‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ gets another live-action adaptation, this time through Netflix

Netflix is taking another stab at bringing a popular anime to life. The streaming service just announced it’s working on a live-action series of Avatar: The Last Airbender. According to the company’s See What’s Next Twitter account, it’s working on a “reimagined” take on the series. They teased concept artwork by John Staub and in a separate tweet announced that the original creators behind the series—Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko—will be working on the live action.

No other details yet have been released and fans are both excited and wary about the news. Live-action adaptations of popular anime don’t go over so well but fans are willing to give the new series a chance, especially with DiMartino and Konietzko onboard. What do you think? Is this something you’re excited to see or not?

Source: Comicbook.com

It’s now a bit harder to accidentally activate Bixby on the Galaxy Note 9

Review: Samsung Galaxy Note 9For Galaxy Note 9 users who have no use for Samsung’s Bixby assistant, you might want to completely disable the Bixby button. Unfortunately, that option isn’t available on this phone. But a new update coming to Bixby will at least make it harder to accidentally activate the button. It’s quite easy to accidentally launch the assistant because its button is placed under the volume rocker.

Once you have the latest update, you can head to Bixby’s settings and select whether you want to launch the assistant by a single press or with a double tap. The latter lessens the chances of you accidentally launching Bixby since you’ll need to hit the button twice in rapid succession. If this is something you want and aren’t sure if your Bixby is updated, head to Settings > About Bixby and tap on the Update button.

Source: Android Authority

Hotels.com gets Siri Shortcut

Tracking down your hotel booking on Hotels.com is going to be an easier, hands-free experience with support for Siri Shortcut. The company boasts it’s one of the first travel companies to support Siri Shortcut on its mobile app. If you’ve already updated to iOS 12, all you need to do is open the Hotels.com app and click the “Add to Siri” button and record the voice command relevant to your stay.

Daniel Craig, VP of Mobile at Hotels.com brand explains: “How many times have you arrived at an airport, with your hands full of luggage and you can’t find your confirmation email or print out—it’s now voice to the rescue! The Hotels.com Siri Shortcut takes the hassle out of travelling, by surfacing the key information you need in just one voice command. Handsfree travel is a growing trend and this new feature is perfect for today’s on-the-go travellers, who demand instant information at their fingertips, or should I now say at the tip of their tongue!”

Loki and Scarlet Witch among other MCU stars tipped to limited series on Disney’s streaming service

Expect to see Tom Hiddleston’s Loki and Elizabeth Olsen’s Scarlet Witch to appear on a TV, tablet, smartphone, or any other mobile device you have on hand once Disney launches its own streaming service. At least Variety reports that the two Marvel heroes (or antihero) among other “second tier” Marvel Cinematic Universe characters will be getting limited series centered on their stories/characters. The site mentions these two actors and characters specifically might be getting shows that include around six to eight episodes. Unlike its other TV shows that are under Marvel TV Studios, these will be developed by Marvel Studios and Kevin Feige will be taking a “hands-on role” in the production.

There are no writers attached to the projects yet and storylines are supposedly being “teased out.” The article claims Disney looks to be “holding back some significant fire power for the big screen.” Don’t expect Avengers who got their own movies to get TV shows, though. Disney is reportedly going to be spending heavily on these productions with budgets that can rival those of other major studio productions. But it needs to bet big if it is to go against its bigger streaming rivals. We don’t know much about the endeavor beyond Disney saying it will cost less than Netflix and will launch late in 2019.