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The new movie Y2K is either a comedy or a disaster/horror film, according to Wikipedia. The film “imagines a turn of the century where the machines don’t just glitch or stop working,” writes the Hollywood Reporter. “They go full homicidal.” With a cast… Continue reading Does the New ‘Y2K’ Comedy/Disaster/Horror Film Give the ’90s the Ending It Deserved?
U.S. movie theaters are struggling to attract casual moviegoers, who once made up a significant portion of box office revenues, as shorter theatrical runs and changing consumer habits reshape the industry. The domestic box office, which regularly excee… Continue reading The Casual Moviegoer is a Thing of the Past
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Variety: A “Mass Effect” TV series is officially in development at Amazon MGM Studios, Variety has learned exclusively. Daniel Casey is set to write and executive produce the adaptation. Karim Zreik will executi… Continue reading ‘Mass Effect’ TV Series Is In the Works At Amazon
Max will begin a gradual password-sharing crackdown with “soft messaging” over the next few months, with a potential price increase to follow. The Verge reports: During Warner Bros. Discovery’s Q3 earnings call on Thursday, chief financial officer Gunn… Continue reading Max Is Getting Ready For Its Own Password-Sharing Crackdown
Today, movie effects are mostly done in CGI, especially if they’re of the death-defying type. [Tyler Bell] shows us how they shot actors with arrows before CGI. Almost every medieval …read more Continue reading How to Shoot Actors with Arrows Sans CGI
This week’s Ubuntu Summit 2024 was attended by Lproven (Slashdot reader #6,030). He’s also a FOSS correspondent for the Register, where he’s filed this report:
One of the first full-length sessions was presented by David Morin, executive director of t… Continue reading ASWF: the Open Source Foundation Run By the Folks Who Give Out Oscars
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Hollywood Reporter: Grab your wagons and oxen, and get ready to ford a river: A movie adaptation of the popular grade school computer game Oregon Trail is in development at Apple. The studio landed the film … Continue reading ‘Oregon Trail’ Action-Comedy Movie In Development At Apple
An anonymous reader quotes a report from 404 Media: The code that runs Redbox DVD rental machines has been dumped online, and, in the wake of the company’s bankruptcy, a community of tinkerers and reverse engineers are probing the operating system to l… Continue reading Tinkerers Are Taking Old Redbox Kiosks Home and Reverse Engineering Them
The first scripted Immersive Video project for Apple’s Vision Pro debuts on October 10. Called Submerged, the film “invites viewers onto a WWII-era submarine and follows its crew as they wrestle to combat a harrowing torpedo attack.” 9to5Mac reports: T… Continue reading Vision Pro’s First Scripted Immersive Film Is Coming This Week
When it comes to crazy and costly movie stunts, Cliffhanger made history by featuring the most expensive aerial stunt ever performed. It was so expensive that star/co-writer Sylvester Stallone took a pay cut to help offset the million-dollar price tag…. Continue reading Looking back: The world’s first million-dollar movie stunt