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One of the most anticipated Apple Originals, Foundation, is set for a comeback soon – Apple shared its new cast and first look at this spatial saga based on Isaac Asimov’s books. Apple TV+ Foundation is an epic saga from storyteller David S. Goyer and produced for Apple by Skydance Television. In the first image shared of the second season, you can see Demerzel, Harry Seldon, and the emperor together. As of now, it’s unclear whether this is a flashback or if the producers of the show are planning for an even more different path from the books....

The Gifted San Diego Comic-Con trailer has been released. A popular theme in entertainment is the story of the family you are born into vs. the family you chose. In the new trailer for The Gifted that story is brought to the forefront. On one hand there are two teenage mutants, born into a family where their father hunts people like them. On the other is a rag tag group of mutants on the run and trying to survive....

Freeform offered an extended look at its newest series about mermaids at New York Comic Con on Saturday. The series, titled Siren, follows Ryn (Eline Powell), a mysterious girl who arrives in Bristol Cove, a town that was originally a home to mermaids and is now a kitschy tourist stop for those hoping to catch a glimpse of an actual mermaid or spend some hard-earned cash on “real mermaid artifacts.”...

Many shows that were made decades, or even a decade or so ago, often look outdated upon rewatching. While no piece of media is perfect, there were jokes that used to be seen as acceptable that now are not. Friends is a show from the ’90s and early 2000s that became popular again when it became available on Netflix. Many people watching through again and binging the whole series have realized there were many jokes that might have seemed funny at the time that are now just cringey or uncomfortable....

The city-building strategy genre has never managed to find a foothold in the console space, but Frostpunk is looking to change that with its provocative storytelling acumen and a custom control scheme which was rebuilt from the ground up to appeal to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One users. Initially released for PC in April 2018, Frostpunk added some unique wrinkles to the tried-and-true genre staples, with its focus on the human cost of efficient leadership and the personal toll of hard choices which can mean the difference between survival or extinction....

There’s been very little actual footage from Game of Thrones season 8 in the teaser trailers released so far, but showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss say that’ll change in the future. Game of Thrones’ production has become an increasingly secretive process with every passing season, especially since the show progressed beyond the story in George R.R. Martin’s as-yet published A Song of Ice and Fire source novels. At this point, the HBO series rivals movie franchises like Star Wars, when it comes to keeping story details under-wraps before a particular season airs....

Ghostbusters is returning to the big screen in 2016, with a hard reboot/reset of the movie franchise directed by Paul Feig (Bridesmaids, Spy) and starring comedians Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, Leslie Jones, and Kate McKinnon as a new team of scientists knowledgable in the art of specter-catching. The film hits theaters in July of next year (at the time of writing this) and has already gotten its marketing push started (see the newly-released cast photo), to take advantage of the 2015 winter holiday season movie rush....

Gotham has unveiled what Shane West will look like as the villain Bane - and it’s a different appearance than many might be expecting. The next season, which is set to be the final season, of Gotham has yet to receive an announced premiere date. Gotham will finally close out its Batman origin story with season 5. With the end, there’ll be an arrival of a new villain. Originally it was rumored that Shane West, famous for his roles in A Walk to Remember and Nikita, would be playing Bane’s father....

A new deleted scene from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 shows Star-Lord trying to figure out his Zune. After an impressive run in theaters, Marvel and James Gunn have another hit on their hands thanks to Guardians 2. Not only did the new characters, cosmic action, and general absurdity win over audiences, but the film helps set up the future of the franchise and the MCU. Gunn is already hard at work on Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol....

Here are some more tidbits before the iPhone 14 event. According to Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman in his Power On newsletter, the iPhone 14 Pro models will feature bigger batteries. This would be the second year in a row that Apple increases the battery size while improving processor performance. In addition, the company seems to be focusing on eSIM technology right from the box, instead of physical SIM cards. According to a Baidu post, the regular iPhone 14 could feature a 3,279 mAh battery, compared to the iPhone 13, 3,227 mAh....

During its “Unleashed” event this month, Apple announced that its $99 HomePod mini smart speaker would be available in three new colors sometime in November. Now, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman has teased that the new HomePod mini colors will be released sometime “early this week.” Gurman’s report today corroborates an earlier report from Sam Kohl at AppleTrack. The new HomePod mini colors include orange, yellow, and blue. They join the existing white and space gray colors that have been offered for the HomePod mini since its release last year....

With the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max now widely available, the folks at Halide are out with a new update to take advantage of the new camera technologies. Halide for iOS has been updated with 48MP ProRaw support, the ability to quickly switch from 48MP to 12MP capture, manual focus for depth capture, and more. The new iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max feature a new 48MP main camera....

The Doctor Who 2019 holiday episode “Resolution” reportedly took a tumble in the ratings among BBC America viewers, compared to the previous special. Season 11, starring Jodie Whittaker as the Thirteenth Doctor, has achieved significant ratings success since it premiered last September. Whittaker’s debut even scored the highest numbers for an episode introducing a new Doctor since the 2005 series revival starring Christopher Eccleston. The 2017 holiday episode, “Twice Upon A Time,” marked Peter Capaldi’s exit from the series as the Twelfth Doctor....

Columbia Pictures’ Men in Black: International is the fourth installment in the sci-fi franchise, but does it have a post-credits scene teasing another sequel? The Men in Black franchise kicked off in the late 90s, starring Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones as a pair of odd couple agents working for a super-secret organization tasked with protecting Earth from malevolent aliens. The first Men in Black was a veritable success, earning rave reviews from critics and moviegoers alike and raking in $589 million at the box office on a $90 million budget....

Dragon Ball Super is the first new Dragon Ball series in over 20 years and it serves as the direct sequel to the universally popular Dragon Ball Z. Just like with pretty much all things Dragon Ball, the new series features plenty of new interesting, infuriating, and sometimes even downright hilarious elements that every fan of the previous series needs to know about before deciding to watch or to take a pass on it....

Eve Online Mac support has finally landed, thanks to a new native client for macOS. You could previously run the game under Wine, though that started becoming problematic with Big Sur, but you’ll now be able to ditch the emulators … Engadget reports that the Mac app originally promised for “early 2021” is now available. The installer only lists Intel Mac requirements, but Engadget says that it runs on M1 Macs too....

Back in the day, watching a season finale of a show was a high anxiety activity since there would be a summer-long break until the next season would start up again. These days, since we all binge-watch, we can literally finish season one of a series and start the next batch of episodes right away. When Dawson’s Creek was on the air (from 1998 until 2003), fans would tune into the season finales in late Spring (they would usually air in May) and have to bite their nails, waiting with anticipation for the following September....

As the FOX network’s hit animated series Family Guy gets ready for season 17 this fall, the 20th Century Fox studio is developing a Family Guy movie that would combine the show’s traditional animation format with live-action elements. While the fate of the studio as a whole remains in limbo - due to the impending merger with Disney that is expected to be complete by next year - that clearly isn’t stopping them from pursuing new projects....

WARNING: This post contains SPOILERS for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. - After what seems like a giant wait, the newest movie in the Harry Potter mythos is here: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them kicks off a new, five-installment movie franchise, helping to not only introduce new characters and cultures into author J.K. Rowling’s sprawling world, but to also fill in some more of the mainline Potter narrative’s backstory (in the form of Gellert Grindelwald and, at least in the sequels, Albus Dumbledore)....

From Apple Watch Ultra to watchOS 9, this fall has been full of smart watch innovation. Apple isn’t quite finished, however, as there’s still more to come when it comes to new Apple Watch features. Track detection Listed as “coming soon” on the Apple Watch Ultra product page, track detection is an upcoming feature that runners will appreciate. Apple includes a preview of track detection and how it will work with the Workout app in a future update....