Deckard

Fast X made it official and now it’s already getting bigger. After a few years away, Dwayne Johnson is not only back in the Fast and Furious franchise, he’s prepping a new spinoff.Spoilers of the Week April 18-22The film, which was written by Fast and Furious mainstay Chris Morgan, will be a bridge between Fast X and Fast 11 following Johnson’s character, Luke Hobbs. It’s not, however, a sequel to the franchise’s first spinoff, Hobbs and Shaw, even though other Fast and Furious characters are expected to return. The Wrap…

Harrison Ford on stage at the D23 Expo earlier this year.Image: Walt Disney CompanyThere had been speculation that the upcoming fifth Indiana Jones movie could be Harrison Ford’s last film role. Not only is that untrue, Ford is jumping from that franchise into the biggest one in all of modern Hollywood: the Marvel Cinematic Universe.As previously reported by the Hot Mic and Slashfilm, it has now been confirmed that Ford will play General Thaddeus Ross, a role vacated by the late,great William Hurt, in the MCU. Ford will…

A recently published U.S. patent application might provide a good preview of Valve’s wireless VR headset. The rumor mill has been heating up recently with deep dives into Steam code, uncovering intriguing details that seem to suggest a new head-mounted display system, possibly called Deckard, is in development. So far most signs point to this being a stand-alone, wireless headset similar to Meta’s Quest 2 — or at least a device that has the option to be used without a PC connected. Much of the patent discusses the…

Valve’s most recent VR headset was 2019’s high-powered, high-priced Valve Index. But rumors have long been swirling that the company is working on another device — a standalone headset code-named “Deckard.” Well, here to give that rumor-pot a fresh stir is a recently-published patent application from the company that could reveal Deckard itself. Of course, the usual caveats apply: patents are patents, not product roadmaps. And the language used within applications likes this are so purposefully broad as to resist much…