What happened after Thanos snapped his fingers and wiped out half of all the life in the universe? How are all those Avengers going to come back into the fold before their upcoming sequels? Who or what will finally defeat Thanos and bring peace to the universe? Next summer, we will finally have those questions answered when the freshly titled Avengers: Endgame comes along to break a new bunch of box office records....
Director Alex Garland blends high concept sci-fi with stunning visuals and a dash of horror for an exciting female-led film in Annihilation. Based on the book of the same name by Jeff VanderMeer - the first in his Southern Reach Trilogy - Annihilation is the second big screen directorial effort from Alex Garland. Garland made a name for himself in Hollywood by working on a number of high-concept science fiction scripts, including 28 Days Later, Sunshine, and Dredd....
Equalizer 2 director Antoine Fuqua is trying to convince Denzel Washington to step into Al Pacino’s shoes for his planned Scarface remake. Universal’s update of Scarface has been on the table for years, with multiple directors and writers coming and going as the film has languished in development hell. Fuqua himself has left the project once only to later return, and is currently attached as director with Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer onboard as writer....
Today, Apple introduced its second Impact Accelerator class. This cohort of 16 Black-, Hispanic/Latinx-, and Indigenous-owned environmental businesses is part of the company’s Racial Equity and Justice Initiative, which has around $130M invested to expand access to equity in education, elevate more app founders and technologists from underrepresented backgrounds, and invest further in criminal justice and environmental justice organizations. These companies will participate in a three-month program aimed at accelerating progress toward their goals and helping speed the transition to a green economy in the US....
Apple is officially kickstarting the holiday shopping season today with the debut of its annual Holiday Gift Guide. This year, Apple is promoting the guide with the tagline, “Let the holidays be for everyone.” Head below for the full details. In a press release, Apple executive Deirdre O’Brien explained: In a holiday shopping season that is bound to be impacted by supply shortages, Apple also pointed out today that it “provides order-by dates for free home delivery across all products so customers can get their gifts when they need them....
According to Digiday, Apple is looking to sell video ad inventory beginning in early 2023. This follows early talks with media agencies where Apple has discussed preliminary plans to sell video advertising space against its original content and live sports ventures. The move would bring Apple TV+ in line with the strategies of other streaming services. All major streaming services, except Apple, have announced or already offer ad-supported plans. Market leaders Netflix and Disney+ will launch ad-supported tiers in the next couple of months....
Apple is finally releasing watchOS 8 beta 3 to all developers. After more than one month since WWDC 2021, when it was first previewed, Apple is now seeding another build for the upcoming Apple Watch operating system. Today’s build is 19R5302f. Public beta testers were seeded with beta 2 on June 30 and they will probably receive the public beta soon. Apple has also released today iOS 15 beta 3, macOS Monterey beta 3, and tvOS 15 beta 3 to all developers....
As Apple continues to invest in the original Apple TV+ catalog, the company today announced a deal with Hyperobject Industries, a film production company created by Academy Award winner and director Adam McKay. At the same time, Apple TV+ has now received five nominations for the Television Critics Association’s 2021 TCA Awards. As reported by Deadline, Apple on Thursday confirmed a multi-year agreement with Hyperobject Industries. Although the company also produces TV shows, the deal with Apple is specific to scripted feature films....
According to Aquaman director James Wan there’s no plot hole in his movie as it relates to 2017’s Justice League. While Aquaman has been warmly received critically and smashed several box office records, the movie has still received some criticism for how it relates to the larger DCEU. Although Jason Momoa’s first appearance as Arthur Curry was in Batman v. Superman, the character’s proper introduction was in Justice League, and it’s one of Aquaman’s earliest Justice League scenes that has caused a bit of controversy....
Filmmaker Justin Kurzel had already begun to make a name for himself before he was brought on to direct Assassin’s Creed, the first video game-based movie from Ubisoft’s film production branch Ubisoft Motion Pictures. Kurzel’s feature film debut, Snowtown, documented the bleak story of a series of murders that took place in a town in Kurzel’s native Australia. He then went on to direct a new adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Macbeth, which starred Michael Fassbender as the title character and Marion Cotillard as Lady Macbeth....
The arrival of Avengers: Endgame is fast approaching, which means it’s time once again for Marvel to prepare their fans with help from Marvel’s Avengers: Endgame Prelude comic series. As the name suggests, it’s another reminder that each installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe is a stepping stone to the next in line - and with Endgame, even more than usual. We’ve got an exclusive preview of Avengers: Endgame Prelude #2, recapping the happenings of Infinity War from the return of Captain America’s Secret Avengers, the origins of Gamora, and more....
Warning: SPOILERS ahead for Avengers: Infinity War - Once upon a time it was called Avengers: Infinity War - Part 2, but now the title of Avengers 4 is one of the biggest mysteries of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige and directors Anthony and Joe Russo deliberately walked back from the idea of Avengers 3 and 4 being two halves of a two-parter, but in the wake of Avengers: Infinity War’s shocking ending, Avengers 4 has a big mess to clean up....
Avengers: Infinity War directors are teasing Chris Evans’ transformation from Captain America to the Nomad. With the long-awaited film only a few weeks away, all the new promos and clips have been giving fans plenty more content to dissect and establish new theories out of - but some older theories continue to linger, such as the one that Steve Rogers is no longer Captain America but rather the Nomad in Avengers 3....
Warning: MAJOR SPOILERS ahead for Avengers: Infinity War - Tom Holland spoils the ending of Avengers: Infinity War for a packed theater during a surprise visit. Directed by Joe and Anthony Russo, with a script written by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, Avengers 3 is billed as the beginning of the end of everything that has transpired in the MCU over the last decade. On top of the much-awaited first encounter of certain characters populating the franchise, the movie also serves as the Mad Titan Thanos’ story as he starts to actively seek out all six Infinity Stones....
Captain Marvel is ready to fight in a new fan-made poster for Avengers 4. It won’t be too much longer before fans around the world get to see Brie Larson debut as Carol Danvers. Her solo movie is coming early next year, but she’ll then join the larger Marvel Cinematic Universe with Avengers 4. She’s being touted as a game changing piece to the fight due to her unprecedented power levels....
With the gap between the sixth and seventh seasons spanning some 15 months, it’s fair to say patience is something of a necessity for Game of Thrones fans. 10 weeks might seem like a long enough run for any series, but as any fan of Westeros et al will attest, seasons can go by pretty fast leaving behind a television void few shows can fill. Sure, the 12+ months that follow will feature plenty in the way of theorizing about the season ahead but that can only go on for so long, and then what do you do?...
Watch What Happens Live host Andy Cohen was asked to choose his favorite Real Housewives franchises. Though there are plenty to choose from, Cohen managed to land on what he believes is the best of the bunch. There have been nine U.S. Real Housewives franchises total, with seven currently on the air: The Real Housewives of Orange County (the original show of the franchise, premiering in 2006), The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, The Real Housewives of New York City, The Real Housewives of New Jersey, The Real Housewives of Potomac, The Real Housewives of Dallas, The Real Housewives of Atlanta....
[Warning: Minor SPOILERS ahead for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice] - Zack Snyder’s upcoming action blockbuster Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice is going to lay the groundwork for the future of the DC Extended Universe, including Justice League. In addition to the two titular superheroes, Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot) will also play a substantial role in the film and Aquaman (Jason Momoa) is expected to appear as well, though he has yet to be shown in any of the trailers....
Ant-Man & the Wasp introduced viewers to Bill Foster, better known to comic book readers as Goliath. Unfortunately, the film absolutely wasted Foster’s potential with his Giant-Man alter-ego kept in stories of the past. This should be corrected in Ant-Man 3. Bill Foster was originally created by Stan Lee and Don Heck in 1966, introduced as an employee of Stark Industries who was assigned to work as Hank Pym’s lab assistant; he soon proved to be a genius, even saving Pym’s life when he became stuck in Giant-Man size....
