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Marvel Studios’ She-Hulk: Attorney at Law is officially up and running with Episode 1 now available to stream for the world on Disney+. But leading up to the final episodic Disney+ series of Phase 4, Marvel hasn’t had an easy road in bringing this exciting new story to life. The issue that’s been most front and center has been the show’s use of CGI, which takes on challenges that Marvel’s never seen before due to its leading character being largely computer-generated....

New Guardians of the Galaxy’s Vol. 3 footage suggests the film’s villain may have already experimented on a Guardians character. While The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special brought Phase 4 of the MCU to an official close, the focus has shifted to the crew’s third (and final?) chapter of Phase 5, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. Throughout filming, both director James Gunn and the Guardians cast promised an emotional threequel and one centered on Rocket....

According to a new report, Marvel Studios is reevaluating its MCU Disney+ output, slowing its Phase 5 streaming output year-to-year. It was mere months ago that Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige pulled the tarp off the next half-decade plan for the super-powered franchise. However, a lot has changed since then. As the exorbitant spending of the past few years levels out, players in the streaming business begin to realize that the endless content churn may not be a sustainable business model....

When WandaVision first aired on Disney+ way back at the start of 2021, there was one name that permeated the online discussion about the series: Mephisto. The iconic villain, who is basically Marvel’s Satan, is known to have had a history with Wanda in the comics, particularly in the same storyline that first introduced her children.Despite the many fan theories and supposed Easter eggs, the show came and went without a single mention of the villain....

Following a three-month hiatus, Lucasfilm and Disney are officially back in business with the release of Obi-Wan Kenobi, Ewan McGregor’s first time with the live-action franchise in 17 years. With this series having been in development for most of the past three years, anticipation is at an all-time high to see the former Jedi Master take the spotlight once again. Obi-Wan Kenobi comes with four decades of history behind it in the long-standing Star Wars franchise, finally filling in the Jedi’s unknown story between the events of 2005’s Revenge of the Sith and 1977’s A New Hope....

A short film called “Forget Short Showers” wants us to replace ethical shopping with fierce activism. As a lifestyle writer for TreeHugger, I spend my days thinking and writing about ways of reducing one’s personal footprint in the world. Conscious consumerism is the core message in many of the posts I write, urging people to “vote with their money.” I write about the importance of buying ethical and sustainable products, supporting local businesses, minimizing waste, reducing meat, riding a bike instead of driving....

Phase 4 of the MCU has had a wealth of new characters and stories both on Disney+ and the big screen. But now that The Marvels, the last MCU film with a confirmed release date, is a mere year away, new announcements are imminent and expected at San Diego Comic-Con and D23 Expo. While rumors have been swirling around John Krasinski’s status as Mr. Fantastic and who will play Wolverine, speculation is now on the rise about Ryan Gosling’s potential MCU role....

Spider-Man: No Way Home was a massive hit for Marvel Studios and Sony Pictures as it (finally) brought together three generations of Spider-Man. The MCU threequel featured the highly-anticipated return of Tobey Maguire’s Spider-Man from Sam Raimi’s original trilogy and Andrew Garfield’s web-slinger from The Amazing Spider-Man franchise to team up with Tom Holland’s young hero. No Way Home also marked the first appearance of Charlie Cox’s Matt Murdock on the big screen....

Marvel Studios’ Spider-Man: No Way Home has been a dream come true for fans worldwide. People live in a timeline where Alfred Molina got to return as Doc Ock, Tobey Maguire finally got to have his back adjusted, and Andrew Garfield saved MJ as personal redemption for his past—all in one film. That’s just a fraction of what Tom Holland’s latest outing as Peter Parker offered.It’s hard to believe that a film jam-packed with so much content has not only become one of the most successful movies of all time but also happens to be legitimately great—at least, according to both critics and fans....

There can never be enough Mandalorians in Star Wars. The Mandalorian has shone a spotlight on the creed of warriors in recent years, but their history in the Star Wars canon extends much further back. First introduced in the second season of Star Wars: The Clone Wars, the war-stricken world and its divided people instantly became a major faction in the animated series. The group known as Death Watch joined forces with Darth Maul to regain control of the planet, and following some in-fighting, Bo-Katan Kryze led loyal Mandalorian warriors away from the Zabrak’s crime syndicate and fought to eradicate his influence on their world....

The Flash has been making unexpected headlines due to the controversy surrounding its lead star, Ezra Miller. The DC actor has had many run-ins with authorities in the past months, starting with several arrests in Hawaii while also being charged with felony burglary in Vermont after allegedly lifting bottles of alcohol from a local home. Although Miller has already apologized for the string of controversies, their future as the Scarlet Speedster is still unknown....

My brother-in-law sent me a video this morning of a talk given by Tony Seba at the Swedbank Nordic Energy Summit in March of last year. I started watching it with mild interest, as it covered many of the topics I’ve already been harping on in recent posts: • Solar power will keep getting cheaper• Batteries will continue to become more commonplace• Electric vehicles will soon become a mainstream transport option• This confluence of technologies will begin to disrupt the economics of our existing energy system...

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is set to feature an intense war between Talocan and Wakanda. While it is unknown how and why the two nations will go up against one another, it seems that Tenoch Huerta’s Namor the Sub-Mariner is hellbent on making Wakanda pay for its mistakes. Footage from the trailers and TV spots of Black Panther 2 showed that, at some point in the story, Namor will lead his army to Wakanda for an eventual attack....

The largest airports in the world have the land areas and populations of small cities. They operate around the clock and move tens of millions of passengers each year. They are constantly looking for ways to source the power needed to keep their energy-hungry operations on track. For an increasing number of hubs, this means at least partially switching to renewable energy. Airport electricity in the headlines The issue of airport energy usage came to the forefront during a December 2017 power outage at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport....

Writing in this month’s Economist 1843 Magazine, Simon Willis looks at the design of self-driving cars. Volvo’s chief designer Robin Page tells him: “It’s the most exciting period in the history of car design, a new world is being opened up.” It is a flexible space: “You can have six people sitting round a table which then turns into a bed.” But Volvo’s illustration of the car interior looks so much like a car, with two seats facing forward....

Spider-Man: No Way Home is officially out in theaters, setting Tom Holland’s Peter Parker, Jacob Batalon’s Ned Leeds, and Zendaya’s MJ on their biggest adventure together yet. In bringing together past villains from the Multiverse and celebrating the web-slinger’s tenure on the big screen, the Tom Holland-led threequel has shattered box office records and satisfied fans’ dreams worldwide. With the film finally out in the open, speculation has run rampant on everything No Way Home brought to the table....

DC Extended Universe director Zack Snyder has spent much of his 2020 laying out teases and hints for what will come in the highly anticipated Snyder Cut of Justice League, which will arrive on HBO Max in March 2021. Snyder has consistently pulled the curtains back on his prized piece of work since it was confirmed to be completed, showing looks into the editing room and joining many fan conversations to explain his vision....

Friends and enemies in the animal world tend to be pretty clear-cut – there are some species that just weren’t born to get along. But as these unlikely pairs show, even Mother Nature doesn’t set things in stone: Who says that orangutans and tigers, dogs and deer, cats and birds can’t all be friends somehow? From a sheep that brought a baby elephant out of a deep depression to natural enemies that snuggle down together for every nap, these 10 heart-wrenching relationships are incredible and unforgettable....

They’re using the Flashfood app to give customers steep discounts and divert food from landfill. It has been four years since I wrote about the Flashfood app that was set to hit Canadian grocery stores and make it easier for shoppers to buy soon-to-expire food at a discount. Much to my delight, I heard it advertised recently on a local radio station and figured it’s time for an update, especially since people have become more aware of food waste’s role in the climate crisis....

As Marvel Studios has shot to the forefront of Hollywood for its successful cinematic universe, DC has struggled to get its own attempts off the ground. Warner Bros. was once positioned to create a dark and gritty Justice League storyline under Zack Snyder, but that all fell apart when the director departed Justice League, and since then there has been a visible lack of connectivity. In the years since the famous Justice League debacle, the studio has primarily been orientated toward creating standalone projects such as Todd Phillips’ Joker and Matt Reeves’ The Batman....