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Berlinale Competition: Hot Milk [HTMLK] Antibody Jan 21, 06:01

Berlinale Competition: Dreams [DREMS] Antibody Jan 21, 06:00

Berlinale Competition: Blue Moon [BLUMN] Antibody Jan 21, 05:59

IW: Qualley said [HDONT] will be released in May. BLUMN will premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival on February 18 Antibody Jan 20, 16:14

Luiz Fernando: CAPA4 pre-sales nowhere near #Quantumania, on par with #Eternals & not that far from #BlackWidow & #DunePartTwo Antibody Jan 20, 15:46

"You're not Steve Rogers!" {nm} RamsFan2004 Jan 20, 18:01

Empire via GR: MISS8 has screened to a "small audience" one audience member claimed they were about to have a heart attack during a sequence notfabio Jan 20, 14:38

It's never too early for the hyperbole to start. {nm} Goodvibe61 Jan 20, 16:47

Global Cinema Foundation Moviegoer Survey (this was through Cinemark) interesting survey/choice of 2025 films they ask about notfabio Jan 20, 13:52

So like the usual suspects like Superman, How To Train Your Dragon and then... Novocaine and F1.... {nm} notfabio Jan 20, 13:53

So if it's ok for an actor to use AI to speak a foreign language, would it be OK for a foreign actor to use AI to speak perfect English? nm Antibody Jan 20, 13:24

MovieSnob is probably the resident expert on this one, XYZ Films partnered with Flawless notfabio Jan 20, 13:31

Though in their case it's to broaden the audience of foreign language films {nm} notfabio Jan 20, 13:33

Flawless just changes the visuals. The original actors or a dubbing company with director and actor approval do the english {nm} Moviesnob Jan 20, 14:16

They're not passing off dubbing as original performance. Antibody Jan 20, 14:18

Movies are as much commerce as they are art. You get the movie made and finished however and whatever is needed. TheWeekendWarrior Jan 20, 15:33

movies are also collaborative. no actor is solely responsible for their performance {nm} Moviesnob Jan 20, 15:47

This is completely different from Moana being dubbed into multiple languages. {nm} Antibody Jan 20, 15:53

I'm not talking about dubbing. thats distribution not production {nm} Moviesnob Jan 20, 15:56

WW is taking about American actors being dubbed into other languages. {nm} Antibody Jan 20, 15:58

EW: JGAD was a finalist for Moore's role in AVATR. "I supposedly looked like a tall, overweight Smurf." Antibody Jan 20, 12:27

Actual three-day for Room Next Door is $616,544 a/p Numbers TheWeekendWarrior Jan 20, 08:38

MUBI put The Substance back into 481 theaters and that did almost as much as Better Man in its 2nd week. (same link) {nm} TheWeekendWarrior Jan 20, 08:39

I think Substance is actually over $75m WW, great outcome if correct. {nm} Qix Jan 20, 09:12

So Who Saw What Last Week? {nm} tealfan Jan 20, 08:07

Back In Action (C+)...plus for decent action scenes...and now I can't help noticing Netflix dialog where people say what they're doing...lol {nm} tealfan Jan 20, 08:08

Here (F), What a choppy, depressing mess from start to finish. One of the least satisfying movie experiences of my life. {nm} Initech Jan 20, 08:21

Wicked (B+), Kneecap (B), Piano Lesson (B+), Flow (A-), Super/Man (B), Slingshot (B-) {nm} gsquared Jan 20, 09:21

La Cocina (A), Conclave (A-),Nickel Boys (A-), Flow (A-) Spaceballs (B-), Esteros (B-) {nm} mexgoer33 Jan 20, 09:58

Also back in action, and yeah it’s a mildly avoidable C movie. MattW Jan 20, 10:39

*mildly enjoyable MattW Jan 20, 10:40

A Different Man (B-) {nm} tatoufan Jan 20, 11:14

I saw Nosferatu again; I was just as unimpressed this time as last: C {nm} goodvibe61 Jan 20, 11:36

Babygirl (B-), The Straight Story and some Lynch shorts (tears) {nm} numbersix_99 Jan 20, 14:06

EMILIA PÉREZ also used AI voice cloning tools by Respeecher, including for Karla Sofia Gascón to sing music outside of her vocal range Peterlee Jan 20, 04:58

Conclave, but for the Best Picture nominees {nm} uncle michelle Jan 20, 09:36

Yeah, tip of the iceberg thing, all the studios are all using AI, they just aren't saying they are {nm} notfabio Jan 20, 11:17

Still major awards campaign faux paux for the Brutalist team to admit to it (Here and Alien Romulus did too) {nm} notfabio Jan 20, 11:19

Give it a few years and will likely start to be as accepted with a shrug as CGI is (depending on how industry changing it winds up being) {nm} notfabio Jan 20, 11:20

It really should be the case now. The writers and actors made such a big stink about AI during the strikes ... TheWeekendWarrior Jan 20, 11:33

It's going to be a few years, the anti-CGI camp is a hardy bunch even though the majority are "whatever" about it. {nm} notfabio Jan 20, 11:53

Brady Corbet has already clarified those statements... the AI "building" was only for that last section which I won't spoil. {nm} TheWeekendWarrior Jan 20, 11:32

It's literally impossible to have a nuanced conversation about tech and film on the internet right now {nm} Moviesnob Jan 20, 12:19

Nope! But I've literally sat through dozens of post-production/editing seminars/panels. {nm} TheWeekendWarrior Jan 20, 15:34

Singers win Grammys using autotune and other enhancements. So, why not in films? {nm} tatoufan Jan 21, 05:00

Anyone know what the rough theatre count for PRSNC will be? Is it fully wide or 1000-1500? {nm} numbersix_99 Jan 20, 04:07

I mean, 1000-1500 is fully wide... but I expect it to be in that range TheWeekendWarrior Jan 20, 05:25

It'll likely be right around 1500 {nm} RupertPupkin Jan 20, 06:27

FYI..National Cinema Day was today, but no discounted movies, just Popcorn Deals. So would not expect any bumps. {nm} notfabio Jan 19, 18:01

Was wondering why it was so low-key, that would explain it. Not sure what the point is if they aren't going to discount tickets. {nm} notfabio Jan 19, 18:01

There are still 3 more, the April one will show CinemaCon clips before movies. {nm} notfabio Jan 19, 18:02

Oh, that might be fun. Is there a date for the April one? {nm} TheWeekendWarrior Jan 19, 18:54

April 19. Wonder if the Aug and Nov days will be by one get one deals for “date night” and “family day” MattW Jan 19, 23:37

Brutalist editor cops to subtle and sensitive use of AI uncle michelle Jan 19, 16:12

There goes ABROD and FJONE's Oscar chances. {nm} Antibody Jan 19, 16:24

Respeecher is what they used for James Earl Jones/Vader in Obi Wan Kenobi and Mark Hamill/Luke in The Mandalorian. {nm} notfabio Jan 19, 17:18

(voices only) {nm} notfabio Jan 19, 17:18

wasn't just voice work. Gen AI used to generate architectural drawings and finished buildings in the style of Lazlo Toth {nm} uncle michelle Jan 19, 17:26

"We use AI to create these tiny little details that we didn’t have the money or the time to shoot.” sorry art directors {nm} uncle michelle Jan 19, 17:27

They won't get Oscars either. Basically their Hungarian accent were AI. Antibody Jan 19, 17:28

Huh? {nm} TheWeekendWarrior Jan 19, 18:54

ABRODY has said in multiple interviews he worked on his accent based off older relatives in family who left during the 1956 Soviet invasion Tallwonder Jan 20, 00:01

And his Holocaust surivivng grandmother iirc Tallwonder Jan 20, 00:27

Read the article. Antibody Jan 20, 05:28

It wasn't his accent that was altered using AI, it was when he's speaking Hungarian and the sound guy wanted to make it more authentic. TheWeekendWarrior Jan 20, 11:35

FYI, AI is used in post-production a LOT, especially for tasks that would take too long and add a lot of $ to the post costs. {nm} TheWeekendWarrior Jan 19, 18:56

And the editing and production design branches of the Oscars know this... not that it matters, voting is closed. {nm} TheWeekendWarrior Jan 19, 18:57

This is a ridiculous slam against The Brutalist. You don't think the singing on Wicked didn't involve some tuning software like Melodyne? TheWeekendWarrior Jan 19, 19:20

The Oscar voting for the winner hasn't begun. {nm} Antibody Jan 19, 20:42

I meant nominattion voting... I'm not sure Brutalist was going to win editing or production design anyway. {nm} TheWeekendWarrior Jan 19, 20:46

ABROD won the GG. {nm} Antibody Jan 19, 21:03

So you want him to give that back? :) {nm} TheWeekendWarrior Jan 20, 11:36

BOM: SPC reported Fri for IMSHR but not TRND Antibody Jan 19, 08:57

I got three Emails from Sony, but it only had One of Them Days, Kraven, and then international stuff. TheWeekendWarrior Jan 19, 10:13

ERC: IMSHR $125k (nothing on TRND) Antibody Jan 19, 10:25

BOM has that and Room Next Door: $659,485 in 861 theaters ($765 per) TheWeekendWarrior Jan 19, 11:03

Sing Sing re-release added as a new release... so that won't be added to Colman Domingo's TAG? {nm} TheWeekendWarrior Jan 19, 11:04

TN: BETRM $255,000 -76% Antibody Jan 19, 08:14

I guess that proves Robbie Williams does have some fans in the US who showed up for the premier. . . {nm} Abraxas Jan 19, 18:53

BOR: TWLFM $10.55M 3-day weekend Estimated 4-day weekend gross is $12.00M. Antibody Jan 19, 07:57

1OTDS $11.60M 3-day weekend. Estimated 4-day weekend gross is $14.00M. Antibody Jan 19, 08:02

LION2 $11.53M over the 3-day, Estimated 4-day weekend gross is $15.50M. Antibody Jan 19, 08:21

Still $11m behind Sonic 3 domestically but that's an impressive way to catch up to it. {nm} TheWeekendWarrior Jan 19, 11:16

Beneath The Storm is screening as Eyes of the Storm on the 23rd in the OC notfabio Jan 18, 15:20

CinemaScores No surprises edition: Wolf Man C-, One of Them Days A- TheWeekendWarrior Jan 18, 08:02

But lower CinemaScore than Kraven? Oookay. {nm} TheWeekendWarrior Jan 18, 08:03

consensus among the die-hard Marvel fans i know was that Kraven was the best Sony-verse movie. pro-satoshi Jan 18, 11:47

Wow, I thought it was one of the worst, as bad as the first Venom movie and MUCH worse than Madame Web/Morbius. {nm} TheWeekendWarrior Jan 18, 11:56

I couldn't even get 15 minutes into Madame Web. It stinks. {nm} JayPrimetown Jan 18, 14:05

Venom was bad? {nm} MattW Jan 18, 19:37

the second one certainly was Rishoutfield Jan 18, 20:45

I only liked the third one. It actually was funny while the first two tried to be. {nm} TheWeekendWarrior Jan 18, 20:47