Nobody Cares about TV and Film

[detrius]

Lord of the Rings cast pay tribute to Bernard Hill, who has died aged 79

The actor, who plays King Théoden in Peter Jackson's trilogy, passed away early on Sunday morning.

www.bbc.com

 

[Free]

I saw mention of the production plans a few days back but decided not to post about it because it's in the early stages, so who knows what will come of it. But then Warner Brothers decided to go all Sauron on some fan-made short.

WB Takes Down 2009 LOTR Fan Film With 13M Views After Announcing Gollum Movie With The Same Title

The Hunt for Gollum arrives in 2026.

screenrant.com

Warner Bros. has taken down a 15-year-old fan film of The Lord of the Rings after announcing a new movie with the same title slated for release in 2026. On May 9, CEO David Zaslav announced a new movie in the fantasy franchise titled The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum, which will see Andy Serkis in the titular role as well as directing. Peter Jackson will also be returning as a producer, though no other information about the movie has been released.

However, Independent Online Cinema (via IGN), a YouTube channel which hosts a variety of independent and fanmade films, has had a 15-year-old fan film of the same title taken down ahead of The Hunt for Gollum's release. The short film with the same title as Warner Bros.' upcoming movie was removed via copyright notice overnight. Released on the platform in 2009, the movie amassed 13.6 million views before it was struck down.

Here's a trailer for the short WB hasn't seemed to notice yet:



EDIT FROM THE FUTURE: I didn't see at the time that WB backed down on their take down efforts of the fan film not long after.

Studio: Takedown notice for 15-year-old fan-made Hunt for Gollum was a mistake

The Hunt for Gollum fan film racked up more than 13 million views on YouTube.

arstechnica.com

 

[Free]

This looks seriously great (and Parker Posey is in it!).

 

[Isabeau]

That looks good! I stopped watching halfway through the trailer so as not to spoil it ha ha

 

[Cindy Claveau]

I pretty much gave up on him after Sucker Punch

I gave up on him with that, too, and I didn't even connect him witih other films. God what an awful POS film.

 

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[Free]

Orphan Black fans have something new to keep their interest.



I'll probably be missing out on it, as I don't need the costs of yet another streaming service (AMC+ ??). But the trailer makes it look interesting, it's got Krysten Ritter in it who I love, and it's set in the future (well, 2052)!

 

[Free]

 

[Isabeau]

More of the punching yourself in the face effect for the benefit to pay corporations to just watch stuff online.

All the ways streaming services are aggravating their subscribers this week

Disappointing streaming changes are happening so fast that it's hard to keep up.

arstechnica.com

In summary, Peacock and Crunchyroll are bumping prices, Netflix is cutting their UK/Canadian lowest cost ad-free plan (while dropping plan subscribers to their lowest ad-based plan), and Fubo has dropped almost 20 channels. Nothing too horrible.

Meanwhile, drip drip drip.

Comcast to Launch Peacock, Netflix and Apple TV+ Bundle at a ‘Vastly Reduced Price’

Comcast later this month will launch a streaming bundle with Peacock, Netflix and Apple TV+ at a deep discount, Comcast chief Brian Roberts said.

variety.com

 

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Comcast to Launch Peacock, Netflix and Apple TV+ Bundle at a ‘Vastly Reduced Price’

Comcast later this month will launch a streaming bundle with Peacock, Netflix and Apple TV+ at a deep discount, Comcast chief Brian Roberts said.

variety.com

Disney+ is expected to launch an updated service bundle which will include Disney, Hulu and Max. No word on pricing or when it will hit for now.

Disney and Warner Bros. Discovery to Launch Disney+, Hulu, Max Streaming Bundle

 

[Free]

I'm already looking forward to it.

 

[Free]

Um, OK?



Not sure why they went with that title. It's supposedly based on Sisterhood of Dune, which is one of the (imo) awful follow-up books from Frank Herbert's son and Kevin Anderson. Maybe its style will work well for adaptation to a mini-series. We'll see.

 

[Noodles]

Disney+ is expected to launch an updated service bundle which will include Disney, Hulu and Max. No word on pricing or when it will hit for now.

Disney and Warner Bros. Discovery to Launch Disney+, Hulu, Max Streaming Bundle

Meanwhile I am still paying for Max and Discovery+ like a stooge even though I think all the Discovery+ stuff is on Max now.

 

[CronoCloud Creeggan]

Um, OK?


It's supposedly based on Sisterhood of Dune, which is one of the (imo) awful follow-up books from Frank Herbert's son and Kevin Anderson.

Is that the one that tells the origins of the Boni Maroni Sisterhood and how the Missionaria Phoni-Balonica set up the myths about the Leader from Beyond who would bring victory and green to Arruckus? Aunt Lydia leading the Sisterhood? Mark Strong as the Corrino emperor?

Why didn't they just adapt a real dune novel, Children, God Emperor, Heretics or Chapterhouse. Since they take place in the future but they still need a same-age Duncan Idaho because of his gholas

 

[Free]

Is that the one that tells the origins of the Boni Maroni Sisterhood and how the Missionaria Phoni-Balonica set up the myths about the Leader from Beyond who would bring victory and green to Arruckus? Aunt Lydia leading the Sisterhood? Mark Strong as the Corrino emperor?

Is that English?

Why didn't they just adapt a real dune novel, Children, God Emperor, Heretics or Chapterhouse. Since they take place in the future but they still need a same-age Duncan Idaho because of his gholas

Heretics and Chapterhouse would have been good choices if they're really on a Bene Gesserit bender. But maybe they have more of an interest in an origin story.

 

[CronoCloud Creeggan]

Is that English?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Lampoon%27s_Doon

Boni Maroni = Bene Gesserit
Missionaria Phoni-Balonica = Missionaria Protectiva
Arruckus = Arrakis

I mistook the actress for the one that plays Aunt Lydia in Handmaids Tale, but that was Mark Strong playing the Emperor of the time.

 

[Jopsy Pendragon]

Rotten Tomatoes has a critics rating of 11% for 'Madam Web'. And I'm kind of surprised it isn't lower.

I don't know if it's a victim of the writer's strike or what... but between this, 'The Marvels' and 'Echo' I'm starting to think that maybe the business plan is "We'll make more by making crap and profiting off misogynists hate-watching it to have something to complain about, than we would by making it good and trying to build an appreciative audience"

-terrible- lines of dialog. bad pacing. massive plot hole. over-dubbing in post while the character's back is to the camera because (obviously) they 'changed a lot of stuff' and didn't bother with reshoots.

I can't believe they released this movie in this condition. Whomever is responsible for it being as bad as it is.. should be banned from the industry for life. Along with whomever hired them to do the job.

 

[Veritable Quandry]

The studio that brought us Morbius. Sony is trying to make the Spiderverse-without-Spiderman work. Kraven is up next, apparently with his entire background removed. They need to make a deal with Marvel\Disney for their live action and stick to the very successful animated Spiderverse.

 

[Jopsy Pendragon]

The studio that brought us Morbius. Sony is trying to make the Spiderverse-without-Spiderman work. Kraven is up next, apparently with his entire background removed. They need to make a deal with Marvel\Disney for their live action and stick to the very successful animated Spiderverse.

Aaron Taylor Johnson was fun in kick-ass and bullet train, and I wish they kept him on as Quicksilver in the MCU... but the only things that -might- get me to given in and watch 'Kraven' are his abs. It looks like a gratuitous angry gore fest, and I have a weird personal dislike of Russell Crowe that I've never really understood, and he kind of sours stuff for me.

 

[Noodles]

Rotten Tomatoes has a critics rating of 11% for 'Madam Web'. And I'm kind of surprised it isn't lower.

I don't know if it's a victim of the writer's strike or what... but between this, 'The Marvels' and 'Echo' I'm starting to think that maybe the business plan is "We'll make more by making crap and profiting off misogynists hate-watching it to have something to complain about, than we would by making it good and trying to build an appreciative audience"

I have not watched Madam Web yet. Echo was, alright, but didn't really feel like it needed to exist. Like, why do we need to keep doing a bazillion new heromorigin stories? For all these extremely minorities heroes. Especially when we have like, Shang Chi out there, dying of old age before he ever returns.

I wanted to like the Marvels, but it just felt so... I don't know. Kind of pointless I guess. I like Carol a lot, I like Kamala a lot. (Kind of indifferent on the other outside of Nextwave). But the movie was kind of too sloppy. They should have just done a flashback movie to tell some of what Captain Marvel was doing during the time between the 90s and now. I saw a good description for it, pulled from some review.

They did a prequel with Captain Marvel and a Sequel with The Marvels, but for got to do the main movie.