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The Suicide Squad director James Gunn has just given fans a closer look at the DC movie’s full roster.

Gunn tweeted out the cover image to the December 2020 issue of Empire magazine, which features the entire ensemble cast gathered together:

Gunn teases the new issue (which is due out on Thursday, October 29) will feature more new images from the film, along with some revealing interviews with various cast members.

As revealed at DC FanDome in August, The Suicide Squad’s cast includes Idris Elba as Bloodsport, Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn, Joel Kinnaman as Rick Flag, John Cena as Peacemaker, Viola Davis as Amanda Waller, Jai Courtney as Captain Boomerang, David Dastmalchian as Polka-Dot Man, Daniela Melchior as Ratcatcher II, Steve Agee as King Shark (mo-cap) and John Economos, Sean Gunn as Weasel (mo-cap), Flula Borg as Javelin, Nathan Fillion as TDK, Peter Capaldi as The Thinker, Pete Davidson as Blackguard, Alice Braga as Solsoria, Mayling Ng as Mongal and Michael Rooker as Savant.

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Nearly all of those characters are showcased on the Empire cover. Strangely, Viola Davis’ Amanda Waller is MIA, which could suggest Waller has a smaller role in The Suicide Squad than its predecessor. Or maybe Waller would just seem too normal amid a sea of flamboyantly dressed D-List supervillains.

The Suicide Squad is currently scheduled to his theaters on August 6, 2021. But as with so many theatrical releases these days, it remains to be seen how the COVID-19 pandemic will impact that schedule. We’ve already seen Warner Bros. push back the release dates for Wonder Woman 1984 and The Batman multiple times.

The Suicide Squad is also getting an HBO Max spinoff series focused on John Cena’s Peacemaker. We’ll have to see if Empire’s cover story reveals anything new about that project.

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The PlayStation 5’s faceplates will be removable, and while Sony has yet to announce any plans to release official variations of the standard white color, a third-party company has already created and put some up for pre-order that are set to ship on or before PS5’s release date of November 12, 2020.

PlateStation 5, who is “not affiliated in any way with Sony, PlayStation, or the PlayStation 5 brand,” is offering five new faceplate options for new PS5 and PS5 Digital Edition owners, including Cherry Red, Chromatic, Indigo Blue, Jungle Camo, and Limited Edition V1 Matte Black.

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Each faceplate retails for $39.99, and the team behind PlateStation 5 has said that this site was “born out of the single desire to create a Matte Black custom faceplate, simply because we believes it was what the PS5 community deserved.”

As they were building it out, the community and their partnering manufactures inspired them to make the other options as well.

Sony gave us our best look at the removable faceplates with its PS5 teardown video, and this new aspect of the PS5 have many wondering if/when Sony will offer other official options and what this will mean for limited edition consoles.

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The PlayStation 5 will be released on November 12, 2020, and will launch alongside such games as Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Demon’s Souls, Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, and much more.

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Sorry Mindhunter fans: a third season of David Fincher’s Netflix crime drama is looking unlikely after the director says a new season is likely not something Netflix will want to pursue due to cost and viewership.

Speaking to Vulture about his latest movie, Mank, director David Fincher said Mindhunter is probably over. He explained to Vulture that the process of making Mindhunter was exhausting and that for the viewership the show had, it was too expensive — likely too expensive for a third season to receive a green light.

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“I think probably,” Fincher told Vulture when asked if he thought the show was done. “Listen, for the viewership that it had, it was an expensive show. We talked about, ‘Finish Mank and then see how you feel,’ but I honestly don’t think we’re going to be able to do it for less than I did season two. And on some level, you have to be realistic about dollars have to equal eyeballs.”

He also told Vulture that making Mindhunter, or at least season two of it, was exhausting. Fincher said the first season of the show was completed without a showrunner, “with me pinch-hitting on a week-by-week basis.” When the director received scripts for season two, he didn’t like what was written so the scripts were tossed and an assistant director he’d worked with before, Courtenay Miles, was brought in as co-showrunner for the second season.

“But it’s a 90-hour workweek,” Fincher said, telling Vulture Mindhunter was a lot for him. “It absorbs everything in your life. When I got done, I was pretty exhausted, and I said, ‘I don’t know if I have it in me right now to break season three.”

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Between the exhaustion and financial challenge of a possible third season, Fincher seems to believe a season three isn’t in the cards. This doesn’t come as a major surprise as back in January, cast members were released from their contracts with Netflix.

If you haven’t yet watched Mindhunter, read our thoughts on the first season in our Mindhunter Season 1 review and then check out our thoughts on the second season in our Mindhunter Season 2 review. Be sure to check out all of the serial killers featured in the show’s second season and who played them after that.

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Dell is still offering a Dell G5 RTX 2070 laptop for only $1199 or an Alienware m15 RTX 2080 laptop for $1599. Those are the lowest prices we’ve ever seen on RTX 2070 and RTX 2080 equipped gaming laptops, respectively. There are also a bunch of new RTX 3080 gaming PCs available today, although the inventory is always limited. You can choose among Alienware Aurora, HP OMEN, ABS. or Skytech gaming PCs. Finally, one of the most powerful ultrabooks you can buy is on sale for by far the lowest price ever.

Dell G5 RTX 2070 Gaming Laptop for Only $1199.99

15″ 1080p 144Hz, 10th Gen Intel Core i7-10750H, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD

Not only does this Dell G5 laptop come equipped with an RTX 2070 video card for the lowest price we’ve seen, it also boasts a 15″ 1080p IPS display with up to 144Hz refresh rate, 10th generation Intel Core i7 hexacore processor, 16GB of RAM, and a generous 1TB SSD. Even better, it ships out immediately.

• Get it at Dell for $1199.99
  

ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 RTX 2060 Gaming Ultrabook for $1199.99

14″ 1080p 120Hz, AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD

This is by far the lowest price we’ve ever seen for this laptop. ASUS calls their G14 14″ laptop the “world’s most powerful ultrabook” and we’re inclined to agree. Our review says it all “The Zephyrus G14 surpasses any expectation we had about gaming on an ultrabook.” The AMD Ryzen 9 is ridiculously powerful. It’s leagues better than any Intel mobile CPU. The RTX 2060 surpasses the GTX 1070.

• Get it at Best Buy for $1199.99

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God of War 3 Remastered and God of War (2018) appear to have received PS5 support-related updates, according to Lance McDonald, a Bloodborne and PT hacker/modder.

Exactly what’s in the update is unknown, commented McDonald, but both games “will likely benefit from PS5 boost mode.” Final Fantasy 7 Remake also received a patch that could potentially be a PS5 support-related update. However, due to patch notes’ vague nature, we’re not quite sure what’s actually included in the update.

In a reply to someone who queried if there will be any difference in playing God of War 3 Remastered and God of War on PS4 with the new updates, McDonald stated he doesn’t know and recommends players download the new patches and try it for themselves. McDonald added in another tweet that God of War (2018) on PS5 is likely to hit 60 FPS, since the frame rate is already uncapped.

God of War is a PlayStation exclusive franchise and the next installment, the fan-dubbed God of War: Ragnarok, will arrive on PS5 in 2021. It hasn’t been given an official title by Sony, but the trailer tagline, “Ragnarok is coming,” suggests that the fifth God of War game will be related to the Norse story of the end of the world.

The PS5 releases on November 12. It’s currently sold out at major retailers, but there could be a chance of more preorders opening before launch date. (Though, you’ll have to be nimble and lucky enough to actually get the PS5 from your cart to order confirmation.) Check out our PS5 preorder guide to keep up-to-date on what’s in stock.

Liam Neeson has confirmed that he hasn’t been asked to reprise his Qui-Gon Jinn role for any live-action Star Wars projects in the two decades since his first appearance as the character.

In an interview with Collider, Neeson, who played Obi-Wan Kenobi’s Jedi Master in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, indicated that he had only ever been approached for vocal cameos as Qui-Gon. He has lent his voice to the likes of Dave Filoni’s The Clone Wars and 2019’s The Rise of Skywalker, which featured several Jedi voices in Rey’s climactic showdown with Emperor Palpatine.

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“I’ve done the voice for Qui-Gon Jinn in a couple of the animated versions of it,” Neeson said when asked whether he had ever been approached to reprise his Star Wars character. “I can’t remember the names of them. Myself and Sam Jackson did our Jedi knights for those. I think I did two of them. But on film, I haven’t been approached, no.”

Qui-Gon might have died during the ferocious lightsaber duel with Darth Maul in The Phantom Menace, but over the years there has been much speculation over whether the iconic character could return onscreen as a Force Ghost. Neeson questioned whether Star Wars fans wanted these reprisals and character spinoffs, as he admitted that he hadn’t been keeping up with the galaxy far, far away.

“I haven’t really been following them, to be honest,” Neeson admitted, referring to the films in the long-spanning franchise. “I don’t know if they’ve come to an end. I heard they did a film of Harrison [Ford]’s character, Han Solo, and that there was a bit of trouble with that. What do you think? Are Star Wars fans finished with it?”

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With all of the projects that are currently lined up in the Star Wars universe, it would seem that fans are far from finished with the franchise. The highly-anticipated premiere of the second season of The Mandalorian is just around the corner, while an Obi-Wan Kenobi standalone series and an untitled Cassian Andor series are also both in the works for Disney+.

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Miles Morales actor Nadji Jeter found out that he was starring in an official spin-off at the launch party for 2018’s Marvel’s Spider-Man.

In an interview with Game Informer, the actor talked about bringing Miles Morales to life in the upcoming PS5 game, adding that he first heard about taking on a starring role at the launch of Insomniac’s first Spider-Man game.

“Bryan [Intihar], who was our creative director for [Marvel’s Spider-Man], took me aside and he was like, ‘Hey man, how’d you feel about you know, having your own game, and making Miles his own thing?.’

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Jeter was naturally excited about starring as Morales in an entirely new title. “I was like… ‘I’m ready!’ But I had to take care of some business stuff on the side, so I told him like, ‘Yeah I’m ready man, let’s do it, I’m gonna let you know when everything is set in stone and ready to go.'”

Jeter then consulted Spider-Man voice actor Yuri Lowenthal for some pointers about portraying Spider-Man in-game, and about the number of sessions necessary for the role. “Yuri had to teach me how to swing in the booth because you know, Miles wasn’t swinging in the first game,” Jeter previously portrayed Miles Morales in the Disney XD Spider-Man TV show, as well as Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order.

Spider-Man: Miles Morales is a PS5 launch game, and will arrive on November 12 in the US. A new Crimson Cowl suit was recently revealed for the game. You can also check out our article covering a host of new Miles Morales gameplay details, which dwells on some of the new abilities that will be available in the game upon launch.

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