‘Deadpool 2’ gets new director

Following the departure of Tim Miller from the upcoming Deadpool sequel, rumour was John Wick director David Leitch will be taking the reins. Now, Variety has confirmed that Leitch will be taking Miller’s place after the director dropped out due to creative differences with star Ryan Reynolds. Miller’s exit on October 22 came as a surprise as he had been in the middle of developing the script and was widely expected to return for Deadpool 2.

Most of the creative team, though, is returning for the sequel including screenwriters Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick. But there is no release date yet for the movie. Fox has supposedly also started development work for the third Deadpool movie but nothing has been confirmed about that yet.

Contest: Win a Google Chromecast Ultra with 4K streaming and HDR

We're giving away one of the latest Made By Google products, the Chromecast Ultra, which is the fastest Chromecast yet, designed for a premium streaming experience. Chromecast Ultra brings everything you already love about Chromecast plus crisper picture up to 4K, deeper color, faster speed, and better performance. Learn more today: http://www.chromecast.com/ultra.

This is the ideal companion to a 4K HDTV and better than other streaming devices that can't provide 4K quality streaming. Hit jump for the contest rules.

Click to read more ...

Microsoft offering deals on Surface, Xbox One and various accessories starting tonight

Microsoft Canada is getting into the spirit of giving early by giving customers access to upcoming Black Friday deals on various products.

As of 9 p.m. EST tonight, buyers can see the deals on microsoftstore.ca so they can plan holiday shopping ahead of time. Hit jump for the details.

Click to read more ...

Google revamps Play Newsstand app, introduces web version

Google’s own news aggregator gets a new look and a web version to go along with it. The new version of Play Newsstand now features four different tabs: For You, Library, Explore, and Read Later. For You shows AI-powered recommendation stream and shows breaking news, top stories, and suggested articles based on your interests. Library shows you sites and subjects you picked out. Explore shows more stories to read through, and Read Later shows articles you’ve saved in the past. Version 4.0 of Newsstand also now has full-bleed images, autoplaying videos, and built-in playback controls for podcasts. And now if you want to use Play Newsstand on your browser, you can. Just head to this link.

Source: The Verge