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Zepotha is huge on TikTok, but it’s no Goncharov

TechCrunch

The seminal 1987 horror film “Zepotha” is back on TikTok. Reaction videos to the film’s gory forest scenes dominate user feeds. In another video, she recommended bringing up Zepotha “every time a film bro mocks you” to gaslight them into believing that the movie is real. Her original video has 7.6 million views.

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Creating a Cohesive Team for Corporate Transformation Projects

Harvard Business Review

Hollywood films have long been made by teams of independent contractors and employees of different production companies brought together for short-term projects. Managing a disparate group like this can be a challenge, but team leaders can overcome that by working to create one culture, making work personal, and empowering the team leader.

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Netflix acquires its first games studio, “Oxenfree” developer Night School

TechCrunch

In a statement on Night School’s site, Krankel wrote “Netflix gives film, TV and now game makers an unprecedented canvas to create and deliver excellent entertainment to millions of people. The Netflix team has shown the utmost care for protecting our studio culture and creative vision,” he wrote.

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Kevin Hart gets serious about financial inclusion at Disrupt

TechCrunch

1 box office films that have grossed more than $4.23 A successful entrepreneur and chairman of HartBeat, a global, multiplatform media company creating entertainment at the intersection of comedy and culture, Hart’s on a mission to keep the world laughing together. Just part of Kevin Hart’s impressive Hollywood CV includes eleven No.

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How Ryan Reynolds and Mint Mobile worked without becoming the joke

TechCrunch

Maximum Effort was founded to help promote the actor’s first Deadpool film. The film raked in $783.1 million at the box office — a record for an R-rated film that held until the 2019 release of Joker. “We get to acknowledge and play with the cultural landscape in real time and react to it in real time.

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#771 The Tech Leadership Behind Dune: Part Two, Oppenheimer & More with Paul Salvini, Global CTO at DNEG

Modern CTO

We dive into the world of VFX behind some of the biggest blockbuster films, what it takes to persist in the exponentially shifting media landscape, and what AI will do to cinemas, actors and film. Today we’re talking to Paul Salvini, Global CTO at DNEG. All of this right here, right now, on the Modern CTO Podcast!

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Deepdub raises $20M for AI-powered dubbing that uses actors’ original voices

TechCrunch

With Deepdub, the aim is to bridge the language barrier and cultural gaps of entertainment experiences using advanced AI technologies with an end-to-end platform for content creators, content owners, and distributors. They landed on what became Deepdub after having conversations with several people in the industry.