that "anime fans will be up all night thinking about the spectacular visuals and high-octane action."

Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelancer. He'll talk about The Witcher all day.

Grand Theft Auto developer Rockstar Games has confirmed that the GTA 6 leaks that appeared online yesterday, September 18, are real, but development will not be affected as a result.

Rockstar published a statement to Twitter (below), saying the "early development footage" was illegally taken from its systems following a network intrusion and its disappointed to have its new game shared for the first time this way.

A Message from Rockstar Games pic.twitter.com/T4Wztu8RW8

— Rockstar Games (@RockstarGames) September 19, 2022

"We recently suffered a network intrusion in which an unauthorised third party illegally accessed and downloaded confidential information from our systems, including early development footage for the next Grand Theft Auto," the statement reads.

"We are extremely disappointed to have any details of our next game shared with you all in this way. Our work on the next Grand Theft Auto game will continue as planned and we remain as committed as ever to delivering an experience to you, our players, that truly exceeds your expectations.

"We will update everyone again soon and, of course, will properly introduce you to this next game when it is ready. We want to thank everyone for their ongoing support through this situation."

Close to 100 different videos of the game were shared online anonymously showing robberies, gunplay, fully voiced conversations, and more. The footage all but confirms the rumours that GTA 6 will feature male and female protagonists and a Vice City setting.

While Rockstar has promised more information soon, there's no telling as to when the developer will have a full reveal for the game as, just like its eventual launch, GTA 6 will only be shown when its ready. It was only announced this year, of course, but as it's been almost a decade since GTA 5 was released, fans are eager for more.

Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelancer. He'll talk about The Witcher all day.

Grand Theft Auto 6 isn't the only highly anticipated game to leak in the last few days as footage from an early version of Diablo 4 has now appeared online.

As reported by PC Gamer, Reddit user iV1rus0 spotted two videos uploaded anonymously to a file sharing website, one containing five minutes of Diablo 4 footage and the other 38 minutes.

It's unclear at what stage of development the footage is from, but given that several models within the game world are untextured, it is clearly far from a finished product.

A lot of the game does appear to be functional, however, and the videos show what appears to be a Barbarian character exploring the world and battling enemies. Blizzard hasn't yet released a statement regarding the leak but IGN has reached out to the developer for comment.

Diablo 4 is expected to be released in 2023 and Blizzard has been fairly vocal about its development progress, releasing quarterly updates on what players can expect from the action RPG. While it will only include five classes at launch, the developer has already confirmed that Diablo 4 will receive years of DLC.

Diablo's leak appeared around the same time as dozens of videos of what seems to be GTA 6 also appeared online, showing robberies, gunplay, fully voiced conversations, and more.

Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelancer. He'll talk about The Witcher all day.

Elden Ring is getting a board game adaptation, thanks to a collaboration between Bandai Namco and Steamforged Games. Bandai Namco, the publisher of Elden Ring, and board game developer Steamforged previously worked together on a Dark Souls board game, and Steamforged has also created adaptations of Horizon, Resident Evil, Monster Hunter, and more.

According to Steamforged, the board game's Kickstarter campaign will launch very soon. We don't know quite yet exactly how the board game will play, but it will support between 1 and 4 Tarnished players visiting iconic locations of Elden Ring's giant world, The Lands Between.

Players will also face off against enemies and bosses from the game, with "dice-free combat, requiring players to strategise and adapt their plans during each encounter". The announcement said players will have to deal with foes including a "lowly Godrick Soldier or the Grafted King himself."

Back in 2018, Steamforged Games' Dark Souls board game reached its Kickstarter funding goal in just three minutes. We'll have to wait and see if Elden Ring can break that record, given how ridiculously fast the game itself has sold this year.

This isn't the only adaptation of FromSoftware's smash hit we've seen recently. Earlier this month, Elden Ring got an official manga with a comedic slant on the Tarnished and The Lands Between.

Elden Ring has easily been the most-discussed game of 2022. We awarded it a 10 in our review, and Elden Ring also tops our lists of both the best PlayStation 5 games and the best Xbox Series X|S games. Elden Ring also became a Twitch phenomenon thanks in part to the iconic player, Let Me Solo Her.

Logan Plant is a freelance writer for IGN covering video game and entertainment news. He has over six years of experience in the gaming industry with bylines at IGN, Nintendo Wire, Switch Player Magazine, and Lifewire. Find him on Twitter @LoganJPlant.

Elden Ring is getting a board game adaptation, thanks to a collaboration between Bandai Namco and Steamforged Games. Bandai Namco, the publisher of Elden Ring, and board game developer Steamforged previously worked together on a Dark Souls board game, and Steamforged has also created adaptations of Horizon, Resident Evil, Monster Hunter, and more.

According to Steamforged, the board game's Kickstarter campaign will launch very soon. We don't know quite yet exactly how the board game will play, but it will support between 1 and 4 Tarnished players visiting iconic locations of Elden Ring's giant world, The Lands Between.

Players will also face off against enemies and bosses from the game, with "dice-free combat, requiring players to strategise and adapt their plans during each encounter". The announcement said players will have to deal with foes including a "lowly Godrick Soldier or the Grafted King himself."

Back in 2018, Steamforged Games' Dark Souls board game reached its Kickstarter funding goal in just three minutes. We'll have to wait and see if Elden Ring can break that record, given how ridiculously fast the game itself has sold this year.

This isn't the only adaptation of FromSoftware's smash hit we've seen recently. Earlier this month, Elden Ring got an official manga with a comedic slant on the Tarnished and The Lands Between.

Elden Ring has easily been the most-discussed game of 2022. We awarded it a 10 in our review, and Elden Ring also tops our lists of both the best PlayStation 5 games and the best Xbox Series X|S games. Elden Ring also became a Twitch phenomenon thanks in part to the iconic player, Let Me Solo Her.

Logan Plant is a freelance writer for IGN covering video game and entertainment news. He has over six years of experience in the gaming industry with bylines at IGN, Nintendo Wire, Switch Player Magazine, and Lifewire. Find him on Twitter @LoganJPlant.

Star Wars: Andor showrunner Tony Gilroy wasn’t too bothered about pleasing the fans.

During an interview with IGN, the 66-year-old filmmaker revealed that he was more concerned about telling a good story.

“We didn’t want to do anything that was fan service,” he explained. “We never wanted to have anything… the mandate in the very beginning was that it would be as absolutely non-cynical as it could possibly be, that the show would just be real and honest.”

Star Wars: Andor tells the story of Cassian Andor – the rebel intelligence officer we first met in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.

It’s essentially a tale of one man’s journey to find out where he fits into a world that’s struggling with Imperial occupation and all the oppression that comes with it. Aside from Andor himself, the focus is on the ordinary people living under Imperial rule – giving a voice to the oppressed in the galaxy far, far away.

But that doesn’t mean there won’t be the occasional cameo.

“We will be introducing people along the way,” he added. “I don’t think it’s any secret that Forest Whitaker is in the show… Saw Gerrera is in the show. There will be some other people. But when we bring them, we bring them because we need them and because there’s really some protein there, there’s something for them to really do.”

It’s no secret that Rebel Alliance leader Mon Mothma (Genevieve O’Reilly) returns in the series.

When it comes to Saw Gerrera, it’s obvious why Gilroy chose to lean on the legendary resistance fighter. We first met Gerrera in Star Wars: The Clone Wars, and he later appeared in Rogue One, played by Forest Whitaker, as well as several episodes of Star Wars Rebels.

Gerrera is considered by Star Wars producer Dave Filoni to be “the first rebel”.

In a story charting the rise of the rebellion in the years before its attack on the original Death Star, Gerrera is perhaps an obvious choice. But don’t expect those cameos to be purely at the service of the fans.

“This was a fresh canvas,” explained Gilroy. “Let’s go down on the street.”

If you ask me, Gilroy does just that. From the very first episode, Star Wars: Andor, gives us a glimpse of what life is like down on the streets, for the ordinary folk kept under the watchful eye of the ever-present Empire.

How Andor and Gerrera will make a difference to them remains to be seen.

Star Wars: Andor stars Diego Luna as Cassian Andor alongside Genevieve O’Reilly, Stellan Skarsgård, Forest Whitaker, Adria Arjona, Denise Gough, Fiona Shaw, and Kyle Soller.

Want to read more about Star Wars: Andor? Check out the final trailer for Star Wars: Andor as well as how the show brings a new level of maturity to Star Wars.

Ryan Leston is an entertainment journalist and film critic for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter.

Star Wars: Andor showrunner Tony Gilroy wasn’t too bothered about pleasing the fans.

During an interview with IGN, the 66-year-old filmmaker revealed that he was more concerned about telling a good story.

“We didn’t want to do anything that was fan service,” he explained. “We never wanted to have anything… the mandate in the very beginning was that it would be as absolutely non-cynical as it could possibly be, that the show would just be real and honest.”

Star Wars: Andor tells the story of Cassian Andor – the rebel intelligence officer we first met in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.

It’s essentially a tale of one man’s journey to find out where he fits into a world that’s struggling with Imperial occupation and all the oppression that comes with it. Aside from Andor himself, the focus is on the ordinary people living under Imperial rule – giving a voice to the oppressed in the galaxy far, far away.

But that doesn’t mean there won’t be the occasional cameo.

“We will be introducing people along the way,” he added. “I don’t think it’s any secret that Forest Whitaker is in the show… Saw Gerrera is in the show. There will be some other people. But when we bring them, we bring them because we need them and because there’s really some protein there, there’s something for them to really do.”

It’s no secret that Rebel Alliance leader Mon Mothma (Genevieve O’Reilly) returns in the series.

When it comes to Saw Gerrera, it’s obvious why Gilroy chose to lean on the legendary resistance fighter. We first met Gerrera in Star Wars: The Clone Wars, and he later appeared in Rogue One, played by Forest Whitaker, as well as several episodes of Star Wars Rebels.

Gerrera is considered by Star Wars producer Dave Filoni to be “the first rebel”.

In a story charting the rise of the rebellion in the years before its attack on the original Death Star, Gerrera is perhaps an obvious choice. But don’t expect those cameos to be purely at the service of the fans.

“This was a fresh canvas,” explained Gilroy. “Let’s go down on the street.”

If you ask me, Gilroy does just that. From the very first episode, Star Wars: Andor, gives us a glimpse of what life is like down on the streets, for the ordinary folk kept under the watchful eye of the ever-present Empire.

How Andor and Gerrera will make a difference to them remains to be seen.

Star Wars: Andor stars Diego Luna as Cassian Andor alongside Genevieve O’Reilly, Stellan Skarsgård, Forest Whitaker, Adria Arjona, Denise Gough, Fiona Shaw, and Kyle Soller.

Want to read more about Star Wars: Andor? Check out the final trailer for Star Wars: Andor as well as how the show brings a new level of maturity to Star Wars.

Ryan Leston is an entertainment journalist and film critic for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter.