James Cameron’s Avatar sequels have added Game of Thrones actor Brendan Cowell to the cast. Released in 2009, the original Avatar revolutionized digital visual effects on its way to conquering the worldwide box office with a record haul of $2.7 billion. Over 10 years after the first Avatar, Cameron will revisit Pandora for the first of four planned sequels, which are collectively set to cost over $1 billion to produce....
KGI’s Ming-Chi Kuo released a new report yesterday breaking down what we can expect with the iPhone lineup in 2018. Kuo explained that Apple will add a new 6.5-inch OLED iPhone and a 6.1-inch LCD iPhone to its product mix in 2018 – both with the bezel-less iPhone X design. Would you be interested in either of these models? The iPhone X currently offers a 5.8-inch display, which is bigger than the iPhone 8 Plus and previous ‘Plus’ models – which feature a 5....
Arrow, the series that began the massive Arrowverse franchise for The CW, will be closing the curtains on Tuesday, January 28, when it ends its 8-year run. The Stephen Amell-led drama is currently in the midst of the ongoing Crisis on Infinite Earths crossover that will be followed by a backdoor pilot for Green Arrow and the Canaries and then the series finale. As the series has progressed since its start in 2012, several characters have made their way from the DC Universe onto the television screen....
Arrow co-star David Ramsey, who plays John Diggle on the long-running CW series, promises fans will get answers to one of the show’s lingering mysteries: Diggle’s connection to the Green Lantern Corps. After an impressive eight-year run, Arrow is just days away from airing its series finale, but new comments from Ramsey could hint at bigger plans on the horizon for his character. Additionally, Arrow has been drawing not-so-subtle connects between Diggle and another fan-favorite Green Lantern, John Stewart, since the previous crossover event “Elseworlds,” when a Flash from an alternate reality questioned why Diggle wasn’t wearing his “ring....
As concern about slowing iPhone sales continues, Bloomberg today highlights one Apple supplier that has not yet cut its revenue forecasts. That supplier is Skyworks Solutions, who provides radio frequency chips for the iPhone and relies on Apple for half of its revenue. The first Apple supplier to reduce revenue guidance for the holiday quarter was Lumentum, who supplies Face ID components to Apple. On November 12th, Lumentum said it was asked by an unnamed customer to cut orders by 30 percent....
Crazy Rich Asians made waves last summer as the first Hollywood film in 25 years to feature an all-Asian cast. Around the globe, Asians looked up to the big screens and saw themselves represented, not as the stereotypical Asian math geeks or martial artists so often written into American movie scripts, but as real, three-dimensional people with bold personalities. Crazy Rich Asians is not the only movie that puts a spotlight on Asian and Asian-American culture, though....
Superheroes have been a staple in our society for nearly a century. A significant reason for the MCU’s success as the highest-grossing movie franchise of all time has to do with how well Marvel Studios have incorporated certain iconic elements from the comic books to the silver screen. This is particularly true with how each character looks in live-action, with a specific focus on the costume. Nothing is more pleasing for a long-time fan than seeing a comic book character come to life on screen while maintaining his or her original look....
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Various surveys show that 85% to 90% of iPhone owners use a case. Even though I bought Apple Care Plus and can use my iPhone without a case in confidence, I am also one of that majority. The designers at Arc have developed a unique case that protects key areas of your iPhone while also optimizing your iPhone experience the way Apple intended. After a couple of weeks of using the Arc Pulse on my Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max, I can definitely see the appeal of carrying your iPhone in a mostly naked condition....
Romance is part of most superheroes’ stories, and with the Arrowverse on the CW, it’s no surprise that there have been quite a few relationships. There are seven seasons of Arrow, five seasons of The Flash, and four seasons each of Supergirl and Legends of Tomorrow after all. Some of these relationships have had positive effects, both on the characters involved and the series. Others, however, have not, changing how characters are viewed or simply being doomed from the start....
The Rock of Eternity from Shazam! could secretly be the cause of the Arrowverse’s Crisis on Infinite Earths. The various Arrowverse shows have been building up to the Crisis since The Flash’s pilot episode, but that’s been accelerated after some disturbing changes to the timeline. Barry Allen now believes he’s destined to sacrifice himself on December 10, 2019, while Oliver Queen is on a desperate Multiversal quest to save all of reality....
Update: AT&T has officially verified this information. A new change for AT&T Wireless’ Unlimited Data subscribers will soon be taking place. Rumored to be starting in the first week of October, we’ve heard that AT&T will start throttling the data speeds of the network’s top data hogs. As Verizon (PDF) and Virgin have recently done, AT&T will be adopting a similar plan to try to curb the problem of data congestion and overall network issues that have hurt its 3G network’s performance since the onset of the iPhone....
When Audiense was founded way back in 2011, it was called SocialBro. If you’re an American, you’re probably thinking that name means something like the software is your bro (dude!) helping you do things better on social media. In reality, the Spanish born company is on record as saying the Bro is short for browser. However you infer the meaning of its name, SocialBro was conceived in order to make brands’ Twitter marketing more effective....
Today I’m going to show you how to clear browser cache, temp files, history, and cookies each time you close IE (Internet Explorer.) You can do this with most modern browsers including Firefox; however, in IE, it’s even easier. Here’s how you do it. How-To Automatically Clear IE9 Temporary Files at Browser Close Open Internet Explorer 7, click Tools, Internet Options Click Advanced Tab, Scroll Down and Check the box Empty Temporary Internet Files folder when browser is closed Click OK, and you’re DONE!...
The slow and steady production pace continues as confirmation that the Avatar sequels will begin filming live-action scenes in the spring makes its way to the internet. After years of working to ensure all the moving parts, from the technology to the cast to the script, were in order following the release and massive success of 2009’s Avatar, momentum on the production of the sequels is finally picking up speed....
The first Avatar will be available at launch on Disney+. Disney is in the final days of promoting the debut of its highly anticipated streaming service. Disney+ is set to include over 800 titles at launch with just about every Disney film or TV show imaginable being available right away for subscribers. Additionally, the service will offer up exclusive programming like The Mandalorian, the first live-action Star Wars series. Those who have already signed up for Disney+ will soon have access to titles from Star Wars, Marvel Studios, Pixar, and more, but that is just the beginning of what Disney is planning....
Old Steve Rogers’ shield in Avengers: Endgame appears to be a plot hole, since the shield was destroyed by Thanos and he didn’t receive a new one - at least on-screen. Avengers: Endgame never explains how Captain America (Chris Evans) had the shield repaired prior to handing it off to Falcon (Anthony Mackie) at the end of the movie. In the final battle of Avengers: Endgame, Cap has an epic showdown with Thanos....
Celebrating the digital and home release of Avengers: Endgame, VFX Supervisor Dan DeLeeuw took the opportunity to speak to Screen Rant about his role in making Marvel’s biggest blockbuster. The culmination of 11 years’ worth of storytelling, Avengers: Endgame was a challenge on a whole different scale to any Marvel movie. Fortunately, the studio had VFX Supervisor Dan DeLeeuw to coordinate the project. DeLeeuw has been working with Marvel Studios since 2013’s Iron Man 3, and he headed up a number of large-scale projects, including Captain America: Civil War and Avengers: Infinity War....
Apple’s augmented reality focus has so far been on iPhones and iPads, but AR on MacBooks may also be in the company’s sights. A new patent granted today could be useful for both conventional games and AR applications. The patent for virtual positioning of audio sources builds on one granted last month… Apple’s previous patent, on a method of virtually positioning people in a room when listening through headphones, focused on a business application – but we noted at the time that AR seemed another obvious use....
In other news, Apple ships the Aperture SDK and reveals many plug-ins to match; Apple further improves its Chinese retail presence; MacBook Pro software updates and news Apple plans an IM client for iPhone. Read on… Financial Chatter As my colleague Cleve Nettles reported this morning, Apple’s at number 103 in the Fortune 500 list for 2008. That incredibly significant inclusion surrounds the fact most Wall Street analysts now think Apple has a strong chance to succeed, with Mac sales climbing much faster than the industry average....
