Hugo Chavez and his successor Maduro have brought starvation and economic ruin to Venezuela. Venezuela did have 60% poverty when Chavez started but starvation and crime rates become far bigger problems under Chavez. Sean Penn in a recent interview on the Daily Show still indicates that he thinks Hugo Chavez was not to blame for …
Morten Bay of University of Southern California Center for the Digital Future has written a non-satire academic paper claiming that Russian internet trolls increased the Star Wars fan divide over the Last Jedi. This was not written for the Onion. It is titled Weaponizing The Haters: The Last Jedi and the strategic politicization of pop …
Ivan Ortega is a fan who is re-editing Star Wars the Last Jedi. He has completed a re-edited trailer for the Last Jedi. There is a history of editing save Star Wars movies. The original Star Wars was saved in the editing process. The movie had to be re-ordered and pieces had to be removed. …
Some people call this a sellout but actively avoiding what 90% of the potential audience of the award show would want was just stupid. There will be one major award for movies you actually watched and liked. The award will be selecting the best quality movie out of several that you know and care about. …
The online streaming services CBS All Access and Showtime OTT will reach 8 million subscribers by 2019. This will be a year earlier than projected and might reach 16 million subscribers by 2022.
Luke, Leia and Lando will be in Star Wars IX. Unused footage from Star Wars the Force Awakens will be used for the Carrie Fisher / Princess Leia scenes. It is difficult to see how unused footage could be used to significantly advance the movie plot. It would likely to be part of an onscreen …
Disney officially owns X-men and the Fantastic Four. The New Mutants and Dark Phoenix movies are basically canceled. Disney will make more money with the various X-men characters in the Marvel comics movie universe. Grace Randolph has a good grasp of the business side of entertainment. Many other YouTubers are hoping for the best stories …
Shazam is a DC universe movie. It will be released April 2019. It seems like it will be fun movie. Brian WangBrian Wang is a Futurist Thought Leader and a popular Science blogger with 1 million readers per month. His blog Nextbigfuture.com is ranked #1 Science News Blog. It covers many disruptive technology and trends …
Netflix is spending $8 billion producing or buying content in 2018. Hulu is spending about $2.5 billion. Netflix will have around 1,000 originals total on the service by the end of 2018, with 470 of those set to premiere between now and end of the year. HBO owner Time Warner ($8 billion), Fox ($8 billion) …
Steve Ditko, the comicbook co-creator of Spiderman and Dr. Strange has died. Steve Ditko was found dead in his apartment on June 29 and it is believed he died about two days earlier. Ditko helped created the main Spiderman villains Vulture, Doctor Octopus, Sandman, the Lizard and Green Goblin. The most recent Dr. Strange movie …
Entertainmant magazine Variety indicated that several new Star Trek tv shows are being developed. Sources say there are currently multiple shows set within the “Star Trek” universe already in development. * A series set at Starfleet Academy. * A limited series whose plot details are currently secret. * A limited series based around the “Wrath …