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The legendary filmmaker’s adaptation of Ernest Cline’s 2011 novel is one hellluva ride.

Sorgente: ‘Ready Player One’ Is Steven Spielberg’s Most Entertaining Movie in Years

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Ready Player One had its world premiere on Sunday night (Mar. 11) at the South by Southwest film, media and music conference in Austin, Texas, with director Steven Spielberg himself on hand to introduce the movie and social media poised to either praise it or condemn it…that is, if the audience even got through the entire movie.

Sorgente: The race is on as Twitter reacts to first screening of Ready Player One

Social media giant Facebook has reached a deal with Major League Baseball, said to be worth $30 million to $35 million, for the exclusive rights to stream 25 afternoon games for the upcoming season.

Sorgente: Facebook inks first major sports exclusive with MLB

It might seem like it would be fun to see Alex Garland’s trippy film under the influence. It’s not.

Sorgente: Don’t Do Drugs and Watch ‘Annihilation’

Australian director Nash Edgerton makes his television debut with Mr InBetween, a dark comedy-drama about a hitman juggling his personal and professional lives. He tells DQ about the battle to get the series made, 13 years after the film that inspired it.

Sorgente: InBetween two worlds

Celebrated Russian writer Nikolay Gogol is the star of his own novels in gothic fantasy drama Gogol, which has been launched on the big screen before its debut on TV3. DQ finds out more.

Sorgente: A Gothic fairytale

Disney has ordered a live-action series based on the Star Wars film franchise to be written and exec produced by Jon Favreau.

Sorgente: Disney orders Star Wars series

Writer-director Cory Finley’s debut film stars Anya Taylor-Joy and Olivia Cooke in a twisted story of teenage friendship and obsession.

Sorgente: The breakthrough talents of ‘Thoroughbreds’ put a dark twist on teen tale

Ioan Gruffudd investigates the truth behind a series of mysterious deaths in Australian crime drama Harrow. DQ hears more about the show from Hoodlum producer Tracey Robertson and Sally Riley, head of scripted production at broadcaster the ABC.

Sorgente: Talking to the dead

When it comes to OTT, a subscription to just one service doesn’t cut it as a replacement for pay-TV according to Hub Entertainment Research

Sorgente: Viewers need up to four OTT services to meet content needs

Lo sport è il re dell’entertainment, sulla tv gigante nel salotto di casa o sullo schermino dello smartphone in metropolitana. Nell’era dei sempre connessi non è una grande scoperta. All’inizio dell’anno, Joseph O’Halloran, editor di Rapid Tv, aveva scritto: “In un mondo di connettività crescente, l’esperienza dell’utente Tv è stata disconnessa dai grandi flussi e il modo in cui viviamo i contenuti è diventato un mare sconosciuto pieno di cambiamenti”.

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The legendary composer John Williams says that after “Star Wars: Episode IX,” “that will be quite enough for me.”

Sorgente: ‘Star Wars’ composer John Williams hints that ‘Episode IX’ may be the last movie he does in the saga

Star Jessica Brown Findlay and executive producer Alison Carpenter preview the explosive second season of period drama Harlots and offer their take on the sexual harassment scandal sweeping through the film and television business.

Sorgente: Back to the brothels

These digital Instagram stars and pop artists are ageless and artificial and may soon be intelligent.

Sorgente: The Next Big Celebrities Are Cyborgs

La tv adolescenziale o è adolescenziale o non è. Le serie Stranger Things, Th1rteen R3Asons Why, Atypical, solo per citare le più serie tv più famose e più amate dalla generazione Z, sono state costruite per gli adolescenti (target), sugli adolescenti (trama) e con gli adolescenti (casting).

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Adam Strauss’ stand-up comedy is as funny as his devotion to the therapeutic power of psilocybin is serious.

Sorgente: Stand-Up Comedy on Shrooms