Disney Plus gift card 2025 UK: How to buy, delivery, price
Disney Plus would make a great Christmas gift, and now you can send a subscription as a present.
If you're one of Disney Plus's 130 million subscribers then you'll already be aware that the streaming service can have you hooked to the television for hours. With over 500 films, 15,000 episodes, and 80 Disney Plus Originals, there's a great mix for both children and adults to get their teeth into. For the kids, there are classics like The Lion King, Toy Story and The Incredibles along with newer favourites like 2025's Lilo & Stitch. For the adults, you can enjoy series such as The Bear and Only Murders in the Building, reality fans can view the new season of The Kardashians and then there's the Marvel Cinematic Universe offerings also available. If you decide that Disney Plus is the right streaming service for you, then costs usually vary from £5.99 to £14.99 a month depending on the type of plan you have – check out our guide to the new Disney Plus ad tiers explained for more details. Sign-up to Disney Plus from £5.99 a month Get a 12-month Disney Plus gift card from £89.90 Jump to: Can you get a Disney Plus gift voucher in the UK? How to redeem a 12 months Disney Plus gift voucher Why a Disney Plus subscription makes a great gift Can you get a Disney Plus gift voucher in the UK? When Disney Plus first launched in the US, you could only buy a subscription for yourself, but it later opened up to offer an annual gift subscription. Thankfully, this option is now available here across the pond! There are just a few small caveats before you buy Disney Plus as a gift. Firstly, the gift voucher is only available as a digital code delivered by e-mail, so those looking for a physical gift may have to consider a printout. Secondly, you can't gift Disney Plus to those who already have a subscription. They have to be a new user, so it might be worth double-checking if your intended recipient is already subscribed. Here's how to give a Disney Plus gift card in the UK: Follow this annual gift subscription link and click 'Buy now'. Enter your name and e-mail address first. Enter the recipient's name and e-mail address, as well as your desired delivery date. Enter your payment details. Confirm the purchase when ready. Your recipient will then receive the Disney Plus voucher by e-mail on the scheduled date. Get a 12-month Disney Plus gift card from £89.90 Here's how to bag a great discount with the best Disney Plus offers. How to redeem a 12 month Disney Plus gift voucher If you're the lucky recipient of a 12 month Disney Plus gift card, then you'll be thrilled to hear that redeeming the voucher couldn't be easier. Here's how to redeem a Disney Plus gift card in the UK: You'll receive the Disney Plus voucher by e-mail on a scheduled date. The e-mail will instruct you to head to the Disney Plus redeem page and enter a code. You can then enjoy 12 months of Disney Plus! Get a 12-month Disney Plus gift card from £89.90 Why a Disney Plus subscription makes a great gift Disney Plus is one of the best streaming services around, especially when considering the Disney Plus price is very reasonable and allows you to register up to 10 devices on one Disney Plus account and stream to four screens at once. One of the streaming service's key strengths is the huge list of what's on Disney Plus. It'd be a perfect purchase for parents as there are hours of Disney and Pixar content to keep the little ones entertained, and then once they're tucked in bed, the adults can enjoy Star originals such as The Walking Dead and The Bear. Disney Plus is also a must-have for fans wishing to keep up with the Marvel Cinematic Universe, with exclusive shows such as Agatha All Along and, soon, Daredevil Born Again making for some of the most enjoyable Disney Plus viewing and tying into several current and upcoming Marvel projects. Some of the best movies on Disney Plus of course include the Star Wars films - which are all available on the streaming service, along with exclusive blockbuster shows such as The Mandalorian. and the spin-off series Ahsoka. Also timeless classics like Toy Story and The Lion King, along with newish Disney staples like Frozen and Ratatouille. Plus, with the Disney Plus gift card, you get 12 months of the Disney+ Premium Plan for the price of 10. The Disney Plus Premium Plan will set you back £12.99 per month (so £155.88 for 12 months). However, if you purchase the gift card or an annual subscription, it will cost you £129.90, saving you £26.98. So, if this sounds tempting, sign up for a Disney Plus membership yourself. Or, if you already have one, buy a Disney Plus annual membership as a gift. Get a 12-month Disney Plus gift card from £89.90 Want more Disney? Check out our guides on how to watch Disney Plus offline and how to set up and update parental controls on Disney Plus. For the latest news, such as the Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max UK stock updates, stay up to date with our Technology section.
How to watch Disney Plus on Sky — how to get it on Sky Q and NOW TV
Disney Plus UK is available on Sky Q and NOW TV — here's how to set it up.
In 2020, Sky and Disney confirmed a multi-year deal that meant customers could watch Disney Plus on Sky Q, as well as on NOW. In 2025, this deal is still going strong, but what does that mean for you? Well it means that Disney Plus is fully integrated into the Sky Q set-up, so you can download it and pay for it as part of your Sky bill. If you sign up now, you can get a ton of original Marvel, Star Wars and Disney content, with everything from movies like Indiana Jones: Dial of Destiny to original series like Agatha All Along. You can enjoy new series like Shogun and Renegade Nell as well as kids' content like Bluey, Mickey Mouse, Peter Pan, The Incredibles and Toy Story. Everything you need to know to get set up is below, and you can head over to our best Disney Plus offers guide if you still need to secure a subscription. Sign-up to Disney Plus from £4.99 a month Plus, be sure to check out the best Sky Sports offers, NOW TV offers, and best Sky Glass offers. Can I get Disney Plus on Sky? The app should be there ready to install and you can download it onto your Sky Q box. If you're looking to get Sky, then check out the deals with Sky Q. Sky Q is constantly updating its features which include voice discovery, HDR and an expanded UI view. Plus all your shows, recordings and broadcast schedules and on-demand links are held in one easy-to-find place. Sign-up to Disney Plus from £4.99 a month For more deals, check out the best Amazon Fire TV Stick offers. How much is Disney Plus on Sky? Sky said Disney Plus will cost the same with Sky as it does without, so this would come to £4.99 a month for a Standard with Ads plan. Next up is the £7.99 a month Standard plan, then £10.99 a month for a Premium plan. You can also save 16% by subscribing annually for £79.90 a year with a Standard plan or £109.90 with a Premium plan. From now until 30th June, new and returning customers can get four months of the Standard With Ads tier for just £1.99 a month. The subscription basically works the same as Netflix does, bundled in with Sky. Find out more about Disney Plus prices with our guide on how much is Disney Plus. Sign-up to Disney Plus from £4.99 a month How does Disney Plus work on Sky Q? Disney Plus isn't an app on Sky Q that you open up; it works the same way as Netflix. Disney Plus is now integrated into Sky Q so you can just search content alongside your Sky choices. Easy peasy! If you've already bought Disney Plus, you should be able to log in on the Sky Q box. Sign-up to Disney Plus from £4.99 a month Time to up your streaming set-up? Browse the best Disney Plus offers and how much is Disney Plus. While you're there, check out our guide on the best streaming device for your TV. How to update your Sky box Your box should update automatically, but if not, make sure your box has a satellite signal before updating. Go into Settings, System Info and then highlight Software version. Select Setup and select Software download. The box will start to download the software - it can take up to 10 minutes. To check the status of the download, go to Settings, System info and highlight Software version. When it finally says "Software update successful" press Standby on your remote. When your box restarts, follow the on-screen messages. You'll then be on the latest software version. Sign-up to Disney Plus from £1.99 a month Looking for another device? Check out our guide to How to get Disney Plus on a Smart TV and how to set up Disney Plus on your Amazon Firestick. How do I get Disney Plus on NOW? As of April 2020, Disney Plus became available on NOW. If you own a NOW device, you can download the Disney Plus app from the App Store and sign into or create an account to begin watching the House of Mouse's content. For more information about this, check out our can I get Disney Plus on NOW TV? guide. Sign-up to Disney Plus from £4.99 a month RadioTimes.com has also put together a full pack of information with our Disney Plus guide, and the best TV shows on Disney Plus list, as well as keeping you up to date with new Disney plus shows each month.
Lilo & Stitch live-action remake: Release date, cast, trailer and latest news
After several spin-off films and series, 2002 film Lilo & Stitch is getting the live-action treatment – and it looks like the movie could become a huge hit, if the first day of its advance ticket sales are anything to go by. According to Deadline, the film has earned the most first-day ticket pre-sales for a PG-rated film of the year so far on Fandango – a title that had previously been held by A Minecraft Movie. The film also bagged the second-best pre-sales during the same period for any Disney live-action film, only falling behind 2019's The Lion King. Lilo & Stitch will follow Hawaiian girl Lilo (Maia Kealoha) as she befriends a chaotic blue alien creature called Stitch (Chris Sanders) after he crash lands on Earth. Back in March, Disney unveiled a trailer for the film, and fans were quick to praise newcomer Kealoha’s casting as Lilo, as well as the look of Stitch in the movie. There was some backlash from fans over the new iterations of Agent Pleakley (Billy Magnussen) and Dr Jumba Jookiba (Zach Galifianakis), though. While the duo only ever appeared as aliens in the 2002 animated film, with a lot of the humour revolving around their poor human disguises, in the new film the pair use technology to make them appear human. Fans were also quick to note that, while Pleakley is also a drag icon in the 2002 movie, the new film appears to erase the character's love of drag entirely. Speaking with SFX Magazine, director Dean Fleischer Camp recently addressed the controversial changes to the characters, insisting the new movie would remain faithful to the original film’s tone. He said: "We're doing something a little different with Jumba and Pleakley... It's my favourite kind of story. The audience is going to find themselves falling into a trapdoor of emotion at some point." Wondering who else is set to star and when the film is expected to land? Read on for everything you need to know. Lilo & Stitch 2025 release date: When is the live-action movie coming out? The Lilo and Stitch live-action remake is set to release in cinemas on 21st May 2025 in the UK. A Disney+ release date is yet to be announced. Lilo & Stitch cast The cast list announced so far is as follows: Maia Kealoha as Lilo Chris Sanders as Stitch Sydney Agudong as Nani Billy Magnussen as Agent Pleakley Zach Galifianakis as Dr Jumba Jookiba Amy Hill as Tūtū Kaipo Dudoit as David Courtney B Vance as Cobra Bubbles Tia Carrere as Mrs Kekoa Hannah Waddingham as Grand Councilwoman Relative newcomer Maia Kealoha is set to lead the cast of the remake in the role of Lilo. Prior to landing the huge role, Kealoha only had one small role in Moana 2. Speaking about the moment she found out she had been cast, she previously said: "When I came home [and they said], 'Maia would you like to be our Lilo?' I was speechless and crying." Meanwhile, Chris Sanders is set to reprise his role as Stitch in the new live-action movie after voicing the beloved character in the 2002 animated film, while Sydney Agudong (On My Block) will play Lilo’s older sister, Nani (who was originally voiced by Tia Carrere in the 2002 movie). As detailed above, Billy Magnussen (Into the Woods) is set to play Agent Pleakley, a Plorgonarian agent of the United Galactic Federation who acts as the organisation's expert on Earth (and who was originally voiced by Kevin McDonald), while Zach Galifianakis (The Hangover) is set to star in the role of Dr Jumba Jookiba, the Kweltikwan mad scientist who created Stitch. While in the original, Jumba and Pleakely were depicted as aliens, for the remake the actors will appear in human form. Other cast members include Amy Hill (UnREAL), who voiced the fruit stand owner Lynne Hasegawa in the 2002 animated film and Disney Channel series, but will return in a different role. This time Hill is set to play a new character Tūtū, the longtime neighbour of Lilo and Nani, and the grandmother of David. Meanwhile, Kaipo Dudoit (Magnum PI) will play Nani’s boyfriend, David – a character who was voiced in the animated version by Jason Scott Lee. Lee is set to appear in the film as a Luau manager. Speaking on the Kyle Meredith With… podcast, Lee previously explained: "I got a little, small [part]. They threw me some bones, and I said, 'Yeah, absolutely! In any capacity.'" He continued: "I get to see the kid that's playing my character that I voiced, David. And I'll get to see Lilo and I'll get to see Nani, the new people, the actors that are playing them. So it'll be fun." Elsewhere, Courtney B Vance is set to star as Cobra Bubbles, a former CIA agent who is Lilo’s social worker (originally voiced by Ving Rhames), while Hannah Waddingham (Ted Lasso) has been cast in an unspecified role, although she’s rumoured to be playing the Grand Councilwoman – the alien leader who was voiced by Zoe Caldwell in the 2002 animated film. Tia Carrere (Wayne’s World), who voiced Nani in the 2022 movie, is also returning for the new film, but in a different role – and is set to play social worker Mrs Kekoa this time around. We have no other news on casting yet but will keep you posted. Behind the camera, the movie will be produced by Dan Lin and Jonathan Eirich, who worked on Aladdin and are also attached to the new Inspector Gadget reboot. Mike Van Waes is screenwriter on the project. Lilo & Stitch 2025 plot: What is the movie about? If you're expecting the same story but in live-action, we'd say where have you been? The live-action movies so far have made some changes to the classics. Beauty and the Beast gave us more backstory for Belle and the Beast, Dumbo was a darker take and Mulan's retelling involved new characters, no Mushu (controversially) and more martial arts. Don't get too anxious, though, as Lilo & Stitch should stay quite close to the original, with Sanders returning. The original story followed a schoolgirl and her sister in Hawaii after their parents die. Lonely little girl Lilo tries to find a friend, and comes across Stitch, a result of an alien genetic experiment. The pair become firm friends but find themselves getting into a lot of trouble along the way. The new synopsis says: "The story is about the bond formed between a lonely human girl named Lilo and a dog-like alien named Stitch, who is engineered to be a force of destruction." Sanders did raise concerns following the announcement, explaining animation allowed for Stitch to be an alien "yet still cute", whereas CGI might not allow for that. It remains to be seen! Hopefully the heartwarming story won't be tweaked too much and we'll soon hear the cries of 'Ohana!'. Is there a trailer for the live-action Lilo & Stitch movie? Yes, and you can watch it below: View oEmbed on the source website Lilo & Stitch will be released on Wednesday 21st May 2025. If you're looking for something to watch tonight, check out our TV Guide and Streaming Guide or visit our Film hub for all the latest news. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to The Radio Times Podcast.
Snow White live-action movie: Release date, plot, trailer and latest news
Mirror, mirror on the wall... the classic fairytale is coming to life for all!
There’s plenty of buzz around Disney’s upcoming live-action Snow White movie, the first reviews for which have been glowingly positive. Starring West Side Story actress Rachel Zegler in the title role and Wonder Woman's Gal Gadot as the Evil Queen, the film hasn't been without controversy, with reports of scaled-back promotion because of the criticism. Marc Webb is set to direct the remake of Disney's very first animated film, with Marc Platt producing and Dear Evan Hansen's Benj Pasek and Justin Paul writing new songs for the upcoming movie. Read on for everything you need to know about the Snow White live-action film, including when it's set to be released and who's set to star. Snow White live-action movie UK release date The film is scheduled to be released in UK cinemas on 21st March 2025. The Hollywood premiere took place on 15th March, but was scaled back amid the film’s controversies. Ahead of the premiere, which would usually include a large-scale red carpet event with press outlets invited to interview the stars, Variety reported that it would only involve photographers and in-house crew. The upcoming live-action Snow White movie isn't the only upcoming Disney live-action remake fairytale fans have to look forward to, with Lilo & Stitch, Moana, Tangled and Hercules on the way. Watch the original Snow White on Disney Plus - £4.99 a month or £89.90 for a year subscription Snow White 2025 cast: Who stars in the live-action remake? Deadline confirmed back in 2022 that West Side Story star Rachel Zegler had been cast as Snow White. Zegler beat more than 30,000 actresses for the role of Maria when she was just 17 and replied to a casting call she saw on X (then called Twitter). She also starred in Shazam! Fury of the Gods. Zegler is the first Colombian-Polish actress to play a Disney Princess and joins an illustrious alumni of actresses who have tackled the Snow White role including Lily Collins in Mirror, Mirror, Sarah Patterson in Snow White, and Ginnifer Goodwin in Once Upon a Time. Zegler shared her excitement on social media following the announcement. View oEmbed on the source website Later in 2022, Deadline announced that Wonder Woman's Gal Gadot was in negotiations to play the Evil Queen in the live-action remake. Gadot told Entertainment Weekly in September 2022 that she was "all in", saying "to be able to tell her story and to get under her skin was an incredible process". "I enjoyed it so much that I even took it home, and I changed my voice, and I used my body as a way to express her even more," the actress continued. "I'm grateful for the opportunity to play such an iconic villain." Meanwhile, Andrew Burnap (The Chaperone) is set to play the male lead role of Jonathan, a new invention set to replace the original prince. In March 2023, Burnap told Man About Town that, although he plays the love interest, "it's no longer a princess waiting to be saved by a prince". Ansu Kabia (Murder on the Orient Express) will star as the Huntsman, who is the Evil Queen's servant in the 1937 film, Emilia Faucher (CODA) will star as young Snow White, and Patrick Page – who previously played Scar in The Lion King musical on Broadway – will play the Magic Mirror. It has also been announced that Martin Klebba (Jurassic World) will provide the voice of the digitally-rendered Grumpy in the new film, while Jeremy Swift (Gosford Park) will voice Doc, the leader of the seven dwarves. Meanwhile, George Salazar (Superstore) will voice Happy, Andy Grotelueschen (The Good Wife) will voice Sleepy, Tituss Burgess (Central Park) will voice Bashful, Jason Kravits (The Practice) will voice Sneezy, and Andrew Barth Feldman (Dear Evan Hansen) will voice Dopey. The script will be written by Erin Cressida Wilson, who wrote Girl on the Train, and Marc Platt is producer. Marc Webb will direct – you may know him from 2012's The Amazing Spider-Man. Webb previously told Deadline: "Rachel’s extraordinary vocal abilities are just the beginning of her gifts. Her strength, intelligence, and optimism will become an integral part of rediscovering the joy in this classic Disney fairytale." Snow White live-action movie plot: What is Disney changing? Walt Disney's original Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was based on the Brothers Grimm fairytale and was the very first animation released by the studio. The remake is set to expand the story and music, so think along the lines of Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin – the former saw Belle take more of a lead role and added a feminist message, whereas the latter saw Princess Jasmine push back against her father herself and had her sing her own Speechless song to capture the feeling of being treated differently as a woman. Snow White often comes under fire when people discuss consent – she's kissed while asleep by a prince – so we anticipate some changes around that. Cast member Burnap's recent comments strengthen this theory, with the actor – who's set to play male lead Jonathan – recently telling Man About Town of his character: "[He's] less of a full-on prince and more of a reluctant hero." However, with exact plot details yet to be revealed, we'll have to wait and see exactly what the remake will look like. Snow White 2025 remake controversy explained Following the announcement of Zegler’s casting back in 2022, there was backlash from conservative critics over the actress, who is of Colombian-Polish descent, playing the character who, in the 19th century Grimms fairy tale, is described as having “skin as white as snow”. Zegler faced criticism in 2022 at the D23 Expo when she described the original film as “dated” and added that Prince Charming “literally stalks” Snow White. She sparked controversy again in 2023 when she suggested the remake would be more feminist than the original film, saying in an interview: "It’s no longer 1937... She’s not going to be saved by the prince, and she’s not going to be dreaming about true love. She’s dreaming about becoming the leader she knows she can be." After some commentators took issue with the story change, Zegler responded to the backlash in an interview with Variety, saying that her comments were wrongly interpreted as being critical of the original film – and that she believes Snow White can want both love and independence. The film has also been criticised by Peter Dinklage, who has a form of dwarfism called achondroplasia, with the star accusing Disney of “hypocrisy” over the movie, citing the fairy tale’s “backwards story about seven dwarfs living in a cave together.” "Literally no offence to anyone, but I was a little taken aback – they were very proud to cast a Latina actress as Snow White," he said on the WTF with Marc Maron podcast. "But you're still telling the story of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Take a step back and look at what you're doing there. It makes no sense to me." He continued: "You're progressive in one way but then you're still making that f**king backwards story about seven dwarfs living in a cave together, what the f**k are you doing, man? Have I done nothing to advance the cause from my soap box? I guess I'm not loud enough." Disney responded to Dinklage’s criticisms in a statement, which read: “To avoid reinforcing stereotypes from the original animated film, we are taking a different approach with these seven characters and have been consulting with members of the dwarfism community. "We look forward to sharing more as the film heads into production after a lengthy development period." The film has also faced backlash for plot changes to the 1937 original, with the son of one of the 1937 movie’s animators and supervising director, David Hand, criticising changes to the storyline. He told The Telegraph: "It's a whole different concept, and I just totally disagree with it. "Their thoughts are just so radical now. They change the stories, they change the thought process of the characters... They’re making up new woke things, and I’m just not into any of that." However, both Zegler and the film's director Webb have said the new movie honours the original while introducing it to a new generation. In a recent interview with Vogue Mexico, Zegler explained: “It’s very important for the public to know that Disney has found this beautiful and delicate balance between the 1937 animated classic that everyone knows and loves, and at the same time, introduces it to this new generation.” Meanwhile, in notes shared with press, director Webb said it was important for the new film "to honour the DNA of Snow White". He added: "The original Snow White didn’t break the mould... it created the mould. Somehow, Walt Disney connects to something inside of us, a kind of childlike wonder and optimism. "But there was also an opportunity to re-tell the mythology to reflect the times that we’re in, and I think all good stories evolve over time. They become reflections of the world that we live in and what we want the world to be to a degree.” What songs will feature in the Snow White live-action movie? Along with the beloved songs from the original 1937 film's soundtrack, the remake will also include new songs written by La La Land's Benj Pasek and Justin Paul. One of these new songs is Waiting on a Wish, which fans were first given a glimpse at in the film's first trailer, which was released back in December 2023. "Benj and Justin came up with the idea of Waiting on a Wish, inspired by the iconic wishing well first introduced to audiences in the animated Snow White,” Platt previously shared. “They have written a truly beautiful song for our new film that is bound to become iconic in its own right.” On 4th March 2025, the song was released to the public and you can check it out below. View oEmbed on the source website Snow White live-action trailer Yes, Disney released the official trailer for the film back in December 2023, giving fans a first look at Zegler in action as she interacts with the Evil Queen and the seven dwarves. Watch below: View oEmbed on the source website Snow White will be released in UK cinemas on 21st March 2025. Watch the original Snow White on Disney Plus - £4.99 a month or £89.90 for a year subscription If you're looking for something to watch tonight, check out our TV Guide and Streaming Guide or visit our Film hub for all the latest news. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to The Radio Times Podcast.
Can I get Disney Plus on my Virgin Media box?
Virgin customers, here's all you need to know about getting Disney Plus.
Disney Plus is a powerhouse in the streaming world. Since joining the subscription market in 2019, Disney Plus has quickly made a name as one of the best services in the market. The subscription service has thousands of hours of content, which includes famous blockbusters, classics, and a ton of kids' films – there's something for everyone with Disney Plus. Among the eclectic collection of content are favourites like Peter Pan, Aladdin, The Jungle Book and Lady and the Tramp. There are also new children's classics like Frozen, Encanto, and Inside Out. Disney Plus also has loads of more adult shows and films like The Bear and Only Murders in the Building, the Star Wars and Marvel universes, and plenty more. If you're interested in a Disney Plus subscription and are a Virgin Media customer, then we're here to tell you how you can get all that Disney Plus has to offer through your box. Sign-up to Disney Plus from £4.99 a month For more pricing information, check out our guide to how much is Disney Plus. Also, see our guide to the best Disney Plus shows and best Disney Plus movies to watch right now. Can I get Disney Plus on my Virgin Media box? Yes, if you're a Virgin Media customer with a Stream Box or Virgin TV 360 you can get Disney Plus direct to your TV through the box. You first have to have a Disney Plus account, and subscriptions are set at a range of prices. The Standard with Ads plan will cost £4.99 a month, and gives you access to 1080p Disney content to stream across two devices simultaneously. However, you can't stream the ads tier on your Virgin Media box. Instead, you'll have to sign up for the Standard plan, which costs £8.99 a month. The Standard plan has no adverts, and you can download content to watch offline on two devices. If you want to go all out, then the Premium plan could be the one for you. For £12.99 a month, you can enjoy ultra-high definition (4K HDR) ad-free content streamed and downloaded across four devices. Sign-up to Disney Plus from £4.99 a month How to watch Disney Plus On Virgin TV Once you've signed up via the Disney Plus website, just log in through your box and watch away. As well as Virgin Media, you'll be able to watch Disney Plus on your Smart TV and plenty of other devices. Shows are downloadable on all subscription levels (apart from the ads tier), so you can watch them later on Android phones and tablets, iPhones, iPads and Amazon Fire Tablets. It's worth noting that downloads last for 30 days. Sign-up to Disney Plus from £4.99 a month If you've yet to sign up to Virgin Media, their TV packages start from £33 a month. Sign up to Virgin Media TV from £33 a month For more, check out our guide on can I get Disney Plus on BT, how to watch Disney Plus on Apple TV, Virgin Media offers, and what is Virgin Media Stream?
Fortnite horror map codes: The best scary creative maps
There's plenty of scary content over in Fortnite Creative!
It doesn’t matter what type of game you play, when it comes to Halloween you’ll inevitably drop everything and tune into something with a little edge. Fortnite is a good bet as it’s filled with horror-themed content including skins and maps. There’s a raft of maps in Fortnite creative so there’s always something fresh to play. In anticipation of Halloween, let’s take a dive into some of the best horror maps on Fortnite. Check them out, if you’re brave enough... Best Fortnite horror map codes Scary Doll 7595-1913-2803 Player mode: 4 players The story: Try to escape the Ruins while being chased by a terrifying doll, all from a first-person perspective! The Backrooms 4284-8758-1462 Player Mode: Single player The story: Based on the internet 'creepypasta' about what happens if you "no clip out of reality", this first-person map draws more on the psychological horror elements. While we've got your attention... reckon you're a Fortnite expert? Try our quiz below! View Riddle on the source website The Night at Pizzeria 1502-5843-2604 Player Mode: Single player The story: Inspired by Five Nights at Freddy's, you play as the night watch for a pizzeria filled with Fortnite's own animatronics. Piggy Chapter 1-4 8840-5689-4557 Player mode: Single player The story: Escape the horror house. Easy-peasy, right? Find the Penny's (wise) 2961-7589-1661 Player mode: 1-5 players The story: Try and collect 15 coins. Based on the film IT Chapter 1. Zombie Escape 0791-5727-7074 Player mode: Single player The story: Earth has been destroyed by a zombie apocalypse. You need to save yourself, collect coins and escape! Carnival Escape 2385-3342-5568 Player mode: Option of multi-player The story: You're off to the 4th July carnival, but wait-- you're all alone. Do you choose to get your friends to help? This map has multiple levels. View oEmbed on the source website Discover more with Fortnite creative map codes: Fortnite XP maps | Fortnite action-adventure maps | Fortnite hide and seek maps | Fortnite Zone Wars maps | Fortnite fighting maps | Fortnite parkour maps | best Fortnite creative maps | Fortnite Squid Game map codes | Fortnite Monopoly code | Fortnite I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here code | Fortnite Doctor Who map code Check out more of our Gaming coverage or visit our TV Guide and Streaming Guide to find out what's on. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to The Radio Times Podcast.
Can I get Disney Plus on Amazon Fire TV Stick?
The Disney Plus app is available on several devices and apps — here's how to get it on Amazon Firestick.
With so many ways to watch Disney Plus in the UK, it's understandable if you're a bit confused! The RadioTimes.com Technology team are on hand to tell you the different ways to watch the streaming service, starting with how to watch it on an Amazon Fire TV Stick. Disney Plus launched on the 24th March back in 2020, and it's available on the Amazon Fire Stick, and is compatible with Amazon Fire TV devices. The Amazon Fire TV Stick already makes any TV into a Smart TV to give you access to all of your favourite videos, movies and shows on Amazon Prime, Netflix, YouTube, and the BBC all in one place all in 4K Ultra HD. If you don't have a Smart TV, the Amazon Fire Stick is a good option to make sure you can get Disney Plus on your TV. For a full rundown on what else is available, check out our Amazon Fire TV Stick channels guide. Amazon Prime members get free delivery on the Amazon Fire TV Stick too. Read our Amazon Fire TV Stick review and Amazon Fire TV Cube review to see how the Amazon devices fare. Can I get Disney Plus on Amazon Fire Stick in the UK? Yes, you can get Disney+ on Amazon Fire Stick in the UK. Get Disney Plus from £4.99 per month View Affiliate Playlist on the source website Can I watch Disney Plus on Amazon Fire Stick? If you get Disney Plus on the Amazon Fire Stick, you can also use the 4K streaming media player remote with Alexa-enabled commands similar to the Echo Dot. Simply launch the voice control by pushing the button on the remote and speaking into it — it really is that easy; all you need to say is 'Play Disney Plus', and you're away. Get Disney Plus from £4.99 per month How to install Disney Plus on Fire Stick Type Disney Plus in your search bar. It'll pop up, just select it from the list Choose the Disney Plus app in the Apps & Games section, then click 'Get' or 'Download' Disney Plus will download, then you'll get a prompt to open the app Open it or return to your home screen You can move the Disney Plus app to 'Your Apps' and 'Channels'; simply hover over it, click 'options' on the remote, and click 'move' All done! Get Disney Plus from £4.99 per month For more like this, take a look at our guide on can you watch normal TV on an Amazon Fire TV Stick, as well as what channels do you get with an Amazon Fire TV Stick? Other compatible devices with Disney Plus Disney Plus UK isn't just available on Amazon Fire Stick, it is also available on Android and Apple. PS5, Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S also have the app. Nintendo Switch is also compatible on your web browser. The app is also available on your smartphone to watch on the go, something Netflix users will be familiar with. Chromecast, Sky and Roku are other options too. Sky struck a deal with Disney allowing Sky Q customers in UK and Ireland to pay for Disney Plus access so it seamlessly links up with their existing system. If you have NOW TV you can get it there, too. Read our guide on what devices Disney+ is compatible with if you want more information. We also have a how to get Disney+ on your Smart TV guide. Wondering whether Disney+ is worth it? As well as the classic content there is a whole host of original TV shows and films. Check out our list of everything you can watch on Disney Plus or best Disney+ TV shows or the best Disney+ films lists to find out what will be on the platform. Get Disney Plus from £4.99 per month If you're looking to bag a bargain on Disney Plus, take a look at our monthly Disney Plus offers page and check out the Disney Plus ad tiers explained. Plus, did you know that you can also watch Disney Plus on Apple TV?
Sonic's 32nd anniversary is here – these fast facts reveal surprising truths
Sonic the Hedgehog reaches his 32nd anniversary today. It's time we really got to know him.
It's been 32 years since Sonic the Hedgehog first sped onto our screens - the original game came to the Sega Mega Drive in western territories on 23rd June 1991, and the blue blur is still an entertainment staple three-and-a-bit decades later! Today (23rd June 2023) is technically the character of Sonic's 47th birthday, according to Eurogamer, who've added the 32 years of pop-culture fun onto Sonic's supposed age in the original game. You could argue, of course, that Sonic is like a cartoon character in that he doesn't really age in real time. He's a perpetual teen with attitude in our eyes, like Bart Simpson but blue and with spikes. Semantics aside, there's no denying that today is the anniversary of the original game. And thanks to the Sonic Superstars trailer, embedded below, we know that the blue blur will be returning to his 2D roots very soon indeed. View Green Video on the source website Furthermore, Sega has plans at 4pm BST today to host a Sonic showcase online, where the speedy hedgehog will be celebrated and his future will be teased. When the clock strikes 4pm in the UK, you should be able to tune in via Sonic's official YouTube channel. You may be here to celebrate his birthday, but how well do you actually know Sonic? Sure, we all love guiding him through colourful levels with such speed that his legs look like a red and white circle, but not many of us have taken the time to really get to know Sonic on a deep and personal level. Now that Sonic is turning 32 (that midlife crisis gets closer by the day), let's give the guy some respect and really listen to all the weird and wonderful things he has to tell us about. Read on, then, as we journey back through 32 years of Sonic with 16 fast facts about the much-loved hedgehog and bonafide gaming icon! 16. A ball in a tube was how it all started Programmer Yuji Naka’s prototype for Sonic was a basic character just rolling through a tube while inside a life-sized ball. This basic system was then used to create the algorithm for the more complex Sonic game. Of course, Sonic would ended up balling himself up to roll through tubes on the regular, so that idea did get used in a sense. 15. Sonic was actually a rabbit before he was a hedgehog When Sonic was being created, Mario was already the talk of the town. The idea was to create a character to compete with Nintendo, but early versions saw Sonic as a rabbit that basically would grab stuff and fight with his ears… Sega realised pretty quickly this wasn’t a good idea, mainly because of the technology behind it, so it switched to the idea of the ball and rolling concept i.e. using the body as a weapon. They eventually got to a battle between a hedgehog and an armadillo and here we are. There were some concerns Americans wouldn’t know what a hedgehog was but it still won out. 14. He wasn’t called Sonic While Sonic was a good call, Sega tried a few other options before settling on that name. Designer Naoto Ohshima has said previously Sega had tried out Mr Needlemouse. Years later, Project Needlemouse was the code name for a later game (Sonic the Hedgehog 4) during its development stage as a nod to the name that never was. 13. Sonic had a whole backstory Every iconic character needs an origin story and Sonic is no exception. A lot was scrapped before the first game was released, but it’s fun to look back at what could have been. Sonic was the frontman of a rock band at one point. Other members included a parakeet, a monkey, a rabbit and a crocodile. Sonic was also a breakdancer, so you could say he was one skilled hedgehog. Slightly more confusingly, he was romantically involved with a human woman rather than a female hedgehog who was called Madonna. Not a reference to the singer. We think. 12. Pop icons influenced Sonic What’s a famous character without famous inspiration? Ohshima looked at Felix the Cat for the head and Mickey Mouse for the body when creating Sonic. His boots were also inspired by Michael Jackson’s boots from the Bad cover album sleeve, and if you’re asking why red? That was inspired by Santa Claus as it was seen as ‘familiar’. Honest. 11. Sonic was blue to match Sega That’s the fact. Sonic’s iconic colour was purely chosen because Sega wanted him to match their logo colour. Sonic himself was picked as Sega’s mascot after the company ran an in-house competition to see who could come up with the best idea. Naoto Ohshima won the competition with his blue hedgehog! 10. Sonic’s first appearance We all have to start somewhere and Sonic started out as an air freshener. Yes, you read that right. The hedgehog made his debut hanging from a mirror in 1991 Rad Mobile arcade game. 9. Sonic’s soundtrack sort of has movie links Kind of. Sonic was scored by Dreams Come True, a Japanese pop group that formed in 1988. They also went on to sing for Sleepless in Seattle and The Swan Princess. While we’re talking music, anonymous sources have reported Michael Jackson worked on the soundtrack for Sonic the Hedgehog 3… 8. Dr Robotnik had a different name Sonic’s archenemy Dr Ivo Robotnik was first known as Dr Eggman in Japan, not a name that strikes fear in you right? Sega US and the Japanese HQ didn’t agree on this, and American developer Dean Sitton came up with a new name for the US market. He took Ivo from his sister’s boyfriend at the time (no comment on that), but other options that were floated were: Badwrench, Bad Year, Bad Vibes and Fatty Lobotnik. Of course, the name Dr Eggman remained in the ether as an alternate name for Robotnik and both monikers were used in the recent Sonic the Hedgehog movies. 7. Sonic is pretty fast When Sonic was created he was the fastest-moving video game character at the time - so it’s safe to say he lived up to his reputation. Sonic programmer Yuji Naka told Edge magazine: “Sonic was delivering [the kind of] high speed no other [game] was capable of, and the Mega Drive allowed this stunning demonstration of rotation during the bonus stages. This was said to be impossible on the hardware at the time.” 6. Correction: Sonic isn’t fast, those sneakers are A common misconception is that Sonic is the fast one, when really the player manual for the game says it’s Sonic’s “power sneakers” that should have the credit. Sonic just shops for shoes well, there aren’t any superpowers here. Later, we learn that Sonic’s colour and super speed are the results of a lab accident (yes we know that contradicts the manual). 5. Sonic can’t swim There’s a reason Sonic can’t swim. The developers assumed (wrongly) that hedgehogs couldn’t swim, so they just made it part of the game. In reality, hedgehogs can actually swim, so poor Sonic could have mastered front crawl if he wanted to. 4. Sonic also needs sleep Programmer Yuji Naka has also confirmed that Sonic is an eight hours sleep kind of guy, and not just for beauty reasons - apparently he will slow down if he doesn't get enough rest, the results of which could be disastrous. Nothing has ever been more relatable. 3. There's a hidden message in Sonic We all love to look out for a hidden message, and lucky for us there’s one in the Sonic game. The message wasn’t particularly controversial, but the way it was put in the game did ruffle feathers. Naka, rebelling against Sega saying no to post-game credits, included a list of names of all the parties responsible for creating Sonic making sure they were printed on the screen introducing the Sonic game. As the names were in black text before a black background they were ‘invisible’, so you could only see them using a cheat code. Clever. Read more gaming throwbacks: Runescape producer talks 20 year anniversary: "The scary part for me is what comes next" Star Wars: KotOR remake is delayed indefinitely Mass Effect Legendary Edition review: the Normandy has never looked better 2. Sonic doesn’t seem to age It may be Sonic’s 32nd anniversary, but the character - like a lot of pop culture heroes - does not really age in the traditional sense. Apparently, he’s actually only 15 years old in all of his adventures. We need some of what he’s having. 1. Tails and Knuckles are not the same species It might be easy to assume that Sonic's trusty pals, introduced the second and third games, are from the same species as the main man himself - but that's not right at all! Tails is a fox - and his full name is Miles Tails Prower. But Knuckles? He’s an echidna, that’s an egg-laying mammal. Subscribe to our free Gaming Newsletter for weekly insights, and visit our Gaming hub for all the latest news. Looking for something to watch? Check out our TV Guide or Streaming Guide. Take part in the Screen Test, a project from Radio Times and the Universities of Sussex and Brighton, to explore the role of television and audio in our lives. Try Radio Times magazine today and get 12 issues for only £1 with delivery to your home — subscribe now. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to The Radio Times Podcast.
Is Indiana Jones on Disney Plus? Where to watch the films
A fifth entry in the beloved franchise arrives in cinemas in June.
There's a very exciting summer of blockbusters ahead of us – with Barbie, Oppenheimer, and the latest Mission: Impossible film among the highlights to look forward to for cinema fans. And one of the other most hotly-anticipated releases of the summer is Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, which recently premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and earned a four-star review from RadioTimes.com. The film will mark Harrison Ford's last appearance as the iconic archaeologist, so there's no better time to catch up with the superb original trilogy and the more divisive fourth instalment ahead of its release in June. Luckily, it couldn't be easier to watch the films from the comfort of your own home – especially given they are set to imminently be added to Disney Plus. Read on for everything you need to know about how to watch the Indiana Jones films. Are the Indiana Jones films on Disney Plus? Good news for Indy fans – all four previous films will be arriving on the streamer for the first time on Wednesday 31st May 2023. This gives subscribers plenty of time to watch or rewatch the movies ahead of the new film's release on Wednesday 28th June. Where else are the Indiana Jones films streaming? If you don't have a Disney Plus subscription, then fear not – the films are also currently available on Sky Cinema and NOW, while there's always the option to rent or buy them on Amazon at the below links. Raiders of the Lost Ark - rent or buy on Amazon Temple of Doom - rent or buy on Amazon The Last Crusade - rent or buy on Amazon Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - rent or buy on Amazon Meanwhile, the films can also be brought on physical media – including a special box set that costs £34.99 on DVD or £69.99 on Blu-Ray. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny opens in cinemas on 28th June. Visit our Film hub for the latest news and features, or find something to watch tonight with our TV Guide and Streaming Guide. Take part in the Screen Test, a project from Radio Times and the Universities of Sussex and Brighton, to explore the role of television and audio in our lives. Try Radio Times magazine today and get 12 issues for only £1 with delivery to your home – subscribe now. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to The Radio Times Podcast.
The Little Mermaid live-action release date: Cast, trailer and latest news
Prepare to be transported "under the sea".
Disney fans, prepare to be transported "under the sea": the new live-action remake of The Little Mermaid is upon us. Popstar Halle Bailey leads the cast as the titular character, Ariel, while Jonah Hauer-King also stars as Prince Eric, Melissa McCarthy as tentacled sea witch Ursula, and Javier Bardem as King Triton. Unlike some of Disney's live-action/CGI remakes of its animated classics, The Little Mermaid stays largely faithful to the original 1989 animation of the same name, though of course a few alterations have been made along the way. Read on for everything you need to know about The Little Mermaid, including when it's set to land in the UK. Little Mermaid release date UK The Little Mermaid arrived in cinemas on Friday 26th May 2023. Filming wrapped in Italy in summer 2021, with fans getting a first look at Ariel with her red dreadlocks in leaked pics. View oEmbed on the source website When is The Little Mermaid coming to Disney Plus? A Disney Plus release likely to follow once the movie has had its exclusive theatrical run. There's no official streaming release date as yet, but watch this space. The Little Mermaid 2023 cast Halle Bailey will star as Ariel, half of the R&B team CHLOE X HALLE. Director Rob Marshall previously said of Bailey's casting: "After an extensive search, it was abundantly clear that Halle possesses that rare combination of spirit, heart, youth, innocence, and substance — plus a glorious singing voice — all intrinsic qualities necessary to play this iconic role." Responding to the reaction to her casting – which included some objections from a tiresome few – a classy Bailey said (via Variety): "I don't pay attention to the negativity. I just feel like this role was something bigger than me, and greater. It's going to be beautiful. I'm just so excited to be a part of it." Jodi Benson, who voiced Ariel in the original, said: "I think that the spirit of a character is what really matters. What you bring to the table in a character as far as their heart and their spirit is what really counts. I think the most important thing for a film is to be able to tell a story." View oEmbed on the source website Meanwhile, Melissa McCarthy will play the evil octopoid sea-witch Ursula, though the choice came under fire with many hoping for a drag queen to play the witch since that's what inspired the original animation. The seagull Scuttle will swap genders, voiced this time by Crazy Rich Asians and The Farewell star Awkwafina, and Room star Jacob Tremblay will voice Flounder. Despite early reports suggesting Harry Styles was in talks to play Prince Eric, the role has gone to Little Women and World on Fire actor Jonah Hauer-King. In an interview with The Face, Styles revealed that the project was "discussed", but that he decided to prioritise his music career. "I want to put music out and focus on that for a while," he said. "But everyone involved in it was amazing, so I think it's going to be great. I'll enjoy watching it, I'm sure." Javier Bardem will star as King Triton and Hamilton star Daveed Diggs will voice Sebastian. If you recognise his name, he's also in Pixar movie Soul. In addition, Netflix star Jessica Alexander (Get Even) will portray Vanessa, the beautiful alter-ego of Ursula the Sea Witch. Joining her are Russell Balogh (Maleficent: Mistress of Evil), Adrian Christopher (Harry Potter and The Cursed Child) and Emily Coates (Cursed). What has Jacob Tremblay said about The Little Mermaid? Flounder backlash explained When individual cast posters dropped back in April, there was some backlash over the new designs, with some fans of the original claiming they are unnecessarily realistic. The new Flounder, in particular, sparked criticism for the slimmer, more lifelike redesign. However, Little Mermaid voice actor Jacob Tremblay has defended the design change. Responding to the backlash, Tremblay, who voices the character, recently told Variety: "I was actually shown the design when I went in for my audition. Rob [Marshall, director] had shown me. I just had complete faith in Rob. “I thought it looked great because that is kind of like the puppet they had on set, and then, of course, when I went and saw the film – I watched it last night and I think it just all works so well.” He added: “They were genius [Rob and creative team] – they kind of made it work so well." View oEmbed on the source website The Little Mermaid songs: is it a musical? First things first, yes it's a musical! Lin-Minuel Miranda is working on the film with the original composer Alan Menken. Miranda revealed he had written four new songs for the remake back in February 2020. We've seen Disney is happy to make such changes with Dumbo, the darker Tim Burton remake last year as well as Mulan due out in August 2020, which won't have any music bar instrumental as it opts for a martial art movie take. Disney would never have dropped favourites like Under the Sea, Kiss the Girl, Poor Unfortunate Souls or Part of Your World, all of which were performed at the Hollywood Bowl event for the 30th anniversary concert in honour of the original film - and indeed star Halle Bailey confirmed that Part of Your World would be included in the film. "I've been a fan of The Little Mermaid since I was 5, so those new songs are very exciting to me, as well as the old," Bailey told PopSugar. "That's probably like, ding, ding, ding! My number one." The Little Mermaid trailer Yes! As detailed above, the first trailer for the remake landed in 2022 and was shown to those in attendance at Disney's D23 Expo. The official trailer for The Little Mermaid landed in March 2023, giving fans a first look at McCarthy's Ursula and Bailey's Ariel. In the trailer, the tentacled sea witch tricks Ariel (Halle Bailey) and casts a spell to deprive her of her voice, exclaiming: "Poor child, I can help you! You can't live in that world unless you become a human yourself." Later, we see Ariel emerging from the sea with her seabird friend Scuttle (voiced by Awkwafina) telling her: "Something about you seems different. I can't quite figure it out." Crab sidekick Sebastian (Daveed Diggs) soon cottons on to the situation, saying: "She got legs, you idiot!" Watch below: View oEmbed on the source website The Little Mermaid plot: how will the new version differ from the original? It’s likely that the main differences will be political corrections on some of the more dated aspects of the classic film. In July 2019, Disney launched two initiatives for talent from under-represented backgrounds which includes women, people of colour and the LGBTQ+ community. The announcement of Halle Bailey is already a big step forward, as she will be the first person of colour to play a live-action Disney princess who was white in the original animation. We might also get a revamp of the character Sebastian – the Jamaican-sounding crab who sang about how great life is ‘under the sea’, which has since been criticised as racially insensitive. In addition, it's possible that Disney will introduce some LGBTQ+ characters into the film, as they did in Beauty and the Beast with a one-second shot of the villain’s sidekick, LeFou, dancing with a man in the final ballroom sequence. Meanwhile, Jack Whitehall is set to play the first major gay character in a Disney film, as the brother of Emily Blunt’s character in 2020 film Jungle Cruise. As detailed above, Disney will also delve deeper into the reasons behind Ariel’s desire to join the human world that don’t revolve around her love for Prince Eric, in line with Disney’s recent trend towards more three-dimensional female characters. View Green Video on the source website Who is directing The Little Mermaid? Rob Marshall, who’s already worked with Disney on Mary Poppins Returns, Into the Woods, and Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, will direct The Little Mermaid. He's the man behind Oscar-winning movie musical Chicago. Lin-Manuel Miranda Marshall, Marc Platt and John DeLuca will all produce the film, whilst Jessica Virtue and Allison Erlikhman are overseeing for the studio. Where is The Little Mermaid set? Atlantica – the make-believe city found underneath the Atlantic Ocean featured in the 1989 original – is expected to feature, but the film was always unclear about where Prince Eric’s palace was located. In Beauty and the Beast, Disney gave Belle’s French village home a real name – Villeneuve – and she visits Paris during the film, so we might expect Prince Eric’s kingdom to be given a real geographical location. If so, it's quite likely that this will be somewhere in Denmark in honour of Hans Christian Andersen, where the fantasy palace is surrounded by mountains, with cliffs onto the sea. Other contenders are Switzerland or Wales, where Chillon Castle and Tintagel Castle are found, as these real-life castles are thought to be the basis upon which Prince Eric’s castle was designed. Prince Eric may also have taken up residence on the Italian island of Sardinia, as the film is set to shoot on the Mediterranean island in summer 2021. Variety reported that the film will move from London's Pinewood Studios to the seaside village of Santa Teresa di Gallura, known for its picturesque blue waters and rocky shores. But, as they're keeping the tropical fish Flounder and the Jamaican crab Sebastian that feature in the original, it’s still possible that Disney will avoid pinning down the exact location to avoid confusion. The Little Mermaid is out now in cinemas. Check out the best movies on Disney Plus and best shows on Disney Plus, read more of our Film coverage, or visit our TV Guide and Streaming Guide to see what's on tonight. Try Radio Times magazine today and get 12 issues for only £1 with delivery to your home – subscribe now. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to The Radio Times Podcast.
Is Harry Potter on Netflix? Where to watch the movies by region
If you’re a Potterhead, you’ve probably been thinking: when will Harry Potter land on Netflix?
The Harry Potter movies are some of the most popular movies ever released. The eight blockbuster films grossed more than £6bn at the box office between 2001 and 2011 following their release, catapulting Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson to fame and spawning wildly successful spin-off books, films and plays. From 17th May, all eight films became available to stream at no extra cost for subscribers on the platform, marking the first time the movies have appeared as a full collection available for streaming. Netflix users wasted little time in streaming the films from home, with each film quickly making its way into the streaming service’s most-watched charts. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2, which is the eighth instalment in the film series, might technically have brought the the Harry Potter universe to a dramatic end, but the franchise was then extended into the Wizarding World shared universe which now includes the Fantastic Beasts spin-off films. In addition, it was announced last month that a Harry Potter TV series with a brand new cast would be coming to Max, a revamped version of HBO Max. But for now, read on for everything you need to know about how to watch the eight movies and prequel films on Netflix, how long they'll be available on the platform for and how much Netflix paid to add them to its library. Read more: How to watch Harry Potter movies online in order Is Harry Potter on Netflix UK? Yes, all eight Harry Potter films became available to stream in the UK from Wednesday 17th May. Netflix announced the news on Tuesday (16th May), posting a still of Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson in the films and writing: "All 8 Harry Potter films come to Netflix UK/IE tomorrow!!" View oEmbed on the source website However, it's worth noting that the whole collection is only available on Netflix in the UK and Ireland. US fans can stream the films on US HBO streaming service, Max. How long is Harry Potter on Netflix for? The Warner Bros franchise couldn't previously be shown on Netflix due to licensing issues. The new deal with Netflix has finally brought the films online and, while it's not known exactly how long the collection will remain on the platform, fans needn't panic: it's presumably here for the foreseeable future. RadioTimes.com has approached Netflix for comment and is awaiting a response. How much did Netflix pay for Harry Potter? It’s unknown how much Netflix paid for the right to add the Harry Potter collection to its library, but it certainly seems like a clever move. Netflix is currently the only platform where users can access the movie series for free (after subscribing), meaning it's likely to draw in new subscribers. Are the Fantastic Beasts films on Netflix UK? The first two Fantastic Beasts spin-off films are available to watch on Netflix in the UK. Here’s a breakdown of every Netflix region currently streaming any and all of the Harry Potter prequel films: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them - Australia, Japan, United Kingdom, Italy, South Korea Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - Australia, Japan, United Kingdom, Italy, South Korea, Switzerland Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore - Australia, Japan, United Kingdom, Italy, South Korea, Switzerland Where to watch Harry Potter on Netflix by region Here’s a breakdown of every Netflix region currently streaming any and all of the eight wizarding films: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (2001) - Australia, Japan, United Kingdom, Italy Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) - Australia, Japan, United Kingdom, Italy Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) - Australia, Japan, United Kingdom, Italy Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) - Australia, Japan, United Kingdom, Italy Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix (2007) - Australia, Japan, United Kingdom, Italy Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) - Australia, Japan, United Kingdom, Italy Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1 (2010) - Australia, Japan, United Kingdom, Italy Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 (2011) - Australia, Japan, United Kingdom, Italy View Green Video on the source website Sign up for Netflix from £6.99 a month. Netflix is also available on Sky Glass and Virgin Media Stream. Check out more of our Film coverage or visit our TV Guide to see what's on tonight. Join us on Thursday, 25th May for Radio Times Talks – Marvel vs. DC: who's the king of superhero cinema?, an epic evening of fan debate featuring a panel of exciting guest speakers – get your free ticket now. Try Radio Times magazine today and get 12 issues for only £1 with delivery to your home – subscribe now. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to The Radio Times Podcast.
Disney's Live Action Peter Pan and Wendy: Release date, trailer and latest news
Disney's latest live action offering now has an official trailer.
Disney’s upcoming live action movie Peter Pan is nearly here - and now we have a trailer to prove it. The latest adaptation of JM Barrie’s novel of the same name stars Alexander Molony as Peter and Ever Anderson as Wendy. The new trailer gives fans a glimpse at the magical world of Neverland and the full cast, which also includes Yara Shahidi as the iconic Tinker Bell. Of course, the upcoming movie isn’t the first Peter Pan adaptation. Over the years there have been plenty of remakes, including the 1953 Disney cartoon version, Robin Williams's Hook (1991) and Johnny Depp's Finding Neverland (2004). But now, Pete's Dragon director David Lowery has teamed up with screenwriter Toby Halbrooks for yet another take. So, what can we expect from the upcoming Disney live-action version? Read on for everything you need to know about Peter Pan & Wendy on Disney Plus. Peter Pan and Wendy release date: When is it out? Peter Pan and Wendy will begin streaming on Friday 28th April exclusively on Disney Plus. Production began back in March 2021 in Labrador and New Foundland and wrapped up in June. Who stars in the Peter Pan and Wendy? The main cast of Peter Pan and Wendy have all been announced, with Alexander Molony starring as Peter Pan, Ever Anderson as Wendy, Jude Law as Captain Hook and Jim Gaffigan as Mr Smee. Grown-ish's Yara Shahidi will play Tinkerbell, making her the first person of colour to play the mischievous fairy. Shahidi has admitted she's spoken to Little Mermaid's Halle Bailey, who stars as Ariel in the upcoming remake. Speaking to ET, Shahidi said she was in "admiration" of her. "We've talked about how crazy the motion capture process is of playing characters where it's your real-life expression but so much of it is digitized and it's such a crazy experience," she said. "But other than the logistics of it – she isn't the weakest link and she's not going to let any of us know what is happening in The Little Mermaid. I just love whenever we get to hear updates and, like, she is killing it." Speaking of Peter Pan and Wendy, the Tink actress said: “We’ve started already so it’s been really fun bringing that to life and pretending to be five inches tall.” View Green Video on the source website Peter Pan and Wendy plot In the upcoming Peter Pan & Wendy, Wendy is a young girl looking to avoid attending boarding school when she meets Peter Pan, a boy who refuses to grow up. Accompanied by her brothers and a tiny fairy, Tinker Bell, Wendy travels with Peter to the magical world of Neverland. There, they encounter pirate Captain Hook, and find themselves on a thrilling and dangerous adventure that will change their lives forever. Peter Pan and Wendy trailer A trailer has been released for the upcoming Disney live-action movie, giving fans a first look at Anderson as Wendy and Molony as Peter. Watch below: View oEmbed on the source website Peter Pan and Wendy will land on Disney Plus on Friday 28th April — sign up to Disney Plus for £7.99 a month or £79.90 for a year now. Looking for something else to watch? Visit our TV Guide and Streaming Guide to see what’s on tonight. Try Radio Times magazine today and get 12 issues for only £1 with delivery to your home – subscribe now. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to The Radio Times Podcast.
All the Netflix secret codes unlocking hidden categories for movies and TV shows
The full list of Netflix secret codes that let you unlock hidden TV shows, genres and films to narrow down your hunt for what to watch next.
You might think you’ve binged every decent movie and TV show on Netflix. But the titles you can see on your home screen are based on the previous content you’ve watched or added to your list, and there are in fact thousands of films and TV series tucked away in secret. To avoid an endless pursuit of content, there are a bunch of secret codes you can use to access each category by using a specific URL. All you’ll have to do is choose a genre you would like to watch and change the numbers at the end of the Netflix URL. Once you've done that you can scroll away - with a much shorter list - and find your niche. The secret codes correlate with specific genres, ranging from Irish Movies to Showbiz Dramas. So, whatever takes your fancy, you can narrow your hunt to that. Read on for a full list of all the Netflix secret codes to help you find something to watch. Sign up for Netflix for £6.99 a month. Netflix is also available on Sky Glass and Virgin Media Stream. How do I use the Netflix secret codes? Take the URL: http://www.netflix.com/browse/genre/ (Hold fire, don't click it or click enter yet...) ...at the end of the URL add the code you want from the list below. Best Netflix comedies Best Netflix horror Netflix secret codes to unlock hidden genres We've kept these in alphabetical order, but it's a fully comprehensive list allowing you to dive even deeper into Netflix to find what you want to watch. Note: It's worth remembering that not all codes are available to everyone. Some codes may not pop up for certain locations or IP addresses. Action & Adventure: 1365 Action Comedies: 43040 Action Sci-Fi & Fantasy: 1568 Action Thrillers: 43048 Adult Animation: 11881 Adventures: 7442 African Movies: 3761 Alien Sci-Fi: 3327 Animal Tales: 5507 Anime: 7424 Anime Action: 2653 Anime Comedies: 9302 Anime Dramas: 452 Anime Fantasy: 11146 Anime Features: 3063 Anime Horror: 10695 Anime Sci-Fi: 2729 Anime Series: 6721 Art House Movies: 29764 Asian Action Movies: 77232 Australian Movies: 5230 B-Horror Movies: 8195 Baseball Movies: 12339 Basketball Movies: 12762 Belgian Movies: 262 Biographical Docs: 3652 Biographical Dramas: 3179 Boxing Movies: 12443 British Movies: 10757 British TV Shows: 52117 Campy Movies: 1252 Children & Family Movies: 783 Chinese Movies: 3960 Classic Action & Adventure: 46576 Classic Comedies: 31694 Classic Dramas: 29809 Classic Foreign Movies: 32473 Classic Movies: 31574 Classic Musicals: 32392 Classic Romantic Movies: 31273 Classic Sci-Fi & Fantasy: 47147 Classic Thrillers: 46588 Classic TV Shows: 46553 Classic War Movies: 48744 Classic Westerns: 47465 Comedies: 6548 Comic Book and Superhero: 10118 Country & Western/Folk: 1105 Courtroom Dramas: 2748 Creature Features: 6895 Crime Action & Adventure: 9584 Crime Documentaries: 9875 Crime Dramas: 6889 Crime Thrillers: 10499 Crime TV Shows: 26146 Cult Comedies: 9434 Cult Horror Movies: 10944 Cult Movies: 7627 Cult Sci-Fi & Fantasy: 4734 Cult TV Shows: 74652 Dark Comedies: 869 Deep Sea Horror Movies: 45028 Disney: 67673 Disney Musicals: 59433 Documentaries: 6839 Dramas: 5763 Dramas based on Books: 4961 Dramas based on real life: 3653 Dutch Movies: 10606 Eastern European Movies: 5254 Education for Kids: 10659 Epics: 52858 Experimental Movies: 11079 Faith & Spirituality: 26835 Faith & Spirituality Movies: 52804 Family Features: 51056 Fantasy Movies: 9744 Film Noir: 7687 Food & Travel TV: 72436 Football Movies: 12803 Foreign Action & Adventure: 11828 Foreign Comedies: 4426 Foreign Documentaries: 5161 Foreign Dramas: 2150 Foreign Gay & Lesbian Movies: 8243 Foreign Horror Movies: 8654 Foreign Movies: 7462 Foreign Sci-Fi & Fantasy: 6485 Foreign Thrillers: 10306 French Movies: 58807 Gangster Movies: 31851 Gay & Lesbian Dramas: 500 German Movies: 58886 Greek Movies: 61115 Historical Documentaries: 5349 Horror Comedy: 89585 Horror Movies: 8711 Independent Action & Adventure: 11804 Independent Comedies: 4195 Independent Dramas: 384 Independent Movies: 7077 Independent Thrillers: 3269 Indian Movies: 10463 Irish Movies: 58750 Italian Movies: 8221 Japanese Movies: 10398 Jazz & Easy Listening: 10271 Kids Faith & Spirituality: 751423 Kids Music: 52843 Kids’ TV: 27346 Korean Movies: 5685 Korean TV Shows: 67879 Late Night Comedies: 1402 Latin American Movies: 1613 Latin Music: 10741 Martial Arts Movies: 8985 Martial Arts, Boxing & Wrestling: 6695 Middle Eastern Movies: 5875 Military Action & Adventure: 2125 Military Documentaries: 4006 Military Dramas: 11 Military TV Shows: 25804 Miniseries: 4814 Mockumentaries: 26 Monster Movies: 947 Movies based on children’s books: 10056 Movies for ages 0 to 2: 6796 Movies for ages 2 to 4: 6218 Movies for ages 5 to 7: 5455 Movies for ages 8 to 10: 561 Movies for ages 11 to 12: 6962 Music & Concert Documentaries: 90361 Music: 1701 Musicals: 13335 Mysteries: 9994 New Zealand Movies: 63782 Period Pieces: 12123 Political Comedies: 2700 Political Documentaries: 7018 Political Dramas: 6616 Political Thrillers: 10504 Psychological Thrillers: 5505 Quirky Romance: 36103 Reality TV: 9833 Religious Documentaries: 10005 Rock & Pop Concerts: 3278 Romantic Comedies: 5475 Romantic Dramas: 1255 Romantic Favorites: 502675 Romantic Foreign Movies: 7153 Romantic Independent Movies: 9916 Romantic Movies: 8883 Russian: 11567 Satanic Stories: 6998 Satires: 4922 Scandinavian Movies: 9292 Sci-Fi &amp; Fantasy: 1492 Sci-Fi Adventure: 6926 Sci-Fi Dramas: 3916 Sci-Fi Horror Movies: 1694 Sci-Fi Thrillers: 11014 Science & Nature Documentaries: 2595 Science & Nature TV: 52780 Screwball Comedies: 9702 Showbiz Dramas: 5012 Showbiz Musicals: 13573 Silent Movies: 53310 Slapstick Comedies: 10256 Slasher and Serial Killer Movies: 8646 Soccer Movies: 12549 Social & Cultural Documentaries: 3675 Social Issue Dramas: 3947 Southeast Asian Movies: 9196 Spanish Movies: 58741 Spiritual Documentaries: 2760 Sports & Fitness: 9327 Sports Comedies: 5286 Sports Documentaries: 180 Sports Dramas: 7243 Sports Movies: 4370 Spy Action & Adventure: 10702 Spy Thrillers: 9147 Stage Musicals: 55774 Stand-up Comedy: 11559 Steamy Romantic Movies: 35800 Steamy Thrillers: 972 Supernatural Horror Movies: 42023 Supernatural Thrillers: 11140 Tearjerkers: 6384 Teen Comedies: 3519 Teen Dramas: 9299 Teen Screams: 52147 Teen TV Shows: 60951 Thrillers: 8933 Travel & Adventure Documentaries: 1159 TV Action & Adventure: 10673 TV Cartoons: 11177 TV Comedies: 10375 TV Documentaries: 10105 TV Dramas: 11714 TV Horror: 83059 TV Mysteries: 4366 TV Sci-Fi & Fantasy: 1372 TV Shows: 83 Urban & Dance Concerts: 9472 Vampire Horror Movies: 75804 Werewolf Horror Movies: 75930 Westerns: 7700 World Music Concerts: 2856 Zombie Horror Movies: 75405 So, for example, your final URL will look something like this: http://www.netflix.com/browse/genre/10702 - spy action and adventure http://www.netflix.com/browse/genre/75405 - zombie horror movies If you want to narrow your search down even more then you can do too. Easy, peasy. With all that extra time you save you could even get another film in... Remember if it doesn't work it may be because of your location or IP address. Secret Christmas Netflix codes 'Tis (well, in December) the season to be jolly and watch all the Netflix movies, so the streaming site has also added these secret codes to help you find your festive viewing content. British Christmas Children & Family Films – 1527064 Canadian Christmas Children & Family Films – 1721544 Christmas Children & Family Films – 1474017 Christmas Children & Family Films for ages 5 to 7 – 1477201 Christmas Children & Family Films for ages 8 to 10 – 1477204 Christmas Children & Family Films for ages 11 to 12 – 1477206 Christmas Children & Family Films from the 1990s – 1476024 Christmas Children & Family Films from the 1990s – 147602 European Christmas Children & Family Films – 1527063 Family-friendly Christmas Films – 1394522 Feel-good Christmas Children & Family Films – 1475066 Goofy Christmas Children & Family Films – 1475071 Romantic Christmas Films – 394527 If you don't find what you want to watch there, there's always the other streaming platforms along with our guides to find the best TV show or movie to watch right now. You can sign up to Disney+ for £7.99 a month or £79.90 a year - check out our guide to the best Disney Plus shows or best Disney Plus movies. Amazon Prime Video also includes TV shows like Chernobyl and quite a few movie options too - we've broken them down in our best Amazon Prime movies guide. Sky customers can get Entertainment packages from £22 a month. Sky is home to shows like Big Little Lies and the big HBO series. Or try iTunes, which allows you to download series, films and TV shows. Sign up for Netflix for £6.99 a month. Netflix is also available on Sky Glass and Virgin Media Stream. Read more: Best series to watch on Netflix right now Read more: Best movies to watch on Netflix right now Read more: How to change your Netflix password to protect your account The latest issue of Radio Times magazine is on sale now – subscribe now. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to the Radio Times View From My Sofa podcast. Check out more of our Drama coverage or visit our TV Guide and Streaming Guide to see what’s on tonight. Slow internet stopping you streaming? Browse the best broadband deals to speed things up.
Top Gun 2: Maverick release date, trailer, how to watch
Back in the pilot seat for a second time with Tom Cruise, here’s what you need to know about Maverick’s next flight.
Tom Cruise has returned to the skies as Captain Pete “Maverick” Mitchell in Top Gun 2, aka Top Gun: Maverick, a sequel to the original 1986 classic that rocketed the actor to fame. Alongside the Mission: Impossible star, original Top Gun star Val Kilmer has also reprised his role as Maverick's one-time arch-rival Iceman, though Kelly McGillis and Meg Ryan do not. A handful of new faces have joined the Top Gun: Maverick cast, including Miles Teller as Maverick's protégé Rooster – the son of his old friend Goose who famously died during the events of the first film. Cruise previously promised the movie will be "everything you hope it's going to be". "The movie has exactly the right mix of nostalgia for the first one, but then the continuation of the story and the characters," he told Today. Top Gun: Maverick's release date was delayed multiple times as a result of the pandemic, but director Joseph Kosinski’s new movie has finally landed in cinemas around the globe (read our review here). So, without further ado, read on for everything you need to know about the highly-anticipated Top Gun sequel. Top Gun 2: Maverick release date Top Gun: Maverick was released in UK cinemas on Wednesday 25th May 2022. This comes just under a month after its premiere at CinemaCon on 28th April 2022. The film will also play out of competition at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival on 18th May. The sequel was originally scheduled to be released on 12th July 2019 but was then pushed back almost a year to 26th June 2020 - and then again to 17th July 2020. However, due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and its impact on the entertainment industry, the film was then pushed back to 23rd December 2020 before it was moved again to 2021. Paramount set a July release date, but yes – it was delayed again to November before landing on its final release date. This means that the sequel will come 36 years after its predecessor. The initial delay was due to Paramount Pictures wanting additional time to present flight sequences with new planes and technology, according to Variety. Tom Cruise shared the initial news on Instagram saying: "I know many of you have waited 34 years. Unfortunately, it will be a little longer." If you're wondering what took so long, Cruise said that he doesn't "make movies just to make movies". Filming took place from May 2018 to June 2019. Read More: How to watch Top Gun 1986 online – is it on Netflix? How to watch Top Gun 2: Maverick To begin with, the film will be released exclusively in cinemas – so fans hoping to watch it in their own homes will have to wait a little while before they can do so. In fact, Cruise recently confirmed he never considered letting Top Gun: Maverick debut on streaming, despite numerous release date delays brought about by the pandemic. However, the movie will presumably become available to stream on Paramount Plus roughly three months after the theatrical release, although an exact date for this has not been confirmed at this stage. That date will most likely be after Paramount Plus arrives in the UK this summer, with the streamer set to launch as part of the Sky Cinema package at no extra cost to subscribers. Interestingly, The Wall Street Journal reported in January 2021 that Netflix and Apple TV+ had both made attempts to purchase the distribution rights to the film during the pandemic, but Paramount refused to sell them. Who stars in Top Gun 2: Maverick? The following have all been confirmed for Top Gun: Maverick cast. Tom Cruise as Captain Pete "Maverick" Mitchell Miles Teller as Lt. Bradley "Rooster" Bradshaw Jennifer Connelly as Penny Benjamin Jon Hamm as Vice Admiral Cyclone Glen Powell as "Hangman" Lewis Pullman as Bob "Bob" Floyd Ed Harris as a Rear Admiral Val Kilmer as Admiral Tom "Iceman" Kazansky Monica Barbaro as Natasha "Phoenix" Trace Charles Parnell as Rear Admiral Warlock Danny Ramirez as "Fanboy" Manny Jacinto as Fritz Bashir Salahuddin as Coleman Jay Ellis as Lieutenant Reuben "Payback" Fitch Lyliana Wray as Amelia Benjamin Jean Louisa Kelly as Sarah Kazansky Greg Tarzan Davis as Coyote Bob Stephenson as United States Air Force General Edward Clayton Chelsea Harris as Flag Aide Angela Burke After 35 years of rumours and speculation, Tom Cruise will finally be returning to his iconic '80s role as Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell. While appearing on The Graham Norton Show, Tom Cruise said: “For years the studios and audiences wanted me to do it and then Jerry Bruckheimer wanted to do it, so we talked and came up with some good ideas. "It was just that moment when I thought, ‘if I’m going to do this, now’s the time.’” Joining Cruise's Maverick will be Val Kilmer as Tom 'Iceman' Kazansky, with their developing relationship being one element of the new film. Producer Jerry Bruckheimer previously revealed that Tom Cruise was adamant that Val Kilmer would return to the fold, explaining to People: “He said, ‘We have to have Val, we have to have him back. We have to have him in the film'. "He was the driving force. We all wanted him, but Tom was really adamant that if he’s going to make another Top Gun, Val had to be in it." Director Joseph Kosinski told Entertainment Weekly: “The rivalry and relationship between Iceman and Maverick is one of those things that makes that first film so iconic.” “It’s a relationship that is important to the Top Gun franchise and as a fan I would want to see how it’s evolved.” Miles Teller (Whiplash, Fantastic Four) will also take on the role of Goose’s son and Maverick’s new protégé, Lieutenant Bradley "Rooster" Bradshaw. Discussing his character on The Graham Norton Show, Teller said: "The storyline taking place 35 years after the last film is really wonderful because my character is a man now and there is a lot of history with Maverick. The film is phenomenal.” Ed Harris (playing a rear admiral), Jon Hamm (as a vice admiral), Lewis Pullman (pilot trainee Bob), Jennifer Connelly as Maverick's new love interest Penny and Glen Powell (pilot trainee 'Hangman') have also joined the Top Gun: Maverick cast. Connelly is the movie's lead playing a single mother who runs a local bar near the base. A new pilot with also be played by Manny Jacinto, fromThe Good Place. At one point it seems Kilmer had confirmed the retired Gene Hackman would appear, but this isn't the case. Michael Ironside also won't be back as Lt Commander Rick 'Jester' Heatherly - apparently, his relationship with the director Jerry Bruckheimer isn't very good. Speaking about his character, Jon Hamm recently told Men's Journal, "It’s not so much of a father figure, the way Viper was to Tom. He’s air boss of the fighter wing. He has a lot of authority and responsibility. When that rubs up against Maverick, there’s friction, as you would guess. I provide the friction." Do Kelly McGillis and Meg Ryan return for Top Gun: Maverick? Despite playing central roles in the 1986 film Top Gun, actresses Kelly McGillis and Meg Ryan do not reprise their roles. Despite being Maverick's love interest in the first film, McGillis is not back as Charlie Blackwood and is not mentioned in the film at all. Meg Ryan also does not return as Carole Bradshaw, the wife of Maverick's best friend "Goose" and the mother of his son Bradley. However, Ryan appears via archive footage and Carole is also discussed in the film. Speaking to Insider, Top Gun: Maverick director Joseph Kosinski has revealed that returns for McGillis and Ryan were never considered. "Those weren't stories that we were throwing around," revealed Kosinski, adding: "I didn't want every storyline to always be looking backwards." Speaking to Entertainment Tonight back in 2019, McGillis herself had confirmed she had not been asked to return for Top Gun: Maverick. The actress said: "I'm old and I'm fat and I look age-appropriate for what my age is. And that is not what that whole scene is about." Top Gun 2: Maverick plot Exclusive footage of the film's first 13 minutes was shown during CinemaCon, giving viewers a tease of what to expect. Mild spoilers for Top Gun: Maverick's opening scene ahead. Tom Cruise's Maverick is told by Ed Harris' Admiral that the Top Gun programme is being shut down. Still not one to abide by the rules, Maverick ignores the Admiral's warnings and hops into his jet. His full-speed flight to Mach 10, however, ends in tragedy as it looks like a mid-air explosion has taken out the pilot. Luckily, Maverick is revealed to be alive when he walks into a country diner and asks, "Where am I?" "Earth," a little boy responds. The official synopsis offers a chance to fill in the rest: "After more than 30 years of service as one of the Navy's top aviators, Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell is where he belongs, pushing the envelope as a courageous test pilot and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him. "When he finds himself training a detachment of Top Gun graduates for a specialised mission the likes of which no living pilot has ever seen, Maverick encounters Lt Bradley Bradshaw, call sign 'Rooster', the son of Maverick's late friend and Radar Intercept Officer Lt Nick Bradshaw, aka 'Goose'. "Facing an uncertain future and confronting the ghosts of his past, Maverick is drawn into a confrontation with his own deepest fears, culminating in a mission that demands the ultimate sacrifice from those who will be chosen to fly it." To adapt with the times, the movie will focus on the waning days of dogfighting and the new era of drone warfare. It is being speculated that, just like in the original, our pilots will be facing off against the Russians. Top Gun: Maverick also sees Tom Cruise truly in the pilot seat. He had expressed his desire to fly the fighter jets for real and demanded the stunts be “practical, no CGI.” "Everything you see in this film is for real," he later told the SDCC audience. "We're working with the Navy, all of the flying you see in this picture is real, I really wanted to give you all an experience of what it is to be inside that aircraft. "It's a love letter to aviation." It's not the first time Cruise has taken to the skies to perform his own stunts – he learned to fly a helicopter for 2018's Mission Impossible: Fallout. The full synopsis reads: "After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy's top aviators, Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell is where he belongs, pushing the envelope as a courageous test pilot and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him. "When he finds himself training a detachment of Top Gun graduates for a specialised mission the likes of which no living pilot has ever seen, Maverick encounters Lt Bradley Bradshaw, call sign 'Rooster', the son of Maverick's late friend and Radar Intercept Officer Lt Nick Bradshaw, aka 'Goose'. "Facing an uncertain future and confronting the ghosts of his past, Maverick is drawn into a confrontation with his own deepest fears, culminating in a mission that demands the ultimate sacrifice from those who will be chosen to fly it." Top Gun 2: Maverick trailers The first trailer was shown at Comic-Con International in 2019. Fans pointed out the similarities to Star Wars: The Force Awakens, with shots that echoed the sci-fi movie. Another trailer was then released that Christmas, which LEGO even made a version of. A further trailer was released for the Super Bowl 2022. Finally, the latest and longest trailer for the film so far was released on Tuesday 29th March 2022. You can watch the clip below. View oEmbed on the source website As well as the trailer, the first 13 minutes of the film were unveiled during CinemaCon. The footage shows Cruise's Maverick once again ignoring his superior's (Ed Harris) orders when he is told the Top Gun program is getting shut down, which leads to an almost fatal accident. Cruise appeared at 2019's San Diego Comic-Con to release the new footage, taking the stage in a packed Hall H too. Meanwhile, several posters have also been released for the film –check this one out below: View oEmbed on the source website Top Gun 2: Maverick trailer controversy One scene in the movie's first trailer showed Cruise's Maverick wearing the same leather jacket he sported in the original movie – but with a crucial difference. While in the first Top Gun film, the piece of clothing displayed flag patches for Japan and Taiwan, the sequel has the same two patches showing unidentifiable shapes in a similar colour scheme. View oEmbed on the source website The reason? Well, fans are speculating that it all comes down to China which has emerged as a huge movie market since Top Gun was released 34 years ago. Add to that the fact that Tencent Pictures – the film arm of Chinese company Tencent – has co-financed the sequel, and many have come to the conclusion that the switch was made so as not to alienate Chinese powers that be and cinema-goers. What was the original Top Gun movie about? The '80s classic follows US Naval Aviator Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell, a talented pilot with little regard for the rules and a close friendship with co-pilot Goose (played by Anthony Edwards). He is recruited to an elite fighter school, where he clashes with fellow student Iceman (Val Kilmer) in the race to win the coveted Top Gun trophy. Oh, and he starts to fall for the beautiful instructor, Charlie (Kelly McGillis), as well. Does Tom Cruise do his own stunts? Yes, in an interview with Empire, Cruise said he told producer Jerry Bruckheimer that he’d agreed to return as Maverick on one condition: he could do his own stunts. "I said to Jerry, ‘I’ll do it if…’ meaning, I’m not going to do the CGI stuff," he revealed. In addition, Jennifer Connelly revealed that Cruise was up for the stunts, calling them "extraordinary". Bruckheimer, speaking to Yahoo, said: "[Cruise] put the actors through this gruelling process over three months so they could take the G-forces when we put them in the F/A-18s. It was really a tough slog for these young actors, because they also had to go through water survival training, where they are blindfolded and put in a water tank that's turned upside down and they have to figure out how to get out. "And Tom went through all the same stuff! They told me he went through that training just like a 22-year-old would — that's how good he is." He added that the main difference in the original Top Gun the team put the cast in the F-14s. "We couldn't use one frame of it, except some stuff on Tom, because they all threw up," he said. "It's hysterical to see their eyes roll back in their heads. So everything was done on a gimbal. But in this movie, Tom wanted to make sure the actors could actually be in the F-18s." While appearing on The Graham Norton Show, Cruise's co-stars spoke of their experiences doing their own stunts - including Jennifer Connelly, who said she was afraid to tell Cruise that she was scared of flying. "When I signed on for the movie there was no flying for my character. I then found myself taxiing on a runway in a tiny plane with Tom and he said, ‘Have you been a plane like this before? Have you ever done any aerobatic flying before?' I started to get very nervous when he said, ‘It will be very graceful and very elegant,’ and that’s how I found out I would be up in the P51 with Tom flying it!” Miles Teller added: “I did know, but underestimated the training that was needed to withstand the g-force. It is no joke to get in those jets. "It was intense. You don’t need green screen when you’ve got Tom – it was a real pleasure working with him.” Top Gun: Maverick soundtrack – All the songs in the sequel Top Gun: Maverick is released in cinemas on 27th May 2022. While you're waiting, visit our Movies hub for more news and features or find something to watch tonight with our TV Guide. The latest issue of Radio Times magazine is on sale now – subscribe now and get the next 12 issues for only £1. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to the Radio Times podcast with Jane Garvey.
Steam Deck pre-order, UK stock, release date & verified games news
Valve's Steam Deck is coming soon, allowing you to take PC games on the go.
Steam Deck pre-orders are well underway, and the Steam Deck release date is coming up quite soon — although it's worth noting that the later you order one of these impressive machines, the later the Steam Deck stock will get to you. Coming to us from Valve (the company behind the Half-Life series and the Steam PC gaming platform), the Steam Deck is a portable gaming PC that can run a vast number of games from Steam's library. That being said, certain games will be 'Steam Deck verified', which means they will run particularly well on this titchy system. There are three different Steam Deck prices, with each more expensive offering having more storage than its cheaper counterparts. The cheapest one doesn't have an SSD, either, which could result in slower loading times. The Steam Deck can connect up to any monitor, keyboard, mouse or other accessory that would work with a normal PC, making this a very versatile machine and a very exciting proposition among players. Keep on reading for more details! Steam Deck pre-order and stock latest To pre-order the Steam Deck, head to Valve's dedicated Steam Deck pre-order page. Currently, Valve's official website is the only place on the internet that has Steam Deck stock — that's true in the UK and everywhere else on the planet. No third-party retailers like Amazon, Currys or Argos have gotten in on the action yet, although we have a feeling that second-hand Steam Deck units could be showing up on eBay and CeX very soon indeed, probably with highly inflated prices (lest we forget the PS5 stock problems). On the official Steam Deck pre-order page, you'll see the following purchase options, at three different Steam Deck price points: £349 - 64GB and carrying case £459 - 256GB + SSD + carrying case + Steam Community profile bundle £569 - 512GB + SSD + anti-glare etched glass + carrying case + Steam Community profile bundle + Virtual Keyboard theme There are a couple of things worth noting here. You must have a Steam account to pre-order a Steam Deck. Reserving a Steam Deck costs £4, with the final payment taken at a later date (more on that in a sec). A special Steam Deck dock (serving a similar purpose to the Nintendo Switch dock) will be sold separately and released at a later date. Until that dock launches, you'll have to connect the Steam Deck to your monitor using the USB-C port on the portable machine. For now, to connect your Steam Deck to a monitor or TV, you'll have to use a USB-C docking station like this one on Amazon. Steam Deck release date The Steam Deck release date is 25th February 2022. From that date, Valve will start contacting people that have pre-ordered the machine with a view to taking their final payment and arranging the delivery. As an official Steam Deck blog puts it: "On February 25th, we will be sending out the first batch of order emails to reservation holders. Customers will have 3 days (72 hours) from receipt of their order email to make their purchase, before their reservation is released to the next person in the queue. The first units will be on their way to customers starting the 28th, and we plan to release new order email batches on a weekly cadence." Preference will go to players that pre-ordered their Steam Deck earliest, then. If you were to order a Steam Deck today, the official Steam Deck website estimates that you could be waiting until 'after Q2 2022' to receive your machine. That would mean that you might be waiting until July 2022 to actually receive a Steam Deck, especially if you didn't order it last summer when pre-orders first began. We'll bring you more information on that release timeline as we hear it. Steam Deck verified games Although most PC games will be playable on Steam Deck (albeit with the risk of tiny text), some games are being tweaked especially to suit the machine's tiny form factor. These games will run particularly well on the system, and they're collectively known as 'Steam Deck verified games'. Over on the SteamDB database, you can see the full list of Steam Deck verified games and games that have been certified as 'playable' or 'unsupported' on Steam Deck. At the last count, there were 350 Steam Deck verified games, and a further 268 titles that will be playable on the Steam Deck. That makes 618 games that will run on the Steam Deck at launch, with plenty more expected to be added in the future. Watch this space, then! Follow Radio Times Gaming on Twitter for all the latest insights. Or if you're looking for something to watch, see our TV Guide. Visit our video game release schedule for all upcoming games on consoles. Swing by our hubs for more Gaming and Technology news. The latest issue of Radio Times is on sale now – subscribe now to get each issue delivered to your door. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to the Radio Times podcast with Jane Garvey.
Nintendo Switch OLED pre-orders are now live: Where to buy the new console
As the OLED model has been confirmed, we take a look at how you can pre-order the console set for release on 8th October.
There's now roughly two weeks until the release of the Nintendo Switch OLED, the gaming console that was announced in July after months of speculation. As speculation swirled, many had been hoping that it would be the still-unconfirmed Nintendo Switch Pro that would be announced, but to no avail. But we do still have a new and upgraded Switch console on the way, and the Nintendo Switch OLED model is set to be released on 8th October this year. Some retailers, like Very and Smyths, have pre-orders live already in the UK – see the pre-order links below. Get ready, though, for this new gaming console you're looking at shelling out £309.99 in the UK and $349.99 in the US. Are you still holding out hope for a 4K Switch? Here is everything we know about the Nintendo Switch Pro release date but for now, back to the shiny new OLED! And for a full breakdown of what we thought of the new Switch OLED console, head to our Nintendo Switch OLED review. How to pre-order Nintendo Switch OLED We recommend bookmarking this page as we'll add the new pre-order links as they go live. GAME and Smyths were first to get up their pre-order pages in the UK but are now joined by Very and Amazon. In the US, GameStop and Best Buy lead the way. As you can see, several major outlets now have the Switch OLED console listed, so if you want it, you had better get it pre-ordered quickly before they all sell out. A range of bundles, including Minecraft, Animal Crossing, and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, are available at Currys PC World. Here are some direct retailer links: UK Nintendo Switch OLED GAME | live for £309.99 Currys | live for £309.99 Very | £309.99 Smyths | £309.99 Amazon UK | £309.99 Argos | £309.99 John Lewis £309.99 US Nintendo Switch OLED Walmart Best Buy | $349.99 Gamestop | $349.99 Nintendo Switch VS Nintendo Switch OLED – what's the difference? So yes, while the Nintendo Switch Pro is not a real thing – yet anyway – we do have the OLED version of the console on the way later in the year. But what's the difference, and should you invest in the new one when it comes out? If you only really use the Switch docked, then you will likely not have as much need for this. The OLED display will make the handheld screen a lot better and will help if you are out about on a bright sunny day as the screen will no longer be hard to see with the sunbeams shining down on it. Style-wise, they are almost identical. The joy-con controllers still slip off the sides, and the buttons are all in the same place. The only visually change is the sleek-looking white version, which is new for the OLED model, but if you like the old red and blue design, the new console will also be available in those colours. The screen is slightly bigger thanks to the reduced borders but, other than that, the OLED looks just like the OG Switch that we know and love. When it comes to the extra and pricier controllers you may own, they will still work on the new console, so you don't have to worry there, and all other accessories will still be usable with it too. This month, we got a clear glimpse of the upcoming console, its joy-cons and the TV dock, after it went on display inside a Nintendo store in Shibuya City, Tokyo. View oEmbed on the source website If storage is a selling point for you, then this doubles the capacity taking it from 32GB to 64GB – a healthy increase – while the battery is said to be the same as the most recent Switch models. So the main difference here is the screen and its brightness, so if you do play on the go, the Switch OLED could be just what you need. If you only play handheld, you may also want to consider the cheaper and smaller Nintendo Switch Lite. Coming in under £200, the Switch Lite does not have removable controls but comes in a broader range of colours, including yellow, coral and turquoise. We compare all of the differences in our Nintendo Switch vs Lite guide. Nintendo OLED specs As well as announcing the new model, Nintendo revealed the new features and improvements. The headline feature for the new console is the OLED display, but the new Switch OLED has a few other swanky features. The screen will be 7-inches and have more vibrant colours and higher contrast compared to the existing model. Here's the top specs of the new gaming machine at a glance: Display: 7-inch OLED screen with a slimmer bezel Stand: Nintendo Switch (OLED model)'s wide adjustable stand can be set to your preferred viewing angle for comfortable gameplay in tabletop mode. Storage: 64 GB of internal storage that you can expand the available space further using a compatible microSD card (sold separately). Speakers: onboard speakers with enhanced audio New dock: Two USB ports, an HDMI port for connecting to a TV and a new wired LAN port, allowing for more stable online play when playing in TV mode. Compatibility: Compatible with all Nintendo Switch games as well as your existing Joy-Con controllers. Three modes: TV mode, tabletop mode and handheld mode. Link up to eight consoles for multiplayer Colours: White, and Blue/Neon Red The Switch OLED has an adjustable stand for table-top mode and a LAN port. You get 64GB of storage, but you can also purchase an SD card to up that. Improved audio is also a given, too, with the console boasting upgraded speakers. As well as the Neon red/blue colour scheme, there's a white colour now too, with the Joy-con controllers, a black main unit and a white dock. You can also play on your TV, table-top or handheld too and with up to eight players in multiplayer. Read more about the Nintendo Switch: Best memory cards for Nintendo Switch The best Nintendo Switch games to play now Upcoming Nintendo Switch game release dates Nintendo Switch deals If you don't want to watch for the Nintendo Switch OLED release date, here are the best deals we could find on both the standard Nintendo Switch and Switch Lite. Nintendo Switch Neon Console with Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury | £454.98 at Littlewoods Nintendo Switch Neon 1.1 with Minecraft, Animal Crossing New Horizon + Mario Kart 8 Deluxe | £379.99 at Very Nintendo Switch Lite + Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe | £239.99 at Very Nintendo Switch Lite + Animal Crossing: New Horizons | £219 at Currys Latest Deals Visit our video game release schedule for all upcoming games on consoles. For the latest news and reviews, swing by our gaming and technology hubs. Looking for something to watch? Make sure to bookmark our TV Guide.
PlayStation PSN, Steam and Fortnite down: Updates as gamers unable to play or buy games online
PlayStation's PSN network and Valve's Steam have both gone down leaving users unable to buy games or log in. Gamers have shared on Twitter their frustration as both sites went offline. Update: Amazon, UPS, Fortnite, Steam, PSN have all reported issues in the past hour due to an issue with Akamai Edge DNS, a service they all use. According to Down Detector, the issues began at 4.22pm UK time with 83 percent of issues are with log ins to the PSN network. Similar issues were seen on Steam, with 59 per cent of users saying the website was unavailable and 25 per cent having issues with online gaming. Neither PlayStation or Steam support has responded to user queries yet. The PS5 shows the message: "Services are busy right now. We'll be back soon." The tracker site has also reported issues with Fortnite in the past hour. View oEmbed on the source website The outage Fortnite (and WarFrame on Twitter) alludes to seems to be with Akamai Edge DNS service, the content delivery company that facilitates the services for both PSN and Steam. Akamai has said on its website: “We are aware of an emerging issue with the Edge DNS service." It adds: “We are actively investigating the issue. If you have questions or are experiencing impact due to this issue, please contact Akamai Technical Support. In the interest of time, we are providing you the most current information available, which is subject to changes, corrections, and updates.” Gamers have been sharing their frustration on Twitter. View oEmbed on the source website Specific games hosted on the sites have taken to Twitter to respond to fan queries. Dead by Daylight tweeted: "The team is investigating outages affecting players on Steam and the Playstation Network. Stay tuned for more information as we have it!" As of the time of writing PlayStation and Steam have yet to tweet. More to follow. Check out some of the best subscription deals in gaming below: Get unlimited gaming with Utomik 3 month subscription for £13.49 Buy Nintendo Switch Online 12 months membership for £14.99 Get a 14-day trial of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate for £2.99 Get PS Plus 12 months at CDKeys for £43.99 Visit our video game release schedule for all upcoming games on consoles. Swing by our hubs for more gaming and technology news. Looking for something to watch tonight? See our TV Guide.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons Monopoly seen in stores - and comes with little figures
The game hasn't actually been officially announced, but it has been seen in the wild, AKA: store shelves.
Animal Crossing Monopoly is on the cards with a Reddit user posting a photo of a copy of the as of yet unannounced game. While it's not a huge surprise, after all Hasbro does sneakily drop releases all the time, people are sharing this one thanks to the cute figures that come with the game. There's no official announcement, but hey that's part of the fun. The user calysunflower shared several pictures of the board, figures and cards, after finding the game in their local Walmart store. There are four figures based on customisable avatars, along with cards for chances, decorations and Nook Miles instead of homes. We expect more figures to be sold separately, after all that's what they did with the Mario version. View oEmbed on the source website The normal Monopoly spots have bugs, fish and fruit which you pick up as you race around the board. The game has been listed online too, with Zatu Games UK listing it for £28.34, while Wayland Games has listed the date as 2nd August - that's just a day after the recently announced Game of Life: Super Mario is released too. Sadly, there's no actual Animal Crossing news for now. Fans had hoped for an update on the game that took the world by storm during lockdown, but E3 came and went with no new updates. While the Animal Crossing has been on the light (read: non-existent) side, Nintendo did finally confirm the hotly anticipated Nintendo Switch Pro launch today. Gamers have been expecting news for months and months, with leaks and rumours running rife, so it's nice to finally have confirmation. The new OLED model is on its way on 8th October, 2021 in time for Black Friday and Christmas. The new model has a better display, LAN port and stand, and comes in a new white colour as well as the traditional Neon red/blue – given the success of the Nintendo Switch over the past year and a half, we can expect this console to be just as popular. Visit our video game release schedule for all upcoming games on consoles. Swing by our hubs for more gaming and technology news. Looking for something to watch? See our TV Guide.
Why Dani was smiling in Midsommar's ending - The film's plot explained
Ari Aster said he wanted Midsommar to be "confusing" - we take a look at that ending, the hidden meanings and metaphors, and what on earth was going on
If you saw Ari Aster’s cinematic offering, Hereditary, you won’t be too surprised to hear that Midsommar is just as much of a dark twisted trip - in this case quite literally in places. The 140-minute film follows Dani and Christian (Florence Pugh and Jack Reynor), a couple who, despite their dysfunctional relationship, head off to Sweden with a group of friends to experience the Midsommar festival not long after Dani experiences a horrific family tragedy. Warning: Midsommar spoilers Midsommar starts with Dani struggling to get hold of her sister after she sends her an ominous email. It transpires that her sister has killed herself and their parents. Struggling to cope Dani leans even more on her boyfriend, Christian, who was considering breaking up with her. Luckily for Christian, he and his friends have the chance to visit Sweden with Pelle, a Swedish guy who smiles way too much to not be suspicious. Dani sort of invites herself along and that’s where the fun really starts. While Aster says he wants the film to be “confusing” most of it is pretty easy to follow from here until we hit the final act and then things descend into the familiar weirdness that Hereditary fans will remember well. For Aster the film also held a personal importance as he was going through a breakup himself. So what did it all mean? Here’s a quick recap and that Midsommar ending explained. Dani’s family and her grief The easiest way to unpick Midsommar is to see it as a series of parts, the first is basically anything that happens before the title card. We’re shown a series of still scenery shots, snowy landscapes in an unknown location. Then we move into Dani’s trauma. Her family’s death throws her into a tailspin of grief and confusion. Your next section is the two weeks before the group head to Sweden. From the moment the group walk through the wooden sunburst arch into Harga village you’ve stepped into the otherworldly realm along with the characters. The way we see Dani express her grief gradually changes in the lead up to the end shot. At the start Dani tries to hide her emotions, she cries in bathrooms, behind toilet doors on the flight to Sweden, then again another toilet in Harga - actually she’s pretty obsessed by toilets thinking about it. When her emotions overwhelm her she runs off, for example, when she takes the mushrooms in the field and later when they see the older man and woman plunge to their deaths. Later, when they’re all sat at the table reeling from seeing the gory death, Dani stands out. While everything around them is ordered, peaceful and beautiful, Josh is angry at Christian for stealing his thesis idea and Mark is troubled by the Harga man glaring at him for peeing on their ancestral tree. To be fair I’d be pretty annoyed at that too. Dani is starting to become aware that she only ever makes excuses for Christian; he forgot her birthday, dismisses her reactions and feelings and ignores her. In comparison, Pelle, who is low key obsessed with her, remembers her birthday and tries to share his own backstory (can we also acknowledge how he says his parents died in a fire...most likely at the end of their cycle, perhaps involving jumping off a cliff). Pelle’s comforting words soon shift to him asking her the big questions - mainly asking whether Christian feels like “home” to her - which leaves Dani shaken up. The next time we see them at the table, Dani tells them that Simon left Connie behind. She bitterly says she believes Christian would do the same thing to her. It’s the very definition of an awkward moment. Christian asks what she means, but doesn’t really address her point. Instead, he eats a pubic hair filled pie and drinks from a cup that is a shade or two darker (or is that pinker?) then everyone else's. If you remember the tapestry we panned across when the group first arrived at the village you’ll start to realise that this it was foreshadowing all the events that we now see playing out. What are all the ceremonies? Before we jump ahead to the whodunnit act, where we try and figure out what happened to Connie and Simon, it’s worth taking a look at the weird ceremonies. Apart from a lot of chanting, heavy breathing and dancing, the Harga have set ceremonies that are observed across the nine-day festival. The main one involves two elders being taken to a clifftop after a hearty meal, reading some runes, having their hands slit and spreading blood on a rune marked slab of stone, then throwing themselves off the cliff to a gruesome death. Sounds like a party, right? The woman dies on impact, but the man breaks his leg leaving the Harga to bludgeon him to death with a large mallet one by one. Think bloody whack-a-mole. Commune elder Siv tells the group that this is part of a long-standing tradition and the old people saw it as a “joy” and went willingly. Pelle explained earlier on that the commune sees life in four acts; the childhood years, then 18 to 36, then 36 to 54, then 54 to 74. When Dani asks him what happens after that he gestured by cutting across his throat - it’s now clear what he meant. Siv says that all life works as a cycle, that their time had come and they simply chose to offer up their lives rather than grow old. She adds that there is a pregnant woman whose baby will now take the dead woman’s name tying together the cycle. The link to Dani’s own family trauma is obvious. Her sister took her own life, and those of her parents - she chose to do so - and we start to see why Pelle was glad Dani came on the trip. What happens to Dani's friends? Once we enter into the final part of the film the friends are bumped off one by one. Simon and Connie, the English couple, are the first to go missing when they attempt to leave. Not long after that Josh and Mark go missing too after they both disrespect the Harga traditions; Josh snuck off to the Oracle’s House and took photos of the book of runes, while Mark peed on the ancestor’s tree and pursued a girl he wasn’t approved to mate with. The result of both of them breaking the rules is Josh getting smacked across the head by the Oracle who wears (what looks like) Mark’s face as a mask. Only Dani and Christian remain. Maypole dance Dani gets roped into dancing in the Maypole and enters the running to become May Queen, but as she is sent off to get ready Christian is sent to see Siv. We soon learn that the Commune leader has decided that he can mate with Maja, the red-head who kept making eyes at him. Christian shows his first unease at the way things are going, but his confusion isn’t enough to stop him telling her no outright. At this point we’re all thinking the same thing - we wouldn’t be too sad if the Harga went for this chump next. Mating ritual - are the Harga incestuous? The whole mating ritual is very intense and very strange. The Harga mate with outsiders as incest is still taboo within the commune, though they can be paired with cousins. We also learn that inbreeding is done deliberately to create the Oracle. It’s all a nice nod back to the start when, as they drive to the commune, Mark keeps commenting on the Swedish women’s beauty. Josh says their good looks probably come from the Vikings who dragged the best women from the lands they plundered back home. The Fertility Rituals The ending is nigh. The actual events leading up to the ending are fairly straightforward, but there’s no denying it all gets a bit crazy. As Dani dances with the girls in the Maypole dance it becomes clear she’s going to be the last one standing and therefore be crowned May Queen, but what that job entails isn’t immediately obvious. A feast follows her victory where she raises her glass to toast everyone, but she doesn’t wait for Christian to sit down showing how much she’s changed. She sits down before he gets to the table - and even attempts to eat the live fish they offer as “good luck”. While Dani is led away to get on with blessing the crops, Christian is led away following a trail of flower petals - sort of a horror version of the yellow brick road. Christian is dressed in a robe and given more drugs - the Harga love their drugs - and is taken to mate with Maja. The doors to the barn open to reveal Maja completely naked surrounded by a dozen women singing and chanting, all naked. Things get very, very weird as their noises match Maja as she and Christian get it on. When Dani returns and hears the noises the Haja don’t really try that hard to stop her seeing what’s going on. She peers through the keyhole only to see Christian having sex with Maja and reacts, understandably, as if it’s the worst thing she could have seen (that’s discounting the whole dead people). Dani’s grief finally comes to a head and she breaks down, screaming on the floor, as the woman all match her cries. Christian finishes up with Maja and runs out, naked still, but makes his way to the chicken coop where he finds a body strung up. The nine human sacrifices Now the fertility rituals have been completed the Harga announce that the 90-year-old event has come to its culmination, but nine people have to die. Four of their own will be sacrificed alongside four outsiders - Mark, Simon, Connie and Josh - and one selected by the May Queen, Dani. The twist is Dani has to choose between a randomly selected Harga (they use a rune style bingo machine) or Christian. Aster cuts to an elder showing the young boys have to take the intestines out of a bear before they put Christian inside it - Dani chose him. The nine human sacrifices are all put in the yellow building that Pelle told them to stay away from at the start and it’s all set on fire as the Harga scream and flail their limbs. The last shot focuses on Dani’s face, at first confused, then she beams, her smile growing wider. Ok what on earth did that mean? Midsommar ending explained If you look back at the first act, you’ll see Aster dropped us a few clues. In Dani’s apartment there are two paintings by her couch; one of the moons, showing the passage of time, the second, a woman running across dead bodies. Dani also has several plants in contrast to the rain and snow outside. When Dani heads to be later on we spot the painting above her of ‘Stackars lilla Basse!’ which means Poor Little Bear!, an illustration by a Swedish painter John Bauer (d1918). Baure illustrated fairytales, but the relevant one here is ‘Oskuldens Vandring’ aka The Walk of Innocence. The tale talks about an innocent girl who walks through a forest, meets a bear, kisses his nose and calls him a poor little bear. While that’s not quite what happens in Midsommar, the bear foreshadows Christian’s end. If we look at everything in her apartment in the same way, it appears that Dani was always meant to end up May Queen. We see plants growing in her hands and feet when she’s on a trip in Sweden, the moon comes up when the Harga speak about the life cycle and Dani’s grief-stricken howling is seen again at the end as the Harga let it all out. The tapestry we see after Simon points out the bear in the cage foreshadows the fertility ritual and the paintings in the barn they all sleep in foreshadow how they all meet their end. Is Midsommar real? The actual cult in the film isn't real, but it does take inspiration from several that Aster researched. “It’s a stew,” Aster said, during a talk after a screening of the film at the Brooklyn Alamo Drafthouse. “We’re drawing from actual Swedish traditions, we’re drawing from Swedish folklore, we’re drawing from Norse mythology.” Midsommar as a fairytale Aster has talked about how Midsommar can be seen as a fairytale, he also calls it a folk horror film. The plot is simple, outsiders visit a new place and via pagan rituals are killed off. If we look at the ending as a fairytale perhaps we get an answer as to why Dani is smiling. Having lost her whole family she’s been orphaned. Any fairytale begins with the protagonist missing at least one parent - from Cinderella to Snow White, Little Mermaid to Beauty and the Beast . Dani also ascends to become a Queen, which while it usually is a princess, still fits the fairytale bill. Purging Ritual - why the nine have to burn The Harga talk about getting rid of the worst “affekts”, which, in the subtitles, isn’t translated because it means quite literally affections and emotions. By burning the group, Christian especially, Dani sheds her emotions and finally faces her grief that she had been repressing to please her boyfriend with her. The burning of the Harga building is the last ritual and represents purging. As they all clutch themselves, pulling at their faces and bodies, as if wrenching something from within, they are all cleansing themselves. For Dani, we see this before our eyes. Now free of the burdens she’s struggled with, she realises she’s free, and that’s why she smiles. For the latest news and expert tips on getting the best deals this year, take a look at our Black Friday 2021 and Cyber Monday 2021 guides. Christian’s name The film looks at the contrast between the modern world and the pagan. We could look at the modern world as heralded in by Christianity. The shift marks a move from the commune - community - to the self, and redemption of our own souls. Christian is selfish, only looking at himself and his own needs, he forgets Dani and takes Josh’s thesis idea. While he isn’t directly representative of Christianity, he does represent the self, putting our own happiness over others. Why was Christian put in the bear? There's no clear reason, but perhaps it's referencing the Norse myth where warriors called Berserkers would fight in a trance. In some versions of the myth, they transformed into a bear. The dead Berserkers were sometimes put in bearskins before their funeral rites. What do the runes mean? The runes seen throughout the movie are all based on real runes and appear to act as metaphors and foreshadow what's to come. Why didn't they just leave? The big question in any horror movie is why don't they just run away or leave. In this case, it appears that they played into the trope of the 'dumb American', but perhaps it goes beyond that. Dani has a journey to go on, Christian and Josh want to write their thesis and Mark doesn't seem too bothered with all the drama, at least until he dies. Connie and Simon do actually try and leave making it even more apparent that the group of friends that stay all have a weird link to the Harga and reason to stick it out. ...and there's the fact there's no movie if they all head home. Article originally published 8th July, 2019 Read More Midsommar Is Midsommar scary? How Ari Aster’s horror movie compares to Hereditary What the runes mean in Midsommar Midsommar is available on Netflix. Buy Midsommar director’s cut from Amazon. For more news check out our Movies hub. Looking for something else to watch? Take a look at what’s on TV tonight with our TV Guide.
Midsommar explained: What happened to Connie is revealed in director's cut
The Midsommar director's cut reveals what happens to Connie with extra footage added.
With Midsommar making its way on to Netflix fans have a few questions about the disturbing pagan horror movie. Luckily, Ari Aster's director's cut adds another 24 minutes of extra footage taking the movie from 147 minutes to 171 minutes. Warning: Midsommar spoilers While the 24 minutes don't add any radical changes to the already heavy-going plot, the extra footage does clear up a mystery from the cinematic version. In the cinema cut, Connie (Ellora Torchia) and Simon (Archie Madekwe) freak out and want to flee after they see two of the Harga community leap of a cliff to their bloody deaths. The pair go to leave, but an elder lies to Connie and tells her Simon has already left for the station while she was packing. Connie decides to set off on her own, but she never actually escapes. For the latest news and expert tips on getting the best deals this year, take a look at our Black Friday 2021 and Cyber Monday 2021 The last scene sees the community tells Dani that they need nine sacrifices to purge the cult of evil. Josh, Mark and Simon are present among the offerings, but we also see Connie among them wearing the natural chainmail chest. As we never saw what happened to her on screen, fans were left wondering how she met her end. We're given a few clues in the cinema cut though. Read More: Why Dani smiles in the final Midsommar scene Earlier in the movie Christian (Jack Reynor) decorates the tree with the Harga. Later that night a boy, called Bror, is prepared for a ritualistic drowning wearing natural chainmail. He escapes that fate - seemingly his willingness was enough to appease the gods. However, the boy was wearing the same chainmail that Connie is seen in in the last scene. We never get to see her death, even in the longer version, but it appears that Connie was drowned in the same way Bror was prepared for, perhaps in his place. It's perhaps even creepier and more unsettling that we never get to see how this really happened, even in the director's cut. Read More Midsommar Is Midsommar scary? How Ari Aster's horror movie compares to Hereditary What the runes mean in Midsommar Midsommar is available on Netflix. Buy Midsommar director's cut from Amazon. For more news check out our Movies hub. Looking for something else to watch? Take a look at what's on TV tonight with our TV Guide.
What do the runes mean in Midsommar? All the symbolic meanings and what the tablet meant
All of the runes in Midsommar and what they mean - and why the bloodied stone tablet was a massive clue
Ari Aster's Midsommar, is a dark take on a pagan festival full of rituals and ceremonies. We see runes used repeatedly throughout the film, but the main one you’ll see looks like an F ‘Fehu’, which means wealth, power, or charisma. But do the runes have meaning, and does Aster use them metaphorically - and literally - to reflect what turns out to be a complex and powerful plot? Warning: Midsommar spoilers Midsommar guide - soundtrack, trailer and cast Midsommar plot and ending explained What do the runes mean in Midsommar? The R looking rune in Midsommar is Raidho, which can mean journey or control, or growth or evolution. Overall, Raidho represents the life path of a person. Pelle wears the Fehu rune on his tunic, which we could take as a foreshadowing of him offering up his friends. We see later on that by bringing them as sacrifices he’s expecting prosperity and power. It can mean wealth and new beginnings. When a rune is inverted it’s meant to have a ‘dark’ meaning. The outfit Dani is given for the Maypole is a good example, the symbol is inverted meaning nothing good will come of her participation. On her tunic, there’s a Raidho on the left and a merkstaved Dagaz on the right. The Dagaz means fulfillment and achievement, but it literally means dawn - the rise of daylight, or rebirth. The Raidho inverted means discord, delusion or death. The Dagaz normally means purity, but it’s been altered. Does this mean while Dani hopes for rebirth and purity she's been sucked into the darkness and is stuck in her grief? The other noticeable rune is worn by Siv, the commune leader. She wears Ansuz, which represents ordering, or having power over something, it's often seen as representative of God or ancestors, so it's a sign of her authority. The women with Dani also wear another rune called Kenaz meaning knowledge or cunning in some cases, which makes a lot of sense when you consider how they use Dani. The runes in the barn they sleep in also act as nods to what’s going to happen; Perthro, which can mean fate or prophecy, the universe at work (literally it's the art of magic of guessing); Othala, which can mean home or inheritance are both seen on the walls. The table where the elderly couple eats is also in the shape of a rune, the same Othala. The final important rune is seen on that weird bingo-style game when they choose who will be sacrificed from their community - the rune is Perthro. It's fated that Dani chooses the final sacrifice. What does the rune mean on Josh's foot? The Runes also serve as sick nods to each character’s downfall. When Christian sees Josh’s leg sticking out of the mud there’s a rune on his foot, Ansuz, which means knowledge or insight or rather transmission of intelligence, communication, and reason. Josh was killed for his zealousness when it came to knowledge so it’s fitting. What do the runes mean on the tablet? The main rune puzzle is seen when the elderly woman wipes her bloodied hands on the tablet. There are nine runes on the tablet in a grid. Firstly, there are nine worlds in Norse mythology so this acts as a nod to that. The grid is also 9x9. The four Xs in the corners are Gebo- gift. The middle and left is Raidho, growth, evolution. Bottom is Pertho, secrets or occult. Right is Tiwaz, honour, justice, and self-sacrifice. It’s also the symbol for Norse God Tyr. Top is Algiz, meaning shield, to represent protection. If you look at all of them together it’s seen as a spell or promise. Basically, you need to offer a gift to prevent losing favour. These gifts are physical and have to be given willingly, hence why Siv mentions this at the bottom of the cliff. The Pertho symbol then rounds this off. If you want to take this even further the woman wipes her blood on Raidho and Tiwz showing she’s offering herself up as part of her own evolution - the ending of her life. Then taking that even further it references the nine human sacrifices we’re told about at the very end of the film. The two Raidho represent Simon and Connie, Tiwaz is Christian (he has this on his tunic). Pertho is Josh, the man who seeks the secrets of the Harga and the occult. Mark is the fool, he even has a jester’s hat at the end - he is Algiz merkstaved. The final runes we see are on the wall of the barn that’s burnt down, these look like Sowilo runes, wholeness, rounding everything off and completing the ceremony. Article originally published 5th July 2019. Read More Midsommar Is Midsommar scary? How Ari Aster’s horror movie compares to Hereditary What the runes mean in Midsommar Why Dani smiles in the final Midsommar scene Midsommar is available on Netflix. Buy Midsommar director’s cut from Amazon. For more news check out our Movies hub. Looking for something else to watch? Take a look at what’s on TV tonight with our TV Guide.
Where to collect cat food in Fortnite Season 7 Week 3
Your guide to finding and collecting cat food in Fortnite season 7 for the week 3 legendary challenge.
There are many, many legendary quests to tackle in Fortnite this week, and one has you hunting down cat food – just an average Fortnite weekly challenge. This is your last challenge in a series of five quests, which includes where to place welcome signs, where to place boomboxes in Believer Beach and where to place alien light communication devices. Remember you have to complete the previous challenges to tackle this one. For this one, you have to collect two cat food packages but you have a few options as to where you can collect those – these seem to be the easiest. Buy 10,000 V-Bucks from Amazon and get an extra 3,500 Where to collect cat food in Fortnite Corny Complex: Head to the kitchen in the main house and you'll find the cat food there. Dirty Docks: Head to the south end of the docks and there's a cat food package next to a pallet of Meowscles boxes to the right. The cans are near the boxes with the cat food logo. Retail Row: Head to the north end and you'll see the cat food package at the back of the large NOMS building. If you look near the parked trailer by the loading dock door you'll find it there. Read more on Fortnite: The best Fortnite horror map codes When does Fortnite season 7 end and season 8 start? How to get the Thanos skin in Fortnite How do you spot the cat food? Look for the Mewoscles logo! That identifies the cans as the cat food you need to collect. That's two of the easiest cat food collection locations in Fortnite. Follow Radio Times Gaming on Twitter for all the latest insights, or check out some of the best subscription deals in gaming below: Get unlimited gaming with Utomik 3 month subscription for £13.49 Buy Nintendo Switch Online 12 months membership for £14.99 Get a 14-day trial of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate for £2.99 Get PS Plus 12 months at CDKeys for £43.99 Visit our video game release schedule for all upcoming games on consoles. Swing by our hubs for more Gaming and Technology news. Looking for something to watch? See our TV Guide.
How to get your Joe Lycett 2022 tour tickets – full list of venues and dates
Tickets have gone on sale for Joe Lycett's tour
Comedian Joe Lycett has announced his 2022 tour with tickets going on sale today. Joe is touring his new comedy show More, More, More! How Do You Lycett? How Do You Lycett? across UK and Ireland next year. The tour begins in Plymouth on 11th March, 2022 and ends in September 2022 in Wembley. Joe announced his tour on Twitter, saying: "Mummy's going on tour! Delighted to be back on the road in 2022 doing the thing I love most." You can get your tickets on Ticketmaster, See Tickets or Live Nation (from 10am). The full list of venues and dates are below. Note that you may have to buy tickets from the theatre directly if a seller isn't listed below. Joe Lycett 2022 UK tour dates March 2022 Fri 11 Plymouth - Pavilions - Ticketmaster Sat 12 Plymouth - Pavilions - Ticketmaster Thu 17 Bournemouth - International Centre - SeeTickets Fri 18 Bournemouth - International Centre - SeeTickets Fri 25 Edinburgh - Playhouse - SeeTickets Sat 26 Edinburgh - Playhouse - SeeTickets April 2022 Fri 1 York - Barbican - SeeTickets Sat 2 Hull - Bonus Arena - SeeTickets Sun 3 York - Barbican - SeeTickets Fri 8 Ipswich - Regent Theatre - SeeTickets Sat 9 Ipswich - Regent Theatre - SeeTickets Fri 15 Sheffield - City Hall - SeeTickets Sat 16 Sheffield - City Hall - SeeTickets Thu 21 Glasgow - SEC Armadillo - SeeTickets Fri 22 Glasgow - SEC Armadillo - SeeTickets Fri 29 Stockton - Globe - SeeTickets Sat 30 Stockton - Globe - SeeTickets May 2022 Fri 6 Newcastle - Tyne Theatre & Opera House - SeeTickets Sat 7 Newcastle - Tyne Theatre & Opera House - SeeTickets Sat 21 Cambridge - Corn Exchange - SeeTickets Sun 22 Northampton - Royal & Derngate - SeeTickets Sat 28 Liverpool - The Auditorium at M&S Bank Arena - LiveNation Sun 29 Liverpool - The Auditorium at M&S Bank Arena - LiveNation Mon 30 Stockport - The Plaza - LiveNation June 2022 Fri 3 Birmingham - Hippodrome - SeeTickets Sat 4 Birmingham - Hippodrome - SeeTickets Wed 8 Belfast - Waterfront Hall - SeeTickets Fri 10 Belfast - Waterfront Hall - SeeTickets Wed 15 Cardiff - St David's Hall - SeeTickets Thu 16 Cardiff - St David's Hall - SeeTickets Sat 25 London - Eventim Apollo - SeeTickets Sun 26 London - Eventim Apollo - SeeTickets July 2022 Fri 1 Leicester - De Montfort Hall - LiveNation Sat 2 Leicester - De Montfort Hall - LiveNation Fri 8 Oxford - New Theatre - LiveNation Sat 9 Oxford - New Theatre - LiveNation Wed 13 Nottingham - Royal Concert Hall - SeeTickets Thu 14 Nottingham - Royal Concert Hall - SeeTickets Fri 22 Manchester - Palace Theatre - SeeTickets Sat 23 Manchester - Palace Theatre - SeeTickets August 2022 Sat 6 Dublin - Vicar Street - Ticketmaster Sun 7 Dublin - Vicar Street - Ticketmaster Fri 12 Aberdeen - Music Hall - LiveNation Sat 13 Aberdeen - Music Hall - LiveNation Tue 23 Brighton - Theatre Royal - LiveNation Wed 24 Brighton - Theatre Royal - LiveNation Sat 27 Southend - The Cliffs Pavilion - Ticketmaster Sun 28 Southend - The Cliffs Pavilion - Ticketmaster September 2022 Fri 2 Bath - The Forum - LiveNation Sat 3 Bath - The Forum - LiveNation Wed 7 Portsmouth - Guildhall - LiveNation Thu 8 Portsmouth - Guildhall - LiveNation Sun 11 Cardiff - Motorpoint Arena - LiveNation Wed 14 Leeds - First Direct Arena - LiveNation Fri 16 Birmingham - Utilita Arena - Ticketmaster Sat 17 Birmingham - Utilita Arena - Ticketmaster Tue 20 Manchester - AO Arena - Ticketmaster Wed 21 Newcastle - Utilita Arena - Venue Thu 22 London - The SSE Arena, Wembley - Ticketmaster Fri 23 London - The SSE Arena, Wembley - Ticketmaster If you’re looking for something to watch check out our TV Guide.
How to get the Disney/Pixar face filter as seen on TikTok – step-by-step guide
Your easy step-by-step guide to getting the Pixar filter and lens on Snapchat.
Everyone is talking about (and posting) Disney/Pixar Snapchat filtered photos right now. So if you're wondering how you can transform your face then you've come to the right place - we have a simple guide breaking down each step. You'll probably remember when everyone was Disney-fying their dogs with a Snapchat filter, well now it's the humans' turn. There are a few options on Snapchat to achieve this (as well as on the app Voila AI Artist which we explain in our guide), so we've broken those down and explained how to use them. Here we go! What Snapchat cartoon lens can I use? Cartoon Face was released in August 2020, followed by Cartoon, a more advanced option that tracks your whole face like you're a Pixar cartoon. Cartoon 3D style is the latest release - this has an amazing tracking ability, so you can see how you'd move and what you'd look like if you were a Pixar character, whichever gender. Take a look at our When is Black Friday 2022 explainer, for the latest news and advice on when to start your shopping this year. How to use Snapchat Cartoon Face Lens Follow these steps to get Cartoon Face Lens: Open Snapchat Head to the camera option Click on the face icon (right of the camera button) Choose Explore Search - Cartoon Snapchat will show you Lenses, but look for Cartoon Face Hold the camera down Save to camera roll to share elsewhere. How to use Snapchat Cartoon Lens To get a video, use Snapchat Cartoon Lens: Open up Snapchat Head to the camera option Click on the face icon Choose Explore Search - Cartoon Snapchat will bring up the lenses, choose Cartoon Hold down the camera to film Save and share! How to use Snapchat Cartoon 3D Style Lens And finally, the one we're all using right now, Cartoon 3D Style Lens: Open Snapchat Head to the camera option Click on the face icon Choose Explore Search - Cartoon 3D style Snapchat will bring up the lenses, choose Cartoon 3D style Hold down the camera to film Save and share! Voila, it's as simple as that! For the latest news, reviews and product guides, head to the Technology section. If you're looking for something to watch on telly tonight, check out our TV Guide.
Wondering why everyone is a cartoon? How to use 'Cartoon' Viola AI Artist app and whether it keeps your data
You've probably seen your friends doing it, this is how you can do it too.
Wide eyed and soft featured faces have been popping up all over social media for the past year as people posted cartoon-like photos of themselves. Snapchat created a lens last year (which ended up becoming the Snapchat dog filter as it was used on pets), that developed and TikTok users took on to get a Disney look. Snapchat has now released more lens in the cartoon style, and, if you don't have Snapchat there's an app, Voila AI Artist, that people are using to get the same result. We break down the Snapchat lenses you can use and the Voila AI Artist options. What is Voila? If you don't have Snapchat you may opt for Voila AI Artist, a photo editor app for iOs or Android. This is mainly used to post to Instagram and Twitter at the moment. Viola uses AI to change your selfie's look. So you can upload the selfie and then it changes that to a cartoon look. It's image based rather than a lens like Snapchat, which is the main difference here. Note: Lens not a filter! Voila AI Artist actually has three filters, 3D cartoon, Royalty 3D and Baby 3D. There's another option that combines the options in a collage too. You can also see what your favourite celebrities look like as a cartoon with the celeb image search. Is Voila AI Artist free? The app is free to use on iPhone and Android, but it does come with ads. There's a premium ad-free version. Warning: If you go free the ads are long and you usually get more than one for every photo you upload. How to use Voila AI Artist Download the Voila AI Artist on iPhone or Android Open the app up (it will ask for permission for the camera roll) Choose one of the four modes Choose your camera option: Camera (take a pic), Gallery (upload), Celebrity (search for a celeb) Snap the photo, upload or search as you want to Voila will render, you will see a few ads You'll get your result with a few options Select what you want and then share! Does Voila AI Artist keep your data? In the privacy statement it says it deletes your photos 24 to 48 hours after you used it in the app. Voila does collect personal information - as does its parent company - to share with third-party partners and advertisers. What Snapchat cartoon lens can I use? There a few cartoon Snapchat lens you can use. The first is Cartoon Face that was released back in August 2020. Then there was Cartoon, the slightly more advanced option that makes your whole face look like you stepped into a Disney animation. Then the third is Cartoon 3D style, this is the latest released (June 2021). The lens makes you look more like a Pixar character, it also lets you choose gender. Snapchat will let you create a clip which is why TikTok users seem to prefer it. For the latest news and expert tips on getting the best deals this year, take a look at our Black Friday 2021 and Cyber Monday 2021 guides. How to use Snapchat Cartoon Face Lens Open the Cartoon Face Lens or find it in the app then: Open Snapchat Head to the camera option Click on the face icon (right of the camera button) Choose Explore Search - Cartoon Snapchat will show you Lenses, but look for Cartoon Face Hold the camera down Save to camera roll to share elsewhere. How to use Snapchat Cartoon Lens This is the one that reacts on video. Open up Snapchat Head to the camera option Click on the face icon Choose Explore Search - Cartoon Snapchat will bring up the lenses, choose Cartoon Hold down the camera to film Save and share! How to use Snapchat Cartoon 3D Style Lens Open Snapchat Head to the camera option Click on the face icon Choose Explore Search - Cartoon 3D style Snapchat will bring up the lenses, choose Cartoon 3D style Hold down the camera to film Save and share! For the latest news, reviews and product guides, head to the Technology section.
Shin Megami Tensei V will launch in November as Switch exclusive
Nintendo confirms that Shin Megami Tensei V is coming to Switch exclusively this November.
Shin Megami Tensei V is coming exclusively to Nintendo Switch this November. The news the game would arrive on 12th November 2021 was announced at the E3 Nintendo Switch Direct event today. The remaster of Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne was released on Switch just last month. The game will let you negotiate with demons and try to convince them to join your team. You can also fuse demons into bigger, more powerful beings. Take a look at the trailer for more: View oEmbed on the source website Nintendo also revealed Kazuya from Tekken would be arriving in Super Smash Bros soon - there's no release date yet, but the team confirmed more news was on its way soon. The trailer teasing his arrival saw him throwing Kirby over a cliff. More info will arrive on 28th June. WarioWare also gets a new addition in Get it Together!, available on 10th September on Switch. And Metroid Dread is on its way too - on 8th October - making it the first new entry to the 2D saga in more than 19 years! For more news check out our E3 2021 recap for all the big reveals. Check out some of the best subscription deals in gaming below: Get unlimited gaming with Utomik 3 month subscription for £13.49 Buy Nintendo Switch Online 12 months membership for £14.99 Get a 14-day trial of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate for £2.99 Get PS Plus 12 months at CDKeys for £43.99 Visit our video game release schedule for all upcoming games on consoles. Swing by our hubs for more gaming and technology news.
How to watch In the Heights in the UK and USA - cinema, online and on HBO Max
In the Heights is already out on HBO Max but musical fans are probably wondering when it gets its cinema and UK release.
In The Heights is already out in the United States, but UK fans are probably eager to know when they can watch Lin Manuel Miranda's latest offering. The movie is an adaptation of Miranda's musical of the same name, and tells the story of a community in New York that live on the same block - with a stellar In The Heights soundtrack to match. Usnavi (Anthony Ramos in the In The Heights cast) is at the centre of the story as he dreams big and wonders if he should leave New York to run his late father's bar in the Dominican Republic. The cast is packed full of familiar faces with Stephanie Beatriz (Brooklyn Nine-Nine), Dascha Polanco (Orange is the New Black), Miranda himself and singer Marc Anthony. As In The Heights is a Warner Bros movie it's out in cinemas and HBO Max in the USA. HBO Max isn't available in the UK so the movie will open in cinemas only. For the latest news and expert tips on getting the best deals this year, take a look at our Black Friday 2021 and Cyber Monday 2021 guides. How to watch In The Heights in the UK HBO Max is the only streamer showing In the Heights and that's only available in the USA legally. UK viewers will have to head to cinema once In The Heights is released on 18th June, 2021. Read More: In the Heights Corey Hawkins on the movie's representation How to watch In The Heights online If you're in the USA In The Heights was released on 10th June in cinemas and on HBO Max. The service will have the movie available until Sunday, 11th July as the new release schedule means new movies stay on the service for 31 days. You won't get the movie on the ad-supported HBO Max though. You can get the HBO Max app on Apple TV, Roku, iPad, iPhone and Android devices as well as Chromecast, Fire TV, PlayStation, Xbox and Samsung TVs or your web browser. In the Heights is released in UK cinemas on Friday 18th June 2021. Visit our Movies hub for all the latest news. Looking for something to watch tonight? Check out our TV Guide.
41 Friends guest stars you may have forgotten - all the celeb cameos
The core Friends cast went on to become massive stars themselves, but the popular sitcom had a whole host of huge names in its 10 season run. Everyone from Brad Pitt to George Clooney, Julia Roberts to Christina Applegate have all popped up in various roles and story arcs, but how many do you remember? We've picked 41 of Friends guest stars for you, with when they appeared and who they played so you'll never forget them ever again. How to watch Friends reunion special in the UK 24 best and funniest Friends episodes ranked Brad Pitt The One with the Rumour (S8 EP9) Back when Jennifer Aniston was married to Brad Pitt, he made a guest appearance on the show as Will Colbert, her old high school classmate. Instead of showing the pair in wedded bliss (as they were believed to be at the time), Pitt's character had an intense loathing for Rachel. Ross and Will both hated Rachel so it's not too surprising that he reveals he spread a rumour about her in high school. Jill Goodacre The One With the Blackout (S1 EP7) Early on Jill Goodacre pops up in one of the first episodes of the show when Chandler is trapped in an ATM vestibule with Jill Goodacre herself. Hank Azaria The One With The Monkey to The One in Barbados Part 1 Azaria plays one of Phoebe's love interests, David, the scientist guy who leaves her to go to Minsk. The other is Paul Rudd's Mike of course. Read more: Friends fans name the best character Isabella Rossellini The One With Frank Jnr (S3 EP5) Ross writes a list of celebs he would be allowed to cheat on Rachel with, but takes Rossellini off the list for somebody closer to home. Then he actually bumps into Isabella Rossellini, who plays herself, at Central Perk. Paul Rudd Seasons 1-10: First appeared in The One With The Paediatrician and last appearance in The Last One Part 2 Paul Rudd may not look on his time on Friends too fondly, but he played a supporting character that became key to Phoebe's happy ending. Rudd stars as Mike, a piano player who she ends up tying the knot with. The pair first meet when Joey introduces them on a disastrous blind date. Their relationship ends when phoebe realises he never wants to remarry - though he later changes his mind when he realises David is keen and set to propose to Phoebe. Coming full circle, Joey marries the pair thanks to that internet ordination for Monica and Chandler's wedding. Read More: Friends reunion director explains Paul Rudd's absence Alec Baldwin The One in Massapequa (S8 EPS18) Speaking of Phoebe's love interests, 30 Rock star Alex Baldwin appeared as Parker for two-episodes in season eight. He was over eager, and annoying as hell, but that's the point. Jason Alexander The One Where Rosita Dies (S7 EP13) Seinfield's Alexander plays Early who Phoebe tries to talk out of killing himself when she calls him her first day as a toner-selling telemarketer. Read More: Friends cast rule out revival or movie Reese Witherspoon The One With Rachel's Sister (S6 EP13) Witherspoon stars as Rachel's younger sister Jill Green who rocks up and goes on a date with... Ross. Christina Applegate The One With Rachel's Other Sister (S9 EP8) As the title says we're introduced to Rachel's other sister, Amy, who is pretty terrible. Not only can she not remember any of Rachel's friend's names, but she also forgets Rachel's baby's name too. She appears later on in the series for a Thanksgiving episode where Amy tries to get custody of Emma if Ross AND Monica die. Her performance earned her an Emmy. The second appearance sees her babysit Emma and get her ears pierced - Emma's that is, not Amy's. That would still have been odd, but slightly more normal than what happened. Danny DeVito The One Where the Stripper Cries (S10 EP11) It's Phoebe's fancy bachelorette (or hen do for us Brits) and Monica and Rachel soon realise she's expecting a stripper so they arrange a last-minute booking. But when he turns up, he isn't exactly what they expected...cue Danny DeVito. It's hard to watch at first, but soon descends into a weird hot experience for Phoebe. Genius. View oEmbed on the source website Julia Roberts The One After the Super Bowl: Part 1 & 2 (S2 EP 12 & 13) Ross travels to San Diego where his pet monkey Marcel is now the star of a new film. While on set Chandler comes across an old school friend (Julia Roberts) hell bent on seeking revenge for a childhood prank. Jean-Claude Van Damme, Brook Shields, Dan Castellaneta, Fred Willard and Chris Isaak also appear in this star-studded episode that followed directly after, you guessed it, the Super Bowl. Brooke Shields The One After the Superbowl (S2 EP12) Shields stars as Joey's 'stalker', Erika Ford. Erika thinks she's dating Joey's Days of Our Lives character, but she becomes a liability when she actually thinks Joey is Dr Drake. Kathleen Turner The One With Chandler's Dad (S7 EP22) Meet Charles Bing aka Helena Handbasket aka Chandler's father! Kathleen Turner stars as Chandler's dad who has his own Las Vegas Show. Hugh Laurie The One With Ross' Wedding (S4 EP23) Hugh Laurie stars as Rachel's airplane neighbour as she makes her way to London. She's excited as she's trying to build herself up to gatecrashing - and stopping - Ross' wedding. Laurie's character isn't so keen on all this nervous energy and he's very rude, but you can't help but like his as usual. Read More: Paul Rudd says he felt like a "prop" in Friends Helen Hunt The One With Two Parts (S1 EP16 and 17) Helen Hunt stars as her Mad About You character in a perfect cross-over. Jamie goes into Central Perk and thinks Phoebe is her twin sister Ursula, who is a waitress on Mad About You. Jon Lovitz The One With the Stoned Guy (S1 EP15) The One With the Blind Date (S9 EP14) Saturday Night Live's Jon Lovitz stars as Phoebe's friend Steve. We first meet him as he's opening up a restaurant and he wants to try Monica's cooking, but he's far too stoned. He returns later in season nine, this time for a blind date with Rachel. Greg Kinnear and Aisha Tyler The One With Ross' Grant (S10 EP6) Greg Kinnear plays Ross' girlfriend's ex Dr Benjamin Hobart. He just also happens to be the very man who decides whether or not Ross gets his grant money. Dr Hobart is happy to grant the money, that is if Ross breaks up with his girlfriend Charlie. Jim Rash The Last One (S10 EP17) Community's Jim Rash stars in the finale as yet another airplane passenger sat next to Rachel. He's incredibly on edge, arguably his nerves are the push for Ross and Rachel finally getting together... his fear that there's something wrong with the plane causes a hold up, giving Ross the time he needs to make it to Rachel. Bruce Willis The One Where Ross Meets Elizabeth's Dad (S6 EP21) The One Where Paul's The Man (S6 EP22) The One With The Ring (S6 EP23) Ross begins dating student Elizabeth, much to the amusement of the friends. But when her strict father Paul (Bruce Willis) is introduced to Ross, he somehow ends up a relationship with Rachel. Legend has it that Bruce Willis starred in Friends after losing a bet to Matthew Perry when they both starred on The Whole Nine Yards. Willis actually ended up winning an Emmy for his Friends role so we'd say it worked out well for him. George Clooney The One with the Two Parts: Part 2 (S1 EP17) Rachel sprains her ankle but when she gets to the hospital she pretends to be Monica in order to use her medical insurance. Unsurprisingly, Monica is not a fan of this plan – especially when Rachel organises a double date with their handsome doctors, played by fresh-faced ER stars George Clooney and Noah Wyle. View oEmbed on the source website Jeff Goldblum The One With the Mugging (S9 EP15) Joey has an audition with Jeff Goldblum and narrowly secures a callback. During his second round, desperate for a wee, he gives a jumpy audition which Goldblum loves. So when it comes to his final round he fills his bladder to bursting – a decision that has dire consequences. Goldblum ends up covered in Joey's banked up 'energy'. Charlie Sheen The One With The Chicken Pox (S2 EP23) Sheen starred in season two as Phoebe's "Submarine Guy" aka Ryan. When Ryan comes home he only has a short time to spend with her, but their plans to be alone together is ruined with an outbreak of chicken pox. Read More: The Friends star that originally wanted to play Rachel Anna Faris The One With the Birth Mother (S10 EP9) The final season saw Monica and Chandler try for a baby before opting for a surrogate, Erica. Anna Faris appears in five episodes for the story arc, and while Erica isn't the smartest she does bring the couple baby joy! Winona Ryder The One With Rachel's Big Kiss (S7 EP20) Winona Ryder stars as Melissa Warburton, Rachel's sorority sister who Rachel says she made out with in college. Phoebe really doesn't believe her, so Rachel drags her to dinner with Melissa only to find Melissa denies it ever happened. Eventually she admits the truth and gives Rachel another kiss. Denise Richards The One With Ross and Monica's Cousin (S7 EP19) Denise Richards plays Cassie Geller, Ross and Monica's cousin who is visiting for the wedding. It all gets a little weird when Chandler, Ross and Phoebe all get heart eyes for her and can't stop staring. Cue Denise Richards in slow mo. Billy Crystal and Robin Williams The One With the Ultimate Fighting Champion (S3 EP24) Both comedy legends Billy Crystal and Robin Williams appeared on the show about the same time as their film Father's Day, though we're not saying that's why they crop up. Both are chatting in Central Perk when their conversation catches the Friends attention. We can hardly blame them when Williams' wife's affairs pop up. Read More: Friends fans give verdict on Friends' big question - were Ross and Rachel on a break? Susan Sarandon The One With Joey's New Brain (S7 EP15) Joey's Days of Our Lives character gets a brain transplant from one of the show's female characters. Unfortunately the actress who plays her (Susan Sarandon) is unaware she is about to be killed off...Sarandon shows Joey how to play her character in a weird story arc involving teaching him how to throw a drink at someone and slapping them in the face. Her daughter Eva Amurri also stars. David Arquette The One With The Jam (S3 EP3) Courtney Cox's future husband pops up in season three of the show, but in a romance with Phoebe! David Arquette stars as Malcolm, Phoebe's twin sister Ursula's stalker. Malcolm accidentally mistakes Phoebe for her sister and starts to stalk her, leading to the pair becoming interested each other. Not your usual romantic set up. Rebecca Romijn The One With the Dirty Girl (S4 EP6) X-Men's Romijn starred in Friends in her first acting role in season four as Cheryl, the 'Dirty Girl'. Ross and Cheryl are dating, but he can't get over the fact she has a filthy flat. Marlo Thomas The One With the Lesbian Wedding (S2 EP11) The One With The Two Parties (S2 EP22) The One With the Baby Shower (S8 EP20) You'll know her as Ann Marie on That Girl, but in Friends she's Rachel's mother, Sandra Green. Sandra is visiting Rachel to tell her she wants a divorce, then asks more inappropriate questions about sex, before requesting marijuana. It's a lot. Selma Blair The One With Christmas in Tulsa (S9 EP10) Cruel Intentions' Selma Blair stars as Wendy, Chandler's co-worker hell bent on seducing him. She steals ham from a party then proceeds to throw herself at Chandler. Gabrielle Union The One With the Cheap Wedding Dress (S7 EP17) Gabrielle Union (Bring It On) stars as Kristen Lang. Ross and Joey meet her as she's moving into an apartment in their block. Both ask her out and then manage to fight with each other while on a date with her. Morgan Fairchild and Jay Leno The One With Mrs Bing (S1 EP11) Morgan Fairchild stars as Chandler's mother, Nora, an erotic writer who has previously made out with her son's friends. She later brought Jay Leno on the show as she's interviewed by him. Kristin Davis The One With Ross' Library Book (S7 EP7) Things don't go quite the way Joey plans when he brings back Erin, played by the Sex and City star. Rachel and Phoebe meet her before Joey can make a move and become best mates with her. Sean Penn The One With the Halloween Part (S8 EP6) Penn stars as Eric, Ursula's fiancé, who ends up in hot water when he realises he doesn't quite know her as well as he thought. Eric turned up to Monica and Chandler's Halloween party dressed as the solar system - he's a second grade teacher so it's fitting. John Stamos The One With the Donor (S9 EP22) Full House star Stamos stars as Zack, another of Chandler's co-workers. Chandler invites Zack to dinner to basically get him to donate his sperm, but they don't things directly. Instead Chandler and Monica grill him with questions about sperm. Ben Stiller The One With the Screamer (S3) Ben Stiller stars as Tommy in the third season. Tommy is a very very angry man that dates Rachel but as the date enfolds it becomes clear he has quite the short fuse. He shouts at the chick and the duck which says it all. Freddie Prinze Jnr The One With the Male Nanny (S9) Starring as Sandy, Freddie Prinze Jnr really threw him into playing the nanny. He looks after baby Emma in the season nine arc but Ross isn't too keen... For the latest news and expert tips on getting the best deals this year, take a look at our Black Friday 2021 and Cyber Monday 2021 guides. Looking for something else to watch? Check out our TV Guide or visit our dedicated Comedy hub.
Quickest way to converse with Sunny, Abstrakt, Dreamflower, Riot or Bushranger (Fortnite season 7)
There's a whole lot of conversing going on for one of Fortnite Season 7's challenges.
The alien-stuffed Fortnite Season 7 is here, and the very first Legendary Quest is to converse with Sunny, Abstrakt, Dreamflower, Riot or Bushranger. Why wouldn't you want a chat? Aliens have just invaded the Fortnite map, bring with them heaps of new weapons, a fresh Battle Pass and special appearances from Rick Sanchez and Superman to boot. Sunny, Abstrakt, Dreamflower, Riot or Bushranger are all NPCs, and you'll need to find them in specific locations if you want to complete this quest. Buy 10,000 V-Bucks from Amazon and get an extra 3,500 So where do you find them so you can chin wag and get things moving? Complete this one and you get 45,000 XP. Where to find Sunny, Dreamflower, Riot, Abstrakt and Bushranger You only need three of the five to complete this quest. Here's where to find them: Sunny - head to Believer Beach pier, that's near the restaurant. Dreamflower - look in the house at Flopper Pond, that's SE of Believer Beach. Bushranger - North of the crater, head along the river north of the centre of the new map. Abstrakt - Look around Retail Row. Riot - Follow the road west from Catty Corner and he's by the steel bridge there. If you're struggling to find any of them, check out the video below, where you can see a talented player locating each one in turn. It should help you get the job done! View oEmbed on the source website How to converse with Sunny, Dreamflower, Riot, Abstrakt or Bushranger Once you've found them then click the conversation bubble to have the interaction for the Quest. There are quite a few people buzzing about today, so walk carefully when trying this one. It may sound easy on paper, but it could go south quickly if you bump into another player. We recommend dropping north of the crater and tackling Bushranger. When you finish up there go talk to Sunny, on Believer Beach at the Pier. If you do that you can easily hop over to find Dreamflower and that's your three done. Check out some of the best subscription deals in gaming below: Get unlimited gaming with Utomik 3 month subscription for £13.49 Buy Nintendo Switch Online 12 months membership for £14.99 Get a 14-day trial of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate for £2.99 Get PS Plus 12 months at CDKeys for £43.99 Visit our video game release schedule for all upcoming games on consoles. Swing by our hubs for more gaming and technology news. Looking for something to watch? See our TV Guide.
All the new Fortnite skins for Season 7 - and what's coming soon
With an all-new season, there are loads of new skins.
Fortnite has switched up and changed for Chapter 2 Season 7 - gone is the old dinosaur world of season 6 and here comes an all-new sci-fi alien world. With a new Fortnite map comes new skins, and below we take a look at the season 7 additions, which range from Rick Sanchez of Rick and Morty to DC's Superman, a skin worthy of a superhero which will bring with it new challenges later in the season. Everyone is talking about Rick Sanchez, and as Rick says: "When I don't like something about the world, I change it." His Fortnite Skin is certainly unique in this world, maintaining the visual style of his animated TV show and sticking out like a sore thumb - in a good way - amongst all the other Fortnite skins. Buy 10,000 V-Bucks from Amazon and get an extra 3,500 So if you're looking for a rundown of all the new Fortnite skins for Chapter 2 Season 7, also known as the Invasion event, read on! Fortnite new skins for Chapter 2 Season 7 Season 7 brings with it a new Fortnite Battle Pass - and a new selection of skins pretty much all based on the new alien theme. As per usual, the Battle Pass comes with a crossover. This time it's DC’s Superman and Rick Sanchez of Rick and Morty. This time, there's no slog to level 100 to get the crossover skin. Season 7 has brought back Battle Stars, the virtual currency you earn by playing, which you can then use to buy Battle Pass items when you like. You still have to unlock pages of the Battle Pass to buy cosmetics, though! Here are all the skins available now and their unlockable styles, as well as their Battle Star cost and Battle Pass page: Kymera – Included, Page 1 Sunny – 9 Battle Stars, Page 2 Voyager Sunny Style – 8 Battle Stars, Page 3 Guggimon – 9 Battle Stars, Page 4 Joey – 9 Battle Stars, Page 5 Joey Unzipped – 7 Battle Stars, Page 6 Zyg – 9 Battle Stars, Page 7 Doctor Slone – 9 Battle Stars, Page 8 Battlesuit Slone Style – 8 Battle Stars, Page 9 Molten Midnight Zyg Style – 8 Battle Stars, Page 9 Rick Sanchez – 9 Battle Stars, Page 10 Unlike most Fortnite skins, Kymera is fully customisable – with over 2000 style combos possible. We have written a quick guide to find the alien artifacts, which you'll need in order to unlock certain styles for the Kymera skin. So that's one down! How to get Superman skin in Fortnite If you're wondering how to get the Fortnite Superman skin, we've got some bad news on that front. The DC Superman skin isn't available yet, but is behind a timer, suggesting he's arriving on 12th August - so put that in your diary now. It appears he will be unlocked by using Battle Stars, rather than challenges usually used to get mid-season skins like Neymar Jr, but we'll update you on that nearer the time. How to get Rick & Morty skin in Fortnite If you want to know how to get the Rick & Morty skin in Fortnite, that's a bit easier - you just need to progress through to page 10 of the Battle Pass and spend 9 Battle Stars on him. There are a few rumours on the wind that further sci-fi characters could be making it into Fortnite soon, including bounty hunter Samus from Metroid - she would be the first Nintendo skin in Fortnite if that's true. Exciting times, then, and we'll be sure to keep you posted as we learn more. Check out some of the best subscription deals in gaming below: Get unlimited gaming with Utomik 3 month subscription for £13.49 Buy Nintendo Switch Online 12 months membership for £14.99 Get a 14-day trial of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate for £2.99 Get PS Plus 12 months at CDKeys for £43.99 Visit our video game release schedule for all upcoming games on consoles. Swing by our hubs for more gaming and technology news. Looking for something to watch? See our TV Guide.