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Arrival’s Stunning Alien Visuals Take the Spotlight in a New Art Book
Before he travelled to Arrakis to tell the story of Dune, and before he took on one of sci-fi’s most popular legacies with Blade Runner 2049, Denis Villeneuve tackled a genre tale that was equally epic in its ideas but far more intimate in its storytelling: 2016’s Arrival. Its striking production design incorporates spaceships, fantastical…
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Like Marvel’s Eternals, Funko Pops Will Never Die
Only three things are truly eternal in this life: death, taxes, and Funko Pops. That must be a bittersweet irony for Marvel Studios’ new superhero team, the Eternals, given that long after their upcoming movie has left theatres their only true legacy will be a pile of big-headed, tiny-bodied toys produced by Funko — a…
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Margot Robbie’s Barbie Nabs Director Greta Gerwig, and Now You’ve Got My Attention
It’s the kind of news that makes you go, “Hmm, well isn’t that interesting?” Margot Robbie’s live-action debut as Barbie has added a dynamic filmmaker behind the camera, as Academy Award nominee Greta Gerwig has signed on to direct the live-action movie she’s also co-writing with Noah Baumbach.
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Deepfake Lips Are Coming to Dubbed Films
For those who find reading a foreign film’s subtitles too distracting, movies are often dubbed into different languages. But that can be equally distracting when the movements of an actor’s mouth are completely out of sync with what they’re saying. So a company called Flawless has created an AI-powered solution that will replace an actor’s…