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Warning: major Avengers: Infinity War spoilers ahead. Grab your Stormbreaker, break out the Infinity Gauntlet and reach for the tissues. Avengers: Infinity War is finally here. With the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe building towards the arrival of the Mad Titan Thanos, the $1 billion budget of the Russo Brothers’ supersized superhero ensemble didn’t fail to deliver. Uniting the good and the bad of the MCU, Infinity War saw Thanos’ quest to gather all six Infinity Stones and wipe out half of the population to balance the scales....

With more and more superheroes lining up to take a crack at the blockbuster box office, even characters and comic books that seemed like long shots on the big screen are being given a chance. Marvel and DC’s biggest heroes are being reinvented every year, but some of the most incredible, or riskiest ideas have already come and gone. Here are Screen Rant’s 10 Superhero Movies That Almost Happened. Batman: Year One After the Batman movie series was killed in the late 1990s, the studio looked to director Darren Aronofsky for a reboot - who decided to team up with Frank Miller to adapt his comic “Batman Year One” onto film....

Video game development is a tricky beast. It takes a dedicated group of people to build virtual worlds from scratch, tinkering with each aspect until it is perfect. Our hats go off to anybody involved in this endeavor, as it is a thankless task that sometimes involves sleepless nights away from family and loved ones. Many of them consider this dedication worth it, however, in order to bring these worlds to life....

The films and TV shows in the Marvel Cinematic Universe are widely acclaimed for the most part, except for one aspect about them: the villains. Aside from Loki, Wilson Fisk, and Kilgrave, most of the villains introduced in the Marvel Cinematic Universe have been criticized for being a bit on the dull/forgettable side. Some of the blame has to do with the scripts that oftentimes overemphasize the heroes in the films and TV shows....

Since the first home video game console over 40 years ago – the Magnavox Odyssey, released in 1972 – the industry has seen a flood of quality gaming hardware. Fan favorite consoles such as the Atari 2600, Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES), Playstation, Xbox, Game Boy, Wii, and the Sega Genesis are just a few of the boxes that have been staples in our living rooms. Each is remembered fondly for its entertaining lineup of games and innovations....

THANOS IS COMING! Unless you’ve been hiding under a particularly large rock since 2012’s The Avengers, you know that he’s the “Big Bad” that’s been pulling the collective strings of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. In the movies, he’s still something of an enigma. His motivations are still unrevealed. All we know so far is that he’s lent Loki a scepter that contained the Mind Gem in order to acquire a Tesseract which contained the Space Gem, and that he tasked Ronan to bring him the Power Gem (or something)....

The horror genre has many sub-categories, but arguably none have made as much of a societal impact as the zombie flick. From George A. Romero’s campy classics to the parodies of today, this facet of our culture has become so ingrained in our imaginations that many of us often wonder about what we would do, were the zombie apocalypse actually nigh? And there’s another question that can’t be ignored: Who would we want by our side when it comes?...

19 Kids and Counting’s Grandma Duggar has died unexpectedly. The Duggars have gone to social media to commemorate their beloved grandmother, Mary Duggar, who was seen in multiple episodes of the popular TLC show, as well as the Duggar’s current show, Counting On. This well-loved grandma was usually spotted in the background of the show, helping out with her many grandchildren, who she clearly adored. There has been an outpouring of heartfelt tributes about Grandma Duggar all over social media....

We’ve had almost 40 years of Star Trek movies since the first one came to our screens back in 1979. If there’s one things that the internet as a whole can agree on it is that the even ones are better. That is, until you get to the Next Generation movies, which mostly just squander the potential of the beloved series. Nobody’s really sure how the rebooted “Kelvin timeline” entries fit into this theory except that Into Darkness is pretty bad....

Eight years before Marvel Studios perfected the shared universe template, 20th Century Fox hired Bryan Singer to direct an all-star cast including a Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellan, Rebecca Romijn, Halle Berry, James Marsden, and a then-unknown Hugh Jackman, and the X-Men franchise was born. The original movie was a massive success with critics and audiences, and is credited by many with jump-starting the superhero movie boom that continues today. The movie crushed the box office (earning $296 million worldwide on a $75 million budget) so, naturally, Fox made a sequel (X2: X-MenUnited)....

Stories discussed in this episode: Hands-on with the top iOS 15 features for iPhone [Video] Kuo: iPhone 14 Pro to feature hole-punch design, new 48MP wide camera watchOS 8 for Apple Watch brings Health Sharing to families/doctors, Always-On display upgrade, Mindfulness app, new watch faces, more Follow Chance: Twitter: @ChanceHMiller Listen & Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Overcast RSS Stitcher TuneIn Google Play Share your thoughts! Drop us a line at happyhour@9to5mac.com. You can also rate us in Apple Podcasts or recommend us in Overcast to help more people discover the show!...

Stories discussed in this episode: Apple adds support for storing COVID-19 vaccination cards in Wallet with iOS 15.1 iOS 15.1 beta 1 re-enables SharePlay feature following delay Apple releases iOS 15.1 and iPadOS 15.1 beta 1 to developers Apple offers 6-months free Apple Music trials to AirPods and Beats owners Apple says it will update iPhone 13 with option to disable automatic macro photography switching iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 Pro reviews: Major battery life improvements steal the show Follow Chance:...

December is going to be a wild month for comic book fans. Two of the most anticipated CBMs of 2018 are heading to theaters, and it’s nearly impossible to say which one has more fans excited. Aquaman will finally give the King of the Seven Seas the solo outing he’s always deserved. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse will redefine comic book movies altogether, opening the door to multi-universe storylines in CBMs. Well, we at ScreenRant certainly can’t pick a favorite, so we had an idea: Why not make a list combining the two?...

All of today’s best deals have gone live with Apple’s latest 11-inch M1 iPad Pro now starting at $749. Anyone with an iPhone 14 arriving tomorrow will want to looking to the discount we spotted on Twelve South’s new HiRise 3 MagSafe charger at $80, which pairs with the ongoing iPad mini 6 Smart Folio Cover markdown at $49. Hit the jump for all that and more in the latest 9to5Toys Lunch Break....

With meaty roles on network television shows like Annalise Keating (Viola Davis) on How to Get Away With Murder or Brienne of Tarth (Gwendoline Christie) on Game of Thrones, it’s safe to say we are living in the golden age of female characters on television. This is even more apparent when you look at the rich characters that fill the CW’s lineup. The teen-focused network may not have an Olivia Pope or a Liz Lemon, but it’s doing just fine with strong women like Camille and Davina on The Originals, or Raven and Octavia from The 100....

Ever since Thanos first appeared during The Avengers’ mid-credits sting, Marvel Studios has positioned the Mad Titan as the overarching villain of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. This effort paid off when Avengers: Infinity War hit theaters earlier this year, with fans and critics alike praising Thanos’ depiction as a credible threat to the combined might of the MCU’s biggest heroes. With actor Josh Brolin set to reprise the role of Thanos in next year’s Infinity War sequel, Marvel will get even more mileage out of this imposing baddie....

Metal Gear Solid helped to define the 32-bit era of video gaming and helped to elevate the industry as a whole. This was one of the first truly cinematic video games ever made, with a story told through hours of fully-voiced cutscenes. Metal Gear Solid also broke the fourth wall in ways that gamers had never experienced before, which helped to cement itself within the minds of players across the world....

With the continuous trend of movie studios rebooting popular classics to ensure financial success, Disney is among those with no signs of stopping. After the successful live-action reboot of The Jungle Book earlier this year, which grossed nearly $1 billion worldwide, Disney announced a slew of additional classics from their animated library set to get the live-action treatment within the next few years. For better or worse, beloved animated films like Aladdin, Mulan, and The Lion King will soon be hitting the big screen in a whole new format....

The six little gems – the Space Stone, Mind Stone, Reality Stone, Power Stone, Time Stone, and Soul Stone – that make up the Infinity Stones haven’t just played key roles in individual Marvel Cinematic Universe installments through the last decade. They’ve also provided a motivation for franchise big bad Thanos, who spent nearly a decade of real time trying to get his hands on the Stones in order to fulfil his misguided mission to balance the universe....

The movie industry is known just as much for its mistakes as it is for its successes. Slip-ups, disasters, and misunderstandings generate just as many headlines as box-office hits and perfectly executed filmmaking. Yet, while plenty of mistakes make it into the final cuts of films, sometimes directors catch errors beforehand. Usually, the solution is simply to erase the mistake and film something again, but that’s not always an option....