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#film industry

Timed to ruin holidays like a round of end-of-year layoffs, the streaming giant announced plans to buy Warner Bros, a movie and television studio with a full-century legacy. It's possible that the acquisition won't actually go through and if it does, it won't be for at least a year. But the news still looms over year-end awards and list-making, and it's going to take more than a jingle-bell heist to steal back any holiday cheer for the entertainment industry,

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.

"Tron: Ares" powered up the box office grid in the top spot this weekend, but Disney's third entry in the sci-fi franchise fell short of expectations. Despite some favorable reviews - including a three-out-of-four-star one from The Associated Press - the new "Tron" film starring Jared Leto, Greta Lee and Jeff Bridges earned $33.5 million, according to Comscore estimates on Sunday. The big-budget project, reported to cost around $150 million, arrived 15 years after "Tron: Legacy" opened to $44 million before grossing more than $400 million globally.

Work camping is a lifestyle that combines working and camping. Work campers often trade labor for compensation, which can include a free or discounted campsite, utilities, and sometimes wages. We bought a house in Florida nine years ago and live there for six months in the winter. Our 42-foot Monaco Class A motor coach is our home for the other half of the year while we work camp. Since 2019, we've work camped in New Hampshire. I also do DoorDash in both places.

Each year, a lucky handful of major, mainstream movies are inundated with predictions that they will flop commercially due to their inclusion of progressive themes, values or characters. Most recently, Superman was hit by such claims after director James Gunn referred to the superhero as an immigrant, with even Dean Cain, former Superman actor, hitting back at Gunn's characterisation of the crime fighter. Go broke, though? Not quite: Superman is one of this year's highest earners at the box office.

Audiences may also be wary: A recent survey of 5,000 people across the US, UK, Europe, and Australia by Baringa, a management consulting firm, found that 53% of US consumers would feel uncomfortable watching content touched by AI. Despite some startups' cautious approach, the usage of AI raises legal and existential questions about what stories get told, who gets to tell them, and how audiences will connect with the next era of entertainment.

NBCUniversal has won a bidding war to acquire all non-publishing rights to Robert Ludlum's Bourne and Treadstone properties in perpetuity, marking a significant expansion of the franchise.

Spike Lee will host a Pop-Up Stoop Sale on Aug. 9 at his production company, 40 Acres and Mule Filmworks, featuring vintage items and live merchandise signing.

Metro Private Cinema reimagines public film experiences, offering twenty private screening rooms designed for intimacy and comfort, accommodating groups of four to twenty.

Kevin Feige acknowledged that Marvel produced over 100 hours of stories between 2019 and now, leading to an overwhelming experience for audiences.

Tom Troupe, a significant figure in film and television, passed away from natural causes in Beverly Hills just days after celebrating his 97th birthday.

Ari Aster's new film is a two-and-a-half-hour dark comedy depicting a politically fraught New Mexico town during COVID-19, igniting reactions at its Cannes premiere.

Tron: Ares follows a highly sophisticated Program, Ares, who is sent from the digital world into the real world on a dangerous mission, marking humankind's first encounter with A.I. beings.

I just think that it's lazy on the part of the studio. When Universal Pictures president Peter Cramer told him the studio was planning a remake, he asked to direct it not out of enthusiasm, but out of concern over how another director might interfere with the version of the story he and Sanders put on screen.

"A lot of these states are getting these credit programs. Some people call it a race to the bottom, and I get that. But I'm from here and I'm telling you we have a chance to make really something cool."

Elio is remembered as one of the big box office flops of 2025 despite being beloved by viewers and visually beautiful, resulting in the worst performance in Pixar's history.

Johansson faced initial setbacks in her acting career, including being rejected by an agent due to her unconventional voice, which she humorously described as sounding like a whiskey-drinking, chain-smoking fool.

The release of Jurassic Park 32 years ago marked a moment in cinematic history with groundbreaking CGI; however, it led to a reliance on formulaic storytelling.

From the peak of the Eiffel Tower to the treacherous waters of Niagara Falls, Cat's iconic hat was 'pictured' at different world monuments, but fans weren't easily enchanted by the stunt, throwing around some scathing AI allegations.

Bryn Mooser and Natasha Lyonne co-founded Asteria to leverage generative AI for filmmaking in a way they describe as 'ethical,' despite facing industry backlash.

"We are thrilled to invite this esteemed class of artists, technologists, and professionals to join the Academy," Academy CEO Bill Kramer and Academy President Janet Yang said.

Pixar's creative output from the 90s to mid-2010s marked it as the king of animated filmmaking, inspiring many to pivot careers into animation.