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Captain Marvel rakes in $455 million in worldwide weekend haul
Captain Marvel, the latest superhero film from Disney’s Marvel franchise, is bringing home the bacon — to the tune of a $455 million box office total for the weekend. The movie, Marvel’s first to be headlined exclusively by a female superhero, is off to the second largest global opening of any superhero movie behind Avengers: […]
View More Captain Marvel rakes in $455 million in worldwide weekend haulNew trailer for Dark Phoenix doesn’t bode well for the X-Men
The latest trailer is out for what could be the final installation in this iteration of the X-Men franchise — and things don’t look great (either for our heroes or for the franchise). The Dark Phoenix saga is one of the most famous (and well-loved) narrative arcs in the comic book series long history, and […]
View More New trailer for Dark Phoenix doesn’t bode well for the X-MenWattpad’s latest deal will turn its stories into TV shows and movies in Korea
Wattpad’s ambitions to grow beyond a storytelling community for young adults took another leap forward today with the announcement of a new partnership that will help expand its reach in Asia. The company has teamed up with Huayi Brothers in Korea, who will now be Wattpad’s exclusive entertainment partner in the region. The two companies […]
View More Wattpad’s latest deal will turn its stories into TV shows and movies in KoreaDigital influencers and the dollars that follow them
Sunny Dhillon Contributor Sunny Dhillon is a partner at Signia Venture Partners. More posts by this contributor Security tokens will be coming soon to an exchange near you Amazon’s next conquest will be apparel Animated characters are as old as human storytelling itself, dating back thousands of years to cave drawings that depict animals in […]
View More Digital influencers and the dollars that follow them2019 might just be another good year for LGBTQ people in film
When it comes to queer and trans representation, film has always lagged painfully behind everyone, even our dumbest mediums. I survived off the homosexual cheek-stroke scene in Foxfire for more than a decade before Blue is the Warmest Color and Paria…
View More 2019 might just be another good year for LGBTQ people in filmHulu unexpectedly releases “Fyre Fraud” days before Netflix’s competing documentary
Not since the literary biopic showdown between “Capote” and “Infamous” has there been such an intense battle for the attention of viewers. This time, the fight is between Hulu and Netflix’s competing documentaries about the disastrous Fyre Festival, a 2017 music festival whose failure led to eight lawsuits and a six-year prison sentence for co-founder […]
View More Hulu unexpectedly releases “Fyre Fraud” days before Netflix’s competing documentary17 movies turning 20 in 2019
It may seem like some of your favorite films came out just yesterday, but I regret to inform you that many of them will be turning 20 this coming year.
From the hit teen comedies Never Been Kissed and 10 Things I Hate About You, to intense dramas lik…
Digital movie collection app Movies Anywhere adds its first pay TV partner, Comcast
Movies Anywhere, the Disney-led service movie service operated in partnership Universal, WB, Sony Pictures and 20th Century Fox, is adding its first pay TV partner. Starting today, Comcast Xfinity TV customers will be able to sync their accounts with Movies Anywhere in order to access their movie purchases from the Xfinity Digital Store alongside those […]
View More Digital movie collection app Movies Anywhere adds its first pay TV partner, ComcastSee you in Vancouver on Thursday
We’ve finalized the Vancouver micro meetup for this Thursday. We’ll be holding it at Hootsuite HQ on 5, East 8th Ave at 7pm on October 4. Extra special thanks to the folks at Hootsuite for helping out. You must RSVP here so we know how many are attending. If you’d like to pitch please fill […]
View More See you in Vancouver on ThursdayAMC’s MoviePass competitor hits 380K users in 3 months, will increase US attendance
As MoviePass flounders and runs out of cash, AMC’s competitive offering, AMC Stubs A-List, is scaling up quickly. The theater chain announced this morning the service is growing faster than anticipated, and has already signed up over 380,000 users in the three months since its late July launch. The growth is notable also because much […]
View More AMC’s MoviePass competitor hits 380K users in 3 months, will increase US attendanceCinematic train wreck, “The Room”, is now on YouTube in its entirety
The Room has been ranked with Plan 9 From Outer Space as a strong contender for the “best” worst movie ever made — and it’s now available in its entirety on YouTube. Written, directed, and starring Tommy Wiseau, The Room belongs in the same category as Plan 9, and Coven (which was immortalized in the 1999 documentary American […]
View More Cinematic train wreck, “The Room”, is now on YouTube in its entirety