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Of all the topics raised during this year’s Zurich Summit, the fact that talent now sometimes favor a streaming release over a theatrical one provoked the most debate. “There are some actors who don’t want to go theatrical, even though it could succeed, they’d rather go on Netflix,” said Dan Steinman Co-President and COO at … Read more

Many have been hoping the arrival of much-delayed Bond film No Time To Die will provide a shot in the arm to the pandemic-ravaged box office. Daniel Craig’s last outing as Bond opens next week for Amazon-owned studio MGM. Ahead of its bow, Craig and producer Barbara Broccoli have been discussing the franchise’s past and … Read more

MGM Motion Picture Group’s Pamela Abdy and Michael de Luca, president and chairman respectively, have affirmed their commitment to making original stories as other studios increasingly rely on existing properties. Acknowledging MGM’s own big IP, such as James Bond and the Creed films being spun out of the Rocky franchise, the pair said they see … Read more

Beneath the briny, where Davy Jones’ Locker is home to the bodies of thousands of dead sailors who lost their lives on the high seas, there be treasure. Frank Wild (Stanley Tucci) has never let go of his boyhood dreams of roaming the world turning up buried jewels and ships’ figureheads and letting pieces of … Read more

Munich Match is a drama series inspired by the infamous 1972 Olympics massacre. Creator Michal Aviram, who writes and exec produces the Sky series, said during the series’ pane at Talkdata’s New Tube event that she had a “deep fixation” on the famous photo from the Olympic Village balcony and wanted to create a show … Read more

Secrets abound in the upcoming Paramount+ Original The Envoys, from Juan José Campanella for ViacomCBS International. The Spanish-language drama stars Luis Gerardo Méndez and Miguel Angel Silvestre as priests who are part of an elite force led by the Vatican and exclusively dedicated to corroborating the veracity of miracles. “I think it’s a really interesting … Read more

EXCLUSIVE: Fictionz, a female-centric narrative podcast subscription app, is launching in mid-October with dramas featuring Judy Greer (Halloween Kills) as a manic Hollywood agent, Jeanine Mason (Roswell: New Mexico), Max Greenfield (The Neighborhood), and Michael Trevino (Roswell: New Mexico). Also voicing content are Meghan Rienks (The Honor List), Bahni Turpin (The Help), Sierra Swartz (Cheaper … Read more

Love at First Song is a music/dating hybrid format that hopes to find its own Beyoncé and Jay Z. The series, from Korea’s CJ ENM, creates couples through musical performances in which single singers “virtually” rehearse a romantic duet, then reveal themselves and their potential chemistry during a performance. These couples then live together, practice … Read more

In this age of technology, nothing is impossible and this Indian Teacher is proving the same. Dinesh Patel, a computer science teacher from India who teaches at Kendriya Vidhyalay at IIT Bombay has created a human-like Robot and named her Shalu. Shalu is an intelligent robot that has an ability to speak 9 local languages … Read more

Having miscommunication with your builder is quite common but sometimes it could lead to a bizarre mix-up just like this story. A man named Bishnu Aryal from Nepal is only left with half a house after a mistake. He spent years saving for his dream house and forked out $700,000 AUD for his Sydney House … Read more