All 10 episodes of the Among Us animated series have dropped on Paramount+.

The surprise announcement of the June 5 premiere was made at Summer Game Fest on stage by stars Yvette Nicole Brown and Liv Hewson alongside a first-look trailer.

The Among Us animated series is produced by CBS Studios and Innersloth, the developer of the hugely popular social deduction game.

Here’s the official blurb:

Among Us follows a group of eccentric, monochromatic Crewmates of a ship transporting junk across the galaxy who must root out an Impostor in their midst before they fall victim to its villainous designs. The series is based on the globally popular multiplayer social deception game of the same name.

The voice cast includes Yvette Nicole Brown as “Orange,” Kimiko Glenn as “Cyan,” Liv Hewson as “Black,” Ashley Johnson as “Purple,” Wayne Knight as “Lime,” Phil LaMarr as “Brown,” Randall Park as “Red,” Dan Stevens as “Blue,” Debra Wilson as “Yellow” and “Computer,” Elijah Wood as “Green,” and Patton Oswalt as “White.”

Here's everything announced at Summer Game Fest 2026 if you need a catch up on what the video game industry has in store.

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Full spoilers follow for Star City Episode 3, which is streaming on Apple TV now.

It’s only Episode 3 and Star City has already gotten a (short) time jump from late 1969 to 1970. Security has tightened in the months after last episode, as Lyudmilla Raskova (Anna Maxwell Martin) promised, now that she’s on the scent of Americans trying to smuggle something into Star City. Toward the end of this episode, “Bad Dancer,” we learn what it is — a small radio transceiver — and who did it (I’ll tell ya at the end of this). But the hunt for that piece of equipment that still makes it onto a Soviet spacecraft headed to the moon anyway creates problems everywhere, from everyday inconveniences to the death of a cosmonaut as a result of rebooting the onboard systems to disable the foreign radio signal.

The lockdown looks different for all of our sprawling cast of characters. Tanya Mironova (Ruby Ashbourne Serkis) finds solace in musical contraband pressed onto X-rays, what her stressed-out husband Valya (Adam Nagaitis) calls “bone records.” (These were real, by the way!) There’s a tragedy in the way the records warp after so few plays; she can’t even get one clean listen in because each time she’s interrupted. Still, Tanya’s connection to music allows for some lovely color to her character and draws in young Irina (Agnes O’Casey), who’s still learning the rules of engagement when it comes to being a good intelligence officer at Star City.

As part of her regular surveillance assignment, Irina listens in on the Mironova apartment. Her connection may be via scratchy tapes, but she’s clearly become endeared to the couple, especially Tanya. But Star City is a small place. Out at the town square market, Irina learns that Tanya actually teaches piano to her daughter Zoya, and Tanya invites the two of them over. Wilder yet, Irina accepts. O’Casey is great in this scene, barely concealing her feelings of interloping. It leads to Irina being probably too vulnerable in sharing details about Zoya’s father. He’s a “bad man,” but in exactly what ways, we don’t know. In a clever continuation of Irina relating to places through the tapes, the audio cuts out as she speaks. Later, she magnetizes the part of the tape of her visit we don’t hear. I’m guessing it won’t be a secret for terribly long, though. Certainly overseer Lyudmilla will catch this act of self-censorship, inquire after it and give her a hard lesson about her job.

On the space side, the Sergeis Korolev (Rhys Ifans) and Nikulov (Josef Davies) are in the throes of their next rushed moon mission, while also trying to move quickly on their secret Venus project. The Chief Designer has to do his share of smuggling, too: a gigantic deep sea pod that can take extreme levels of pressure — the same needed to withstand Venus. But in splitting their time between – and managing the stress of – the projects, that American radio transceiver manages to make it onboard Luna 17.

And who is the rat? It’s Valya, who’s been training the Luna 17 crew (which includes Solly McLeod’s Sasha). During the launch, Valya takes a trip with Tanya to see a pianist perform in Moscow, where he’s approached by a mystery woman in a manner that makes it seem like an affair, but zoom in and we hear the reality. She’s pressuring him for another job since the transceiver was found out. We’ve only spent a short time with Valya, but now it all adds up why he’s been so stressed out and a distant husband, leaving room for Sasha to elbow his way in with Tanya. I’m very curious to know how he was recruited. Blackmail? Over what?? We’ll find out!

Star Wars: The Acolyte Season 2 seems unlikely, but creator Leslye Headland has confirmed she would "absolutely" show up for more episodes if Disney ever gave her the green light.

The mind behind the 2024 Sith-centric spin-off series talked about her interest in more episodes and what the story could look like if it returned during an interview with Empire. Her updated thoughts on the matter arrived on the second anniversary of the show's premiere and just a few months shy of two years since its reported cancelation.

The Acolyte left Star Wars fans with a few major moments tied to Yoda and the elusive Darth Plagueis when it wrapped up its eight-episode season in July 2024. It's been a few years, but Headland said she would "absolutely" still be interested in coming back for Season 2 if Disney gave its approval.

"I would still want to do it! Absolutely," she said. "As more people discover it, I think people may want to see some form of the story come back."

Headland's reference to viewers rediscovering The Acolyte comes from reports that the series had reentered the "top 10 shows" chart for Disney+ in April of this year. Interest seems to be inspired by its similarly dark Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord show, leaving the door open in audiences' minds that Disney might one day return to Headland's High Republic story.

Headland said that, should Disney give her a call, she already has a few plotlines she'd love to explore. It sounds like some ideas may have even been brewing for some time.

"We did have a lot of stuff that we wanted to explore – including tying in lore to the sequels," she said. "Getting into who exactly [actor Manny Jacinto's] character is, his connection with [Jedi Master] Vernestra, his connection with Plagueis, and then his connection with other sequel-established things."

Jacinto has been one of the more vocal stars calling for the Star Wars show to return since Season 1 came to an end. Aside from promising to make it his personal life goal to resurrect The Acolyte, the actor said in December 2024 gave fans some hope when he teased that "we could come back."

The Acolyte featured number of moments that drew mixed reactions from fans upon its premiere but, as noted by star Amandla Stenberg, also faced "hyper-conservative bigotry and vitriol" since its reveal. Still, the show generally received favorable reviews (IGN gave it a 6/10) from critics, with fans who did enjoy it taking to social media to express their disappointment in the aftermath of its reported cancelation.

For now, the show's story ended with Season 1. Headland is staying hopeful in the meantime, and even acknowledged how the reception to Star Wars as a whole has flip-flopped in the past.

"The weather changes with Star Wars," she added. "There was a real negative reaction to [the Prequels], especially from a particular generation. And 25 years later, Hayden [Christensen] is at Celebration."

While we wait to see if Disney will greenlight The Acolyte Season 2, you can check out IGN's full list of every Star Wars show and movie in the works. You can also read about what Headland had to say about the show's cancelation late last year.

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Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Ted Lasso star Anthony Head has died at the age of 72.

Head was beloved by Buffy's legion of fans for his role as Rupert Giles, the mentor and father figure of series lead Sarah Michelle Gellar. More recent years saw the actor appear in hit Apple TV show Ted Lasso, fantasy drama Merlin and comedy series Little Britain.

Head's death was confirmed today in a statement from his daughters, first reported by BBC News, which stated he had "passed away peacefully of complications due to pneumonia, surrounded by his family."

"It is with heavy hearts that we announce the death of our extraordinary father," the statement read. "It has been, and forever will be, an honor and a privilege to be his daughters, and to have witnessed firsthand the impact both he and his work have had on so many."

Born in 1954 in London, Head began his career on stage, before becoming a stalwart of British film and television. He made dozens of guest appearances in series such as Jonathan Creek, Doctor Who and Spooks, as well as regular roles in Merlin and Little Britain.

Head was also known as a singer, as seen in his West End appearances within The Rocky Horror Show, and in 21st century rock opera film Repo! The Genetic Opera.

Between 2020 and 2023, Head portrayed former AFC Richmond owner Rupert Mannion in Ted Lasso, but it will likely be for his long tenure in Buffy for which he remains best known. As Giles, Head appeared in 121 episodes of the cult classic series, and was once set for his own BBC spinoff series, before plans fell through. In the years since, Head has continued to meet fans at conventions, and reprised his role as Giles in 2023 Audible series Slayers: A Buffyverse Story.

Head's passing follows the death of fellow Buffy the Vampire Slayer star Nicholas Brendon, who passed away earlier this year aged 54.

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Netflix is currently gearing up for one of its most eagerly anticipated returning shows of 2026. Avatar: The Last Airbender Season 2 is fast approaching. This new chapter of the live-action series draws in many iconic characters and elements from the animated series, not least of which being the long-awaited debut of the gruff earthbender Toph Beifong (Miyako).

As a primer for this weekend’s IGN Live festivities, we spoke with Executive Producer and Writer Christine Boylan and Executive Producer and Director Jabbar Raisani, the two people responsible for guiding the series in its second and third seasons. Read on to learn more about the debut of Toph, how the series streamlines the plot of the cartoon, and what to expect from Zuko and Azula’s simmering family drama.

IGN: The two of you stepped into bigger roles for Season 2, and that was a big change behind the scenes. How different would you say your experience has been working on the show this time, and did you come into Season 2 with any major goals in mind?

Jabbar Raisani: With Season 1 postproduction, there was an opportunity there to really shape the show in a way that we really tried to deliver something that audiences found familiar but felt elevated, and I think going into Season 2 was like, how do we continue that feeling of elevating this show for live action and really bringing the audience something that felt grounded? And for us, I think the opportunity to go in from the very beginning with Seasons 2 and 3, a lot of the discussions that we had together were, we want to make a show that feels more like a historical drama look and feel.

So it was a lot of that, like how do we make this feel like a real living, breathing place and not like something that has been filmed with actors but created in a computer. We used the Volume in Season 1, which I think we had some great successes with, but for us it was like we really want to be in real places and real locations. As a director, I much prefer being in a real space where I can look around and see where the sun is and take out my little chart and figure out where the sun's going to be and say, "Okay, we're going to shoot like this," and it's just much more what I'm familiar with, and I find it easier on set to work in a space in those ways.

With the Volume, it's a whole other challenge that can yield some great results, but for me, the real world is the best results, and I think that applies for our visual effects as well. When you start with something that is real, whether it be location or a giant set build, there might be some blue screen or green screen there, but there's so much in camera that it allows them to say, "Okay, that's what the light was doing on that day, and this is all in camera, and we're just adding a giant sea serpent to it." So it just let us make a show that was, I think, from the writing point all the way through the final delivery of visual effects, something that felt grounded in reality that had elements of fantasy versus pure fantasy.

Christine Boylan: Yes, and we got super lucky because Jabbar and I worked together before we even met each other, which was amazing, because he directed the episode I wrote in season one, and because of COVID I was not on set during that time. In my many years of doing television, I'm almost always on set for my episode and other people's episodes, but I wasn't there during that time. I was just so pleased with how it came out, so I was like, "Oh, this guy's really good."

By the time we actually met in person, it was already like, “Okay, you are the directing EP, you are the writing EP, this is happening.” It was already, we had already signed on. So we met and we're like, "You kind of see the show this way, I kind of see the show this way." "Oh, it's the same thing, okay, great." Because we look at the animated series, it starts in a beautiful place, it matures and it matures, it just sort of opens like a flower. And this show is not a one-to-one. It's a completely different kind of retelling of the same legend, but we wanted to mirror that growth, and I think we got to do that visually and hopefully in the writing and in the VFX as well.

IGN: I imagine one of the challenges of making a live-action Avatar series specifically is the fact that you've got a story about younger heroes, but you have a cast that's constantly aging. So I'm curious how Season 2 deals with the real-world time gap between these two seasons.

Boylan: We very much, like the real locations and the real sets, we said we want to film in the weather, we want to- whatever gets thrown at us, we will accept because that is what making a real show with real human people is. And part of that is when you're working with teenagers, they're going to mature. And I wouldn't even say age. I think Gordon still has a baby face even at the end of Season 3, but there is definitely a time gap in between Season 1 and Season 2.

We loved that in the writers' room. We loved the idea of getting to tackle that. We tell a little bit of what went on in that time gap. Certainly, there was a big battle at the end of Season 1, and there's a lot of fallout after that battle emotionally and physically. There's a lot of healing that has to happen, and some of that happens off-screen and some of it happens on-screen. So we got to give a little break there. What I really want is for the audience to step up and meet us where we're at. I come from theater. I believe in the audience giving and taking.

I don't ever look at the audience as consumers or people who are just taking stuff in. I think they are playing with us as we are playing with them. So I'm hoping that they are looking at this time jump as a way to fill in some stories that they get to miss. We don't get to tell every single story from the animated series, which I sort of love. When I was starting out and writing fan fiction, I always wrote fan fiction about those moments in series that you didn't get to see. And later on, when I wrote comics, I wrote some Star Trek comics about those moments in Star Trek and in Next Gen that we didn't get to see in between episodes. So I want that fan fiction. I want all of that. I want that beautiful creative participation from the audience, and the time jump gives us one area to do that. In between episodes, there's lots of little spaces for fans to come in and be creative and fill in.

Raisani: I think we kept it really simple, too. It's in between seasons. Was it a year? Was it less? Was it a little more? We don't get specific. Things happen that we mention in dialogue a little bit, but it's really, he was older, he learned to waterbend, and then we kind of start the adventure. And it's really about the audience catching up and inventing what you would like that story to be. But we really get the season propelling towards what's happening in Season 2 and the adventure our gang's on. I think too, we got the benefit of they are older as actors, as performers. They had time to work on their craft. The performances we got in Season 2 and Season 3, I think, are amazing. And I think everybody really went to work between Season 1 and Season 2, and they all came back stronger. I think all of us really just tried to learn everything we could from Season 2, level up Season 2, and really bring our A-game.

Boylan: The cast worked very hard. They were doing a lot of reading, they were doing a lot of watching films and things that we had recommended. They were working physically, getting ready for this, and they were perfecting their acting craft. I'm just really grateful for them. Yeah.

IGN: Book Two of the animated series is a pretty dense story, and you've got these major elements like Ba Sing Se and the Dai Li coming into play. How did you go about trying to translate and streamline that story for this new version?

Boylan: I think we knew that we could not tell every single piece of every story. We started out being really specific about scenes. We started out with scenes you want to see, things we really wanted, things we really needed. We filled a board with all of those, and that included stuff that didn't get done in Season 1, stuff that we could do or pull from Season 3. We just made a big board, and then we went through character by character and looked at character growth because that is what drama is. It's character growth, and growth is not a straight line. You grow forward, you double back, you fall back, you move forward. It's a journey. So following each character, the choices they make, and looking at each character's story, what set pieces, what areas would best showcase that character growth, no matter what, character always led everything that we did in the writer's room. So things that were left out were just not going to service the growth of the character.

We didn't have time for them. There's plenty of stuff we'd love to do. I have an entire Season 4 in my back pocket I'd love to get into, but things are what they are. So I think always sticking to character and making it grounded and real. You are 15 years old, you are an airbender, your entire society has been lost. That's real. Okay, now what do you do? That's how we moved from moment to moment, and everything we could bring in that we love from the animated series, we brought in. But we always looked at this as live action can do so many things that animation can't do, and animation can do so many things that live action can't do. And we love the animated series so much. Everyone in the writer's room is a huge fan, everyone on the crew is a huge fan. We just wanted to do our telling of this legend that hopefully the audience will come with us and enjoy.

Raisani: Look, I think as huge fans of the animated series, it's always hard. We want everything in. But you can't have everything. So we would always try to find clever ways to put things in the world, even if we couldn't tell that whole story. Like in Season 1, where there's a Flopsy in Bumi's palace, like a statue. We couldn't tell that story. We wanted that there. We tried to find ways of incorporating things via dialogue or paintings. If you look around our sets, Michael Wiley designed all these amazing sets, and we would tell him, "Hey, we want to put this picture in this set so that way we can reference this thing from the animated series we can't have in the show." We were just trying to find all these ways to put Easter eggs throughout the show.

So I think if people watch closely, yes, they may not get every scene they wanted. We didn't get every scene we wanted from the animated series in, but we really tried to put little Easter eggs and put little things in that fans could understand, that we couldn't put it in, but we acknowledge we love that too, and distill the show down to the version of the show that we could make. This is a live-action series. Everything animation does well, live action doesn't necessarily do well. There are certain things that live action shouldn't attempt because it just won't work the way it was in the animated series. And that's why I love the animated series is also on Netflix, because I can go back and watch that. I love it. I still re-watch it.

Boylan: This show is made by fans for fans. That's the thing. And if you look on my Netflix right now, and also my other things, like 90% of what I'm watching right now is anime because we're in a peak anime moment. There's stuff I wouldn't attempt in live action even if I were offered the property because it's like, you can't really do that. This was a very special opportunity to tell what is an eternal legend, just with a very grounded human way in.

Raisani: Yeah, when I first found out Netflix was doing Season 1, I was like, I was already a fan of the animated series. Like, I don't know how they're going to make that show. But I want to be involved in it. If they're going to try it, I want to try it too, but that's crazy to attempt.

IGN: So Toph is probably the most significant new character that joins the cast this season, and I imagine that's a very difficult role to cast between her blindness, her physicality, and her personality. What were you looking for when it came to choosing an actress to fill that role?

Boylan: So we've both been in some big casting searches in our careers. I've never been in one this extensive. Jenny Ju, our casting director, unbelievable talent at finding talent. She's really terrific. We saw so many people. When Miyako walked in, she walked in like an earthbender, and my gut, I just got this feeling in my gut going, "That's Toph." So yeah, obviously we went through so many reads and so many chemistry reads, but your gut's your gut, right?

Raisani: It was an extensive search. I think Jenny looked at over 6,000 submissions. I think she whittled it down, and we probably saw 80 to 100. And then from there, we did callbacks to the producer number, and then, yeah, like you're saying. When we got the chemistry reading, it was like Miyako was just Toph. When they were done with that session, we're like, "Well, we know who's Toph." There was no question.

IGN: And how much does she sort of shake up the core group dynamic this season? Do you feel like she was sort of a missing piece of the puzzle on the show?

Boylan: I think she shakes up the core dynamic in exactly the right way. When we find this group, they've been through a lot. The gang is young, it's the three of them, but they have been through so much together. It's the three of them and Appa and Momo. I don't want to leave out Appa and Momo, but they've been through so much. And then they are looking for an earthbending teacher. They don't know what they're going to encounter. They don't think they're going to have another person their age join the group and be this blunt, shameless truth teller. She's just so funny. She's so wicked. She's brilliant. Writing for Toph was one of the funniest things. It was a pleasure in the writers' room. We had so much fun.

And when we brought Joe Strechay on, who was our blindness consultant, he worked with Miyako on movement and all kinds of things. He also worked with production, he worked with directors, he worked with the writers a lot because we wrote a lot of jokes. We were like, "This is too far," and Joe goes, "Oh no, you can go way farther than that." So it was pretty great. I love developing the relationship, that friendship between Toph and Sokka. That was really important to me, that that happened. The way she relates to each one of the members of the gang and how she doesn't trust easily, but when she does, she trusts fully. Those things are so beautiful to watch unfold.

Raisani: I think how she relates to each of the characters in the gang was something I found really interesting. For Aang, he's either had everyone showing him deference or people trying to kill him. And now he's got this new situation to deal with, which is someone that is supposed to be teaching him but doesn't show him deference and will have none of that. And so that's something that Aang hasn't had to deal with. And then watching Katara be defensive of Aang, and her and Toph initially really not seeing eye to eye on how to train Aang, and then watching Katara and Toph's relationship emerge and watching their friendship bloom like that, it's just, there's a lot of nice dynamics that inserting a new character really changes things up and I think gives us an entire two more seasons of really interesting dynamics that, if you don't introduce this additional character, not that it gets stale, but it just gives us other places to go and other dynamics to play with.

Boylan: And we meet Toph right at the exact moment where Toph needs to meet the gang. Toph needs to meet the gang as much as the gang needs to meet Toph in order for Toph to grow. And so, over two seasons, she gets to have a growth arc that I just think is lovely. It was such a pleasure to write.

Raisani: Yeah, and then when it comes to how do we actually do this on set, we brought Miyako in for, we do boot camp, and we did a refresher boot camp, but we wanted her to feel comfortable with our other cast, but not familiar, not overly familiar, because she is supposed to be meeting with them for the first time. So it really was an interesting dynamic of trying to get her enough time with them to be comfortable, but not so much time that it felt like they were old friends. So we really tried to be aware of how much they were scheduled together prior to us filming the scenes where she was meeting them for the first time. And her first day on set was the Earth Rumble, where she meets them. It was great.

IGN: This is the first season where we really get to see earthbending in action, so can you talk about the challenge of trying to visualize that power, and specifically Toph's sight?

Boylan: Joe Strechay, a legend in the business, blindness consultant, hilarious, one of the funniest people on set, and brilliant. Wherever Miyako was, Joe was. That's how you found him. In training, on set, and in his spare time, which he had very little of, he worked with the writers, he worked with the crew, he worked with stunts, and he worked with directors to help- and the other actors to help everybody represent blindness in a way that the community can feel acknowledged and known and seen, and also Toph's particular power, which is her Toph vision, her Toph senses, her sound, all that kind of stuff. That was really the way in, was with Joe.

Raisani: I think that was the beginning, certainly. Miyako trained with contacts that blocked her vision 100%, where she had zero vision, and she practiced navigating spaces that way. So she started in familiar spaces where she would be at home, and then she moved on to set. And one of the things we would do is she would walk through set without the contacts in, understand the space more, and then put the contacts in and really have to count steps, have to come up with all different ways of helping her to understand and navigate that space. So that was an important part of how she moved through space. Toph is unique, though. Toph has the ability to perceive the world through her bending, so that's something that none of us can truly relate to, and that's her own unique experience. And Miyako folded that into her performance and her movement. And then there's the stunts aspect of it. Dean Cho and Adam Tang really worked with Miyako on her movements of how to move like an earthbender.

And once she was moving like an earthbender, our visual effects and special effects teams really take the next step. So if we're going to do something practically on set, that's our special effects team moving earth with all kinds of air movers or hydraulics. We did as much as we can do in camera. If we do it in camera, obviously, we also do a lot of visual effects. When you're moving a rock that's the size of a wall, that's going to be visual effects. And using our visual effects team, we would really plan out through pre-visualization what exactly is going to happen when Toph does this move. And then we would show that to Miyako so Miyako would understand, "Okay, this is exactly how I'm going to be manipulating this world around me."

And with Toph Vision specifically, we looked at the animated series and really broke down, okay, what are the elements that go into Toph Vision? Are we going to do black and white? Are we going to do these cascading, almost sonar-like visualizations that go through the space or not? And we started with stills and did some simple stills.

I mean, sonar, whether it's lidar, just trying to look at things that exist in our world that might be able to inform it or might be able to merge with the visual language from the animated series. Once we did that series of studies with our visual effects team on some test shots, we moved into some actual live-action material from the show. But we really always based everything on photography. Anything that was going to be Toph Vision, we would film it first, and then our visual effects teams would layer in elements on top of those filmed elements because, for us, it's about grounding it in reality and really, as little as possible, inventing something fully in CG. We want to do as much as we can practically and then augment or enhance with visual effects.

Boylan: Yeah, because ultimately this show's about manipulating the elements. It's not about pulling magic down from space. It's the elements. So that's as earthy as you can get.

IGN: I want to shift over to Azula and Zuko for a minute. Obviously, we know from the animated series that Zuko is in the midst of a huge redemptive character arc, so can you talk about how both these siblings sort of factor into the conflict in Season 2 and how their relationship with their father has evolved?

Boylan: Absolutely. This is a great lesson in what happens when you get conditional love versus unconditional love, and I'll leave it at that for those two. You can decide who gets what and when. I love royal stories. I love succession stories. I love sibling rivalries. We always looked at Azula and Zuko as foils for Katara and Sokka because they're siblings. So how do these siblings relate to them? And both are missing moms. Dad is withholding for different reasons. So how do they grow up versus how do they grow up? We would always check in and be like, "Right, Katara and Sokka, are they a mirror to Azula and Zuko in this moment? How is that working?"

Which I think is an interesting way in for Azula because having a real person, especially somebody with Lizzy's talent, playing that character, we get to do so much more with her. And I think I took advantage of that every second I could. Every second I could, I gave her as much as I could. I think making them real people was the most important thing. Again, animation can do certain things that we can't do, and we can do certain things that animation doesn't have the time or the energy or the space to do.

And a lot of that is really grounding in the family dynamic. What is it like for these two? As someone who grew up with a sister, right, I looked at this as, okay, right, the older-younger dynamic. What happens when the younger one is more aggressive? Well, the same thing happened with Iroh and Ozai. Okay, that's interesting. Let's talk about that a little bit. We really looked at that sort of Fire Nation family tree all the way back to Sozin, and we're like, "How does this family balance itself out?" And then you put that family in the spotlight in terms of them being royalty, in terms of them being active royalty ruling over not just an island but a bunch of colonized land taken by force and constantly at war. What does that mean, growing up in that household? So we tried to look at it emotionally, internationally. A lot of stuff was based on history. We looked at a lot of figures in history as much as we looked at the animated series, yeah.

Raisani: I think what was really fun is the animated series has certain flashbacks that they do, and we have ones that we did that are not in the animated series but I think add to that lore, add to their journey, and how you go from being a kid to being an adult that has these really difficult choices to make. And I don't think either of them is making a bad choice, given the path they were on. They're all making the best choice they can with the experiences they've had, and we really tried to lean into that for Azula and flesh out her story in a way that helped me understand the choices that she was making. I think that was really important, to dimensionalize Azula in a way that she really felt like a live-action character that I felt for, and I understood her story in a way that made me feel for her. And I wanted her to make the right choices, and it's so hard to watch her make the wrong choices. And I really wanted to make sure we found that story for her and gave her the amount of screen time that let me feel emotionally for her.

Boylan: I would say same with Zuko. Coming back to growth is not a straight line up. Growth is doubling back. Growth is failure. Growth is, "I did something good and it put me in a coma." There's a lot of things that happen with Zuko's arc that we could explore more in live action, and I hope that we did.

Raisani: Yeah, and then working with Dallas and Lizzy, it was amazing.

Boylan: They worked so hard.

Raisani: They're really hard workers. And in Episode 2, they're on screen together for the first time, and we spent a ton of time rehearsing that scene. It was amazing to get to rehearse it as much as we did. And then the day when we actually filmed it, it was just such an organic process shooting it with them. And we really did different versions of what it means to be together for the first time after your banishment. You really have not seen each other since that banishment. What does this mean for each of your characters? Are you coming here, Azula, to trick him? Do you love him? It's all of these things. There is no, it's one thing. It's complicated.

Boylan: All of it. It's so complicated, and it's emblematic of that. That moment where Dallas hears Lizzy's voice, so Zuko hears Azula's voice behind him, and the look on his face. That can only happen when a member of your family has come up behind you and you hear their voice and you haven't heard it in so long. It was such a specific choice that he made.

Raisani: We tried to find a lot of little moments like that and really work together with Dallas and Lizzy to make their journey something that felt like it was going to be a really hard decision for Zuko when we get to Episode 7. Is he going to go with Azula or is he going to go with the gang? Which path is he going to choose? I think if it's too easy of a choice, if Azula is the obvious wrong choice, that doesn't feel as honest. But we wanted to make it feel like, "Oh yeah, I totally understand how he got lured back into that world." So it was a lot of time spent in conversations about what their relationship was like.

Boylan: I think if a dramatic argument works, each party has to be right and wrong, and we try to do that as much as possible here.

Raisani: Yeah. And then going into the Ursa and Ozai backstory, I mean, we really went into that in more detail because that is a lot of the common ground, like the good times they would have had. I think we're back with Ursa in that past, and we wanted to bring that story more to life because that's the thing that Azula can use to bring Zuko back in.

Boylan: And it's the thing that bonds him to Katara.

For more, check out IGN's review of Avatar: The Last Airbender Season 1 and see everything coming to IGN Live this weekend.

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Spoilers below for Episodes 1 and 2 of Apple TV’s Cape Fear. New episodes stream every Friday.

Apple TV’s Cape Fear is executive-produced by Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg and it shows. The polished, colorful reworking of Scorsese’s 1991 blockbuster (which itself was a remake of J. Lee Thompson’s 1962 film; all based on John D. McDonald’s novel The Executioners) literally starts with a bang and quickly drags you into a pervasive sense of dread as thick as the Savannah night air.

The first two episodes, out today on Apple TV, quickly put their own spin on a familiar premise: Convicted murderer Max Cady (this time portrayed in a scene-chewing turn by Javier Bardem) is released from prison, much to the surprise of his former lawyer (Amy Adams) and her family. In this version, Adams’s Anna Bowden is married to the former prosecutor of Cady’s case (Patrick Wilson), so the anxiety that comes with Cady’s release is a family affair.

Episode 1 opens with Cady’s mistress committing suicide at his direction, opening the door to her taking the fall for his 17-year-old crime (he was accused of murdering his wife and unborn son). What follows Cady’s release is a languid, tension-filled premiere brimming with paranoia and foreboding.

As soon as Cady re-enters society, the Bowdens’ seemingly idyllic life becomes flush with ominous incidents. Strange noises begin to fill their posh Southern home. Their security system begins to malfunction. Anna and Tom’s (Wilson) daughter Natalie (Lily Collias) is followed by a strange car. A family of dead skunks is found in their backyard pool. A panther, of all things, is seen on their suburban property. Some of these occurrences are quickly explained (turns out the guy following Natalie was a podcaster obsessed with Max Cady!) but many are left unresolved (for now) and feed into an unrelenting sense of tension.

Soon, Tom and Anna’s son Zack (Joe Anders) goes missing and the dread ratchets up to 11. Cady and Anna come face-to-face at a glitzy fundraiser for the latter’s Innocence Project-like foundation. He quickly ingratiates himself with both the audience and Anna’s colleagues, but Anna struggles to hide her absolute fear. She’s not telling us about her prior relationship with Max, and all signs point to it being a while until we find out why.

Bardem is brilliantly cast here, floating through scene after scene in a turn so menacing that he might as well be twirling his mustache. As Max, Bardem exudes an unhurried charisma that makes it easy to see why so many are smitten with him (including Anna’s boss Noa, played by CCH Pounder). In perhaps his best villainous performance since No Country for Old Men (or at least Skyfall), Bardem is having the time of his life. He and Adams go toe-to-toe early and often, saying more with glances and smirks than most actors do with pages of dialogue.

For her part, Adams’s Anna is steely but vulnerable. You at once know exactly what she’s thinking but have no idea what she’s about to do. It’s a performance that complements Bardem’s brilliantly and leaves you constantly guessing what exactly happened between these characters nearly two decades ago.

Wilson’s Tom is stoic and grounded, providing a welcome counterpoint to the high drama between Max and Anna. Anders and Collias round out a solid cast that elevates what can otherwise be overly-pulpy material. Anders, in particular, gives a performance that masks a metric ton of secrets, adding another dose of suspense to a show that’s already filled with plenty.

Anders’s Zack serves as the focal point of Episode 2 where, after disappearing before the fundraiser, he reappears at his family’s home with a bloody foot and missing toe. Max is there too, pointing to more terror that he may or may not be inflicting on the Bowden family.

And therein lies the central premise and overarching appeal of Cape Fear: At every turn, you’re pretty sure that Max Cady is responsible for the strange things happening to the Bowdens, but you can’t be 100% certain. Nor can you be absolutely positive that there’s not something in the family’s past that they did to deserve it.

Episode 2 begins with a gruesome flashback (beautifully shot in black and white) showing us some of Max’s time in prison, in which he brutally murders a pair of fellow inmates. Back in the present day, Zack reappears, Max is arrested, and they all end up in the hospital where Zack’s missing toe reappears. Turns out, after being drugged – by whom, we don’t know (we do) – whomever was responsible stuffed the toe into Zack’s throat, which he vomits up in the emergency room.

Unlike the premiere, the second episode drags in places, seemingly more concerned with mood than advancing the plot. Despite this, we do get some interesting character revelations. After his mother took her own life, Max was sent to live with his father in the States, leading to an abusive childhood and potential rationale for Max’s (alleged) future actions. We meet Anna’s father Ben, whom she has cut out of her life. Anna discovers Zack has a mysterious online girlfriend, which may or may not be the alias Max is using to further terrorize the family.

Cape Fear has a lot going for it. The cinematography is lush and sultry. The acting, despite some ill-fated attempts at South Georgia accents, is laudable. The tone of suspense and dread that infects every scene of the show is borderline addictive.

The allusions here to Scorsese’s 1991 film (starring Robert DeNiro as Max Cady) are plenty. Episode 1 features vibrant, disconcerting interstitial negative images of the lead characters, which directly tie into the ending of that movie. The film’s bombastic score returns here as well, providing a jolting sense of familiarity.

This is a show that knows what it wants to be yet is not attempting to reinvent the thriller genre or be better than the versions of the story that came before. The dialogue can be overly expository at times and the thrills can border on ham-handed. But if you’re a fan of jump scares, shadows slipping through doorways, and things that go bump in the night, the first two episodes of Cape Fear likely point to a season of delightful thrills.

Amazon has just launched a new Audible deal ahead of Prime Day for both new and returning subscribers. From now until July 15, you can get the first three months of an Audible Standard plan for only $0.99. You'll get your first credit immediately and two additional credits as the months go on. That essentially lets you listen to the first three Dungeon Crawler Carl audiobooks for only $1, no Amazon Prime membership necessary.

And if you've never listened to an audiobook before, I highly recommend starting with that particular series. Dungeon Crawler Carl is one of the best audiobooks right now thanks to a pretty wild story and some incredible narration from Jeff Hays. Once you start listening, you'll see why the series continues to dominate the Audible bestsellers list week after week.

Netflix's Devil May Cry series has been renewed for a third season, which will also be the final season. Series showrunnder Adi Shankar confirmed in a new statement that this was always the plan and, in fact, he envisioned it as a movie trilogy "disguised as a television series."

"For those of you who have been paying attention to the episode names, I have been showing you the structure the entire time. This was always Dante’s Divine Comedy with guns and a red coat. Season 1 was Inferno. Season 2 was Purgatorio. Season 3 will be Paradiso. These three seasons make up 'The Force Edge Saga.' Since inception, 'The Force Edge Saga' was designed as a movie trilogy disguised as a television series.”

Devil May Cry Season 2 was released last month and has been incredibly well-received. We gave the new season an 8/10, noting that it "goes bigger than its predecessor in every way." Shankar had previously told IGN that he viewed the leap between seasons similar to the jump between Batman Begins and The Dark Knight.

“Season 2 is just way, way, way bigger in terms of scope and scale,” Shankar told IGN. “So it's the difference between Batman Begins and The Dark Knight. That's the comp. Or Halo 1 and Halo 2, where in terms of just scale and scope – orders of magnitude bigger and larger. And the tone is just completely different on top of that. The tone is very, very different, so it cuts deeper.”

It remains to be seen if Season 3 will be the show's Dark Knight Rises, a movie that upped the stakes on a cataclysmic scale after Bane conquered Gotham City and threatened to destroy it with a nuclear bomb. While I can't imagine there being a nuke in Devil May Cry Season 3, perhaps there will be some kind of apocalyptic threat that pushes our beloved heroes to the brink.

There are currently no details about Devil May Cry Season 3's plot or release date. However, Season 1 was released in April 2025, so there may be a chance Season 3 debuts next spring as well. Either way, it's interesting to see that the show won't be overstaying its welcome and may, in fact, leave us wanting more.

Cade Onder is a freelancer for IGN's news team. He covers all things entertainment, including gaming, film, and more. You can find him on Twitter @Cade_Onder.

The three-part miniseries The Witness is available to stream on Netflix now.

Netflix’s new true crime miniseries The Witness retells the real-life murder of Rachel Nickell in London in 1992, which was a widely publicized story in Britain. The elements involved here – equal parts wrenching and compelling in terms of the aftermath of what occurred – certainly make for an involving series, even if it doesn’t quite tie together everything it feels like it’s trying for.

A veteran of British crime dramas like The Victim and Chasing Shadows, Rob Williams wrote The Witness (with Alex Winckler directing the three episodes) using Alex Hanscombe’s memoir, Letting Go, as the main source material. Alex is The Witness’s title character, a boy who is just three years old when his mother Rachel (Eleanor Williams) is horrifically raped and murdered in front of him during a walk through a park. With no DNA or fingerprints found at the scene of the crime, Alex (played as a 3-year-old by Jahsaiah Williams) is the only one who can give investigators any information to go on, but his incredibly young age makes this a daunting and emotionally precarious process.

Trying to deal with all of this is Alex’s father, André (Jordan Bolger), who’s left juggling his own immense grief and wish to protect his son from more trauma with the push to get Alex to talk about what happened. It’s an impossible situation, and there are strong and effective scenes early on as André must navigate whether having Alex talk about these things can actually help him process what he went through versus simply giving the police what they want, regardless of what it does to the boy.

Best known for playing youthful roles in series like Peaky Blinders and The Book of Boba Fett, Bolger is excellent in The Witness as André. He wears his character's mixture of sadness and frustration on his face, even as we see him do his best to push through and give Alex some sort of normal life, which becomes increasingly difficult thanks to the massive media attention they attract wherever they go.

The Witness takes place in two time periods, including the murder and initial investigation in 1992-1994, and then a decade later when André and Alex, now living in Spain, are informed the case is being reopened thanks to an advancement in DNA matching techniques. Kudos to both Bolger’s performance and to the hair and makeup teams for selling him at different points of André’s life, in a story that ultimately spans 14 years. Much of the story jumps back and forth between the two time periods and Winckler does a very good job of visually differentiating the eras so it’s almost always immediately clear which portion we’re now back in.

That being said, it’s hard not to wonder if telling this story in a more linear fashion might not have been just as effective, as it feels like the cross-cutting is sometimes a bit of a distracting, unnecessary technique. But at least it does allow us to meet the teenage version of Alex earlier, with Max Finchman also very good as a kid who has, not shockingly given all he’s gone through, grown up with some self-destructive tendencies. A complex aspect of all of this is that Alex’s lashing out has been perhaps given an extra boost unwittingly by André, whose desperation to keep their identity a secret in other countries, lest the media learn where they are, has them living with a go bag packed with money and passports by the door, as though they’re criminals on the run.

A talented cast of British character actors like Neil Maskell, Kevin Eldon, Sean Gilder, James Bradshaw and James Dryden offer solid, engaging performances as the men leading the investigation into Rachel’s death in the ’90s, with Mark Stanley then grabbing the baton for the portion set in the 2000s. There are some moments in the series that are certainly heavy-handed, such as André watching a psychologist on TV talk about the lifelong trauma Alex will likely feel, but the cast do a lot to keep the story grounded, even when it briefly threatens to feel a bit more sensationalized.

The third and final episode of The Witness jams in a lot, including the reopening of the case, the possibility of seeing the killer (Steve Stamp) in a more sympathetic light based on his own disturbing history, and discussion of huge errors on the part of the police going back to before Rachel’s murder even occurred. All of these aspects are compelling, particularly the unexpected empathy towards the killer in a story of this sort (and who it is who’s seeing them in this different manner). Yet it also feels somewhat rushed through and ultimately as though The Witness could actually have used one more episode to help flesh out some of what is being conveyed here.

Some may say we are in a renaissance of video game adaptations as we've been treated to The Super Mario Bros. Movie (and its sequel!), a third Sonic the Hedgehog film, and TV series based on The Last of Us and Fallout, and will soon be getting adaptations of God of War, Mass Effect, and so many more. The best part? A lot of these look so much better than video game adaptations we’ve gotten in the past.

How many will actually make it through development and see the light of day remains to be seen, and only a fraction of these have actual release dates. But we're watching these projects, and we're tracking them!

For the purposes of this list, we classify a “video game movie” or "video game TV show" as an actual adaptation of an existing video game, so something like Wreck-It Ralph (which is just a movie about video games) wouldn’t qualify. They don’t have to be faithful adaptations – they just have to be based on a real game.

Click on through the slideshow below for a glimpse, or read on to find out about the biggest projects with definite details. And if you see something incorrect, missing, or in need of an update, let us know in the comments!

What Are the Next Video Game Movies and TV Shows Coming Out? 2026 and Beyond Release Dates

Video Game Movies in 2026 and Beyond

• Resident Evil (September 18, 2026)
• Street Fighter (October 16, 2026)
• The Angry Birds Movie 3 (January 29, 2027)
• Sonic the Hedgehog 4 (March 19, 2027)
• The Legend of Zelda (May 7, 2027)
• A Minecraft Movie Squared (July 23, 2027)
• Helldivers (November 10, 2027)
• Elden Ring (March 3, 2028)
• Call of Duty (June 30, 2028)
• Mortal Kombat 3 (TBA)
• Bloodborne (TBA)
• Super Mario Movie 3 (TBA)
• Five Nights at Freddy's 3 (TBA)
• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (TBA)
• Horizon Zero Dawn (TBA)
• Grow a Garden (Roblox) (TBA)
• The Sims (TBA)
• Riders Republic (TBA)
• Gears of War (TBA)
• Sleeping Dogs (TBA)
• Phasmophobia (TBA)
• Death Stranding (TBA)
• Death Stranding: Mosquito (TBA)
• BioShock (TBA)
• El Paso, Elsewhere (TBA)
• Split Fiction (TBA)
• Watch Dogs (TBA)
• Battlefield (TBA)

Video Game TV Shows in 2026 and Beyond

• The Witcher: Season 5 (2026)
• The Last of Us: Season 3 (2027)
• Ghost of Tsushima Anime Series (2027)
• God of War Series (TBA)
• Fallout: Season 3 (TBA)
• Tomb Raider Series (Sophie Turner) (TBA)
• Devil May Cry: Season 3 (TBA)
• Far Cry Series (TBA)
• Mass Effect Series (TBA)
• Beyond: Two Souls Series (TBA)
• Assassin's Creed Series (TBA)
• Splinter Cell: Deathwatch Season 2 (TBA)
• Overcooked Reality Series (TBA)
• Gears of War Animated Series (TBA)

Resident Evil

Release Date: September 18, 2026

Zach Cregger's Resident Evil movie will be bringing us back to Raccoon City in 2026 and recent images posted online have confirmed filming is underway in Prague. This likely means the film will be set prior to October 1998 and the events depicted in Resident Evil 3 for reasons we won't spoil here.

Street Fighter

Release Date: October 16, 2026

Street Fighter will be making its way to the big screen next year from Bad Trip's Kitao Sakurai. As for who will star in the film, a recent trailer revealed the following;

• Noah Centineo as “Ken Masters”
• Andrew Koji as “Ryu”
• Callina Liang as “Chun-Li”
• Joe “Roman Reigns” Anoa’i as “Akuma”
• David Dastmalchian as “M. Bison”
• Cody Rhodes as “Guile”
• Andrew Schulz as “Dan Hibiki”
• Eric André as “Don Sauvage”
• Vidyut Jammwal as “Dhalsim”
• Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson as “Balrog”
• Jason Momoa as “Blanka”
• Orville Peck as “Vega”
• Olivier Richters as “Zangief”
• Hirooki Goto as “E. Honda”
• Rayna Vallandingham as “Juli”
• Alexander Volkanovski as “Joe”
• Kyle Mooney as “Marvin”
• Mel Jarnson as “Cammy”

“Set in 1993, estranged Street Fighters Ryu (Andrew Koji) and Ken Masters (Noah Centineo) are thrown back into combat when the mysterious Chun-Li (Callina Liang) recruits them for the next World Warrior Tournament: a brutal clash of fists, fate, and fury,” the official plot synopsis reads.

The Angry Birds Movie 3

Release Date: January 29, 2027

Jason Sudeikis, Josh Gad, Rachel Bloom, and Danny McBride return as Red, Chuck, Silver, and Bomb for a third Angry Birds movies. John Rice (The Angry Birds Movie 1, Beavis & Butt-Head Do the Universe) directs from a screenplay by Thurop Van Orman (The Angry Birds Movie 2!).

Sonic the Hedgehog 4

Release Date: March 19, 2027

The Sonic movies are going strong (Sonic 3 is at the top of our best video game movies of all time list!), so it's no surprise that a fourth film is in the works. There aren't many details available about the project yet, but based on the Sonic 3 post-credits scene, expect Amy Rose and Metal Sonic to show up.

The Legend of Zelda

Release Date: May 7, 2027

The Legend of Zelda is officially getting the live-action film treatment and it's being produced by Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto and Avi Arad, chairman of Arad Productions and former founder and CEO of Marvel Studios.

The film will be directed by Wes Ball and will star Bo Bragason as Zelda and Benjamin Evan Ainsworth as Link. and it's all being co-financed by Nintendo and Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. Nintendo will be financing more than 50% of the movie and the theatrical distribution will be done by Sony.

"The Legend of Zelda follows Link, a young warrior destined to protect the magical kingdom of Hyrule from the forces of darkness," the official description reads. "The land is under threat from Ganon, a ruthless warlord who seeks the Triforce — an ancient relic said to grant limitless power. To stop him, Link must embark on a perilous journey, battling monstrous creatures, exploring treacherous dungeons, and solving intricate puzzles to uncover sacred artifacts that can aid him in his quest."

If, like us, you can't wait for The Legend of Zelda movie, be sure to check out that one time we predicted the film would eventually arrive via an April Fools' Day joke.

A Minecraft Movie Squared

Release Date: July 23, 2027

Warner Bros. has officially confirmed A Minecraft Movie 2 will be released on July 23, 2027, and it makes sense as the original made over $957 million at the global box office. Will Jennifer Coolidge be back with her nitwit villager love interest? We can only hope!

Helldivers

Release Date: November 10, 2027

At CES 2025, Sony announced that the wildly successful Helldivers 2 would be adapted into a major motion picture from Sony Productions and Sony Pictures. Director Justin Lin said the following at CinemaCon 2026: "Helldivers balances satire with humanity... and the only person who I think can pull this off is Jason Momoa." Momoa will be playing a soldier battling aliens on behalf of humanity.

Elden Ring

Release Date: March 3, 2028

A live-action Elden Ring movie is in the works from Ex Machina's Alex Garland, who will be directing and writing the movie for A24. George R.R. Martin is onboard as a producer. For those worried, Garland put together a 160-page draft script with 40 extra pages of images to convince Bandai Namco and FromSoftware to let him lead this project.

Call of Duty

Release Date: June 30, 2028

Activision and Paramount Pictures have announced that Yellowstone creator Tyler Sheridan and Lone Survivor's Peter Berg are onboard to lead the upcoming Call of Duty movie. Sheridan will write and produce and Berg will write, direct, and produce.

Mortal Kombat 3

Release Date: TBA

In Mortal Kombat 2, Karl Urban joined the series as Johnny Cage while Adeline Rudolph took on the role of Kitana. We gave the movie an 8/10, saying "The bar for video game movie sequels isn’t very high, but this one not only clears the bar, it twirls it around like a bo staff." No word yet on if Mortal Kombat 3 is definitely happening, but we're pretty sure it will -- and if it does, hopefully it will answer our biggest burning questions about Mortal Kombat 2.

Bloodborne

Release Date: TBA

Sony Pictures has an R-rated animated film based on Bloodborne in the works, though no details beyond the fact that it's being produced by YouTuber Jacksepticeye have been revealed yet.

Super Mario Movie 3

Release Date: TBA

Now that the second movie, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, has hit theaters, fans are just waiting for word on what's next. Super Smash Bros. Movie maybe...?

Five Nights at Freddy’s 3

Release Date: TBA

A third movie in the popular series is said to be in development at Blumhouse Productions.

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

Release Date: TBA

Even before Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 was out, it was confirmed the game would be getting a film adaptation. Developer Sandfall Interactive has partnered with Story Kitchen to bring this to life, but we don't know much else at this point.

Horizon Zero Dawn

Release Date: TBA

Horizon Zero Dawn has had both a movie and a TV show in the works, but the TV show has had a bit of a rocky road. In July 2024, it was reported that the series was no longer moving forward at Netflix. It may show up again in the future, but it wasn't a great sign.

As for the movie, Sony announced at CES 2025 that a big-screen adaptation of Aloy's adventure is currently very early in production. A recent report said the movie is planning on filming in 2026 and releasing at some point in 2027.

Grow a Garden (Roblox)

Release Date: TBA

In 2025, it was reported that this popular Roblox game would be getting a movie. We'll see if this one ever happens, but stranger adaptations of games have become a reality before!

The Sims

Release Date: TBA

EA's long-running life simulation series The Sims is getting the big-screen treatment from Loki season 1 director Kate Heron and Margot Robbie's production company Lucky Chap. We have yet to learn anything else about the project, but it should be welcome news for fans nonetheless.

Riders Republic

Release Date: TBA

Ubisoft's extreme sports game Riders Republic is getting a film adaptation from Bad Boys for Life's Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah. Ubisoft said it is "poised to be an electrifying action movie, delivering non-stop thrills, humor, and spectacular stunts on the snowy slopes of the Alps."

Gears of War

Release Date: TBA

Netflix has partnered with The Coalition to develop a Gears of War live-action movie and an adult animated series. The movie will arrive first and, if these projects do well, there is “potential for more stories to follow!”

In March 2023, it was announced that the Gears of War movie will be written by Dune and Doctor Strange's Jon Spaihts. John Wick director David Leitch is in the helmer's chair when and if the project happens.

Sleeping Dogs

Release Date: TBA

MCU star Simu Liu got fans excited when he said he was working with the rights holders to bring Sleeping Dogs to the big screen, and it turns out he is actually set to produce the film and play the lead role of Wei Shen. Timo Tjahjanto. Tjahjanto (The Beekeeper 2, Nobody 2) will direct.

Phasmophobia

Release Date: TBA

In June, 2025, it was reported that Blumhouse Productions and James Wan's Atomic Monster would be adapting the first-person puzzle game Phasmophobia into a film. No word on the project since then, however.

Death Stranding

Release Date: TBA

Hideo Kojima's Kojima Productions has partnered with A24 to adapt Death Stranding into a live-action feature film.

"The film promises to delve into the mysteries surrounding the apocalyptic event called the 'Death Stranding', which blurred the lines between life and death, and brought forth nightmarish creatures into a world on the brink of collapse," the official synopsis reads. It was also confirmed it will "tell a story you haven't seen in that world."

Death Stranding: Mosquito

Release Date: TBA

A new animated film called Death Stranding: Mosquito is also on its way and, according to Kojima and animation director Hiroshi Miyamoto, it follows the story of "a guy who sucks." We got a look at a snippet of animation from the film at the Beyond the Strand presentation, which showed a man "with something stuck to his face that has a weird tentacle thing coming out of it. He's in the water at the beginning of the clip, swimming and approaching something human-shaped that's difficult to make out. But in the second part of the clip, he's on land, in the Timefall, fighting a guy in a porter suit, still with the gooey thing on his face." OK then!

BioShock

Release Date: TBA

There's always a lighthouse, and apparently there's always a BioShock adaptation in the works. After a previous attempt to bring the beloved first-person shooter to film form fell apart at Universal years ago, Netflix and Take-Two announced in early 2022 that a BioShock film adaptation is in the works for the streaming service. Hunger Games director Francis Lawrence is on-board to direct the film and Logan and Blade Runner 2049 writer Michael Green will pen the script for the story that will be “really true to the game itself.”

In October 2023, it was confirmed the was still in the writing stage but that the team was very optimistic about how the project was going, and in July 2024 producer Roy Lee said the film was still in the works but with a reduced budget.

El Paso, Elsewhere

Release Date: TBA

Strange Scaffold's third-person neo-noir shooter, El Paso, Elsewhere, is getting the big screen treatment, and LaKeith Stanfield is said to be in talks to star and produce the project alongside Lorenzo di Bonaventura's Di Bonaventura Pictures and Colin Stark. The film would follow protagonist James Savage as he navigates a monster-filled world and tries to stop his vicious ex-girlfriend and the demons he is battling inside.

Split Fiction

Release Date: TBA

In 2025, Story Kitchen was in the process of gathering a team together to work on an adaptation of Hazelight Studios' Split Fiction. Reports say Sydney Sweeney may star in the film, Wicked director Jon M. Chu will direct, and Deadpool and Wolverine's screenwriter Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick are also on board.

Watch Dogs

Release Date: TBA

Ubisoft's Watch Dogs film began filming in 2024, more than a decade after it was first announced. We haven't heard much more since then...

Battlefield

Release Date: TBA

Michael B. Jordan and Christopher McQuarrie are reportedly attached to a feature film adaptation of Electronic Arts’ bestselling military video game Battlefield. McQuarrie will write, direct and produce. Jordan is attached to produce and possibly star. EA will also serve as a producer on the Battlefield movie. The package is currently being shopped to studios, including Sony and Apple. The movie is meant to be a theatrical not streaming release.

The Witcher: Season 5

Release Date: 2026

Netflix’s The Witcher returned for its fourth season, and it did so with a new Geralt of Rivia as The Hunger Games’ Liam Hemsworth replaced Henry Cavill. You can watch all of those episodes now while knowing a fifth and final season is also in the works.

The Last of Us: Season 3

Release Date: 2027

After a stellar first and second season, HBO's The Last of Us will be returning for a third season on HBO and it looks to, as the games did, switch the focus to Kaitlyn Dever's Abby for a while. Co-creator Craig Mazin confirmed this new season will be longer than Season 2.

While you wait, be sure to check out our explainer of the ending of Season 2 and how it sets up this next part of the tragic tale of The Last of Us.

Ghost of Tsushima Anime Series

Release Date: 2027

A Ghost of Tsushima anime is on the way from Sony and Aniplex and it is set to launch exclusively on Crunchyroll in 2027. Instead of adapting the main game, this anime will instead focus on the Legends co-op multiplayer portion that was added post-launch.

God of War Series

Release Date: TBA

Prime Video has officially announced that a God of War live-action series is in the works from Sony Pictures Television and PlayStation Productions. The show will follow the story that began in 2018’s God of War and will see Kratos and Atreus traveling to the highest peak in the nine realms of Norse mythology to spread the ashes of their late wife/mother.

At CES 2024, Sony confirmed writing was underway for the series. In October 2024, it was reported that Ronald D. Moore (Star Trek: The Next Generation, Battlestar Galactica, Outlander) had replaced the show's previous producers Rafe Judkins, Hawk Ostby and Mark Fergus as showrunner.

Fallout: Season 3

Release Date: TBA

Season 2 of Prime Video's Fallout series switched to a weekly schedule (after Season 1's binge model), which certainly made it more "sticky" in the pop-culture conversation. And a Season 3 is in the works, though we don't know when it will hit. We do know, however, that Ella Purnell's Lucy and Walton Goggins' Ghoul will certainly be back.

Tomb Raider Series (Sophie Turner)

Release Date: TBA

Phoebe Waller-Bridge's live-action Tomb Raider series for Amazon Prime Video is back after appearing to be dead, and it will in fact star Sophie Turner as the legendary Lara Croft. Production will begin in January 2026 and Chad Hodge has signed on as co-showrunner alongside Jonathan van Tulleken as director and executive producer.

Devil May Cry: Season 3

Release Date: TBA

Netflix's Castlevania showrunner Adi Shankar released a new anime series based on Devil May Cry in April, 2025. Season 2 was released in May, 2026, and we gave it an 8/10. The following month, Netflix confirmed that a third and final season was in the works.

Far Cry Series

Release Date: TBA on FX and Hulu

Noah Hawley (Alien: Earth, Fargo, Legion) will be turning Far Cry into a TV series for FX and Hulu, along with It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia's Rob Mac (aka Rob McElhenney). Mac will also star in the series, which is in early days at the moment but is sure to be a major push for FX considering how much attention Alien: Earth received. Each season of the show will focus on a new setting, similar to the games.

Mass Effect Series

Release Date: TBA

A Mass Effect movie adaptation was in the works at least as far back as 2010, though it never wound up happening.

In December, 2021, however, it was reported that Amazon was working on a deal to adapt the game as a TV series. It once again took a while, but in November 2024, it was confirmed that Amazon MGM studios had begun development on the TV version. Daniel Casey (10 Cloverfield Lane) will write and executive produce the show, while other producers include EA/BioWare's Michael Gamble, who's leading development on the next Mass Effect game, and Avi Arad, who was part of that initial movie announcement all those years back.

Beyond: Two Souls Series

Release Date: TBA

PlayStation and Quantic Dream’s Beyond: Two Souls could be getting a TV series from original star Elliot Page. Reports indicate that Page’s Pageboy Productions has acquired the rights tor the project, which is said to be in early development.

Assassin's Creed Series

Release Date: TBA

Netflix is producing a live-action Assassin's Creed series, executive produced by Ubisoft's Jason Altman and Danielle Kreinik. The live-action series will be an "epic, genre-bending live action adaptation." The collaboration will "tap into the iconic video game’s trove of dynamic stories" to create live-action, animated and anime series. The series will be set in Ancient Rome, starting in the year 64 AD.

Splinter Cell: Deathwatch Season 2 (TBA)

Release Date: TBA

Back in 2012, it was reported that Tom Hardy was going to be starring as Sam Fisher in a film adaptation of Splinter Cell, but that obviously never panned out. Instead, the Netflix series Splinter Cell: Deathwatch released a first season in 2025, with Liev Schreiber voicing Fisher. A second season is in the works.

Overcooked Reality Series

Release Date: TBA

A24 and Netflix will be bringing us a reality TV show based on the chaotic cooking game known as Overcooked. It is said to be an unscripted format show like Nailed It! and Floor Is Lava, and the kitchen will have crazy obstacles pop up to impede the chef's progress in crafting the perfect meal.

Announced Video Game Movies and TV Shows That Are Status Unknown

Announced Video Game Movies (Status Unknown)

• Ghost of Tsushima
• Pokemon: Detective Pikachu 2
• Outlast
• Martha Is Dead
• Days Gone
• Dredge
• Space Channel 5
• Comix Zone
• Stray
• Mega Man
• Just Cause
• Duke Nukem
• Gravity Rush
• Dead by Daylight
• It Takes Two
• Sifu
• Slime Rancher
• Ark: Survival Evolved
• Pac-Man
• Streets of Rage
• Sniper Elite
• Toe-Jam and Earl
• Jak and Daxter
• Half-Life
• Saints Row
• Portal
• Yakuza
• Beyond Good & Evil
• Firewatch
• Metal Gear Solid
• The Division
• Just Dance
• Dragon's Lair

Announced Video Game TV Shows (Status Unknown)

• A Plague Tale
• Nier: Automata: Season 2
• Disco Elysium
• Hunt: Showdown
• Alan Wake
• System Shock
• Grounded
• Life Is Strange
• My Friend Pedro
• Skull & Bones

Which of these video game movie or TV show adaptations are you most looking forward to? Let's discuss in the comments!

Note: This story was updated on 6/4/2026. It was originally posted on 10/21/2021.

I have read more than my fair share of LitRPG books, but Dungeon Crawler Carl has been a contender for my overall favorite series since I first picked up book one. In short, it's an ongoing story about a man and his sassy cat's descent into the madness of an apocalyptic space game show. The author, Matt Dinniman, has a writing style that perfectly blends outrageousness with intrigue, making it hard to put down once you start reading.

There are a total of eight Dungeon Crawler Carl books that have been published so far, with the latest novel releasing on May 12. All of the books are available to read with a Kindle Unlimited subscription, and all eight of the books are available for purchase as hardcover editions.

What's the Best Way to Read Dungeon Crawler Carl?

I've read all of the Dungeon Crawler Carl books via a Kindle Unlimited subscription, which is what I'd recommend if you want to save as much money as possible. All of the books are included with a subscription, so you can burn through the full series fairly quickly without having to buy each individual title. If you prefer reading actual physical books, however, you can also buy hardcover copies of all seven books. A Parade of Horribles, the upcoming eighth book in the series, will be getting a physical release at the same time it comes out on Kindle, so you won't have to wait to pick up a copy like you did with the previous entries.

Alternatively, if you're a fan of audiobooks, the Dungeon Crawler Carl Audible editions come highly recommended. Voice actor Jeff Hays does an incredible job portraying all of the different characters Matt Dinniman features in his books. You can listen to the first book for free by signing up for an Audible subscription. There's currently an Audible promotion going on that can get you the first three DCC audiobooks for $0.99, which makes this path a lot more tempting right now.

A Parade of Horribles Synopsis

A Parade of Horribles out now. Here's the official synopsis from the Penguin Random House website:

"As chaos and mass panic spread outside the dungeon in the wake of Faction Wars, Carl and Donut find themselves on the tenth floor, where they’re forced to compete in a surprisingly normal set of tasks. Well, normal for the dungeon.

Races. Get from point A to point B, and don’t come in last. After each race, they pick an upgrade for their vehicle and the track gets more challenging. It all seems a little too normal, a little too simple.

Ignore those strange glitches that are occurring with increasing frequency. Don’t listen to those whispers about what’s happening on the mysterious eleventh floor, something the system AI calls A Parade of Horribles. Nobody, not even the showrunners, knows what that means. Just that the AI has ominously dubbed it 'a coming-out party for the ages.'

Everything is fine, Crawler. I repeat, everything is fine.

Carl hates that it’s business as usual. The rules of this floor have taken away his agency. That just will not do.

So Carl is planning a party of his own. It’s a plan so dangerous, so insane, he can’t even consult his friends lest the AI put a stop to it. Because if it goes wrong, it’s not just the end of Carl and Donut. No. The stakes are higher than they’ve ever been."

The original score for Fallout Season 2 is getting a limited-edition vinyl release this summer.

Composed by three-time Grammy nominee Ramin Djawadi, best known for his work on Game of Thrones and Westworld, the soundtrack will be released as a 2LP "gold/cobalt shimmer" vinyl set.

It's up for preorder now via Amazon for $35.98, and it releases on July 17.

IGN can exclusively reveal the premiere date and first look at Batman: Caped Crusader Season 2. All 10 episodes of the second season of the Warner Bros. Animation series will launch on Prime Video on Friday, July 31, 2026.

Batman: Caped Crusader Season 1 reimagined the iconic DC Comics characters as denizens of a retro, film noir Gotham City. Season 2 will continue this moody stylistic approach and introduce new takes on some of Batman’s most popular friends and foes.

Spoiler alert but Batman: Caped Crusader Season 1 ended with a tease that the show’s incarnation of the Joker might appear in Season 2. Based on these exclusive photos (seen in the slideshow below), the Clown Prince of Crime does indeed show up this season.

Our exclusive image gallery reveals that Season 2 will also introduce the show’s incarnations of the iconic Bat-villains Edward Nygma/Riddler, Scarecrow, and Mad Hatter. Mad Hatter, like Minnie Driver’s Penguin in Season 1, appears to be a gender-swapped version of the character.

Prime Video informed IGN that Roxy Rocket will also appear this season. She was a character created by Bruce Timm and Paul Dini for The New Batman Adventures.

The character in the Grey Ghost-esque outfit is Carrie Kelley, DC's first female Robin who was created by Frank Miller for The Dark Knight Returns.

No word yet on who is voicing these roles, but returning voice cast members include Hamish Linklater as Bruce Wayne/Batman, Jamie Chung as Harley Quinn/Harleen Quinzel, Jason Watkins as Alfred Pennyworth, Eric Morgan Stuart as Commissioner Jim Gordon, Krystal Joy Brown as Barbara Gordon, Michelle C. Bonilla as Renee Montoya, and Bumper Robinson as Lucius Fox.

Executive producers J.J. Abrams, Matt Reeves and Bruce Timm are back for Batman: Caped Crusader Season 2. Along with Abrams, Reeves and Timm, Batman: Caped Crusader executive producers include James Tucker, Geoffrey Thorne, Sarah Geismer, Rachel Rusch Rich, and Sam Register.

In his Batman: Caped Crusader Season 1 review, IGN critic Erik Adams awarded the season a 7 out of 10, praising the series for telling “a tightly focused, slightly more mature story of Bruce Wayne and his alter ego learning that they’re not so alone.”

It's never too late to become a Star Wars fan. If you're just getting started with the franchise and are trying to catch up with everything canon in Star Wars, we've got you covered with a full chronological guide to the entire Star Wars timeline.

With new Star Wars movies in development and new series hitting Disney+ on the regular, there's plenty of Star Wars stories from across time and space.

Jump to:

• How to watch in chronological order
• How to watch by release date

But what about all of the Star Wars content that you can binge right now, and how do you watch it in the order it was meant to be seen? Well, fear not! We have a list of all the current Star Wars movies and shows you can watch right now in chronological order and by release date. And it's never been easier, now that all of these titles are available to stream with a Disney+ subscription.

Star Wars Movies and Shows in Chronological Order

1. The Acolyte (Series, 2024)

Chronologically, The Acolyte is the earliest part of the Star Wars timeline that you can watch. Set at the end of the High Republic era, long before the Skywalker Saga kicks off, this Disney+ series follows a young former Jedi named Osha (played by Amandla Stenberg) who works with her old Master, Sol (played by Lee Jung-jae) to investigate the murder of another Jedi. The series received generally mixed reviews, earning a 6/10 in our The Acolyte season 1 review.

2. Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (Movie, 1999)

Released in 1999 and starring Ewan McGregor, Liam Neeson, and Natalie Portman, Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace explored what happened long before the original trilogy, making it the starting point for a chronological watch. It introduced us to a young Anakin Skywalker (played by Jake Lloyd) who would hopefully be the one to bring balance to the force. Though not an overall critical hit at the time (as it sits at 51% on Rotten Tomatoes), it’s since garnered a much more positive reception, as even Ewan McGregor noted during interviews for the Obi-Wan Kenobi series.

3. Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (Movie, 2002)

The second installment of the prequel trilogy, which came out only a few years after its predecessor in 2002, is the next stop in a chronological watch. Taking place ten years after Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, it centers on an older Anakin (played now by Hayden Christensen) and Obi-Wan (played once again by Ewan McGregor) as they discover new and terrifying threats in the galaxy, which in turn leads up to the Clone Wars.

4. Star Wars: Clone Wars (Animated Series, 2003-2005)

Clone Wars is a 2D animated series that ran on Cartoon Network from 2003-2005 and explored what happened during the titular wars, making it the perfect story to slot in between Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones and Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. Anakin and Obi-Wan returned as characters as well, but were voiced by different people (Mat Lucas and James Arnold Taylor, respectively). Even though this series came to an end in 2005, the Clone Wars stories continued with a movie and new series in 2008.

5. Star Wars: The Clone Wars (Movie, 2008)

Before the rise of the new Clone Wars series, there was a computer-animated film of the same name that released two months before the series did to kick it all off. It serves as a pilot episode to the show, taking place shortly after Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones. It also saw James Arnold Taylor returning as the voice of Obi-Wan Kenobi, but had Matt Lanter replacing Mat Lucas as Anakin and featured Ashley Eckstein as Ahsoka Tano, who would all carry on into the new series, too.

6. Star Wars: The Clone Wars (Animated Series, 2008-2020)

Two months later, Star Wars: The Clone Wars followed the 2008 computer-animated film and ran on Cartoon Network. It takes place in the three years between Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones and Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, serving as a continuation of the aforementioned Clone Wars series from 2003, and featured several familiar faces and returning voice cast members (such as those listed in the film above). All of the events within the series eventually led to the prequel trilogy’s grand finale: Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith.

7. Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (Movie, 2005)

The third and final installment in the prequel trilogy was Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, which released in 2005. Following all of the thrills from The Clone Wars, this film takes place three years after Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones and sees a major shift in Anakin, eventually bringing the prequel trilogy of the Skywalker Saga to a close. And while Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope starts up a new chapter of that Saga, there are plenty of stories still to explore in the time between in this galaxy far, far away.

8. Star Wars: Maul - Shadow Lord (Animated Series, 2026-Present)

The Star Wars: Maul - Shadow Lord series takes place a few years after the end of the Clone Wars and also has some overlap with the Bad Batch. The animated series gives us some real insight into what exactly Darth Maul gets up to after Darth Sidious (AKA Palpatine) executes Order 66. We were particularly big fans of the show’s first season, deeming it a “no-brainer” watch for Star Wars fans in our review, so it’s not too surprising the Disney+ series has already been renewed for a second season.

9. Star Wars: The Bad Batch (Animated Series, 2021-2024)

Star Wars: The Bad Batch serves as a sequel to The Clone Wars series and takes place in the aftermath of said wars. It follows a group of elite clone troopers, known as Clone Force 99, and the mercenary missions they take on post-Clone Wars. Its second season is currently running until March 29th, so it’s the perfect time to start catching up in your chronological watch.

10. Solo: A Star Wars Story (Movie, 2018)

In the time before the original trilogy of the Skywalker Saga, there’s a film that details the origin of one of its most important characters: Han Solo. Solo: A Star Wars Story is set 10 years before the events of Stars Wars Episode IV: A New Hope and starred Alden Ehrenreich as the titular smuggler, following him and Chewbacca on an adventurous heist. He’s not the only character we get a bit of backstory on before the original trilogy, though.

11. Obi-Wan Kenobi (Series, 2022)

Obi-Wan Kenobi is a mini series that was released in 2022 and follows the titular Jedi 10 years after the events of Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, with Ewan McGregor returning to the role. Though originally planned as a limited series, the door is always open for another season if fans want, according to Lucasfilm. And, if you want a quick way to take in all six episodes of the series without any pacing issues, it's even been recut by a fan into a full-length movie!

12. Star Wars Rebels (Animated Series, 2014-2018)

Also taking place a little over 10 years after Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, and five years before Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, Star Wars Rebels is an animated series that follows the Rebellion’s small beginnings in a galaxy far, far away. It ran for four seasons with 75 total episodes, so you’ll have plenty to keep you occupied as you follow the stories about the rise of the Rebellion.

13. Star Wars: Andor (Series, 2022-2025)

Similar to Star Wars Rebels and also taking place five years before Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, Star Wars: Andor follows the formation of the Rebel Alliance, with Cassian Andor (played by Diego Luna) leading the series. The first season features 12 exhilarating episodes, and we finally got the second and final season in 2025. The building of this Rebellion eventually leads to…

14. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (Movie, 2016)

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is set just before the events of Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope and follows a group of Rebels, Cassian included, as they plot to steal the plans for the Death Star. This film was the first of the standalone Star Wars spin-offs and featured a stellar cast alongside Luna, including Felicity Jones, Ben Mendelsohn, Donnie Yen, Mads Mikkelsen, and many more.

15. Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (Movie, 1977)

And all of these events finally lead us into the trilogy that started it all, and the next chronological chapter of the Skywalker Saga. Released in 1977, Stars Wars Episode IV: A New Hope centered on Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) as he begins Jedi training under Obi-Wan Kenobi (Alec Guinness) and sets out on a journey to rescue Rebel Alliance leader Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher) with the help of smuggler Han Solo (Harrison Ford) and Chewbacca (Peter Mayhew). It’s an incredible classic that started this whole journey in the first place, and chronologically will set you up right in the middle of your Star Wars journey.

16. Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (Movie, 1980)

Star Wars came back bigger and better with Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. Set three years after its predecessor, this film follows our favorite Rebels as they continue to fight back against Imperial forces, and as Luke begins training with Yoda. It also sees Darth Vader reaching out to Luke in an attempt to lure him to the Dark Side. It’s dramatic, action-packed, and sure to keep you invested as you jump into the final film of the original trilogy.

17. Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (Movie, 1983)

Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi brings the original trilogy’s Skywalker Saga to a close. Set one year after the events of Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, this story revolves around the Rebel fleet as they aim to take down the newly-rebuilt Death Star. It’s a climactic finale that also sees Luke confronting Darth Vader once more, tieing up remaining strings as the Rebels make their final assault. It’s a film that leaves the fate of the galaxy in new hands, and open for new stories.

18. Star Wars: The Mandalorian (Series, 2019-Present)

In the time between the fall of the Empire and the rise of the First Order, there are several stories to appear - and one of the most exciting comes from Star Wars: The Mandalorian. This space western is a series running on Disney+ that instantly won over fans with its exciting story of a bounty hunter named Din Djarin (played by Pedro Pascal) and his adventures with little Grogu.

Season 3 is set after the events in The Book of Boba Fett listed below - and the series shows no signs of slowing down anytime soon. Mando isn’t the only story of a bounty hunter that needs covering in a chronological watch of Star Wars, though.

19. The Book of Boba Fett (Series, 2021)

A familiar name to many Star Wars fans, Boba Fett (played by Temuera Morrison, who also appeared in Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones as Jango Fett and re-recorded lines for Boba in the DVD re-release of the original trilogy) is another bounty hunter who roams the galaxy. Serving as a spin-off of Star Wars: The Mandalorian, and set around the same period of time, The Book of Boba Fett follows the titular character as he leaves the life of a bounty hunter behind to take over the territory formerly run by Jabba the Hut. It currently only has one season out with seven episodes that run almost an hour each.

20. Star Wars: Ahsoka (Series, 2023)

Ahsoka centers on the titular former Jedi Knight as she investigates an emerging threat to the galaxy. And for those who have been wondering where the show fits on the timeline, we have some potential answers. In an interview with SFX magazine (via GamesRadar) Sabine Wren's actress Natasha Liu Bordizzo stated that, "Ahsoka runs along the same timeline as The Mandalorian season 3, and the shows are all connected. There's just so many parallels." In our 7/10 review of the first two episodes, IGN said: "Dave Filoni’s new Disney+ series Ahsoka has plenty of action but still gets off to a slow start by getting viewers up to speed with the events of Star Wars Rebels."

It was recently announced that an Ahsoka season 2 is officially in development.

21. Star Wars: Skeleton Crew (Series, 2024)

Star Wars: Skeleton Crew "is set concurrently with The Mandalorian and Ahsoka," according to Empire Magazine (via Screen Rant). The Goonies-inspird series follows a group of ordinary suburban kids from the planet At Attin who find themselves mixed up in a space-pirate adventure. Jude Law stars as Jod Na Nawood.

22. Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu (Movie, 2026)

As mentioned above, The Mandalorian series starts before The Book of Boba Fett, but Season 3 crosses over it. The Mandalorian and Grogu movie takes place right after the end of that third season, but it’s a little iffy where exactly places the movie relative to other Star Wars projects that take place around 12-13 ABY, specifically Ahsoka and Skeleton Crew.

Unfortunately, the most recent Star Wars movie hasn't exactly been the biggest hit at the box office, and it's unclear whether we'll be getting any sort of sequel or more seasons of the TV show.

23. Star Wars: Resistance (Animated Series, 2018-2019)

Arisen from the ashes of the Empire comes a new threat to the galaxy: The First Order. This rise is first explored in Star Wars: Resistance, an animated series that premiered on Disney Channel and Disney XD. It follows a young pilot named Kazuda (or Kaz) Xiono who’s recruited by the Resistance (namely Poe Dameron - played by Oscar Isaac) to spy on the First Order. It takes place just before the events of the sequel trilogy, laying the groundwork for what’s to come in the next chapter of the Skywalker Saga.

24. Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens (Movie, 2015)

The sequel trilogy kicked off with Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens, which introduced us to a brand new band of Rebels. At the center of these films was Rey (played by Daisy Ridley), who joins up with ex-Stormtrooper Finn (John Boyega), Resistance pilot Poe (played by Oscar Isaac), and our beloved smuggler Han Solo (played once again by Harrison Ford) as they work with the Resistance (led by Carrie Fisher’s General Leia Organa) to track down Luke Skywalker (once again played by Mark Hamill) and take down the First Order, with Kylo Ren (played by Adam Driver) as the film’s main antagonist. It’s a reunion of old and new that started the sequel trilogy off with a bang.

25. Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi (Movie, 2017)

The search for Luke Skywalker leads straight into Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi. Kicking off immediately after the end of The Force Awakens, this story follows Rey as she seeks to recruit Luke’s help. Given the First Order’s relentless pursuits, The Resistance could use it, but she’s not the only one out looking for ways to gain the upper hand. Finn gets help from a mechanic named Rose Tico (played by Kelly Marie Tran) and the two work together to help Resistance members escape the First Order. This film also serves as the farewell to Carrie Fisher, and was lovingly dedicated to her at the end.

26. Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker (Movie, 2019)

The final installment of the sequel trilogy, and grand finale of the Skywalker Saga in general, sees our crew of Resistance fighters take their final stand against Kylo Ren and the First Order. However, the First Order isn’t working alone, as Emperor Palpatine makes his return to aid them. Unfortunately, this film wasn’t a massive success amongst critics. Our own reviewer called it “a film engineered to hit the viewer on multiple levels while struggling to settle 42 years’ worth of story elements,” but noted that it’s “if nothing else, a tribute to [the Skywalker Saga’s] legacy.”

27. Star Wars: Visions (Anime Series, 2021)

With the Skywalker Saga over and done with, it’s time to explore new stories in this galaxy far, far away, and that’s exactly what Star Wars: Visions does. This series is actually a collection of animated short films done by some of the best Japanese anime studios out there. For each episode, the creators were given complete freedom to tell a story of their choosing outside of the usual canon and with their own visual style. It currently has two volumes available to stream on Disney+ with Star Wars: Visions Volume 2 added this year.

Upcoming Star Wars Movies and Shows

Dave Filoni recently brought back the animated vibes with Star Wars: Maul - Shadow Lord, a new mini-series that's been streaming on Disney+ and has already been renewed for a second season. The Mandalorian and Grogu, the first major Star Wars movie since The Rise of Skywalker, is also currently showing in theaters.

The longer list of undated projects in development includes Taika Waitaik's Star Wars movie (seemingly on an indefinite hold), James Mangold's Dawn of the Jedi movie, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy's New Jedi Order movie with Daisy Ridley, Simon Kinberg's new Star Wars trilogy, Shawn Levy/Ryan Gosling's Star Wars movie, and Star Wars: Ahsoka Season 2.

You can check out our full list of upcoming Star Wars movies and TV series for more details.

David Griffin is the Senior Editor, Features and Content Partnerships for IGN. Say hi on Twitter.

Hannah Hoolihan is a freelance writer who works with the Guides and Commerce teams here at IGN.

Stargate SG-1 actor Michael Shanks is rallying fans to protest Amazon's shock cancellation of its previously-announced franchise revival.

Earlier this week, Stargate fans were left stunned by the news that Amazon had ditched its new Prime Video series, just six months on from its big announcement. An initial report claimed that the show was scrapped due to fears it would not have appealled to anyone beyond the franchise's core audience — something that veteran Stargate writer Joseph Mallozzi, who had been working on the project, subsequently disputed.

Writing on X/Twitter, Shanks — who played the fan-favorite character Daniel Jackson in SG-1 and its various spinoffs — shared IGN's story covering Mallozzi's comments, and added his voice to those who believed the series would have landed a wider audience. "I also dispute their claim," Shanks declared.

Shanks has now highlighted several fan efforts aimed at getting Amazon to reverse its decision, including a GoFundMe to fly a #SaveStargate banner over Amazon Studios corporate headquarters, several Change.org petitions, and a push to complain to Amazon directly via its customer service. The largest Change.org petition currently has just over 40,000 signatures.

Amazon is reportedly still interested in a future for the Stargate franchise, even if this specific revival series stays cancelled. But in a message to fans, Shanks suggested that this particular project represented fans' only hope of a revival built by former members of the Stargate SG-1 production team, and featuring members of its former cast.

"I'm gonna simply say this: if you are at all interested in a Stargate show with ANY of the original creators/performers involved, now is the time to say something," Shanks wrote. "Otherwise it really will be the end of that chapter forever. Let them know you are THERE."

Shanks has never confirmed he would have been involved in the revival, though has consistently championed its development — and many suspect his character would have likely made some form of appearance.

"My heart breaks," Mallozzi wrote earlier this week. "For the incredibly talented writers who worked tirelessly to bring this show to life. For Martin [Gero, the series' showrunner] who maintained an unwavering positive outlook throughout despite the challenges, and who always strove to make a show that would honor the fans while welcoming a new audiences. And for the long-suffering Stargate fandom who waited so long and came so close to getting a show they truly would have loved."

Amazon is still to officially comment on the series' cancellation.

Image credit: MGM Television.

Tom Phillips is IGN's News Editor. You can reach Tom at tom_phillips@ign.com or find him on Bluesky @tomphillipseg.bsky.social

Full spoilers follow for Euphoria Season 3, which is available on HBO now.

Euphoria may end in a shoot-out, but the season itself feels more like it’s been firing blanks. It’s no surprise HBO has announced their once hit drama will end with Season 3, because there’s little left of the original spirit of the show. Even major character deaths can’t shock the series back to life. What creator Sam Levinson has given us with Season 3 is a fun enough Western but a paltry conclusion to Euphoria itself.

It’s not all terrible, despite a lackluster first three episodes. So what exactly is good, bad, and ugly? Alamo Brown (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje) and his crew, Bishop (Darrell Britt-Gibson), G (Marshawn Lynch), and Kidd (Asante Blackk), are compelling to watch as they go toe-to-toe with Laurie (Martha Kelly) and her gang of drug-dealing white supremacists. After Alamo, Bishop makes for one of the best new additions to the series as he delivers violence and philosophy via hypnotic, stone-faced monotone.

Really, valiant efforts by the cast are what keep the show worth watching. Alexa Demie reminds us just why Maddy remains such a fan favorite. Her calculating business acumen and stone-cold exterior crumble at times into stark vulnerability. Zendaya’s Rue and Colman Domingo’s Ali share several quietly contemplative scenes that echo something of the gravity of Season 1. Hunter Schafer, for all she’s barely in Season 3, plays Jules with the soft wistfulness of a bird in a gilded cage. I’ll miss these characters, even if I didn’t always recognize them this season.

The world of Euphoria is alight in Western technicolor this season, everything intense and sun-drenched. It’s easy to see where Levinson tried to sketch his Old Hollywood inspirations. In one particular scene, Cassie’s (Sydney Sweeney) stratospheric growth on OnlyFans is represented by her growth into a giant woman terrorizing the streets of Los Angeles. It’s giving Attack of the 50 Foot Woman or, like, sexy King Kong vibes. We even got a saloon stand-off in the finale, set to something that sounds suspiciously like Amazing Grace.

The fun doesn’t last, though. Levinson stuffs this final season with heavy-handed religious themes and metaphors, half-baked ideas about women’s sexuality and power, and a confusing conclusion about good and evil. Where the first three episodes seemed meant to titillate in their debauchery, the rest try futilely to make a statement on the “traditional” hawking of women’s bodies via men (i.e. enterprises like Alamo’s Silver Slipper strip club) versus new age, digital means like OnlyFans in which sex workers have more power. It’s an interesting dichotomy to explore but done so poorly here that it feels more like an excuse for Levinson to throw almost all of Euphoria’s women into some form of sex work for shock value.

There’s a contradictory conception of women as both conniving and helpless. It’s a madonna-whore complex wherein every woman is capable of great evil yet easily bested by the will of men. Levinson seems to think he’s drawing some revelatory conclusion, but the fact that the major players in the climax of our finale are three men, none of which are any of the women who have long been the core of Euphoria, renders it all moot. Zendaya’s Rue herself – who dies in the finale from a fentanyl overdose – is entirely absent from the last 50 minutes of the finale.

Euphoria becomes a quasi-parable with surface-level observations about “salvation” made through Rue’s newfound preoccupation with (and, later, Ali’s conversion to) Christianity. The promised land, according to Rue, is a Texas homestead of white, conservative Christians she visits briefly in the first episode.

Euphoria is over, and has little to show for it. Perhaps what we can take from these tumultuous three seasons are the careers it’s launched. Beyond that, Season 3 is more a vanity project than it is a tragic or even heartfelt conclusion to the lives of characters audiences grew to love. We end the series on a prayer, with Ali (now going by Martin) at the head of the table, Rue as a visiting apparition, and a family of characters we barely know. Fitting for a series that’s become an unrecognizable whisper of itself.

As the dust settles on Amazon's shock decision to scrap its in-development Stargate revival series, its consulting producer has disputed a claim that the show would not have appealed to a broad enough audience.

Yesterday, Variety broke the news that Amazon had walked away from its greenlit Stargate series, announced for Prime Video just six months ago. It was claimed that Amazon were reportedly unhappy with the direction of the project, and uncertain it would appeal to a wider viewership beyond existing Stargate fans.

Now, veteran Stargate writer Joseph Mallozzi has hit back at that claim, and shared inside knowledge on what the series would have looked like, gleaned from having served as one of its consulting producers.

"Nope. No. Sorry. Gonna have to push back on this," Mallozzi wrote in a post on X/Twitter. "We were ever mindful of creating a show that would have broad appeal."

Mallozzi previously penned more than 70 episodes of Stargate SG-1 and its spinoffs Stargate: Atlantis and Stargate: Universe. He had been working on Amazon's unnamed Stargate revival with another franchise veteran: writer, executive producer and showrunner Martin Gero, who had also written numerous episodes of the above shows.

"Martin Gero developed a new Stargate series over two years, ultimately crafting a show that offered a fresh jumping-on point for new viewers while deeply respecting existing canon," Mallozzi revealed. "It was a series that avoided the pitfalls of several modern remakes and reboots by fully embracing the core of its predecessors: action, adventure, exploration, wonder, heart, humor, and found family. And based on that creative vision, the new Stargate series was greenlit in November of 2025.

"As of today, officially, that original vision is no more. We'll never get the opportunity to introduce you to that world and those characters - or reintroduce you to, and check in with, some familiar faces from the past."

Word that fans will have caught up with existing characters will likely only make the disappointment of the series' cancellation harder to hear. While no actors had officially confirmed their involvement in the revival, Stargate SG-1's beloved Daniel Jackson actor Michael Shanks had frequently expressed his enthusiasm for the project, and shared Mallozzi's post on his own social media. "As always, I can’t find the words," Shanks wrote. "So I'll share Joe's. He's the writer for a reason 🥹"

"My heart breaks," Mallozzi concluded. "For the incredibly talented writers who worked tirelessly to bring this show to life. For Martin who maintained an unwavering positive outlook throughout despite the challenges, and who always strove to make a show that would honor the fans while welcoming a new audiences. And for the long-suffering Stargate fandom who waited so long and came so close to getting a show they truly would have loved."

Amazon is yet to officially comment on the series' cancellation. Yesterday's report suggested the company was still interested in a way forward for the franchise overall, though this iteration of it is no more.

Tom Phillips is IGN's News Editor. You can reach Tom at tom_phillips@ign.com or find him on Bluesky @tomphillipseg.bsky.social

The Legend of Vox Machina Season 4 debuts June 3 on Prime Video with Episodes 1-3. Spoilers follow.

It’s been a year since the defeat of the terrifying Chroma Conclave, and much has changed for Vox Machina, but if you need a reminder of the story so far, we do get a fantastic and visually inventive musical recap by Grog himself. After our party of heroes each went their separate ways, Season 4 catches up with them as they contemplate whether a life without adventure is truly what they wanted. The three-episode premiere is all about whether these characters can truly live without each other and without accepting the call to adventure, and it does a great job of setting up the team’s inevitable return to action while teasing the biggest threat they’ve faced yet.

But before we meet the main villain, these first three episodes do a lot to establish the state of Exandria after the defeat of the dragons. As it turns out, just because Vox Machina saved the day doesn’t mean things are fine. The premiere shows us the aftermath of the great devastation caused by the Chroma Conclave, including how many towns have been ruined and how many people have suffered or died because Vox Machina couldn’t save them fast enough. In that time, a cult has been growing for the past year promising immortality and a stop of the old order — a cult seeking to defy the gods themselves and worshipping an ominous figure known as the Whispered One. Fans of Critical Role and D&D may immediately clock the identity of our mysterious new big bad for the season, one that’s been teased since all the way back in Season 1, but his identity is kept vague for now.

Within the first three episodes, the cult is already a fascinating antagonist for Vox Machina, unlike anything they’ve faced before, and replacing big monsters with ardent believers who are also quite hard to kill. One unfortunate CGI creature in the premiere aside, the visuals continue to stand out in this show, with dynamic action bursting with vibrant colors while still being easy to follow.

The lack of Scanlan Shorthalt is very much felt in these first episodes, but luckily we have a brand new character that steps into that chaotic comic relief gap with ease. Meet Taryon Darrington, a rich fanboy who simply loves everything Vox Machina, fancies himself an adventurer, and is accompanied by his own robot biographer. Wayne Brady’s performance gives Taryon an improvised feel, like the character is refusing to go along with the script and just doing his own thing. You can see bits of Scanlan in the character while recognizing that he serves a brand new purpose in the story, teasing big connections to later developments.

Season 3 took some big swings in rearranging or outright changing events, and now Season 4 is paying that off by building up some compelling stories for our heroes. In particular, Pike benefits from these changes, with the gnome cleric still reeling from her crisis of faith last season as well as Scanlan abandoning the team. Her journey in these three episodes sees her at her lowest, struggling with the team’s place in the world and whether they’ve truly done any good. It’s clear the season is building up to some big departures for her character, a defiance of the idea of fate being written — not only in-universe as characters like Vex ponder their fate, but even whether the show itself is tied to what happened in the web series… or if there’s a better way.

When the LEGO Star Trek Enterprise NCC-1701-D launched at the end of last year, it was one of the most wanted LEGO sets for the holiday season, remaining on backorder for months. Now, seven months later, the supply has finally caught up with the demand. After building and photographing the set in full, it's clear what the fuss was about. This is the quintessential 'adult' build – highly specific and highly technical. It is also, without hyperbole, an exquisite end result.

In addition to the Enterprise itself, you also get nine minifigures of the Next Generation crew: Captain Jean-Luc Picard, Commander William T. Riker, Lieutenant Commander Data, Lieutenant Commander Geordi LaForge, Lieutenant Worf, Dr. Beverly Crusher, Counselor Deanna Troi, Guinan, and Wesley Crusher.

The minifigures are well-designed and detailed; Data has his signature yellow eyes, and Worf has a unique head accessory depicting his ridges. Troi is wearing her purple civilian jumpsuit from earlier seasons, before Captain Jellico ordered her to wear a standard uniform in "Chain of Command." The only missing crew member you could make a good case for would be Tasha Yar, although no doubt, someone has already figured out a minifigure equivalent.

Each LEGO minifigure comes with a unique accessory that dedicated Trek fans will appreciate. For Riker, it's his trombone ("Nightbird" sheet music not included). For Data, it's his cat Spot. Dr. Crusher has a tricorder. Worf, the security guard, has a phaser (no Bat'leth?). I especially loved Guinan's hat, which has its distinctive, vaselike appearance. The minifigures are displayable on a small, long platform bearing the TNG logo on its front.

The LEGO Star Trek Enterprise NCC-1701-D is divided into 30 separate bags and two instruction booklets. In the first half, you build the ship's base, which consists of its Engineering Hull and warp nacelles. In the second half, you build the ship's saucer and slide it into place.

The build is methodical and slow. You're creating futuristic curves with plastic rectangular prisms, which means you're gradually layering bricks, each slightly staggered from the preceding one. This process can often feel disjointed; you labor over a single section of the ship for a length of time, not quite understanding how it fits in with the rest of it. But it definitely will. An incongruent section could be one half of a larger symmetry, or it could be a tiny part of a greater, more cumulative effect.

Take, for example, the LEGO Enterprise's saucer, which contains lots of sharp, straight edges when you're halfway through building it. It looks nothing like itself, and you wonder how the designers will get the curve right.

But they manage it with a couple of creative tricks. You finish the saucer by building under it rather than over it, which hides the seams and the initial angularity. And each 'slice' of the underbelly has a single, curved portion facing outwards to create a single, continuous arc.

You mount the final model on a LEGO Technic black stand. The Enterprise's design is disproportionately top heavy, which wouldn't matter in the vacuum of space but does matter in a practical LEGO model. The designers offset the uneven weight distribution by tilting the stand back, so that the model tilts upwards and falls slightly back on itself. Gravity does some of the work, taking pressure off the bricks to support all the weight. You anchor the saucer to the hull with a pin that's disguised as a docking runabout. Because the saucer canonically detaches from the rest of the ship in emergencies, this feels like a narratively appropriate design.

In the same area of the ship, you can remove a panel to reveal the shuttle bay. Unfortunately, this is the only part of the ship that hints at the ship's interior. There's no blue, pulsing Warp Core or Transporter Room. There's no minimalistic, micro-depiction of the Bridge, which feels like a particularly significant oversight for a set of this size and price.

Having little to no play elements places a heavy burden on the model's display potential. And there's one thing the LEGO designers had to get right; the Enterprise-D's distinctive silhouette, as seen in Star Trek: The Next Generation's opening sequence. Ask anyone to picture the Enterprise-D in their mind's eye, and they'll picture one of two iconic shots, burned into our collective retinas by episode syndication. The first is this low angle shot on the Enterprise's starboard side, right when Captain Jean-Luc Picard gets to the "continuing mission" part of his monologue.

The second shot is right before the Enterprise engages warp speed for the second time: an eye-level view from the ship's aft:

Setting aside everything else it does well, the LEGO Enterprise absolutely nails both of these shots. Look at the ship model from either angle, and you'll get a chill. I involuntarily started humming the theme music and shaking my head the first time I saw it. It was uncannily perfect.

I'm already brainstorming how and where I'm going to display this model. I may even get a third-party light set to enhance it further, so that any visitor to our house gets the full-on, glowing experience.

LEGO U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-D, Set #10356, retails for $399.99, and it is composed of 3600 pieces. It is available now.

Amazon has dramatically axed its new Stargate revival series, only six months after its announcement.

Details remain scarce on the show's focus, though Variety has reported that Amazon was sufficiently unhappy with its direction to have pulled the plug.

Executives within Amazon reportedly lacked confidence the series would have appealed to a broader audience beyond the existing Stargate fanbase.

The unnamed Stargate series was being developed for release on Prime Video by writer, executive producer and showrunner Martin Gero, who previously penned episodes of the original classic series Stargate SG-1 and its spinoff Stargate: Atlantis. Stargate veterans Brad Wright and Joe Mallozzi were meanwhile onboard as consulting producers.

In a press release issued last November, Amazon described the now-canned show as a "new original series" rather than a direct continuation of anything that has come before, in order to tell "a bold new chapter" of the dormant sci-fi franchise. However, it would "not be a reboot", Gero said.

"I'm beyond thrilled that Amazon MGM Studios has entrusted me with guiding this incredible franchise into its next phase," Gero continued. "For those who've kept the gate active through conventions, rewatches, and unwavering faith — this one's for you. And for those that are new to our world — I promise you're in for something extraordinary."

Stargate originally kicked off with Roland Emmerich's 1994 sci-fi film of the same name, which established a core group of characters expanded upon by hit television spin-off SG-1. Across 10 seasons and several TV movies, SG-1 then spawned its own sister show, Atlantis, and latterly a more separate, darker take on the franchise, Stargate Universe

While Amazon has walked away from this project, the company is reportedly still open to exploring other Stargate ventures in future — though none are currently in production.

Tom Phillips is IGN's News Editor. You can reach Tom at tom_phillips@ign.com or find him on Bluesky @tomphillipseg.bsky.social