Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantamania may be an official third entry in the series but its director has promised "a hard left turn" from what fans are used to.

Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, Peyton Reed said that, while the third Ant-Man film continues the story of its main characters Scott Lang and Hope Van Dyne, the introduction of one of Marvel's big bads majorly changes the dynamic.

"We were thrilled to get to do a third Ant-Man movie and do a trilogy, and we knew if we were going to do that we wanted to do some things differently," Reed said. "We really wanted to take a hard left turn and make a movie that was even more epic, but still progress the story of these family dynamics and everything that's going on between Scott and Hope and Cassie."

He continued: "We also knew that we wanted to put our heroes up against a very, very formidable opponent. I grew up reading the comics and I knew the character of Kang the Conqueror, who's one of the big, big bad characters in the comics, so to be able to put up our heroes against Kang the Conqueror was a huge thing for us. We went big and we also went small."

Kang the Conqueror is likely the next Thanos-level villain that the Marvel Cinematic Universe's heroes will come up against throughout the newly announced Multiverse Saga, which closes with Avengers: The Kang Dynasty and Avengers: Secret Wars.

We've already (sort of) seen the character played by Jonathan Majors' as He Who Remains in Loki, but there are multiple versions of Kang throughout time and space so this isn't the same Kang that will be in Ant-Man and, interestingly, it's not necessarily the Kang we'll see in the Multiverse Saga's conclusion.

The "also going small" referred to by Reed pertains to the more intimate family dynamic that Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantamania will also explore. "Cassie is now 18 years old and maybe Scott doesn't quite know how to relate to her as an adult because he lost those five years because of the events of Endgame," he said.

Cassie's actress Kathryn Newton added to this, saying: "Cassie is different. We've seen her five years later. She hasn't seen her dad in a while. She's a little more grown-up. He's kind of just a mess. She doesn't know much. She's just like me. She's messing up all the time. She loves her dad. She does, she doesn't admit it but she does, and I think that's at the heart of it and I hope people can feel that."

Alongside a plethora of other Marvel announcements made during San Diego Comic-Con, the company revealed a new poster for the third film, showing titular characters Ant-Man and The Wasp alongside Kang in the background and Cassie as new hero Stature.

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

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantamania may be an official third entry in the series but its director has promised "a hard left turn" from what fans are used to.

Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, Peyton Reed said that, while the third Ant-Man film continues the story of its main characters Scott Lang and Hope Van Dyne, the introduction of one of Marvel's big bads majorly changes the dynamic.

"We were thrilled to get to do a third Ant-Man movie and do a trilogy, and we knew if we were going to do that we wanted to do some things differently," Reed said. "We really wanted to take a hard left turn and make a movie that was even more epic, but still progress the story of these family dynamics and everything that's going on between Scott and Hope and Cassie."

He continued: "We also knew that we wanted to put our heroes up against a very, very formidable opponent. I grew up reading the comics and I knew the character of Kang the Conqueror, who's one of the big, big bad characters in the comics, so to be able to put up our heroes against Kang the Conqueror was a huge thing for us. We went big and we also went small."

Kang the Conqueror is likely the next Thanos-level villain that the Marvel Cinematic Universe's heroes will come up against throughout the newly announced Multiverse Saga, which closes with Avengers: The Kang Dynasty and Avengers: Secret Wars.

We've already (sort of) seen the character played by Jonathan Majors' as He Who Remains in Loki, but there are multiple versions of Kang throughout time and space so this isn't the same Kang that will be in Ant-Man and, interestingly, it's not necessarily the Kang we'll see in the Multiverse Saga's conclusion.

The "also going small" referred to by Reed pertains to the more intimate family dynamic that Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantamania will also explore. "Cassie is now 18 years old and maybe Scott doesn't quite know how to relate to her as an adult because he lost those five years because of the events of Endgame," he said.

Cassie's actress Kathryn Newton added to this, saying: "Cassie is different. We've seen her five years later. She hasn't seen her dad in a while. She's a little more grown-up. He's kind of just a mess. She doesn't know much. She's just like me. She's messing up all the time. She loves her dad. She does, she doesn't admit it but she does, and I think that's at the heart of it and I hope people can feel that."

Alongside a plethora of other Marvel announcements made during San Diego Comic-Con, the company revealed a new poster for the third film, showing titular characters Ant-Man and The Wasp alongside Kang in the background and Cassie as new hero Stature.

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

Dark Horse Comics remains one of the go-to companies if you crave The Witcher collectibles that won't break the bank. Dark Horse is expanding its lineup of The Witcher figures with a new wave inspired by Season 2 of the Netflix series.

IGN can exclusively debut the three characters in this wave - Geralt, Ciri and Vesemir. See them all in the slideshow gallery below:

While Dark Horse refers to these as "figures," they're actually PVC statues that emphasize detail and screen accuracy rather than articulation. All three measure between 8.5 and 9.5 inches tall (not counting the display bases), and feature the likenesses of actors Henry Cavill, Freya Allan and Kim Bodnia, respectively.

These Witcher figures are priced at $59.99 each and are slated to ship worldwide in February 2023.

While you wait for these figures to release, you can pick up many of Dark Horse's earlier Witcher figures right now in the IGN Store.

In other Witcher news, Season 3 of the Netflix series began production in April 2022, and four more new actors recently joined the cast.

Jesse is a mild-mannered staff writer for IGN. Allow him to lend a machete to your intellectual thicket by following @jschedeen on Twitter.

Dark Horse Comics remains one of the go-to companies if you crave The Witcher collectibles that won't break the bank. Dark Horse is expanding its lineup of The Witcher figures with a new wave inspired by Season 2 of the Netflix series.

IGN can exclusively debut the three characters in this wave - Geralt, Ciri and Vesemir. See them all in the slideshow gallery below:

While Dark Horse refers to these as "figures," they're actually PVC statues that emphasize detail and screen accuracy rather than articulation. All three measure between 8.5 and 9.5 inches tall (not counting the display bases), and feature the likenesses of actors Henry Cavill, Freya Allan and Kim Bodnia, respectively.

These Witcher figures are priced at $59.99 each and are slated to ship worldwide in February 2023.

While you wait for these figures to release, you can pick up many of Dark Horse's earlier Witcher figures right now in the IGN Store.

In other Witcher news, Season 3 of the Netflix series began production in April 2022, and four more new actors recently joined the cast.

Jesse is a mild-mannered staff writer for IGN. Allow him to lend a machete to your intellectual thicket by following @jschedeen on Twitter.

The Jurassic World film franchise originally began as an early video game concept, according to game designer and original Xbox creator Seamus Blackley.

The famed developer shared the story on Twitter (below), explaining that he was asked in 2012 to create a pitch with the story, gameplay, and a trailer for a new game to coincide with a relaunch of the Jurassic Park franchise from Steven Spielberg.

Blackley had previously made a Jurassic Park game called Trespasser - an infamously bad iteration released in 1998 - but had since begun working for a game finance company, for which Steven Spielberg was a client.

In 2012 or, I left my job at CAA to work with Steven S on a game, a new Jurassic Park story, to make good the skid mark we left with Trespasser. I wrote a story and design, and made a trailer. The management at Universal changed, and the project became a film. Want to know more?

— Seamus Blackley (@SeamusBlackley) July 23, 2022

"I'd see him in meetings, and sometimes do stuff with him on games or movie stuff," Blackley said. "Steven would always say 'I don’t like you in this job. Why are you doing this job'.

"One day I get a call from some guys at Universal. 'Steven was thinking of restarting the Jurassic Park franchise, and we thought it should relaunch with a new Trespasser.'

Blackley continued: "I wrote a story about dinosaurs on Isla Sorna and the research sites escaping, and about how humans had to come to terms with the original owners of the planet. My thesis was that audiences wanted to know the dinosaurs more than to kill them."

The game was called Jurassic World (the pitch trailer for which leaked in 2013, confusing many, Blackley noted) and was about fighting the humans who wanted to kill the dinosaurs. Management changes at Universal meant the game was cancelled, however, with every storyboard, idea, artwork, and so on instead going to the movie.

The Jurassic World film was released in 2015, sparking a new Chris Pratt-led trilogy that came to a close just last month with the release of Jurassic World Dominion.

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

The Jurassic World film franchise originally began as an early video game concept, according to game designer and original Xbox creator Seamus Blackley.

The famed developer shared the story on Twitter (below), explaining that he was asked in 2012 to create a pitch with the story, gameplay, and a trailer for a new game to coincide with a relaunch of the Jurassic Park franchise from Steven Spielberg.

Blackley had previously made a Jurassic Park game called Trespasser - an infamously bad iteration released in 1998 - but had since begun working for a game finance company, for which Steven Spielberg was a client.

In 2012 or, I left my job at CAA to work with Steven S on a game, a new Jurassic Park story, to make good the skid mark we left with Trespasser. I wrote a story and design, and made a trailer. The management at Universal changed, and the project became a film. Want to know more?

— Seamus Blackley (@SeamusBlackley) July 23, 2022

"I'd see him in meetings, and sometimes do stuff with him on games or movie stuff," Blackley said. "Steven would always say 'I don’t like you in this job. Why are you doing this job'.

"One day I get a call from some guys at Universal. 'Steven was thinking of restarting the Jurassic Park franchise, and we thought it should relaunch with a new Trespasser.'

Blackley continued: "I wrote a story about dinosaurs on Isla Sorna and the research sites escaping, and about how humans had to come to terms with the original owners of the planet. My thesis was that audiences wanted to know the dinosaurs more than to kill them."

The game was called Jurassic World (the pitch trailer for which leaked in 2013, confusing many, Blackley noted) and was about fighting the humans who wanted to kill the dinosaurs. Management changes at Universal meant the game was cancelled, however, with every storyboard, idea, artwork, and so on instead going to the movie.

The Jurassic World film was released in 2015, sparking a new Chris Pratt-led trilogy that came to a close just last month with the release of Jurassic World Dominion.

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

Director James Gunn has indicated that Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 will have a different tone than previous entries in the beloved franchise as the third volume has a "much more mature" story.

Gunn teased a little more of what fans should expect from the plot of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 while speaking to GameSpot at San Diego Comic-Con 2022. He explained how the franchise has evolved over time, leading up to the third installment of the cosmic Marvel franchise, as he warned fans that the team's final outing will be an emotionally-charged adventure.

"It's an incredibly emotional story," Gunn said of the upcoming third sequel, which wrapped production in May. "Much more mature than the other Guardian stories in a way because, you know, we started making these movies that were 10, 11 years old when they saw the first one, and now they're 20, 21 years old. The movie has grown up with them."

The official synopsis for the third chapter teases a high-stakes escapade that will see Peter Quill, who is still reeling from the loss of Gamora, "rally his team around him to defend the universe along with protecting one of their own. A mission that, if not completed successfully, could quite possibly lead to the end of the Guardians as we know them."

The trailer for the third Guardians movie hasn't been released online yet because Gunn isn't completely satisfied with the VFX in its current state. However, Marvel gave the Hall H crowd at SDCC a sneak peek of what's to come. The footage revealed some big changes within the team, including the debut of Cosmo the Spacedog and Gamora running a section of the Ravagers.

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 will be part of Phase 5 of the MCU and is set to be released on May 5, 2023. The trailer was screened during a deluge of news at SDCC, where we learned tons about Marvel's plans for the finale of Phase 4, as well as both Phases 5 and 6, now dubbed the Multiverse Saga, alongside tons of other announcements, trailers, and teasers at the event.

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

Director James Gunn has indicated that Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 will have a different tone than previous entries in the beloved franchise as the third volume has a "much more mature" story.

Gunn teased a little more of what fans should expect from the plot of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 while speaking to GameSpot at San Diego Comic-Con 2022. He explained how the franchise has evolved over time, leading up to the third installment of the cosmic Marvel franchise, as he warned fans that the team's final outing will be an emotionally-charged adventure.

"It's an incredibly emotional story," Gunn said of the upcoming third sequel, which wrapped production in May. "Much more mature than the other Guardian stories in a way because, you know, we started making these movies that were 10, 11 years old when they saw the first one, and now they're 20, 21 years old. The movie has grown up with them."

The official synopsis for the third chapter teases a high-stakes escapade that will see Peter Quill, who is still reeling from the loss of Gamora, "rally his team around him to defend the universe along with protecting one of their own. A mission that, if not completed successfully, could quite possibly lead to the end of the Guardians as we know them."

The trailer for the third Guardians movie hasn't been released online yet because Gunn isn't completely satisfied with the VFX in its current state. However, Marvel gave the Hall H crowd at SDCC a sneak peek of what's to come. The footage revealed some big changes within the team, including the debut of Cosmo the Spacedog and Gamora running a section of the Ravagers.

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 will be part of Phase 5 of the MCU and is set to be released on May 5, 2023. The trailer was screened during a deluge of news at SDCC, where we learned tons about Marvel's plans for the finale of Phase 4, as well as both Phases 5 and 6, now dubbed the Multiverse Saga, alongside tons of other announcements, trailers, and teasers at the event.

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

A new mod for Red Dead Redemption 2 adds a new single-player experience to the game, with new missions, heists, and your own, bespoke character.

The Life of Crime mod allows you to begin a whole new wild west adventure, starting with the creation of a new custom character that follows in Arthur Morgan’s footsteps.

“The whole point of the mod is to play as a completely NEW character with all of your weapons and money being removed,” said creator CruelMasterMC. “NOT to play as Arthur or John. This is the whole point of the mod.”

Once installed, you kick off the Life of Crime by talking to an NPC with a white hat at Copperhead Landing, and what unfolds is a daring breakout from Siska penitentiary. This custom intro sequence gives you a little background as your character takes part in the prison break. And it’s not long before you’re meeting up with a contact to embark on a life of crime.

“While you play on in the game you can earn all of the weapons by buying them from a gunsmith or finding them anywhere on the map,” they added. “Earn more money from doing missions and such to pay for these things and many more things I plan on adding.”

Some of the many planned additions teased by the mod’s creator are additional heists and bounty hunting. Even right now though, the mod is pretty extensive, including a new skill tree and two new missions – a manor heist and a train heist.

Although the mod has existed for a while, it previously only included the manor heist, which you played through as Arthur Morgan. Now though, it looks as though Life of Crime is aiming to create a whole new single-player experience.

Rockstar recently announced that it won’t be making any additional themed updates for Red Dead Online as it prioritizes GTA 6… so this new single-player mod couldn’t have come at a better time.

Additionally, Rockstar has also reportedly shelved planned remakes of GTA IV and the original Red Dead Redemption.

Let’s hope this ambitious new mod gives Red Dead 2 players all the new content they need.

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

A new mod for Red Dead Redemption 2 adds a new single-player experience to the game, with new missions, heists, and your own, bespoke character.

The Life of Crime mod allows you to begin a whole new wild west adventure, starting with the creation of a new custom character that follows in Arthur Morgan’s footsteps.

“The whole point of the mod is to play as a completely NEW character with all of your weapons and money being removed,” said creator CruelMasterMC. “NOT to play as Arthur or John. This is the whole point of the mod.”

Once installed, you kick off the Life of Crime by talking to an NPC with a white hat at Copperhead Landing, and what unfolds is a daring breakout from Siska penitentiary. This custom intro sequence gives you a little background as your character takes part in the prison break. And it’s not long before you’re meeting up with a contact to embark on a life of crime.

“While you play on in the game you can earn all of the weapons by buying them from a gunsmith or finding them anywhere on the map,” they added. “Earn more money from doing missions and such to pay for these things and many more things I plan on adding.”

Some of the many planned additions teased by the mod’s creator are additional heists and bounty hunting. Even right now though, the mod is pretty extensive, including a new skill tree and two new missions – a manor heist and a train heist.

Although the mod has existed for a while, it previously only included the manor heist, which you played through as Arthur Morgan. Now though, it looks as though Life of Crime is aiming to create a whole new single-player experience.

Rockstar recently announced that it won’t be making any additional themed updates for Red Dead Online as it prioritizes GTA 6… so this new single-player mod couldn’t have come at a better time.

Additionally, Rockstar has also reportedly shelved planned remakes of GTA IV and the original Red Dead Redemption.

Let’s hope this ambitious new mod gives Red Dead 2 players all the new content they need.

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