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With Wonder Woman 1984 now, still tentatively, scheduled to be released in December, star Gal Gadot has signed on to play the lead in Cleopatra, which will once again team her with the director of both Wonder Woman films, Patty Jenkins.

After some squabbling over the rights (reportedly between Apple, Universal, Warner Bros. and Netflix), the project landed at Paramount and, per Variety, will star Gadot as the legendary queen of Egypt. Gadot will follow in the steps of Oscar-winners Claudette Colbert and Elizabeth Taylor, who both once played big screen versions of the role.

Laeta Kalogridis (Shutter Island, Alita: Battle Angel) will write the screenplay.

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Meanwhile, all the delays to Wonder Woman 1984, which was supposed to release last June, have fans even more curious about the story, which features villains Maxwell Lord and Cheetah. If you’re looking for more info on Maxwell Lord, played by Pedro Pascal, head here. And likewise if you need a brush up on Cheetah, played by Kristen Wiig, you can check that out here.

Plus, check out our explainer on how Chris Pine’s Steve Trevor is back for this movie after dying in the first Wonder Woman film.

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Matt Fowler is a writer for IGN and a member of the Television Critics Association. Follow him on Twitter at @TheMattFowler and Facebook at Facebook.com/MattBFowler.

It seems Walmart was not content to wait for the Prime Day event to try listing their own sales and instead has started putting up some great deals ahead of time. Beats Headphones, Samsung TVs and more are already listed and ready for purchase at their discounted price, with more products to come. Of course, we have more than just that today to offer, as Amazon has a sweeping sale on Nintendo Switch games and Dell continues to impress with their lineup of RTX 3000 equipped PCs.

Deals for October 11

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Video Game Deals

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Early Amazon Prime Day Deals

For more details, check our What to Expect for Amazon Prime Day 2020 article.

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The upcoming Monster Hunter movie has drawn some worried looks from fans for not appearing to have much in common with its source material, but in a new featurette, director Paul W.S. Anderson sat down with the games’ creators to show them how the film is striving for accuracy. This includes pulling a few monsters directly out of the games.

Game director Kaname Fujioka and producer Ryozo Tsujimoto were both involved in the process, and Anderson said the Diablos monster was one of the first they started dialing in. As you can see in the comparison shots, the design is very similar to the one in Monster Hunter World, with the same tusks on either side of the mouth and enormous teeth in the middle. The horns have been somewhat straightened out, but it’s a relatively minor difference.

The Rathalos was given a similar treatment, and it looks like it will serve as one of the biggest enemies Milla Jovovich’s character faces in the movie. Despite an early teaser focusing heavily on machine guns, the movie will feature traditional Monster Hunter weapons, too. Jovovich will be using dual blades to match what she uses when she plays the game, and Tony Jaa’s character uses an enormous sword and a bow.

The husband-and-wife team of Anderson and Jovovich have been collaborating for nearly two decades, having worked together on the live-action Resident Evil films, as well.

Monster Hunter is currently planned to release in theaters this December. The game franchise isn’t slowing down, either, with both Monster Hunter Rise and Monster Hunter Stories 2 coming to Nintendo Switch in 2021.

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As a reward for fans who either registered to vote, or checked to make sure they were registered, actor Jeff Goldblum recreated the now-classic Dr. Ian Malcolm unbuttoned shirt pose from 1993’s Jurassic Park.

Of course, you know the pose we’re talking about. It’s Dr. Malcolm’s recuperating, reclining state after the film’s legendary T-Rex attack. And the resurgence of the image from a few years back, during arrival of the new Jurassic World films helped Goldblum’s pop culture stock rise considerably. There was even a 25-foot tall statue built in London that payed homage to the scene.

Here’s “the smolder” from 1993…

Here’s the new image, posted by Goldblum to his Instagram account where he thanked those who resisted to vote, writing “Nearly 3,000 of you are ready for this November’s election. Here’s your reward…how time flies.”

The third film in the franchise’s new trilogy, Jurassic World: Dominion, recently paused filming after multiple crew members tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19).

Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard have returned to resume their Jurassic World lead roles while original Jurassic Park cast members Sam Neill, Jeff Goldblum, and Laura Dern are part of the film as well.

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Call of Duty: Warzone players have heard mysterious and creepy sounds while playing over the last week. The sound of children laughing in the distance, along with other spooky noises in different areas of the map, has built up a lot of excitement for the battle royale’s first seasonal event: the Haunting of Verdansk.

The Haunting of Verdansk will be Warzone’s first seasonal event and could be bringing some fresh ideas to Verdansk. While few details about the Haunting of Verdansk have been officially confirmed, players believe that a night mode, zombies, and other creepy surprises are coming to Warzone on October 20 when the event begins.

One of the biggest potential changes will be a night mode that puts Verdansk under a moonlit sky. The mode was showcased for a few moments in the Season 6 trailer as shown in the video below. Warzone players have wanted a night mode for months, and they hope that it isn’t restricted to a limited-time mode.

The night mode is one of the few changes that players are certain is coming, although they hope more environmental tweaks come with the event. Among the ideas that fans have proposed are fog and more subtle noises, like ghost footsteps, that pop up randomly throughout the map to give certain buildings a haunted vibe.

Dataminers have also found evidence of a zombie royale mode in the game’s files. The mode, revealed by now-deleted tweets from the ModernWarzone Twitter account, will have dead players come back to life as zombies and “consume fallen player’s hearts” in order to revive themselves. We don’t know how the mode work beyond that, though.

Leaked audio lines, including one that says “zombies aren’t affected by the gas” further suggests zombies getting will be added to Verdansk as either NPCs or a respawn method where players become zombies after they die. This wouldn’t be the first time zombies have been included in a CoD battle royale. Call of Duty: Black Ops 4’s Blackout mode featured zombies roaming around several locations on its map

The Haunting of Verdansk runs from October 20 to November 3. It’s just one of the pieces of Infinity Ward’s Warzone Season 6 roadmap.