Netflix buys Ben Affleck’s AI filmmaking company InterPositive
Amanda Silberling / techcrunch - Affleck says he wanted to "preserve what makes human storytelling human, which is judgement."
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Paramount Says It Will Merge HBO Max With Paramount Plus If the Warner Bros. Sale Goes Through
James Whitbrook / gizmodo - Meanwhile, Paramount CEO David Ellison: 'This is not about consolidation, it’s about reinventing the business.'
- Deal finances: debt load and $6B in expected synergies (2)
- Ellison's persona and HBO fandom color takeover narrative (1)
- Markets and rivals react to Paramount's Warner Bros deal (4)
- Paramount to unite HBO Max and Paramount+ into one service (7)
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Deal finances: debt load and $6B in expected synergies
Ellison's persona and HBO fandom color takeover narrative
Markets and rivals react to Paramount's Warner Bros deal
Paramount to unite HBO Max and Paramount+ into one service
All Other Stories
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Paramount Skydance-WBD Merger Agreement Officially Announced
Stephanie Prange / mediaplaynews - Paramount Skydance Corp. and Warner Bros. Discovery Feb. 27 announced they have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which Paramount will acquire WBD. Under the terms of the agreement, Paramount will pay $31 per share in cash for all outstandi…
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Apple and Netflix announce a Formula 1 content swap
Max Knoblauch / sherwood - Apple TV will allow Netflix to simulcast the F1 Canadian Grand Prix in May. Netflix, in turn, will allow Apple to carry its popular “Drive to Survive” docuseries.
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AMC and Hollywood’s Chinese Theatre are pulling this AI-generated film from theaters after social media outcry over ‘hot garbage’
Jude Cramer / fastcompany - When word started circling that AMC Theaters was screening an AI-generated short film, the internet’s cinephiles took it personally.On Wednesday, some social media users reported that the short was playing in the pre-show before trailers at select AMC loc…
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Paramount’s $108.4 Billion Bid For Warner Bros. Discovery Has Passed DOJ Antirust Scrutiny
Erik Gruenwedel / mediaplaynews - Paramount Skydance Feb. 20 disclosed that its hostile $108.4 billion all-cash bid for Warner Bros. Discovery has passed the Depart of Justice’s 10-day antitrust waiting period. The waiting period expired on Feb. 19 at 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time. The time pe…
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Spider-Noir trailer: Nicolas Cage channels film noir detectives, and its glorious
mashable - Nicolas Cage reprises his scene-stealing "Into the Spider-Verse" role in the live-action series "Spider-Noir," out May 27.
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Amazon is turning to AI to cut film and TV production costs
digitaltrends - Amazon is investing in new AI tools to help streamline film and TV production and cut costs.The post Amazon is turning to AI to cut film and TV production costs appeared first on Digital Trends.
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Apple Releases 'Glad I Met You' Chinese New Year Film Shot on iPhone 17 Pro [Video]
iclarified - Apple has released "Glad I Met You," its annual short film to celebrate the Chinese New Year. Directed by Bai Xue, the film mixes live-action scenes with stop-motion animation to tell a story about a girl, a talking dog, and the search for family.The enti…
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The year’s first Nintendo Direct focuses on The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
Bradly Shankar / mobilesyrup - Nintendo has announced its first Direct presentation of 2026 will be focused entirely on The Super Mario Galaxy Movie. On Twitter, the company confirmed that the stream will be held on Sunday, Jan. 25 at 6 a.m. PT/9 a.m. ET on YouTube. It’s rather unusual…
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Hollywood actors and artists just made a move against AI slop
Sarah Fielding / fastcompany - A new campaign launches today against AI’s sticky fingers on copyrighted material.The Human Artistry Campaign’s “Stealing Isn’t Innovation” movement launches today with over 800 signatories. Those include many Hollywood actors, including Scarlett Johansso…
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Netflix Inks Exclusive Worldwide Pay-1 Licensing Deal with Sony Pictures Entertainment
Thomas K. Arnold / mediaplaynews - Netflix and Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) on Jan. 15 announced an exclusive global Pay-1 licensing deal that gives Netflix sole rights to stream Sony Pictures movies worldwide after their theatrical and transactional home entertainment windows. Hailed…
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Avatar: Fire and Ash review: How can a film be so stunning, yet so disappointing?
mashable - "Avatar: Fire and Ash" obviously looks incredible. Yet James Cameron retreads familiar ground in a way that never lets it be great.
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'IT: Welcome to Derry' Ending Explained: What's Next for the Stephen King Series
Aaron Pruner / cnet - Beep, beep! Pennywise is just getting started.
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Rob Reiner and Wife Found Stabbed to Death at Home
John Gruber / deadline - Deadline: The bodies of Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Reiner have been found in their Brentwood home, sources confirmed to Deadline.It appears the acclaimed director and his wife were slain by knife wounds.The LAPD are on the scene, but have not issued …
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Why 'The Muppet Christmas Carol' is the Greatest 'Christmas Carol' Ever video
cnet - We do a deep-dive into all of the right (and wrong) choices Brian Henson made in creating 'A Muppet Christmas Carol', the greatest film-version of Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'.
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'Supergirl' Takes Flight in Action-Packed Trailer for DC's Rebooted Universe
Meara Isenberg / cnet - Milly Alcock plays the heroine, Superman's cousin, and Krypto the Superdog is back.
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A Thanksgiving Dealmaking Sprint Helped Netflix Win Warner Bros.
Michelle F Davis / bloomberg - The Netflix Inc. plans that clinched the deal for Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. started to shape up around Thanksgiving.
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How Kink Found a Way Into Mainstream Cinema video
cnet - With the success of Halina Reijn's Babygirl earlier this year, and Harry Lighton's Pillion about to come out, we look at how kink and BDSM became a part of mainstream cinema.
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The Super Mario Galaxy Movie shoots for the stars in first trailer
Charles Pulliam-Moore / theverge - The first full Super Mario Galaxy Movie trailer has finally landed, and it looks like Nintendo and Illumination are doing it big for their next animated feature. Though there are a few shots of the Mushroom Kingdom and a very miniscule Bowser (Jack Black)…
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