Marvel Studios appears to be retconning the Tesseract - again. The Tesseract was introduced in Captain America: The First Avenger and, at the time, Marvel viewed it as the MCU equivalent of the Cosmic Cube. It was envisioned as a source of unlimited power, with the Red Skull using the Tesseract to create advanced weapons and vehicles for Hydra. In the aftermath of The Avengers, Marvel recognized the potential for an important retcon....
[5/11 Update: Writer Donny Cates has clarified the twists, explaining that Eddie Brock was merely a disguise worn by Cletus Kasady as Carnage, so his revenge plot didn’t require Eddie’s involvement at all. The title and text has been changed to reflect it.] Eddie Brock and the Venom symbiote have had it rough in Marvel’s universe of late, and their life isn’t getting any easier now that he’s been framed by the newest incarnation of Carnage (long overdue revenge for Cletus Kasady)....
Warning: SPOILERS for Venom #20 Marvel Comics has countless parallel universes, offering endless re-imaginings of iconic heroes and alternative story lines. So many, that the prime Earth that readers know was named Earth-616. While the original universe may have been created by the Silver Surfer, that multiverse came to an abrupt end during the events of 2015’s Secret Wars II, when different Marvel universes began collapsing in on one another. Earth was the incursion point, where worlds collided and were destroyed, until only two worlds remained: Earth-616 and another universe that had ongoing series, and a dedicated fan base – the Ultimate universe....
Ryan Reynolds signed on to star in a movie based on the Deadpool comics as far back as 2004. Since the character swears like a sailor, constantly breaks the fourth wall, and psychopathically enjoys excessive bloodshed, Hollywood executives were reluctant to spend millions of dollars bringing him to the screen in an R-rated gore-fest. Reynolds stuck with the project, developed the script over a decade, garnered fan support, and eventually turned out the highest grossing R-rated movie of all time....
We’ve heard quite a bit about Project Catalyst and what it means for developers who want to bring their iPad applications to the Mac with macOS Catalina. Apple is using Catalyst itself to improve existing Mac apps like News and Home, as well as bring new apps like Podcasts to the Mac. Now, evidence within the macOS Catalina beta suggests Apple has more in store for Project Catalyst. Developer Steve Troughton-Smith took to Twitter this week to showcase evidence that Apple is working on Catalyst versions of two new applications: Messages and Shortcuts....
Malignant, the new horror film from director James Wan, has now received a release date. This is a development sure to please fans of the genre , especially considering that Wan once claimed he was finished with directing horror for good. Wan introduced audiences to one of contemporary cinema’s most iconic horror villains, Billy the Puppet, via 2004’s unlikely hit Saw. Since then, he’s ascended to the level of “the new blockbuster king” with his work on The Conjuring franchise, the Insidious franchise, and the Aquaman franchise....
When announcing Apple Pay last month, Apple showed off a list of launch partners that would be putting the NFC-powered iPhone payment system to work in October, including McDonald’s, Nike, and Macy’s. However, the Daily Dot has compiled a list of businesses that don’t currently have plans to adopt Apple’s mobile payment system, and there are some notable entries on the list. Of course, it doesn’t seem unexpected that many businesses that didn’t have early access to the hardware and software that makes up Apple Pay would be without current plans to adopt the technology....
Marvel Studios’ D23 banner includes Spider-Man despite reports Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige will no longer be involved in Sony Pictures’ Spider-Man movies - leading many to believe Spidey will exit the Marvel Cinematic Universe due to Sony and Marvel’s parent company Disney parting ways. Coming off a successful San Diego Comic-Con where Feige unveiled Phase 4 of the MCU, Marvel Studios will next appear at Disney’s D23 Expo 2019 this weekend....
The Playstation 4 release of Marvel’s Spider-Man was an instant hit with gamers. Flying through the city streets of New York City has never felt so good. Inside this massive open-world game was a large collection of suits that players could achieve. Some add special abilities, while others are merely cosmetic embellishments that just make Spider-Man look cooler. Each Spidey suit is locked behind either a mission that needs to be completed or a level that must be reached....
The Avengers may not have crossed paths with the Eternals in the MCU just yet, but Kevin Feige has revealed that the Eternals are already aware of their presence. We know that the eagerly anticipated Eternals movie will be the second entry in Marvel’s Phase 4 slate, but other than that, details such as plot and setting have been scarce. Would the exploits of the god-like beings be set in the present or long before the Avengers came to being?...
A new report suggests that Marvel Television is soon to be wound down. In June 2010, Marvel Entertainment announced the launch of a new division, Marvel Television, in order to capitalize on the fresh opportunities offered by the Disney purchase. Marvel Television has had something of a bumpy ride, with the various TV shows becoming increasingly separated from the movies after a corporate restructure in 2015. They’ve had some hits, including Marvel’s flagship TV show, Agents of SHIELD, and Marvel Netflix shows like Daredevil and The Punisher....
It looks like the person behind the massive Twitter hack that happened two weeks ago may have been caught as a Florida teenager has been arrested for the exploit on 30 counts of felony. 17-year-old Graham Clark has been taken into custody in Tampa, Florida. The huge Twitter hack saw major accounts like Apple, Elon Musk, Barack Obama, Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, and more compromised and used to spread a bitcoin scam....
EaseUS Provides Easy Partition Experience for Windows Users For the past few years, I’ve depended on a robust third-party solution called EaseUS Partition Manager. The free Home edition has been impressive with its ease of use and welcoming graphical user interface; it’s one of the top utilities I add to my arsenal of apps, every time I install Windows. If you need more beyond the fundamentals, EaseUS offers a Professional Edition, which includes all the standard features available in the free home edition such as the ability to resize, delete, merge partitions, and convert partition formats....
From the young, spirited Antichrist Adam to the angel and demon who started the whole mess, each character’s quirks and unique personalities make them fun to match with our own Myers–Briggs Type Indicator results. 10. Adam Young, ENFJ The Antichrist himself, Adam Young is a typical tween who wants a dog, runs wild with his little group of friends, and has a fantastic imagination. What spurns all of the Apocalyptic events in Adam’s life isn’t evil but his desire to change the world to make it better for the people he cares about, making him a total ENFJ, or “The Protagonist....
Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerburg, outlined a detailed vision for the future of the social media platform today, specifically its messaging services. Notably, in contrast to how the company operates today, he says the future of the platform will be privacy-focused with features like end-to-end encryption, interoperability between its various apps like Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, reducing how long it holds data, secure storage of personal data, and more. Zuckerburg shared the privacy-focused vision in a Facebook post today:...
The X-Men finally have a nation of their own, with their proclaimed plan for the future of mutantkind met with the murder of Charles Xavier. Unfortunately for mutants’ enemies, he got better. And in X-Men #4 he and Krakoa’s leaders are being invited to the table with the rest of Earth’s nations. Unlike past interactions between Xavier and the world’s nations, he is no longer respresenting ‘mutants,’ but the sovereign nation founded by them on the island of Krakoa, already recognized by the United Nations....
After gradually rolling out to testers over the last two weeks, Apple Card today officially launched to everyone. In conjunction with that launch, both Mastercard and Goldman Sachs are touting their newfound partnership with Apple. First off, Mastercard’s president of North American operations Craig Vosburg took to CNBC today to detail the security behind Apple Card. Vosburg explained that while not having a card number on the physical helps with security, even bigger security measures are being taken behind the scenes....
Sextuplets, which arrives on Netflix on August 16th, provides six times the Marlon Wayans. The film also guarantees laughs courtesy of Bresha Webb, Michael Ian Black, and Molly Shannon – but it’s Wayans’ comedic genius that ties the story together. The actor shared his not-so-method process with Screen Rant and offered himself up as DC’s next big hero. Marlon, congratulations on the film. This is a ton of fun. It’s really funny, but one thing that I don’t want to go overlooked is your actual performance because you get lost into these roles....
Warning! Spoilers for Venom #23 below! Donny Cates and Ryan Stegman’s Venom arc has been chalked full of great character work, some bloody good violence, and plenty of jaw-dropping surprises. What’s about to come next for the Eddie Brock and his symbiote? Meet Venom Beyond. Venom has been a big hit for Marvel because the series hasn’t been afraid to push the boundaries of convention - which is sort of Cates’ thing at this point....
Matt Damon and Ben Affleck get medieval in the first set photos from Ridley Scott’s The Last Duel. The longtime best friends made a name for themselves when they co-wrote and starred together in 1997’s Good Will Hunting, a critically-acclaimed film that went on to snag them an Oscar for their screenplay. Damon and Affleck would go on to share the screen again two years later in Kevin Smith’s comedy Dogma, playing a pair of banished angels who discover a loophole that would allow them to re-enter heaven....
