Netflix is on a roll with a very particular type of original movie: the R-rated blockbuster.
- Ben Affleck/Matt Damon thriller #TheRip
- Alan Ritchson's #WarMachine
- Shark movie #Thrash
- Charlize Theron/Taron Edgerton action-thriller #Apex
As Hollywood studios have largely abandoned the “blockbuster for grown-ups,” Netflix has consciously pivoted to fill the genre gap.
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#MotherMary is director David Lowery's ambitious ode to pop music and he talks about the years-long journey to get it to the screen.
It was all in service of Lowery getting to where he wanted to go – “a two-hander chamber piece that occasionally blossomed into full-blown pop concert sequences. It’s easy to say that on paper, but then actually putting that to practice in the edit was a lot trickier.”
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#Michael, a $200 million biopic depicting the life of Michael Jackson, opens this weekend amid mixed reviews and a Rotten Tomatoes score of 39%.
But more dramatic than anything on screen is the movie’s journey through production, sidestepping controversy, enduring costly reshoots and finally arriving with a version of the Michael Jackson story free of thorny legal brambles and primed for potential sequels.
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#CinemaCon: "Forgotten Island" marks a significant step for DreamWorks Animation, blending innovative visuals with a heartfelt narrative.
Set against the backdrop of the late 1990s Philippines, the film features a diverse cast and vibrant animation techniques, exploring themes of remembrance and growth as the studio paves the way for a more adventurous future in animation.
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“#Avatar: Fire and Ash” is still registering as a disappointment for some audiences.
The film grossed over $1.4 billion, falling short of its predecessors, which earned more than $2.9 billion and $2.3 billion respectively. That gap is raising questions among moviegoers and Disney executives alike: where does the “Avatar” franchise go from here?
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A new era begins at Disney with Josh D’Amaro as CEO. Before the handoff, Drew Taylor breaks down Bob Iger’s legacy: Pixar, Marvel, Lucasfilm, 21st Century, the IP empire is massive. But after the MCU and Pixar hits, sequels, spinoffs, and remakes took over.
Iger leaves a profitable, blockbuster Disney, Parks included, but where is the magic and creativity that built it all? Read Drew’s take at the link in bio.
Bob Iger reshaped The Walt Disney Company not as a creative auteur, but as a strategic architect of culture-defining IP.
By empowering studios like Pixar, Marvel Studios and Lucasfilm, he built a franchise empire rooted in creative autonomy and scaled for global dominance.
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DreamWorks Animation is developing a sequel to #TheWildRobot based on the second book author Peter Brown's series, with Troy Quane, one of the directors behind the Oscar-nominated “Nimona,” directing.
Heidi Jo Gilbert, who worked as head of story on the first film, will serve as co-director.
In Brown’s “The Wild Robot Escapes,” Roz and her bird-son Brightbill try to escape a dairy farm and return to their island.
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Disney is making a major pivot in its plans for #VillainsLand at #MagicKingdom, now going for a more family-friendly vibe than previously expected. TheWrap’s @drewtailored has the exclusive new details, including plans for #Maleficent, #Yzma and more.
