Netflix has turned Roald Dahl's chocolate factory into a real-life competition series, complete with an AI-generated version of the late Gene Wilder's voice guiding contestants through a $3 million game that its creators call a "social experiment." The show, titled "Wonka's The Golden Ticket," debuted on the streaming platform this week and immediately raised a […] The post Netflix resurrects Gene Wilder's voice with AI for a $3 million Wonka reality show appeared first on American Almanac .
Netflix has turned Roald Dahl's chocolate factory into a real-life competition series, complete with an AI-generated version of the late Gene Wilder's voice guiding contestants through a $3 million game that its creators call a "social experiment." The show, titled "Wonka's The Golden Ticket," debuted on the streaming platform this week and immediately raised a question Hollywood has been dodging for years: how far is too far when a dead actor's likeness becomes a production tool? The showrunners say they have their answer. Whether audiences agree is another matter. Co-showrunners Emer Harkin and Alison Holloway built the series around the 1971 film that made Wilder's portrayal of Willy Wonka iconic. Contestants compete inside a physical…Open
After 17 years in the making, George Lucas has opened the doors to his new Los Angeles museum. The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art showcases the power of storytelling through visual art. Nancy Loo explores what visitors can expect. MORE: https://www.newsnationnow.com/entertainment-news/george-lucas-art-museum-important-and-positive/
After nine years away from fiction, young-adult literary giant John Green has released "Hollywood, Ending," his first novel written for adults, a book he says draws directly on the personal cost of two decades in the public eye. Green, one of the most commercially successful authors of the 2010s young-adult boom, sat for a remote […] The post John Green's new novel wrestles with fame — and the machine that built him appeared first on American Almanac .
After nine years away from fiction, young-adult literary giant John Green has released "Hollywood, Ending," his first novel written for adults, a book he says draws directly on the personal cost of two decades in the public eye. Green, one of the most commercially successful authors of the 2010s young-adult boom, sat for a remote interview with USA TODAY ahead of the book's release. He described the novel as "a love letter to movies", but also as a reckoning with the celebrity apparatus that turned his earlier works, "The Fault in Our Stars" and "Paper Towns," into Hollywood productions and turned him into a public figure whose private struggles became content. "Hollywood, Ending," published by Dutton Books, marks Green's return to…Open
Oscar winner Ke Huy Quan reveals in his new memoir that a residuals check of nearly $100,000 from Lucasfilm arrived when he was still a child, a gesture he calls virtually unheard of for a first-time actor. Quan, who played Short Round in the 1984 blockbuster Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, describes the […] The post Ke Huy Quan says a $100,000 residuals check from Spielberg and Lucas changed his family's life appeared first on American Almanac .
Oscar winner Ke Huy Quan reveals in his new memoir that a residuals check of nearly $100,000 from Lucasfilm arrived when he was still a child, a gesture he calls virtually unheard of for a first-time actor. Quan, who played Short Round in the 1984 blockbuster Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, describes the moment in Never Say Die, the memoir that hit bookstands this week. He walked into his family's kitchen and found both parents standing at the table, holding an envelope with his name on it. Inside was a check from Lucasfilm for almost $100,000. The amount, Quan writes, "didn't make any sense" to a kid who had already been paid for his work on the film. But the check was real, and so was its impact on a family that had come to the…Open
OPINION: Lindsey Granger gives her lens on the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger, which cleared a major hurdle after reaching a settlement with a dozen states that had sued to stop the merger. #LindseyGranger #Paramount #WarnerBros About Rising: Rising is a weekday morning show with bipartisan hosts that breaks the mold of morning TV by taking viewers inside the halls of Washington power like never before. The show leans into the day's political cycle with cutting edge analysis from DC insiders who can predict what is going to happen. It also sets the day's political agenda by breaking exclusive news with a team of scoop-driven reporters and demanding answers during interviews with the country's most important political newsmakers. Follow…
Hollywood watchers believe the studio prevailed over states seeking to block its deal for Warner Bros. Discovery. It’s now free to reshape the media industry.
