After a full season spent studiously avoiding links to the show’s past, Doctor Who is back to proving it’s the most wild, ridiculously entertaining show out there. But the surprise also comes from what the previous season taught us to expect from this version of Doctor Who, making it all the more thrilling when Chibnall casts those assumptions aside. The show’s previous season — considered “season 11,” though that counts from the show’s 2005 revival, rather than from its 1963 launch — was an odd

Private detective Benoit Blanc seems set to join the ranks of Hercule Poirot, Sherlock Holmes, and Jessica Fletcher, as Knives Out director Rian Johnson has already begun developing a sequel to his hit whodunit. Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, Johnson said the sequel would feature Daniel Craig’s Southern detective taking on a new case. Nothing is set in stone just yet — Lionsgate has yet to greenlight the project, and nobody has officially signed on. A sequel also feels like a natural next m

Apple TV Plus dives into the world of video game development with Mythic Quest: Raven’s Banquet. The half-hour comedy comes from the creators of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia and focuses on a video game developer behind fictional game Mythic Quest (which is seemingly preparing for the Raven’s Banquet expansion). Always Sunny veteran Rob McElhenney stars as the narcissistic creative director, Iam Grimm. Mythic Quest: Raven’s Banquet premieres on Apple TV Plus on Feb. 7. Also coming soon to th

For now that he has become empowered, Shinji comes face-to-face with the ethical quandaries that plague so many adults. But the corrective truth gets written in The End of Evangelion when Shinji’s father’s selfish aims are cast aside by Lilith herself. Shinji comes to two simultaneous realizations, which are reflected by the two different endings of the show. Which brings us back to the bookend sequence of The End of Evangelion, with Shinji and Asuka at the hospital. What the original finale dep

Doom: Annihilation seems like one of those cases. The Doom series of games itself always dove headfirst into its own mythology built around Satanic imagery and relentless violence, focusing on fun and intensity over nuance or story. And Doom: Annihilation never rises above a slog. The greatest sin of Doom: Annihilation, which reboots the franchise after The Rock gave it a stab in 2005, is that it’s no fun to watch. It’s not even an underwhelming version of Doom, it’s an underwhelming version of

From Batman to Superman, from the X-Men to the Fantastic Four, here are the biggest comic book questions we look forward to getting answers to in the next year. Is the Joker really about to reveal Batman’s secret identity? The Joker knows Batman’s secret identity, and — inspired by Superman’s reveal of his secret identity — he’s finally going to do something with that knowledge. “He was incapable of even broaching the subject of Bruce Wayne,” Bruce tells Alfred at the story’s conclusion, “It wou

James Cameron’s 2009 film Avatar was once the highest-grossest movie in the world. The first concept art, revealed by Cameron at CES, shows off some new views of Pandora, looking as vibrant and kooky as an early 2000s desktop background. In the #Avatar sequels, you won’t just return to Pandora — you’ll explore new parts of the world. Check out these brand new concept art pieces for a sneak peek at what’s to come. Now the first of the first of four planned Avatar sequels is set to premiere on Dec

Nintendo will broadcast a new Pokémon Direct livestream presentation on Thursday, Jan. 9, promising new details on all things Pokémon. Nintendo didn’t specify which Pokémon games, either new or old, would be up for discussion in this week’s Pokémon Direct livestream. The company brought Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield to Nintendo Switch in November, and the two games became “among the fastest-selling Nintendo Switch games of all time,” with more than 6 million copies sold. The Pokémon Company a

ESL and Dreamhack have entered into an agreement with Blizzard Entertainment to host new tournaments for StarCraft 2 and Blizzard’s upcoming game Warcraft 3: Reforged. The tournaments will be part of ESL’s Pro Tour series, which also features Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. The ESL Pro Tour for StarCraft 2 will take the place of Blizzard’s own StarCraft 2 World Championship Series. Blizzard launched StarCraft 2 in 2012, and since then the game has enjoyed a dedicated and competitive following.

The team behind hardcore survival shooter Escape From Tarkov are walking back comments one of its team members made about women in the military, but still refuse to add them to their game. Western audiences first heard about Battlestate Games’ Tarkov in 2016, when the Russian team released an annotated gameplay video on YouTube. As of last night, Battlestate Games concedes its employee’s comments from 2016 were ignorant of these facts. They went on to add that there are still no plans to add fem

Sony’s keeping its next-generation console design a secret for a bit longer, but it’s got something to show: the PlayStation 5 logo. The company revealed the PS5 logo during its CES 2020 presentation on Monday night — and, likely, it’s the exact logo you may have expected. Whatever the reason, the internet’s been flooded with jokes — not surprising, either — about the PS5 logo. When you don’t know where your cat is pic.twitter.com/kzjj474uQ9 — Tal Waterhouse (@iiTalW) January 7, 2020The PS5 Logo

A man takes photos of a house damaged by a 5.8 earthquake in Guanica, Puerto Rico on January 6, 2020. A shallow earthquake of magnitude 6.5 struck just off Puerto Rico early on Tuesday, triggering a small tsunami, though there were no initial reports of casualties or significant damage on land. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said a small tsunami measuring around 0.02 meters had been observed. It had initially said there was “no significant tsunami threat.” Puerto Rico Electric Power Authorit

Goldman Sachs is reorganizing its businesses to more closely resemble Wall Street peers and give its nascent retail banking operations its own category. The bank is now calling its four main segments global markets, investment banking, asset management and consumer & wealth management, Goldman said in a filing early Tuesday. Previously, the divisions were called institutional client services, investment banking, investment management, and investing and lending. It could also showcase growth in G

Stocks point to a flat open as geopolitical tension concerns wane1 Hour AgoU.S. stock index futures were hovering around the flatline Tuesday morning, despite ongoing geopolitical tensions. CNBC’s Rahel Solomon reports.

The windows at the corporate headquarters of Daimler AG in Untertürkheim are illuminated. Investors have sued Daimler for 896 million euros ($1 billion) in a regional court in Stuttgart, accusing the carmaker of concealing its use of emissions cheating software, German law firm TILP said on Tuesday. In a statement, attorney Andreas Tilp said: “This means that the plaintiffs bought the Daimler stock at too high a price, and it is our conviction that Daimler is liable to them for compensation of d

Aston Martin vehicles sit on the production line at the Aston Martin Lagonda Ltd. factory in Gaydon, U.K. Luxury British carmaker Aston Martin on Tuesday warned that its annual core profit would plummet more than 45% from last year, as weak demand in Europe led to a drop in wholesale volumes. The company said these conditions had continued through its peak delivery period in December and led to a 7% drop in wholesale volumes for the year. It expects 2019 adjusted earnings before interest, tax, d

Iran’s proxy allies may step up in retaliation against the U.S. for the killing of Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani, a former American ambassador warned Tuesday. Soleimani was a top military commander who led Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Quds Force, the country’s special-operations forces abroad. He was also an important figure involved in Iran’s many proxy forces around the region, including Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and Yemen. Retaliation will come in different ways and different l

Elon Musk, chief executive officer of Tesla Inc., speaks during a ceremony at the company’s Gigafactory in Shanghai, China, on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020. Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the company will design a future car in China for the global market. The electric car company founder said Tesla would open a design and engineering center in the world’s second-largest economy. “We intend to continue making a significant investment and increasing the investment in China, making the Model 3 and the Model Y

Former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn and his wife Carole leave the office of his lawyer in Tokyo on April 3, 2019. Japanese prosecutors have obtained an arrest warrant for the wife of fugitive ex-Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn. Carole Ghosn is an American passport holder and, unlike her husband, could potentially be made subject to an extradition request between Japan and the United States. “Last time Carlos Ghosn announced a press conference and got re-arrested. This time, the day before he is announc

Disagreement over Brexit trade talks will likely come to a head in London Wednesday with U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson due to meet with the president of the European Commission. This will kickstart a transition period, when London and Brussels will engage in new negotiations that will include future trade arrangements. Johnson has pushed for legislation to force trade talks with the European Union to end by no later than December. However, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen h