AFM Teams with Cannes Film Market on Innovation Hub, AI-Focused Programming
The American Film Market (AFM) and Marché du Film, aka the Cannes Film Market, on Oct. 20 announced the two markets are collaborating on an Innovation Hub and AI-focused programming at AFM 2025, which will be held Nov. 11-16 at the Fairmont Century Plaza Hotel in Century City, Calif. The collaboration is rooted in Marche’s … Continue reading “AFM Teams with Cannes Film Market on Innovation Hub, AI-Focused Programming”
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While streaming the original 1953 House of Wax, starring Vincent Price, on ad-free HBO Max, pausing the movie brought up a pause ad for the 2024 Netflix original comedy “Nobody Wants This,” starring Kirsten Bell and Adam Brody. Underneath the ad was the tag line, “Proud Sponsor of HBO Max / Netflix”. While streaming competitors … 
Crunchyroll will release a limited-edition Blu-ray Disc set of Assassination Classroom: The Complete Series on Jan. 13, 2026. In the 2013-16 anime series adapted from the hit manga, the students of Class 3E have an assignment to kill their teacher before the end of the year. A tentacle-d sensei that moves at Mach 20 is out … 
The action thriller Relay will be released on Blu-ray Disc and DVD Oct. 28 from Decal Releasing/Bleecker Street and Alliance Home Entertainment. The film has earned $4.46 million at the global box office. In the film, a discreet “fixer” who brokers deals between corporations and whistleblowers takes on an alluring new client who disrupts his … 
The Chinese romance drama The Favorite of Times will be released for digital purchase and rental and streaming Oct. 28 from BayView Entertainment. The social drama, exploring the complexities of family, love, and career against the backdrop of the Chinese reform, follows Anna, a resilient woman from a small fishing village as she embarks on … 
Samsung TV Plus is partnering with Spotify to exclusively launch its first-ever FAST channel, The Ringer from Spotify. Founded by Bill Simmons, The Ringer is one of Spotify’s most popular and influential podcast collections, known for blending expertise with cultural relevance across more than 50 shows. First unveiled at Samsung Ads’ NewFronts presentation, the channel … 
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Universal Pictures Home Entertainment will release Gabby’s Dollhouse: The Movie for digital purchase and rental on Oct. 14, and on Blu-ray and DVD Nov. 25. The movie is based on the Netflix children’s series “Gabby’s Dollhouse” created and produced by DreamWorks Animation. Gabby’s Dollhouse: The Movie expands the popular streaming series to a feature film … 
The third installment of Disney’s “Tron” cyber thriller movie franchise, Tron: Ares, topped the weekend box office with $33.5 million in projected North American ticket sales through Oct. 12. The movie added $27 million across foreign screens for a $60.5 million global debut. The domestic opening was well below the opening for 2010 sequel Tron: … 
Anchor Bay Entertainment’s 2015 dark comedy Candy Apple will be released on Blu-ray Disc Oct. 14 from MVD Entertainment Group. Written and directed By Dean Dempsey (Deadman’s Barstool) and using the director’s biological father and true stories strung together in a fictional narrative, Candy Apple follows Texas Trash as he struggles to get sober while …