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New ‘Scooby-Doo’ Halloween Movie Coming Oct. 6 for DVD and Digital Release
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Oct. 6 will release the new animated film Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo! on DVD and for digital sellthrough. The DVD is available for sale now at Walmart and for rent at Redbox kiosks. When Crystal Cove is terrorized by a swarm of feisty flying jack-o-lanterns, Scooby-Doo and the Mystery Inc. gang team … Continue reading “New ‘Scooby-Doo’ Halloween Movie Coming Oct. 6 for DVD and Digital Release”
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‘#CancelNetflix’ Move Short-Lived Says Data Firm
Social media calls to boycott or cancel Netflix over allegations of a sexualized storyline for its French-language original movie about underage girls in a dance troupe was apparently short-lived. New statistics from 7Park Data claim the furor over the English-dubbed Cuties, about an 11-year-old girl from Senegal living in Paris with her single mom who … Continue reading “‘#CancelNetflix’ Move Short-Lived Says Data Firm”
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HBO Max, Amblin Ink Deal for Series Inspired by ‘Rashomon’
Amblin Television and HBO Max have entered into a deal to develop a show inspired by the acclaimed Akira Kurosawa film Rashomon. Oscar nominees Billy Ray (Captain Phillips, The Hunger Games, The Comey Rule) and Virgil Williams (Mudbound, A Journal for Jordan) will be writers on the series. The series will not be an adaptation but will retain the … Continue reading “HBO Max, Amblin Ink Deal for Series Inspired by ‘Rashomon’”
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HBO’s ‘Chernobyl’ Due on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Dec. 1
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment will release the HBO miniseries Chernobyl on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Dec. 1. A limited-edition Steelbook edition will be available the same day exclusively at Best Buy. The five-part series that dramatizes the explosion at the Soviet Union’s Chernobyl nuclear power plant in 1986 that spewed a cloud of radioactive gas … Continue reading “HBO’s ‘Chernobyl’ Due on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Dec. 1”
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Fandango Celebrates 45th Anniversary of ‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show’
Fandango is celebrating the 45th anniversary of the cult classic The Rocky Horror Picture Show Sept. 26 with a curated playlist, movie sale, and video on the history of 20th century midnight movies. Throughout the weekend, The Rocky Horror Picture Show will be on sale for digital purchase at $7.99 on both FandangoNow and on Vudu, Fandango’s transactional VOD services. … Continue reading “Fandango Celebrates 45th Anniversary of ‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show’”
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Nightmare Origins of Lionsgate’s ‘Antebellum’
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The frightening thriller Antebellum from Lionsgate and QC Entertainment — the producer of Get Out and Us — was fittingly inspired by a bad dream. Filmmakers Gerard Bush and Christopher Renz trace the origins of the film to a nightmare Bush had. “This nightmare was about a woman named Eden,” Bush recalls. “The experience was … Continue reading “Nightmare Origins of Lionsgate’s ‘Antebellum’”
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‘#CancelNetflix’ Move Short-Lived Says Data Firm
Social media calls to boycott or cancel Netflix over allegations of a sexualized storyline for its French-language original movie about underage girls in a dance troupe was apparently short-lived. New statistics from 7Park Data claim the furor over the English-dubbed Cuties, about an 11-year-old girl from Senegal living in Paris with her single mom who … Continue reading “‘#CancelNetflix’ Move Short-Lived Says Data Firm”
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HBO Max, Amblin Ink Deal for Series Inspired by ‘Rashomon’
Amblin Television and HBO Max have entered into a deal to develop a show inspired by the acclaimed Akira Kurosawa film Rashomon. Oscar nominees Billy Ray (Captain Phillips, The Hunger Games, The Comey Rule) and Virgil Williams (Mudbound, A Journal for Jordan) will be writers on the series. The series will not be an adaptation but will retain the … Continue reading “HBO Max, Amblin Ink Deal for Series Inspired by ‘Rashomon’”
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HBO’s ‘Chernobyl’ Due on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Dec. 1
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment will release the HBO miniseries Chernobyl on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Dec. 1. A limited-edition Steelbook edition will be available the same day exclusively at Best Buy. The five-part series that dramatizes the explosion at the Soviet Union’s Chernobyl nuclear power plant in 1986 that spewed a cloud of radioactive gas … Continue reading “HBO’s ‘Chernobyl’ Due on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Dec. 1”
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New ‘Scooby-Doo’ Halloween Movie Coming Oct. 6 for DVD and Digital Release
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Oct. 6 will release the new animated film Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo! on DVD and for digital sellthrough. The DVD is available for sale now at Walmart and for rent at Redbox kiosks. When Crystal Cove is terrorized by a swarm of feisty flying jack-o-lanterns, Scooby-Doo and the Mystery Inc. gang team … Continue reading “New ‘Scooby-Doo’ Halloween Movie Coming Oct. 6 for DVD and Digital Release”
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Fandango Celebrates 45th Anniversary of ‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show’
Fandango is celebrating the 45th anniversary of the cult classic The Rocky Horror Picture Show Sept. 26 with a curated playlist, movie sale, and video on the history of 20th century midnight movies. Throughout the weekend, The Rocky Horror Picture Show will be on sale for digital purchase at $7.99 on both FandangoNow and on Vudu, Fandango’s transactional VOD services. … Continue reading “Fandango Celebrates 45th Anniversary of ‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show’”
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GOP Senators Question Netflix’s Planned Chinese-Based Sci-Fi Series
A group of Republican senators has sent a letter to Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos questioning why the SVOD behemoth plans to adapt Chinese sci-fi trilogy, “A Three-Body Problem,” by author Cixin Liu into an original series. “Game of Thrones” creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss have been tasked with creating the series for Netflix about … Continue reading “GOP Senators Question Netflix’s Planned Chinese-Based Sci-Fi Series”
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Netflix’s ‘Lucifer,’ ‘Cobra Kai’ Top Weekly Nielsen SVOD Rankings
Netflix dominated Nielsen’s weekly Top 10 SVOD rankings, again accounting for all 10 spots for the third consecutive week (Aug. 24 – 30) — or as long as Nielsen has published the chart tallying Amazon Prime Video, Disney+, Hulu and Netflix programming. “Cobra Kai,” which Netflix acquired the two seasons from YouTube TV, tracked 1.4 … Continue reading “Netflix’s ‘Lucifer,’ ‘Cobra Kai’ Top Weekly Nielsen SVOD Rankings”
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Disc Sales Charts Led by Season 5 of ‘Outlander’
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment’s Outlander: Season Five debuted at No. 1 on the NPD VideoScan First Alert chart, which tracks combined DVD and Blu-ray Disc unit sales, and the dedicated Blu-ray Disc sales chart the week ended Sept. 19. The popular Starz series stars stars Caitriona Balfe as a World War II nurse who finds … Continue reading “Disc Sales Charts Led by Season 5 of ‘Outlander’”
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Walmart Increases Electronics Inventory, Plans to Start Holiday Sales Early
Walmart has increased inventory in electronics, with a focus on TVs, laptops and video games, in preparation for a holiday sales season that it plans to start early, the retailer says. This also marks the first holiday season that physical media – DVDs, Blu-ray Discs and 4K Ultra HD – will be under lock-and-key in … Continue reading “Walmart Increases Electronics Inventory, Plans to Start Holiday Sales Early”
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Ex-RLJ Entertainment CEO Adds AMC+ to SVOD Duties
AMC Networks Sept. 24 announced that Miguel Penella, president of SVOD, is adding AMC+ to his portfolio of over-the-top video services, which includes Acorn TV, Shudder, Sundance Now and UMC. Penella joined AMC Networks following its 2018 acquisition of RLJ Entertainment, where he served as CEO. Shudder recently became the second of AMC Networks’ SVOD … Continue reading “Ex-RLJ Entertainment CEO Adds AMC+ to SVOD Duties”