Deadpool & Wolverine director Shawn Levy talked about how Hugh Jackman signing on changed the sequel. Entertainment Weekly has a big feature about the Marvel Studios movie this morning. Of course, the questions about Jackman's biggest return to action in years persist. Interestingly, it seems as though the plot of Deadpool 3 was very different before Ryan Reynolds called his friend up for one last ride in the saddle. Chances are doubtful that we'll ever know exactly what Levy had on the table for Deadpool & Wolverine in its previous state. However, fans probably won't care too much, a ..read more

The Marvel Midas touch has minimized in recent years. After early risks like Iron Man and Captain America: The First Avenger paid off, Marvel Studios cemented itself as a bonafide box office juggernaut. Nine figure opening weekends were the norm. Billion dollar worldwide grosses became the measuring stick. Net profits were high enough to finance multiple future films alone. There was such an obsession with the Marvel Cinematic Universe that audiences were going out in droves and turning even the most obscure characters on the page into cultural phenomenons. It wasn't until Marvel experimented ..read more

Microsoft announced this week plans to shutter several different Bethesda and ZeniMax studios with four different developers impacted. One of those is Arkane Austin, the developer behind Prey and, more recently, the troubled Redfall, while another is Tango Gameworks, the studio responsible for The Evil Within, its sequel The Evil Within 2, and its newest games HiFi Rush and Ghostwire: Tokyo. Alongside Arkane Austin and Tango Gameworks, Microsoft is also shutting down Alpha Dog Studios and Roundhouse Games with individual projects such as Redfall and Mighty Doom also impacted by the decision ..read more

Princess Peach: Showtime! has been available on Nintendo Switch for less than two months now, but the game is off to a very strong start. According to Nintendo's latest financial results, the game has already sold more than 1.22 million copies, officially joining a long list of million sellers on the system. That's not too surprising considering that Peach has long been one of the most iconic women in gaming, but it could bode well for a sequel, or at least a shorter wait for the character's next starring role in a game. While Princess Peach has been playable in video games since Super Mario ..read more

Marvel Cinematic Universe fans will soon be introduced to Dogpool, Deadpool's loveable four-legged canine companion. While Deadpool & Wolverine will focus on the titular characters, played by Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman, respectively, there will be tons of additional guest stars, familiar faces, and even surprises galore in the multiversal adventure. One character fans may have been surprised to see in behind-the-scenes photos was Dogpool, a dog dressed up in Deadpool's classic red-and-black costume. While details on Dogpool's involvement in Deadpool & Wolverine have been kept hush ..read more

Early this morning, Nintendo made some big announcements about the company's future. In a post on Twitter, Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa officially announced that the successor to the Nintendo Switch will be revealed before the end of the company's current fiscal year, which is set to conclude in March 2025. We don't know exactly when the announcement will come, but we do know when it won't happen, and that's next month; Furukawa also announced that a new Nintendo Direct presentation will take place in the month of June, which will exclusively focus on software releasing for the curren ..read more

Nintendo Switch Online subscribers across Switch, Switch Lite, and Switch OLED have been surprised with a free Zelda download that SNES nostalgics will especially appreciate. And unlike some Nintendo Switch Online deals, this one does not require the Expansion Pack. That said, it is available only for a limited time, or, more specifically, only available until June 3. Further, it is going to require you to play a game first. This morning Nintendo specifically announced new profile icons based on The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past for Nintendo Switch Online. Naturally, these icons include ..read more

Furiosa: A Mad Mad Saga director George Miller has provided a few more details about the process by which he decided to recast the role, originally played by Charlize Theron in Mad Max: Fury Road. Not for the first time, he blamed the CGI de-aging technology, saying it wasn't where it needed to be in order to tell a story that took place 20+ years before the previous film. The original plan was for Theron to reprise her role in the prequel, but it didn't take long before that idea was off the table. Instead, New Mutants star Anya Taylor-Joy will play the role in Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga. Not l ..read more

The Speed duo of Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock are determined to make at least one more movie together before their careers come to an end. Despite their wonderful chemistry and the profound trust they have in one another, they only appeared on-screen together once since Speed was released. Reeves didn't return for the oft-maligned Speed 2, and they wouldn't reunite until The Lake House in 2006. 18 years after that film hit theaters, the pair still want to find something else to do together. Talking on the latest episode of the 50 MPH podcast, Bullock and Reeves both insisted that they want ..read more

WWE Raw kicked off this year's King and Queen of the Ring tournament qualifiers. A series of qualifying matches took place, including three King of the Ring match ups -- Finn Balor vs. Jey Uso, Ilja Dragunov vs. Ricochet and Gunther vs. Sheamus. The fourth match, Kofi Kingston vs. Rey Mysterio, will take place at a live event this weekend. The King of the Ring tournament was established in the mid-80s and has seen a number of WWE's biggest stars claim the title of King of the Ring, including Ted DiBiase, Bret Hart, Owen Hart, Edge, "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, Booker T, Sheamus, William Regal ..read more