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Sony’s Dragon Tattoo sequel The Girl in the Spider’s Web has reportedly cast Logan star Stephen Merchant.

Variety reports Merchant, who played the mutant Caliban in Logan, has joined the sequel in a mystery role. Norwegian actress Synnøve Macody Lund has also been cast, with details about role being kept under wraps as well.

The Girl in the Spider’s Web is set to open in theaters on November 9. The sequel is being directed by Fede Alvarez (Don’t Breathe), from a script Alvarez co-wrote with Steven Knight and Jay Basu, based on David Lagercrantz’s book of the same name. It’s the fourth novel in the Dragon Tattoo series. Amy Pascal, Elizabeth Cantillon, Scott Rudin, and Yellow Bird are producing.

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SpaceX held its first Falcon Heavy test flight today, and it was a great success.

After a successful liftoff from the pad, Falcon Heavy had successful booster separation as it climbed into space. The boosters experienced a successful landing, resulting in an outstanding test flight for SpaceX. You can watch footage of the launch right here.

SpaceX Flacon Heavy Test Flight

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Game of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss will write and produce a new series of Star Wars films, Lucasfilm announced today.

These new films will be part of a series separate from the ongoing episodic Skywalker saga, as well as the recently announced trilogy of films being developed by Star Wars: The Last Jedi’s Rian Johnson.

“David and Dan are some of the best storytellers working today,” Kathleen Kennedy, president of Lucasfilm, said in a statement. “Their command of complex characters, depth of story and richness of mythology will break new ground and boldly push Star Wars in ways I find incredibly exciting.”

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Risk of Rain Developers, Hopoo Games, has announced a release date for the upcoming stealth-action hybrid, Deadbolt, for PS4 and PS Vita.

Deadbolt will release on both PS4 and PS Vita—complete with cross-buy support—on February 20, 2018. Having partnered up once again with Code Mystics, Hopoo Games aims to deliver a violent experience that takes place somewhere between life and death.

Each mission is designed to support diverse playstyles. Players will be able to complete each objective in many different ways, ranging all the way from the ability to use stealthy tactics, or go all-out guns-blazing with flashbang grenades and a shotgun.

After completing each mission, players will earn souls that can be utilized to unlock new weapons which are tailored to your specific play style – including crossbows, scythes, and a semi-auto shotgun.

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Marvel has released an intense trailer for its first-ever scripted podcast, Wolverine: The Long Night.

You can listen to the trailer here. As detailed by First Comics News, Wolverine: The Long Night is a 10-episode series which will start airing weekly beginning on March 12 exclusively on Stitcher Premium. It will then get a wide release across all platforms in fall 2018. The scripted podcast is a hybrid of mystery and the larger-scale fantasy of the Marvel Universe.

The story follows two agents, Sally Pierce (Celia Keenan-Bolger) and Tad Marshall (Ato Essandoh), investigating a series of grisly murders in the fictional town of Burns, Alaska. Sally and Tad soon discover a serial killer is on the loose, and they team up with deputy Bobby Reid (Andrew Keenan-Bolger) to investigate their main suspect, Logan (Richard Armitage).

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For gaming keyboards, mechanical switches rule the roost these days. But those switches are expensive, so manufacturers have found ways to incorporate some of the feel of mechanical keyboards into more budget conscious “rubber dome” switches. Cooler Master’s MasterSet MS120 (See it on Amazon) is one such keyboard with “mem-chanical” switches, and as an added bonus it even includes an optical mouse.

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Tickets to E3 2018 will go on sale Monday, February 12, 2018 at 12 p.m. Eastern, the ESA announced today. Tickets will be available via the official E3 site.

Three types of passes will be available this E3. General attendees will need a gamer pass good for all three days of the event from Tuesday, June 12 through Thursday, June 14. The first 1,000 gamer passes will be sold for $149.

Once the first 1,000 passes are sold, gamer passes will go for $249 until they’re sold out. “E3 is open to gamers on a first-come, first-served basis and the number of passes is limited,” the registration page reads.

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From its release date to story theories, here’s what we know about Rockstar’s next big game.

Bendis isn’t the first creator to change up Superman’s status quo. Here are some of the best changes to the Man of Steel’s origin over the years.

With dozens of comic books to choose from, let us show you which are the best coming out this week. Take a look at this list spotlighting our favorite comics that we know are money-well-spent and new books that look cool and are backed by some top-tier talent.

Once you check out our picks, then head to the comments to let us know what you’ll be buying this week!

Writer Tom Taylor | Artist Mahmud A. Asrar | Cover Travis Charest (Marvel Comics)

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