With competition for subscribers growing fiercer, media companies have increasingly turned to well-known genre franchises, including #TheWitcher and #TheLegendOfVoxMachina, in a hungry grab for IP that they hope comes with a built-in fan base. bit.ly/3dzEQIn
Launching a franchise that perpetuates for years needs time to grow, but some platforms have chosen to jump-start the process, greenlighting a show’s second season well in advance. Amazon has publicly committed to produce 50 hours of “The Rings of Power.” bit.ly/3dzEQIn
Before Martin Scorsese’s “The Aviator,” Christopher Nolan wrote a script for a Howard Hughes biopic that he wanted Jim Carrey to star in. Nolan has called it his best screenplay and the role Carrey was “born to play.”
Luca Guadagnino wanted to make a sequel to #Suspiria with a story “layered in five different time zones,” including 1200 Scotland. The first movie’s box office failure killed the plan: “How [can I make a sequel]? The movie made absolutely nothing.”
EXCLUSIVE: Ezra Miller has broken their silence about the troubling behavior that they have exhibited in recent years, which has led to a series of legal issues and assault and abuse allegations. Miller also apologized for their actions. wp.me/pc8uak-1lBmRa
“Having recently gone through a time of intense crisis, I now understand that I am suffering complex mental health issues and have begun ongoing treatment,” says Ezra Miller in a statement provided exclusively to Variety. wp.me/pc8uak-1lBmRa
“I want to apologize to everyone that I have alarmed and upset with my past behavior," Ezra Miller says. "I am committed to doing the necessary work to get back to a healthy, safe and productive stage in my life." wp.me/pc8uak-1lBmRa
When Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav spoke to investors on Aug. 4, he stated that the company had created a team with a “10-year plan focusing just on DC” — similar to Disney's structure with Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige. bit.ly/3QEwWfi
Zaslav did not disclose who would be a part of that team, nor did he acknowledge that Walter Hamada, the executive who’s led the DC Films unit since 2018, actually has a long term plan for DC’s cinematic universe and has already been implementing it. bit.ly/3QEwWfi
Zaslav’s announcement appeared to dismiss Hamada and his team’s preparations, creating an atmosphere of confusion — and rampant speculation — over the future of more than a dozen DC film and TV projects. bit.ly/3QEwWfi
Angus Cloud reveals where the scar on his head came from.
“It’s real,” he says. “I broke my skull on Friday the 13th.” 🧵 wp.me/pc8uak-1lBlv3
As Cloud tells it, in 2013, he peeled off from a group of friends who were walking through downtown Oakland, where he grew up. Alone and in the dark, he didn’t notice the construction pit in front of him until he was already falling. wp.me/pc8uak-1lBlv3
“I woke up 12 hours later at the bottom,” Cloud says. “I was trapped. I eventually climbed out after — I don’t know how long.” wp.me/pc8uak-1lBlv3
#Prey, the action-thriller prequel to #Predator, notched the most viewing hours ever on Hulu in its first three days — including all TV series and movies.
#Prey premiered Aug. 5 on on Hulu in the U.S., as well as on Disney’s Star+ in Latin America and Disney+ under the Star banner in all other territories.
The film follows a young woman, Naru, a fierce and highly skilled warrior who has been raised in the shadow of some of the most legendary hunters who roam the Great Plains. So when danger threatens her camp, she sets out to protect her people.