The good news for streaming? It’s still growing! The bad news? The growth is not nearly as fast as it had been. Streaming subscriptions increased by 10.1 percent in 2023, according to market researcher Antenna’s new State of Subscriptions report; hey, double-digit growth is always nice! It’s a bit less nice, however, when you compare it with the 21.6 percent …
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The original “Road House” screenwriter is entering the octagon with Amazon Studios and MGM — in a legal battle, at least. Screenwriter R. Lance Hill, who uses the pen name David Lee Henry, has filed a lawsuit against Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and parent company Amazon Studios for copyright infringement, as first reported by the Los Angeles Times. Hill wrote the screenplay …
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The release of Denis Villeneuve‘s “Dune: Part Two” is the first bona fide cinematic event of 2024, with many early reviews hailing the strike-delayed sequel as a bigger, bolder addition to the acclaimed saga that Villeneuve launched with the first film. The film is set to complete Villeneuve’s adaptation of Frank Herbert’s first “Dune” novel while setting up a potential …
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The new Academy realignment that splits the Short Films and Feature Animation branch into separate Animation and Short Films branches has been met primarily with enthusiasm. According to animation and live-action short Academy members and other industry insiders, this change was long overdue. Both animation and live-action shorts deserve their own dedicated branches after experiencing tremendous growth, box office success, …
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The SAG Awards are huge — in Canada. Netflix live-streamed the Screen Actors Guild’s event on Saturday, and though the awards show did not make the Top 10 in the U.S. (or globally), it did in exactly one country: Canada. As a matter of fact, it made the Top 9 (at number nine) there. We don’t know exactly how the …
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Warner Bros. Discovery is no longer pursuing an acquisition of Paramount Global, CNBC reported on Tuesday. Meanwhile, Skydance is still performing its due diligence on a potential merger with Paramount — or perhaps an acquisition of its parent company. WBD chief David Zaslav met with Paramount CEO Bob Bakish in December to discuss a potential merger. Those discussions heated up …
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Comedians Colin Burgess and Anthony Oberbeck lead a fully improvised indie film about the hilarious hijinks of fatherhood. Burgess and Oberbeck are credited as co-writers for “Dad & Step-Dad,” which marks Brooklyn-based artist Tynan DeLong’s feature directorial debut. IndieWire exclusively debuts the trailer for the buzzed-about film that debuted on indie streaming platform NoBudge. Now, after a premiere at Nitehawk …
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Women in film in 2023 were getting younger. When it came to all female characters that had speaking roles in last year’s top grossing movies, fewer than half were from women over the age of 40. The latest report from Dr. Martha Lauzen‘s famous Celluloid Ceiling study — this year called “It’s a Man’s (Celluloid) World” — found that on …
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Jonathan Glazer‘s “The Zone of Interest” is a haunting look at humanity’s ability to turn a blind eye to atrocities after becoming desensitized. The Holocaust drama takes place in the shadows of Auschwitz, where Nazi guard Rudolf Höss (Christian Friedel) and his wife Hedwig (Sandra Hüller) live a calm domestic life raising their children next door to the infamous concentration …
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Future Academy Awards ceremonies will look a little differently. Ahead of the 2024 Oscars, which will take place March 10, the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences voted to make Short Films and Feature Animation Branch two distinct branches. “The Academy is dedicated to advancing and evolving with our growing global membership and with …
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