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Actor Pedro Pascal originally thought he was playing Boba Fett in Disney’s The Mandalorian TV show. The Mandalorian was first announced by showrunner Jon Favreau back in 2018. This Star Wars series will tell the story of a lone gunfighter who emerges in between the fall of the Empire and the rise of the First Order and will premiere on Disney+ when the streaming service launches in November. Boba Fett was first introduced in animated form in The Star Wars Holiday Special back in 1978, before making his first live-action appearance in Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back in 1980....

A new Elder may be emerging at Marvel, one that will have huge impacts on both the Fantastic Four and quite possibly, the entire Marvel Universe. According to the Marvel solicitations for Fantastic Four #20, a “never-before-seen Elder of the Universe” will appear in the book… and could change the Fantastic Four forever. The Elders of the Universe have always been an exclusive club in Marvel lore, considered to be the last among an ancient race....

The Marvel Cinematic Universe has massively expanded its world over the the last eight years, ever since launching in 2008’s Iron Man. But, Marvel took a particularly important step forward in 2013 with the debut of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. on ABC - the first television offshoot of the cinematic world. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., led by MCU supporting character Phil Coulson (Clark Gregg), was followed by Agent Carter, a 1940s-set Captain America: The First Avenger spinoff starring fan-favorite Peggy Carter (Hayley Atwell)....

A new fictional podcast series will adapt Marvels as an audio drama. The series is a joint production between Marvel and Stitcher, who have already cemented a relationship with the release of sinister mysteries Wolverine: The Long Night and its follow-up Wolverine: The Lost Trail. Marvels was an acclaimed four issue miniseries published in early 1994 that retold events in Marvel’s comics history from the perspective of the ordinary people who live in a world tinged by the fantastical, seen through the eyes of photographer Phil Sheldon....

Somehow, the MCU is 11 years old with the franchise continuing to evolve year after year. Part of the reason for its success has been its extraordinary casting choices with every single actor or actress selected going down a storm with most of the fan base. When you’re looking to be successful that’s always the very first thing you need to get right. With that in mind, we now look at 10 perfect casting choices made over the last decade - and explain our thinking behind each one....

From the minds at Melbot Studios and PlayStation PlayLink comes Melbits World. Brimming with nearly unbearable cuteness, this puzzle game wants to be fun for the whole family, but only offers enough difficulty to be fun for the youngest of gamers. PlayLink has brought a ton of unique exclusives to the PS4 in the last year or so, all incorporating the core mechanic of using a phone or tablet as opposed to a traditional controller....

The $400 million Meta-Giphy deal has been under review by the competition watchdog since June 2020, a month after the deal was announced. The competition regulator on Friday said it fined Meta £1.5 million as the company failed to disclose the resignation of key staff, which is a requirement of the investigation. According to the CMA, Meta failed to notify the regulator about the resignation of three key employees and the reallocation of their roles....

OPPO, the Chinese smartphone company is now one of the leading smartphone companies around the world. OPPO is having a market share of 15.2 %, trailing the other Chinese brands like Xiaomi, Lenovo and also Samsung, the South Korean company. OPPO is now commonly known as the selfie expert and leader. It is having the 4th rank among the smartphones since 2016 which is doing an extraordinary work in the selfie snaps to the people around the world....

In what seems like only a matter of years, Michael B. Jordan has gone from a promising young actor to one of Hollywood’s biggest stars. Jordan does seem like he is destined for superstardom, proving that he can give stunning performances in a wide range of projects. However, Jordan’s movie career is still quite new with only about a dozen films to his resume so far. While his upcoming legal dramaJust Mercypromises to be one of his more acclaimed films, his released projects so far are a bit varied in terms of quality....

Roland Emmerich brings WWII to explosive life in the second trailer for the war epic Midway. Emmerich of course knows all about action after directing the blockbuster alien invasion movie Independence Day, as well as the disaster films The Day After Tomorrow and 2012. The director has also dipped his toe in the historical drama pool, helming the Mel Gibson Revolutionary War movie The Patriot as well as the controversial Stonewall....

Taking a detour from the everyday tech that he normally focuses on, popular YouTuber MKBHD got his hands on Caviar’s Solarius Zenith Full Gold iPhone 11 Pro for an up-close look at the world’s most expensive iPhone. MKBHD notes the silliness that is the Caviar Solarius Zenith iPhone 11 Pro with its gold and diamond finish that runs between $100,000-$120,000 at the beginning of his review: “There’s literally nothing I can say about this phone that’s useful to a normal person....

MLB.TV rolled out a new Apple TV app last week that everyone seems to hate, and the latest issue just adds salt to the wounds. On the Memorial Day holiday, the app is angering baseball fans as the stream is simply not working at all. The MLB.TV app has quickly gone from one of the best apps on tvOS to one of the worst. And today’s issues are certainly not helping its reputation....

Given the title, it’s no surprise that the most important relationships in Modern Family are those within the family themselves - relationships between parents and children or brothers and sisters (or, by this point, great-grandparents and babies, as this family grows!). However, the romantic relationships are just as big. Whether it is the love interests of the kids now that they are all grown up, or the long term marriages of the parents, the couples of Modern Family are a huge part of the show’s charm… and these are the ten favorites, ranked from worst to best....

While Apple is running a year behind most flagship smartphones in supporting 5G, a new report today says that next year’s iPhones will have most advanced 5G chip on the market. The report echoes earlier ones in stating that all three 2020 iPhones will be 5G-compatible, but this one has more specifics… Nikkei Asian Review cites four unnamed sources. Longer-term, Apple is working on its own 5G circuitry which could be integrated into a future A-series chip....

Arya Stark actress Maisie Williams seemed to reveal a huge Game of Thrones spoiler while appearing on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, but it was all just an April Fools prank. After debuting on HBO in 2011 and going on to become a massive pop culture phenomenon, Game of Thrones is finally set to come to an end with season 8, which begins airing later in April. The fates of all the show’s major characters hang in the balance as season 8 begins, with the White Walkers having breached The Wall, leaving Westeros wide open to the undead horde and their mysterious leader The Night King....

Welcome to Daily Deals, our ongoing look at the best deals and offers for Screen Rant fans to get the best out of their buck when it comes to comics, collectibles, electronics, clothing, and anything else we find that could save you money! Rarely do we actually need an excuse for a movie night, but with some of Best Buy’s great deals on new release movies and high-quality Smart TV’s we couldn’t pass up the opportunity to possibly improve a few home theaters, so we’ve gathered a few great deals to get movie night rolling!...

Martin Scorsese’s The Wolf of Wall Street features many creative shots, but one that may have passed viewers by is a shot of a “fasten seatbelt” sign in the airplane scene, which was filmed using just an iPhone. Among the most memorable shots was the movie’s opener, where we see the famous “Wall St.” sign with an American flag faded in the background, but even this great shot isn’t as unique as an iPhone clip that made it into the final cut of a Scorsese blockbuster....

When Marvel wanted a Justice League of their own, they turned to Stan Lee and Jack Kirby to assemble a team of heroes fit to rival DC’s successful superhero squad. This wound up taking the form of The Avengers, which brought in pre-existing heroes from the big M’s archives and grouped them together under the awesome (if a little boastful) name of “Earth’s Mightiest Heroes”. Since their first appearances in the early ’60s, the lineup has changed and evolved a huge amount over the years....

It’s now five years to the day since Marvel announced its Phase 3 slate - but why did it change so much? Marvel Studios has a reputation for playing the long game. Every film is viewed as setup for the next, with viewers poring over every detail in hopes of picking up on a crucial Easter egg. In large part, that’s the result of 2014’s Phase 3 announcement, with Marvel revealing every film they planned to release between 2016 and 2019 during a private event....

Warning: SPOILERS for Marvel Zombies Resurrection #1 Fans were expecting a dose of horror starring their favorite superheroes from Marvel Zombies Resurrection #1, but what they weren’t expecting was a science lesson in how the cosmic villain Galactus works. And now, no reader will ever look the same way at the world-eater again. The new undead nightmare strikes the Marvel Universe with a new, but familiar curse. Before the series officially launched, it was revealed that a zombie Galactus begins Resurrection, but the first issue shows that isn’t the full story....