Movies Stories for 2020

Disney Will Test the Limits of 'Franchise Fatigue' in 2021 and 2022 129
Warner Bros. Believes that Theaters Will Still Exist in 2023 43
Is Warner Bros' Shift To Streaming New Movies 'A Great Danger'? 93
Harrison Ford Will Return in a Fifth 'Indiana Jones' Movie 87
Slashdot Asks: Favorite Movies and TV Shows You Watched This Year? 128
YouTube and Peacock are Now Streaming James Bond Films For Free 65
'It's Time For Movie Theaters To Die So Movies Can Live Again' 178
Darth Vader Actor From Original 'Star Wars' Trilogy Dies at Age 85 46
'The Queen's Gambit' Scores As Netflix Most-Watched Scripted Limited Series To Date 69
Hundreds More Movie Theatres Close As Attendance Plummets 131
Werner Herzog On Asteroids, Star Wars, and the 'Obscenity' of a City On Mars 152
'Wonder Woman 1984' is Coming To HBO Max (and Some US Theaters) on Dec. 25 93
Disney+ Has More Than 73 Million Subscribers 41
Netflix Targets Critical 'Cuties' Tweets With Copyright Takedown Requests 72
Sean Connery Dies at Age 90. Remembered as 'The Best of Many' James Bonds 140
It's Time for the Movie Studios to Step In To Save the Movie Theaters 104
James Bond Film 'No Time To Die' Explored $600 Million Sale To Streaming Services 87
The Technology That's Replacing the Green Screen 46
AMC Offers Private Theater Rentals Starting at $99, As Cinemas Continue To Struggle 77
Netflix Indicted By Texas Grand Jury Over 'Lewd' Depiction of Children In 'Cuties' 336
All Regal and Cineworld Movie Theaters To Close Until Further Notice 105
Denis Villeneuve's 'Dune' Delayed To October 1, 2021 54
After 'No Time To Die' Postponement, Hundreds of US and UK Movie Theatres Postpone Reopening 69
New James Bond Film 'No Time to Die' Is Delayed Until 2021 59
DC Universe Streaming Service Will Become Universe Infinite Comics Platform 18
Disney+ Takes First Emmy Win With 'The Mandalorian' For Visual Effects 99
Remembering Laika: 'Space Dogs' Documentary Explores Moscow Through a Stray's Eyes 18
What No Man Has Seen Before: Remastering Deep Space Nine To Maximum Quality 118
Do Movie Ratings on 'Rotten Tomatoes' Really Affect a Movie's Box Office? 101
Scene Bust Triggered Historic Drop In 'Pirate' Releases 85
'Mulan' Tests Subscribers' Desire To Pay Up for Big-Budget Film 79
Christopher Nolan's 'Tenet' Makes a Global Bet on the Film Industry 103
Surprise News About Superhero Actor Chadwick Boseman Becomes Most-Liked Tweet Ever 41
Thousands of Pirates Tricked Into Downloading Fake 'Tenet' Torrents 98
TV Watching and Online Streaming Surge During Lockdown 21
Should America Re-Open Its Movie Theatres? 244
AI Can Make Music, Screenplays, and Poetry. What About a Movie? 35
AMC Is Reopening Theaters Today With 15-Cent Tickets 90
New AI Dupes Humans into Believing Synthesized Sound Effects Are Real 28
AMC Movie Theaters Will Reopen On Aug. 20 With 15-Cent Tickets 118
The Last Blockbuster Has Been Turned Into An Airbnb 23
Disney+ Passes 60.5 Million Subs, Reaches 5-Year Streaming Goal In First Eight Months 49
Netflix is Letting People Watch Things Faster or Slower With New Playback Speed Controls 49
AMC and Universal Agree To Let Movies Go From Theaters To Digital Rentals Much Sooner 23
Netflix Breaks Record With 160 Emmy Nominations 41
Historic Moon Landing Footage Enhanced By AI, and the Results Are Incredible 66
Slashdot Asks: What Movies, TV Shows, and Games Have You Enjoyed of Late? 134
How Hollywood Accidentally Built Netflix 57
Ukraine President Plugs 15-Year-Old Film To Free Hostages 34
Netflix's Most Expensive Movie Ever Will Be a $200M James Bond-Level Thriller From the Russo Bros. 44
The Data-Driven Tech Engine at the Heart of Hollywood's Content Factories 44
Walmart is Converting Its Parking Lots Into Pop-up Drive-in Theaters For the Summer 40
Disney Research Creates Face-Swapping Technique For High-Res Video 57
CNET Remembers 1995, the Year Hollywood Finally Noticed The Internet 43
Disney Kids Channels To Shutter In UK, Content Moving To Disney+ 42
Amazon Is Looking To Add Live TV To Prime Video 33
Joel Schumacher, Director With a Flair for the Distinctive, Dies at 80 21
AMC Theaters Changes Course and Will Require Customers To Wear Face Masks 120
Unsubscribe: The $0-Budget Movie That 'Topped the US Box Office' 44
WarnerMedia Is Getting Rid of the HBO Go App 8
Illegal Netflix, Amazon Streamers Cut Off After European Arrests 66
California To Allow Movie Theaters To Reopen In Most Counties 50
COVID-19 Crippled Movie Theaters and That Could Force Streamers To Be More Transparent About Viewership Data 69
AMC Theatres Has 'Substantial Doubt' it Can Remain in Business 203
'Lord of the Rings' Reunion Brings Actors, Director, Writers Together on Zoom 33
82-Year-Old Ridley Scott Shares Some Secrets About 'Alien' 49
HBO Max Takes on Netflix With Human Curation Instead of Solely Relying on Algorithms 28
Copyright Office: System For Pulling Content Offline Isn't Working 60
ScreenHits TV To Launch Streaming Aggregator To Combat 'Subscription Fatigue' 47
Zack Snyder Will Release the 'Snyder Cut' of 'Justice League' on HBO Max 21
Apple Buys Older Shows for TV+, Stepping Up Netflix Challenge 37
AMC's Stock Is Surging On Reports Amazon May Buy It 48
Disney Will Release Big Movies on Streaming 'On a Case-by-Case Basis' 24
Tom Cruise Plots Movie To Shoot In Space With Elon Musk's SpaceX 131
This May the 4th Gets Unusual Celebrations For 'Star Wars Day' 64
'Virtual Fistfight' Created With Historic Collaboration of 40 Film Stars 103
Emulating 'Trolls', More Movies Try Bypassing Cinemas For On-Demand Releases 60
AMC Theaters Will No Longer Play Universal Movies After Trolls World Tour's On-Demand Success 285
Oscars Relax 2020 Eligibility Rules in Boost for Streamed Movies 21
Why 'Baking' Damaged Reel-To-Reel Tapes Renders Them Playable Again 55
Michael Moore Offers Free Streaming of Movie Criticizing the Green Movement 230
Netflix Adds 16 Million New Subscribers as Homebound Consumers Stream Away 19
HBO Max Will Launch on May 27 25
Walmart is Selling Its On-demand Video Service Vudu To Fandango 12
Mild Disney+ Censorship 'Hides a Much Bigger Problem' 194
Apple TV+ Widens Free Access as Disney+ Passes 50 Million Subscribers 39
Netflix Tightens Its Parental Controls for Cooped-Up Kids 20
Disney+ Launches in India For $20 a Year, Includes Shows From HBO, Showtime, and Live TV Channels 12
To Conserve Bandwidth, Should Opting In Be Required Before Autoplaying Videos? 103
China Shuts Down All Cinemas, Again 69
Amazon's New 'Prime Video Cinema' Offers Movies Now Playing in Theaters 36
'Netflix Party': a New Chrome Extension Adds Chat Panes to Movies 38
What Are the Best Free Streaming Services? 42
Sonic The Hedgehog Surpasses Detective Pikachu To Become Highest-Grossing Video Game Movie 45
Fox Buys Free Ad-Supported Streaming Service Tubi For $440 Million 24
Popcorn Time, the 'Netflix For Piracy,' Is Back Online 31
Universal Makes Movies Now Playing in Theaters Available Online 51
Copyright Lobby Calls Out Plex For Not Doing Enough To Stop Piracy 158
Quibi is Giving People a 90-day Free Trial in Hopes They'll Actually Sign Up 33
'Contagion,' Steven Soderbergh's 2011 Thriller, Is Climbing Up the Charts 85
Coronavirus: James Bond Postpones Release Date Because It's No Time To Die 47
Filming of Matrix 4 Brings 'Excitement, Some Damage' to San Francisco 100
Disney CEO Bob Iger Steps Down, Capping His Career With Disney Plus' Epic Launch 52
Netflix Adds Top 10 Feature So You Can See What Everyone's Watching 61
'Sonic the Hedgehog' Has Biggest-Ever Opening For a Video Game Adaptation 108
Netflix Loses Bid To Dismiss $25 Million Lawsuit Over 'Black Mirror: Bandersnatch' 91
Netflix, Which Spent $100M in Oscars Campaign Alone, Won Just 2 Awards. 'Parasite', a South Korean Movie That Cost $11M To Make, Won 4 85
Why Is 'Birds of Prey' Suffering at the Box Office? 280
ViacomCBS Plan Would Unify All of Star Trek In One New Streaming Service 70
Netflix Reveals Its 9 Government Takedown Requests 47
Netflix Will Now Let You Disable Its Awful Autoplaying Feature 60
Netflix Starts Streaming AV1 On Android To Save Cellular Data 34
Joel Hodgson Tours America in His Final Live Shows With 'Mystery Science Theatre 3000' 13
How Much Are We Paying for Our Subscription Services? A Lot 87
More Americans Went To the Library Than To the Movies Last Year 102
Apple TV Plus Reportedly Has More Subscribers Than Disney Plus 39
Netflix Is Still Saying 'No' To Ads 65
Netflix Secures International Rights To Studio Ghibli Animated Films 66
NBC's New Peacock Streaming Service Is Just One Big Ad-Injection Machine 114
Disney Drops 'Fox' Name, Will Rebrand As 20th Century Studios 99
Streaming Services Reckon With Password-Sharing 'Havoc' 150
Scientists Give Cuttlefish 3D Glasses To Prove They Perceive Depth 37
Quibi Versus the World 45
Warner Bros. Signs Deal For AI-Driven Film Management System 39
Disney+ Titles Disappear Without Warning, Bringing Confusion To The Streaming Wars 174
Apple Deal Returns Former HBO Boss Richard Plepler To Spotlight 12