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States sue to block Paramount/WBD merger that was approved by Trump admin
AG: Deal will bring “higher prices, lower quality, and less content for film and TV.”
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Paramount and Warner Bros sued to block $110bn mega merger
A dozen US states are taking legal action to halt the largest media consolidation in Hollywood history.
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Moana Built Real Waterfalls Across an Acre of Sets | Collider BTS
Disney’s live-action Moana had to honor one of the studio’s most beloved animated films while creating something that could stand on its own. Director and executive producer Thomas Kail explains how his team approached that challenge, from preserving what audiences already love to finding new ways to tell the story.
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The 2001 movie Kurt Russell didn’t even bother reading the script for: “I don’t care”
Going on instinct. The post The 2001 movie Kurt Russell didn’t even bother reading the script for: “I don’t care” first appeared on Far Out Magazine.
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The Hunt for Gollum will de-age its Lord of the Rings actors
Director Andy Serkis has confirmed that The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum will use de-ageing technology on some of its cast, marking a notable use of machine learning in the making of the film. Serkis, who also stars as Gollum, said the technique would apply to “some of the characters” but stopped…
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Nightmare on Elm Street Reboot in the Works at Paramount
A new Nightmare on Elm Street film is in the works, but this time, with Paramount.
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The 2002 Angelina Jolie movie Roger Ebert hated: “Elbows sticking out where the knees should be”
The article revisits Roger Ebert’s strong dislike of *Life or Something Like It*, the 2002 Angelina Jolie film he reportedly singled out for especially harsh criticism. It frames the film as a notable misfire in Jolie’s career, showing how even a major star vehicle could be undone by weak writing and an unconvincing story. The…
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Tom Cruise unveils remarkable transformation in Digger trailer: ‘I’ve never had something that could challenge me in this way’
The Guardian reports that Warner Bros has released the first full trailer for Digger, Alejandro González Iñárritu’s new comedy-drama starring Tom Cruise as Digger Rockwell, an oil baron trying to avert a global ecological catastrophe. The trailer highlights a major physical transformation for Cruise, with prosthetics, a pot belly and a southern accent making it…
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Samuel L. Jackson-Led ‘Frisco King’ Casts Tom Pecinka & Arturo Del Puerto
EXCLUSIVE: Tom Pecinka (American Rust) and Arturo Del Puerto (Pulse) join the cast of Paramount+’s Frisco King in recurring roles. The series is currently in production in Fort Worth, Texas. The project reunites Pecinka with series lead Samuel L. Jackson, whom he starred alongside in the film The Kill Room (2023) from director Nicol Paone.…
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The 1980 Oscar-winning movie that Robert Redford expected to flop: “No one gave a shit”
Having the last laugh. The post The 1980 Oscar-winning movie that Robert Redford expected to flop: “No one gave a shit” first appeared on Far Out Magazine.