Marvel Comics will once again have two different Captains America in 2022. Sam Wilson will once again wield the shield alongside Steve Rogers as Marvel launches two different, monthly Captain America titles this spring.

Sam will be the star of Captain America: Symbol of Truth, which is written by sci-fi author Tochi Onyebuchi and drawn by artist RB Silva (Powers of X). Steve, meanwhile, will be the focus of Captain America: Sentinel of Liberty, co-written by Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly (The Harbinger) and drawn by Carmen Carnero (Miles Morales: Spider-Man). Both series will spin out of April's Captain America #0, which will be co-written by all three writers and drawn by Mattia de Iulis (Invisible Woman).

"What's interesting about Captain America #0 is that, unlike a lot of zero issues, we're not gonna spend a lot of time building the plot for both books or teasing out a bunch of amazing stuff," Lanzing told Entertainment Weekly. "The issue #1's are gonna do that. Issue #0 is effectively a conversation between Steve and Sam about what it means for both of them to be Captain America simultaneously. But that conversation isn't had in a room sitting down over beers, that conversation is had while flying/holding onto the side of a massive rocket heading into the sky to obliterate all of mankind because Arnim Zola is back and he's got a bad plan."

This marks the second time Sam has taken up the mantle of Captain America in the comics. He previously shouldered that burden in 2014's Captain America #25, stepping in after Steve Rogers had the Super-Soldier Serum drained from his body. Even after Steve regained his strength, the two heroes co-existed as Cap until the aftermath of 2017's Secret Empire crossover. Sam looks to be sticking to his old Captain America costume, but this time around he'll have his own vibranium shield. That won't be the only difference.

"We've seen Sam Wilson deal with the legacy of Captain America and race in very inward terms with regards to America: What does it mean for America to accept a Black Captain America?" Onyebuchi said. "One of the things I'm teasing in my book is, what does it mean for the rest of the world to accept a Black Captain America? That's another part of the equation. If Captain America is in many ways a mimesis of America, with all the good and bad pathologies, what does that mean for the way in which America interacts with the rest of the world?"

As for Steve, he'll have a personal struggle of his own to face, as his series reflects the growing social and political divides in the US.

"Steve is a member of the Greatest Generation. That's so important, especially now, because he's seen so much of the 20th century and he's really able to weigh it," Kelly said. "With our story, what we really wanted to start looking at was, how has America changed? What does it mean to be a patriot now? Because it means something very different, even in the last two or three years. We've seen a radical shift in our country and, especially for a lot of young people, a real fury and disappointment at what our country has started to do to itself. Cap can't turn his back on America, neither of the Caps can, because the idea is good. The core is good and worth fighting for, but both need to wrestle with what that means in the year of our Lord 2022."

Captain America #0 is scheduled for release on April 20, with Captain America: Symbol of Truth #1 following in May and Captain America: Sentinel of Liberty #1 in June.

It's not surprising to see Marvel Comics put Sam Wilson back in the red, white and blue costume considering recent developments in the MCU. The Falcon and the Winter Soldier showcased Sam coming to terms with his newfound responsibility, setting the stage for a fourth Captain America movie starring Anthony Mackie's hero.

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Critical Role's The Legend of Vox Machina has lined up some major guest stars for its first season, with David Tennant, Stephanie Beatriz, and Tony Hale all on board to lend their voices.

Tennant will bring to life General Krieg, while Beatriz voices Lady Kima, and Hale takes on Sir Fince in Prime Video's upcoming animated series, which is based on Critical Role's popular D&D web series. Other members of The Council of Emon include Felicia Day as the Captain of Emon, Khary Payton as Sovereign Uriel Tal'Dorei, and Indira Varma as Lady Allura Vysoren.

They will be joined by several other supporting players, including Dominic Monaghan as Archibald Desnay, Gina Torres as Keeper Yennen, Sunil Malhotra as Gilmore, Stephen Root as Professor Anders, Grey Griffin as Delilah Briarwood, Rory McCann as Duke Vedmire, Kelly Hu as Dr. Anna Ripley, and Darin De Paul as Kerrion Stonefell.

The guest stars for the first season will be rounded out by Anjali Bhimani as Head Cleric, Eugene Byrd as Jarrett, Esmé Creed-Miles as Cassandra de Rolo, Bobby Hall aka Logic as Palace Guard, Max Mittelman as Desmond, Mason Alexander Park as the Tavern Keeper, Stacey Raymond as Bryn, and Tracie Thoms as the Everlight.

The core cast of Critical Role players from the live-streamed TTRPG series will reprise their D&D characters for the animated show, with Laura Bailey, Taliesin Jaffe, Ashley Johnson, Liam O'Brien, Marisha Ray, Sam Riegel, and Travis Willingham returning to their roles alongside Matthew Mercer who will voice Sylas Briarwood and several minor characters.

The Legend of Vox Machina was originally intended to be an animated special, but the record-breaking Kickstarter fundraiser grew so large that the special also grew into an animated series, which was later picked up by Amazon. IGN previously spoke to some of the Critical Role cast about the Kickstarter's impressive success, and their excitement for the adaptation.

The first season of The Legend of Vox Machina will premiere on Prime Video on January 28, with batches of three episodes releasing every week, for four weeks. Amazon ordered two seasons of the animated series before the show had launched, meaning that a further 12 episodes will arrive at a later date to fulfil the second season.

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Critical Role's The Legend of Vox Machina has lined up some major guest stars for its first season, with David Tennant, Stephanie Beatriz, and Tony Hale all on board to lend their voices.

Tennant will bring to life General Krieg, while Beatriz voices Lady Kima, and Hale takes on Sir Fince in Prime Video's upcoming animated series, which is based on Critical Role's popular D&D web series. Other members of The Council of Emon include Felicia Day as the Captain of Emon, Khary Payton as Sovereign Uriel Tal'Dorei, and Indira Varma as Lady Allura Vysoren.

They will be joined by several other supporting players, including Dominic Monaghan as Archibald Desnay, Gina Torres as Keeper Yennen, Sunil Malhotra as Gilmore, Stephen Root as Professor Anders, Grey Griffin as Delilah Briarwood, Rory McCann as Duke Vedmire, Kelly Hu as Dr. Anna Ripley, and Darin De Paul as Kerrion Stonefell.

The guest stars for the first season will be rounded out by Anjali Bhimani as Head Cleric, Eugene Byrd as Jarrett, Esmé Creed-Miles as Cassandra de Rolo, Bobby Hall aka Logic as Palace Guard, Max Mittelman as Desmond, Mason Alexander Park as the Tavern Keeper, Stacey Raymond as Bryn, and Tracie Thoms as the Everlight.

The core cast of Critical Role players from the live-streamed TTRPG series will reprise their D&D characters for the animated show, with Laura Bailey, Taliesin Jaffe, Ashley Johnson, Liam O'Brien, Marisha Ray, Sam Riegel, and Travis Willingham returning to their roles alongside Matthew Mercer who will voice Sylas Briarwood and several minor characters.

The Legend of Vox Machina was originally intended to be an animated special, but the record-breaking Kickstarter fundraiser grew so large that the special also grew into an animated series, which was later picked up by Amazon. IGN previously spoke to some of the Critical Role cast about the Kickstarter's impressive success, and their excitement for the adaptation.

The first season of The Legend of Vox Machina will premiere on Prime Video on January 28, with batches of three episodes releasing every week, for four weeks. Amazon ordered two seasons of the animated series before the show had launched, meaning that a further 12 episodes will arrive at a later date to fulfil the second season.

Adele Ankers-Range is a freelance writer for IGN. Follow her on Twitter.

Nintendo has announced that The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask will be the next game to feature as part of Nintendo Switch Online's expansion pass service.

As detailed on Twitter, Nintendo has stated that Majora's Mask will be the next N64 game to launch on its premium online service.The game is set to launch in February, but a specific release date has not yet been given.

Save Termina before it’s met with a terrible fate!

The Legend of #Zelda: Majora's Mask comes to #NintendoSwitch for #NintendoSwitchOnline + Expansion Pack members in February! #Nintendo64 pic.twitter.com/WN2Q0Wqc8Q

— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) January 21, 2022

Nintendo just recently launched this month's expansion pass title in the form of Banjo-Kazooie. The colorful platformer sees players take control of Banjo (a bear) and his loveable feathered friend Kazooie as they attempt to thwart the evil escapades of a witch named Gruntilda.

Majora's Mask isn't the first N64 Zelda game to have been ported over to the Switch Online Service. Last year, Nintendo added The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time to the collection, though the game suffered performance issues at launch. At the time, one player went as far as to claim that the game was actually worse than the one featured on the Wii U's virtual console. Hopefully, Majora's Mask will arrive in a more agreeable state.

For those who might not have played the N64 classic, Majora's Mask plays out differently from other games from within the franchise. In Majora's Mask, Link is tasked with saving the land of Termina and has just three days to do so before the moon comes plummeting down into the world. Darker thematically than other Zelda games, Mask initially launched for the N64 in the year 2000, where we awarded it a 9.9/10 review. A 3D remaster was subsequently launched for 3DS in 2015.

For more from the Nintendo Switch, make sure to check out this article detailing how Nintendo promised late last year to 'improve and expand' on its online service.

Jared Moore is a freelance writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter.

Nintendo has announced that The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask will be the next game to feature as part of Nintendo Switch Online's expansion pass service.

As detailed on Twitter, Nintendo has stated that Majora's Mask will be the next N64 game to launch on its premium online service.The game is set to launch in February, but a specific release date has not yet been given.

Save Termina before it’s met with a terrible fate!

The Legend of #Zelda: Majora's Mask comes to #NintendoSwitch for #NintendoSwitchOnline + Expansion Pack members in February! #Nintendo64 pic.twitter.com/WN2Q0Wqc8Q

— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) January 21, 2022

Nintendo just recently launched this month's expansion pass title in the form of Banjo-Kazooie. The colorful platformer sees players take control of Banjo (a bear) and his loveable feathered friend Kazooie as they attempt to thwart the evil escapades of a witch named Gruntilda.

Majora's Mask isn't the first N64 Zelda game to have been ported over to the Switch Online Service. Last year, Nintendo added The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time to the collection, though the game suffered performance issues at launch. At the time, one player went as far as to claim that the game was actually worse than the one featured on the Wii U's virtual console. Hopefully, Majora's Mask will arrive in a more agreeable state.

For those who might not have played the N64 classic, Majora's Mask plays out differently from other games from within the franchise. In Majora's Mask, Link is tasked with saving the land of Termina and has just three days to do so before the moon comes plummeting down into the world. Darker thematically than other Zelda games, Mask initially launched for the N64 in the year 2000, where we awarded it a 9.9/10 review. A 3D remaster was subsequently launched for 3DS in 2015.

For more from the Nintendo Switch, make sure to check out this article detailing how Nintendo promised late last year to 'improve and expand' on its online service.

Jared Moore is a freelance writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter.

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever continues to face setbacks just as filming for the sequel was set to resume. A COVID-19 outbreak on the set has caused yet another production pause for the Black Panther sequel.

THR reported the challenges of filming during the pandemic as a new COVID variant sweeps across the country. Among the productions affected is Black Panther 2 which just resumed production after Letitia Wright returned to the set after a stunt accident.

According to the report, several cast and crewmembers tested positive for COVID including Lupita Nyong’o, who is reprising her role as Nakia in the sequel.

The Marvel production is just one of several Hollywood productions affected by the post-holiday surge in coronavirus cases. It was recently reported that production on Star Trek: Picard was shut down after 50 people tested positive.

This is yet another blow to Black Panther which was just about to resume production after halting late last year. The reasoning was due to an on-set stunt accident that left Letitia Wright, who plays T’Challa’s younger sister Shuri, with a shoulder fracture and concussion.

The Black Panther 2 production team continued to film all the remaining scenes that didn’t require Wright but paused production once she was required back on set.

Despite the increase in outbreaks, sources say there’s not much hope in stricter vaccination rules on set. Hollywood productions have adopted a multi-tier system where members in the highest tiers, usually actors and those around them, have stricter safety requirements, those in lower tiers like postproduction do not and there are concerns that there could be outbreaks there that impact projects.

Regardless of the outbreak, Black Panther 2 is still set to be released in 2022 alongside other Marvel projects including Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness and Thor: Love and Thunder.

Matt T.M. Kim is IGN's News Editor. You can reach him @lawoftd.

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever continues to face setbacks just as filming for the sequel was set to resume. A COVID-19 outbreak on the set has caused yet another production pause for the Black Panther sequel.

THR reported the challenges of filming during the pandemic as a new COVID variant sweeps across the country. Among the productions affected is Black Panther 2 which just resumed production after Letitia Wright returned to the set after a stunt accident.

According to the report, several cast and crewmembers tested positive for COVID including Lupita Nyong’o, who is reprising her role as Nakia in the sequel.

The Marvel production is just one of several Hollywood productions affected by the post-holiday surge in coronavirus cases. It was recently reported that production on Star Trek: Picard was shut down after 50 people tested positive.

This is yet another blow to Black Panther which was just about to resume production after halting late last year. The reasoning was due to an on-set stunt accident that left Letitia Wright, who plays T’Challa’s younger sister Shuri, with a shoulder fracture and concussion.

The Black Panther 2 production team continued to film all the remaining scenes that didn’t require Wright but paused production once she was required back on set.

Despite the increase in outbreaks, sources say there’s not much hope in stricter vaccination rules on set. Hollywood productions have adopted a multi-tier system where members in the highest tiers, usually actors and those around them, have stricter safety requirements, those in lower tiers like postproduction do not and there are concerns that there could be outbreaks there that impact projects.

Regardless of the outbreak, Black Panther 2 is still set to be released in 2022 alongside other Marvel projects including Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness and Thor: Love and Thunder.

Matt T.M. Kim is IGN's News Editor. You can reach him @lawoftd.

The Squid Game universe has only has just begun, according to Netflix co-CEO and Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos.

Sarandos acknowledged today that Netflix's most popular series ever will be returning another season, confirming earlier remarks from series creator Hwang Dong-hyuk. According to Variety, the remarks came during Netflix's fourth quarter 2021 earnings interview, where Sarandos was asked about the show's future.

"Absolutely,” Sarandos said. "The Squid Game universe has just begun."

Squid Game was one of last year's breakout streaming hits and IGN's best television show of 2021, reaching a "mind-boggling" 214 million subscribers worldwide. It depicts a "candy-coated" battle royale in which 456 contestants are forced to play children's games for a large prize pool and their lives.

Hwang Dong-hyuk previously confirmed that Squid Game would be returning, and even said that talks are underway for a third season. He also said main character Seong Gi-hun will return.

"I will promise you this, Gi-hun will come back," Hwang said. "He will do something for the world."

Sarandos did not say when Squid Game Season 2 will premiere.

The Squid Game universe has only has just begun, according to Netflix co-CEO and Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos.

Sarandos acknowledged today that Netflix's most popular series ever will be returning another season, confirming earlier remarks from series creator Hwang Dong-hyuk. According to Variety, the remarks came during Netflix's fourth quarter 2021 earnings interview, where Sarandos was asked about the show's future.

"Absolutely,” Sarandos said. "The Squid Game universe has just begun."

Squid Game was one of last year's breakout streaming hits and IGN's best television show of 2021, reaching a "mind-boggling" 214 million subscribers worldwide. It depicts a "candy-coated" battle royale in which 456 contestants are forced to play children's games for a large prize pool and their lives.

Hwang Dong-hyuk previously confirmed that Squid Game would be returning, and even said that talks are underway for a third season. He also said main character Seong Gi-hun will return.

"I will promise you this, Gi-hun will come back," Hwang said. "He will do something for the world."

Sarandos did not say when Squid Game Season 2 will premiere.

If the epic tunes at the end of the trailer for The Batman tickled your inner dark knight, good news: You can listen to the whole thing right now and pick it up on music services at 9 PM PST.

The theme is composed by Michael Giacchino, composer on films like Pixar's Up and The Incredibles, all three Tom Holland Spider-Man films, and Doctor Strange.

It's got all the musical motifs you could ask for, including a slow burn introduction that swells into a domineering melody.

Fans have noticed that it draws on similar motifs as both Batman: The Animated Series and Tim Burton's Batman films, with solemn brass sections and elusive strings. There's even a bit of fluctuating synth to emphasize the growing melody.

"Yeah this has "World's Greatest Detective" written all over it," wrote one Reddit user. "This is like something I'd hear in Sherlock, Bosch or True Detective, or Maltese Falcon. Reeves saying he wanted to emphasize the detective aspect of the character clearly isn't just him talking the talk."

Though the 1960's Batman theme was all silly jaunts, Batman's musical themes definitely began to take a darker, more intriguing tone with the works of Danny Elfman on 1989's Batman and the animated series.

The Batman is out in theaters on March 4 and stars Robert Pattinson as the titular caped crusader. We also recently learned it sports one of the longest runtimes of any DC movie, and will in fact be rated PG-13.

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