Variety: An anime TV series based on the hit video game franchise “Kingdom Hearts” has been ordered at Disney+ and Disney Channel. Developed in partnership with video game creator Tetsuya Nomura and game developer Square Enix, “Kingdom Hearts” (the working title for the anime adaptation) “reimagines the iconic adventure with a brand-new story that will [ ]
Marvel: Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige capped off an electric showcase presentation during D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event, unveiling the stars of the upcoming X-Men movie. Director Jake Schreier was joined onstage by star Sadie Sink, who made her debut as Jean Grey in Marvel Studios Spider-Man: Brand New Day. It is so wonderful [ ]
Marvel Entertainment / YouTube: Welcome home, Vision. Loading….Marvel Television’s #VisionQuest, arriving October 14 only on Disney+. Hey, remember way back in 2020 when WandaVision had us all captivated with our new Disney+ subscriptions, and we all couldn’t leave the house, and at the end of the show, Vision turned white and decided to go find [ ]
Marvel Entertainment / YouTube: He used to be different. Avengers: Doomsday arrives in theaters everywhere December 18. Okay, maybe “brand new” is a misnomer, as this is the same trailer shown exclusively at Marvel’s Comic Con panel a few weekends back, but I have to say — it’s a good bit more effective than the [ ]
Star Wars / YouTube: Are you a Jedi… or not? Ahsoka Season 2 premieres January 20 only on Disney+. In what feels like a very long time coming, we’re finally getting the latest live action Star Wars series in the ongoing Dave Filoni crafted saga. Hitting four years after Season 1, and in the shadow [ ]
Reece Rogers / Wired: When I first downloaded the McDonald’s app years ago, I signed up for its loyalty program hoping to get better deals. Why not get some cheap French fries? While I understood that this would entail some type of data tracking, I didn’t grasp how the information would be used to algorithmically [ ]
Nick Romano / Entertainment Weekly: For the very first time, the worlds of Star Wars and Marvel will collide with an official crossover event. Titled Star Wars/Marvel: Hope Assembles, the five-part limited comic book series will launch in January 2027, Entertainment Weekly can exclusively reveal. Figures like Chewbacca, Han Solo, Luke Skywalker, and Princess Leia will join Earth-616 — the primary…
Reece Rogers / Wired: While this AI backlash has been brewing for the last few years, more companies appear to be directly addressing these concerns. LinkedIn added a “seems like AI slop” button for reporting AI-generated content on the platform, despite still hosting plenty of generative AI tools. Snapchat announced that fully AI-generated videos would [ ]
Max Tani / Semafor: Spotify is terrifying much of the podcast industry with a tiny little widget. Last week, the audio streaming giant tweaked its streaming interface, adding a feature that allows some users to more effectively skip through the parts of a podcast no one wants — notably ads, as well as promotions and filler [ ]
Worthy Read is an ongoing series here at the blog where I link out to a piece I think is worth your valuable time. Elizabeth Lopatto / The Verge: “Zuckerberg suggests that using an AI to assist me in these tasks will let me accomplish more, and that is probably the case. But I always [ ]