For the seventh year in a row. We can argue all day about the cheesy titles and the bleeding-heart projects. However, regarding the box-office performance, there is no race: Disney wins. In 2022, the Mikey Mouse company was the No. 1 studio at the box office, not just worldwide, with $4.9 billion, but also in the US, with $2 billion, and overseas with $2.9 billion.  Avatar: The Way of Water December release helped, contributing close to $1 billion abroad. It's [...]

Two Italian movies in the lineup, and Italian director Luca Guadagnino honored with the Sundance International Icon Award.   The Sundance Film Festival, created by Robert Redford 45 years ago, returned to Park City in person after two years online. Italian cinema was celebrated from the opening night when Luca Guadagnino, the filmmaker of Bones and All, received the Sundance International Icon Award. The prize recognizes "an international auteur who creates distinctive cinematic universes and has made a lasting impact [...]

From time to time, social media channel TikTok develops a list of worth-to-be-known content creators The discover list 2022 has been published by Variety, spotlighting global creators making a positive impact on and off the platform. Divided into five categories — change makers, foodies, icons, innovators, and originators — each of the 50 nominated creators has something unique to share with the world. Two of them are Italian: Tasnim Ali (@alitasnim) is actually number one on the list. She lives [...]

Comic movies and tv-series have such a steady and affectionate audience that every company wants its fair share of them. Amazon, for example, will produce multiple live-action shows based on the Marvel characters controlled by Sony. The first one will be ‘Silk: Spider Society,’ from ‘Walking Dead’ author Angela Kang, Variety wrote. The show follows Cindy Moon, described as “a Korean-American woman bitten by the same spider that bit Peter Parker, as she escapes imprisonment and searches for her missing [...]

Netflix's 3rd Quarter Report is out!   Is the Netflix economic crisis over? Third-quarter earnings results suggest so. The streaming company gained over 2 million subscribers, avoiding the third straight quarter of subscriber losses. And the projections for the next quarter are even better: it seems it will add another 4.5 million subscribers in Q4. Is it a complete victory? Some analysts say no after six months of slowing growth and heavy layoffs. But Netflix cofounder and CEO Reed Hastings [...]

Merging and acquisitions in the games field has passed 100 billion dollars!   The murky waters of macroeconomic uncertainty defining 2022 don't seem to affect the world of electronic gaming. The market's growth has been steady since 2012, and - as reported in a Vip + Variety's research - is projected to grow more in the next few years. M&A in the game field passed 100 billion dollars. Those are the reasons why Netflix is trying to - literally - [...]