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The Iron ClawImage: A24Important news for fans of A24's Oscar-decorated film slate: the company has just signed a multiyear “pay-1" output deal in the U.S. with the HBO and Max brands. What that means is, if you want to stream A24 movies as part of a subscription service, you’ll have use Warner Bros. Discovery’s HBO, Max, and Cinemax.Zillow Says You’ll Buy Your Next House With… AI? | AI UnlockedThis deal covers current release titles like Sofia Coppola’s Priscilla, trippy Nicolas Cage drama Dream Scenario, and the Zac…

If you need something more powerful than the Amazon Fire tablets, there Prime Day deals on Samsung’s outgoing Galaxy Tab S8 series too. “Outgoing” since the Tab S9 generation is just around the corner (will be unveiled at the end of the month), but tablets age slower than phones, so you don’t have to get the latest model. We’ll start off with the Samsung Galaxy Tab S8, the only one with an LCD in the S8 family – an 11” 120Hz panel with 2,560 x 1,600px resolution (16:10). This slate has an 8,000mAh battery with 45W…

by Chris Bagget If you were hoping for a preview of the James Gunn DC film slate at SDCC, you’re out of luck. The new co-CEO of DC Studios has made it clear he won’t be at the convention this year. But he did offer some hope to fans – teasing a potential return to the event in the future. In a post on Gunn’s Instagram celebrating what he referred to as “probably last weekend in the top ten in theaters,” Gunn answered a fan question asking if he would be making an appearance at Comic-Con. “I won’t be there this year but…

itel is a familiar name in the feature phone and affordable smartphone segments, and has also forayed into smart TVs, feature phones and accessories. It’s aiming for a bigger piece of the pie as far as consumer mindshare is concerned, and coming as another effort to do exactly that, the brand recently came up with Pad 1 — its very first tablet. In keeping with the rest of itel’s portfolio, this is a budget device as well. The tablet segment came back into prominence during the pandemic, and after that, we’ve seen quite a…

Tom Holland is Spider-Man in the Sony-Marvel film "Spider-Man: No Way Home."SonyLAS VEGAS — CinemaCon kicked off Monday with a major announcement from Sony Pictures — its upcoming "Kraven the Hunter" would mark the first R-rated Marvel film produced by the studio.The reveal came during the company's presentation at the annual convention for Hollywood studios and movie theater owners in Las Vegas, in which Sony unveiled new footage and trailers from its upcoming slate, including "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse," "Gran…

Image: NetflixHeadlining Netflix’s animation slate at Annecy International 2023 are Aardman’s next franchise installment Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget, and the little movie that could, Nimona. Netflix Passwords, ChatGPT Can’t Detect AI, and No More CoTweets | Editor Picksio9 has extensively followed Nimona’s journey from the defunct Blue Sky Animation studios to getting picked up by Netflix. The film from ND Stevenson (Netflix’s She-Ra and the Princesses of Power) features a prominent LGBTQIA+ storyline, following a…

Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos claims they are prepared ‘better than most' studios in case the writers' strike does go through, bringing several Hollywood productions to a halt. During its Q1 2023 earnings review, the executive noted how the streaming platform would fare if the work stoppage situation does become a reality, pointing at its large slate of upcoming movies and shows, which would keep disruptions to the minimum. For the uninitiated, the Writers Guild of America (WGA) voted overwhelmingly in favour of a strike,…

Image via Marvel Television The MCU’s Phase Five is still only one project in, but the alarm bells are already ringing thanks to an anxiety-inducing update from Disney Plus which practically outright promises that multiple delays are on the way. In happier, albeit hellish, news, however, Daredevil: Born Again reaches some exciting new developments, even as the Devil of Hell’s Kitchen has to compete with the actual devil himself for the Marvel fandom’s attention. Nothing to see here, just Disney Plus removing all…

Salute this year’s Oscars — the 95th edition is televised live Sunday on ABC — as a monument to a diverse group of new faces. For the first time in Oscar history since 1934 ALL five Best Actors are first-time nominees: Colin Farrell, “The Banshees of Inisherin,” Brendan Fraser, “The Whale,” Austin Butler, “Elvis,” Bill Nighy, “Living” and Paul Mescal, “Aftersun.” Also, of this year’s 20 acting nominees, 16 are first timers. Only Cate Blanchett with 8 nominations (and 2 wins), Michelle Williams (5), Angela Bassett (2) and…

Cassie Lang (Kathryn Newton) and Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) in "Ant-Man and the Wasp in Quantumania."DisneyAfter a fourth Thor movie and a third standalone Ant-Man film, even Disney CEO Bob Iger wants something new out Marvel."Sequels typically worked well for us," Iger said during the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media and Telecom Conference on Thursday. "Do you need a third and a fourth for instance? Or is it time to turn to other characters?"His comments come on the heels of the disappointing box office performance of…