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This Week's MPN Video Podcast: AI Is Changing Film Forever: Interviews From the Venice Film Festival
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (328+ words) Media Play News Podcasts This compilation featuring five voices at the Venice Film Festival explores how AI and immersive technology are reshaping storytelling — from Hollywood veterans to the tech platforms powering what comes next. Rob Minkoff (director/producer, The Lion…...
Production Starts in the UK on Netflix Feature Film 'The Inbetweeners 3"
6+ day, 14+ hour ago (353+ words) Netflix on Sept. 7 announced that production has begun in the UK on the feature film The Inbetweeners 3, a continuation of the popular sitcom and its two films. Simon Bird, James Buckley, Blake Harrison and Joe Thomas will reprise their roles…...
'Spider-Man: Brand New Day' Fastest Theatrical Release to Top $900 Million Domestic Box Office; Surpasses $2.4 Billion Globally
1+ week, 3+ hour ago (452+ words) Sony/Columbia Pictures’ Spider-Man: Brand New Day generated $3.9 million on Sept. 4 across 3,600 screens to top $923.6 million domestically after 36 days in release. It is now the fastest film in history to surpass $900 million and only the second film ever to do…...
Thriller 'Just Play Dead' Available Digitally From Vertical
1+ week, 4+ day ago (186+ words) The thriller Just Play Dead was released for digital sale and rental Sept. 1 by Vertical Entertainment. The cast also includes Eoin Macken and María Pedraza. The Emma Thompson thriller Dead of Winter will arrive for purchase digitally on Oct. 21 from…...
Kino Lorber Releasing 4K Boxed Set of Five Peter Sellers 'Pink Panther' Films Sept. 8
2+ week, 4+ day ago (386+ words) Kino Lorber Sept. 8 will release The Pink Panther: Masterpiece Collection, compiling its previously released 4K Ultra HD disc releases of five franchise films starring Peter Sellers into a single boxed set. The collection includes 1963’s The Pink Panther, 1964’s A Shot…...
'Her Private Hell' Makes Digital Debut Aug. 25, on Disc Nov. 24
2+ week, 5+ day ago (301+ words) Film studio Neon released the dystopian thriller Her Private Hell for digital sale and rental on Aug. 25. The first film in 10 years from director Nicolas Winding Refn (Drive, The Neon Demon), Her Private Hell will later be released as a…...
Gala Chinese Theatre Premiere Set for '10 Kilos' Prior to Breaking Glass Film's Sept. 29 Digital Rollout
2+ week, 6+ day ago (383+ words) Breaking Glass Pictures is giving the true crime survival thriller 10 Kilos a gala theatrical premiere in Hollywood’s storied TCL Chinese Theatre Aug. 25 prior to its Sept. 29 digital release. The film, based on Sharon Yitzhaki’s bestselling memoir, opened Aug. 21 in New…...
'Spider-Man: Brand New Day' Tops $2.2 Billion Box Office Globally Through Aug. 23
3+ week, 10+ hour ago (502+ words) It was another good box office weekend for Sony Pictures through Aug. 23, with Spider-Man: Brand New Day generating $36.5 million in fourth-weekend domestic ticket sales to rank No. 1. Brand New Day has generated $2.22 billion globally, and almost $855 million across North American…...
Documentary 'Funny Money: The Dane Cook Story' Available Digitally Sept. 29
3+ week, 3+ day ago (244+ words) UpStreamFlix will make the true crime documentary Funny Money: The Dane Cook Story available for VOD rental and sale on all leading digital platforms Sept. 29. The film explores how, when Dane Cook was at the peak of his stand-up comedy…...
'Michael' Remains Atop Weekly U.K. Home Entertainment Sales Chart Through Aug. 19
3+ week, 4+ day ago (410+ words) Lionsgate/Universal’s Michael Jackson biopic Michael continues its Official Film Chart run, spending a fifth non-consecutive week atop the weekly U.K. home entertainment sales chart through Aug. 19. Also making a return at No. 2 in its 10th week on the chart was…...