Though most of the other Avengers have their own series, it appears Marvel has no plans to make a Black Widow movie in the near future. But in case the execs change their minds, one fan has helped them get a head start. When film student Christopher Haley needed a final project for his class on Adobe After Effects, he took the opportunity to create a title sequence for a theoretical Black Widow franchise debut, featuring James Bond-esque silhouettes, a cannily selected Portishead soundtrack and the names of a dream cast including, of course, Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow. Haley chose Rosamund Pike ("Gone Girl," "Jack Reacher," "Wrath of the Titans") as the villain, who also fancies herself to be Black Widow. Here's how Haley explains his story concept: What intrigue. Who do I give my $12 to? The cast also includes fan favorites Clark Gregg and Ming-Na Wen from "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D."...
Following an unusual Friday-night session of Congress ahead of the Memorial Day weekend, Senators will reconvene in another rare holiday-recess vote on May 31 in the hopes of salvaging legislation that would end the NSA’s bulk call data collection program and rein in its powers of surveillance. The USA Freedom Act, passed in the House…
A well-known U.S. hacker told F.B.I. agents he took momentary control of an airplane’s engines mid-flight by hacking into its inflight entertainment system, according to a document filed in U.S. federal court and obtained by APTN National News. Roberts, who has been interviewed at least three times by the F.B.I. this year, is under investigation…
According to a statement given to the Associated Press, U.S. military and Nepali personnel are at the crash site near the mountain village of Kalinchok. The chopper, which was part of the Marine Light Attack Helicopter squadron based at Camp Pendleton, California, was carrying six U.S. Marines and two Nepali soldiers when it crashed. It…
ISIS militants on Friday came one step closer to taking full control of one of Iraq’s main cities after storming key government buildings in the city of Ramadi, the capital of the country’s largest province. Amid the buildings seized by the militants was the police headquarters for Anbar province, as well as the government centre,…
U.S. Special Operations Forces killed a “senior ISIS leader” on Friday night during a raid in eastern Syria, officials announced Saturday. At the direction of President Obama, U.S. forces based in Iraq carried out a mission in al-Amr to capture Abu Sayyaf and his wife Umm Sayyaf, the Pentagon said. The senior ISIS leader was…
