Entering the original content ring with a ridiculous amount of celeb support, here’s Apple TV+.
The tech giant announced today that it will be diving into the streaming wars with its own entertainment service, featuring both licensed and original…
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Steven Spielberg is facing criticism after his Netflix proposal
The veteran director proposed to block Netflix films from Academy Awards shortlists. He argues that movies which debut on streaming services, or just have a short theatrical run should qualify for the Emmys instead of the Oscars. Read more…More abou…
View More Steven Spielberg is facing criticism after his Netflix proposalNetflix defends its impact on the movie business ahead of Oscars debate
Netflix did pretty well at this year’s Academy Awards, but it’s also facing pushback from some big names in the movie business. “Roma” took home more high-profile Oscars (Best Director, Best Foreign Language Film and Best Cinematography) than any Netflix or streaming original before it. But it lost out to “Green Book” for Best Picture, a […]
View More Netflix defends its impact on the movie business ahead of Oscars debate25 years later, Steven Spielberg’s ‘Schindler’s List’ gets stunning remastered re-release
Steven Spielberg’s masterpiece Schindler’s List is turning 25 this December. To celebrate, Universal Pictures is adding to the film’s $225 million box office haul by returning a remastered version of the historical drama to big screens across the…
View More 25 years later, Steven Spielberg’s ‘Schindler’s List’ gets stunning remastered re-releaseActor tweets story of how his whole life changed after he sent Steven Spielberg a letter
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If you’ve ever considered writing a letter to one of your heroes, do it.
On the one hand, it might not come to anything. But on the other it could change the entire course of your life.
On Monday, actor and writer Andrew Briedis shared the story of how a letter to Steven Spielberg started him on the path to his future career — and how it was all tied to Jurassic Park.
Jurassic Park was released in theaters 25 years ago today, so I’d like to take this opportunity to talk about why I have a baby raptor tattooed on my leg.
— Andrew Briedis (@AndrewBriedis) June 11, 2018 Read more…
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View More Actor tweets story of how his whole life changed after he sent Steven Spielberg a letterNow Steven Spielberg is making a DC movie
Steven Spielberg is headed to the DC universe.
Warner Bros. announced Tuesday that Spielberg has signed on for Blackhawk, an action-adventure movie based on the DC comics.
SEE ALSO: ‘Ready Player One’ is a geeky, brainless roller-coaster ride
The pre…
Nostalgia eats itself in ‘Ready Player One’
First things first: I had a really good time watching Ready Player One. As promised, the movie feels like a chance for Steven Spielberg to return to his roots as a blockbuster filmmaker, and to take all the toys out of the box and smash them together. The film is based on Ernest Cline’s bestselling […]
View More Nostalgia eats itself in ‘Ready Player One’Steven Spielberg is not a fan of Carl’s Jr.’s ‘SpielBurgers’
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Carl’s Jr. has a terrible-good idea: In honor of Ready Player One, rename all of the fast food restaurant’s sliders as “SpielBurgers.”
You know, because Ready Player One is directed by Steven Spielberg. So the tiny hamburger sliders are SpielBurgersGET IT???
Spielberg, the man himself, is not a fan of the idea, apparently. So much so that he recorded a video of himself smacking down Carl’s Jr. with a verbal cease-and-desist, then tweeted it out on the official Amblin Entertainment Twitter feed.
OFFICIAL STATEMENT FROM READY PLAYER ONE DIRECTOR STEVEN SPIELBERG REGARDING @CarlsJr “SPIELBURGERS” pic.twitter.com/BF8KF4VGc7
— Amblin Entertainment (@AmblinEnt) March 27, 2018 Read more…
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Steven Spielberg throws fuel on the Hollywood vs. Netflix flame war
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Steven Spielberg doesn’t think that Netflix movies deserve a place alongside more traditional movies at the Oscars.
The incredibly successful filmmaker revealed in an interview with ITV News (via IndieWire) that he thinks Netflix movies belong at the Emmys amongst TV movies, not with feature films at the Oscars, even when said Netflix movies follow the rules required to become eligible for Oscars.
“I don’t believe that films that are just given token qualifications, in a couple of theaters for less than a week, should qualify for the Academy Award nominations,” Spielberg said. Read more…
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Steven Spielberg on why we’re so obsessed with the ’80s
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If anyone’s more obsessed than you with the ’80s, it’s Steven Spielberg.
The legendary director of new Easter egg-filled geek adventure Ready Player One reflected on why we’re so obsessed with nostalgia for the decade in a Q&A at the film’s Australian premiere in Sydney on Tuesday.
And he should know — Spielberg directed, wrote or produced Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Gremlins, E.T., Poltergeist, The Goonies and more in the 1980s.
Based on Ernest Cline’s 2011 science fiction novel, Ready Player One is set in a dystopian 2045 and follows the adventures of a teenager in an escapist VR game. Read more…
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As an unabashed homage to geek culture and 80s nostalgia smorgasboard, you probably assumed Ready Player One would be dripping with Star Wars references.
You’d be wrong.
While the marketing for Steven Spielberg’s upcoming movie showed zero restraint when it came to pop culture references, the director said he was actually careful about name-dropping Star Wars. Or rather, which Star Wars movies he included from the ever-expanding movie franchise.
“We didn’t want to use the main cultural icons from any of the Disney Star Wars films, because those are ongoing. That’s really part of our contemporary world right now. And even though it began in the ’80s, it is so much a part of our real life today in the 21st century. So we asked for some of the smaller items, and Disney gave us everything we asked for,” Spielberg said at a SXSW interview with Fandango. Read more…
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View More Steven Spielberg explained why ‘Ready Player One’ only references the original ‘Star Wars’These icons of girlhood culture deserve adaptations like ‘Ready Player One’
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Let’s not beat around the bush: Ernest Cline’s Ready Player One is a circle jerk of male geek culture sustained over a grueling 400 pages.
On March 26, we’ll see the release of the mega-budget blockbuster adaptation of this fanboy-favorite, courtesy of cinema’s own champion of male geek culture, Steven Spielberg. There’s nothing wrong with that — and early reviews have even been more positive than expected!
But that doesn’t negate the criticisms against what Ready Player One represents — or rather, who fanboy culture tends to leave out.
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