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Variety has learned that a TV series based on the 1993 film The Sandlot is being developed by Disney+. The show will take place in 1984, and follow the children of the movie’s original characters. Back in February, The Sandlot director and co-writer David Mickey Evans appeared on The Rain Delay podcast where he teased […]
Netflix, the home of Beyoncé‘s upcoming Coachella documentary, is getting into publishing. The ever-expanding streaming giant is reportedly prepping to launch a new “print journal” tentatively called Wide, per a Bloomberg report. The publication is expected to be handed out free of charge at events (presumably screenings, etc.) the streaming platform hosts in connection with its slate […]
It appears Apple Music has secured a win in the battle for streaming supremacy. According to the Wall Street Journal, sources familiar with the matter say Apple Music has surpassed Spotify in terms of paid subscribers in the U.S.; the former reportedly ended February with around 28 million paid subscriptions, while the latter was sitting around […]
Amid label troubles with Generation Now, Lil Uzi Vert’s new song “Free Uzi” has been taken down from Apple Music and TIDAL since its release on Thursday. The reason it was removed from both streaming services doesn’t have anything to do with Uzi’s label woes. The Philly native rapped over the beat from G Herbo’s […]
Netflix is asking a federal judge to toss out a trademark lawsuit filed against them for their interactive film Black Mirror: Bandersnatch. The lawsuit was filed against the streaming giant by the children’s book publisher Chooseco, LLC, with that company owning the trademark to “Choose Your Own Adventure.” Chooseco alleges that they held extensive negotiations with […]
Following 15 months of back-and-forth negotiations, Disney is finally set to acquire Fox at 12:02 a.m. on Tuesday Wednesday morning. The number that made things official was $71.3 billion (up from the original $52.4 billion offer), and the assets that are heading to Disney in the merger include: Fox’s film and TV studios, FX Networks, […]
The streaming video world is set to get very, very crowded in the coming months. Apple is expected to introduce its video service on March 25 and, given its established foothold on the computers and smartphones of people around the world, experts are predicting that it could hit 100 million subscribers within 5 years. A […]
Jeffrey Katzenberg, who co-founded DreamWorks with Steven Spielberg, revealed at SXSW Friday that his longtime friend doesn’t plan to propose having Netflix movies banned from the Academy Awards during the annual Post-Oscars meeting. “I talked to Steven about this yesterday. I asked him very specifically — I don’t have any skin in this game anymore — he said, ‘I absolutely did […]
Dave East is the most recent rapper to join Hulu’s upcoming scripted drama series based on the origin of Wu-Tang Clan. According to Deadline, East is set as a regular in the streaming platform’s Wu-Tang: An American Saga, which has already had a 10-episode run ordered. The series is created and written by RZA and Superfly writer […]
For his new video for presumed Volume 2 single “I Know,” Pink Sweats takes fans on a dystopian journey complete with a rations haul and an assortment of undead. “It’s us against them,” Sweats tells a fellow dystopia dweller in the video’s opening moments. Catch the premiere of “I Know,” a Thrice Cooked Media production, up […]
