False Alarm: Sony Not Ending Blu-ray Disc Production
On Jan. 23 Sony issued a press release announcing that it would cease the production of Blu-ray Disc media, MiniDiscs for recording, MD data for recording, and MiniDV cassettes, effective in February. “There will be no successor models. We would like to express our sincere gratitude to our many customers for their patronage to date,” read … Continue reading “False Alarm: Sony Not Ending Blu-ray Disc Production”
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Netflix’s Back in Action took over the No. 1 on Samba TV’s list of top streaming programs for the week of Jan. 13-19. The action film stars Jamie Foxx and Cameron Diaz as former CIA agents who, years after retiring to start a family together, return to duty to stop enemy agents from obtaining a … 
Sony Pictures Entertainment has named Keith Le Goy chairman, Sony Pictures Television, expanding his oversight to lead all of Sony Pictures Television’s domestic and international production, including the game show business and GSN (Game Show Network). He will continue to report to Ravi Ahuja, who took the helm as SPE’s President and CEO at the … 
NBCUniversal Studio Group has named Justin Che head of home entertainment, replacing Michael Bonner, who has been upped to president of global TV distribution. Che was previously managing director of APAC TV distribution and international networks and direct-to-consumer. He is considered one of the organization’s most accomplished executives, with both both domestic and international experience … 
The new Jamie Foxx-Cameron Diaz actioner Back in Action debuted at No. 1 on Netflix’s weekly English-language movie chart with 46.8 million views through Jan. 19 — the most views in a premiere weekend for an English-language movie since Ryan Reynolds’ The Adam Project in March 2022. Action is also the largest global debut for … 
Sony Pictures’ Kraven the Hunter topped the chart of the 10 most-popular titles on Fandango’s transactional digital service Fandango at Home for the week ended Jan. 19. Released for premium digital purchase Jan. 14, the film based on Marvel’s “Spider-Man” comics stars Aaron Taylor-Johnson as the title character, a man whose complex relationship with his … 
Disney’s Mufasa: The Lion King returned atop the weekend box office with $11.9 million in ticket sales through Jan. 19, and a projected $15.5 million through the Monday Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. The tally was enough to hold off two newcomers, Sony Pictures’ ‘R’-rated buddy comedy One of Them Days ($11.6 million/$14 million), starring … 
STREAMING REVIEW: Netflix; Mystery; Not rated. Stars Rosalind Eleazar, Jessica Plummer, Richard Armitage, Lenny Henry, Steve Pemberton, Marc Warren, Samantha Spiro, Mary Malone, Ashley Walters, Charlie Hamblett, Indira Varma. Harlan Coben, renowned for his twisty thrillers, brings his latest Netflix adaptation to the screen with Missing You. This time, the master of suspense trades American … 
Paramount has announced the sequel Gladiator II, a big box office last year, will begin streaming domestically on Paramount+ Jan. 21. The long-awaited sequel to the epic 2000 Ridley Scott film Gladiator is one of the top 15 theatrical releases of 2024, with a domestic gross of $171.4 million and a worldwide take of $455.8 … 
Vertical Entertainment’s comedy Your Monster will make its global streaming debut Jan. 24, exclusively on Max. The film will debut on HBO linear on the next day on Jan. 25, at 8:00 p.m. ET. The storyline features soft-spoken actor Laura Franco (Melissa Barrera), who is dumped by her longtime boyfriend (Edmund Donovan) while recovering from surgery …