Before and especially after he showed up in the movies, Marvel’s comics gave Black Panther grand stories about his efforts to protect Wakanda and the larger universe from big threats. Being Wakanda’s king has meant he’s constantly had to shoulder the nation’s burdens on his back, but his upcoming solo series strips…
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Studio MAPPA Wows with Attack on Titan and Hell's Paradise Trailers
Animation studio MAPPA has kept itself pretty busy ever since it opened in 2011, and 2022 was an especially big year for it. Along with working on the second part of the final season of Attack on Titan, the company also released Chainsaw Man, Dance Dance Danseur, and brought Jujutsu Kaisen 0stateside. 2023 looks to…
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Sony Enlists Ant-Man & the Wasp Scribes to Adapt Gnomes Short Film
Marvel writers Andrew Barrer and Gabriel Ferrari have been hit up by Sony to pen the screenplay for the company’s next big horror film, Gnomes.

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Netflix's Pinocchio Movie Takes Home the Gold at PGA and Annie Awards
It’s awards season, and for Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, the stop-motion movie got away with multiple awards spread across two events. On Saturday night, the Producers Guild of America and the animation-focused Annie Awards both had their respective ceremonies, and del Toro and Mark Gustafson’s acclaimed film came…
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Watch Live as SpaceX Launches a New Crew to the ISS
Four astronauts—two from NASA and the others from Russia and the United Arab Emirates—are set to blast off and begin their six-month mission on the International Space Station. You can watch the launch live right here.
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Ninja Turtles' Casey Jones Almost Had His Own Solo Film
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles have been around for decades, and through all the various interpretations, April O’Neil and Casey Jones have been their first (if not only) human allies. Between the two of them, it’s April who tends to get the spotlight the most, and Casey tends to show up later in the story. But…
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The Mandalorian Will Go On as Long as It Needs To, Says Jon Favreau
Ever since Disney+ hit the streets in 2019, The Mandalorianhas been one of the key reasons to have a subscription to the service. Folks love themselves some Pedro Pascal, particularly when he’s protecting a young child like Grogu. And if it seems like their adventures could go on forever, good news, Jon Favreau…
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DC's Dead Boy Detectives Show Jumps Ship to Netflix
The merger of Warner Bros. and Discovery didn’t just lead to several cancellations, it also put several shows in limbo. Because WB Discovery still remains focused on recouping money, the corporation is attempting to license out its stuff to other distributors, and that includes in-progress series like Batman: Caped…
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The Umbrella Academy Adds Nick Offerman to Its Final Season Cast
When Netflix’s The Umbrella Academyreturns for its fourth and final season, it won’t just have a new timeline, it’ll also bring some new blood to the cast.
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6 Times Hollywood Was Right About Getting 'Too Close' to AI
It’s no question that artificial intelligence is rapidly advancing, creating a buzz in the tech world and to all those who use it. But, as AI becomes a larger part of everyday life, from automated responses on Bing’s search engine to a human-like companion, it is questionable if this is all a good idea.
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Here Are Some of the Most Hacked States in America
Every year, the FBI publishes a report on the state of cybercrime in the U.S., based on statistics collected from the previous year. The organization that does the collecting, the bureau’s Internet Crime Complaint Center, or IC3, compiles information on a state-by-state basis, detailing where hacking incidents…
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8 Reasons Why Octopuses Are the Smartest, Pettiest Animals
Consider the octopus. With eight arms, elliptical pupils, color- and texture-changing skin, and a scary beak, it is a creature that seems conjured from the most Boschian of realities.
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10 Pieces of Fashion You Can Wear to Confuse Facial Recognition
I hate to break it to you, but a world where your every move can be tracked using facial recognition has gone from science fiction to an everyday reality. Facial recognition is common at airports, concerts, and stores, its in our schools, and you might even have to use it to file your taxes. Some people are willing to…
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It's Official: More Ads Are Coming to Apple TV+
You can look forward to more ads on Apple TV+ in the near future.
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A Software Bug Caused Two Alaska Airlines Flights to Suffer Tailstrikes on the Same Morning
In aviation, a “tail strike” is an unfortunate incident in which a plane’s tail literally strikes the runway, the ground, or another stationary object. Typically, such episodes will occur during take off or landing and, typically, they’re not considered dangerous. However, that’s not always the case, and they have…
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Phil Tippett Inspired This Week's Poker Face—and Here Are All the Awesome Creations
Have you been keeping up with the best superhero show on television? We’re talking, of course, about Poker Face, the episodic detective show created by Rian Johnson and starring Natasha Lyonne. Lyonne plays Charlie, a woman with a secret ability to detect a lie, which Johnson himself admitted that, yes, i…
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Ant-man’s Director on *That* End Credits Scene
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A Guide to the Messy, Divided Rights to The Lord of the Rings
Without one ring to rule them all, the rights for creators to tell stories in Middle-earth have long been a confusing mess—a mess that has only gotten more confusing when Embracer Group announced it had acquired a chunk of Lord of the Rings’ rights. Not sure who exactly can do what? Here’s our guide.

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Vast Acquires Rocket Engine Firm to Speed Development of Space Station With Artificial Gravity
In Vast’s quest to build a space station complete with artificial gravity, the private space company has acquired startup Launcher in order to take a step toward making its plans a reality. Despite the news of the acquisition, both companies remain tightlipped on Vast’s plans for the space station.

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Everything We Know About OpenAI's ChatGPT
If you haven’t heard of ChatGPT, the uncanny new chatbot from artificial intelligence lab OpenAI, here is a quick primer on everything you need to know about the controversial new program.
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