'Glad to Know That You Are Doing Fine': R Ashwin On Miscommunication Regarding Heath Streak's Death

R Ashwin on Thursday, posted another note and issued the apology.

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The spin-off to an underrated $432 million MCU movie that you had no idea was happening apparently still is

As desperate for new content as Marvel fans always are, they’re usually hyper-aware of every project that’s on the docket, even those merely rumored to occur. For instance, the likes of Vision Quest or Nova haven’t even been officially announced yet, but many folks treat them as confirmed entries on the studio’s upcoming slate. There are some that still manage to slip the community by, though, even if they might actually be far more concrete than others.

Case in point, last December, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings‘ Destin Daniel Cretton signed a lucrative long-term deal with Marvel Studios. On top of directing Avengers: The Kang Dynasty and likely Shang-Chi 2, it was also reported (by Deadline) that he will helm a Disney Plus spin-off as well, which was said to be built around Shang-Chi’s sister Xialing, as played by Meng’er Zhang.

Things had gone cold on that front since then, so we pretty much forgot all about it, but according to the latest intel, the Xialing show was still in development at the House of Ideas prior to the strikes taking effect. So, as far as we know, it remains a-go. As per Marvel Updates:

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Coming out when theaters were still recovering from the pandemic, Shang-Chi only made $432 million at the box office (tremendous for any other studio, not outstanding for Marvel), but it was warmly received by the fandom and has gone down as one of the best-reviewed of the MCU’s origin stories. So it’s no surprise that a sequel and a spin-off supposedly remain in the works.

There’s certainly lots to explore with Xialing in her own vehicle, given that she took over from her father, Wenwu (Tony Leung), as the new leader of the Ten Rings organization in Shang-Chi‘s post-credits scene. She’s now one of the most powerful people in the criminal underworld of Earth-616, then, so the storytelling and crossover potential there is extremely intriguing. Even so, with Cretton’s commitments to Avengers 5, any expansion of the Shang-Chi-verse is likely a ways away.

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Loved The Focus People Started Paying To Test Cricket Again: Pat Cummins On Controversial Bairstow Stumping During The Ashes

Australia’s Test skipper Pat Cummins believes that the after-effect of the stumping of England wicketkeeper-batter Jonny Bairstow effected by Alex Carey during the Lord’s Test in the 2023 Ashes series made him like the fact that a lot of people got involved with the sport.

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‘It looks better than anything that Spielberg’s ever done’: A polarizing filmmaker has a curious take on ‘Call of Duty’ trailers

Harmony Korine is focused on the future of the film and games industry believing the two can be combined to make something new.

At least that’s what he and his start-up company EDGLRD (pronounced edgelord) are trying to do. In an interview with GQ the Spring Breakers director expressed his increasing tiredness towards making traditional movies. In fact, he’s turned his back on old school filmmaking entirely now, (he said he’d only return to work on a Terrence Malick script). The modern approach from many studios nowadays clearly frustrates the director.

“They just all feel like they’ve been so processed. Even the dialogue, it all sounds like it’s written by the same person. Everyone speaks exactly the same.”

In fairness, he kind of has a point there, mainstream movies have been lacking in originality and personality for a while, Marvel is on a downward slope and other big franchise productions like Indiana Jones 5 have majorly disappointed lately. But what exactly does Korine’s solution to these problems entail?

Well, the director has chosen to look at the whole medium of entertainment to try and find the answer, creating a new aesthetic labeled “gamecore” for example his latest project, AGGRO DR1FT starring Travis Scott looks to be a Frankenstein’s monster of a film; it’s shot in infrared and is a mish-mash of different ideas, aesthetics and entertainment mediums. It’s something completely new.

“How do you take the whole idea of entertainment, of live-action gaming, and create something new? The obsession here is that there’s something else after where we’ve been—that one thing is dying, and something new is being born right now.”

Obviously video games are a huge part of what Korine’s trying to push for here, interactive entertainment that falls somewhere between a movie and a game. Looking to modern video games the director compares the Call of Duty trailers to the work of Steven Spielberg.

“You could look at the Call of Duty trailer now, and it looks better than anything that Spielberg’s ever done.”

If you want to know what he’s talking about, you can watch the latest trailer for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and decide for yourself if you think he’s talking sense.

Personally I think it still looks like video games are trying to replicate the cinematic nature of movies. That’s not to say that video games haven’t come a long way or that they’re not capable of being cinematic; they undoubtedly are, but Korine’s take seems like a bit of a stretch,

The idea that film is dying and that the future lies in some weird amalgamation between games and movies is a bold stance to take. Harmony Korine is one of the few people pioneering this idea right now and whilst he might be right about the gaming industry taking over, it’s clear that cinema isn’t dead just yet, in fact, we’ve been treated to some of the best movies in years recently what with Barbie, Oppenheimer and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-verse. The movie industry is still going strong.

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'Good to See Rinku Singh Didn't Need to Change His Game Plan at all': Saba Karim Hails Young Batter's Show on Debut Tour

Saba Karim called Rinku Singh - the find of Ireland tour as he was impressed by the southpaw's transition from domestic cricket to international level.

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'Don't Think There's Any Spinner Better Than Him': Legend Says Rohit & Co Will Miss Chahal in Asia Cup

While many believe that the squad picked by Agarkar & Co is a good one, former Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh feels India have missed a trick by dropping Chahal

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