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Unmissable content that is a blockbuster
We Indians value watching slews of successful web series and movies. And the rate at which the entertainment sector has grown, be it in terms of storytelling or visuals and concept for reality TV is remarkable. More recently, Indian creators have created some relatable and gripping content that is turning heads worldwide. We are confident you will enjoy binge-watching all of these on the weekend, so without further ado, here are the top 5 blockbuster content you shouldn’t miss.
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Kashmir Hill’s “Your Face Belongs to Us”
This Friday (September 22), I'm (virtually) presenting at the DIG Festival in Modena, Italy. That night, I'll be in person at LA's Book Soup for the launch of Justin C Key's "The World Wasn’t Ready for You." On September 27, I'll be at Chevalier's Books in Los Angeles with Brian Merchant for a joint launch for my new book The Internet Con and his new book, Blood in the Machine.
Your Face Belongs To Us is Kashmir Hill's new tell-all history of Clearview AI, the creepy facial recognition company whose origins are mired in far-right politics, off-the-books police misconduct, sales to authoritarian states and sleazy one-percenter one-upmanship:
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/691288/your-face-belongs-to-us-by-kashmir-hill/
Hill is a fitting chronicler here. Clearview first rose to prominence – or, rather, notoriety – with the publication of her 2020 expose on the company, which had scraped more than a billion facial images from the web, and then started secretly marketing a search engine for faces to cops, spooks, private security firms, and, eventually, repressive governments:
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/18/technology/clearview-privacy-facial-recognition.html
Hill's original blockbuster expose was followed by an in-depth magazine feature and then a string more articles, which revealed the company's origins in white nationalist movements, and the mercurial jourey of its founder, Hoan Ton-That:
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/03/18/magazine/facial-recognition-clearview-ai.html
The story of Clearview's technology is an interesting one, a story about the machine learning gold-rush where modestly talented technologists who could lay hands on sufficient data could throw it together with off-the-shelf algorithms and do things that had previously been considered impossible. While Clearview has plenty of competitors today, as recently as a couple of years ago, it played like a magic trick.
That's where the more interesting story of Clearview's founding comes in. Hill is a meticulous researcher and had the benefit of a disaffected – and excommunicated – Clearview co-founder, who provided her with masses of internal communications. She also benefited from the court documents from the flurry of lawsuits that Clearview prompted.
What emerges from these primary sources – including multiple interviews with Ton-That – is a story about a move-fast-and-break-things company at the tail end of the forgiveness-not-permission era of technological development. Clearview's founders are violating laws and norms, they're short on cash, and they're racing across the river on the backs of alligators, hoping to reach the riches on the opposite bank without losing a leg.
A decade ago, they might have played as heroes. Today, they're just grifters – bullshitters faking it until they make it, lying to Hill (and getting caught out), and the rest of us. The founders themselves are erratic weirdos, and not the fun kind of weirdos, either. Ton-That – who emigrated to Silicon Valley from Australia as a teenager, seeking a techie's fortune – comes across as a bro-addled dimbulb who threw his lot in with white nationalists, MAGA Republicans, Rudy Guiliani bagmen, Peter Theil, and assorted other tech-adjascent goblins.
Meanwhile, biometrics generally – and facial recognition specifically – is a discipline with a long and sordid history, inextricably entwined with phrenology and eugenics, as Hill describes in a series of interstitial chapters that recount historical attempts to indentify the facial features that correspond with criminality and low intelligence.
These interstitials are woven into a-ha moments from Clearview's history, in which various investors, employees, hangers-on, competitors and customers speculate about how a facial-recognition system could eventually not just recognize criminals, but predict criminality. It's a potent reminder of the AI industry's many overlaps with "race-science" and other quack beliefs.
Hill also describes how Clearview and its competitors' recklessness and arrogance created the openings for shrewd civil libertarians to secure bipartisan support for biometric privacy laws, most notably Illinois' best-of-breed Biometric Information Privacy Act:
https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/ilcs3.asp?ActID=3004&ChapterID=57
But by the end of the book, Hill makes the case that Ton-That and his competitors have gotten away with it. Facial recognition is now so easy to build that – she says – we're unlikely to abolish it, despite all the many horrifying ways that FR could fuck up our societies. It's a sobering conclusion, and while Hill holds out some hope for curbing the official use of FR, she seems resigned to a future in which – for example – creepy guys covertly snap photos of women on the street, use those pictures to figure out their names and addresses, and then stalk and harass them.
If she's right, this is Ton-That's true legacy, and the legacy of the funders who handed him millions to spend building this. Perhaps someone else would have stepped into that sweaty, reckless-grifter-shaped hole if Ton-That hadn't been there to fill it, but in our timeline, we can say that Ton-That was the bumbler who helped destroy something precious.
If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this post to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:
https://pluralistic.net/2023/09/20/steal-your-face/#hoan-ton-that
#pluralistic#books#reviews#gift guide#clearview ai#facial recognition#biometrics#eugenics#crime#privacy#cop shit#hoan ton-that
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If there is anything I have learned from the past month in trying to archive everything important RWBY related. It's that RWBY has a fuck official posters not even including other RT related media, like goddamn. It makes me both stressed and happy about this series it's that I've never seen a web series get this many collaborations. I almost forgot the RWBY was not only an easter egg but part of a major plot point in a feature blockbuster Doctor Sleep.
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Read in July ↴
Books & Short Stories
All the Dangerous Things by Stacey Willingham
The Hollow Boy by Jonathan Stroud (such a fun series)
Just the Nicest Couple by Mary Kubica
The Second Husband by Kate White
What Lies in the Woods by Kate Alice Marshall
The Block Party by Jamie Day
Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six (possibly the biggest wtf book I’ve ever read)
The Husband Stitch by Carmen Maria Machado
Articles
American Suburbs Are Breeding Grounds for Fascism
Blots on a Field?
The Titan Submersible was “an Accident Waiting to Happen”
Sound of Freedom: the QAnon-adjacent thriller seducing America
The Mysterious Case of the Fake Gay Marriage Website, the Real Straight Man, and the Supreme Court
Anti-Sunscreen Influencers Want to Fry Your Skin
Conspiracy Theorists (and Elon Musk) Falsely Accuse Student of Being ‘Fed’ Posing as Neo-Nazi
A gay couple ran a rural restaurant in peace. Then new neighbors arrived.
A North Korean defector captivated U.S. media. Some question her story.
They took blockbuster drugs for weight loss and diabetes. Now their stomachs are paralyzed
Research Papers
The Far Right and Gender by Elizabeth Pearson, Emily Winterbotham, and Katherine E. Brown in Countering Violent Extremism, Making Gender Matter (2020)
What “Real” Women Want: Alt-Right Femininity Vlogs as an Anti-Feminist Populist Aesthetic by Megan L. Zahay (2022)
Anti-vaccine activists, Web 2.0, and the postmodern paradigm – An overview of tactics and tropes used online by the anti-vaccination movement by Anna Kata (2012)
Gender, Populism, and the QAnon Conspiracy Movement by Lorna Bracewell (2021)
#studyblr#studyspo#am studying#study motiviation#college studyblr#study inspiration#study inspo#gradblr#cw food#monthly reads
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Collections to watch out for!
EXCITING TIME TO BE ALIVE!
Good fall to all you comic collectors out there!
Next week: 10/25/23, don't forget to stop into your local comic shop for a few thrilling special sets! THREE OF THEM to be exact!
First! For all you Must have Moon Knight fans, we have a wonderful collection of art and special covers by The OG himself: BILL SIENKIEWICZ!!
Bill Sienkiewicz is renowned for his work on some of Marvel's most iconic comics of the 1980s: Moon Knight, The New Mutants, Elektra: Assassin, and more. This collection is filled with some of his finest covers, pin-ups, and pages. Included in this Artisan Edition is the oversized first issue of Elektra: Assassin, written by Frank Miller, as well as many gorgeous pages from that acclaimed series. All have been meticulously scanned from the original art and reproduced to the exacting Artist's Edition standards. While appearing to be in black and white, these images have been scanned in color, allowing the reader to view them as closely as possible to the original art. Ink gradients, blue pencil, corrections, and more are all clearly visible, all the wonderful subtle nuances that make original art so special and unique.
This will run you roughly $39.99 (though some online comic shops have it on sale for less.
Diamond code:JUL231276 ISBN:9781684059683
What could be better than this?
How about the MCU Official
WEREWOLF BY NIGHT ART BOOK! I am so excited for this one you guys.
On a dark and somber night, a secret group of monster hunters emerges from the shadows and gathers at the foreboding Bloodstone Temple following the death of their leader. In a strange and macabre memorial to their leader's life, the attendees are thrust into a mysterious and deadly competition for a powerful relic - a hunt that will ultimately bring them face-to-face with a dangerous monster.
Continuing their popular ART OF series of tie-in books, Marvel Studios presents another blockbuster achievement! Featuring exclusive concept artwork and in-depth interviews with the creative team, this deluxe volume provides insider details about the making of the highly anticipated special.
This bad boy will set you back $60. But again, you can find it online for a little cheaper at some retailers. (especially if you pre-order before it drops)
Diamond code:MAR230961 ISBN:9781302953362
LAST but not least!
For those that have been trying to assemble all of the old Moon Knight collections, we have
MOON KNIGHT EPIC COLLECTION VOL 7 DEATH WATCH TP!!
We're heading into the 90s with a collection or appearances in other works and continuation of Moench in the main line. We've got Doctor Doom, Infinity Wars tie over, The return of Bushman, and more!
Collecting MARC SPECTOR: MOON KNIGHT #39-51, MOON KNIGHT: DIVIDED WE FALL, MOON KNIGHT SPECIAL #1, WEB OF SPIDER-MAN (1985) #93-94 and material from MARVEL COMICS PRESENTS (1988) #152-154.
This little collection will cost you $44.99 (but I'm getting it for $38 online through pre-order)
Diamond code:JUL230851 ISBN:9781302953805
Now I hear you all screaming "What about the Moon Knight show art book?!" That is still currently scheduled for release on 11/22/23. But it has been pushed back twice already so I'm not going to scream about it till it's in my cart with an official pre-order ability and the money has left my wallet. (Moon Knight you keep my wallet barren and sad).
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Spider-Man Day
How will you celebrate Spider-Man Day on August 1? It’s important to remember one thing: with great power comes great responsibility. Now, you, a Spider-Man fanatic, have all the power in the world to celebrate one of the most iconic comic-book superheroes of all time whichever way you want to, so don’t take this responsibility lightly. This is your gift and your curse!
Created by Steve Dikto and Stan Lee, Spider-Man is Marvel Comics most iconic character for the past 59 years. For all true fans of the web-slinger, August 1, 2023 is the day on which you can appreciate what Spider-Man has brought to your lives.
However, you chose to celebrate Spider-Man Day 2023 don’t forget to share your thoughts with us.
When is Spider-Man Day 2023?
“Spider-Man! Spider-Man! Friendly neighborhood Spider-Man!” is celebrated on Spider-Man Day on August 1, 2023.
History of Spider-Man Day
Everyone loves Spider-Man. And how can we not? Spider-Man entered the comic-book universe in issue 15 of Marvel Comics’ “Amazing Fantasy” in August 1962 and has been a major player ever since. The groundbreaking story caught the attention of readers when it featured an awkward, antisocial teenager as its superhero — a description typically associated with sidekicks. But this bold move turned out to be a boon for creator Stan Lee, who touched the hearts of a generation of kids who felt lonely, rejected, or had difficulty making friends. Spider-Man proved that anyone can be a superhero and, even after being around for about 60 years, he’s still as popular as ever.
Spider-Man got his own comic series, “The Amazing Spider-Man,” in March 1963. The titular character rose to popularity and quickly became integral in the ever-expanding Marvel Universe, engaging with regularly featured characters like the Human Torch, the Incredible Hulk, and Daredevil. The supporting characters in the Spider-Man world were equally interactive and colorful, enthralling readers who developed soft spots for them. This includes J. Jonah Jameson, the anti-Spider-Man editor-in-chief for the “Daily Bugle” newspaper, Spider-Man’s love interests Gwen Stacy and Mary Jane Watson, and costumed villains like Doctor Octopus, the Green Goblin, and Venom.
Spider-Man became a fast-expanding franchise, his heroics no longer able to be contained in single monthly issues. Spidey’s frequent crossover storylines with other Marvel characters led to the creation of the bimonthly series “Marvel Team-Up” in March 1972, which ran for 150 issues. Spider-Man teamed up with nearly every high-profile superhero in the Marvel Universe in this ongoing series.
“Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man” was the fourth installment comic series of Spider-Man’s continuing adventures. It debuted in December 1976 and ended after 263 issues. One of the most memorable events of this era was Peter’s marriage to Mary Jane Watson.
We all know Spider-Man is fast, but his momentum in the comic world was soon noticed by Hollywood as well. Sony Entertainment purchased the rights to Spider-Man, and brought him to the big screen in May 2002 with the movie “Spider-Man.” With Tobey Maguire playing the friendly neighborhood superhero, the Spider-Man movies paved the way for the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the superhero movie genre. “Spider-Man 2” was released in 2004 and broke box-office records, followed by “Spider-Man 3” in 2007, which ended Director Sam Raimi’s trilogy. The franchise was rebooted five years later, with “The Amazing Spider-Man” in 2012, starring Andrew Garfield.
Next, Spider-Man made his debut in the Marvel Cinematic Universe in the third act of “Captain America: Civil War” (2016). Young actor Tom Holland breathed life into the web-slinger, who had been neglected due to the ongoing legal issues and character rights between Sony Entertainment and Marvel Studios. The latest Marvel movies featuring Spider-Man are worldwide blockbusters “Avengers: Infinity War” (2018) and “Spider-Man: Far From Home” (2019).
Spider-Man Day timeline
1962 A Hero is Born
Stan Lee comes up with the idea for Spider-Man and the character first appears in a comic as a supporting character.
1963 First Independent Comic
Spider-Man gets his own comic, "The Amazing Spider-Man".
2002 Spider-Man Goes to Hollywood
Spider-Man gets his own movie franchise ("Spider-Man") starring Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, and James Franco.
2010 Broadway Special
"Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" debuts on Broadway in NYC.
2012 Meet the New Spidey!
"The Amazing Spider-Man" starring Andrew Garfield premieres, followed by a sequel ("The Amazing Spider-Man 2") in 2014.
2017 Third Time’s the Charm
"Spider-Man: Homecoming" premieres, starring the new Spider-Man, Tom Holland.
Traditions
Your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is celebrated with exciting events, movie marathons, and trading of collectible comic book issues featuring the superhero. Spider-Man gets the approval of both kids and adults, which makes him so likable and relatable. Kids don their Spider-Man costumes and toy web slingers, whereas grown-up enthusiasts wear more elaborate costumes to celebrate events and parties.
Spider-Man comic books that are rare and collectible are traded and sold. Special issues are also available at some comic book stores. With the release of the latest Spider-Man video game, gamers and online streamers host playthrough sessions of the latest and older Spider-Man games. Today is also the day where traditionally we see many masked marauders make news headlines around the world as they attempt to climb walls and buildings — but don’t try this at home (or anywhere for that matter), kids!
Spider-Man Day By The Numbers
10 tons – the weight that Spider-Man can bench press.
200 mph – the top speed at which Spider-Man can run.
#15 – the issue number of the “Amazing Fantasy” comic book that Spider-Man first appeared in.
2002 – the year in which the Spider-Man movie franchise was released.
#290 – the comic issue of “The Amazing Spider-Man” in which the superhero married Mary Jane.
1963 – the year when Spider-Man’s first solo title “The Amazing Spider-man (Vol. 1)” appeared on shelves.
700th – the issue number at which Volume 1 of “The Amazing Spider-Man” ended in December 2012.
8 – the total number of Spider-Man cartoon series.
1 hour – the time it takes for Spider-Man’s web to dissolve.
250 – the IQ level of Peter Parker.
Spider-Man Day Activities
Have a Spider-Man movie marathon
Throw a Spider-Man party
Parkour!
Depending how far back in time you want to go and which producers/directors you prefer, you could easily spend an entire day watching movie adaptations of Spider-Man comics. Perhaps you and your friends could watch and compare the latest releases, both Spider-Man and The Amazing Spider-Man and discuss which version is better.
Invite your friends over, decorate the house and get the silly string web-slinging devices ready 'cause it’s party time! To really make your party stand out, try some Spidey-themed food like deviled eggs with paprika shaken into the shape of a spider. To keep the adults happy, try making the Spider-Man cocktail mixed with cherry and raspberry liqueurs, tequila and a sprinkling of pop rocks.
Ever wanted to leap and fly like Spider-Man? While swinging through New York City with a series of webs isn’t quite realistic, the growing trend of parkour can be done, right here and now. A mix of gymnastics and dancing, building up your parkour skills means flipping, sliding and jumping through the city just like Spidey.
5 Super Facts About Spider-Man
Spider-Man was originally Fly-Man
The only spider people like
It’s in the name
Venom was born from fanfiction
Changing times
Initially, Stan Lee wanted to create a superhero based on a fly or insect.
Head of Marvel Comics, Martin Goodman disapproved of the concept of Spider-Man due to the fact that most people hate spiders.
Stan Lee specifically placed a hyphen in Spider-Man’s name to avoid confusion between ‘Spiderman’ and ‘Superman’ as the latter was rather popular at the time.
Spider-Man’s nemesis Venom was created as fan fiction, and purchased by Marvel for $220.
Spider-Man is the first independent teenage superhero who was not a sidekick to an adult superhero.
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#Spider-Man Day#Spider-ManDay#1 August#comic#Marvel Comic#travel#Toys 'R' Us#Times Square#I miss the store at Times Square#vacation#USA#summer 2009#interior#original photography#tourist attraction#landmark#Midtown Manhattan#New York City
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Bolly Reels
BollyReels.com is your ultimate destination for everything related to Bollywood, Hollywood, and web series. As a devoted enthusiast of cinema, BollyRaels.com caters to the cravings of Bollywood and Hollywood lovers alike. Whether you're passionate about the glitz and glamour of Indian cinema or intrigued by the charm of Hollywood blockbusters.
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Ive found some of my favorite games purely through their music.
As a lil babe on the web 1.0 browsing Neopets, someone had this amazing song on their pet's lookup page. I needed it, so I figured out how to look at the HTML of the site and see the name of the mp3 file, "A Stray Child."
Mind you, this is the early 1.0, search engines are limited and piracy is a bit risky. And it was rare to find the song you were looking for on youtube. I braved the Limewire trenches of totally real Bring_Me_To_Life.mp3 and Numb.mp3 (bc obviously I already owned those cds, why would I need to pirate them) and found 3 files that fit the name "A Stray Child." It took probably...2 days? to download one of them on that dial up modem. And thank gods I was able to sneakily keep the computer on for the duration.
But when the moment arrived, and I finally had every kb of that sucker downloaded, I eagerly plugged in my over-the-ear discount headphones from MediaPlay to hear that beautiful song one more time and....it was the wrong song.
It wasn't what I was expecting...but I didn't hate it. I kept listening. It got stranger, creepier - then suddenly - comforting, distant, familiar. I'd forgotten the song I'd been looking for, this song was now everything to me. And I needed more.
I dug into the 'read only' info of the file, and blessed be, whoever uploaded that file had actually included some data about the album. Something called Silent Hill. So I looked for more on Limewire, and downloaded anything I could find. I wasn't disappointed. It never occurred to me to search for 'Silent Hill' in any kind of search engine; this was something that was left purely for me to unearth in the crypts of Limewire, a strange and otherworldly gem. I probably listened to the same 3 songs thinking that was the entirety of its music. I was glad to be proven wrong.
Imagine my surprise when I catch wind of a Silent Hill movie coming out. These...songs are getting their own movie?! Fantastic!
when it showed up at blockbuster, I rented it for one of my birthday parties and had four friends over to watch it with me. imagine my surprise when two of them decided to go home that night, and one of them couldn't sleep at all. thank you, my negligent mother
But I was hooked. I remember being so thrilled to hear my favorite songs in the movie, and a few others. Somehow, STILL, I was completely ignorant that the games existed. It wasn't until 2008 that I met someone who educated me on what I was missing out on, and I grappled with .isos and Alcohol software to get these bootleg PS2 games running on pc with the help of a friend.
Im wiser now for it, stronger, know not to turn away from something right away if it differs from my expectations. And still laugh at the irony of it, knowing the sacrilege of my backdoor entry into the Silent Hill franchise.
But I look at my Silent Hill vinyls and wonder why I don't own that song I originally hunted for, why I never looked into that series. It was from .hack//sign. I suppose it just wasn't made for me.
#talking nothings#waxing poetic about music and meaning and childhood#tldr is; .hack//sign a stray child vs silent hill 3 a stray child#a story#long post#music
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best iptv australia for Dummies
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↳ cultural icons of the 24th century pt.1
techno popstar leonio engler
techno-renaissance composer claudia tailleferre
everyone’s favorite leading man tae il-sung
beloved industry darling, actress zofia bronze
leonie engler (hunter schafer), techno pop singer at the top of the charts. she started out DJ’ing in teen queer spaces around fifteen. at eighteen she began performing in queer clubs around germany. she had a steadily growing social media presence and local fame which then skyrocketed in 2332 when a video of her helping a woman propose to her girlfriend (who was a huge fan) went viral. engler went on to be invited to several talk shows and her album löwin's pride was an international success. she further cemented her place in the public eye when she was asked to create songs for the acclaimed film broken roads which starred the current highest paid actress, zofia bronze.
claudia tailleferre (emmy raver-lampman), a renowned and highly respected musician at the head of the techno renaissance genre. this style of music is a mix of classical compositions with modern sounds and beats, inspired by some of the niche classical remixes invented in the 21st century. while born as claudia bacque, she changed her last name to tailleferre after the 20th century composer germaine tailleferre who she draws inspiration from. while claudia tailleferre’s pieces have been used in films and television she has declined offers to compose soundtracks. however, her former mentee jasper javadi (aria shahghasemi) has gone on to develop his own albums and recently broken into the film composition scene. tailleferre has had nothing but encouragement when asked to comment on the young protege.
tae il-sung (sukku son), a popular leading man in many acclaimed k-dramas and international films. tae started out in shows geared towards teens in south korea. in his mid twenties he went on to start in projects with international reach, soon becoming a household name. while his most loyal and local fanbases know him from his long list of k-dramas, tae has more recently become associated with blockbuster thrillers. among these titles is the curiosity based on a novel of the same name by luca fabbri (bobby cannavale). tae starred alongside angela daley (jodie turner smith) who he is rumored to be working with for a new project.
zofia bronze (laura harrier), a polish-american actress who got her start in vancouver doing several old hollywood style films. she was catapulted to success when she starred in a reinterpretation of clueless. the film was set against a scifi backdrop on the fictionally, newly colonized planet of kepler-452b. bronze’s performance as the incorrigible cher quickly captured hearts around the world. she was encouraged by her talent agency to take sponsorships which led to her partnering with science programs and industries to influence young students’ interest in STEM. bronze went on to star in several more science fiction projects before growing worried she would be typecast. to curb this, she took on a more serious historical fiction web series exploring the ecological revolution and fight against climate change. though she was in a supporting role she was nominated and won several awards for her performance. this went on to grant her access to a wider variety of roles which continued to fan the flames of her success.
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Where Is The Next DreamWorks Movie?
Looking at all the official American slates for Universal Pictures, it would appear that DreamWorks Animation is released only one picture this calendar year, and that would happened to be a seemingly-untitled TROLLS sequel. The third overall, of course.
What is not known is that DreamWorks actually has a picture coming out this year, before TROLLS 3 debuts in the autumn. An original picture, at that. Apparently, the plan behind closed doors is to release one original movie and one sequel every calendar year. So far, we do know that DreamWorks intends to release KUNG FU PANDA 4 in the late winter of 2024, but nothing else is on their schedule besides that film and TROLLS 3. Not even a placeholder, you know, the sort of "Untitled DreamWorks"... The other animation studio that operates under Universal, the ever reliable hit-makers Illumination Entertainment, have MIGRATION set in stone for 12/22/2023 and DESPICABLE ME 4 inked for 7/3/2024. Nothing beyond that, though they do have various pictures in development. There's also, curiously, an untitled animated feature release from Universal set for 2/8/2024... Is this a DreamWorks movie? Likely not, if KUNG FU PANDA 4 is opening in March of that year. Two that close to each other? I don't think that's happening. Illumination? Maybe. A February release would be new for them... It could also be... Since Universal now owns the rights to this particular movie franchise... The next LEGO movie... After all, THE LEGO MOVIE and THE LEGO BATMAN MOVIE opened in February to much success, THE LEGO MOVIE 2: THE SECOND PART - sadly - not so much. Maybe KUNG FU PANDA 4 takes that February slot and abandons March, with the 2nd DWA title that year opening in the fall.
Anyways, I'll get on with it... There's stuff out there that confirms this... DreamWorks' next movie is a picture about sea monsters, it's titled MEET THE GILLMANS. It's on a Universal slate from Switzerland that pegs it at 6/30/2023, it's also been mentioned in various European marketing and promo stuff. There's concept art and images floating around the webs, too. The movie exists, yet it doesn't... Now, it's one thing to start a marketing campaign a mere four to five months before release. After all, Universal/DreamWorks did just that with THE BAD GUYS this past year and that film - budgeted at roughly $80m - did rather fine for itself. *But*, we knew the film *existed* as far back as 2018, when DreamWorks optioned the book series for a feature adaptation... There has been no formal announcement whatsoever with MEET THE GILLMANS. Only through tiny out-of-the-way scoop sites that I've never heard of and the title appearing on staffers' LinkedIn profiles and resumes. One of the hosts of the podcast Fine Tooning, without naming the movie, says it's coming out prior to TROLLS 3... Which, by the way, is actually called TROLLS BAND TOGETHER. Universal has yet to disclose that to the American public. The Swiss slate seems to indicate that TROLLS BAND TOGETHER, currently scheduled to release 11/17/2023, will open in mid-October instead. Which seems smart, because the current date puts it five days before Disney Animation's celebratory centennial musical fantasy WISH, which is sure to be the inverse of STRANGE WORLD and will make a good amount of money.
Curiously, 6/30/2023 puts MEET THE GILLMANS very close to... Pixar's ELEMENTAL, Sony's ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE, and Disney's live-action/VFX-heavy LITTLE MERMAID remake... Until addition to a ton of blockbuster tentpoles.
A little while back, the original plan was to have an original picture open 3/24/2023. This was back when PUSS IN BOOTS: THE LAST WISH carried a 9/23/2022 release date, and THE SUPER MARIO BROS. MOVIE was set for Christmas 2022. MARIO was pushed to 4/7/2023 to coincide with the opening of Super Nintendo World in Universal Studios Hollywood. So that put PUSS in the Christmastime frame, and also made MIGRATION - ahem - migrate to Christmas 2023. GILLMANS has, rather covertly, taken MIGRATION's original intended summer slot. Or so it seems...
But why not mid-March for MARIO? Or better yet, March 10th? You know, MAR10? It's not like March is really stuffed... Like, does a SHAZAM! sequel that's kinda meaningless now in the grand scheme of things and a DUNGEONS & DRAGONS movie pose any kind of threat to the freakin' Super Mario Bros.? I think what could've worked well was having MARIO make March its domain, while MEET THE GILLMANS could open in late April - much like how THE BAD GUYS did - and get the jump on the family competition from LITTLE MERMAID, ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE, and ELEMENTAL.
I don't believe in family films and animated films "cannibalizing" each other at the box office, but options are *slim* when it comes to affordability. If the average American family hit the flicks four times a calendar year back in 2014, think of how many times they can manage now, especially in the post-outbreak times we're living in. Ya know? MEET THE GILLMANS presumably cost around the same amount of money the previous string of DWA titles did (PUSS cost $90m, BAD GUYS about $80m, BOSS BABY around $82m), so not too too much is riding on it. If anything, I'm more worried about the Pixar film making back its presumably astronomical budget than this movie, but it'd suck to see another DreamWorks movie tank. Maybe there's no need to worry and they know how they're going to ride this all out...
That being said, it would be nice to know about the movie in question since it's less than half a year away at this point.
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I'm curious with how C-Drama stars or their respective talent agencies make decisions in accepting acting projects. Would you know why most of them, even big names like Dilraba, Zhao Liying, etc - chose to do more TV or web series than movies? Are they more making money in series than in movies in the mainland? In most countries, showbiz personalities earn more in making films than TV series but I'm quite surprise most of my favorite C-Drama stars don't have movie projects 😄
Actors aren’t making a choice. It’s just much harder to get a movie role than it is to get a TV drama role. Firstly, there’s a much higher risk associated with movie casting because production and distribution can be extremely expensive, and you only get one shot at earning it back at the box office. Actors that attract a niche but decently sized drama audience may not be able to draw in enough paying audiences members from the wider demographic of moviegoers. Dilraba and Zhao Liying are big names, but they’re not big like Zhou Xun and Zhang Ziyi.
Secondly, there are tons of drama productions happening all the time but much fewer film productions, and those films are being made by a handful of directors who each have their own casting criteria. There aren’t that many roles to go around, and film directors have very specific visions for the roles that do exist, so being a relatively big name isn’t enough to land you a movie role.
Thirdly, the acting styles in dramas and movies are quite different, and not all TV actresses are capable of movie acting. TV acting is much more direct, obvious, and perhaps a little one-dimensional. People watch dramas casually and often leave them playing on their phone screens while they do something else. And to put it bluntly, dramas tend to be made for a less sophisticated audience that needs info spelled out for them. Movie acting is much more subtle, nuanced, and layered. It demands more realism but it also demands more complexity. And that makes sense because movies are shown in theatres where audiences give the actors their full attention, and movies can attract a more sophisticated audience (depending on the type of movie). Some TV actresses can do movie acting but not all of them can bridge the gap.
In terms of wages, it depends on the type of movie, because a major action blockbuster will have a very different kind of budget from an art film. They say that dramas tend to pay actors more than movies, but it’s not like actors are turning down movies for that reason. (And honestly there’s conflicting info about how much anyone makes from anything because of shady industry practices.) Actors who can get movie roles are making movies. If an actor focuses on TV, they’re usually not getting movie roles.
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“Fi” tv series: An online success
Fi series is the main major online-just Turkish series with an exceptionally popular cast. Kurulus Osman in view of Azra Kohen's blockbuster Fi - Çi - Pi (Phi - Chi - Pi) novel set of three. The main thing about Fi television series is that the series communicated online from web based television administration PuHutv.com and indeed, it is free.
Fi Cast-Ozan Güven-Mehmet Günsur Serenay Sarıkaya - Berrak Tüzünataç - Özge Özpirinççi
Fi series has an incredible cast, and its spending plan is immense. Be that as it may, you might inquire as to why such a series didn't communicate by significant TV stations? The explanation is its story, the series in light of adoration, enthusiasm, sensuality and sexuality which should be displayed with express intimate moments. No television slot in Turkey can communicate such express scenes on account of the guidelines of the state organization "Radio and Television Supreme Council". The Internet has the opportunity, thus Fi series getting a charge out of it.
The story is about Can Manay (played by Ozan Güven) who is an extremely well known clinician with a dim foundation. Can Manay has a unique interest in ladies, and his fixation is to have whoever he needs, and he had them until Can Manay saw Duru.
Duru (played by Serenay Sarıkaya) in Fi series
Duru (played by Serenay Sarıkaya - bio) is a youthful artist concentrating in the foundation and she has an attractive sweetheart Deniz (played by Mehmet Günsur).
Deniz Played by Mehmet Günsur
Can Manay is anything but a decent person, it's an abhorred figure he, in all honesty, is a poop hole. Subsequent to meeting with Duru Can Manay becomes fixated on Duru and he has a go at all that to break her relationship with Deniz and have her. Then again, Can Manay has an exceptionally dim foundation and a long time back he was shipped off a psychological clinic for a considerable length of time. A youthful and lovely columnist Özge unintentionally finds this dull mystery about Can Manay yet she was unable to squeeze this embarrassment due to Can Manay's distinction.
Can Manay played by Ozan Güven in the series of Phi
This heartfelt and spine chiller series had an extraordinary achievement and every episode watched by 10 million perspectives by and large. This is a gigantic number for an internet web based series. This gigantic rating was the aftereffect of the popular cast, great acting and obviously most-talked simulated intercourses.
Duru (Serenay Sarıkaya) and Özge (Berrak Tüzünataç)
Last seven day stretch of January 2017, the makers had reported that the series will end soon, and there will be 3 additional episodes in season 2. The purpose for this choice was the distinction in assessment between the essayist Azra Kohen and the makers.
You might watch the series on https://puhutv.com/fi-detay (in Turkish) for nothing.
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