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Individual character concept art for Avengers 4 - including Captain Marvel, Thanos, Hawkeye and more - has been released online. Directed by Joe and Anthony Russo, the ultimate culminating film of the MCU’s first decade is expected to wrap-up the 22-movie narrative that the franchise has been following since 2008’s Iron Man. And considering where things were left in Avengers: Infinity War, fans are undoubtedly on the edge of their seats waiting for any clue about what goes down in the film....

Originally created by Japanese manga artist Osamu Tezuka in 1952, Astro Boy had his humble beginnings in a series of comic books that ran until 1968, and followed a basic narrative that echoed the same thematic elements of Pinocchio, wherein a bereaved father and scientist creates an artificial intelligence in an effort to resurrect his deceased son - and the robot child subsequently finds a new guardian and begins using his superhuman powers to fight evil....

The Infinity Gems are the most powerful artifacts in the Marvel universe — and even if you haven’t read any comics in your lifetime, you’re probably already familiar with that. Avengers: Infinity War has our heroes fight against Thanos for control of the gems, and in turn, the safety of the entire universe. They might just seem like some brightly-colored magic rocks, but they’re a seriously huge deal. Marvel fans know these as the Space, Time, Power, Reality, Mind, and Soul Stones: each one with the ability to harness and manipulate the different aspects of existence....

In a mysterious prank, the website AvengersEndgame.com redirects users to a promotional website for Fox’s soon to release Once Upon a Deadpool. After months of - admittedly self-created - anticipation from fans about when Marvel Studios and Disney would finally drop the first trailer for Avengers 4, the big event finally occurred Friday morning, along with confirmation of the film’s official title. Needless to say, Marvel fans have been spending most of the day since analyzing every frame of the trailer, looking for clues about what’s to come....

Scarlett Johansson and her fellow Marvel superheroes are taking action to help victims of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico with a special benefit. The hurricane devastated the island, which a month later is still largely without power or access to clean water, medical supplies, and food. The official number of people killed since the hurricane has been stated as anywhere from 50 to 450. Many celebrities have come together to raise money for the victims of Maria....

There are a handful of noteworthy 20th Century Fox franchise installments due to enter production in the next few months (at the time of writing this), in order to make their scheduled 2017 theatrical release dates. The list includes Kingsman 2, the sequel to Matthew Vaughn’s hit adaptation of Mark Millar’s spy adventure comic book; Alien: Covenant, Ridley Scott’s sequel to his 2012 Alien movie prequel/spinoff, Prometheus; and Wolverine 3, the followup to both The Wolverine and X-Men: Days of Future Past - as well as the (alleged) final movie appearance for Hugh Jackman’s version of the eponymous X-Man....

Marvel Studios has released an incredible range of promotional art for their next blockbuster, Ant-Man & The Wasp. With Avengers: Infinity War currently taking the box office by storm, Marvel’s marketing machine is moving on to their next film. Set before the events of Infinity War, Ant-Man & The Wasp sees fugitives Hank Pym and his daughter Hope seek out the help of Scott Lang’s Ant-Man once again. They’re on a quest to rescue Pym’s long-lost wife, the original Wasp, from the mysterious dimension known as the Quantum Realm....

It looks like Ant-Man & the Wasp is undergoing reshoots in Los Angeles, with the entire opening of the film reportedly being reshot. With Avengers: Infinity War right around the corner, much of the summer movie hype has been focused on Marvel’s upcoming team-up. But only two and a half months after the epic is released, the sequel to Ant-Man will arrive and introduce Evangeline Lilly as The Wasp. From what we saw in the Ant-Man & the Wasp trailer, the film takes place before the events of Infinity War, but will introduce concepts that could have a major impact on the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe....

As the public release in September approaches swiftly, Apple is continuing its weekly cycle of iOS 15 beta testing today. The company has released iOS 15 beta 7 and iPadOS 15 beta 7 to developers, and they are rolling out now via the Settings app on iPhone and iPad. Update: Now available to public beta testers as well. iOS 15 beta 7 and iPadOS 15 beta 7 are available to developers via an over-the-air update in the Settings app....

For the first time since iOS 15 was released to the public last September, Apple has updated the official installation and adoption numbers via its Developer website. According to Apple, iOS 15 is currently installed on 72% of iPhones released in the last four years. This is lower than previous iOS updates, but there are multiple factors to keep in mind… Here is the current breakdown of iOS adoption among “devices introduced in the last four years,” according to Apple:...

A medical review has shown that Apple Watch heart attack detection is technically feasible using nothing more than the ECG sensors built into current models. While Apple’s recommended method of taking an ECG reading results in a 1-lead reading, it is possible to apply a different method to obtain a 9-lead read. There are, however, important provisos to this health news … Background Apple first added an electrocardiogram (ECG) feature to the Apple Watch Series 4, back in 2018....

Ahead of the rumored Apple headset debut, Meta has a change of plans for their own AR/VR devices. After many roadblocks, Facebook’s parent company has scrapped the idea of making its own operating system from scratch. Its popular Oculus VR headset has been running on a version of Google’s Android operating system so far. Meta’s been trying to rely less on Google for this support. This OS has reportedly been in the works for four years....

The latest trailer for season 6 of Arrow introduces the series’ many antagonists and shows how Oliver is coping with his roles as mayor and father. Oliver Queen has always worn a variety of masks on Arrow. Like Batman, he’s had to balance his public persona, his private one, and his vigilante side. But Oliver has had to deal with a number of other roles too, from team leader to castaway to mob enforcer to mayor....

The CW officially began their DC Comics television shared universe with the premiere of Arrow in 2012, following Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell) on his mission of vigilantism as the Green Arrow. Since then, The CW has added The Flash spinoff, the Legends of Tomorrow team-up time travel series, and most recently acquired Supergirl from CBS - where the Girl of Steel resided for its entire first season. Now, with all four DC Comics shows included within the multiverse under one roof on The CW, the network has already teased a massive crossover....

With their blend of historical action adventure and modern sci-fi, the Assassin’s Creed games have always boasted interesting environmental designs: the rich, colorful past contrasted with a more clean, sterile, monochrome present. Nowhere is this more true than at the heart of Abstergo Industries, the 21st century front for the Templars, where the architecture was all built around shades of white, grey and blue, and strips of fluorescent lighting. This aesthetic has carried through into the production design of Assassin’s Creed, Ubisoft Motion Pictures and New Regency’s adaptation of the games, which was directed by Justin Kurzel (Macbeth)....

Captain Marvel almost didn’t get her new look in Avengers: Endgame, as one Marvel Studios producer was against the idea. After much anticipation, audiences finally were introduced to Brie Larson’s version of Carol Danvers earlier this year. For many, her debut in the Marvel Cinematic Universe has been a long time coming, and the success of Captain Marvel shows just how much interest there is in her, and more female-led superhero movies....

New Avengers: Infinity War character bios shed light on some of the key players’ motivations, including big bad Thanos. Next on the Marvel Studios docket is arguably their most ambitious undertaking yet. Assembling every single hero in the famed franchise in a two in a half hour big screen spectacle sounds fun. But it needs a strong narrative reasoning to bring all these characters together, otherwise, Infinity War will be nothing but a nonsensical blockbuster - the worst way to end the MCU’s interconnected storyline that they have been working in the last decade....

There’s a very long wait for Avengers 4. The title for the movie not only has to be revealed, but two more MCU movies must be released first– Ant-Man and the Wasp and Captain Marvel. The things we know, or think we know, about Avengers 4 could easily change in the year it is going to take for the finale of the current era of the MCU to release. However, Avengers: Infinity War changed the MCU forever and provided a lot of material to endlessly speculate on until Avengers 4’s 2019 release....

A new theory suggests the Hulk is actually a Skrull impostor in the MCU, explaining Bruce Banner’s strange behavior in both Thor: Ragnarok and this year’s Avengers: Infinity War. The shapeshifting race known as the Skrulls are finally becoming part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe next year, with Captain Marvel loosely inspired by the Kree-Skrull War. Most viewers are expecting this to be setup for a future “Secret Invasion” plot, which may even means shapeshifting aliens have already secretly replaced some of the MCU’s heroes and secondary characters....

[Needless to say, potential SPOILERS for Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice ahead] You have to hand it to Zack Snyder and Warner Bros.: it’s nearly impossible to keep fans from dissecting every aspect of Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice, but to this point, they’re still largely in the dark about the villains, conflicts, and allegiances of the main characters. Much of that is due to Snyder’s use of imagery as opposed to dialogue or exposition in his trailers so far, and the latest is no exception....