AI
Netflix reveals just how much AI now powers its movies and shows
Once a lab experiment, AI is now baked into Netflix’s creative pipeline, shaping hundreds of movies and shows across multiple stages. The company says it’s there to boost productions, not sideline artists.
July 19, 2026 12:24 pm
The new Alvin and the Chipmunks reboot already feels like a corporate cash-in
Big Shot Pictures’ Alvin and the Chipmunks reboot isn’t even in theaters yet, and fans are already bristling. The studio’s digital-first plan turns the trio into social media influencers ahead of the film’s release — a move that’s kicking up instant backlash online.
July 15, 2026 5:31 pm
How many seasons of Rick and Morty are there?
Wubba lubba dub dub — the multiverse's most dysfunctional grandfather-grandson duo have been at it for over a decade now, and the count keeps climbing. Here's where things stand as of July 2026.
July 15, 2026 11:55 am
What happens at the end of The Amazing Digital Circus? The finale's gut-punch reveal
After nearly three years and hundreds of millions of YouTube views, Gooseworx's indie phenomenon bowed out with The Last Act — a feature-length finale that hit cinemas on 4 June 2026 before landing on YouTube and Netflix on 19 June. And it answered the show's biggest question in the bleakest way possible. Major spoilers ahead.
July 15, 2026 11:24 am
George Lucas says AI is the future of filmmaking—and he’s all in
George Lucas is back — and bullish on AI. The Star Wars creator calls it the future of filmmaking as the 82-year-old steps out of retirement to voice a character in the comedy-adventure Minions and Monsters.
July 14, 2026 2:27 pm
Andy Serkis' using AI-powered de-aging in his new Lord of the Rings movie
Andy Serkis is tapping AI to de-age Gollum in The Hunt for Gollum, but says the real magic still comes from motion capture — and that isn’t going anywhere.
July 13, 2026 3:08 pm
Christopher Nolan isn't buying Matt Damon's viral The Odyssey take
Christopher Nolan isn’t buying Matt Damon’s viral take on The Odyssey. The director pushed back on the defeatist spin around the film’s production methods and made clear he doesn’t agree.
July 13, 2026 2:20 pm
Luca Guadagnino’s Artificial hit by another release curveball after Amazon scandal
Luca Guadagnino’s controversial Artificial has a new home at Neon after Amazon’s exit — but don’t expect a big festival splash, with only limited screenings likely this year, per Deadline.
July 9, 2026 2:49 pm
Jodie Foster’s new mystery thriller finally gets a Netflix release date
Jodie Foster’s French mystery thriller A Private Life hits Netflix after a buzzy run through Cannes, Toronto and Deauville.
July 5, 2026 12:58 pm
Suits star reveals the revival pitch that could reopen the case
Suits comeback watch: Patrick J. Adams says he’s got the revival story he wants to tell if the series returns.
July 5, 2026 11:25 am
Jodie Foster calls Brad Pitt’s biggest movie an AI creation
Jodie Foster stirred the pot at the Aspen Ideas Festival, suggesting Brad Pitt’s blockbuster F1 looks like it was made by AI.
July 4, 2026 6:13 pm
Virtuosity predicted the AI era—so why did we all miss it?
Long before chatbots and deepfakes, Virtuosity had Denzel Washington chasing Russell Crowe’s gleefully homicidal AI through a neon 1995 Los Angeles. This deep dive revisits the slick, eerily prescient thriller that nailed today’s tech fears—and somehow slipped past almost everyone.
July 4, 2026 5:56 pm
Disney, Warner Bros and Universal could be forced to come clean on AI
Hollywood’s AI black box could soon crack open: Disney, Warner Bros., and Universal may be forced to reveal how they use the tech after a judge let image generator Midjourney dig into the studios’ practices in a copyright fight.
July 3, 2026 5:15 pm
Young Washington director explains why AI was used—and what everyone got wrong
Young Washington director Jon Erwin is leaning hard into AI, calling it a safer, more affordable way to make movies. In a new Variety interview, he breaks down how the tech shaped the production — and why the choice is stirring debate.
July 3, 2026 4:54 pm
Toy Story 5 rockets to $300 million in just 10 days
Hot off a record-smashing debut, the sequel has toppled yet another box office milestone, extending its tear at the multiplex.
July 3, 2026 4:31 pm
Dropped by Amazon, Andrew Garfield’s Artificial finally lands a release date
After Amazon MGM Studios bowed out, Neon snapped up the biopic of OpenAI founder Sam Altman.
June 30, 2026 5:11 pm
Backrooms unleashes Everything Must Go Edition with 15 minutes of unseen terror
Horror hit Backrooms is back: A24 is rolling out the Everything Must Go Edition from director Kane Parsons, packing 15 minutes of new post-credits footage for those who stay to the very end.
June 29, 2026 2:16 pm
The sci-fi classic Christopher Nolan loved so much he almost rebooted it
Christopher Nolan took two swings at a feature remake of the British sci-fi classic The Prisoner—first in 2009, then again in 2024—but the project remains elusive.
June 28, 2026 4:43 pm
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