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Ben Affleck has confirmed that he will direct the standalone Batman movie, and that the script is still being worked on. There have been recent rumours that the film’s production may have moved back, and that Affleck might not even direct, but he has now stated that he will definitely helm the movie.

Appearing on Jimmy Kimmel Live! to promote his new movie Live By Night, Affleck said: “I’m going to direct the next Batman. We’re working on it. It’s one of those things that’s really frustrating because like Live by Night took me a year-and-a-half to write it and get it ready. And I worked really hard. It’s just nobody gave a s**t! Nobody was like, ‘Where’s Live by Night?‘

“But with Batman I keep on getting, ‘Where’s the f**king Batman?!’ And I’m like, ‘Whoa, I’m working! Give me a second!’”

This follows an unconfirmed report this week from Batman-On-Film that the film, tentatively titled The Batman, would no longer begin production this spring. Earlier this month, Affleck himself seemed non-committal on the issue of whether he would direct it, stating: “If [the script] doesn’t come together in a way I think is really great I’m not going to do it.”

There has been speculation that The Batman could come out in summer 2018, though this is not confirmed.

Affleck also commented on the recently released image from the upcoming Justice League, that shows him alongside the likes of Wonder Woman and Aquaman. Responding to Kimmel’s comment on his muscular appearance, Affleck said: “I make that look pretty good! That’s not bad!”

Justice League hits theaters on November 16, 2017.

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Razer CEO Min-Liang Tan has shared new details on the theft of two prototypes from the company’s booth at the Consumer Electronics Show this month.

Writing on Facebook, Tan started off by clarifying that the two stolen prototypes were both Project Valerie laptops, not the Project Ariana smart projector device. Previously, it was unclear as to which prototypes specifically were taken. Tan also shared a timeline, saying the laptops were nabbed at around 4 PM PT on Sunday, January 8 from Razer’s booth on the show floor.

Razer is offering up a $25,000 reward for people who submit new information that leads to the identification, arrest, and conviction those responsible for the theft. $25,000 is the maximum reward value; it could be lower, dependent on the value of the information.

If you have information on the theft, you can submit it to: legal@razerzone.com.

After the theft, Razer said it was working with CES show management and law enforcement to discuss next steps. Tan said that Razer takes theft “very seriously,” going on to say that the company has not ruled out “industrial espionage.”

“Penalties for such crimes are grievous and anyone who would do this clearly isn’t very smart,” Tan said.

For lots more on Project Valerie, check out GameSpot’s preview from CES above. You can get a closer look at Project Ariana through the video below. Bear in mind that Project Valerie and Project Ariana are only concepts, so they don’t have price points or release dates; they may never be released.

In 2011, thieves broke into Razer’s office and stole prototypes for laptops that would become the company’s Razer Blade, according to GameSpot sister site CNET.

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Big changes are in the works for Internet pioneer Yahoo involving executive management and the famous company’s name. GameSpot sister site CNET reports that CEO Marissa Mayer will resign from the company’s board of directors after Verizon’s $4.8 billion acquisition of the firm goes through. Additionally, Yahoo co-founder David Filo is leaving the company’s board when the sale is completed.

As CNET explains, only Yahoo’s consumer web business, which comprises Yahoo Mail and the site’s sports ventures, is being sold to Verizon, not the company altogether. The version of Yahoo that lives on after the sale will be called Altaba. It will continue to hold a stake in the Chinese online shopping giant Alibaba worth $36 billion.

All of this news was made public this week in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Yahoo has yet to make a formal announcement.

In December, Yahoo announced that 1 billion user accounts were compromised as part of what it believed to be the biggest hack in history as it relates to the number of affected accounts. Current and former White House staff, congressional leaders, FBI agents, officials at the CIA, and people at every branch of the US military were among those reportedly affected.

That was the second major hack that Yahoo acknowledged in 2016, as a previous one was reportedly perpetrated by a “state-sponsored” actor and resulted in 500 million accounts being compromised.

In March 2016, Yahoo announced Yahoo Esports, which it’s calling a “new premier destination for delivering professional esports coverage across major games and events.”

This story has been updated.

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The writer of the upcoming Aquaman film starring Jason Momoa has teased that the movie is going to be “really fun.” He added that it’s going to “blow people’s minds” with its story and visual effects.

“It’s going to be fun; it’s going to be really fun,” Will Beall told Collider. “What we’ve come up with and [director James Wan] especially–he has a really clear idea of the tone he’s going to have, and I think Aquaman is one that’s going to blow people’s minds.

“Not just visually, but I think the story and the scope of it is really great.”

Aquaman arrives in theaters in fall 2018, so it’s still a long time off. In addition to Momoa, Amber Heard will play Mera, the Queen of the Sea, while Patrick Wilson will play Aquaman’s evil half brother Orm Marius AKA Ocean Master.

Also in Colldier’s interview, Beall spoke briefly about the early draft he wrote for another DC Movie, Justice League. His script was ultimately not used, but Beall talked about how Justice League aims to be “a lot more fun” than Batman v Superman.

“It’s much more fun, much poppier, than … I haven’t seen Wonder Woman yet, but Batman vs Superman was a little more somber. But Justice League is a lot more fun,” he said. “And I think that feels to me like the direction those movies are heading now.”

Justice League, which is directed by Batman v Superman‘s Zack Snyder, opens in November. The next DC superhero movie is Wonder Woman, which comes out this summer.

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John Constantine is heading back to TV. The cult DC character, who featured in a short-lived live-action show in 2014, will return to screens in an animated series to be broadcast on CW Seed.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the first season will consist of “five or six 10-minute episodes” and will form part of the channel’s 2017-2018 schedule. CW Seed is The CW’s digital channel, and is already home for Vixen, another animated DC show. The Constantine live-action series, which originally ran on NBC, can also currently be watched there.

Matt Ryan, who played the character in the live-action show, will reprise the role in the new animated version. Ryan has also appeared as Constantine in The CW’s Arrow, as well as in the upcoming Warner animated movie Justice League Dark. A trailer for Justice League Dark was released in November–check it out here.

John Constantine was created by Alan Moore, and first appeared in a 1985 issue of The Saga of the Swamp Thing, before featuring in his own comic book Hellblazer. The occult detective was played by Keanu Reeves in the flop 2005 movie Constantine, and more recently it has been rumoured that both Colin Farrell and Ewan McGregor were in consideration to play the role in a big-budget movie of Justice League Dark.

In August, it was reported that Edge of Tomorrow director Doug Liman has been hired to helm the film, which is now going under the title of Dark Universe. Liman was set to direct the X-Men spinoff Gambit at Fox, but has since left that much-delayed project.

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