Modern Magic: Adam Rosenberg & Rodney Rothman Launch Company Focused On Event Animation And Live-Action

Peter Debruge Chief Film CriticWe’ve come a long way since Disney released “Tron” 39 years ago — so far, in fact, that some people actually buy into the theory that what we think of as existence could be just a giant computer simulation, as Elon Musk described at Code Conference in 2016: “Forty years ago we had ‘Pong,’ like two rectangles and a dot. That was what games were.

Gamescom 2021 will begin in three weeks’ time with a two-hour Opening Night Live showcase.Hosted by Geoff Keighley, the Opening Night Live showcase promises to provide “a new look at this holiday’s biggest upcoming video games and what lies beyond,” according to the man himself on Twitter.3 weeks from today, get a new look at this holiday's biggest upcoming video games and what lies beyond…@gamescom Opening Night LiveA live two hour showcaseStreaming & Co-Streaming EverywhereWednesday, August 25

BLACKPINK are set to launch a pop-up exhibition this month in celebration of the group’s fifth anniversary.The pop-up event was revealed on BLACKPINK’s official Instagram account and will be part of the band’s ‘4+1 PROJECT’.

We already know that Disney sure does love to take its classic animated features and adapt them to live-action. Now, Sony/Amazon is taking a page out of the Disney playbook with the upcoming “Cinderella,” taking a beloved fairy-tale and updating it for live-action with an all-star cast.

Jordan Moreau Brothers Casey and Colin Jost are co-writing a brand new “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” movie for Paramount Pictures.The untitled, live-action movie is separate from the CGI-animated version that Seth Rogen is producing for Paramount and Nickelodeon.Michael Bay, Andrew Form, Brad Fuller, Scott Mednick and Galen Walker are producing the new “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” film.

20th Century Studios has been trying to get a new “Flash Gordon” movie in development years before the merger with Disney with directors such as Matthew Vaughn (“X-Men: First Class“) and Julius Avery (“Overlord“) attached at various points to bring a fresh incarnation of the pulp sci-fi hero after multiple incarnations over the years including the beloved/campy film from 1980 that featured a score and theme song from the British rock band, Queen.

Taika Waititi’s upcoming Flash Gordon adaptation, which was originally set to be animated, will now be a live-action film.According to producer John Davis, who has been attached to the project for some time, Waititi is currently in the process of penning his version of the space opera, based on the King Features comic strip created by Alex Raymond.“Taika is writing it,” Davis told Collider in a new interview. “It was a movie that was a huge influence on him growing up.

Netflix is reportedly developing a new live-action Pokémon series with Joe Henderson, known for his work as co-showrunner of Lucifer.According to Variety, the unnamed project will be a live-action series in the vein of the 2019 film Detective Pikachu. Henderson is reportedly attached to write and executive produce the show.

According to a new report, a live-action Pokemon series is in the works at Netflix!

Netflix has in early development a live-action Pokémon series based on the popular trading cards, sources close to the project tell Deadline.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterA new Pokemon series is in early development at Netflix, Variety has learned exclusively from sources.As the project is still in its early days, no details are available about the plot. However, sources say that Joe Henderson is attached to write and executive produce.

It has been a long road developing the live-action American remake of the Japanese animated blockbuster, “Your Name.” After years of toiling away in development hell with folks like Erik Heisserer taking shots at the script, it appeared “Your Name” was being fast-tracked with “Minari” filmmaker Lee Isaac Chung recently named as the filmmaker. However, it appears Paramount is going back to the drawing board once again.

Angelique Jackson Oscar-winning filmmaker Rodney Rothman (“Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse”) and former MGM co-president of production Adam Rosenberg have teamed up to launch the new “event entertainment” company, Modern Magic.“Helping lead the team that made Into the Spider-Verse was a life-altering experience that forever changed what I thought was possible,” Rothman said, announcing the new venture.

was a life-altering experience that forever changed what I thought was possible. We’ve started Modern Magic to keep going and see what else a motivated, ragtag group of artists can accomplish when they take the leap,” Rothman said.

Chris Willman Music WriterFor those who consider themselves connoisseurs of the fluctuations in Bob Dylan’s voice, there was no doubt about it: he hasn’t sounded better in decades than he does in his new streaming special, “Shadow Kingdom,” which premiered on Veeps.com Sunday. That he had a beautiful tone to his melodious declarations, even enunciating to a shockingly clear degree, surely has something to do with a pandemic-mandated year-plus break in his usual relentless touring routine.

Jungle Cruise, Pinnochio, and The Little Mermaid, there is sure to be a special film for you and your family to enjoy!Without further ado, here is a list of the eight best upcoming Disney live-action movies.Based on the famous Disney park ride of the same name, Jungle Cruise follows a group of travelers (Emily Blunt, Dwayne Johnson, and Jack Whitehall) who journey on a small riverboat amidst the dangers of the jungle to find the magical Tree of Life.While the movie finished production in 2018,