Set photos from Black Widow show the debut of a new costumed character, and speculation is already turning to Taskmaster being a possible fit. Marvel Studios is just days away from launching Spider-Man: Far From Home, the final film of Phase 3, in theaters, but they’re already hard at work on what comes next. Even though they’ve yet to announce their plans for Phase 4 officially, Scarlett Johansson’s long-awaited solo movie for Natasha Romanoff is already in production....

Bumblebee may be focusing on the diminutive Autobot scout, but that doesn’t mean Optimus Prime won’t have a presence in the upcoming prequel film. Directed by Kubo and the Two Strings helmer Travis Knight, Bumblebee is set to take the robots is disguise back to their 1980s roots, and will tell a smaller scale story with the mute Autobot and a new human friend, Charlie Watson (Hailee Steinfeld). As the story takes place two decades before the events of Michael Bay’s Transformers, the first entry in the franchise - in which it was established Bumblebee was the only Autobot on Earth - it would seem unlikely that other Autobots would make significant appearances, including Optimus Prime....

UPDATE: This flying Decepticon is not Starscream after all! He’s Blitzwing. When Bumblebee rolls into theaters this December, it carries the hopes that it could redeem Starscream, a character much maligned by the previous films. For a decade and five films, the Transformers franchise were all creatively controlled by Michael Bay. And, of all of the Transformers, the robot in disguise most desperately in need of redemption is Starscream. The second-in-command and would-be leader of the Decepticons, Starscream was utterly ruined by Michael Bay’s interpretation of the character....

Warning: SPOILERS for Captain Marvel #8 Thing just keep getting worse and worse for Carol Danvers, AKA Captain Marvel. As if it wasn’t enough of a shock to learn that her mother was secretly a Kree Warrior, the secret being made public now means that Captain Marvel is the world’s most hated superhero. But through it all, the silver lining is that Carol still has her delightful cat, Chewie… who might have just been swallowed whole by Carnage!...

The Consumer Technology Association announced back in April that CES would return as an in-person and digital event for 2022. Now the organization has shared that COVID-19 vaccinations will be required for those heading to the in-person show but other policies are still being considered. The Consumer Technology Association detailed the news in a press release today: However, CTA says it is also looking at whether it might accept “proof of a positive antibody test as an alternative requirement and will share more details on this later....

Charlize Theron has revealed that she had to pass on playing a role in the hit DC Extended Universe movie, Wonder Woman. The film, which stars Gal Gadot as the titular character and was directed by Patty Jenkins, has performed exceptionally well both critically and at the global box office. It’s now the highest grossing live-action film directed by a woman and has pushed the DCEU’s total worldwide box office haul past the $3 billion mark....

Apple’s Find My technology is making a splash at CES 2022 this week, even though Apple itself doesn’t have an official presence at the show. Following Targus’ announcement of a new Find My backpack, Chipolo has now unveiled a new Card Spot accessory that brings integration with Apple’s Find My network to your wallet. Right off the bat, it’s important to note that the Chipolo Card Spot is not a wallet itself....

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iOS 15.4 has already given us a glimpse of new features to expect with the upcoming Safari update, which introduces push notifications for web apps and support for AR/VR headsets. However, WebKit code has now revealed that there’s more to come, including new settings for Dark Mode and pop-ups. Dark Mode was introduced to iPhone and iPad users with iOS 13, and since then developers can make the interface of their apps and websites match the current system theme....

Beginning with Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel in 2013, Warner Bros. and DC have been trying– and largely failing– to establish a cinematic universe that can sustain itself for over a decade, just like Marvel Studios has since 2008. The DCEU is littered with problems, but one of the main ones may have been looking too far ahead instead of dealing with the project in front of them. While Man of Steel was good and Batman v....

Stuntman-turned-director David Leitch was originally hired to develop X-Force, but ended up directing Deadpool 2 and turning into into a launching pad for the X-Force franchise instead. Leitch has had a good few years - first making his directorial debut with the jaw-dropping action film John Wick, and then following it up with the cool and stylish spy thriller Atomic Blonde. Now he has successfully broken into the superhero franchise game, with Deadpool 2 grossing more than $500 million worldwide after just a couple of weeks at the box office....

Disney reported its fiscal Q2 2022 results on Wednesday with some pretty positive numbers. And when it comes to the Disney+ streaming platform, it beat subscriber expectations for the quarter. This comes as Netflix has been losing users and reconsidering its business model. As reported by CNBC, Disney+ closed the quarter with 137.7 million subscribers, while industry analysts expected about 135 million subscribers. In the second quarter alone, the platform gained 7....

UPDATE: John Lasseter will leave Disney at the end of 2018. It’s believed Disney CEO Bob Iger is preparing to move on from Pixar Chief Creative Officer John Lasseter as the filmmaker nears the end of his six-month leave of absence. Last fall, Lasseter was one of many Hollywood figures accused of sexual misconduct, and the filmmaker acknowledged “missteps” he made in a memo announcing his sabbatical. Among the allegations, it was reported Lasseter was notorious for kissing, grabbing, and making inappropriate comments about women, which caused many employees to feel uncomfortable....

Belfius, one of Belgium’s major banks, launched Apple Pay support for its customers on Thursday. At least for now, Apple Pay only works with Belfius credit cards using the Visa and Mastercard networks. None of the cards from the Bancontact network work with Apple Pay, but that’s about to change. In a statement to HLN, Belfius confirmed that Bancontact and Maestro debit cards will be available on Apple Pay “later this year....

Netflix’s expansion of original movies continues in 2019, with an array of major titles and hidden gems to be excited about. In 2018, Netflix released a massive amount of new original content across the board, from television series to documentaries, to stand-up specials and movies. Yet it was their continued development of their original films that raised so many eyebrows. While the streaming service has managed to dominate the world of television, both critically and commercially, in such a short amount of time, there has remained a great degree of cynicism directed towards their films....

Bethesda and Behaviour Interactive, the developer of the Westworld mobile game, have agreed and will settle on the lawsuit that Bethesda filed in June 2018. In the lawsuit, Bethesda accused Behaviour’s Westworld of being a “blatant ripoff” of Fallout Shelter and citing that Behaviour had breached their contract with the company, as well as infringed upon Bethesda’s copyright. Bethesda felt it had a strong case, especially considering that Behaviour Interactive also worked on Fallout Shelter....

The Star Trek franchise has produced a number of massive hit movies and shows since it first premiered in 1966, but not all Star Trek ideas have been winners. In various attempts to capitalize on the success of their major shows and movies, the minds behind Star Trek have come up with a number of ideas that were left behind in the development. Since the very first Star Trek success of The Original Series, ideas for movies, spinoffs, and new series have abounded....

With the Fast and Furious series continuing to zoom past the competition year after year, it makes sense that studios are on the lookout for more potential franchises centered around driving fast cars at high speeds. To that end, Warner Bros. has reportedly just enlisted Etan Cohen – not to be confused with Coen brother Ethan – to write and direct a remake of the 1981 action-comedy The Cannonball Run. Cohen is perhaps best known as a screenwriter, having penned the scripts for Tropic Thunder and Men in Black 3, although he did recently make his feature directing debut with the 2015 Will Ferrell/Kevin Hart comedy Get Hard....

Just like the DCEU enticed record-breaking audiences to theaters with the promise of an epic superhero fight in Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice, the MCU (read: Marvel Cinematic Universe) promises Avengers battling each other in the upcoming Captain America: Civil War. Much of the promotion for the upcoming Captain America film has focused on who chooses sides between Captain America and Iron Man, aka Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) and Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr....

DC Comics may be planning a movie version of The Highwaymen, a 2007 limited comic book series about a pair of hard bitten delivery men. DC in recent days has dominated headlines as a whole slew of new projects have come to light and/or received updates. Among the many announcements, none received more buzz than news that Steven Spielberg will produce, and possibly direct, a film version of the World War II-set comic book Blackhawk....