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The report outlined that the fallout is due to differences over the creative direction of the franchise, with Amazon reportedly in favour of “Marvel-style” ideas to expand the franchise, such as spinoff shows and films.

No, for fucks sake. No!

Broccoli is reported to have baulked at the pitch, telling friends that Amazon are “fucking idiots” who are taking the franchise “hostage”. She has reportedly expressed her disinterest in continuing to work with Amazon for any Bond films. NME has reached out to Amazon MGM Studios for comment.

"Fucking idiots" indeed. And too predictable, to be honest.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/23404439

Jesse Eisenberg discusses how he felt his role as Lex Luthor in 'Batman v Superman' negatively impacted his career while appearing on 'Armchair Expert.

Non-paywalled link.

The "Superman" teaser trailer breaks DC & Warner Bros. viewing records, amassing over 250 million views, according to director James Gunn.

Stumbled upon this the other day. Immediately sucked me in. Plot twist at the end is excellent. Ian McKellen and Helen Mirren are just so believable. Both great actors.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/23324197

Gunn elaborated […] while talking with Variety.

“I’m excited for people to get to see the essence of what we’re doing, because it really has been like this private secret that we’ve all been hoarding,” he said. “We felt really good about it, like from a moral place, even from the beginning. We all felt like we were doing something good, both in terms of quality and in terms of actually something that’s not a fascistic power fantasy.”

After Michael Moore was directly mentioned in Luigi Mangione's 'manifesto', as someone who can explain the shitshow that is the American healthcare system, Moore's response included posting his entire 2007 movie SICKO to YouTube, in its entirety, no ads.

Here's his full post about it: https://www.michaelmoore.com/p/a-manifesto-against-for-profit-health

Here's the movie: https://youtube.com/watch?v=YbEQ7acb0IE

A24 has acquired the horror film 'Victorian Psycho' set to star Margaret Qualley and Thomasin McKenzie from director Zachary Wigon.

She's back and ready to take on life. Diane Morgan is Cunk On Life, premiering January 2 on Netflix!

More than 76 percent of Americans between ages 12 and 74 saw at least one movie in a cinema this year, while 85 percent plan to go as often or more often in 2025, according to a new report.

Some additional information from this Variety article:

Highlights of the report include the fact that 85% of moviegoers plan to go to the movies in 2025 as often or more often than they did in 2024. Similarly, 72% of those surveyed across 14 countries said they’re going to cinemas “more” or “the same” as six months ago. 76% of Americans 12-74 saw at least one movie in a theater this year, with loyalty programs seeing a 12% jump in new subscriptions from 2023 to 2024.

Gen Z moviegoers are the most active of any group, with 90% of females and 89% of males going to at least one movie a year, according to NRG — though males listed movies as their No. 2 favorite activity, behind video games.

Meanwhile, the report points out that Hispanic moviegoers continue to be strong supporters of moviegoing, and are 11% more likely to see prefer seeing a movie on opening weekend than the general moviegoing population. 27% of Hispanic moviegoers attend six movies a year or more.

NATO also projects that next year will see more movies released in 2,000 locations or more in the U.S., going from approximately 95 in 2024 to 110 in 2025. And many of them will be seen on bigger screens, with 37% more large format screens around the world than five years ago.

From writer/director Alex Scharfman and starring Paul Rudd, Jenna Ortega, Will Poulter, Téa Leoni, and Richard E. Grant. DEATH OF A UNICORN – Spring 2025.

Only in cinemas March 13