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You’ll Soon Be Able to Create Your Own Story on Netflix
Netflix is working on a new interactive feature that will allow its subscribers to alter the storyline of its original programs, Reed Hastings, CEO of the company, told The Daily Mail this week. With 93 million users worldwide, the platform that offers series and movies on-demand could be the first to boast such technology. Which would therefore suggest that directors will have to film multiple versions of a scene in order to allow viewers to potentially completely change the course of a story.
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Avatar 2 is Taking Much Longer Than Planned According to James Cameron
It's now the fourth time the release of Avatar's sequel is being delayed. After having announced that the movie would come out in 2014, 2016 and 2017, once again, James Cameron is disappointing fans by postponing the December 21, 2018 release as well... "Well, 2018 is not happening," said the director in an interview with the Toronto Star, before explaining why: "What people have to understand is that this is a cadence of releases. So we’re not making 'Avatar 2'. We’re making 'Avatar 2,' '3,' '4,' and '5."
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HBO Working on a Mini-Series About Donald Trump’s Victory
(Too soon?) The cable network, HBO, is working on a mini-series that will follow the 2016 presidential election, and more precisely, Donald Trump's journey to the White House. The project is set to be directed and executively produced by Jay Roach (Austin Powers, Trumbo) in collaboration with Tom Hanks' production company, Playtone. It's not the first time Roach and Hanks work together on a program covering politics...
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Russia Won’t Allow Children to See Beauty and the Beast Due to Gay Character
The Russian Culture Ministry stated on Tuesday that children under 16 years old will not be allowed to watch the latest Disney production, Beauty and the Beast, because the character of LeFou is openly gay. It was specified in an email sent to The Associated Press that the 16+ rating came after petitions by ultraconservative lawmaker, Vitaly Milonov, calling for the remake of the 1991 classic animated movie to be banned...