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Netflix’s decision to scrap a nearly completed movie starring Halle Berry has been described as “a rare thing” during a preview event this week.Post-production on The Mothership, a sci-fi thriller that finished filming in 2021, was scrapped last week with rumours of “significant reshoots” being too expensive and problems over using child actors who have since aged.On Wednesday’s event, Bela Bajaria, the streamer’s chief content officer and interim chief of the film division, said: “If you think about how many things we…

Capture One’s eponymous photo-editing software suite is ending the free Express tier, effective on January 30. The popular will be fully pay-to-play, with a number of Pro tiers to choose from. The company says ending the free tier was necessary to “focus on our main products.”Once January 30 hits, you won’t be able to download or use Express from the website and license keys will expire. Additionally, any saved images and edits will go the way of the dodo, so get in there and finish up before next month. You can,…

Layoffs continue at Microsoft as the tech giant terminates hundreds of people from its customer service, support and sales teams. The latest round of layoffs comes months after the company laid off over 10,000 people across different teams…

The cancellation pile at Netflix got even bigger yesterday, and it was entirely expected that a fantasy series would be among them. However, Welcome to Eden wasn’t the only episodic original to bite the dust, with the streamer proving it doesn’t play favorites by booting Sky High: The Series to the curb. Released theatrically in its native country before making its way to Netflix for exclusive distribution, the slick and polished crime thriller performed admirably on the most-watched charts, which emboldened the company…

Amazon will stop selling its Halo health and fitness devices, the company announced on Wednesday. “We recently made the very difficult decision to stop supporting Amazon Halo effective July 31, 2023,” the company said in a statement shared online. Aware that folks who recently forked out for a Halo device may be more than a little annoyed to hear the news, Amazon promised it will offer a full refund to anyone who bought a Halo product in the last 12 months. Unused prepaid Halo subscriptions fees will also be…

<!----> Ford ended Mondeo production at Valencia some time ago having earlier transferred the model from its closed Belgian plant Ford’s Spanish unit said on Friday it would cut around 1,100 jobs at its Valencia plant in eastern Spain. ABC News noted the cuts were on top of 2,300…

African cross-border payments platform Chipper Cash conducted a second round of layoffs last Friday just ten weeks after it cut approximately 12.5% of its workforce (affecting its engineering team the most). The company’s V.P. of revenue shared the news on LinkedIn, saying “all areas” across Chipper Cash’s markets were impacted this time. “Friday was a sad day for Chipper Cash, as many talented people were let go,” his post read. “For my network: there is an incredibly talented pool of…

Spotify is canceling 11 of its original podcasts from in-house studios Gimlet and Parcast. Among the shows ending are How to Save a Planet, Crime Show, and Medical Murders, according to Spotify spokesperson Grey Munford.Other shows that will end over the next month or so include Every Little Thing from Gimlet and Female Criminals, Crimes of Passion, Dictator, Mythology, Haunted Places, and Urban Legends from Parcast. Parcast’s Horoscope Today will wrap up in the second quarter of 2023.Less than 5 percent of Spotify’s…

Michael Keaton, who scored his first Emmy win for best lead actor in a limited or anthology series, has expressed his views about the cancellation of `Batgirl` backstage. "I think it was a business decision. I`m going to assume it was a good one. I really don`t know," Keaton said. On August 2, Warner Bros. announced that despite `Batgirl` being fully shot and in post-production they would not be releasing the USD 90 million film in theatres or on its HBO Max streamer. Also Read: `Succession`, `Ted Lasso` top Emmys; 1st…

Directing duo Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah have responded to the cancellation of their Batgirl film, writing that they are “saddened and shocked” by the news.The Belgian film-makers, best known for 2020’s Bad Boys for Life and episodes of Ms Marvel, shared a statement on Instagram after Tuesday’s news that Warner Bros Discovery would not be releasing the DC Comics adventure that was nearing the end of post-production.“We are saddened and shocked by the news,” the duo wrote. “We still can’t believe it. As directors, it…