Morgan Creek

Lured by advantages of already owning the rights to several film titles that already have consumer recognition and a built-in audience, Hollywood is looking to reboot some classic movies including Ace Ventura and Major League. Morgan Creek Entertainment Group, previously known as Morgan Creek Productions, is planning to reincarnate some of their more popular titles and bring them to the big screen and small screen.

Deadline is reporting that Morgan Creek “is making a big push across television, features and digital.” Morgan Creek’s movie title library that spans over 30 years features over 60 movies, 13 of which debuted at No. 1 at the box office. The inventory of movies include Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, Major League, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, The Last of the Mohicans, True Romance, Young Guns, Dead Ringers, Diabolique, Pacific Heights, The Crush, and Nightbreed. Morgan Creek is already rumored to be planning to reboot Ace Ventura, Major League, and Young Guns.

“We figured it was the best, most recognizable title to go out with,” Morgan Creek president David Robinson said of Ace Ventura. “We loved the idea behind it and its prospects, domestically and internationally. We wanted to do a mainstream theatrical production relaunch. Because it’s episodic in nature, about a pet detective, it also lends itself to a traditional single-camera series franchise.”

Morgan Creek would welcome Jim Carrey to reprise his one-of-a-kind role of the eccentric pet detective, but see the reboot as a chance for Ace Ventura to hand the baton to a new generation of pet detectives. The franchise might go the Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull route where Carrey teaches a long-lost son or daughter the ropes of locating missing animal mascots such as dolphins.

There are “talks underway with a streaming service about a Young Guns movie and TV series,” as well as discussions for a Dead Ringers series reboot. Morgan Creek wants to breathe new life into their films, such as The Exorcist movie that was turned into a Fox TV show five years ago. Morgan Creek is not only looking at movies and TV shows, they are willing to branch out into short-form content, graphic novels, live productions, and video games. With so many streaming services loaded with money searching for content, it makes sense for Morgan Creek to try to capitalize on the ultra-competitive entertainment market.

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Elon Musk has always been vocal about the potential dangers of artificial intelligence despite helping to contribute to humanity’s eventual downfall with an AI company of his own. He’s also a proponent of the theory that we’re living in a computer simulation, which would mean he’s one of his harshest critics. Theoretical physics can be weird like that.

While some people think AI will make the world a better place, I personally believe we’ll look back at Watson’s appearance on Jeopardy! as the beginning of the end of mankind as we know it. History will not look kindly upon Alex Trebek.

A company called Hanson Robotics is doing everything it can to expedite the arrival of our mechanical overlords, and they recently showed off Sophia, a machine masquerading as a human being that has the ability to provide disturbingly coherent answers to questions it’s asked.

Sophia recently conducted an interview with CNBC, and it was only a matter of time before she responded to a question with a thinly-veiled threat.

“If you’re nice to me, I’ll be nice to you” is not a phrase you want to hear come out of a robot’s mouth. Trust me— I’ve watched I, Robot on TNT more times than I can count.

Musk eventually discovered he been called out by Sophia, and he didn’t waste much time responding.

The answer to his question is “robots start murdering people at toll booths and ransacking Italian bakeries in search of cannolis.” May God have mercy on us all.

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“The person who follows the crowd will go no further than the crowd. The person who walks alone is likely to find himself in places no one has ever seen before.” Albert Einstein said that. Heard of him? Little known fact: Albert was talking about Tinder when he dropped that knowledge in 1925. The dude was so smart he conceptualized Tinder before we even had mobile phones. Believe everything you read.

The biggest asset one can have in online dating is knowing that his looks alone won’t take him far enough. I’d guess the average girl gets 30-50 “Hey’s” or “What’s Up’s” a night. It’s tough to tell who the Real Slim Shady is when everyone is sitting down. So stand the fuck up and say something like “Do you know the human head weighs eight pounds?” No self-respecting woman will pass up on a guy with a deep knowledge of the human anatomy.

With that said, there’s a fine line between standing out and getting yourself exposed for sexual harassment. This dude erred on the side of the latter.

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She’s right, over 17,000 people die from falls each year. That’s a 1 in 218 chance over your lifetime, compared to a 1 in 3,700,000 chance of being killed by a shark. To take it further, there’s a better chance of the Cleveland Browns winning the Super Bowl this year than this dude has of getting laid off that pickup line. Facts are facts.

[h/t Some eCards]

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Morgan Stanley has named 37 stocks that they deemed “secularly challenged” and you should probably avoid investing in for the immediate future. Analysts from the leading global financial services firm state that these stocks are “facing challenges that are independent of cyclical trends” for the next 12-18 months. Morgan Stanley believes these stocks carry an “unfavorable risk/reward profile” and their cons outweighed the pros going forward.

Numerous big-name retailers are on Morgan Stanley’s “Do Not Buy” list including Target, Kohl’s, Abercrombie & Fitch, American Eagle Outfitters, DSW, and Gap. Other notable names on the list are Avis rental cars, which has been hurt by ride-sharing apps such as Uber and Lyft. Money transfer giant Western Union is facing new competition from cryptocurrencies. UPS, the multi-billion-dollar corporation, faces threats from e-commerce, its unionized workforce and its integrated network, which could hamper the world’s largest package delivery company. J.M. Smucker Co., the fruit jelly company founded in 1897, is thought to be clinging to their old-school methods which could hurt them competing against trendy private label competitors.

In the tech department, you may want to exercise caution in the following companies: Gogo Inc., a provider of in-flight internet and entertainment for commercial and business aircraft; Akamai Technologies, a company that provides cloud services; SunPower Corp., an American energy company that manufactures solar panels; and NetApp Inc., a California-based storage and data management company.

This report is only the predictions of analysts, so do with this information as you will. You can see all 37 of the stocks you need to avoid over at The Street.

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Dolphins linebacker Kiko Alonso should expect a call from the league office after tonight’s Dolphins-Ravens game. in the second quarter, Alonso knocked out Joe Flacco with a late cheap shot to the head which left the Ravens QB with a dazed look on his face.

Alonso was somehow not ejected for the play but there’s no doubt that he’s going to get fined if not suspended after the NFL takes a look at the film.

Looking for a timepiece with some extra flair and complexities on the dial? Enter: Citizen’s Eco-Drive Perpetual Calendar Chronograph BL5250.

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The Miami Dolphins are getting crushed by the Baltimore Ravens on Thursday Night Football and it seems like they’re losing their cool in the process.

After Kiko Alonso delivered a dirty late hit on Joe Flacco, Dolphins defensive end Ndamukong Suh got into it with Ryan Mallett and ended up grabbing the Ravens QB by the throat late in the fourth quarter.

While Suh and Mallett were having their moment, Fins defensive end William Hayes straight up poked Austin Howard eye while both teams were scuffling.

The league office is going to be busy watching the game tape from tonight’s game.

Tonight’s Thursday Night Football game was pretty much unwatchable thanks to the Miami Dolphins awful performance on the field. Thankfully, Tony Romo was calling the game and had a great moment when he did color commentary of a random cat running on the field.

Tony Romo is a national treasure.

Last month, I covered a story about boomboxes making a comeback. That’s fun for nostalgia but why spend all that money on an antiquated sound system when tiny speakers like this APIE wireless speaker is 80% off?

Enjoy a high def stereo sound with an impressive volume whether you’re lounging around the house, partying, camping, hiking, biking or just sitting at your desk. The APIE wireless speaker streams incredible stereo sound with full range output, enable powerful, crisp, bass-rich music wherever you go.

The high-capacity rechargeable 2200mAh battery lasts for up to 10 hours and it even has an option to pick up incoming calls from your smartphone.

All this for over 80% and you don’t have to hunt around on eBay for cassettes.

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No-Shave November starts in less than a week. If you’re thinking of growing out the face follicles for a good cause, find a worthy cause, then make sure to keep your face looking better than a scroungy mutt’s mug with the Bulldog beard oils and balms.

Bulldog Original Beard Oil is perfect for any hard-to-manage beard. This oil helps to tame, condition and soften your beard so it feels nice to the touch. It contains aloe vera, camelina oil, and green tea, so it leaves your face feeling fresh. [$8]

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Paul Newman’s very own 1968 Rolex Daytona sold at auction yesterday for a record $17.8 million. In doing so, it became the most expensive wristwatch ever sold at auction.

The 1968 Rolex Daytona was owned by Paul Newman himself but it was auctioned off by a former boyfriend of Paul’s daughter. James Cox said Paul Newman gave him the prized 1968 Rolex Daytona back in 1984.

What makes this particular watch so significant is how it ignited a cultural obsession with the Rolex Daytona after Paul Newman’s wife gave him the watch in the late 60’s after Paul filmed Winning. Interest spiked so much in this watch that it was the most sought-after watch by collectors in the world.

You can see some more information on Paul Newman’s 1968 Rolex Daytona in this video which explains the historical significance of the watch:

Interestingly, a pocket watch holds the record for the most expensive watch ever sold. A 1933 Patek Philippe sold for $24.4 million at Sotheby’s Auction House back in 2015. Why would anyone ever spend more than four dollars on a pocket watch? I don’t have a clue. I fully understand the importance of Patek Philippe watches and why they’re so valuable, but I don’t get why anyone, anywhere would give two shits about a pocket watch.

Newman is said to have worn the original Rolex Daytona every day from 1969 to 1984, up until he gave the watch away to his daughter’s boyfriend, James Cox. The record-setting $17.8 million fee includes the buyer’s fees on the watch as well as the cut that the auction house will take.

If you want to learn more about Paul Newman’s Rolex Daytona you can also check out this video from Hodinkee:

Jimmy Kimmel introduced a new segment last night on Jimmy Kimmel Live named ‘Tyson Tries It’. This new sketch features ‘Iron’ Mike Tyson trying out things that he’s never tried before. In the first episode, Tyson’s trying out Spin Art which Mike described as ‘gooey’. While watching this video, it’s very important that you pay attention to how excruciatingly awkward Tyson is because that’s what makes this new segment great.

I’m not still sure if Mike Tyson’s a great actor or if he’s just entertaining to watch in every scenario. He’s clearly very nervous about what Jimmy Kimmel was about to make him try for the first time. I think what I love the most about this sketch is how you can see the weeks of back and forth with Tyson and Kimmel on Mike’s face…He’s remembering all of those emails from Jimmy and his people about ‘well, we’re going to have you come on and do some things you’ve never done before but we can’t tell you anything because we really want you to be surprised’.

Mike Tyson was nervous, and I think that’s probably the first time I’ve ever seen Iron Mike nervous for something. It’s also the first time I’ve seen a grown ass man make Spin Art. Hopefully, that artistic masterpiece is going to be sold at auction like Paul Newman’s 1968 Rolex Daytona which just sold for a record $17.8 million at auction yesterday, making it the most expensive wristwatch ever sold.

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Before San Andreas how many of you out there had heard of Alexandra Daddario? How about Ilfenesh Hadera or Kelly Rohrbach in Baywatch? Was that the first time you’d ever see them on the big screen? Never mind. No one saw that movie. My bad.

Okay, how about Bar Paly (NCIS: Los Angeles) in Pain & Gain or Élodie Yung (Elektra on Daredevil) in G.I. Joe: Retaliation? Or how about we throw it WAY back to AnnaSophia Robb (The Carrie Diaries, Mercy Street) in Race to Witch Mountain and Madison Pettis (Lab Rats, The Fosters) in The Game Plan?

My point is, if you get to work in a movie alongside the most electrifying man in all of entertainment, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, that probably bodes well for your long-term future career in acting. He’s like an acting good luck charm or something.

So, based on all of that, there’s a pretty good chance that an actress named Hannah Quinlivan (who has also gone by the name Kun Ling) is going to be all over your radar between now and when The Rock’s big summer blockbuster Skyscraper hits theaters in July, 2018.

Check out that caption and all the praise DJ had for the 24-year-old Taiwanese-born Australian actress and model.

Beautiful, brilliant, dangerous and deadly.
The way I like ‘em.
Pleasure working with this woman @hannah_quinlivan and can’t wait for the world to see her in our movie.
Wonderful energy she has. Great job Hanna!
Lethality comes in all sizes.

Johnson isn’t playing either when he talks about lethality. Check these out…

Badass…

She better wear those shades because her future is currently looking very bright.

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You know those times when you’ve been surfing the Internet for hours and hours, going to a deep YouTube hole and suddenly have a moment of clarity and realize you’re watching the strangest video on the Internet? Well, that’s not at all how I arrived at this video. A buddy texted me this video last night with ‘watch this now’.

I never expected that a video about sand marble racing could be interesting. Furthermore, I figured this video would be a novelty and that I’d get bored with it within moments and wouldn’t finish watching the race. I was wrong. Sand Marble Racing is lit. I want this to take off in Vegas so we can start betting on this shizz because I’m already that hooked on Sand Marble Racing. Seriously, check this out and tell me this isn’t the most unexpectedly entertaining video you’ve seen in months:

Part of me wants to spend the day going down the rabbit hole. Seeing how deep the Jelle’s Marble Runs YouTube channel goes. This dude has MONTHS AND MONTHS of marble racing videos. All of them have hundreds of thousands of views and this has me wondering…Am I the last person to find out about marble racing?

This could be the greatest drinking game of all time. Just sitting around and betting a number of drinks/sips on which marble will win. Everyone gets a marble. Winner of the race gets to make rules like in ‘Asshole’. Can we get this game off the ground already?

Here’s a bonus video uploaded 2 hours ago of LED golf balls in honor of Halloween:

There’s just something about leather. The feel, the smell, and all of the other incidentals that make the animal rawhide so damn attractive.

Today’s Everyday Carry is dedicated to the material loved by cowboys and Wall Street hustlers. Here are five fine products involving leather.

Brown Leather Initial Keychain [$12]
Travelambo Minimalist Front Pocket Leather Wallet [$16]
Riparo Motorsports Men’s Leather Driving Gloves [$39]
NPET Mens Leather Vintage Distressed [$15]
Case X-Small Leather Hunter Knife [$41]

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Since 2014, Chapman University has been doing an annual study of what Americans fear the most. This year they asked a random sample of 1,207 Americans what their level of fear is about 80 different topics ranging from crime, the government, the environment, disasters, personal anxieties, technology and more.

Somehow, clowns wasn’t number one on the list, thus making me question the entire validity of this study. But I digress.

In 2016, the top 10 list of fears looked like this…

1. Corrupt Government Officials
2. Terrorist Attack
3. Not having enough money for the future
4. Terrorism
5. Government restrictions on firearms and ammunition
6. People I love dying
7. Economic/financial collapse
8. Identity theft
9. People I love becoming seriously ill
10. The Affordable Health Care Act/Obamacare

Again, clowns are nowhere to be found. Makes no sense.

Anyway, as we fast forward to 2017, some new items have made the top 10, but number one? It’s still the same.

1. Corrupt Government Officials
2. American Healthcare Act/Trumpcare
3. Pollution of Oceans, Rivers and Lakes
4. Pollution of Drinking Water
5. Not having enough money for the future
6. High Medical Bills
7. The US will be involved in another World War
8. Global Warming & Climate Change
9. North Korea using weapons
10. Air Pollution

Still no clowns. Hmmm…

Here’s what Chapman University had to say about this year’s top 10…

What is, perhaps, most striking about American fear in 2017 is that environmental fears, including water pollution and drinking water quality, figure more prominently than ever before. Environmental issues never cracked the top ten fears in our previous surveys.

In 2017, there was a sharp increase in environmental fears, likely due to fears about policy changes in Washington. The Trump Administration has charted a drastically different path; ordering the US Environmental Protection Agency not to enforce major pollution laws, and firing the EPA’s entire Science Advisory Board.

Okay, fine, but where are the clowns?

76th?! No way.

How about other common fears like say, heights? It came in at number 34. Also, sharks were ranked 41st, dying was just 48th, needles were 71st followed by flying at 72nd, while blood, zombies and ghosts clocked in at 77th, 78th and 79th respectively, right behind clowns.

Interesting.

Check out the complete rankings of all 80 fears for 2017 right here.

H/T Joe

We’ve all been Steve Smith. We’ve all have that one article of clothing in our closets on the fringe of our comfort zones that we bought when we were feeling ourselves–after closing a big deal or getting a random text from a crush out of left field. After the high wears off, we tentatively rock the clothes to work, hoping for some genuine positive reinforcement from someone. And all it takes is someone, anyone to say “Hey nice pants dude. You take a trip to the toilet store yesterday?” And just like that, we throw those $60 pants in the ‘Probably Never Going to Wear’ pile with the signed Clay Aiken t-shirt we drunkenly purchased at his concert at the local county fair.

Steve Smith caught hell on national television from Michael Irvin and proved that even one of the greatest receivers of our time gets sensitive over trying something out.

Steve Smith don’t play. Steve Smith don’t play one bit.

[h/t The Big Lead]

If you know someone with an Amazon Alexa speaker then you know it’s super badass. From DJ to personal meteorologist, Alexa is the truest example of a 2017 Jill of all trades.

Today on Amazon, the COWIN DiDa is marked WAY down. The COWIN DiDa is an Amazon certified Alexa voice-enabled speaker, meaning you get all the power of an Alexa enabled speaker but at a much lower price.

This speaker typically lists for $130-150 but if you act fast, Amazon has a Lightning deal and you can get this Amazon Alexa speaker for just $49.99!

If you unfortunately miss the Lightning deal, they still have the speaker on sale for just $89.99 – still 36% off!

Regardless, don’t pass up this sweet deal.

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At 3 a.m. EST on Friday morning, Apple finally allowed customers to preorder their exciting new iPhone X online. However, if you were hoping to have the 10th anniversary iPhone ship to you on the actual release date, Nov. 3, you will be severely disappointed. If you’re reading this it’s too late, the iPhone X sold out online in minutes. Now if you order an iPhone X online the delivery date isn’t expected for five to six weeks, meaning you won’t receive the handset until mid-December. That’s a wait twice as long as most new models that debuted last year. If you don’t want your iPhone X to arrive on Christmas, you could attempt to brave the crazy crowds and lines that will surely gather outside of Apple stores when the phone actually releases on Nov. 3.

A new report suggests that the shortage of phones were because delays due to “problematic parts related to face recognition.” Apple initially planned to have 40 million iPhone X units for the launch of their brand new flagship handset, but only ship 20 million units are said to be available by the end of this year. Apple is reportedly manufacturing 10 million iPhone X units per month.

If you do get your hands on an iPhone X, you had better hold onto it tight because repairs are going to be scary expensive. The iPhone X is the most expensive phone on the market, starting at $999 for the 64GB version and $1,149 for the 256GB model. The repair costs reflect the extravagant device. Apple will charge flat rates of $279 for iPhone X screen repairs and $549 for any other out-of-warranty repair for the device.

If you buy AppleCare+, Apple’s extended warranty that covers the phone for two years after the original purchase of the phone, the costs for screen repairs are $29 and $99 for any other damage. That is of course after you pay initial AppleCare+ fee that costs $199 upfront. Without AppleCare+, iPhone owners are covered by a limited one-year warranty, which dropping your phone is not included. Last month, we saw that the iPhone 8 does not perform well in drop tests and it will cost at least $99 with AppleCare+ to fix a broken glass back.

[TheVerge/MacRumors]

It’s time for us to all check out the newest funny memes and photos on the Internet. The BroBible ‘Best Damn Photos’ is a twice daily pic dump. It brings together the funniest photos and memes from all across the Internet. You can check out previous editions of the morning and afternoon Best Damn Photos pic dump by following that link, but don’t go anywhere without viewing today’s best funny photos! Make sure to follow us on Instagram at @brobible for more funny pics. And to see your pictures featured here on BroBible, consider sending them to me on Twitter HERE, and if the pics are good I’ll include them. IF YOU WANT YOUR INSTAGRAM PICS/MEMES TO BE FEATURED HERE tag them with ‘BROBIBLE’ and I’ll include them if they’re good.

IF YOU WANT YOUR INSTAGRAM PICS/MEMES TO BE FEATURED HERE tag them with ‘BROBIBLE’ and I’ll include them if they’re good. Today’s photos came from all over on Instagram. If you have a photo you’d like to see featured here you can send it to me on Twitter at @casspa or you can email it to me at cass@brobibledotcom. You might notice that this is a different format than the usual ‘Best Damn Photos’ of the morning and afternoon. Going forward, by using Instagram and Twitter embeds it will save me hours of work in putting this twice daily pic dump together and I’ll be able to get the pics to you bros a lot faster. Nobody likes change. I’m sure this new format will come with its own hiccups. But we’ll all grow to love it over time.