As a reward for fans who either registered to vote, or checked to make sure they were registered, actor Jeff Goldblum recreated the now-classic Dr. Ian Malcolm unbuttoned shirt pose from 1993's Jurassic Park. Of course, you know the pose we're talking about. It's Dr. Malcolm's recuperating, reclining state after the film's legendary T-Rex attack. And the resurgence of the image from a few years back, during arrival of the new Jurassic World films helped Goldblum's pop culture stock rise considerably. There was even a 25-foot tall statue built in London that payed homage to the scene. Here's "the smolder" from 1993... Here's the new image, posted by Goldblum to his Instagram account where he thanked those who resisted to vote, writing "Nearly 3,000 of you are ready for this November’s election. Here’s your reward...how time flies." The third film in the franchise's new trilogy, Jurassic World: Dominion, recently paused filming after multiple crew members tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19). Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard have returned to resume their Jurassic World lead roles while original Jurassic Park cast members Sam Neill, Jeff Goldblum, and Laura Dern are part of the film as well. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=the-best-deaths-in-the-jurassic-park-movies&captions=true"] [poilib element="accentDivider"] Matt Fowler is a writer for IGN and a member of the Television Critics Association. Follow him on Twitter at @TheMattFowler and Facebook at Facebook.com/MattBFowler.

At the virtual New York Comic-Con 2020 panel for The Walking Dead, Dead creative head Scott Gimple gave a quick update on the status of the long-awaited Rick Grimes movie. “We are working on it," Gimple said, not going into anything further detail. Afterwards though, Walking Dead showrunner Angela Kang would wind up teasing that fans may learn more about Rick and Michonne in the extra six episodes that were ordered for Season 10, that will airing the springtime. So expect some hints to be dropped via Judith, as we might learn things about her adopted mom's journey through radio communications. During the virtual panel for spinoff The Walking Dead: World Beyond, Gimple spoke about how the limited series was a precursor for Rick's adventure. "The show obviously serves as an introduction to the organization/civilization that Rick has gotten somehow tied up in, in some way,” he said. “Rick Grimes kinda takes care of himself. He’s pretty good at that sort of thing. But it does look like his situation is going to be challenged in some kind of pronounced way. That I will say.” [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=the-walking-dead-best-daryl-and-carol-moments&captions=true"] The Walking Dead's original Season 10 finale, "A Certain Doom," aired last week and marked the end of the Whisper War. You can read our review of The Walking Dead's "A Certain Doom" here. Following that episode, The Walking Dead: World Beyond premiered its first episode, "Brave," which centered on the story of two sisters growing up in a safe, walled community in Nebraska, 10 years into the zompcalypse. You can read our review of The Walking Dead; World Beyond's "Brave" here. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/10/08/the-expanse-season-5-official-trailer-2020-steven-strait-dominique-tipper"] [poilib element="accentDivider"] Matt Fowler is a writer for IGN and a member of the Television Critics Association. Follow him on Twitter at @TheMattFowler and Facebook at Facebook.com/MattBFowler.

At the virtual New York Comic-Con 2020 panel for The Walking Dead, Dead creative head Scott Gimple gave a quick update on the status of the long-awaited Rick Grimes movie. “We are working on it," Gimple said, not going into anything further detail. Afterwards though, Walking Dead showrunner Angela Kang would wind up teasing that fans may learn more about Rick and Michonne in the extra six episodes that were ordered for Season 10, that will airing the springtime. So expect some hints to be dropped via Judith, as we might learn things about her adopted mom's journey through radio communications. During the virtual panel for spinoff The Walking Dead: World Beyond, Gimple spoke about how the limited series was a precursor for Rick's adventure. "The show obviously serves as an introduction to the organization/civilization that Rick has gotten somehow tied up in, in some way,” he said. “Rick Grimes kinda takes care of himself. He’s pretty good at that sort of thing. But it does look like his situation is going to be challenged in some kind of pronounced way. That I will say.” [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=the-walking-dead-best-daryl-and-carol-moments&captions=true"] The Walking Dead's original Season 10 finale, "A Certain Doom," aired last week and marked the end of the Whisper War. You can read our review of The Walking Dead's "A Certain Doom" here. Following that episode, The Walking Dead: World Beyond premiered its first episode, "Brave," which centered on the story of two sisters growing up in a safe, walled community in Nebraska, 10 years into the zompcalypse. You can read our review of The Walking Dead; World Beyond's "Brave" here. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/10/08/the-expanse-season-5-official-trailer-2020-steven-strait-dominique-tipper"] [poilib element="accentDivider"] Matt Fowler is a writer for IGN and a member of the Television Critics Association. Follow him on Twitter at @TheMattFowler and Facebook at Facebook.com/MattBFowler.

Lost ended its seminal seven-season run just over 10 years ago, with the many mysteries of Oceanic Flight 815, the island, the Others, the Dharma Initiative and more mostly answered. But for a show so built around its lingering questions, its unexpected twists, and the mythology built in tandem with a fanbase engaging online like few had before in TV, Lost’s legacy still looms over the TV landscape. And to honor the finale’s 10-year anniversary, showrunners Carlton Cuse (Jack Ryan, Bates Motel) and Damon Lindelof (Watchmen, The Leftovers) virtually reunited during New York Comic-Con for a fan Q&A. Questions ranged from the sincere, to the puzzled, to the absurd, and here are some of the most interesting tidbits from Cuse and Lindelof’s answers — including why there’s one question they just won’t respond to. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=nycc-2020-13-panels-were-most-excited-about&captions=true"]

Can't Curse on Network TV? Leave It to the Scripts

While not a completely new revelation, a unique approach to the scripts may be one bit of Lost information fans might have missed in the show’s on-air days. When discussing how the show would have been different had it been made in 2020 versus now, aside from perhaps writing it for a cable network or streaming service without ad breaks, one of the biggest changes would likely be a chance to have characters curse more. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2010/05/24/lost-tv-video-ign-last-nights-lost-the-end"] “The one thing was language,” Cuse said. “It felt sometimes a little restrictive, you have a limited vocabulary of exclamation words in network television. If you read the scripts, they’re full of f-bombs...because we couldn’t say certain things on screen, we wrote them into the description. “We tried to convey the intensity in the scripts to get the actors to convey the intensity when all they could say was ‘Damn!’” And that’s something that clearly left a mark on the Lost writers’ room — Edward Kitsis and Adam Horrowitz, two Lost writers who went on to lead Once Upon a Time, brought the curse-filled script approach to OUaT. The two also joked that less episodes would have been produced in the longer early seasons of the show, which means some of the less well-received installments might have never needed to happen.. “Jack would never have flown a kite on the beach in Thailand,” Cuse joked of the “Stranger in a Strange Land” episode.

Lost What-If’s and HeadCanon

During its run, Lost was no stranger to fan theories, and, naturally, the headcanon that would result from them, but one fan wondered whether the showrunners themselves ever imagined what life was like for the characters after they stopped writing episodes. In response to one fan asking this question and specifically explaining her own belief that Hugo “Hurley” Reyes runs a golf tournament on the island, Lindelof was kind enough to make it official. Or, at least as official as a 10-year later Q&A can make it. “Officially...we can verify her theory that in fact Hugo is having a yearly invitational, it’s called the Dharma Open. It’s invitation only,” Lindelof said. “It starts with the fourth round, and it finishes with the first round,” Cuse joked. But while a yearly golf tournament is perhaps a bit easier to reconcile for Hurley’s post-show life, one aspect of the character takes on a new meta-level that the writers likely could never have prepared for. Hurley is, of course, a huge Star Wars fan, and when asked how he would have received the new trilogy of films, Lindelof joked about Hurley’s fandom, but also pondered what J.J. Abrams’ connection to both Star Wars and as a co-creator of Lost would mean for the character. “There’s a meta-level here involving J.J. that I can’t quite wrap my head around...the fact that J.J. Abrams co-created Lost and also worked on the Star Wars movies and that Hurley could watch them fries my brain a little bit,” Lindelof joked.

Just How Tough Is Time Travel to Write?

As time travel became an ever more important aspect of Lost’s storytelling, the complexity  of the plots with which the storytellers had to contend also intensified. When asked about whether time travel is just flat out tough to write, both Lidnelof and Cuse agreed it was, using one of the most beloved episodes of the show as an example. The Desmond and Penny-focused “The Constant” is arguably one of if not the most praised hours of the show, and that certainly translates from the amount of work that went into crafting it. Lindelof explained that an average episode, to break the story in the writer’s room, would take about a week and a half. For “The Constant,” it took them about seven weeks. “We chewed up this entire time of story breaking real estate trying to do this one episode that put us really behind and out of sorts because it was so tough to crack,” Cuse said. Lindelof explained that was in part due to the type of time travel stories they were telling with Lost. “Every butterfly that you step on, you have to have already solved for. You can’t create any paradoxes. So the entirety of the Dharma season when they traveled back in time to the Dharma times was basically saying, everything they’re going to do here has already been pre-ordained,” he noted. “You have to approach it with a great degree of delicacy. Lost and 'delicate' were strange bedfellows.”

So...Why Won’t They Answer Any Questions About the Other Outrigger?

If you want someone to blame for never knowing who, infamously, was on the other outrigger, you have The Sopranos' creator David Chase to thank...sort of. In discussing why the two never reveal the answer to who was shooting from the other Outrigger in the episode "The Little Prince," Lindelof noted that Chase's refusal to ever discuss the ending of The Sopranos informed their reasoning for not explaining this bit of Lost lore. "...Our finale was not about not telling, in fact we feel like we told you everything," Lindelof said. "And so the idea that there were unanswered questions about Lost, I continue to challenge any fan to say, ask us a question, we’ll answer it or we will provide you with a roadmap to get the answer that the show provided," he continued, pointing to mysteries like Walt, the numbers, and more. "We will answer all of those questions, except for one, which is the outrigger, and that, we will take to our graves." But Lindelof offered some hope — there is in fact an answer, but the only way the masses may find out is if Cuse and Lindelof, well, die. "I will say we did write the scene that answered the question, and other people outside of our writers’ room have seen the scene and been sworn to secrecy. So should Carlton and I die, and our memory be maligned as if we didn’t know [who was on the other outrigger] and that’s why we didn’t tell, those individuals can come forward and say, 'Now that they are dead, I will tell you who was on the outrigger.' But we will maintain our personal integrity," he defiantly concluded.

Would Cuse and Lindelof Ever Work on a Lost Reboot?

ABC executives have discussed the want for a reboot of the series, though no Lost 2.0 is in the works just yet. But should it ever be, don’t expect Cuse and Lindelof to be a part of it — not that they’ll be against it. “There doesn’t feel like there’s anything left to say that’s worth saying...we did it,” Cuse said of why the two would want to be involved. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2019/02/05/abc-boss-wants-a-lost-reboot"] Lindelof explained he’s never been approached about a reboot, though he’s heard word online as we all have about execs being open to a reboot. And he's open to it as well, but not as a show he would want to make himself. “For the three final seasons of the show...we put so much emotional energy into ending this show. In the middle of the third season, which is when we finally got word [the network would let us end it], everyone in the entire world was like ‘It’s impossible.’ “So for us to put so much emotional energy into getting the ending, and then all the creative energy in seasons 4, 5, and 6 of doing the ending the best we could, to do the ending on our own terms, the way we wanted to. To turn around, even 20 years later, and to say 'Well that wasn’t the ending. It was just an ending,' it feels wrong on every level, but that’s because it was our ending." Lindelof and Cuse did both echo the idea that new writers inspired by the original series could certainly put their stamp on the Lost universe and its themes. "And I agree with Carlton wholeheartedly that enough time has passed for an entire generation of people who grew up with Lost to say, 'Hey I’m a writer,' or ‘I’ve got a take on this thing,"" Lindelof said. "I think that stories can be told by anyone and anyone can take control of the story and make it their own vision, and that can be exciting." So do Lindelof and Cuse have to go back to the island? Maybe not, but it doesn't mean we all can't return there someday. For more from New York Comic Con 2020, be sure to check out all the biggest news and trailers from NYCC 2020, and stay tuned to IGN for continuing coverage.

Lost ended its seminal seven-season run just over 10 years ago, with the many mysteries of Oceanic Flight 815, the island, the Others, the Dharma Initiative and more mostly answered. But for a show so built around its lingering questions, its unexpected twists, and the mythology built in tandem with a fanbase engaging online like few had before in TV, Lost’s legacy still looms over the TV landscape. And to honor the finale’s 10-year anniversary, showrunners Carlton Cuse (Jack Ryan, Bates Motel) and Damon Lindelof (Watchmen, The Leftovers) virtually reunited during New York Comic-Con for a fan Q&A. Questions ranged from the sincere, to the puzzled, to the absurd, and here are some of the most interesting tidbits from Cuse and Lindelof’s answers — including why there’s one question they just won’t respond to. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=nycc-2020-13-panels-were-most-excited-about&captions=true"]

Can't Curse on Network TV? Leave It to the Scripts

While not a completely new revelation, a unique approach to the scripts may be one bit of Lost information fans might have missed in the show’s on-air days. When discussing how the show would have been different had it been made in 2020 versus now, aside from perhaps writing it for a cable network or streaming service without ad breaks, one of the biggest changes would likely be a chance to have characters curse more. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2010/05/24/lost-tv-video-ign-last-nights-lost-the-end"] “The one thing was language,” Cuse said. “It felt sometimes a little restrictive, you have a limited vocabulary of exclamation words in network television. If you read the scripts, they’re full of f-bombs...because we couldn’t say certain things on screen, we wrote them into the description. “We tried to convey the intensity in the scripts to get the actors to convey the intensity when all they could say was ‘Damn!’” And that’s something that clearly left a mark on the Lost writers’ room — Edward Kitsis and Adam Horrowitz, two Lost writers who went on to lead Once Upon a Time, brought the curse-filled script approach to OUaT. The two also joked that less episodes would have been produced in the longer early seasons of the show, which means some of the less well-received installments might have never needed to happen.. “Jack would never have flown a kite on the beach in Thailand,” Cuse joked of the “Stranger in a Strange Land” episode.

Lost What-If’s and HeadCanon

During its run, Lost was no stranger to fan theories, and, naturally, the headcanon that would result from them, but one fan wondered whether the showrunners themselves ever imagined what life was like for the characters after they stopped writing episodes. In response to one fan asking this question and specifically explaining her own belief that Hugo “Hurley” Reyes runs a golf tournament on the island, Lindelof was kind enough to make it official. Or, at least as official as a 10-year later Q&A can make it. “Officially...we can verify her theory that in fact Hugo is having a yearly invitational, it’s called the Dharma Open. It’s invitation only,” Lindelof said. “It starts with the fourth round, and it finishes with the first round,” Cuse joked. But while a yearly golf tournament is perhaps a bit easier to reconcile for Hurley’s post-show life, one aspect of the character takes on a new meta-level that the writers likely could never have prepared for. Hurley is, of course, a huge Star Wars fan, and when asked how he would have received the new trilogy of films, Lindelof joked about Hurley’s fandom, but also pondered what J.J. Abrams’ connection to both Star Wars and as a co-creator of Lost would mean for the character. “There’s a meta-level here involving J.J. that I can’t quite wrap my head around...the fact that J.J. Abrams co-created Lost and also worked on the Star Wars movies and that Hurley could watch them fries my brain a little bit,” Lindelof joked.

Just How Tough Is Time Travel to Write?

As time travel became an ever more important aspect of Lost’s storytelling, the complexity  of the plots with which the storytellers had to contend also intensified. When asked about whether time travel is just flat out tough to write, both Lidnelof and Cuse agreed it was, using one of the most beloved episodes of the show as an example. The Desmond and Penny-focused “The Constant” is arguably one of if not the most praised hours of the show, and that certainly translates from the amount of work that went into crafting it. Lindelof explained that an average episode, to break the story in the writer’s room, would take about a week and a half. For “The Constant,” it took them about seven weeks. “We chewed up this entire time of story breaking real estate trying to do this one episode that put us really behind and out of sorts because it was so tough to crack,” Cuse said. Lindelof explained that was in part due to the type of time travel stories they were telling with Lost. “Every butterfly that you step on, you have to have already solved for. You can’t create any paradoxes. So the entirety of the Dharma season when they traveled back in time to the Dharma times was basically saying, everything they’re going to do here has already been pre-ordained,” he noted. “You have to approach it with a great degree of delicacy. Lost and 'delicate' were strange bedfellows.”

So...Why Won’t They Answer Any Questions About the Other Outrigger?

If you want someone to blame for never knowing who, infamously, was on the other outrigger, you have The Sopranos' creator David Chase to thank...sort of. In discussing why the two never reveal the answer to who was shooting from the other Outrigger in the episode "The Little Prince," Lindelof noted that Chase's refusal to ever discuss the ending of The Sopranos informed their reasoning for not explaining this bit of Lost lore. "...Our finale was not about not telling, in fact we feel like we told you everything," Lindelof said. "And so the idea that there were unanswered questions about Lost, I continue to challenge any fan to say, ask us a question, we’ll answer it or we will provide you with a roadmap to get the answer that the show provided," he continued, pointing to mysteries like Walt, the numbers, and more. "We will answer all of those questions, except for one, which is the outrigger, and that, we will take to our graves." But Lindelof offered some hope — there is in fact an answer, but the only way the masses may find out is if Cuse and Lindelof, well, die. "I will say we did write the scene that answered the question, and other people outside of our writers’ room have seen the scene and been sworn to secrecy. So should Carlton and I die, and our memory be maligned as if we didn’t know [who was on the other outrigger] and that’s why we didn’t tell, those individuals can come forward and say, 'Now that they are dead, I will tell you who was on the outrigger.' But we will maintain our personal integrity," he defiantly concluded.

Would Cuse and Lindelof Ever Work on a Lost Reboot?

ABC executives have discussed the want for a reboot of the series, though no Lost 2.0 is in the works just yet. But should it ever be, don’t expect Cuse and Lindelof to be a part of it — not that they’ll be against it. “There doesn’t feel like there’s anything left to say that’s worth saying...we did it,” Cuse said of why the two would want to be involved. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2019/02/05/abc-boss-wants-a-lost-reboot"] Lindelof explained he’s never been approached about a reboot, though he’s heard word online as we all have about execs being open to a reboot. And he's open to it as well, but not as a show he would want to make himself. “For the three final seasons of the show...we put so much emotional energy into ending this show. In the middle of the third season, which is when we finally got word [the network would let us end it], everyone in the entire world was like ‘It’s impossible.’ “So for us to put so much emotional energy into getting the ending, and then all the creative energy in seasons 4, 5, and 6 of doing the ending the best we could, to do the ending on our own terms, the way we wanted to. To turn around, even 20 years later, and to say 'Well that wasn’t the ending. It was just an ending,' it feels wrong on every level, but that’s because it was our ending." Lindelof and Cuse did both echo the idea that new writers inspired by the original series could certainly put their stamp on the Lost universe and its themes. "And I agree with Carlton wholeheartedly that enough time has passed for an entire generation of people who grew up with Lost to say, 'Hey I’m a writer,' or ‘I’ve got a take on this thing,"" Lindelof said. "I think that stories can be told by anyone and anyone can take control of the story and make it their own vision, and that can be exciting." So do Lindelof and Cuse have to go back to the island? Maybe not, but it doesn't mean we all can't return there someday. For more from New York Comic Con 2020, be sure to check out all the biggest news and trailers from NYCC 2020, and stay tuned to IGN for continuing coverage.

New York Comic Con 2020 has officially arrived and, from October 8-11, there will be a ton of incredible announcements and trailers from some of the most anticipated movies and TV shows. It can be a lot to keep track of, so we've gathered the best parts of NYCC 2020, and we will be updating this article throughout the weekend! [poilib element="accentDivider"]

Biggest New York Comic Con 2020 News and Trailers

Resident Alien: Watch the First 7 Minutes from the Premiere of Alan Tudyk's New Syfy Show

[ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/10/09/resident-alien-watch-the-first-7-minutes-of-alan-tudyks-syfy-comedy"] In a panel moderated by IGN's own Laura Prudom, we got our first look at Resident Alien, a new Syfy show starring Alan Tudyk that is based on the Dark Horse comic of the same name by Peter Hogan and Steve Parkhouse.

5 Big Takeaways From the Lost Showrunners Reunion Panel

[ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2010/04/21/lost-tv-video-ign-last-nights-lost-the-last-recruit"] To honor Lost's finale's 10-year anniversary, showrunner Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof reunited for a fan Q&A.

Walking Dead Boss Gives Rick Grimes Movie Update: 'We Are Working On It'

[widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=the-walking-dead-best-daryl-and-carol-moments&captions=true"] At the virtual New York Comic-Con 2020 panel for The Walking Dead creative head Scott Gimple gave a quick update on the status of the long-awaited Rick Grimes movie.

Stephen King's The Stand: Official Trailer and Images Revealed for CBS All Access Series

At NYCC 2020, CBS All Access released the official trailer for its adaptation of Stephen King's The Stand, which will make its debut on December 17, 2020.

Amazon's Invincible: Official First-Look Trailer for Adult Animated Series Revealed

[ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/10/08/invincible-official-teaser-trailer-2021-steven-yeun-jk-simmons"] At NYCC 2020, Amazon Prime Video released the official teaser trailer for its upcoming adaptation of Robert Kirkman's comic book series, Invincible, which will make its debut in 2021.

The Animaniacs Writers Couldn't Predict the 2020 Pandemic

@Hulu did it. They- they actually did it. Check out our @NY_Comic_Con exclusive clip! #Animaniacs #NYCC pic.twitter.com/U0Z9cb15Ir

— The Animaniacs (@TheAnimaniacs) October 11, 2020

The Animaniacs are coming back as an original animated series for Hulu, and the cast and crew gathered for a panel at NYCC 2020. Among other things, they discuss how the show's timely humor got a bit messed up by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Smallville: Michael Rosenbaum on the 'Great' Episode He Wished Had Happened

Some of the key actors from Smallville, including Tom Welling and Michael Rosenbaum, gathered for NYCC 2020 to celebrate the show's 20th anniversary and share some behind-the-scenes stories.

Star Trek: Discovery - Watch the Opening Scene From Season 3

Star Trek: Discovery's third season will premiere on October 15, 2020, on CBS All Access, and the team behind the show unveiled a scene from season 3 for NYCC 2020.

Star Trek: Prodigy - Kate Mulgrew Will Return as Captain Janeway in Nickelodeon Animated Show

Star Trek: Voyager's Kate Mulgrew will return as Captain Kathryn Janeway in Nickelodeon's upcoming series Star Trek: Prodigy, which is a CG-animated set to debut in 2021.

Monster Hunter Director Confirms Palicoes, Meowscular Chef Are in the Movie and Shows

[ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/10/10/monster-hunter-exclusive-official-game-to-movie-creature-comparison"] Monster Hunter director Paul W.S. Anderson confirmed that, while the movie will feature some grotesque monsters, it will also include the adorable Palicoes and the brawny Felyne called Meowscular Chef.

Monster Hunter: Why Milla Jovovich's Character Is From Our World

[ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/10/03/monster-hunter-exclusive-official-trailer-tease"] Monster Hunter director Paul W.S. Anderson explained why the protagonist of his latest video game movie adaptation is a human from our world rather than a native of the realm of the game.

How the Mortal Kombat Movie Almost Lost All Its Combat

[ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2015/08/25/5-actors-who-were-almost-in-the-mortal-kombat-movie-up-at-noon"] During Paul W.S. Anderson's NYCC 2020 panel, he revealed that eleventh-hour budget cuts drastically affected the original scope of his video game adaptation’s fight scenes and that it was only after positive test screening feedback that he was allowed to deliver the combat as it was originally envisioned.

MODOK: Hulu Reveals Marvel TV's First Adult Animated Comedy Series

[widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=marvels-modok&captions=true"] Marvel TV and Hulu gave fans at NYCC 2020 a look at the upcoming streaming series M.O.D.O.K., Marvel's first venture into adult-oriented animated comedy.

Trailer: The Watch Brings Terry Pratchett's Discworld to TV

[ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/10/09/the-watch-trailer-brings-terry-pratchetts-discworld-to-tv"] The cast and executive producers of BBC America's The Watch were part of NYCC 2020 today to dicuss the upcoming show that is an adaptation of the late, beloved Terry Pratchett's Discworld series of comic/fantasy novels.

American Gods Season 3 Trailer Revealed at NYCC 2020

[ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/10/10/american-gods-season-3-official-trailer-nycc-2020"] The third season of American Gods got its first trailer at NYCC 2020, and the series is set to return to Starz in early 2021.

Marvel's King in Black and Venom #200 Are 'The Beginning of Something New' for Eddie Brock

[widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=venoms-30-most-wtf-moments&captions=true"] King in Black is the climax of writer Donny Cates and artist Ryan Stegman's Venom Saga so far, and the creators are teasing some profound changes for Eddie Brock in the wake of this crossover.

The Expanse: Season 5 Official Trailer and Release Date Announcement

[ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/10/08/the-expanse-season-5-official-trailer-2020-steven-strait-dominique-tipper"] Amazon Prime Video has released a new trailer for the fifth season of The Expanse, and has confirmed that it will will be making its debut on the streaming service on December 16, 2020.

Batman Beyond: Kevin Conroy Breaks Down 80 Year-Old Bruce Wayne's Voice

[ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2019/10/29/batman-beyond-terry-bruce-fight-together-clip"] During the Batman Beyond panel at NYCC 2020, legendary Batman voice actor Kevin Conroy broke down how he found the right voice for the 80-year-old version of Bruce Wayne he portrayed in Batman Beyond.

Why Dark Knights: Death Metal Won't Reboot the DC Universe

[widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=a-history-of-dcs-crisis-comics&captions=true"] While DC is currently in the midst of Dark Knights: Death Metal, a massive crossover that serves as the climax of writer Scott Snyder's work on both Batman and the Justice League, the "In Conversation with Scott Snyder and James Tynion IV" panel at NYCC 2020 reassured fans that it won't rewrite history of continuity of the DC Universe in the same way past Crisis stories have.

X-Men: The Animated Series Veterans on Why the Show Still Rules in 2020

[widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=x-men-the-art-and-making-of-the-animated-series-exclusive-preview&captions=true"] Ahead of their appearance at NYCC 2020, IGN was able to speak with executive producer Eric Lewald and series writer Julia Lewald about their book, X-Men: The Art and Making of the Animated Series.

Amazon's Truth Seekers - Exclusive "Immersive Horror Experience" Clip

[ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/10/08/amazons-truth-seekers-exclusive-immersive-horror-experience-clip"] IGN was proud to exclusively reveal a new clip for Amazon's Truth Seekers, starring Nick Frost, Malcolm McDowell, Emma D'Arcy, Samson Kayo, and Susan Wokoma. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com. Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.

If New Line Cinema had its way, 1995’s Mortal Kombat movie would have had far less Kombat in it, according to its director. During his New York Comic Con panel, Paul W.S. Anderson revealed that eleventh-hour budget cuts drastically affected the original scope of his video game adaptation’s fight scenes and that it was only after positive test screening feedback that he was allowed to deliver the combat as it was originally envisioned. “What happened was right before we started shooting, Bob Shaye, who was running New Line at the time, he decided that we had too much money and I disagreed, obviously, as a filmmaker,” Anderson recalled, claiming $3 million was shaved off Mortal Kombat’s budget. “We had to shoot the story we had. We had to get that on screen. So some of the fight scenes that were due to be done and take a week, we had to do in a couple of days. So all the fights were there, but we couldn't deliver the fights that I originally planned.” Test audiences who screened an early cut of the film responded positively but, Anderson claimed, “the fans came back and said, ‘There's not enough fighting in the film. It's Mortal Kombat. Where's the combat?’ So we basically went and we shot all the stuff that we cut out of the original version of the movie. We shot it all later. So it wasn't additional photography. It was kind of doing what we really wanted to do in the first place.” [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2015/08/25/5-actors-who-were-almost-in-the-mortal-kombat-movie-up-at-noon"] One such Mortal Kombat sequence that was bolstered was the battle between Johnny Cage and Scorpion, which Anderson claims initially concluded right as the brawl seemed like it was literally kicking off. “For example, the Scorpion fight was always there, but it kind of ended when Johnny did the shadow kick and kind of knocked out Scorpion. So it felt like the beginning of a fight but it didn't feel like a real kind of three-ring circus of a fight. Which is then what we ended up shooting when we did the additional photography,” Anderson explained. “And the same with Liu versus Reptile. That fight started, but we then continued it and just made more of a meal of it. Then we tested the movie a second time and people just absolutely loved it.” Mortal Kombat’s limited budget didn’t allow for much in the way of CGI visual effects, not that Anderson regrets that considering how CGI from other 25-year-old movies have aged. Indeed, one of Mortal Kombat’s more notorious practical visual effects, its animatronic Goro, “still looks pretty decent now” to the director compared to how “deeply embarrassing” many CG effects of the era seem now. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=mortal-kombats-bizarre-history-of-movie-and-tv-adaptations&captions=true"] “I've always been somebody who tries to limit the amount of CG in a movie. Even back then, the reason for it was, it was very, very expensive. But I think if you can do things practically, they have more impact, and they also stand the test of time. Obviously, Mortal Kombat is a movie that in some regards is dated, but it still holds up pretty good, because I think a bone-crunching fight is still a bone-crunching fight. A good fight is a good fight, and it doesn't matter when it was shot. Good CG, that dates really fast. What is cutting edge CG, you look at it 10 years later, and you go, ‘Oh, my God, that's deeply embarrassing.’” Anderson praised Mortal Kombat for relying on wire-work, location shooting, and practical sets rather than CGI that would have only chewed up his meager budget and not aged well. He cited the movie’s puppet version of the four-armed combatant Goro as an example of a practical effect that has stood the test of time relatively well. “(Goro) was really difficult to work with because he was a big, complicated animatronic,” Anderson said. “But what we got was reality. I could do an over the shoulder shot with Goro of Trevor Goddard playing Kano and he's really there. You're really shooting over his shoulder. It's not composite that kind of in 10 years time looks really, really dated. And I think doing it practical like that with some CG enhancement, which we did with his lips to kind of help with the lip sync, I think ultimately, was the best way to shoot him because the guy really holds up. He still looks pretty decent now.” [caption id="attachment_2419336" align="alignnone" width="720"] Goro in 1995's Mortal Kombat.[/caption] Do you think the movie’s portrayal of Goro holds up well 25 years later? Let us know in the comments. For more of Paul W.S. Anderson’s NYCC panel, discover why Monster Hunter’s hero is from our world and learn which video game characters are confirmed to appear in Anderson’s Monster Hunter movie. Meanwhile, a Mortal Kombat reboot is headed to screens in 2021. Learn who plays who in the new Mortal Kombat movie. [poilib element="accentDivider"]

If New Line Cinema had its way, 1995’s Mortal Kombat movie would have had far less Konbat in it, according to its director. During his New York Comic Con panel, Paul W.S. Anderson revealed that eleventh-hour budget cuts drastically affected the original scope of his video game adaptation’s fight scenes and that it was only after positive test screening feedback that he was allowed to deliver the combat as it was originally envisioned. “What happened was right before we started shooting, Bob Shaye, who was running New Line at the time, he decided that we had too much money and I disagreed, obviously, as a filmmaker,” Anderson recalled, claiming $3 million was shaved off Mortal Kombat’s budget. “We had to shoot the story we had. We had to get that on screen. So some of the fight scenes that were due to be done and take a week, we had to do in a couple of days. So all the fights were there, but we couldn't deliver the fights that I originally planned.” Test audiences who screened an early cut of the film responded positively but, Anderson claimed, “the fans came back and said, ‘There's not enough fighting in the film. It's Mortal Kombat. Where's the combat?’ So we basically went and we shot all the stuff that we cut out of the original version of the movie. We shot it all later. So it wasn't additional photography. It was kind of doing what we really wanted to do in the first place.” [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2015/08/25/5-actors-who-were-almost-in-the-mortal-kombat-movie-up-at-noon"] One such Mortal Kombat sequence that was bolstered was the battle between Johnny Cage and Scorpion, which Anderson claims initially concluded right as the brawl seemed like it was literally kicking off. “For example, the Scorpion fight was always there, but it kind of ended when Johnny did the shadow kick and kind of knocked out Scorpion. So it felt like the beginning of a fight but it didn't feel like a real kind of three-ring circus of a fight. Which is then what we ended up shooting when we did the additional photography,” Anderson explained. “And the same with Liu versus Reptile. That fight started, but we then continued it and just made more of a meal of it. Then we tested the movie a second time and people just absolutely loved it.” Mortal Kombat’s limited budget didn’t allow for much in the way of CGI visual effects, not that Anderson regrets that considering how CGI from other 25-year-old movies have aged. Indeed, one of Mortal Kombat’s more notorious practical visual effects, its animatronic Goro, “still looks pretty decent now” to the director compared to how “deeply embarrassing” many CG effects of the era seem now. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=mortal-kombats-bizarre-history-of-movie-and-tv-adaptations&captions=true"] “I've always been somebody who tries to limit the amount of CG in a movie. Even back then, the reason for it was, it was very, very expensive. But I think if you can do things practically, they have more impact, and they also stand the test of time. Obviously, Mortal Kombat is a movie that in some regards is dated, but it still holds up pretty good, because I think a bone-crunching fight is still a bone-crunching fight. A good fight is a good fight, and it doesn't matter when it was shot. Good CG, that dates really fast. What is cutting edge CG, you look at it 10 years later, and you go, ‘Oh, my God, that's deeply embarrassing.’” Anderson praised Mortal Kombat for relying on wire-work, location shooting, and practical sets rather than CGI that would have only chewed up his meager budget and not aged well. He cited the movie’s puppet version of the four-armed combatant Goro as an example of a practical effect that has stood the test of time relatively well. “(Goro) was really difficult to work with because he was a big, complicated animatronic,” Anderson said. “But what we got was reality. I could do an over the shoulder shot with Goro of Trevor Goddard playing Kano and he's really there. You're really shooting over his shoulder. It's not composite that kind of in 10 years time looks really, really dated. And I think doing it practical like that with some CG enhancement, which we did with his lips to kind of help with the lip sync, I think ultimately, was the best way to shoot him because the guy really holds up. He still looks pretty decent now.” [caption id="attachment_2419336" align="alignnone" width="720"] Goro in 1995's Mortal Kombat.[/caption] Do you think the movie’s portrayal of Goro holds up well 25 years later? Let us know in the comments. For more of Paul W.S. Anderson’s NYCC panel, discover why Monster Hunter’s hero is from our world and learn which video game characters are confirmed to appear in Anderson’s Monster Hunter movie. Meanwhile, a Mortal Kombat reboot is headed to screens in 2021. Learn who plays who in the new Mortal Kombat movie. [poilib element="accentDivider"]

Monster Hunter director Paul W.S. Anderson explained why the protagonist of his latest video game movie adaptation is a human from our world rather than a native of the realm of the game during a panel at New York Comic Con on Saturday. (Be sure to check out the full New York Comic Con schedule of panels for more details.) Anderson's explanation also shed light on why his wife and frequent leading lady, Milla Jovovich, agreed to star in another video game movie following her long stint as the anchor of the Resident Evil film franchise. "I wanted to recapture the feeling of when I first played the video game. I came to the game not knowing anything about it. And as a stranger, I was immersed in this world containing these amazing landscapes and these amazing creatures that would kick my ass," Anderson said. "And I thought, 'I want that. That should be the film going experience as well.'" This approach necessitated creating a protagonist who was an outsider, which led to the creation of Jovovich's character Captain Natalie Artemis, a military officer whose elite unit finds themselves transported to the hostile, nameless realm of Monster Hunter where there are so many gruesome ways to die thanks to the local, ahem, wildlife. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/10/03/monster-hunter-exclusive-official-trailer-tease"] Anderson called Artemis "a very, very different character for her to play. She's never played a character like this before." He explained that, as Artemis, "Milla is the avatar for the audience. She's the newbie going into this world. She's the person from our world. Then there's nothing about the Monster Hunter world that's going in for the first time." The director continued: "What's nice for the game players about that is it recreates your first experience when you first played Monster Hunter. But also what's nice is that it doesn't exclude anyone because if you don't know anything about the game, she's the character who goes, 'Oh my God, what are these creatures? What is this world? How does it work?'" [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="5302"] Monster Hunter stars Milla Jovovich as Captain Natalie Artemis, an original character not from the Capcom games, and Tony Jaa as the Hunter.[/caption] Over the course of the movie, Artemis encounters Tony Jaa's Hunter and Ron Perlman's Admiral, both characters from Monster Hunter World. Anderson says that these characters end up teaching Artemis how to survive in this strange new world. Artemis, as Anderson put it, might be "a fierce warrior from our world, but the skill she's learned as a U.S. Army Ranger, which is badass in our world, those skills don't mean too much when you're fighting these 50-foot tall monsters." Anderson also pointed out that the military weaponry wielded by Artemis and her team might have been impressive on Earth, but such firepower "doesn't quite work so good against a Rathalos and Diablos. So she has to learn a new way to fight and she has to learn how to cooperate. And I feel that's one of the main themes of the video game that I really liked was cooperation is key. You have to fight with other people, you have to cooperate with other people to bring down these big creatures." [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=nycc-2020-13-panels-were-most-excited-about&captions=true"] Cooperation among diverse peoples is also the theme of the Monster Hunter movie, something Anderson found to be "a good message for our world right now. We live in such a divisive world where people are closing off their borders and closing off their minds, that to have a movie that in the most fun way possible basically tells you that people from different cultures, from different backgrounds, need to cooperate for the greater good. For me, that's a good message for our times." Monster Hunter opens December 30, recently pushed up from an April 2021 date. While waiting for Monster Hunter, check out Jovovich using her Slinger, an iconic in-game weapon she showed off on Twitter in response to fan backlash against the movie. After that, look at IGN's list of 12 cool Monster Hunter movie details we've already discovered.

Monster Hunter director Paul W.S. Anderson explained why the protagonist of his latest video game movie adaptation is a human from our world rather than a native of the realm of the game during a panel at New York Comic Con on Saturday. (Be sure to check out the full New York Comic Con schedule of panels for more details.) Anderson's explanation also shed light on why his wife and frequent leading lady, Milla Jovovich, agreed to star in another video game movie following her long stint as the anchor of the Resident Evil film franchise. "I wanted to recapture the feeling of when I first played the video game. I came to the game not knowing anything about it. And as a stranger, I was immersed in this world containing these amazing landscapes and these amazing creatures that would kick my ass," Anderson said. "And I thought, 'I want that. That should be the film going experience as well.'" This approach necessitated creating a protagonist who was an outsider, which led to the creation of Jovovich's character Captain Natalie Artemis, a military officer whose elite unit finds themselves transported to the hostile, nameless realm of Monster Hunter where there are so many gruesome ways to die thanks to the local, ahem, wildlife. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/10/03/monster-hunter-exclusive-official-trailer-tease"] Anderson called Artemis "a very, very different character for her to play. She's never played a character like this before." He explained that, as Artemis, "Milla is the avatar for the audience. She's the newbie going into this world. She's the person from our world. Then there's nothing about the Monster Hunter world that's going in for the first time." The director continued: "What's nice for the game players about that is it recreates your first experience when you first played Monster Hunter. But also what's nice is that it doesn't exclude anyone because if you don't know anything about the game, she's the character who goes, 'Oh my God, what are these creatures? What is this world? How does it work?'" [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="5302"] Monster Hunter stars Milla Jovovich as Captain Natalie Artemis, an original character not from the Capcom games, and Tony Jaa as the Hunter.[/caption] Over the course of the movie, Artemis encounters Tony Jaa's Hunter and Ron Perlman's Admiral, both characters from Monster Hunter World. Anderson says that these characters end up teaching Artemis how to survive in this strange new world. Artemis, as Anderson put it, might be "a fierce warrior from our world, but the skill she's learned as a U.S. Army Ranger, which is badass in our world, those skills don't mean too much when you're fighting these 50-foot tall monsters." Anderson also pointed out that the military weaponry wielded by Artemis and her team might have been impressive on Earth, but such firepower "doesn't quite work so good against a Rathalos and Diablos. So she has to learn a new way to fight and she has to learn how to cooperate. And I feel that's one of the main themes of the video game that I really liked was cooperation is key. You have to fight with other people, you have to cooperate with other people to bring down these big creatures." [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=nycc-2020-13-panels-were-most-excited-about&captions=true"] Cooperation among diverse peoples is also the theme of the Monster Hunter movie, something Anderson found to be "a good message for our world right now. We live in such a divisive world where people are closing off their borders and closing off their minds, that to have a movie that in the most fun way possible basically tells you that people from different cultures, from different backgrounds, need to cooperate for the greater good. For me, that's a good message for our times." Monster Hunter opens December 30, recently pushed up from an April 2021 date. While waiting for Monster Hunter, check out Jovovich using her Slinger, an iconic in-game weapon she showed off on Twitter in response to fan backlash against the movie. After that, look at IGN's list of 12 cool Monster Hunter movie details we've already discovered.