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Lionsgate’s New Deal Is a Test of Hollywood’s Relationship With AI
It’s hard not to feel the ripple effect when big shifts happen. One such shift came Wednesday when Lionsgate—the studio…
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This Digital Archivist Believes Hollywood's 'Competition Era' Is Over
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James Earl Jones’ Darth Vader Has Already Been Immortalized With AI
If anyone could make the Dark Side sound good, it was James Earl Jones. The actor, who died Monday at…
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The End of ‘Brat Summer’ Doesn’t Mean What You Think
Charli XCX said it, so it must be true: Brat Summer is over. In a tweet so echoey it got…
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How the Cyber-Thriller ‘Red Rooms’ Became a Cult Classic Before It Was Ever Released
No matter how hard movies like Hackers, Blackhat, and Unfriended may work to convince you otherwise, there’s nothing especially cinematic…
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The Search for the Face Behind Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing
Jazmin Jones knows what she did. “If you’re online, there’s this idea of trolling,” Jones, the director behind Seeking Mavis…
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Online Action Movie Fandom Birthed a New-Film Fest Era
Starting today, a discreet multiplex in Glendale, California, will host an influx of action movie fans eager to watch fight…
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He Made a Movie About Humans Rising Up Against AI. Now He’s Doing the Real Thing
Mike Rianda’s debut feature, the sci-fi comedy The Mitchells vs. the Machines, is about a family of misfits battling an…
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A Disney+ Password-Sharing Crackdown Is Coming in September
The House of Mouse is getting a renovation. In an earnings call on Wednesday, Disney CEO Bob Iger told investors…
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The Untold Story of How Ridley Scott Saw 'Star Wars'—and Ended Up Making 'Alien'
Finally, a release date was chosen: May 25, 1979—exactly two years to the day following the release of Star Wars.…
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