Hacker News with Generative AI: Hollywood

The Substance: Pre-Release Piracy Made People More Eager to Visit the Cinema (torrentfreak.com)
The major Hollywood studios are unshakeable when it comes to the damage caused by pre-release piracy, let alone when a leaked movie appears online in unusually high quality. Yet when The Substance leaked online under precisely those conditions, online piracy triggered the opposite effect.

Movie Piracy, Cinema, Hollywood, Research, Counterintuitive Effects

9 points by hn_acker 13 days ago | 0 comments

Visualizations that show how true "based on a true story" movies are (informationisbeautiful.net)
A series of info visualizations that show how true “based on a true story” Hollywood movies actually are. Selma & The Big Short top the list with Hacksaw Ridge & The Imitation Game bringing up the rear.

Data Visualization, Film, Accuracy, Hollywood

13 points by oatsandsugar 21 days ago | 10 comments

Val Kilmer has died (nytimes.com)
Val Kilmer, a homegrown Hollywood actor who tasted leading-man stardom as Jim Morrison and Batman, but whose protean gifts and elusive personality also made him a high-profile supporting player, died on Tuesday in Los Angeles. He was 65.

Obituaries, Actors, Hollywood

151 points by handfuloflight 52 days ago | 59 comments

AI was enemy No. 1 during Hollywood strikes. Now it's in Oscar-winning films (bbc.co.uk)
Inside a soundstage once used by silent film stars Charlie Chaplin and Mabel Normand, Hollywood executives, actors and filmmakers sipped cocktails as they marvelled at what some say is the biggest breakthrough since the talkies: AI-generated video.

Artificial Intelligence, Hollywood, Film Industry, Entertainment

23 points by jeffwass 53 days ago | 3 comments

A Hollywood Star with a Secret That Could Have Ended Her Career (nytimes.com)
The Academy Awards always bring with them a series of firsts. First Black man to win for best costume design (Paul Tazewell). First openly trans person to be nominated for an Oscar (Karla Sofía Gascón). First Latvian film to win an Oscar (“Flow”).

Hollywood, Celebrities, Academy Awards, Entertainment

5 points by tintinnabula 75 days ago | 1 comments

Gene Hackman has died (theguardian.com)
Oscar-winning actor Gene Hackman and his wife, classical pianist Betsy Arakawa, were found dead on Wednesday afternoon in their home in the Santa Fe Summit community northeast of the city.

Obituary, Actors, Hollywood

23 points by sundaybsunday 85 days ago | 13 comments

Gene Hackman : Hollywood legend dies aged 95 (bbc.com)
Oscar-winning US actor Gene Hackman, his wife Betsy Arakawa and their dog have been found dead at their home in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Obituary, Hollywood, Actors

19 points by gfortaine 85 days ago | 6 comments

Gene Hackman has died (nytimes.com)
Gene Hackman, who never fit the mold of a Hollywood movie star but became one all the same, playing seemingly ordinary characters with deceptive subtlety, intensity and often charm in some of the most noted films of the 1970s and ’80s, has died, the authorities in New Mexico said on Thursday.

Obituaries, Actors, Film, Hollywood

154 points by romaniitedomum 85 days ago | 163 comments

The Typography Maestro Getting Calls from Hollywood (nytimes.com)
Teddy Blanks, the designer behind the memorable movie titles for films like “Nosferatu” and “Barbie,” has quietly become Hollywood’s go-to guy.

Typography, Film, Design, Hollywood

37 points by ripe 134 days ago | 7 comments

Casual Viewing – Why Netflix looks like that (nplusonemag.com)
Until recently no Hollywood studio had ever released two movies with the same name at the same time. At most studios, such a strategy would be unthinkable. Audiences might accidentally buy tickets to the wrong film, and the PR fallout would be disastrous: snipes from trade-magazine writers; angry calls from investors questioning the studios’ business acumen; angrier calls from agents demanding to know why their clients’ images were being intentionally sabotaged.

Movies, Entertainment Industry, Hollywood, Marketing, Business

14 points by thunderbong 146 days ago | 11 comments

Casual Viewing – Why Netflix looks like that (nplusonemag.com)
Until recently no Hollywood studio had ever released two movies with the same name at the same time. At most studios, such a strategy would be unthinkable. Audiences might accidentally buy tickets to the wrong film, and the PR fallout would be disastrous: snipes from trade-magazine writers; angry calls from investors questioning the studios’ business acumen; angrier calls from agents demanding to know why their clients’ images were being intentionally sabotaged.

Movies, Entertainment, Media, Business, Hollywood

306 points by exitb 146 days ago | 350 comments

The Typography Maestro Getting Calls from Greta Gerwig and Robert Eggers (nytimes.com)
Teddy Blanks, the designer behind the memorable movie titles for films like “Nosferatu” and “Barbie,” has quietly become Hollywood’s go-to guy.

Typography, Movie Design, Hollywood, Film

12 points by ripe 151 days ago | 1 comments

'We Can Bury Anyone': Inside a Hollywood Smear Machine (nytimes.com)
Private messages detail an alleged campaign to tarnish Blake Lively after she accused Justin Baldoni of misconduct on the set of “It Ends With Us.”

Hollywood, Celebrities, Gossip, Allegations, Misconduct

49 points by bhouston 153 days ago | 6 comments

There's No Longer Any Doubt That Hollywood Writing Is Powering AI (theatlantic.com)
Dialogue from these movies and TV shows has been used by companies such as Apple and Anthropic to train AI systems.

Artificial Intelligence, Hollywood, Movies, TV Shows, Training Data

11 points by doener 168 days ago | 6 comments

The casual moviegoer is a thing of the past. That's a problem for Hollywood (latimes.com)
It was on a spontaneous trip to the movie theater that James Young took a chance on “Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.” Same with 2004’s “Garden State.” And the quirky “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.”

Movies, Hollywood, Film Industry, Audience Behavior

6 points by thunderbong 171 days ago | 3 comments

Robert Downey Jr. Refuses to Let Hollywood Create His AI Digital Replica (variety.com)
Robert Downey Jr. appeared on a recent episode of the “On With Kara Swisher” podcast and sent a stern warning to Hollywood in the age of AI: “I intend to sue all future executives” who sign off on the creation of a Downey digital replica.

Artificial Intelligence, Hollywood, Entertainment, Celebrities, Lawsuits

24 points by thunderbong 207 days ago | 20 comments

Hollywood industry in crisis after strikes, streaming wars (bbc.com)
Hollywood's big boom has gone bust

Hollywood, Film Industry, Labor Strikes, Streaming Services

14 points by ZeljkoS 237 days ago | 0 comments

Hollywood Can't Ditch Its Teslas Fast Enough:"They're Destroying Their Leases.." (hollywoodreporter.com)
Tesla is reportedly planning a reveal of its self-driving robotaxi on the Warner Bros. lot amid widespread anger in the industry over the brand’s controversial CEO, Elon Musk, resulting in a rejection of its cars.

Tesla, Hollywood, Electric Vehicles, Business, Automotive

46 points by iancmceachern 245 days ago | 110 comments

James Earl Jones has died (bbc.co.uk)
James Earl Jones, the Hollywood actor and voice of Darth Vader, has died aged 93, his agent has said.

Celebrities, Obituaries, Hollywood, Actors, Voice Acting

73 points by mellosouls 256 days ago | 2 comments

Made in Hollywood, Censored by Beijing (pen.org)

Censorship, Film Industry, China, Hollywood

12 points by walterbell 276 days ago | 0 comments

Apple tries to rein in Hollywood spending after years of losses (bloomberg.com)

Apple, Hollywood, Business, Finance, Media

64 points by mgh2 305 days ago | 177 comments

As jobs disappear, Hollywood is seeing an exodus out of L.A (latimes.com)