Few companies have the wealth of recognizable and exciting characters required to create a platform fighter that could rival the likes of Nintendo’s Super Smash Bros. series. With the help of developer Player First Games, Warner Bros. is trying to use the seemingly endless list of movie and TV studios it owns to do just
News The Cure to Reissue Wish With 24 Unreleased Tracks for 30th Anniversary Robert Smith’s long-awaited expansion and remaster of the 1992 album By Jazz Monroe July 28, 2022 Facebook Twitter The Cure, photo by Paul Cox Facebook Twitter The Cure have announced the long-awaited reissue of their 1992 album, Wish. Remastered at Abbey Road
When mechanical engineering graduate student Faye Yap saw a dead spider curled up in the hallway, it got her thinking about whether it could be used as a robotics component. Turning dead spiders into mechanical grippers may be some people’s idea of a nightmare scenario, but it could have tangible benefits. Spider legs can grip
Tichina Arnold is back on the market, legally speaking … TMZ has learned her long and bitter divorce process is over. According to legal docs obtained by TMZ … a judge signed off on Tichina’s divorce from longtime basketball coach DaRico Hines on July 15. It’s certainly been a long time coming. As we’ve reported,
Google is again delaying plans to phase out Chrome’s use of third-party cookies — the files websites use to remember preferences and track online activity. In a blog post, Anthony Chavez, Google’s VP of Privacy Sandbox, said that the company is now targeting the “second half of 2024” as the timeframe for adopting an alternative
There’s no discussing film history without bringing up Stop-Motion Animation. After all, isn’t simulating movement through a succession of incrementally different images a primitive form of stop-motion in and of itself? That’s why this laborious form of animation has existed since the early days of cinema, serving as a creative tool for pioneer filmmakers and
Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem was released exclusively on PC in January, but it seems like that exclusivity period may soon be coming to an end. The Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) has rated Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem for PS5 although neither developers Croteam and Timelock Studio, nor publisher Devolver Digital, have officially announced any console
Brie Larson already has Hollywood franchise clout from playing Carol Danvers/Captain Marvel in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and Mason Weaver in the MonsterVerse-set Kong: Skull Island, and now she’s lending talents to the Fast & Furious franchise. After pitching herself for a Fast & Furious movie back in February, Vin Diesel announced weeks later that
UPDATE 9:18 PM PT — Cops say JayDaYoungan has died as a result from his injuries. He was only 24. RIP Popular Louisiana rapper JayDaYoungan is currently hospitalized, battling injuries sustained when he was shot outside a home in his home state … TMZ has learned. A rep for the Bogalusa PD tells us they
TAMPA, Fla. — SpaceX has applied for more spectrum to upgrade Starlink satellite broadband services for mobile users. The company asked the U.S. Federal Communications Commission July 25 for permission to use the 2 GHz spectrum band to “augment” its mobile satellite services (MSS). Specific details about the next-generation services Starlink plans to provide were
Darren Star has been telling tales about people thrown out of their comfort zone masked as rom-coms for years, and Uncoupled follows the same framework as prior hits like Younger and Emily in Paris. The new comedy, premiering Friday, July 27 on Netflix, has an excellent cast and some funny one-liners, but it is very
To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here. Hello, Daily Crunchers! Personal story time: I came to the U.S. on an IR1 visa — also known as a “green card” — after having been married to an American for more
The long-awaited feature documentary Pennywise: The Story of IT is now available on VOD and streaming exclusively through the Bloody Disgusting-powered SCREAMBOX, the two-hour documentary providing an in-depth look at the original 1990 mini-series based on Stephen King’s classic horror novel. For fans of the tale, this is the ULTIMATE making-of special! The documentary boasts
FIFA 23 is on the way, and EA is not only looking to make it the most expansive title of the series to date but the most realistic as well. To do this, EA has upgraded its HyperMotion motion capture system to HyperMotion 2 and improved its machine learning algorithm. Both tools capture and put
Families weren’t scared to return to the box office during the pandemic and have shelled out $300.9M to date on Illumination Entertainment and Universal’s Minions: The Rise of Gru, making it the first animated movie to cross the three century mark stateside during Covid, and since Frozen 2 opened back in November 2019. Rise of Gru, through 25
News Watch the New Trailer for Brett Morgen’s David Bowie Movie Moonage Daydream The film hits theaters globally on Friday, September 16 By Matthew Strauss July 27, 2022 Facebook Twitter David Bowie, photo courtesy of Cinetic Media Facebook Twitter Following a teaser trailer, the first official trailer for Brett Morgan’s new David Bowie movie Moonage
Researchers have been able to use an analysis of ancient rock crystals – and the magnetism records locked inside them – to trace back the history of Earth’s inner core across hundreds of millions of years. Earth’s core, a dense hot blob of iron and nickel, is actually made up of two layers – the
In The Half-Life of Valery K, the titular Soviet scientist is released from a Siberian prison and transported to a town called City 40, which seems to be absolutely suffused with unhealthy levels of radiation. The most frightening thing? As Natasha Pulley reveals, towns like City 40 really did exist. In the 1960s, across the
Neil Patrick Harris spent nine seasons playing charming womanizer Barney Stinson on CBS’ How I Met Your Mother, and in his new Netflix comedy Uncoupled, his character Michael also wears nice suits and lives in New York City. But in other ways, Michael is the complete opposite of Barney: a mild-mannered gay man who has
The fintech sector has had its ups and downs as of late, with Klarna experiencing hefty valuation cuts, Fast shutting down and Robinhood and Better conducting mass layoffs. Despite the market turbulence, investors remain bullish on the potential value that financial technology startups can bring worldwide. To understand how fintech startups are preparing to weather
The official sequel to Andrew Traucki’s The Reef, new movie The Reef: Stalked is swimming to Shudder this week, on Digital/VOD and streaming on Shudder on July 29, 2022. The Reef: Stalked will also be available in select theaters on the same day. Watch the brand new official trailer below, and check out new poster art underneath! Written and directed
More information about Rockstar’s next Grand Theft Auto game has slipped out of a new report from Bloomberg. Staff at the company spoke about how the cultural changes that have been taking place since former head Dan Houser’s infamous 100-hour working week comments in 2018 have affected the game’s development, with sources saying GTA 6
When she was recruited to play the Bond Woman known as Solitaire in Live and Let Die, Jane Seymour had no idea what to expect from the process. Helping usher in a new chapter of James Bond movies, Seymour starred against then-new 007 Roger Moore, and she went on to become one of the most
Chris Brown says the organizer of a benefit concert for victims of Hurricanes Ida and Nicholas has it all wrong — he didn’t bail only hours before the event, and he’s even offering a donation to support the community. Ms. LaJuan Bailey recently blasted CB, claiming he bailed on a March 19 show at the
At 5:29 am on the morning of 16 July 1945, in the state of New Mexico, a dreadful slice of history was made. The dawn calm was torn asunder as the United States Army detonated a plutonium implosion device known as the Gadget – the world’s very first test of a nuclear bomb, known as
A new report detailing the cost of mobile data in different markets across the world, bears the evidence of why internet use in most of Africa remains low despite the growing broadband internet coverage. The Worldwide Mobile Pricing 2022 report, which surveyed 233 countries, shows that five of the 10 most expensive countries to buy
UPDATE 2:53 PM PT — Tony’s son, Christopher, says “Dad is at home, under hospice care, and in his last hours. My wife and I are by his side along with many friends that have visited. He has a fighting heart.” UPDATE 12:48 PM PT — The statement reporting Tony’s death that was posted on
Netflix‘s Resident Evil series (review) has caused quite the stir among fans and non-fans alike. Debuting to mixed reviews from critics and sporting one of Netflix’s lowest audience scores to date, the series has seen no shortage of debate among viewers, ranging from who the target audience is, how it should balance the horror, action and comedy,
The Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic remake, teased initially with a brief trailer back in 2021, is reportedly on indefinite development hold. That’s the news as reported by Bloomberg earlier today, which cited unnamed sources close to its development, relaying that the project has been paused. The problems reportedly stem from major staff
Broadway box office held steady last week, with most productions keeping pace, for better or worse, with their recent trends. In all, the 25 shows took in a total $29,531,601 for the week ending July 24, up about 2% from the previous week. Total attendance was 224,884, not much difference from the previous week. Some