Black Panther will be coming to Marvel’s Avengers as a post-launch content character, but his reveal will have to wait for at least a little while longer.

Square Enix and Crystal Dynamics had originally planned to reveal Black Panther as a playable character during today’s War Table livestream but decided to postpone the announcement out of respect for the late Chadwick Boseman, who portrayed the character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Crystal Dynamics revealed the character’s icon at the beginning of the stream and held a moment of silence in honor of Boseman, who passed away on Friday after quietly battling colon cancer for years. They followed it up with a message that read: “Marvel’s Avengers fans, out of respect for a fallen true hero, we have altered what we are showing today. We know you understand and are with us in commemorating him.”

In lieu of Black Panther, Crystal Dynamics instead revealed Kate Bishop as a future playable character.

In addition to T’Challa, recent data-mining of the PC beta files included references to Wakanda as well as Klaw. We know post-launch characters will come with their own story missions and villains, so it’s possible Black Panther’s story could take us to Wakanda. The files also referenced “Klaw Raid,” suggesting the game’s first raid could be set in the Wakanda region.

IMeanwhile, data-miners have discovered files for other Marvel characters, including Captain Marvel, Doctor Strange, Falcon, Mar-Vell, Quake, She-Hulk, Vision, War Machine, Wasp and more. This doesn’t necessarily mean that all of these will be playable characters, however, as they could just appear in the story. At launch, Marvel’s Avengers will feature six playable heroes: Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Hulk, Black Widow and Kamala Khan.

Marvel’s Avengers officially releases on September 4 for Xbox One, PS4 and PC. However, early access to the game is now available to those who purchased a special edition version of the game.

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After directing Project Power for Netflix, directors Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman have signed up to take the helm of Nemesis for Warner Bros. according to Collider. Weirdly, the site doesn’t mention that this is an adaptation of Mark Millar and Steve McNiven’s comic book of the same name.

This could be because the project  is billed as a sci-fi action thriller, and the premise has little in common with the comic book.

In Millar’s story, Nemesis basically had all of Batman’s resources with The Joker’s personality, and went on a mission which saw him wreak havoc across the globe, matching wits with a police detective and committing a series of heinous crimes.

This movie, on the other hand, “is said to follow a genius engineer who witnesses the President of the United States commit a deadly crime and teams up with a vigilante to take down the President and his corrupt government.” That really doesn’t sound like the comic book!

Emerald Fennell (Promising Young Woman) penned the most recent draft of the screenplay, following a previous version by Stephen Chin (War Dogs).

This is one of a number of different projects the duo is developing, but it’s a strange decision to take Nemesis and transform it into what sounds like a generic thriller, making the title character a regular vigilante in the process. That misses the point of what Millar and McNiven were going for, and it sounds like the writer has little to no involvement here. 

Check out Millar’s reaction to the news below:

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Concept artist Jerad S. Marantz has worked on a number of high-profile projects, including Avengers: Infinity War and Justice League. He frequently shares his artwork on social media, but this latest piece has definitely got fans talking as it’s from an undisclosed “canceled project.”

As you can see, the artwork shows a very unique take on Batman which definitely appears to have been inspired by the Flashpoint comic books. 

It’s obviously hard not to wonder whether this design was meant for an earlier version of The Flash movie, as it’s no secret the Thomas Wayne version of Batman was once set to be part of the plot. There are any number of possibilities, however, so that’s purely speculation for the time being. 

There are currently two confirmed versions of the Dark Knight set for The Flash, with Ben Affleck and Michael Keaton both reprising their roles. Is it too much to hope that Jeffrey Dean Morgan joins them, reprising his role from Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice?

Check out the concept art below:
 

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With a little over a month to go until the return of Supernatural, The CW has released a brand new extended trailer for the final seven episodes, previewing what’s to come as Sam (Jared Padalecki) and Dean (Jensen Ackles) Winchester make their last stand against God (Rob Benedict).

With production on the final two episodes still underway, the new footage is primarily from the five installments that were postponed in April due to the global production shut down caused by the still ongoing coronavirus pandemic, offering a first look at a few returning guest stars as well as an idea of what Sam and Dean are planning. 

Supernatural returns October 8, with its series finale set for November 19.

The epic journey of the Winchester brothers come to a close as SUPERNATURAL enters its fifteenth and final season. Sam (Jared Padalecki) and Dean (Jensen Ackles) and the angel Castiel (Misha Collins) have battled demons and angels, mythical creatures and monsters, in a seemingly unending quest to save the world. But in the final battle of the show’s 14th season, they faced off against God Himself (Rob Benedict) – refusing to kill their surrogate nephilim son Jack (Alexander Calvert), and thus bringing about God’s decision to end this reality once and for all…

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