An anonymous reader shares a report: In November 2019, just a few days after Disney+ launched, Netflix (NFLX) content chief (now co-CEO) Ted Sarandos, speaking at a Paley Center for Media event, said that Disney (DIS) is “bound by” its content universes, a reference mostly to Marvel and Star Wars. He continued: “I do think the risk of being bound in…
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‘Virtual Fistfight’ Created With Historic Collaboration of 40 Film Stars
DevNull127 writes: You probably remember Zoe Bell strapped to the hood of a speeding 1970 Dodge Challenger in the Death Proof half of Quentin Tarantino’s Grindhouse. (She also had parts in The Hateful Eight and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.) Today Zoe pulled together what may become a historic video — a massive online collaboration with 40 different film celebrities…
We May Finally Know Where Vicious ‘Black Widow’ Pulsars Come From
These little “redback” and “black widow” stars have intensely magnetic poles, which could help explain how they eat their twins. Source: https://www.livescience.com/millisecond-pulsar-neutron-star-redback-formation-theory.html
PSR J2055+3829 is an eclipsing ‘black widow’ pulsar, study finds
By conducting timing observations, astronomers have uncovered important insights into the properties of the millisecond pulsar PSR J2055+3829. Results of the observations, presented in a paper published July 23 on arXiv.org, indicate that this object is an eclipsing “black widow” pulsar. Source: https://phys.org/news/2019-07-psr-j20553829-eclipsing-black-widow.html…
Comic-Con Trailers Include ‘Star Trek: Picard’ and HBO’s ‘Watchmen’ Series
“At Comic-Con, Sir Patrick Stewart took to the Hall H stage Saturday afternoon to discuss his new series, Star Trek: Picard,” reports CBS News: The series will focus on what caused famed captain and admiral Jean-Luc Picard to leave Starfleet, and his life since…. Patrick Stewart — who is also an executive producer — answered questions about the show. “We never…
Black Widow, a Movie We’re Supposed to Pretend Isn’t Official, Adds Another Familiar Face
Until the release of Avengers: Endgame, Marvel’s going to stay tight-lipped on its future movies to avoid spoiling that much-anticipated mega-event. But we’ve still been getting a pretty regular stream of updates on those films, like today’s news that The Handmaid’s Tale star O-T Fagbenle has signed on for Black Widow. Read more… Source: https://io9.gizmodo.com/black-widow-a-movie-were-supposed-to-pretend-isnt-offi-1833952605
Marvel Studios Has a 5-Year Phase 4 Plan That (Probably) Does Not Include the X-Men
After making 22 movies that tell one cohesive story, while grossing almost $20 billion worldwide along the way, what’s Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige doing next? The same thing all over again—with a whole new set of toys. Read more… Source: https://io9.gizmodo.com/marvel-studios-has-a-5-year-phase-4-plan-that-probably-1833888644