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Disney’s remake train is still chugging along mightily, and the next stop on this nostalgia tour is Aladdin. 

The studio unveiled a never-before-seen clip from the upcoming remake at CinemaCon Wednesday, featuring Will Smith’s take on the much-loved number “Friend Like Me.” 

And while it’s certainly a little odd to hear Smith’s Genie boast that we’ve never had a friend like him when we literally did have a friend almost exactly like him, in 1992, Smith’s enthusiasm sells the song well enough. Read more…

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Elon Musk let us know earlier this year that when he drives, he uses Tesla’s semi-autonomous driving system called Autopilot. For the the electric car company CEO, the “Navigate on Autopilot” feature makes highway traffic somewhat bearable. 

Musk will be happy to know that on Wednesday, the lane-changing suggestions from the car’s computer system just got easier to use.

Instead of approving the suggestions to change lanes or get over to make a highway exit every single time, you can now change the settings before you drive. You used to have to utilize the turn stalk to confirm the lane change suggested by Navigate. Tesla says that 9 million suggested lane changes have happened since the feature came out in October. Now, three new Autopilot settings: “Enable at start of every trip,” “Require lane change confirmation,” and “Lane change notification” give more streamlined options on how the highway assistance tool works. Read more…

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In Disney’s own version of the circle of life, everything old is new again.

That includes The Lion King, the remake of which was teased at Disney’s CinemaCon panel Wednesday. 

The exclusive footage screened in the room was the new version of a familiar scene from the 1994 original, in which an excited young Simba (JD McCrary) wakes up his dad, Mufasa (James Earl Jones), to demand they go patrolling together.

The clip follows Mufasa and Simba as they climb up to survey their kingdom — it’s “everything the light touches,” but definitely not the shadowy parts — and discuss the responsibilities of ruling and the delicate balance of life and death. Read more…

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Our heroes may not have been super successful at stopping Thanos in Avengers: Infinity War, but as we head into Avengers: Endgame, they’ve gained one significiant advantage: Captain Marvel.

That’s our big takeaway from the new Endgame clip unveiled at CinemaCon Wednesday, which picks up basically where the Captain Marvel mid-credits scene left off.

In the new footage, the Avengers — including Black Widow, Captain America, War Machine, and Bruce Banner — are trying to make sense of this stranger, Carol Danvers, who’s just dropped into their lives.  Read more…

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With Avengers: Endgame looming on the horizon, and every last one of our heroes on the line, a little Iron Man robot patrolling our room is exactly the kind of security we need right now.

AI and humanoid robotic company UBTECH has teamed up with Disney and Marvel to release what they’ve called the first-ever humanoid robot inspired by the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

And it’s severely cute.

The Iron Man MK50 Robot is a miniature version of the wise-cracking, suited-up Tony Stark, and comes with an augmented reality app so you can take him on little missions, stock up your arsenal, and battle MCU villains like the Chitauri and Ebony Maw. Read more…

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Foursquare, is that you?

Snapchat has started testing a new feature called Status in Snap Maps which lets you check into places, and allows your friends to see what you’re up to.

You can choose a Bitmoji to represent what you’re doing (like playing basketball, working on your laptop, or downing a taco), and build up a list of places you’ve visited in a feature called Passport.

Previously, Snap Maps figured out what you were up to by pulling up a random Bitmoji to represent the time of day and place you’re at. Soon, to the benefit of your bored friends, they’ll be able to see what exactly you’re up to. Read more…

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Who’s ready to return to Derry?

Warner Bros. brought the very first footage from It Chapter Two to CinemaCon Tuesday, and so far at least, it looks just as scary as its predecessor. 

Director Andy Muschietti was on hand to introduce the footage, along with most of the Losers’ Club, old and young, including Sophia Lillis and Jessica Chastain as Beverly, Finn Wolfhard and Bill Hader as Richie, and James McAvoy as Bill. 

“Last time I was here, I promised you were going to shit your pants. Do you remember something about adult diapers?” said Muschietti. “So let’s double down on that statement.” Read more…

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Like so many comic book movies, Todd Phillips’ Joker has been shrouded in mystery.

But at CinemaCon Tuesday, we were finally allowed a peek behind the curtain — and what we saw might surprise you. 

Phillips, on stage to introduce the first teaser trailer, acknowledged the rumor and speculation that’s surrounded his project. “There’s been a lot of chatter about what this film is and what it isn’t, and most of it hasn’t been very accurate,” he said.

Setting the record straight, however, might be harder than it looks. Phillips recalled an exchange with a Warner Bros. executive in which he was asked to describe the movie, and found that he couldn’t. Read more…

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Look, we all have dreams, but this is kind of a lot,  even for a cryptocurrency billionaire. 

An April 2 Q&A livestream featuring none other than Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong briefly veered into the absurd when the 36-year-old told viewers that he’d love it if his company could help topple some governments. Yes, you read that correctly. 

Armstrong was responding to a seemingly innocuous question from Telegram about the company’s more ambitious plans. Obviously, the co-founder of a company dedicated to creating an “open financial system for the world” doesn’t think small.  Read more…

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