David Ayer is in the spotlight after the release of Suicide Squad – a harsher spotlight than he may have expected. The American director has built a career in Hollywood based on gritty, action-driven movies. Here’s a look at where he is now and how he got to helm the DC Comics blockbuster.
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Suicide Squad, DC Comic’s summer blockbuster hopeful, opened to mixed – and some even scathing – reviews, but they don’t seem to be hurting the initial box office figures as it opens overseas. With all the negative buzz however, will the film fulfill DC’s hopes for a big hit?
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Are scientists closing in on a Zika vaccine? Shortly after Zika virus infections caused a historic travel advisory by the CDC earlier this week, officials announced that the first human clinical trials of a Zika vaccine will begin in the United States — even though funding is running short.
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With the launch of Supernatural Season 12 in a couple of months, the show becomes one of the longest running scripted series on television today. May’s Season 11 finale left fans with a double cliffhanger and a lot of questions about the fate of the demon hunting brothers Sam and Dean Winchester, with some of the answers emerging in the wake of the San Diego Comic-Con (SDCC) a couple of weeks ago.
Read more at: http://www.inquisitr.com/3375284/supernatural-season-12-dean-rescues-sam-and-what-else-to-expect-spoiler-alert/
DC Comics is relaunching its Suicide Squad series with a branch new issue that goes on sale August 3, 2016. Written by Rob Williams, (Judge Dredd) and with art by Jonathan Glapion and Philip Tan (variant cover by Amanda Conner,) Suicide Squad: Rebirth #1 is a prolog to the relaunched series that is taking the Squad into new directions – and involves none other than Barack Obama in a key role.
Today – July 31 – NASA’s Juno Jupiter probe will reach the farther point in its orbit of the giant gas planet. As it swings back towards Jupiter, the spacecraft’s instrumentation will begin to send back historic data that should prove to revolutionize our understanding of the solar system and beyond.
Anticipation and speculation are running high about the upcoming Luke Cage TV series, set to debut on #Netflix on Friday, September 30, after Marvel released the latest teaser trailer at the San Diego Comic-Con. The Netflix series stars Mike Colter in the title role, along with Simone Missick as Misty Knight, Mahershala Ali as Cottonmouth, Theo Rossi as Shades, Alfre Woodard as Mariah Dillard, Frank Whaley as Rafael Scarfe, and Erik LaRay Harvey as Diamondback.
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With the Delta Aquarids meteor shower already underway, the 2016 version of the annual Perseid meteor shower is scheduled to peak on the night of August 11 to 12 and promises to be even more impressive than usual. According to astronomers, observers may see double or even triple the number of shooting stars this year.
Read more at: http://www.inquisitr.com/3360628/meteor-shower-delta-aquarids-perseid-meteor-august-11-and-12-2016/
Tesla Motors, with Elon Musk at its helm, clearly has ambitious plans to permeate the market with viable electric cars. But, investors wonder, is the financial basis for Musk’s far flung plans sound?
Read more at: http://www.inquisitr.com/3353731/tesla-elon-musk-has-big-plans-for-big-profits-with-a-huge-pricetag/
Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Chair of the Democratic National Committee, faces the WikiLeaks fallout and will not be among the speakers at the upcoming Democratic Convention in Philadelphia. Wasserman Schultz and the Democratic Party are facing a class action lawsuit over allegations of a rigged Democratic primary but it may only be the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the revelations stemming from the recent dump of thousands of emails from DNC staffers by WikiLeaks.
Anya Wassenberg 