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YouTube Is Asking Promoted Musicians to Sign Non-Disparagement Agreements

YouTube is asking musicians who have signed up for a new partnership program in which it provides big-ticket funding for videos and promotional support to sign sweeping non-disparagement agreements, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday. Per Bloomberg, anonymous sources familiar with the program say that YouTube is keeping a tighter grip on its musicians than many of…

Tech News Tom McKay

All 10 Episodes of Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams, Ranked

Last weekend, Amazon started streaming Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams, a new TV anthology series based on short stories by the iconic science fiction writer. Directed and performed by a slew of different talents, the 10 episodes range all over the map in terms of subject matter, tone, and quality. Lucky for you, we’ve watched…

Television Evan Narcisse

Several Superheroes Have Been Cast for Amazon’s Adaptation of Garth Ennis’ The Boys

Fans have been waiting for Garth Ennis’ The Boys to become a live-action movie or television show for years. Several people have tried to make it happen—but now, finally, it’s being adapted for Amazon, and casting is in full effect. Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg will be directing the pilot of The Boys for Amazon,…

Television Germain Lussier

New Trailer for Britannia Asks ‘What if Game of Thrones Had Druid Raves?’

The Romans have invaded Westeros. A new trailer is up for Sky Atlantic’s historical fantasy Britannia. Set during the Roman invasion of Celtic Britain, the show focuses on a Roman general named Aulus Plautius (played by The Walking Dead’s Governor, David Morrissey) who is attempting to conquer the Celtic heart of Britannia, which the series…

Trailers Beth Elderkin

Black Mirror Embraces a Season of Firsts in This Season Four Making-Of Featurette

Black Mirror’s fourth season is, in hindsight, a radically ambitious feat for Charlie Brooker and his team of reality-breaking creators. It faces the criticisms that season three fell into a rut of cynicism and familiarity with what producer Annabel Jones calls, in this Netflix featurette, “a series of firsts.” There are the formal innovations, like…

Television Julie Muncy

The Next Season of Handmaid’s Tale Is Going Beyond the Book—and the Boundaries of Gilead

The first season of Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale adapted the classic, haunting Margaret Atwood novel in its entirety—leaving the slate clean for the show to move beyond the novel into a deeper look at the story’s dystopian world. That’ll include something only barely referenced in the original novel: The lands beyond Gilead still occupied by society’s…

Television James Whitbrook

Despite Some Stumbles, Electric Dreams Shows Why Philip K. Dick Is a Scifi Legend

Popular culture caught up to Philip K. Dick. The audacious imaginings of the legendary science fiction author bled into thousands of ideologically descendant books, films, and movies, even as some technologies he dreamed up became reality. That catching-up poses a significant challenge for Electric Dreams, Amazon Prime’s new anthology TV series based on his short…

Television Evan Narcisse

The Tick’s Going to Form a Wacky Superteam When His Show Comes Back in February

Arthur! Danger Boat! Tinfoil Hat Kevin! Overkill! Midnight! Dot! Shakira! The Wild Blue Yonder himself! I wonder what kind of name they’ll come up with! Why am I yelling?! After months of dry, dreary spoonlessness, Amazon’s finally unleashing new episodes of The Tick. The new trailer shows the Terror resuming his role as the biggest,…

Television Evan Narcisse

Netflix Boosts Its Film Cred by Signing Batman Director Matt Reeves to a Production Deal

Netflix just keeps signing up big-ticket items. Mere days after announcing a sequel to its $90 million film Bright, the company has signed a first-look deal with director Matt Reeves and his production company 6th & Idaho. Basically, that means Netflix will get the first crack at any project Reeves and his team are developing…

Movies Germain Lussier

You Can Soon Use Windows 10 on Any Computer or Phone You Own—But It’ll Cost You

The France-based cloud PC service Shadow is finally making its way to America, and with it comes the choice to have a cloud-based gaming-level Windows machine on any computer you own—from your aging Windows desktop to your iPad to your Chromebook. The cost is pricey, but the promise is enticing. Shadow originally launched last year…

Gadgets Alex Cranz

Ronald D. Moore Is Returning to Space For a New Apple TV Series

The architect of the Battlestar Galactica reboot, and most recently Starz’s adaptation of the time-travel romance Outlander, is heading back to space for a new TV show. The twist is that’ll be a show made for Apple’s growing, but lofty, TV plans. Few details about Moore’s new series are currently available, other than the fact…

Television James Whitbrook

What Will Happen Now That Disney Basically Owns Hulu?

Walt Disney Co. has agreed to buy the bulk of 21st Century Fox’s holdings in a $52.4 billion deal. While the changing future of the Marvel Universe and the movie landscape, in general, is big news, this deal also changes the entire calculus of streaming services. Disney is now the proud majority owner of Hulu,…

Movies Rhett Jones

Tidal Is on Life Support, Only Has Enough Cash to Last Another Six Months: Report

Tidal was supposed to be the one. A streaming service run by artists, for artists, featuring high fidelity audio and a business model that would share more of its revenue with the people that actually made the music. However, based on a report from Norway’s Dagens Næringsliv, Tidal may only have enough funds to last…

Tech News Sam Rutherford

Netflix Fires Executive Who Told One of Danny Masterson’s Alleged Victims They Didn’t Believe Her

Netflix has fired Andy Yeatman, its director of global kids content, for telling one of several women who accused The Ranch star Danny Masterson of rape that the company did not believe them, the Hollywood Reporter wrote on Tuesday. A Netflix spokeswoman confirmed to the Reporter that as of December 11th, “Mr. Yeatman is no…

Television Tom McKay

Good Omens Has at Least One Touching Tribute to Terry Pratchett

The more and more we see of Good Omens, the sadder it is that Neil Gaiman’s collaborator on the original novel, the departed Terry Pratchett, isn’t here to see his work come to life. But the BBC series, in some subtle ways, is planning at least one lovely tribute to the author. Gaiman took to…

Television James Whitbrook

Some Twitch Users Are Getting Angry About So-Called ‘Booby Streamers’

For years, Twitch.tv has been the web’s go-to for gaming live streams, crowd-sourced experiments like Pokémon playthroughs and commenter-controlled investment portfolios, and other bits of acceptably time-killing content. Unfortunately, this droll peace is being threatened by the internet equivalent of the dumb controversy surrounding desnudas in Times Square. Per the BBC, a “small number of…

Games Tom McKay

As MoviePass Looms, Cinemark Starts Its Own Movie Club Program

Hollywood wrapped up the 2017 summer movie season with its worst number of tickets sold in a quarter century, ushered in by a series of massive box-office flops made worse by ubiquitous critical social media reviews and the growth of competing streaming services like Netflix and HBO Go. Theater chains in particular got real spooked…

Movies Tom McKay

What If Eleven in Stranger Things Is Even More Connected to the Monsters Than We Know?

Who’s the real monster in Stranger Things, anyway? A new video runs down the pretty compelling fan theory. The video, put out by Cracked.com, suggests that Eleven’s connection to the demogorgon in season one might be deeper than it first appears. Specifically, the video posits that the demogorgon is Eleven—an aspect of her that she…

Television Julie Muncy

Here’s Your First Angelic Look at Jon Hamm in Good Omens

Amazon’s adaptation of Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett’s Good Omens has a truly remarkable cast—but even then, rarely does it get as good as casting Jon Hamm as the Angel Gabriel. Now we know what he’s going to look like, and it’s pretty damn fabulous. Good Omens co-author Gaiman excitedly shared the first-look image on…

io9 James Whitbrook

Plex Has Now Added Commercial-Cutting to Its Cordcutting DVR Service

Plex, the cable box-killing media player and DVR service, has launched a new feature to automatically strip commercials from recorded media as it prepares to take its DVR functionality out of beta, Cord Cutters News reported this week. According to a description of the new function in the update, users can now choose to have…

Television Tom McKay

YouTube Is Asking Promoted Musicians to Sign Non-Disparagement Agreements

All 10 Episodes of Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams, Ranked

Several Superheroes Have Been Cast for Amazon’s Adaptation of Garth Ennis’ The Boys

New Trailer for Britannia Asks ‘What if Game of Thrones Had Druid Raves?’

Black Mirror Embraces a Season of Firsts in This Season Four Making-Of Featurette

The Next Season of Handmaid’s Tale Is Going Beyond the Book—and the Boundaries of Gilead

Despite Some Stumbles, Electric Dreams Shows Why Philip K. Dick Is a Scifi Legend

The Tick’s Going to Form a Wacky Superteam When His Show Comes Back in February

Netflix Boosts Its Film Cred by Signing Batman Director Matt Reeves to a Production Deal

You Can Soon Use Windows 10 on Any Computer or Phone You Own—But It’ll Cost You

Ronald D. Moore Is Returning to Space For a New Apple TV Series

What Will Happen Now That Disney Basically Owns Hulu?

Tidal Is on Life Support, Only Has Enough Cash to Last Another Six Months: Report

Netflix Fires Executive Who Told One of Danny Masterson’s Alleged Victims They Didn’t Believe Her

Good Omens Has at Least One Touching Tribute to Terry Pratchett

Some Twitch Users Are Getting Angry About So-Called ‘Booby Streamers’

As MoviePass Looms, Cinemark Starts Its Own Movie Club Program

What If Eleven in Stranger Things Is Even More Connected to the Monsters Than We Know?

Here’s Your First Angelic Look at Jon Hamm in Good Omens

Plex Has Now Added Commercial-Cutting to Its Cordcutting DVR Service

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