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Disney Bets $60B Its Parks Will Power the Future
On a visit to Anaheim in April, a crowd of parkgoers wearing Loki horns and Ratatouille chef hats cheered as a robotic Spider-Man swung through the air and slid upside down to the ground at Disney California Adventure’s Avengers Campus. Across the way, at Disneyland, the wait times for the sleek battle ride Rise of …
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Malum/Hunt Her, Kill Her review – double bill of low-budget, single-location horror
Welcome Villain Films presents two fright-fests, but tired tricks, bad acting and some head-banging repetition leads to hackneyed hokum
3-min read - EntertainmentThe Wrap
PBS Launches Ad-Supported Classic TV Channel on Roku | Exclusive
PBS Retro will feature series from the 1970s, '80s and '90s, including "Thomas & Friends" and "Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood" The post PBS Launches Ad-Supported Classic TV Channel on Roku | Exclusive appeared first on TheWrap.
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BBC Greenlights Landmark Series On Insects As Unscripted Boss Kate Phillips Brands Notion Of Streamer Domination “Utter Bollocks”
The BBC has unveiled a landmark natural history series on insects as its head of unscripted brands the notion that the streamers are taking over “utter bollocks.” The Traitors commissioner Kate Phillips talked tough on the BBC’s place in the ecosystem at Creative Cities Convention, citing research that BBC iPlayer is watched by more people …
2-min read - EntertainmentVariety
Stephen Chow to Produce ‘King of Comedy’ Variety Show With China’s iQiyi
Stephen Chow, the once iconic Hong Kong comedian, actor and director who had a string of hit films in the 1990s and first decade of the 21st century, is to produce a variety show in mainland China. The show, to be called “The King of Comedy Stand-up Season,” is to be aired by iQiyi, one …
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ITV Studios & Plimsoll Bosses Say British Producers “Welcome In America” Despite Commissioning Slowdown
“Most British producers will find themselves very welcome in America.” That is the verdict of Grant Mansfield, the head of A Real Bug’s Life and Tiny World producer Plimsoll, who, along with ITV Studios boss Julian Bellamy, attempted to paint a glass-half-full portrait of the state of the UK production industry amid doom and gloom …
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‘The Girl In The Trunk:’ Danish Horror-Thriller Lands North American & UK Distribution Deals
EXCLUSIVE: Sunrise Films and Vertigo Releasing have acquired North American and UK distribution rights on the Danish horror-thriller The Girl in the Trunk. The film will be released on digital download across both territories on May 28. Sunrise Films, the new internationally focused distribution label launched by Rupert Preston and Nigel Williams, will handle the …
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