In a new deal with mega-cinema chain AMC Theatres, Warner Bros. has agreed to return to an exclusive, 45-day theatrical window in 2022. From a report: AMC CEO Adam Aron unveiled the pact Monday during an earnings call. “We’re especially pleased Warner …
‘They sent a thank you note and $5,000 – the movie made $1bn’
Marvel and DC face backlash over pay (The Guardian) – As the comics giants make billions from their storylines and characters, writers and artists are speaking out about their struggles for fair payment The “big two” comic companies – Marvel and DC – m…
Pixar Co-founder Shares ‘the Real Story of Pixar’
Alvy Ray Smith cofounded Pixar. He was the first director of computer graphics at Lucasfilm and the first graphics fellow at Microsoft. He has received two technical Academy Awards for his contributions to digital movie-making technology.
This week h…
FandangoNOW and Vudu merge into a new streaming service with titles to rent, buy or stream free
Last year, movie ticketing and discovery business Fandango, a division of NBCUniversal, bought the on-demand video streaming service Vudu from Walmart, after the retailer had failed to capitalize on the service it had first acquired in 2010 for $100 million. Today, Fandango is taking the next steps with Vudu by merging the service with its […]
True! Who are you? Perry Mason?
Lesley Ann Warren Answers Every Question We Have About Clue Previously on MetaFilter
“Who owns my name?”
“Does my name belong to me? My face? What about my life? My story? Why does my name refer to events I had no hand in? I return to these questions because others continue to profit off my name, face, & story without my consent.” A Twitter thread (a…
Women Make SF Across the Media Universe
#WomenMakeSF is a project by Dr. Amy C. Chambers, where she intends to watch and review every feature film, short film and TV show created or co-created by a woman. She introduced the project in the blogpost Women Make Science Fiction: Gender is not a …
サービス終了した動画サービスの埋め込み動画が原因で、普通のニュースサイトの普通のニュース記事にポルノが表示される
2017 年にサービス終了した動画サービス Vidme の動画を埋め込んだままにしておいたことが原因で、普通のニュースサイトの普通の (古い) ニュース記事にポルノが表示される事態となった(Motherboard の記事、 Bleeping Computer の記事、 The Verge の記事、 The Register の記事)。
Vidme は投稿動画をコミュニティメンバーがキュレーションするという、YouTube と Reddit を組み合わせたようなサービスで、一時は 100 万人近いク…