The box office is trouble — again. And it has little to do with which desert action epic thrived, why Fall Guy fell short, or Inside Out 2 beating The Incredibles 2 . It’s just about time and change.
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The box office is trouble — again. And it has little to do with which desert action epic thrived, why Fall Guy fell short, or Inside Out 2 beating The Incredibles 2 . It’s just about time and change.
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Marvel Studios Heading Back To Hall H At San Diego Comic-Con
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Paramount sets Bringing Out the Dead for 4K Ultra HD, plus Sony signs a new distribution deal with SDS that includes Lionsgate, Disney & 20th Century
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> Now then... we’ve got a pretty significant piece of industry news to share with you today. Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has completed an “umbrella” distribution deal with Studio Distribution Services (SDS) that covers not only their own Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K Ultra HD product, but also titles from Lionsgate and Disney (along with 20th Century Studios, Touchstone, Hollywood Pictures, and the other Disney-owned labels), which Sony produces for those studios. We first broke the news of this for our Patreon subscribers over the weekend. > > The reason this deal is important is that it guarantees Sony, Disney, 20th Century Studios, and Lionsgate a direct and stable distribution channel for their physical media product into Walmart stores. And as we’ve reported previously, Walmart is the biggest disc retailer in North America with a whopping 45% share of the disc sales market (as of earlier this year—that number may have grown a bit with the recent exit of Best Buy, which had approximately 4% of the business). > > This deal goes a long way in terms of giving studio executives the confidence to dig more deeply into their film vaults for new catalog remastering efforts and ultimately to release new catalog 4K titles on disc. All of this sets the stage for a very exciting slate of catalog 4K UHD titles from these studios and others in the next 12 to 24 months and beyond. In fact, I’m now more confident than ever that 2025 is going to be a big year for 4K disc fans! As always, I’ll share more on all this as it comes in from our sources in the weeks and months ahead... and as I’m able to reveal the details without disrupting any developing plans.
VIP+ Analysis: A panel featuring folks from Warners, AMC Theatres and Focus Features at UCLA’s Entertainment Symposium was unrealistically hopeful.
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VIP+ Analysis: A panel featuring folks from Warners, AMC Theatres and Focus Features at UCLA’s Entertainment Symposium was unrealistically hopeful.
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TLDR : Does finnish man like bearded GNU jesus man and the same vice versa
My impression is that they both have a respect for each other, although they don't necessarily like each other.
I've hears stories of some Americans telling other people who are speaking a non-English language "This is America, speak English!" even if the conversation has nothing to do with them. Why do they do this?
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Marvel boss confirms major Fantastic Four details
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>‘THE FANTASTIC FOUR’ take place during the 60s in an alternate universe, confirms Kevin Feige. > >Kevin Feige says he's most excited for 'THE FANTASTIC FOUR' and the upcoming 'AVENGERS' films out of all of the upcoming MCU projects. > >Kevin Feige has seemingly confirmed that ‘THE FANTASTIC FOUR’ will take place in an alternate universe: “There was a cityscape in the corner [of the Johnny Storm poster], and there were a lot of smart people who noticed that cityscape didn’t look exactly like [our] New York … those are smart observations I will say.” > >Kevin Feige shares that 'THE FANTASTIC FOUR' will start filming on July 29, right after San Diego Comic Con. > >He also talked about Wonder Man. > >Brad Winderbaum will be on ‘THE OFFICIAL MARVEL PODCAST’ next week to talk about the upcoming Marvel Television slate.
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Top 20 Selling Blu-ray Discs
- Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
- Dune: Part Two
- Digimon Adventure 02: The Beginning
- The Beekeeper
- Oppenheimer
- Immaculate
- La Femme Nikita
- The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
- Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
- Star Wars: Andor — The Complete First Season
- Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker
- The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy
- Migration
- Superman and Lois: The Complete Third Season
- John Wick: Chapter 4
- House of the Dragon: The Complete First Season
- Wonka
- Imaginary
- The Iron Claw
- Dune: Part One
Source: Circana VideoScan (based on unit sales from reporting retailers)
Top 20 Selling 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Discs
- Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
- Dune: Part Two
- La Femme Nikita
- Oppenheimer
- Species II
- Star Wars: Andor — The Complete First Season
- Shrek 4-Movie Collection
- Bad Lieutenant
- Shrek Forever After
- Killer Klowns from Outer Space
- House of the Dragon: The Complete First Season
- Mute Witness
- Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi
- True Lies
- The Crow
- Lawrence of Arabia
- Dune 2-Film Collection
- The Last Kumite
- Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
- Dune: Part One
Source: Circana VideoScan (based on unit sales from reporting retailers)
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> FROM THE CINEMATIC WORLD OF SONIC THE HEDGEHOG KNUCKLES ARRIVES SEPTEMBER 10 ON DVD, BLU-RAY™ AND LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY™ STEELBOOK® > >Go Behind The Scenes With Special Features, Including An Exclusive Gag Reel and More! > > LOS ANGELES – June 24, 2024 – “Ridiculously funny with a ton of heart” (Ryan Leston, IGN), the six-episode live-action event series KNUCKLES arrives on DVD, Blu-ray™ and a Limited Edition Blu-ray™ Steelbook® on September 10, 2024 from Paramount Home Entertainment. The KNUCKLES DVD and Blu-ray™ feature a never-before-seen gag reel and four featurettes, including “Meet the Cast,” “Working with Knuckles,” “This or That?” and “Cast Impressions.” > > KNUCKLES will also be available on 4K Ultra HD™, manufactured on demand. > > SYNOPSIS > > KNUCKLES takes place between the films SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 2 and SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 3 and follows Knuckles (Idris Elba) on a hilarious and action-packed journey of self-discovery as he agrees to train Wade (Adam Pally) as his protege and teach him the ways of the Echidna warrior. Featuring appearances by Ben Schwartz as Sonic, Colleen O’Shaughnessey as Tails and Tika Sumpter (Maddie), the ensemble cast also includes Edi Patterson (The Righteous Gemstones), Rory McCann (Game of Thrones), Cary Elwes (Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning), Christopher Lloyd (Back to the Future), and Paul Scheer (Black Monday). This collection includes every episode along with an exclusive gag reel, and more! > > SPECIAL FEATURES > - Gag Reel > - “Meet the Cast” Featurette > - “Working with Knuckles” Featurette > - “This or That?” Featurette > - “Cast Impressions” Featurette > > > A Paramount+ Original, from Paramount Pictures and SEGA of America, KNUCKLES is the first TV series in the expanding “Cinematic World of Sonic the Hedgehog,” executive produced by Idris Elba, Neal H. Moritz, Toby Ascher, Jeff Fowler, John Whittington, Haruki Satomi, Shuji Utsumi and Toru Nakahara. > > > Paramount Home Entertainment (PHE) is part of Paramount Pictures Corporation (PPC), a global producer and distributor of filmed entertainment. PPC is a unit of Paramount (NASDAQ: PARA, PARAA), a leading global media and entertainment company that creates premium content and experiences for audiences worldwide. The PHE division oversees PPC’s home entertainment and transactional digital distribution activities worldwide. The division is responsible for the sales, marketing and distribution of home entertainment content on behalf of Paramount Pictures, Paramount Animation, Paramount Television Studios, Paramount Players, MTV, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central and CBS and applicable licensing and servicing of certain DreamWorks Animation titles. PHE additionally manages global licensing of studio content and transactional distribution across worldwide digital distribution platforms including online, mobile and portable devices and emerging technologies. > > > Specifications: > > Blu-ray™ Specifications: > - Blu-ray: 1 Disc > - Video: 1080p High Definition > - Aspect Ratio: Widescreen > - Audio: English Dolby Atmos; English, French & German 5.1 Surround Dolby Digital AC3 > - Subtitles: English SDH, French & German > > > DVD Specifications: > - DVD: 2 Discs > - Video: Standard Definition > - Aspect Ratio: Widescreen > - Audio: English 5.1 Surround Dolby Digital AC3 > - Subtitles: English SDH > > > 4K UHD Specifications: > > - 4K UHD: 1 Disc > -Audio: English Dolby Atmos; English 5.1 Surround Dolby Digital AC3 > Subtitles: English SDH > > > U.S. Rating: Not Rated > > Canadian Rating: G > > Run Time: 3:00:00 > > >Created for Television by JOHN WHITTINGTON and TOBY ASCHER > > Written by JOHN WHITTINGTON (episodes 101, 102, 106) > > Written by BRIAN SCHACTER (episodes 103, 105) > > Written by JAMES MADEJSKI (episode 104) > > Directed by JEFF FOWLER (episode 101) > > Directed by GED WRIGHT (episode 102) > > Directed by BRANDON TROST (episode 103) > > Directed by JORMA TACCONE (episode 104) > > Directed by CAROL BANKER (episodes 105 & 106)
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Transcript of Speech at Pittsburgh Meeting
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Anachronism?
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This reminds me of the crypto/NFT days where everyone and their brother added a special "blockchain" feature in their product, even when it didn't make sense or was completely unnecessary.
Even if there was undeniable, irrefutable scientific evidence that Jesus not only existed but was also the son of God, people still wouldn't worship him.
Other studios envy them for sure. Hollywood feels a lot of nostalgia for the 2019 box office year, they probably have lots of anxiety that audiences won't go back to theaters. It's an embarrassment that they haven't been able to entice people back to cinemas, so the studios will do anything to keep these feeling of ennui at bay.
Don't worry, there are still some services out there that do this!
And Gamefly allows you to rent movies, too!
You can't have "a kids". You can have "a kid" or "kids", but not "a kids".
Growing up, you don't see the writing on the wall...