When “Transparent,” Amazon’s sharp, candy-colored TV show, premiered in 2014, it was a landmark of representation and storytelling for transgender people. You know, just like “Spider-Man: Far From Home.” The most recent entry to the “Spider” canon has earned over one billion dollars — it’s the most successful of the “Spider-Man” movies, and Sony’s highest-grossing…
With great power comes great — well, in this case, financial power. The partnership between Marvel, a subsidiary of Disney, and Sony Pictures has collapsed, Deadline reports. That relationship was responsible for the appearance of Tom Holland’s fresh-faced, ludicrously charming child Spider-Man in a handful of Marvel Universe movies, starting with 2016’s “Captain America: Civil…
On Tuesday, Sony announced its new “Clean Version” initiative that will allow viewers to watch certain Sony releases without all the dirty bits. Seth Rogen, creator of banned art house film “The Interview,” implored Sony in a tweet to leave his movies alone. Holy shit please don’t do this to our movies. Thanks. https://t.co/0lpoESaIQd —…
As if 2016 hadn’t put us through enough, news just emerged that Amazon has decided to ax their new show, “Good Girls Revolt.” The reason, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s sources, is that Roy Price, head of Amazon Studios, just “wasn’t a fan.” The show, based on Lynn Povich’s book of the same name, chronicles…
A lawsuit filed by Kesha against music producer Lukasz “Dr. Luke” Gottwald was dismissed by a judge in New York Supreme Court last week, sparking a firestorm on social media. In the suit, pop singer Kesha alleged that Gottwald, who is Jewish, sexually and verbally assaulted her and intentionally inflicted emotional distress from when she…
Amy Pascal will step down as co-chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment after hackers angry about a movie she championed mocking North Korea’s dictator exposed a raft of embarrassing emails between Pascal and other Hollywood figures. One of the most powerful women executives in Hollywood, Pascal had kept a low profile since her emails were leaked…
(Reuters) — Sony Pictures said on Tuesday it would show “The Interview” in some U.S. theaters after President Barack Obama and others criticized its decision last week to cancel the comedy’s release following a devastating cyberattack that was blamed on North Korea. Shortly thereafter, the White House praised Sony’s about-face, which the studio said would result…
President Barack Obama on Friday said Sony Pictures “made a mistake” in pulling the Seth Rogen satirical film “The Interview” after suffering a devastating cyberattack blamed on North Korea. “I wish they (Sony) would have spoken to me first,” Obama said at a news conference. “I would have told them, ‘Do not get into a…
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