Sources say Miguel Sapochnik is exiting the show after pouring an exhausting three years of effort into the #GameofThrones prequel. Ryan Condal will now serve as the show’s sole showrunner and continue to work closely with co-creator George R.R. Martin thr.cm/yHGmgFA
Miguel Sapochnik worked for months helping develop #HouseoftheDragon with Ryan Condal. But he was reluctant to officially join the show, a stance that perhaps foreshadowed his current exit. “Miguel said, “I’m never doing Thrones again,” Condal recalled thr.cm/yHGmgFA
"It was incredibly tough to decide to move on, but I know that it is the right choice for me, personally and professionally. As I do so, though, I am deeply comforted to know that Alan will be joining the series," said Miguel Sapochnik thr.cm/yHGmgFA
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#TheRingsofPower has only a 37 percent audience rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with some complaining about the show's diversity. Amazon halts reviews to prevent trolling: thr.cm/UYrqEiu
#TheRingsofPower audience score come a couple weeks after Marvel’s #SheHulk was declared review bombed on the site with an initial 36 percent audience rating thr.cm/UYrqEiu
How #TheRingsofPower is doing on Amazon’s own user review ecosystem is not yet clear because the company has taken the unusual step of suspending its ratings for the show. An Amazon source says reviews are being held 72 hours to help weed out trolls thr.cm/UYrqEiu
Ana de Armas has shared her reaction to the NC-17 rating for her Marilyn Monroe biopic #Blonde:
“I didn’t understand why that happened. I can tell you a number of shows or movies that are way more explicit with a lot more sexual content" thr.cm/aQPfRuE
#Blonde was given the rare adults-only rating for “some sexual content” by the Motion Picture Association in March thr.cm/aQPfRuE
#Blonde director Andrew Dominik previously shared thoughts about an NC-17 rating: “If the audience doesn’t like it, that’s the f---ing audience’s problem...It’s an NC-17 movie about Marilyn Monroe, it’s kind of what you want, right?" thr.cm/aQPfRuE
The first live-action series in the #ResidentEvil franchise will be a short-lived one.
Netflix has canceled the series after a single season. The decision comes six weeks after the show's debut thr.cm/Q18Yd3G
Both Netflix’s own metrics and external measurements showed #ResidentEvil didn’t have a long shelf life with viewers thr.cm/Q18Yd3G
#ResidentEvil opened to decent numbers by both Netflix’s public rankings and Nielsen’s streaming measurement. It was relatively flat in its second week, however, and dropped off considerably in the last week of July thr.cm/Q18Yd3G
A damage control meeting on the Warner Bros. lot between Ezra Miller, their agent and Warners' Michael De Luca and Pam Abdy took place this week, with aims to quell concerns over the star's arrests and controversies thr.cm/eT7qK7d
During the meeting, Ezra Miller discussed how to stay on course for #TheFlash, reaffirmed their commitment to the movie and apologized for bringing negative attention to the production and the company thr.cm/eT7qK7d
The meeting comes a couple weeks after Ezra Miller announced they were seeking help for mental health issues, saying in a statement "I want to apologize to everyone that I have alarmed and upset with my past behavior" thr.cm/eT7qK7d
#HouseoftheDragon's renewal comes relatively quickly following its premiere on Sunday, which delivered 10 million viewers overnight — an HBO record thr.cm/ENLy0LV