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Tubi and the Black List Want to Read Your Sci-Fi Screenplay
Gizmodo,
With all the streaming news about price increases and content jumping around, here’s something both cool and unusual: Fox’s ad-supported free SVOD service, Tubi, is teaming up with screenwriting resource the Black List to select five genre scripts for development, production, and distribution. Read more...
A Hollywood Agent’s Son Was Arrested for Murder
The Cut,
Police are searching for Samuel Haskell’s wife and in-laws.
https://www.manton.org/2023/11/13/rest-stop-in.html
Manton Reese,
Rest stop in Arizona, near Texas Canyon.
Joby, Volocopter fly electric air taxis over New York City
TechCrunch,
Joby Aviation and Volocopter gave the public a vivid glimpse of what the future of aviation might look like this weekend, with both companies performing brief demonstration flights of their electric aircraft in New York City. The demonstration flights were conducted during a press conference on Sunday, during which New York City Mayor Eric Adams […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Uber takes steps to combat unfair driver deactivations
Uber is introducing new features geared toward addressing the issues of unfair deactivations that ride-hail and delivery drivers often face. Starting Monday across the U.S., Uber will roll out a technology that identifies riders or Uber Eats customers who consistently give bad ratings or feedback with the intent of getting a refund. Allegations by those […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Coyote Vs. Acme may get a release after all
AV Club,
Just like its titular cartoon canine, Coyote Vs. Acme may yet survive the experience of stepping off a cliff to find only air beneath. While Road Runner always dodges Coyote’s Acme-purchased hijinks completely unscathed, its Coyote’s “resilience and persistence,” in the words of director Dave Green, that form a neater… Read more...
Rick and Morty Just Fired Its Canon in a Game-Changing Episode
It’d be hard to top last week’s Rick and Morty—the cleverly gruesome “That’s Amorte,” still season seven’s high point so far—but “Unmortricken” accomplishes an important task: addressing the show’s ever-looming canon by blowing it apart and changing it forever. Read more...
Google Sues Hackers Exploiting AI Hype With Alleged Bard Scams
Ads for fake versions of Google’s generative AI tool, Bard, are showing up on Facebook to steal social media accounts of U.S. small businesses, according to a lawsuit from Google filed Monday. Read more...