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Brightburn starts out as a classic superhero tale, but with a shocking twist: a strange visitor from another planet comes to earth with powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal man and is adopted by a couple on Earth… but this time he’s evil incarnate. Not every powerful alien is Superman; sometimes, they’re something else. Director David Yarovesky is best known for his low-budget cult classic horror film The Hive, but he’s also directed tons of music videos, including the excellent “Guardians’ Inferno” from the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 soundtrack....

Dark Phoenix has endured a tough time at the box office, but with the Disney-Fox deal public knowledge long before release, the latest X-Men movie was arguably doomed from the start. Reports suggesting that the Mouse House were interested in acquiring 21st Century Fox and its assets first emerged in late 2017 and after over a year of back-and-forth negotiations, third party interest and endless speculation, the deal was finally completed back in March 2019....

Doctor Strange is arguably the most fantastical of all Marvel Cinematic Universe movies, and that’s saying something. The movie’s extensive use of magic often blends science fiction with its mystical aspects, not the least of which are explored through the presence of multiple dimensions. The sinister Dark Dimension was home to Doctor Strange’s cosmic supervillain, Dormammu, who faces off against the titular hero (played by Benedict Cumberbatch). In a way, Cumberbatch did the scene all on his own....

Bob Odenkirk thinks Aaron Paul should portray Jesse Pinkman on Better Call Saul. The spinoff show is no longer in the shadow of Breaking Bad, but fans still enjoy seeing connections between the two. Vince Gilligan and the creative team definitely have not been shy about including Breaking Bad references in Saul, but the one mandate is that they are natural to the story (as opposed to being empty fan service)....

Captain Marvel won’t explicitly set up Guardians of the Galaxy, despite featuring the return of characters like Korath the Pursuer (Djimon Hounsou). The Marvel Cinematic Universe first properly explored the cosmos in James Gunn’s first film, but Brie Larson’s solo movie is set to serve as a stealth prequel for Guardians in some regards. Thanks to the 1995 setting of Captain Marvel, Marvel Studios is using the film’s Kree-Skrull war premise to bring back a handful of familiar characters....

Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, the Netflix series based on the Archie Comics title of the same name, has revealed some exciting casting news involving Alexis Denisof (Angel), McKenna Grace (I, Tonya), and Jedidiah Goodacre (The Originals). Season 1 of the horror drama is currently streaming on Netflix, in which Kiernan Shipka stars as the eponymous teenage half-witch, who is forced to choose between continuing to live her mortal life alongside her friends and boyfriend, and becoming a member of The Church of The Night, the satanic cult she was destined to join from birth....

Clark Gregg has high praise for his co-star, Brie Larson, about her performance in the upcoming Captain Marvel. Set for a May 2019 release date, the film stars Larson as U.S. Air Force pilot Carol Danvers, who eventually takes on the mantle Captain Marvel. Her character was first alluded to at the end of Avengers: Infinity War, when Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) calls on her as he watches the grim outcome of Thanos’ (Josh Brolin) plan....

Conan the Barbarian fans are in for a treat as the muscular hero is set to return to PC for his first ever strategy game, dubbed Conan Unconquered. If the news wasn’t enough to get players reaching for their swords in excitement, the game is coming from the acclaimed studio behind the likes of Star Wars: Empire at War and 2019’s Command & Conquer: Remasters. Although Conan the Barbarian has had a troubled history when it comes to movies (although, a TV series is now in development), his video came credentials stretch back to 1984’s Conan: Hall of Volta....

Over the past several years, Apple Watch software updates have been kind of small. watchOS 7 sped up the Apple Watch user interface, while watchOS 8 adds a handful of new useful apps. But with watchOS 9, Apple should introduce the biggest update to the experience yet. There are a few key components of the Apple Watch interface: the clock, the Home Screen, control center, and Notification Center. All four of these things are great, but they feel a bit stagnant....

The best spy stories revolve around characters caught in impossible positions, often as a direct result of the clandestine dealings they are tasked with handling. And as Counterpart brings its first season to an end, the series brilliantly demonstrates ways in which almost all of its characters, not just the two Howard Silks played by J.K. Simmons who’re at the center of the story, find themselves in seemingly impossible positions going forward....

Celebrating video game titles that are made at least in part in Canada and internationally, the Canadian Video Game Awards 2016 have now revealed the winners in 20 different categories at their sixth annual event at the Palais de Congres in downtown Montreal. Announced from a list of over 50 finalists, a group of industry experts from across Canada voted on the winners in all but two categories - where fans decided who would triumph, instead....

Battlefield V is going to change the way the series approaches player customization options, according to the official reveal and our time spent with some of the devs. While the multiplayer focus has always been the most traditional appeal of the Battlefield franchise, alterations to the way that developer DICE is handling player choice will see the series really embrace having its soldiers look and feel different from each other....

The Stephen King renaissance began with It and continued with TV shows like Castle Rock and films like the 2019 remake of Pet Sematary. Inspired both by the original Stephen King novel and the 1989 film directed by Mary Lambert, the new Pet Sematary was a hit at the box office, grossing over $112 million worldwide, against a budget of just $21 million. Pet Sematary was directed by the team of Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer, who were previously responsible for the trippy horror film, Starry Eyes, as well as several episodes of the third season of Scream, based on the popular Wes Craven slasher saga....

UPDATE: Read our breakdown of the Artemis Fowl teaser trailer. - Disney has released the first trailer for its Artemis Fowl movie adaptation. The film is (of course) based on the fantasy adventure book series of the same name, which was created by Eoin Colfer in 2001 and currently encompasses eight novels in total (published over the span of eleven years). A big screen version of the Artemis Fowl franchise have been in development pretty much ever since the original book was published; though, it wasn’t until Disney and The Weinstein Company got involved in 2013 - before Disney parted ways with TWC in the wake of Harvey Weinstein’s sexual assault scandal last year - that things really started to pick up on the project....

Netflix will debut the third season of Daredevil before the end of 2018. A few years back, Netflix launched their corner of the MCU by taking a street-level approach to superheroes. The Hell’s Kitchen side of this universe began with Daredevil but has quickly become populated by several other familiar faces from Marvel comics. The first season was a such a success that Netflix quickly moved to get a second season in, all before The Defenders brought the heroes together....

Sebastian Stan reveals that Bucky’s reveal as the White Wolf in the Black Panther post-credit scene was supposed to be longer with some humorous scenes eventually cut from the movie. The 35-year-old actor is a seven-year veteran of the MCU, having played his role as Bucky Barnes - Captain America Steve Rogers’ oldest buddy, for four times (Captain America: The First Avenger, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Captain America: Civil War and Black Panther)....

Marvel producer Nate Moore says that they are happy to get T’Challa’s origins story out of the way, giving them more time to dive deep into the interesting bits of his story in Black Panther. The character of T’Challa, played by Chadwick Boseman, made the jump from the pages of the comic books to the big screen in last year’s Captain America: Civil War. On top of being successfully introduced in Cap 3, T’Challa also played a pivotal part in the conflict between Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr....

Black Panther will officially be Marvel Studios’ first film to be released in the 270-degree ScreenX format. Already hailed to be one of Marvel’s best comic adaptation in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, audiences all over the world will now be able to experience Black Panther in a panoramic format that far exceeds both standard and IMAX widths. Kickstarting the move to enhance the viewing experience for future releases, Walt Disney Studios collaborated with CJ 4DPLEX in order to convert Black Panther into ScreenX....

Apple is facing a growing number of device shortages as it enters the incredibly important holiday shopping quarter. A new report from Bloomberg details that orders for Apple’s newest iPhone 13, iPad mini, iPad, Apple Watch Series 7, and MacBook Pro devices are back ordered until as late as December… Apple has repeatedly warned of supply shortages in earnings calls with investors. At first, the company predicted the shortages would primarily affect the Mac, but it more recently warned that the iPhone and iPad would also be affected....