Christian Bale will play a villain in 'Thor: Love and Thunder'

The Dark Knight will soon find himself playing a villain in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Christian Bale has been confirmed to play the antagonist in Thor: Love and Thunder film. Tessa Thompson, who plays Valkyrie in the Thor series, shared the news with ET, saying she's read the script from the upcoming installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and discovered that her character and Chris Hemsworth's Thor would be going up against Bale's still-unknown character. Comingsoon.net speculates that he could play Balder the Brave.

Thor: Love and Thunder will be directed by Taika Waititi, who also directed the successful Thor: Ragnarok. Natalie Portman will be reprising her role as Jane Foster, but this time she'll be taking on the part as female Thor, too. This storyline is based on Jason Aaron's run on "The Mighty Thor," where a cancer-stricken Jane takes up Thor's mantle and gains his powers, too.

SXSW cancels its event due to coronavirus

After numerous tech and entertainment companies have pulled out of next week's South by Southwest (SXSW) festival because of coronavirus concerns, the organizers have pulled the plug on the event. SXSW announced on its official Twitter account that they had to shut down the tech, movie, and music festival to follow an order from the City of Austin. The organizers noted that they were "devastated" to share the news to fans, and while they usually stood by "the show must go on" idea, they were going to "faithfully follow" the city's orders. 

Google starts rolling out 4K support for Stadia on the web

When Google Stadia first rolled out, streaming in 4K was limited to TVs via Chromecast Ultra. But now, the company is extending support to users on the web. Some Stadia users have started to get the update. To take advantage of this feature, you will need to have a Stadia Pro subscription, which costs $11.99, and you will need to enable 4K streaming from the Stadia mobile app. To check your streaming resolution, open the in-game menu, click "Connection," and look for a "4K icon underneath "Data usage." While 4K is supposedly limited to a minimum connection speed of 35mbps or rated as "Excellent," 9to5Google reports that it's gotten 4K to run at speeds rated as "Good" or "Ok."

Samsung to offer additional 'limited quantities' of the Galaxy Z Flip starting March 6

Samsung Canada quickly sold out the first batch of the foldable Galaxy Z Flip that the company will be selling another batch starting tomorrow, March 6. It'll be another limited quantity run, though. Samsung hasn't revealed how many units have been sold so far. If you're interested in buying one, you can just head to Samsung Experience stores or get it through Bell, Freedom Mobile, SaskTel, Rogers, Telus, Videotron, and Virgin for $1,819 off-contract or as low as $0 on-term.

Source: MobileSyrup