ENTERTAINMENT NEWS:

Warner Bros. Pictures will celebrate the 10th anniversary of Christopher Nolan’s 2008 superhero sequel The Dark Knight by re-releasing it in IMAX theaters. The Oscar-winning film helped pioneer the use of IMAX 70mm photography, and will once again grace its screens in four venues Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco and Toronto. See the list for which theaters below.

The films will only be available for one week beginning August 24, with tickets slated to go on sale on July 20. The Dark Knight has been hailed as one of the greatest films of all time, becoming the fourth film to ever cross the $1 billion USD mark in worldwide box office revenue and continues to be one of the top 10 domestic releases to this day.

In related news, Batman: The Animated Series is being released in HD.

AMC Universal Citywalk IMAX, Universal City
AMC Lincoln Square IMAX, New York
AMC Metreon IMAX, San Francisco
Ontario Place Cinesphere IMAX, Toronto

Thanks to longtime Sade collaborator Stuart Matthewman, we have confirmation of new music from the legendary R&B artist. In a new interview, Matthewman confirms that “we’re working on a new album. … When we’re happy, then we’ll let everyone else hear it.” Having not released a record since 2010’s Soldier of Love, Sade Adu and the rest of the band have earned a reputation as perfectionists content to let their hard work speak for itself: “[Sade’s] not interested in the fame or any of that [other] stuff,” Matthewman affirms. “She likes to put out art. … The record company knows there’s no point in nagging us or giving us deadlines.”

Most recently, Sade debuted her first new song in 7 years, “Flower of the Universe.”

A new report from research firm SuperData — known as Battle Royale: Taking the Games Market by Storm — is taking a look at the fast-rising popularity of Battle Royale games, and it has revealed that Fortnite – which just launched its fifth season –has earned over $1 billion USD since its October 2017 release. As Forbes notes, 83% of the 700 million hours viewers spent watching games from the massively-popular Battle Royale genre were used watching Fortnite, and the game brought in $296 million USD in April and $318 million USD in May. When it comes to Twitch alone, over 30 million USD Twitch users have viewed around 600 million hours of Fortnite from last October to May. Notably, the Epic release has accomplished all of this in less than year.

You can check out SuperData’s summary of its Battle Royale: Taking the Games Market by Storm report at the firm’s official website.

Manny Pacquiao has challenged Floyd Mayweather Jr. for a rematch of the 2015 “Fight of the Century,” which saw Mayweather defeat the Filipino boxing legend by unanimous decision.

“Mayweather? If he decides to go back to boxing then that is the time we are going to call the shots,” Pacquiao told reporters after claiming the WBA welterweight title against Lucas Mathysse via TKO. “I have the belt, so it’s up to him. If he wants to come back in boxing, let’s do a second one.”

Mayweather currently holds an undefeated record of 50-0 and hasn’t fought since his lucrative match against Conor McGregor in August 2017. Pacquiao, on the other hand, is looking to a long list of potential opponents. “Yes, that’s a potential opponent: Amir Khan. There’s a lot of potential opponents there, like Lomachenko, there are so many fighters that have potential to be my opponent next.”