Merge 104.8 | 05 April 2023
According to a new report the Harry Potter movie franchise is set to be adapted into a TV series. Warner Bros. Discovery is currently looking to close a deal to produce it and release the series on HBO Max. The TV version would be directly based on the books, rather than a spin-off, such as the Fantastic Beasts series.
Scientists are due to start drilling to save samples of ancient ice for analysis before the frozen layers melt away due to climate change. Italian, French and Norwegian researchers have set up camp in Norway in what they say is a race against time to preserve crucial ice records for analyzing past environmental conditions. Studies indicate that the Arctic is warming between two and four times faster than the global average.
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny is the fifth film in the Harrison Ford adventure series and will make its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival next month. The movie comes 15 years after Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull in 2008 and is being billed as the final chapter in the franchise, which opens in cinemas in June.