Here Are the Best iOS and Android Phones for Gaming
Mobile games have never been more alive or better than right now with full-on Nintendo games like Mario Kart Tour, narratives like Florence, and Fortnite being more popular than ever. At the same time, smartphones have gotten better and now there are even a few handsets designed specifically for gaming.
These iOS and Android phones made for gaming are a step up from your average regular handset and they come packing overclocked processors and high-refresh-rate screens hitting 90Hz and up. Some gaming smartphones even feature specialized cooling systems such as liquid cooling or internal fans. Gaming phones is a burgeoning category in the smartphone world, and I’ve picked out the best ones just for you.
Veronica Mars Season 4 is Streaming on Hulu a Week Early
Hulu has announced that the new season of Veronica Mars is streaming a week early. Instead of waiting until July 26 for the new season, Veronica Mars fans can see the full eight-episode season on Hulu right now.
Veronica Mars Season 4 sees the eponymous character (played by Kristen Bell) return to her home city of Neptune, CA where she now works with her dad as a private investigator. The homecoming goes awry when a series of bombings terrorize the city.
The fourth season sees Mars embracing her detective role professionally, a path she first started in high school when she took it upon herself to find out who murdered her best friend Lilly Kane (Amanda Seyfried).
Veronica Mars originally ran for three seasons, first on UPN then The CW, before the series ended in 2007. The series combined the noir detective genre with a high school setting, except in Season 3 when the series followed Mars to college. Series creator Rob Thomas later successfully funded a Veronica Mars feature film on Kickstarter, and the Veronica Mars movie was released in 2014.
Doctor Doom Gets Framed for Someone Else’s Evil in New Solo Comic Series
A new Doctor Doom comic book series was revealed by Marvel Comics at the annual San Diego Comic Con Comic Retailers Lunch.
Written by Christopher Cantwell (Halt & Catch Fire) and artist Salvador Larroca (Star Wars: Darth Vader), the series will find Doctor Doom framed for a terrorist attack and become the “Most Wanted Man,” all while he’s inundated with visions of himself seemingly from an alternate reality where he has a better future.
No release date was given.
Check out the covers to the first two issues and full solicitation for the series below:
The Walking Dead’s Rick Grimes Movie To Debut in Theaters
The Walking Dead's Rick Grimes standalone movie will debut in theaters, it was announced at The Walking Dead's Comic-Con panel on Friday.
Fans got treated to a brief animated teaser trailer of a helicopter flying towards a mysterious city before the words "Rick Grimes returns only in theaters." No footage was shown from the movie. Check out the teaser below:
While we don't have any concrete details about the plot of the movie, we know that they will focus on what becomes of Andrew Lincoln's Rick Grimes after his departure from the series in its 9th season. The "Chief Content Officer" for The Walking Dead, Scott Gimple, said, "It's going to show a whole different corner of the world... There are going to be shown on AMC, but they're going to have the scope of feature films."
Prequel to Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Coming From Marvel Comics
Marvel Comics is publishing a four-part prequel mini-series to December’s Episode IX called Journey to Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker – Allegiance by writer Ethan Sacks and artist Luke Ross. The news came at the annual San Diego Comic Con Diamond Retailer Lunch.
Check out the accompanying artwork below:
While no details were revealed about the story contained within -- this is a tie-in to a Star Wars movie from JJ Abrams, after all -- the subtitle “Allegiance” may offer a clue.
6 Things Cut From Endgame and Infinity War
In San Diego Comic-Con's Hall H, veteran MCU screenwriters Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely revealed several details about characters and scenes cut from early drafts of Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame. Here's what we learned.
Needless to say, there are major spoilers for the last two Avengers films after this point. Be warned!
'Doctor Strange's Magical Mystery Tour' and The Living Tribunal
For his appearance in Infinity War, Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige didn't want to lose the trippy, Jim Starlin-inspired aspects of Doctor Strange. That led to Markus & McFeely adding a scene unofficially known as Dr. Strange's Magical Mystery Tour.
Rick and Morty Season 5 Will Arrive Much Faster than Season 4
Rick and Morty is getting a fifth season, and it's coming sooner than fans might be expecting. Even though Season 4 is still months off, creators Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon confirmed at Comic Con today that work is well underway on Season 5.
Harmon said, "It took us a year and a half to get in writing we were allowed to do the show. There was a lot of stuff that happened in between 3 and 4 that will never have to happen again."
Harmon later elaborated on the behind-the-scenes difficulties that caused such a large gap between Season 3 and 4, describing it as a prolonged contract negotiation made more complicated by corporate changes at WarnerMedia.
"It was in the midst of a giant merger," said Harmon. "It's the fault of systems. We want to be able to do this show for a living. It took that long, and that's both sides talking."
Marvel Editor Teases New X-Men Comic Would be Perfect for MCU
Marvel Comics editor Jordan White joined IGN’s Joshua Yehl at Comic Con 2019 to discuss the future of Marvel Comics, but just because Marvel Comics is a separate business from Marvel Studios, that doesn’t mean White can’t imagine certain comics turning into film source material. White teased that the upcoming X-Men comic House of X #2 would make a great bit of inspiration for the MCU.
Marvel Comics writer Jonathan Hickman (known for his work on Fantastic Four, Avengers, and Secret Wars) is responsible for the upcoming X-Men books, House of X and Powers of X. A number of concepts found in his Avengers work have been adapted into scenes in MCU films, such as the Battle of Wakanda and Thanos' Black Order supervillain team. White said that he thinks Hickman’s work on House of X’s second issue could prove to be similarly fertile ground for adaptation.
New Gods Movie Co-writer Reveals Comics Inspiration
In an interview with IGN, New Gods movie co-writer, Tom King, revealed his comics inspiration for the upcoming movie.
“To me I feel like I’m witnessing two geniuses coming together. One of them is Jack Kirby, whose sort of the founding father of all comics," King said. "His imagination not only props up all of pop culture now – we’ve sort of built our minds on what Jack Kirby has created."
"And I’m combining that with Ava DuVerney, who I feel is the future of our culture. She’s the hottest director working now, one of the hottest writers. And those two minds mixing up to show us what the future of entertainment is and what we can do with a movie – and what we can do with a superhero movie, is the greatest challenge and greatest opportunity of my life," King said.
Avengers: Endgame Directors to Produce Battle of the Planets, Grimjack Adaptations
Avengers: Endgame directors Joe Russo and Anthony Russo held a panel today at San Diego Comic Con where the director pair revealed a slate of new projects now that work on Avengers is done. There, the Russos announced that they are producing adaptations for two classic franchises: Grimjack and Battle of the Planets.
Although the Russo's Comic Con panel focused on their work directing Avengers: Infinity War and Endgame, the two got a chance to go into detail about their other, non-Marvel projects. Along with the previously announced Magic: the Gathering series for Netflix, the Russo brothers announced what they're working on at their production company, Agbo.