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Free Guy Is a Heartfelt and Unexpectedly Great Video Game Movie

Gizmodo

Anyone who has seen the trailer for Free Guy probably thinks they know exactly what the film is going to be—and that’s partially true. Directed by Shawn Levy ( Night at the Museum, Stranger Things ), it’s a big-budget, video game-influenced movie about Guy (Ryan Reynolds), a NPC (non-playable character) in a massive… Read more.

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Budget roundup: the latest low-cost cameras

The Verge

If you’re really serious about your photography, however, you’re going to be spending upward of $1,500 or more — way more — and that’s something that isn’t in everyone’s budget. The GoPro Hero 9 is more robust in almost every way: bigger battery, bigger body, bigger video and photo resolutions.

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You can finally watch Tenet from the safety of your home in December

The Verge

Christopher Nolan’s Tenet , the big-budget time-bending thriller that arrived during the pandemic to lackluster domestic box office numbers, is scheduled for a home release on December 15th, Warner Bros. The film arrived in theaters starting in August after multiple delays and after Warner Bros. The film has grossed just $53.8

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From film sets to smartphones: How our viewing habits has changed?

Dataconomy

Ordinary individuals armed with just a smartphone can outpace Hollywood budgets. With the power to create text, images, sounds, and even videos, this technology stands to shake up everything from movie scripts to audience interaction. This virality highlights how entertainment preferences have changed.

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Amazon reportedly close to deal to acquire Hollywood studio MGM for almost $9B

GeekWire

Amazon is already an active player in film and television with content it creates and acquires through Amazon Studios and that it broadcasts through its streaming service, Prime Video. The WSJ reported Monday that the series has a $465 million first-season budget. Amazon also owns IMDb.com.

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Disney’s deepfakes are getting closer to a big-screen debut

The Verge

How close are deepfakes to being used in big-budget films and TV shows? In a video and paper being presented at a computer graphics conference this week, researchers from the House of Mouse show off what they say is the first photo-realistic deepfake at a megapixel resolution. And the results are. pretty good!

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Let's go back to the future--it is time to start planning now for customer service in 2021

Forrester IT

One of the great things about that movie was its view of the future--or, because so much has time has passed since the film was released, its view of what our present should be like. In the film, Marty McFly and Doc Brown time traveled to October 21, 2015 and had the opportunity observe potential technologies and experiences of the future.

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