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  • EntertainmentVariety

    ‘Dune 2’ Criticized for Lack of Middle Eastern and North African Inclusion and Influences: ‘A Missed Opportunity’

    “My planet, Arrakis, is so beautiful when the sun is low. Rolling over the sands, you can see spice in the air,” a proud and somber Chani says of her desert planet, Arrakis, which is home to the Freman, at the beginning of Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune: Part One.” Critics around the world hailed the first …

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  • EntertainmentVariety

    ‘Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey 3’ Confirmed (EXCLUSIVE)

    In news likely to simultaneously delight and appall across the cinema world, a third instalment of IP-bludgeoning slasher ‘Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey’ has been confirmed by Rhys Frake-Waterfield and Scott Chambers of prolific horror banner Jagged Edge Productions. According to the producers, ‘Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey 3’ will have a bigger budget than the previous …

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  • BusinessThe Hollywood Reporter

    Video Game Publisher Take-Two Interactive to Acquire ‘Borderlands’ Maker Gearbox for $460M

    Video game publisher Take-Two Interactive Software said on Thursday that it has struck a definitive agreement with Embracer Group to acquire The Gearbox Entertainment Co., the maker of the Borderlands franchise, for $460 million in stock. The companies have worked together for nearly 20 years. Take-Two said it expects the transaction “to deepen its successful relationship with Gearbox …

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  • EntertainmentThe Hollywood Reporter

    Ryan Gosling Launches Production Banner With Amazon MGM Studios, First Look

    Ryan Gosling is continuing a stellar 2024 with the launch of a new production banner. Gosling will run General Admission with longtime film executive Jessie Henderson, with the duo signing a three-year, first-look film deal with Amazon MGM Studios. Under the pact, Amazon will have a first look at General Admission narrative features, some of …

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  • BusinessThe Hollywood Reporter

    Karlie Kloss to Reboot Life Magazine

    More than two decades after it was shuttered by Time Inc., Life magazine will be revived. Bedford Media, the holding company founded by model and entrepreneur Karlie Kloss and her husband, investor Josh Kushner, has acquired the publishing rights to Life from Dotdash Meredith. Bedford says that Life will be relaunched as print magazine, with …

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  • EntertainmentDeadline

    Embankment Films Behind Features On Miners Strike & Drug That May Treat Dwarfism

    Embankment Films has landed a miners’ strike feature and an ITV doc on a drug that could treat dwarfism. Strike: An Uncivil War will be released 18 June, telling the story of the Battle of Orgreave, one of the most violent confrontations between miners and police during the 1984 labor action. Directed by award-winner Daniel …

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  • NewsDeadline

    MIP London Is Launching In 2025 – New Event Will Run Alongside The London Screenings As MIPTV In Cannes Ends

    UPDATED, 3:59 AM: RX France has now confirmed our scoop and sent out a press release with quotes. “The creation of MIP London is a direct result of clear and evidenced market factors,” said Lucy Smith, Entertainment Division Director, RX France. “There is a continued appetite for a global content market in the first half of …

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