Gunning

After Rockstar Games dropped the GTA 6 trailer early--thanks in part to Bitcoin peddlers ruining Rockstar's moment--the internet quickly began discussing the game. Its debut trailer has been dissected and analyzed, theories are piling up, and GTA 6 has already broken another record.As spotted by Discussing Film, the GTA 6 trailer has broken the record for the most views in 24 hours on a non-music YouTube video. At the time of writing, the trailer has amassed almost 70 million views in this time period.…

Horror is famous – or infamous, depending on how you feel about it – for jumping on any noteworthy bandwagon and churning out a slew of subpar successors. The decision to reinvent children’s favorites as blood-soaked slashers is the latest, but it’s happening at the same time as the success of Cocaine Bear has given rise to the likes of Crackcoon. What’s better than a bear doing so much cocaine that it decides to go on a murderous rampage? Why, the answer is obviously a raccoon ingesting…

You might have thought that, more than a dozen years after its enactment, the Affordable Care Act was finally safe from interference by right-wing judges carrying water for religious fanatics and anti-government activists.Unfortunately, a ruling from a one-horse federal courtroom in Texas reminds us that there’s almost an endless supply of those litigants and the judges who run with them. Less than two weeks ago, U.S. Judge Reed O’Connor invalidated an ACA provision mandating that a long list of preventive care services…

The Ministry of Consumer Affairs is working on new rules to make ecommerce platforms like Amazon and Flipkart liable for fraud committed by their sellers. This and more in today’s ETtech Morning Dispatch.Also in this letter:■ Adobe looking to integrate AI into all products■ More countries could implement Aadhaar-like system■ IPL was India's first unicorn with a $1.1 billion valuation: D&P Government working on tightening ecommerce rules for frauds by sellers The consumer affairs ministry is working on tightening…

James Cameron might claim that he doesn’t bear a grudge against the Marvel Cinematic Universe and superhero cinema in general, but the words that keep coming out of his mouth tend to say otherwise. Of course, the filmmaker has built his career on putting cold, hard, cash right where that mouth is, and Avatar: The Way of Water is holding up its end of the bargain on that front. Fresh from crossing a billion dollars at the box office in under two weeks – becoming the fifth-fastest film to do so in the process – the sci-fi…

Photo via Marvel Television Daredevil being re-embraced into the Marvel family in such a big way over the past 12 months has meant everything to MCU fans, so it’s no surprise that folks are similarly getting themselves psyched for another Defender to join him in the franchise, after evidence points to more from the Punisher being on the horizon. Meanwhile, Hugh Jackman and Ryan Reynolds kick off their Deadpool 3 fight early as the studio celebrates one week to go until Black Panther 2. Is Jon Bernthal really…

Image: Marvel Studios A seismic shift became public as Armor Wars moved from Disney Plus original to a full cinematic release, and Marvel stans are ecstatic with the change. Don Cheadle’s long wait to properly headline a Marvel movie will soon be over, after the news of his long-slated series getting a big upgrade. Cheadle has been playing James Rhodes since Iron Man 2, and appeared in Iron Man 3, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Captain America: Civil War and both parts of the Infinity War films, but always as second…