An early draft of Alien: Covenant reveals an alternate prologue between Shaw and David during their trip to the Engineer homeworld. Alien fans rejoiced when it was announced Ridley Scott was returning to the franchise to helm a prequel exploring the origin of the titular beast. While the script began as a straightforward prequel, it morphed during pre-production into more of a spin-off titled Prometheus, about a group of scientists exploring the dark origin of humanity at the hands of alien beings called the Engineers....

Ant-Man and the Wasp is projected for a big opening weekend box office in China. Marvel Studios started the year with massive box office hits in Black Panther and Avengers: Infinity War, leaving the sequel to Ant-Man to try and follow in their footsteps. The fun-loving sequel debuted in the US back in July to a solid $75M opening weekend. However, the roll out for the film globally has been possibly the most bizarre for any MCU film....

The Wall Street Journal today reported that Apple is on the hunt for a production campus in Los Angeles, as it continues investment in original content production. The site could exceed half a million square feet in area and would primarily contain soundstages for Apple TV+ productions to shoot on. The production hub would be in addition to the existing soundstage spaces it rents around the world. Owning permanent production stages has become critical for streaming services as the available soundstages to rent are regularly booked up months in advance....

Apple Music’s popular spatial audio feature is expanding to cars for the first time. Mercedes-Benz accounted today that it is adding Apple Music with spatial audio to a select number of its cars starting today, but support for the feature comes at a cost… In a press release, Mercedes-Benz and Apple announced that Apple Music with spatial audio is now directly integrated with the MBUX infotainment system first in the Mercedes‑Maybach S‑Class, the EQS and EQS SUV, as well as the EQE, EQE SUV, and the S‑Class....

Apple News+ readership is reportedly on the decline for many of the top magazine publications. According to data obtained by Press Gazette. The data suggests that the top 25 magazines on Apple News+ reached a combined circulation of just over 1.3 million in the first half of 2022, which is up compared to the first half of 2021 but down compared to the second half of 2021. Apple News+ readership is reportedly declining Here is the breakdown of the circulation for those Apple News+ magazine publishers, according to the data from “the Alliance of Audited Media....

There had been multiple reports and speculation about the possibility of Apple teasing its new mixed reality headset at WWDC 2022. However, the company didn’t say a word about the device or any related software features during the event. Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo now believes that Apple’s AR/VR headset will come in Q2 2023, a bit later than expected. Despite all the rumors and predictions, Kuo had claimed days before WWDC that he didn’t believe the headset would be announced at the event....

At Apple’s virtual shareholder meeting today, investors approved some of the usual agenda items like the executive compensation plan and reelecting the board. However, the meeting also brought a unique scenario with shareholders voting against Apple’s wishes. Reported by Bloomberg, Apple’s board had opposed the measure for third-party civil rights audits. Proponents of the proposal believe it would be helpful to see if and how the company contributes to inequality. But Apple said “it already meets the objectives of the proposal....

The Apple Store Black Friday shopping event is now live in the United States. Customers can get up to a $200 gift card with the purchase of a qualifying product. The offers run through Cyber Monday, November 29. Of course, for the best value Apple deals around, find full coverage on 9to5Toys across this weekend. Apple’s offer gives you store credit in the form of a gift card that you can use towards your next purchase at the Apple Store....

We’ve been seeing growing interest in the formation of Apple Store unions by retail staff, frustrated by stagnant wages at a time of rising inflation, or other working conditions issues. The prospect of unionization is one which often fills management with fear. This isn’t surprising given the confrontational nature of most management-union relationships. But there is a much more cooperative model out there, and Apple currently has a golden opportunity to adopt it …...

Apple has officially announced its October event and along with sharing the date, the company has continued its tradition of hiding a fun easter egg for iPhone and iPad users. After doing a slick AR experience for the iPhone 13 event in September, Apple’s done another one ahead of its October 18 event. Starting last year, Apple began including little AR easter eggs for each event announcement. We got one for the Apple Watch Series 6 and iPad event, iPhone 12 launch, the M1 Mac event, and the 2021 Spring Loaded and September iPhone 13 event....

Avengers: Infinity War is one of the hottest movies of 2018. Movie fans everywhere have been eagerly anticipating the film’s release for years. Luckily, a shifting of the schedule at Disney has seen the release date bumped up one week, with the movie now hitting American theaters on April 27 rather than May 4. Yet even that has done little to quell the demand for more factoids about the movie....

Avengers: Infinity War will be a “mind-blowingly epic” film that will take audiences straight to the action, according to Doctor Strange himself, Benedict Cumberbatch. With the release date fast approaching, Infinity War is already breaking records as the best-selling superhero film in advanced ticket sales, and fans are eagerly waiting to see the chaos that Thanos will bring to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Infinity War will bring together most of the current roster of the MCU, namely the Avengers and the Guardians of the Galaxy, as well as newcomers such as Spider-Man, Doctor Strange, and Black Panther....

Kevin Feige has confirmed that the much-clamored trailer for Avengers: Infinity War will roll out before the year ends. Easily one of the most anticipated films of 2018, the ensemble tentpole will serve as Marvel Studios’ 10-year anniversary offering for all their fans who have relentlessly followed their film-by-film narrative arc. Given the scope of the film, everyone is obviously very hyped-up for the trailer, especially for those who cannot wait to see their favorite Marvel Cinematic Universe characters all meet-up together....

[WARNING: This article contains SPOILERS for “Batman: Rebirth” #1.] - After kicking things off with the release of a Geoff-Johns-penned special issue, the DC Comics Rebirth officially got underway this week, with Batman, Superman, Green Lantern, Green Arrow and friends receiving their first standalone issues under the “Rebirth” banner. And for fans of the Dark Knight, the issue handing the author duties from Scott Snyder to Tom King is of particular interest....

[This article contains spoilers for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.] - By now, the battle lines have largely been drawn. The release of Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice placed audiences firmly into two camps. No, not Batman or Superman, but whether or not the movie was good or bad. Despite the lines drawn between the detractors and the supporters of the film, there have been many questions posed as to what some of the cameos and dream sequences in the film mean, and whether or not they will factor into future films down the line....

In what may be unintentionally the best-timed marketing reveal for the Battlefield franchise ever, publisher Electronic Arts and developer DICE finally announced and unveiled the first official look at the successor to Battlefield 4. Titled Battlefield 1, the graphically impressive shooter series is going back in time to World War I. And that’s exactly why the timing is so perfect since earlier this week the brand’s primary competitor and genre leader - the Call of Duty series - had its 2016 installment revealed as another future-based set piece driven action game that takes place largely in space....

Beats announced this week a new special edition of its Beats Flex earbuds in partnership with Japanese musician and designer Hiroshi Fujiwara and fashion retailer SSENSE. Based on the same hardware as the original Beats Flex, the special edition features a “minimalist, tonal black design.” In addition to the black color, the special edition Beats Flex earbuds have the logo of “fragment design,” which is Fujiwara’s company. Fujiwara praises the design of Beats Flex and says they are his “personal headphone preference” since he likes the “lightweight neckband for listening to music....

A new and sinister teaser has been released for American Horror Story: Apocalypse, offering a glimpse at Sarah Paulson’s latest character. Apocalypse is set to be the long rumoured and recently confirmed crossover between season 1, Murder House, and season 3, Coven. As a result, expectations from fans have been extremely high and continue to build. So far, details for the plot remain scarce, though the season will continue the story of Michael Langdon, the antichrist that was born at the end of the first season and last seen in a brief flashforward, under the care of Constance Langdon (Jessica Lange) and murdering his nanny....

Decades before the Twilight saga spent multiple years dominating the landscape of vampire fiction, a different series of tales featuring seductive vampires earned legions of fans. Beginning with the 1976 publication of Interview with the Vampire, author Anne Rice’s The Vampire Chronicles franchise has been a favorite of bloodsucker devotees everywhere. Perhaps most well known for introducing the world to centuries-old vampire Lestat de Lioncourt, Rice’s Vampire Chronicles has so far consisted of 11 novels, with a 12th set to hit shelves next week....

Ansel Elgort reveals he’s seen a script for Baby Driver 2. Released in 2017, Edgar Wright’s Baby Driver received widespread critical praise for its standout action set pieces (which were edited in-sync with the excellent soundtrack) and terrific performances. To top it all off, it was the most commercially successful film of Wright’s career, tallying $226.9 million at the worldwide box office against a production budget of just $34 million. Though there’s never been a sequel to one of Wright’s films, there’s been constant talk about a Baby Driver 2....