“ Riot, ” says company co-founder Marc Merrill, “ is hard to partner with.” Riot did give the conventional route a try – taking meetings around town with agents and interested studios and distributors for what would eventually become Arcane.... Both started at Riot on community-focused customer service teams.... The Netflix-distributed show will join the streamer’s stable of video game-focused content, appealing, Riot hopes, to the same audience that has embraced Castlevania, another adult-foc

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But this time, there was no nationally televised morning-show live spot or any immediate celebrity celebrations.... Critics have said it’s too soon for the HFPA to return to business as usual.... ” and Joe Wright’s “ Cyrano.” “ Belfast ” and “ The Power of the Dog ” tied for the most nominations with seven apiece....

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Hamaguchi's film, about a widowed actor played by Hidetoshi Nishijima, has been widely hailed since its debut earlier in the year at the Cannes Film Festival, where it won for best screenplay.... Campion took best director, Benedict Cumberbatch won best actor and best supporting actor went to Kodi Smit-McPhee.... The New York critics, as it typically does, otherwise spread its honors around....

“ Don’t Look Up ” and “ The Power of the Dog ” powered Netflix to 27 Oscar nominations Tuesday morning, the most of any studio, reflecting a year when streaming was again the dominant force in Hollywood.... The streaming service has not yet won a best picture Oscar, but the number of nominations is the latest sign that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ reluctance to recognize Netflix has faded in recent years.... The critically acclaimed movie had multiple acting nominations, in

Peter Parker’s good fortune continued over the holiday weekend as Hollywood prepares to close the books on a turbulent 2021.... Even with some mighty competition from new Matrix and Sing movies, and rising concerns over the omicron variant, “ Spider-Man: No Way Home ” stayed in the No.... The Sony and Marvel film has now grossed$ 467 million from North American theaters, more than doubling the domestic grosses of 2021′s previous No....

Exploding Kittens Inc. has sold more than 18 million copies of its hugely popular, eponymous card game around the world. Now the Los Angeles company is bringing its iconic cats to the world’s largest streaming company. Netflix will launch an “ Exploding Kittens ” mobile game in May.... “ And we couldn’t think of a better game to build a universe around than ‘Exploding Kittens, ’ one of the most inventive, iconic and original games of this century!... The showrunners will be Shane Kosakowski an

Paramount forecasts that it will total$ 35 million including Monday’s grosses.... “ Scream, ” which cost about$ 24 million to make, added another$ 18 million in 50 international markets. That made for a solid revival for the self-aware slasher franchise.... Rights to the “ Scream ” films, once a reliable cash cow for Harvey and Bob Weinstein’s Miramax Films, were acquired by Spyglass Media Group, which produced the new film with Paramount....

Hollywood closed out 2021 with more fireworks at the box office for “ Spider-Man: No Way Home, ” which topped all films for the third straight week and already charts among the highest grossing films ever.... Sony Pictures’ Marvel sequel “ No Way Home ” grossed an estimated$ 52.7 million over the weekend to bring its three-week total to$ 609.9 million.... That’s a steady result given that family movies and films skewing toward older moviegoers have been the slowest to bounce back during the pa