Month: March 2019

A project from Critical Role billed as “‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ meets Dungeons & Dragons” has smashed Kickstarter crowdfunding records for a campaign of its size — raising more than $2 million in less than four hours. Critical Role, a popular D&D role-playing game that live-streams new episodes weekly on Twitch, teamed with animation studio
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March 4, 2019 12:06PM PT Facebook is looking to launch enterprise edition versions of its Oculus Go and Oculus Quest virtual reality (VR) headsets this year, according to a job listing published late last week. The listing spells out broader plans to bring augmented and virtual reality technology to the enterprise, starting with dedicated enterprise
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Ari Greenburg, president of WME, has asked the agency’s writer clients to push the Writers Guild of America to commit to good-faith negotiations. Greeenburg issued the memo Monday following four town-hall meetings at the agency’s Beverly Hills headquarters that were attended by hundreds of writers. WME has encouraged clients to push guild leaders to back
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MADRID — Mediapro, one of Europe’s biggest independent film-TV groups, has tapped Spanish writer-showrunner Diego San José, co-scribe of the smash-hit “Spanish Affair” movie franchise, to develop exclusive new TV fiction contents. San José has previously been involved in two Mediapro projects, as co-writer and co-creator of political comedy “Vota Juan,” a co-production with Turner
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WASHINGTON — The House Judiciary Committee served document requests to 81 individuals and entities on Monday as part of the launch of a wide-ranging investigation into obstruction of justice, corruption, and abuses of power by President Trump, administration officials, and others associated with him. The document requests cover some of the most sensational controversies that
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Welcome back to Tune In: our weekly newsletter offering a guide to the best of the week’s TV. Each week, Variety’s TV team combs through the week’s schedule, selecting our picks of what to watch and when/how to watch them. This week, HBO’s “Leaving Neverland” concludes and “American Gods” returns for season two. “Leaving Neverland,”
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March 4, 2019 9:59AM PT Podcast startup Luminary emerged out of stealth Monday with a high-profile line-up for its upcoming $7.99 subscription service: Luminary will feature exclusive shows from A-list creators including Lena Dunham, Trevor Noah, NPR’s Guy Raz, Omari Hardwick and others. The service will include a paid tier, as well as free, ad-supported
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Check out the official Damsel trailer starring Robert Pattinson! Let us know what you think in the comments below. ► Buy Tickets to Damsel: https://www.fandango.com/damsel-210027/movie-overview?cmp=MCYT_YouTube_Desc US Release Date: June 22, 2018 Starring: Robert Pattinson, Mia Wasikowska, David Zellner Directed By: David Zellner, Nathan Zellner Synopsis: Samuel Alabaster (Robert Pattinson) voyages across the Western frontier to
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March 4, 2019 9:58AM PT Contrary to a report that apparently originated with British publication The Times, a rep for the BBC tells Variety that the network, and specifically BBC2 Radio, has not banned or dropped Michael Jackson’s music in the wake of the blockbuster documentary “Leaving Neverland,” which premiered on HBO Sunday night and
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Check out the official Shazam! trailer starring Zachary Levi! Let us know what you think in the comments below. ► Buy Tickets to Shazam!: https://www.fandango.com/shazam-213160/movie-overview?cmp=MCYT_YouTube_Desc Want to be notified of all the latest movie trailers? Subscribe to the channel and click the bell icon to stay up to date. US Release Date: April 5, 2019
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