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The buddy action comedy movie My Spy has had its release date pushed back until 2020. The Dave Bautista-starring movie was set to be released next month, and pairs the rising star with Big Little Lies’ Chloe Coleman in her most prominent role yet outside of the excellent drama series. The plot follows hardened CIA operative JJ, whose wrecking ball tactics don’t mesh with the tact and subtlety required for intelligence work and is given a last chance when sent to surveil a family....

David Fincher offers some criticism regarding Marvel Studios’ approach to filmmaking. While many working in Hollywood would probably be hesitant to sound off on Marvel, Fincher has enough respect within the industry that he knows he can voice his opinions without fear of reprisal. Despite an infamously rocky start as a feature director - courtesy of embattled sequel Alien 3 - Fincher went on to be nominated for two Oscars, win an Emmy, a Golden Globe, and a BAFTA, all while establishing one of the most impressive resumes out there....

Warning: SPOILERS for Batman #50 and Catwoman #1 Spinning directly out of the pages of Tom King’s Batman series, Catwoman now has her own solo series. Batman artist Joelle Jones is Catwoman’s new scribe and penciler, with the solo series is promising a deep dive into Selina Kyle’s psyche - as her first real enemy isn’t just a copycat, but an army of Catwomen. Catwoman #1 takes place following the events of the cancelled wedding of Batman #50, and follows through on the tragic end to that event, proving there’s no other better adversary for Selina, currently, than a group of doppelgangers....

Sponsored by Tailscale: A frustratingly simple VPN. Get 12 months of Tailscale Personal Pro for free with code 9TO5MAC. iTunes/Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are delivered as soon as they’re available. Stories discussed in this episode: TikTok ban coming to government devices as congress considers blocking app in US Apple announces new limited edition AirTag in Japan to celebrate the Year of the Rabbit $48 Apple Watch Ultra clone is ‘designed with perfection’ so you can ‘explore the un-explored’ Here’s when to expect the iPad mini 7 and why a foldable tablet can’t replace it These camera settings can help you take better photos and videos on your iPhone Apple slapped with $98 million bill for back taxes Alexa helps Siri avoid last place in MKBHD smartphone voice assistant test [Video] First season of Apple TV+ shows Bad Sisters, Ted Lasso and more streaming for free for everyone through January 3 Bah, humbug!...

The reviews are in on Gerard Butler’s latest action movie, Den of Thieves, and they aren’t pretty. In fairness, this caper flick isn’t nearly as awful as Butler’s last big screen outing, Geostorm, which currently stands as the least fun disaster movie ever made. Despite its punishingly long 140 minute runtime, Den of Thieves sports a handful of moments that will satisfy B movie action fans with low standards. But for the most part, it’s just a subpar caper flick with an embarrassingly lame twist ending....

Earlier this year, the ultra-popular franchise Pokémon stormed its way back into the zeitgeist when the mobile app Pokémon Go caught on like wildfire and set download records. With interest in the property sky high once again, it shouldn’t come as any surprise that the film industry wanted a piece of the pie. Shortly after Pokémon Go became a worldwide phenomenon, Legendary Pictures acquired the movie rights for a live-action Pokémon flick, bringing Nicole Perlman and Alex Hirsch on board to pen the script....

At Friday’s SDCC press conference, Star Trek: Discovery showrunner Alex Kurtzman promised season 2 will answer many nagging questions, including why Spock never mentioned his foster sister Michael Burnham in previous canon stories. Concerns about the newest Trek series’ place in overall canon became an issue for some fans as new ships and characters were introduced and loosely tied in with Trek lore. Season 1 took place prior to the events of Star Trek: The Original Series....

UPDATE: John Lasseter will leave Disney at the end of 2018. John Lasseter may return to Pixar after all despite his sexual misconduct allegations. Near the end of 2017, it was announced that Pixar’s CCO John Lasseter would be taking a leave of absence for six months. This decision was the direct result of him being accused of inappropriate touching in the workplace. In the wake of the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements, these reports were taken very seriously and added one more major Hollywood figure to these conversations....

Disney is putting movie theaters in a tight spot when it comes to showing Star Wars: The Last Jedi, outlining terms that are reportedly unprecedented in the industry. It goes without saying that the next episode of the Skywalker saga will be one of 2017’s biggest box office hits, as it’s poised to dominate the holiday season - much like The Force Awakens and Rogue One the past couple of years....

It was only a matter of time before one of the established social media apps created a BeReal clone, and it seems Instagram is in the running as it confirms an “internal prototype” feature called Candid Challenges … BeReal launched back in 2019, but didn’t get much attention until this year. The unique selling point of the app is that it aims to capture authentic moments, rather than the carefully curated images people often post to social media apps....

Projections for Black Panther’s China opening this weekend have it topping two of Marvel Studios’ most recent films. It’s been a few weeks now since Black Panther debuted in theaters, and while everyone expected it to be a financial hit, not many predicted this type of success. It is easily on its way to crossing $1 billion at the global box office, largely thanks to an incredibly strong domestic performance. The movie now has a top 10 all-time domestic total and could still very well climb up another spot or two before everything is said and done....

Paramounts’ first Transformers spinoff Bumblebee has now made over $400 million at the worldwide box office. The franchise began back in 2007 with the first Michael Bay film, and Bay stayed with the franchise till 2017 with the release of Transformers: The Last Knight - which didn’t just have trouble connecting with critics, but hit a franchise low with $605 million worldwide. The reigns of the Transformers franchise were then passed to Kubo and the Two Strings’ Travis Knight....

For nearly five full years, fans have picked apart DC Entertainment’s big screen plans for a Justice League shared universe - especially: should solo movies or team-ups come first? We now know the big screen world established in Man of Steel is only one piece of the cross-media DC Extended Universe but long after Warner Bros. revealed the full DC film slate through 2020, some fans remain jaded and skeptical. Pre-release marketing for Batman V Superman built on the foundation that director Zack Snyder developed in Man of Steel - leaning hard on the aftermath of Superman’s battle with Zod to introduce a full shared universe....

Decades before Marvel re-wrote the modern blockbuster rule book, the Golden Age of Hollywood found major success with horror, and nowhere was this more evident than with Universal’s Monsters Universe. This loosely connected series of films spanned four decades of the studio’s history, beginning in the silent era with Lon Chaney’s Phantom of the Opera and wrapping up in the late 50s with The Creature from the Black Lagoon. Over this period, Universal made some of the most iconic films of all time, including Dracula, Frankenstein, The Mummy, and The Wolf Man....

Even before Captain America: Civil War was released, the buzz around Marvel’s thirteenth superhero movie was huge. Bringing together existing characters like Captain America himself (Chris Evans), Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson), and Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), with new additions to the Marvel Cinematic Universe such as Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman) and Spider-Man (Tom Holland), resulted in a large-scaled Team Cap versus Team Iron Man brawl that translated well onto the big screen and garnered rave reviews across the board....

Seemingly out of nowhere, and right in the middle of peak Star Wars marketing, Disney placed the spotlight on their other key franchise - the Marvel Cinematic Universe - in late November by releasing the first trailer and posters for Captain America: Civil War. This was followed up by cover issues of film magazines, interviews, photos and more. Civil War picks up where Avengers: Age of Ultron and Ant-Man left off this year, and serves as just the beginning of Phase 3 of the MCU....

Phase 3 of Marvel’s Cinematic Universe is only two months from bursting onto the silver screen with Captain America: Civil War. Adapting the epic Civil War story arc is no easy task, but one the directorial duo of the Russo Brothers should be able to handle thanks to their first venture into the MCU in Captain America: The Winter Soldier. And recent images revealed some amazing behind-the-scenes shots from the production, including stills of Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson), Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr....

We’re finally just a few days away from WWDC 2022. Different from the 2021 artwork that featured several Memoji, Apple is betting on a more sober experience with the Swift logo in a black-ish background. If you’re feeling the mood of the Worldwide Developers Conference, what about changing your device’s background with these WWDC 2022-inspired wallpapers? Starting with Parker Ortolani, who shared on his Twitter eight WWDC 2022-inspired wallpapers focused on the iPhone and iPad....

With a brief episode of online controversy over a purportedly transphobic piece of in-game art more or less resolved, CD Projekt Red has announced that it’s aiming to offer transgender options in Cyberpunk 2077’s character creator. Thus far, only gender binary versions of protagonist V have been shown off, so non-binary options in the upcoming gritty RPG would be revolutionary for mainstream gaming. E3 2019’s Microsoft press conference brought an all-new Cyberpunk 2077 cinematic trailer, which CD Projekt Red used to demonstrate to players just how dark, harsh, and player-driven the game’s setting of Night City will really be when the game releases in April 2020....

With the widespread acclaim that greeted the season 1 of Marvel’s Daredevil on Netflix, it’s understandable that the upcoming second season carries with it an extremely high level of anticipation. Perhaps the biggest addition to Daredevil’s second Netflix outing is the character of Frank Castle, a.k.a. The Punisher. This time played by The Walking Dead’s Jon Bernthal, Castle has been brought to cinematic life three times prior, only for each iteration to disappoint a large section of The Punisher fanbase....