Turnpost has launched out of stealth with details about its pending new AI-infused platform for 21st century video content production across film, streaming and network television content. The company has raised $1 million in an early friends and family round led by entertainment and technology angel investor Earl Jarred. As of launch, three Hollywood feature […]
Sky has announced that The Penguin, a drama series starring Colin Farrell which continues the The Batman crime saga which started with filmmaker Matt Reeves’ blockbuster movie in 2022, will be coming exclusively to Sky and streaming service NOW. This eight-part Warner Bros Television and DC Studios drama series stars Farrell as the title character, […]
Prime Video has announced that the new animated series from Warner Bros Animation, Bad Robot Productions, and 6th & Idaho, Batman: Caped Crusader, will premiere with all ten episodes on August 1s in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide. The series is a reimagining of the Batman mythology through the visionary lens of executive […]
Prime Video has ordered Criminal to series. Criminal is an interlocking universe of crime stories based on the multi-Eisner Award-winning graphic novel series created by Ed Brubaker (Westworld, Batman: Caped Crusader) and Sean Phillips, who are both set as executive producers for the series. Brubaker, who wrote the graphic novel and the pilot script, will […]
Prime Video has announced the acquisition of two new DC animated Batman series, alongside an original animated film from Warner Bros Animation and DC. The film Merry Little Batman is ordered with a spinoff series, Bat-Family, along with a two-season order for Batman: Caped Crusader, from executive producers Bruce Timm, J.J. Abrams, and Matt Reeves. […]
Overall US consumer spending across digital and physical home entertainment formats in 2022 was more than $36.5 billion (€34.2bn), an 11.4 per cent increase from the almost $33 billion consumers spent in 2021, driven by a raft of strong franchise properties coming from cinemas and television reports The Digital Entertainment Group (DEG). Consumers spent $34.5 […]
Electric Entertainment, the LA-based production and distribution company, has expanded its production arm ramping up its capacity for 2023. The expansion includes the promotion of Mark Franco to Head of Production, who joined Electric Entertainment in 2004 on its maiden project “The Librarians,” as Visual FX Supervisor/Producer. In his new role, Mark will oversee Production […]
According to sata from Samba TV, 2.1 million US housholds watched Black Panther: Wakanda Forever on Disney+ in the first five days of its release (after premiering on Februay 1st). By comparison, 1.5 million US households watched Black Adam (HBO Max) during the first five day window, 2.1 million watched Doctor Strange in the Multiverse […]
DC Studios Co-Chairmen and CEOs James Gunn and Peter Safran have announced plans for their first 10 film and television projects under the new DC banner they lead across film, television, and animation. Gunn (pictured) and Safran are designing and implementing a long-term interconnected story for the iconic franchise and characters, and announced the beginning […]
BAFTA today announces the nominations for the 2023 EE BAFTA Film Awards, celebrating the very best in film over the past year. A total of 45 feature films received nominations today. Highlights include: 14 nominations for All Quiet on the Western Front Ten nominations for The Banshees of Inisherin and Everything Everywhere All At Once Nine […]