During Amazon’s recent annual upfront presentation, MGM+ and Prime Video unveiled a first-look image from Spider-Noir, coming in 2026. The live-action series is based on the Marvel “Spider-Man Noir” comic, which follows an aging and down on his luck private investigator in 1930s New York, who is forced to grapple with his past life as the city’s one and only superhero. The project will be available in both black and white and color. The cast includes Nicolas Cage, Lamorne Morris, Brendan Gleeson, Abraham Popoola, Li Jun Li, Karen Rodriguez, and Jack Huston. Guest stars include Lukas Haas, Cameron Britton, Cary Christopher, Michael Kostroff, Scott MacArthur, Joe Massingill, Whitney Rice, Amanda Schull, Andrew Caldwell, Amy Aquino, Andrew Robinson, and Kai Caster. Harry Bradbeer (Fleabag, Killing Eve) will direct and executive produce the first two episodes. Oren Uziel (The Lost City, 22 Jump Street) and Steve Lightfoot (Marvel’s The Punisher, Shantaram) will serve as co-showrunners and executive producers. Uziel and Lightfoot developed the series with the Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse team of Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, and Amy Pascal. Lord and Miller executive produce for their shingle Lord Miller along with Aditya Sood and Dan Shear. Pascal will also serve as an executive producer via Pascal Pictures. Spider-Noir is produced by Sony Pictures Television exclusively for MGM+ and Prime Video. Hnedel Maximore serves as the visual effects supervisor for Amazon Studios. Spider-Noir will debut domestically on MGM+’s linear channel, then globally on Prime Video the next day. Source: Prime Video Journalist, antique shop owner, aspiring gemologist—L'Wren brings a diverse perspective to animation, where every frame reflects her varied passions.

The virtual pet Tamagotchi is kept alive by feeding it right and clearing its droppings, but the game has lost its luster. The egg-shaped tiny computer game that had the world in a frenzy once is rekindled from the ruins, in a bolder, bigger, and humanized format, by a YouTuber, and we are amazed at the detail and finesse Terence Grover has managed in his version of the Tamagotchi. Comprising 3D components and Raspberry Pi as the brain, Grover’s Tamagotchi is a representation of real life. The entire creation is based on the classic Tamagotchi game, but it is tied closely to Abraham Maslow’s pyramid of hierarchy of needs, building up from physiological needs to safety, love and belonging, to esteem and self-actualization at the top. The game is simple: keep the virtual pet alive, catering to all possible human needs. You miss one, and the Tamagotchi is no more! Designer: Terence Grover According to Grover, the idea of the real-life simulating Tamagotchi was born from the intention to “build a parody of life simulator games,” which would combine pixel art, game design, electronics, and humor. The result is this fun game, that gets serious as you take the Tamagotchi through all the life’s hardships – Job, Debt, etc, Grover says – to earn money that you need to feed and keep the little creature alive. So instead of the cute creature and the simple feeding game, you are here negotiating the “cynical arc of human life,” going through all the levels of Maslow’s pyramid to increase your pet’s life expectancy. The entire building and rebuilding process is detailed in an interestingly edited YouTube video, which is getting one prominent reaction: Why so few views? The video that has amassed a little above 2.5k views in five days (at the time of writing) is filled with comments such as, “I don’t understand why it’s not viral. He literally did everything right.” Another commenter writes, “Great video, the storytelling is spot on. The amount of work you put into this video is crazy.” Grover has gone a tad fast with his voice over, which hasn’t gone down too well with some viewers, suggesting he go a little slower, “You have all the right content, but you are talking so fast that I have no idea what is actually going on.” Back to the real-life simulating Tamagotchi. Based on a random set of events and scenarios, it has a Raspberry Pi computer connected to a physical RGB LED matrix. It is controlled by three tactile buttons, like on the classic game device. It features a series of unlockable minigames based on “education, job, housing, socializing, hobby, rest, food” that you must toggle to keep the animated pet alive, whose life may be influenced by the choices you make. Find the logic interesting, you can head over to Grover’s Github to download. The post Real-life simulating Tamagotchi is nostalgic, challenging, and really fun first appeared on Yanko Design.

Nicolas Cage can now add his name to the small list of actors who have played the same character in live-action and animation.That’s him as the title character from Spider-Man Noir the upcoming Prime Video television series. Amazon unveiled the first image of Cage in costume as part of their upfront presentation this week. You can’t say it doesn’t look like the Spider-Man Noir Cage voiced in the animated Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse movie, right down to those bright white goggles.In a fun twist, Amazon also announced the Spider-Man Noir show will be available to screen in both color and black and white — in homage to the character’s film noir style alternate reality.In addition to Cage, the cast of the show includes Lamorne Morris, Brendan Gleeson, Abraham Popoola, Li Jun Li, Karen Rodriguez, and Jack Huston.MarvelMarvelloading...READ MORE: Every Spider-Man Movie and Spinoff, Ranked From Worst to BestHere is the synopsis for Spider-Man Noir from Amazon:Spider-Noir is a live-action series based on the Marvel comic Spider-Man Noir. Spider-Noir tells the story of an aging and down on his luck private investigator (Cage) in 1930s New York, who is forced to grapple with his past life as the city’s one and only superhero.Spider-Man Noir is being showrun by Oren Uziel and Steve Lightfoot. The pair developed the show along with Spider-Verse producers Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, and Amy Pascal.Amazon has not confirmed a premiere date for the show, but they did say the series will first be available on the MGM+ cable channel, and then will be available one day later on Prime Video.Get our free mobile app2000s Movies That Got Bad Reviews That Are Actually GoodThese underrated films deserved better reviews than they got from most critics.

U.S. President Donald Trump opened his four-day Middle East trip on Tuesday by paying a visit to Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, for talks on U.S. efforts to dismantle Iran’s nuclear program, end the war in Gaza, hold down oil prices and more.Prince Mohammed warmly greeted Trump as he stepped off Air Force One at King Khalid International Airport in the Saudi capital and kicked off his Middle East tour.The two leaders then retreated to a grand hall at the Riyadh airport, where Trump and his aides were served traditional Arabic coffee by waiting attendants wearing ceremonial gun-belts. Fighter jet escort The pomp began before Trump even landed. Royal Saudi Air Force F-15s provided an honorary escort for Air Force One as it approached the kingdom’s capital.Trump and Prince Mohammed also took part in a lunch at the Royal Court, gathering with guests and aides in an ornate room with blue accents and massive crystal chandeliers.As he greeted business titans with Trump by his side, Prince Mohammed was animated and smiling.It was a stark contrast to his awkward fist bump with then-President Joe Biden, who looked to avoid being seen on camera shaking hands with the prince during a 2022 visit to the kingdom.Biden had decided to pay a visit to Saudi Arabia as he looked to alleviate soaring prices at the pump for motorists at home and around the globe.At the time, Prince Mohammed’s reputation had been badly damaged by a U.S. intelligence determination that found he had ordered the 2018 killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.But that dark moment appeared to be distant memory for the prince as he rubbed elbows with high-profile business executives — including Blackstone Group CEO Stephen Schwarzman, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink and Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk — in front of the cameras and with Trump by his side.Later, the crown prince will fete Trump with a formal dinner. Trump is also slated to take part Tuesday in a U.S.-Saudi investment conference.“When Saudis and Americans join forces, very good things happen — more often than not, great things happen,” Saudi Investment Minister Khalid al-Falih said. Oil production Saudi Arabia and fellow OPEC+ nations have already helped their cause with Trump early in his second term by stepping up oil production. Trump sees cheap energy as a key component to lowering costs and stemming inflation for Americans. The Republican president has also made the case that lower oil prices will hasten an end to the Russia-Ukraine war.But Saudi Arabia’s economy remains heavily dependent on oil, and the kingdom needs a fiscal break-even oil price of $96 to $98 a barrel to balance its budget. It’s questionable how long OPEC+, of which Saudi Arabia is the leading member, is willing to keep production elevated. The price of a barrel of Brent crude closed Monday at $64.77.“One of the challenges for the Gulf states of lower oil prices is it doesn’t necessarily imperil economic diversification programs, but it certainly makes them harder,” said Jon Alterman, a senior Middle East analyst at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington. Qatar and UAE next Trump picked the kingdom for his first stop, because it has pledged to make big investments in the U.S., but Trump ended up traveling to Italy last month for Pope Francis’ funeral. Riyadh was the first overseas stop of his first term.The three countries on the president’s itinerary — Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates — are all places where the Trump Organization, run by Trump’s two elder sons, is developing major real estate projects. They include a high-rise tower in Jeddah, a luxury hotel in Dubai and a golf course and villa complex in Qatar.Trump is trying to demonstrate that his transactional strategy for international politics is paying dividends as he faces criticism from Democrats who say his global tariff war and approach to Russia’s war on Ukraine are isolating the United States from allies.He’s expected to announce deals with the three wealthy countries that will touch on artificial intelligence, expanding energy cooperation and perhaps new arms sales to Saudi Arabia. The administration earlier this month announced initial approval to sell $3.5 billion worth of air-to-air missiles for Saudi Arabia’s fighter jets.But Trump arrived in the Middle East at a moment when his top regional allies, Israel and Saudi Arabia, are far from neatly aligned with his approach. Trump’s decision to skip Israel remarkable, expert says Before the trip, Trump announced that Washington was halting a nearly two-month U.S. airstrike campaign against Yemen’s Houthis, saying the Iran-backed rebels have pledged to stop attacking ships along a vital global trade route.The administration didn’t notify Israel — which the Houthis continue to target — of the agreement before Trump publicly announced it. It was the latest example of Trump leaving the Israelis in the dark about his administration’s negotiations with common adversaries.In March, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wasn’t notified by the administration until after talks began with Hamas about the war in Gaza. And Netanyahu found out about the ongoing U.S. nuclear talks with Iran only when Trump announced them during an Oval Office visit by the Israeli leader last month.“Israel will defend itself by itself,” Netanyahu said last week following Trump’s Houthi truce announcement. “If others join us — our American friends — all the better.”William Wechsler, senior director of the Rafik Hariri Center and Middle East Programs at the Atlantic Council, said Trump’s decision to skip Israel on his first Middle East visit is remarkable.“The main message coming out of this, at least as the itinerary stands today, is that the governments of the Gulf … are in fact stronger friends to President Trump than the current government of Israel at this moment,” Wechsler said. Restarting efforts to normalize Israel-Saudi ties Trump, meanwhile, hopes to restart his first-term effort to normalize relations between the Middle East’s major powers, Israel and Saudi Arabia. Trump’s Abraham Accords effort led to Sudan, the UAE, Bahrain and Morocco agreeing to normalize relations with Israel.But Riyadh has made clear that in exchange for normalization it wants U.S. security guarantees, assistance with the kingdom’s nuclear program and progress on a pathway to Palestinian statehood. There seems to be scant hope for making headway on a Palestinian state with the Israel-Hamas war raging and the Israelis threatening to flatten and occupy Gaza.Prince Mohammed last week notably hosted Palestinian Vice President Hussein Sheikh in Jeddah on the sheikh’s first foreign visit since assuming office in April.Hussain Abdul-Hussain, a research fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, said the crown prince appeared to be subtly signaling to Trump that the kingdom needs to see progress on Palestinian statehood for the Saudis to begin seriously moving on a normalization deal with the Israelis.“Knowing how the Saudis telegraph their intentions, that’s a preemptive, ‘Don’t even think of asking us to show any goodwill toward normalization,'” Abdul-Hussain said. Madhani reported from Dubai, United Arab Emirates. —Zeke Miller, Aamer Madhani and Jon Gambrell, Associated Press