Some writing advice from Project Hail Mary’s Andy Weir
Some writing advice from Project Hail Mary’s Andy Weir

Andy Weir has done pretty well when it comes to adaptations. His first novel, The Martian, was turned into a movie in 2015, and the Ridley Scott-directed picture earned more than $600 million at the box office. And Project Hail Mary just had a huge opening weekend that puts it on track to be one […]

The gen AI Kool-Aid tastes like eugenics
The gen AI Kool-Aid tastes like eugenics

Like many people, director Valerie Veatch was intrigued when OpenAI first released its Sora text-to-video generative AI model to the public in 2024. Though she didn’t fully understand the technology, she was curious about what it could do, and she saw that other artists were building online communities to share their new AI creations. The […]

Epic and Disney now let Fortnite creators make Star Wars games
Epic and Disney now let Fortnite creators make Star Wars games

Epic Games and Disney are making a big announcement as part of their continually deepening relationship. In June, Epic announced that Fortnite creators would “soon” be able to make custom Star Wars-themed games and experiences, and starting Thursday that feature is finally launching. While creators can start making experiences now, they’ll be able to publish […]

The hits keep coming in Spider-Man: Brand New Day’s first trailer
The hits keep coming in Spider-Man: Brand New Day’s first trailer

The first trailer for Spider-Man: Brand New Day is finally here, and it looks like Marvel and Sony are about to put Peter Parker through a different kind of existential crisis. Though nobody in Brand New Day’s trailer knows who Peter (Tom Holland) is or that he’s the one saving people as Spider-Man, he still […]

The messiah rises in Dune: Part Three’s new trailer
The messiah rises in Dune: Part Three’s new trailer

First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes a portentous set of twin babies in the new trailer for Dune: Part Three. Warner Bros. has debuted its first full trailer for Denis Villeneuve’s third Dune film. Thankfully, it doesn’t give everything about the film away, but it does put a spotlight on a few of […]

Prediction markets want the Oscars to be your gateway drug to betting on everything
Prediction markets want the Oscars to be your gateway drug to betting on everything

Though it was weird to see the Golden Globes partner with Polymarket for its most recent awards show, the collaboration wasn’t shocking given the way that people have begun using prediction markets to gamble on basically anything. Prediction markets are being used to bet on everything from when wars might break out to who will […]

Steven Spielberg says he’s ‘never used AI’ in any of his films

At SXSW, Steven Spielberg said AI has uses in many fields, but not when it comes to replacing creative people in film and TV writing.

KPop Demon Hunters is getting a sequel, obviously
KPop Demon Hunters is getting a sequel, obviously

Get ready to get even more K-pop, demonier, and as huntery as possible. Netflix’s smash-hit, Oscar-nominated animated film KPop Demon Hunters is returning for a sequel, with the fictional Korean girl group HUNTR/X coming back to lay down pop hits and smash evil boy bands (and/or other demons). Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans will once […]

Bespoke AI models are the next big thing in filmmaking
Bespoke AI models are the next big thing in filmmaking

Though many AI boosters have convinced themselves that the technology can spit out films and television series whole cloth, claims of Hollywood being cooked feel very premature when you see what people are making with the most popular image/video models on the market. Models like Sora, Veo, and Runway just do not seem all that […]

Godzilla Minus One, a very good movie, is $15 on 4K Blu-ray
Godzilla Minus One, a very good movie, is $15 on 4K Blu-ray

I love Godzilla Minus One. Granted, it’s only the second Godzilla movie that I’ve watched, the other being 1998’s terrible Godzilla featuring Matthew Broderick (the soundtrack has bangers, though). While I may not exactly be an expert, this is a good movie, whether you’re a first-time Godzilla viewer or a longtime kaiju fan. If you’ve […]