“Tom and I knew each other a bit — have known each other for years and years and years and have wanted to work together for quite some time,” Serkis said about joining the “Venom” franchise. “And whether it be as actors or whether it was me directing. In fact, he called me before the first Venom and said, ‘Andy, I’m going to be doing this character and it’s going to be a digital character, and I wondered if I could come down to the Imaginarium,’ which is a performance-capture studio, ‘and do some sort of practice with performance capture....

“The runaway success of this film across theatrical, digital and now in streaming is an undeniable proof point demonstrating the power of Paramount’s multi-platform release strategy,” Brian Robbins, chief content officer of movies at Paramount+, said in a statement touting the company milestone. “Across all our 2022 titles, and now with ‘Top Gun: Maverick,’ our studio has unlocked the value of variable windowing that streaming provides to augment a film’s overall success....

Netflix’s official synopsis for “The Trial of the Chicago 7” read: “What was intended to be a peaceful protest at the 1968 Democratic National Convention turned into a violent clash with police and the National Guard. The organizers of the protest—including Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, Tom Hayden and Bobby Seale—were charged with conspiracy to incite a riot and the trial that followed was one of the most notorious in history.”...

“I hope that they feel like the journey was satisfying for them,” Shakman said when asked what he hopes viewers take away from the “WandaVision finale. “I know there are so many theories out there; there will be a lot of people who will no doubt be disappointed by one theory or another. But we’re always telling this story about Wanda dealing with grief and learning how to accept that loss, and hopefully people will find that the finale is surprising but also satisfying, and that it feels inevitable because it’s the same story they’ve been watching the whole time....

The bank’s researchers quickly downgraded their rating for WBD stock from “buy” to “hold” on Friday — the same rating they gave to Netflix, which is reeling from two consecutive quarters of subscriber losses. Wells Fargo also downgraded its WBD stock-price target from $42 to $19. Shares closed under $15 on Friday, down 17 percent from the previous day’s close. Warner Bros. Discovery competitors Disney, Comcast, Netflix, and Paramount “are having a tough time growing their streaming/DTC (direct-to-consumer) businesses and turning profits, and that’s without the added baggage of a major merger integration project,” the researchers wrote....

“Black Widow,” the highly anticipated MCU film starring Scarlett Johansson, arrived in theaters and on Disney+ on Friday. Disney+ subscribers who want to enjoy the film from the comforts of home can order the movie through Disney+ Premium Access and stream it as many times as you like for a onetime fee of $29.99. Natasha Romanoff (a.k.a. Black Widow) confronts her past while being pursued by a force determined to bring her down in the action-packed spy thriller directed by Cate Shortland and produced by Kevin Feige....

Products featured are independently selected by our editorial team and we may earn a commission from purchases made from our links. The 2019 Emmy Awards went without a host, but the 2020 Emmy Awards — the 72nd edition of the Television Academy’s biggest night — went without an audience. Host Jimmy Kimmel and the production team presented 23 awards during the September 20 telecast to nominees scattered across the globe. It was after 4 a....