Fans have a lot to look forward to in 2021 and 2022 |
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Welcome to Decrypted, Digital Trends' daily newsletter guiding you through the latest news in the world of tech, with insights from our senior writers. |
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Disney has massive plans for Star Wars and Marvel. It's also giving Disney+ a price hike. |
Disney dropped a bomb last night. Over the course of its four-hour Investor Day event, the company pulled the curtain back on all of its plans for the next few years -- including some exciting updates on the Marvel Cinematic Universe and Star Wars franchises.
Star Wars fans can expect a handful of new series in 2021 and 2022, including a prequel to Rogue One, called Andor, and a pair of The Mandalorian spinoffs: Asohka, and Rangers of the New Republic.
On the MCU front, Disney also shared some new details on its upcoming series Loki, Hawkeye, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier,and WandaVision -- as well as some fresh info on much-anticipated movies like Guardians of the Galaxy 3 and Black Panther 2.
And that's just the tip of the iceberg. There's also a price hike coming to Disney+.
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by Shubham Agarwal, Contributor |
When Snapchat introduced the ability to post disappearing text and media over half a decade ago, no one expected that a scruffy new startup's headlining feature would end up consuming a row of space at the top of every other social platform in a few years. But that's exactly what has happened.
Snapchat's Stories has flourished into a social network staple, and now the world's biggest tech companies are clamoring to bake this breakout format into their offerings. Today, a familiar row of avatars sits above all else on some of the most popular apps. You can now post these ephemeral "Stories" on Twitter, Facebook, Messenger, WhatsApp, Pinterest, YouTube, LinkedIn, Google (for publishers), and possibly even Spotify in the near future.
So what gives? Why did Stories, a way for people to post a self-destructing thread of images, text, videos, and all sorts of goofy elements, emerge as the internet's most sought-after medium of communication? |
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by Jacob Roach, Contributor |
Cyberpunk 2077 is finally — and "finally" is really the only word to use here — in the hands of gamers around the world. As Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 players unbox their copies, however, PC gamers are scrambling to find parts to make Night City look the best it can.
Even amid one of the worst stock shortages the PC gaming space has faced in quite some time, we're going to show you how to build a gaming PC for Cyberpunk 2077. We have three builds below, each targeting a different budget. We'll spec the builds here and talk about what they're capable of. If you're still learning about putting all the parts together, make sure to read our guide on how to build a PC. |
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Nicole Kidman certainly seems to have found a niche on TV dramas. After winning an Emmy as an affluent, physically abused wife on Big Little Lies, the actress has reteamed with writer/producer David E. Kelley and HBO for another series, The Undoing, where she plays an affluent psychologist married to a pediatric oncologist (Hugh Grant) who may or may not have killed his mistress.
Perhaps the most obvious difference between the two shows is that The Undoing takes place in New York City instead of coastal California. Dig deeper, though, and you'll find that The Undoing has a lot less on its mind that Big Little Lies.
Move beyond the A-list cast and creative team and the high-end, on-location production, and what's left is a pretty rote mystery/courtroom drama à la the far superior and original 1990 film Presumed Innocent. With a sprawling cast of interesting, flawed characters, Big Little Lies delved into such topics as female empowerment and unity, among others. The Undoing is more content being more standard suspense fare.
The six-part limited series is strongest in the earlier episodes as we meet Grace and Jonathan Fraser and their 12-year-old son, Henry (Noah Jupe), as well as Grace's filthy rich father, Franklin Reinhardt (Donald Sutherland). To put it into context, these are the kinds of people who are able to and willing to pay $50,000 a year to send their son to an elite private school.
Kidman is predictably solid as a successful woman whose seemingly idyllic life is shattered by her husband's arrest. Grant, a little more wrinkled and physically thick these days but still handsome and charming, brings surprising gravity to a role that sees him stretch beyond his usual wheelhouse. Jupe (A Quiet Place) gives Henry a refreshing amount of depth, avoiding the spoiled rich kid cliche, and Sutherland may snag an Emmy nomination thanks in large part to one chilling scene where he reveals the hidden depths of his character's ruthlessness.
Despite its lack of lofty ambitions and a final 15 minutes that seem like the belong on a different show entirely, The Undoing is a solid if unspectacular entry in the genre. |
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