Avengers Campus seeks to be an immersive experience After pandemic pause, Avengers swing, soar into Disneyland ANAHEIM, Calif., June 3, (AP): Now that it’s getting safer to assem- gadgets for the wrist can be bought next door), riders can blast swarms pandemic that kept the park dark for more than a year. (It also feels ble, the Avengers are at last descending on Disneyland. of the little spider-bots (which can also be purchased next door), and a like an acknowledgement of “Black Panther” star Chadwick Boseman, A Spider-Man ride that lets visitors blast bots with virtual webs from couple of not-so-little ones. whose death last year stunned the world.) their bare hands and a show of strength from the royal guard of Wa- “What was really important to us was to try and make the interface Disney’s two Anaheim parks reopened with restrictions on April 30 kanda are among the highlights of the new Avengers Campus at Dis- disappear so the guests just had the superpowers themselves,” said and will reopen at something nearing normal on June 15. ney’s California Adventure Park, whose debut was paused for about a Brent Strong, executive creative director of Walt Disney Imagineering. The new section was also built to incorporate “Guardians of the Gal- year by the coronavirus pandemic before it opens to the public Friday. “So in order to do that we did a whole bunch of invention to try and axy — Mission: Breakout!” a drop-tower ride with funky tunes in place The Avengers Campus seeks to be an immersive experience that al- make the technology as un-obvious as possible.” since 2017. lows guests to become super-heroic across a series of rides, shows and The storytelling on the Avengers campus even extends to the food, eateries from the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Surprises including an outlet of the Shawarma joint that Iron Man suggests his “We’re excited to fi nally open up the gates and let everybody in,” Journalists got to take the ride for a few spins Wednesday. With allies hit up after the Battle of New York depicted in 2012s “The Scot Drake, a portfolio creative executive with Walt Disney Imagineer- each pass the experience changes, as guests start to master their web- Avengers.” It was open for sampling Wednesday and as Tony Stark ing, said at the park Wednesday. “We had 70-plus years of stories and slinging and fi gure out they can do more than just blast away with their promised, it is, indeed, good. amazing characters to pull from, 23 epic fi lms, and for us it was, ‘What powers. Another Avengers Campus is planned for Disneyland Paris. The Parks is the best way to get our guests right in the middle of those stories, “You can start to grab on to shipping containers, open doors, grow California version will have major additions. Other heroes, including right in the middle of the action?’” things and shrink things,” Strong said. “We’ve hidden a million Easter Thor and Iron Man, will make appearances, and Doctor Strange will Central to that aim is “Web Slingers: A Spider-Man Adventure,” eggs and fun little surprises in there.” work his wizardry in his Ancient Sanctum several times a day. which combines classic ride structure with an array of cameras that Elsewhere, majestic music blasts to announce the marching arrival Some of those heroes, in Marvel’s movies, are dead, and for those capture guests’ body motion and allows them to play Peter Parker. of the Dora Milaje — the royal guard that protects T’Challa in “Black who follow the events of the Marvel Cinematic Universe with near- They’re asked to help onscreen Spidey Tom Holland fi ght an out- Panther.” With their leader Okoye, the shaven-headed women of Wa- religious precision, it can be tough to tell what time period the campus break of small, smart and powerful Spider-bots, creations that he and a kanda twirl their spears and explain their principles to give wannabe is set in. team of inventive teens developed but lost control of in an old building warriors in the audience a lesson in the fi ghting arts. The creators say don’t overthink it. donated by Tony Stark. The show includes something rare for a day at Disneyland: a mo- We’ve summoned heroes from across all of space and time,” Strong The experience resembles the videogame competition of Disney- ment of silence for the dead. While Okoye tells the crowd she seeks said. “Time is a lot more squishy than any of us think. Trying to put a land’s Buzz Lightyear ride, but the action and the tech behind it are in to honor fallen kings and ancestors, the ritual, in a time of many such specifi c date to it can be challenging. But to us, Avengers Campus is a different galaxy. With no equipment necessary (though enhancement moments, feels like an acknowledgment of the many deaths during the here and now.” Variety s e r u t a This image released by Samuel Goldwyn Films shows Josie Ho, (left), and Dominic Monaghan in a scene from ‘Edge of the World.’ (AP) e Film ‘Edge of the World’ is still a very solid watch NEW YORK: After decades of F Features photographing rock stars, movie stars and heads of state, Annie Leibovitz has added a business leader to her portfolio: Former Brooke’s tale takes a familiar path PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi. Leibovitz’s shot of a stylish but By Lindsey Bahr he arrives on a private expedition with a few coun- release on digital and video on demand Friday, has relatively casual Nooyi, wearing trymen, Colonel Arthur Crookshank (Dominic Mona- not been rated by the Motion Picture Association of a dark sweater and pants, will ap- f the new adventure fi lm “Edge of the World,” pear on the cover of Nooyi’s mem- ghan) and Charlie (Otto Farant). There they meet two America, but contains violent and disturbing imagery. Iabout a British explorer and soldier in 1840s Bor- princes, the cosmopolitan Badruddin (Samo Rafael) Running time: 104 minutes. Two and a half stars out oir “My Life in Full,” scheduled to neo, seems suspiciously like “The Man Who Would come out Sept. 28. and Mahkota (Bront Palarae), who are friendly but of four. Nooyi is expected to write about Be King” and “Lord Jim,” it’s for good reason. It was have decidedly different views on governance, pun- her childhood in India, her experi- the inspiration for both. Both Rudyard Kipling and ishment and rewards (Mahkota favors beheading). Also: ences as an immigrant at Yale Uni- Joseph Conrad were moved by the true story of James After Brooke helps the locals squash a rebellion, the BROOKFIELD, Conn.: The brother of a boy who some versity’s business school and how Brooke, a former soldier in the Bengal Army who Sultan of Brunei makes him Rajah of Sarawak and he thought was possessed by demons has told the Hart- she became the rare woman and would become the Raj of Sarawak at the height of the quickly starts an intense romance with the beautiful ford Courant previously that he resents the retelling of person of color to reach the highest British Empire. Brooke’s family ended up governing Fatima (Atiqah Hasiholan). As the leader, he attempts his family’s trauma, which features as the plot in the levels of corporate power. there for a century. new fi lm “The Conjuring 3.” She worked at PepsiCo for 24 to meld his ideas of civilization with the customs of Brooke’s story may have provided the foundation the people he’s now responsible for. He dreams of Carl Glatzel, 55, left Connecticut because of the years, 12 of them as CEO, before for a lot, but the other novels and fi lms came fi rst stepping down in 2018. a world without piracy, slavery and head-hunting. painful events that started when his brother, David, “It is not so much that Indra is a and became classics in the process — not to mention Many are eager to follow him. began having hallucinations and delusions as a boy, CEO but it is who she is,” Leibo- everything they then informed and inspired. It’s not the newspaper reported Wednesday. vitz said in a statement Wednes- that Hollywood hasn’t tried to give Brooke his due. Conquer Arne Johnson, the boyfriend and later husband of FRIDAY-SATURDAY, JUNE 4-5, 2021 day. “I have always been inter- Even Errol Flynn was supposed to play him at one But anyone who has even the most passing fa- Deborah Glatzel, Carl and David’s sister, alleged ested in what someone does. Indra point. miliarity with “Heart of Darkness,” or “Apocalypse that a demon left the boy and entered him during has paved the way for so many On one level, it’s impossible for “Edge of the Now,” will know that the honeymoon is soon to end. an exorcism and caused him to murder his landlord, women in business. As a mother, World” not to feel like homage. At the same time, di- The threat of Mahkota still looms and there are even Alan Bono, in 1981. Johnson was convicted of man- I would like my three daughters to rector Michael Haussman (a prolifi c music video di- some attempts get the British Navy to lend a steam- slaughter and served four years in prison. read her memoir.” (AP) rector) and screenwriter and producer Rob Allyn (for ❑ ❑ ❑ ship to go upriver and conquer the enemy.