Netflix buys Ben Affleck’s AI filmmaking company InterPositive
Amanda Silberling / techcrunch - Affleck says he wanted to "preserve what makes human storytelling human, which is judgement."
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Paramount Skydance-WBD Merger Agreement Officially Announced
Stephanie Prange / mediaplaynews - Paramount Skydance Corp. and Warner Bros. Discovery Feb. 27 announced they have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which Paramount will acquire WBD. Under the terms of the agreement, Paramount will pay $31 per share in cash for all outstandi…
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Netflix cedes Warner Bros. Discovery to Paramount: “No longer financially attractive”
Scharon Harding / arstechnica - Netflix shares jumped following the announcement.
- Inside Netflix's rethink: strategic relief or missed opportunity? (3)
- Paramount's superior bid seals deal; Netflix steps aside (3)
- Regulators and Ellison’s empire: what Paramount would control (2)
- Trading floors cheer: stocks bounce after Netflix exits WBD (6)
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Warner Bros. Discovery’s Board Says Paramount Skydance’s New $110.9 Billion Bid Might be ‘Superior’ to Netflix Deal
Erik Gruenwedel / mediaplaynews - Warner Bros. Discovery Feb. 24 announced that its board of directors, following consultation with its independent financial and legal advisors, has determined that Paramount Skydance adding $2.48 billion in cash to its current $108.4 billion bid might lea…
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AMC and Hollywood’s Chinese Theatre are pulling this AI-generated film from theaters after social media outcry over ‘hot garbage’
Jude Cramer / fastcompany - When word started circling that AMC Theaters was screening an AI-generated short film, the internet’s cinephiles took it personally.On Wednesday, some social media users reported that the short was playing in the pre-show before trailers at select AMC loc…
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Paramount’s $108.4 Billion Bid For Warner Bros. Discovery Has Passed DOJ Antirust Scrutiny
Erik Gruenwedel / mediaplaynews - Paramount Skydance Feb. 20 disclosed that its hostile $108.4 billion all-cash bid for Warner Bros. Discovery has passed the Depart of Justice’s 10-day antitrust waiting period. The waiting period expired on Feb. 19 at 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time. The time pe…
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ByteDance to curb AI video app after Disney legal threat
bbc - Videos featuring Spider-Man and other characters which are Disney's intellectual property have gone viral since Seedance's update.
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Spider-Noir trailer: Nicolas Cage channels film noir detectives, and its glorious
mashable - Nicolas Cage reprises his scene-stealing "Into the Spider-Verse" role in the live-action series "Spider-Noir," out May 27.
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Amazon is turning to AI to cut film and TV production costs
digitaltrends - Amazon is investing in new AI tools to help streamline film and TV production and cut costs.The post Amazon is turning to AI to cut film and TV production costs appeared first on Digital Trends.
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Tech CEOs including Tim Cook, Eric Yuan, attend Amazon-funded "Melania" screening at White House
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Fallout Is Causing a Fan Meltdown — But Is It Actually Bad? video
Emmett Smith / cnet - People are freaking out about Fallout — and the reactions couldn't be more divided. Some fans are calling it one of the best video game adaptations ever made. Others think it's already betraying Fallout's canon. So… are they right?
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The year’s first Nintendo Direct focuses on The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
Bradly Shankar / mobilesyrup - Nintendo has announced its first Direct presentation of 2026 will be focused entirely on The Super Mario Galaxy Movie. On Twitter, the company confirmed that the stream will be held on Sunday, Jan. 25 at 6 a.m. PT/9 a.m. ET on YouTube. It’s rather unusual…
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Netflix Inks Exclusive Worldwide Pay-1 Licensing Deal with Sony Pictures Entertainment
Thomas K. Arnold / mediaplaynews - Netflix and Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) on Jan. 15 announced an exclusive global Pay-1 licensing deal that gives Netflix sole rights to stream Sony Pictures movies worldwide after their theatrical and transactional home entertainment windows. Hailed…
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Netflix reportedly looking to solidify its bid for Warner Bros. with all-cash offer
@MarketWatch / x - Netflix reportedly looking to solidify its bid for Warner Bros. with all-cash offer https://t.co/zh0tvWXHht— MarketWatch (@MarketWatch) January 13, 2026
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Warner Bros. Discovery rejects Paramount’s bid again, calls it a ‘leveraged buyout’
Ram Iyer / techcrunch - The studio's board unanimously rejected Paramount Skydance's revised $108.4 billion bid, calling the proposal a "leveraged buyout" that would saddle the company with $87 billion in debt.
- Board opts Netflix over risky Paramount bid (13)
- Industry warns of broader deal risks (2)
- Larry Ellison’s backing falls short for Paramount (2)
- Shareholder blasts board’s negotiation approach (1)
Board opts Netflix over risky Paramount bid
Industry warns of broader deal risks
Larry Ellison’s backing falls short for Paramount
Shareholder blasts board’s negotiation approach
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YouTube bans two popular channels that created fake AI movie trailers
Ryan Whitwam / arstechnica - Google loves AI content, except when it doesn't.
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Avatar: Fire and Ash review: How can a film be so stunning, yet so disappointing?
mashable - "Avatar: Fire and Ash" obviously looks incredible. Yet James Cameron retreads familiar ground in a way that never lets it be great.
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Stranger Things Season 5 Volume 2 First Trailer Drops, Showing New Footage
Steve Vegvari / iphoneincanada - Here is the first trailer for Stranger Things Season 5 Volume 2 ahead of its debut on Christmas Day.The post Stranger Things Season 5 Volume 2 First Trailer Drops, Showing New Footage first appeared on iPhone in Canada.
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'IT: Welcome to Derry' Ending Explained: What's Next for the Stephen King Series
Aaron Pruner / cnet - Beep, beep! Pennywise is just getting started.
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Why 'The Muppet Christmas Carol' is the Greatest 'Christmas Carol' Ever video
cnet - We do a deep-dive into all of the right (and wrong) choices Brian Henson made in creating 'A Muppet Christmas Carol', the greatest film-version of Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'.
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