Author: Ada Blood

In 2016, the entertainment world suffered a devastating loss when the short-form video app Vine shut down. Now, Jack Dorsey, founder of Twitter who killed Vine, is reviving the app as diVine. The new platform also promises no AI content.  diVine, will have access to 100,000 archived Vine videos, along with allowing users to make new six-second loops. As cool as that nostalgia bomb is, the real selling point here is the lack of AI content. Apps like Facebook and X (formerly Twitter) often label content as AI-generated and allow it to post. diVine says when it flags this kind…

It’s been 7 whole years since “The Last Sharknado: It’s About Time” was released. Now, given that title, we all safely assumed there would be no more films about tornadoes welding sharks. We were wrong. The Asylum has announced a 7th installment to the franchise, “Sharknado Origins.”  Production on the new film is slated to begin later this year. Franchise staple Anthony Ferrante will be returning to direct. As the title implies, this film will take place before the first installment, released in 2013. It will center around teenage Finn and April, played by Ian Ziering and Tara Reid, respectively,…

Last week, Disney CEO Bob Iger announced generative-AI short-form user-generated content would be coming to Disney+. Former Disney collaborator Dana Terrace is fighting back by encouraging fans to pirate her show “Owl House” rather than support AI. The series ran for three seasons on the streaming platform. “Unsubscribe from Disney+. Pirate Owl House. I don’t care. Fuck gen AI,” Terrace posted to X. Terrace is also credited on “Gravity Falls” alongside creator Alex Hirsch, who later worked on “Owl House.” She also directed several episodes of another popular show, “DuckTales.” Considering the massive backlash against generative AI, odds are Terrace…

Filmmaker and fashion icon Tom Ford hasn’t sat in the director’s chair for almost a decade at this point. Thankfully, that will all change with his upcoming adaptation of the late Anne Rice’s 1982 novel “Cry to Heaven!”  Ford will write, direct, and produce under his Fade To Black production company. “Cry to Heaven” has already attracted and all-star cast including Nicholas Hoult, Aaron Taylor Johnson, Adele (making her film debut), Ciarán Hinds, George MacKay, Mark Strong, Colin Firth, Paul Bettany, Owen Cooper, Daniel Quinn-Toye, Hunter Schafer, Josephine Thiesen, Thandiwe Newton, Theodore Pellerin, Daryl McCormack, Cassian Bilton, Hauk Hannemann, and…

The Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles has honored legendary composer John Williams in an incredible way. For the first time in the organization’s 103-year history, it has dedicated a stage to someone.  Williams received this unique honor in a private ceremony with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. “The Hollywood Bowl has become synonymous with John Williams’ music,” says Kim Noltemy, LA Philharmonic’s President and CEO. “His scores have captivated generations of filmgoers, and his concerts at the Bowl have defined what it means to experience film music live.” “This dedication honours not only his artistic brilliance but also the way he…

It’s the 20th anniversary of James McTeigue’s film, “V For Vendetta,” and DC Studios isn’t holding back. Not only will the film return to theaters for a limited run, but a new series is in the works at HBO! Reportedly, Pete Jackson (“The Death Of Bunny Munro”) will be writing this new adaptation of Alan Moore’s legendary comic. DC Studios heads James Gunn and Peter Safran will both serve as executive producers.  At this point, that is all that is known about HBO’s still-developing “V For Vendetta” series. The comic and film are both set in a future British dystopian…

Sports movies are a fertile subgenre even for the most niche competition, like ping pong. A24’s newest film, “Marty Supreme,” is a fictionalized biopic of ping pong champ Marty Reisman. The movie is directed by Josh Safdie (“Adam Sandler: Love You”) and stars Oscar nominee Timothée Chalamet (“Dune,” “A Complete Unknown”).  The upcoming film is co-written by Safdie and Ronald Bronstein, the same duo behind “Uncut Gems.” Set in the 1950s, the movie tells the story of Marty Mauser (Chalamet) as he pursues a rather lofty dream. The film’s trailer shows him going from a hardened hustler in New York…

Last month, Cynthia Erivo (“Wicked”) joined the voice cast of the upcoming animated musical “Bad Fairies.” It’s been confirmed that Erivo will be co-starring with Ncuti Gatwa (“Doctor Who,” “Sex Education”)! The feature is directed by Megan Nicole Dong (“Centaur World”) and Olivier Staphylas from a script by Deborah Frances-White (“Say My Name”). It will follow a group of, you guessed it, misbehaving fairies shaking up the world of magic. Music for the film is written by Tony Award–winners Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss (“Six: The Musical”), with 7-time Grammy-nominee Isabella Summers (Florence + The Machine) contributing and composing the…

About a year ago, there were rumblings about some huge news coming to the Roger Rabbit universe. It has now been confirmed that the character’s creator, Gary K. Wolf, has regained his copyright! A herculean task considering how notorious Disney is for not wanting to relinquish rights to characters. “I now have back the rights to all my characters, all my books,” Wolf told ImNotBad.com. “I can, basically, do my own Roger Rabbit projects.” He was able to regain the rights via the 35-Year Copyright Reversion Clause. Basically, the creator of a work can petition the Library of Congress to…

On November 6th, the first teaser trailer for the highly anticipated Michael Jackson biopic, “Michael,” was released. Much like the king of pop, this teaser immediately started smashing records. In its first 24 hours online, it racked up 116.2 million views worldwide. Making it the most viewed trailer for any music biopic or concert movie in history. Beating out the former title holder, “Taylor Swift: Eras Tour,” which pulled in 96.1 million views in 24 hours. From the trailer, it seems that “Michael” will center mostly around the performer’s rise to fame. Jackson will be portrayed by his nephew, Jaafar…