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Warner Bros. cancels ‘New Gods’ from Ava DuVernay and an Aquaman spinoff from James Wan

The Verge

Ava DuVernay’s New Gods and James Wan’s The Trench are no longer being developed at Warner Bros., The two films, set to explore two of the more unusual parts of the DC Extended Universe (DCEU), seemed like they could have been interesting diversions from the tone and style established in films like Justice League and Batman v Superman.

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Aquaman's James Wan Was Secretly Working on a Black Manta Movie

Gizmodo

Back in early 2019 , we found out that hot on the heels of James Wan’s DC film Aquaman making a big box office splash (get it?), was developing a smaller-scale, horror spinoff based on the creatures who appeared during its underwater… Read more. We all thought the news was too weird to be true and, apparently, it was.

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Here are all the new Marvel, Star Wars, and other projects Disney announced at its investor day

The Verge

The special will film alongside the upcoming Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. There’s also I Am Groot, a series of short films starring Groot. The film, set to be directed by Ryan Coogler, is still set for July 2022. The film, set to be directed by Ryan Coogler, is still set for July 2022. Image: Disney. Disney Animation.

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The technologist’s classic blunder

CIO Business Intelligence

Engineering types like software developers are inspired by a sense of the possibilities inherent in building things. Not long ago I rewatched the classic movie, The Bridge on the River Kwai and was amazed to see the mental error enacted by none other than Obi Wan Kenobi actor Alec Guinness. The blunder.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: What Star Wars Can Teach Us About Threat Modeling

ForAllSecure

that uses both Star Wars and STRIDE to help engineers under vulnerabilities and threats in software development. MUSIC] VAMOSI: In the summer of 1977, a low budget film opened with very modest expectations. A few years later it would become the highest grossing films of all time. SHOSTACK: So I'm Adam Shostack. SHOSTACK: Yeah.