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Marvel Zombies trailer turns your favorite Avengers into vicious undead monsters

Tue, 09/02/2025 - 19:11

If you're suffering from Marvel fatigue, the trailer for Marvel Zombies is here to wake you right up.

The upcoming animated show lures viewers in with a gonzo premise initially explored in Season 1, episode 5 of What If...?: What would happen if the Avengers became zombies?

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The answer: Pure, unbridled carnage.

The four-part series transports viewers to a world overrun by a zombie plague. Its victims include Avengers like Captain America, Scarlet Witch (voiced by Elizabeth Olsen), and Hawkeye, along with Marvel villains like Namor and Thanos. The virus may have taken their lives, but it did not take their powers, meaning we've got superpowered zombies on our hands. Hell yeah! I mean... oh no.

Luckily, many heroes have escaped infection and are working to save the world. They include Yelena Belova (voiced by Florence Pugh), Shang-Chi (voiced by Simu Liu), and Kamala Khan (voiced by Iman Vellani). Which team of heroes will prevail: infected or uninfected?

If the premise of zombies with superpowers didn't already sell you on Marvel Zombies, the trailer certainly will thanks to a hard rocking soundtrack and several fight scenes that made me gasp. Blade fighting Moon Knight? Spider-Man ripping a dozen zombie heads off with his web? The sheer amount of blood and guts and gore? It's a two-minute adrenaline rush.

In addition to Olsen, Pugh, Liu, and Vellani, several other MCU actors reprise their roles in Marvel Zombies. The cast includes Paul Rudd, David Harbour, Tessa Thompson, Awkwafina, Hailee Steinfeld, Wyatt Russell, Randall Park, and Dominique Thorne.

Marvel Zombies premieres Sept. 24 on Disney+.

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Alien: Earth fans, a warning: Do not eat or drink during episode 5

Tue, 09/02/2025 - 18:43

As someone who watches TV for a living, I eat a lot of meals while checking out new shows. Sometimes that system can get a little dicey, like when I decided to accompany dinner with the many surgeries of The Pitt. (While not the best eating experience, I did do it again.)

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However, no show has outright killed my appetite quite like Alien: Earth, episode 5.

To be clear, I was able to handle the rest of the show just fine, pairing Xenomorph attacks with copious snack breaks, no problems in sight. But all that changed in episode 5, titled "In Space, No One..."

The episode is an extended flashback, trading Boy Kavalier's (Samuel Blenkin) Neverland research facility for the USCSS Maginot in the lead-up to its crash landing on Earth.

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Alien: Earth has already hinted at what happened to the crew of the Maginot in their final hours. Episode 1 revealed that a Xenomorph got loose, slaughtering crew member Zaveri (Richa Moorjani), and likely many others. Later, in episode 2, when Hermit (Alex Lawther) and his fellow soldiers investigated the wreckage, they saw several of the Maginot crew's corpses, eyes bloodied, faces terrified. They also caught a glimpse of one crew member on a medical table with his chest cut open and signs of alien bodies in his GI tract. Basically, whatever happened to them, it wasn't good! But it also wasn't enough to raise my queasiness levels to alarming rates.

Still, seeing the corpses is one thing. Seeing the horrors on the Maginot actually play out is a totally different story — one that left me shunning my snacks and even my trusty water bottle for some time after watching. No spoilers, but it is predictably grisly! Nauseating, even.

So Alien: Earth fans, heed my warning. Eat or drink before you check out episode 5, but certainly not during. Don't make this a TV dinner event, don't break out dessert, don't even think about a relaxing glass of wine. You'll regret it more than the crew of the Maginot regret setting foot on that blasted spaceship in the first place.

Episode 5 of Alien: Earth premiere tonight at 8 p.m. ET on Hulu and FX. New episodes premiere Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET on Hulu and FX.

Categories: IT General, Technology

MrBeast reportedly wants to start a mobile phone service

Tue, 09/02/2025 - 18:40

Leaks suggest that Jimmy Donaldson, better known as MrBeast, is planning to launch his own mobile phone service in 2026.

The scoop comes via Business Insider, which reviewed an internal pitch deck showing one of YouTube’s biggest stars eyeing a move into the telecommunications industry. It’s just one of several ambitious ideas from Donaldson and his team to expand the ever-growing MrBeast empire, alongside pitches for everything from a creator platform to financial services.

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According to Business Insider, Donaldson isn’t expected to build a phone network from scratch. Instead, the service would likely be a white-label venture — branded with MrBeast trademarks but powered by an established carrier like Verizon or T-Mobile. This setup, known as an MVNO (mobile virtual network operator), has become a popular side hustle among celebrities. Ryan Reynolds famously co-owned Mint Mobile before selling it to T-Mobile for $1.35 billion.

A leap into telecom may sound unusual, but it fits with Donaldson’s ongoing push to diversify beyond media. His brand already spans a successful chocolate line, Feastables; the packaged lunch competitor Lunchy; and the ghost kitchen chain MrBeast Burger.

For MrBeast, the phone in your pocket could be the next frontier. And if even a fraction of his more than 400 million subscribers get on board, it could mean massive profit in the future.

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