The man who made Gollum count as acting is putting AI in Hunt for Gollum
Andy Serkis spent two decades proving a digital character is a human performance. His own Middle-earth movie has machine learning in the de-aging pipeline.
How accurate is Barbie in the Nutcracker? Dancers are pausing the new one to check the feet
The 2001 Barbie in the Nutcracker was built on real New York City Ballet dancers. The new Netflix special got dancers looking at the feet, and they don't like what they see.
Pillion vs the book: both endings make Ray disappear, only one lets Colin know why
Box Hill ends with Colin learning Ray is gone for good. Pillion ends with Colin learning nothing at all, and the director says he doesn't want to know either.
Bridge to Terabithia true story: who the real Leslie was
Leslie Burke had a real-life model in a Maryland second grade, and one part of her story was so unlikely that a fellow writer told Katherine Paterson to change it.
Die My Love book vs movie: Ariana Harwicz says Lynne Ramsay made it more punk than the novel
Ariana Harwicz wrote a 123-page novel about a mother coming apart in the French countryside. Lynne Ramsay moved it to Montana, put a punk track on top and premiered it in front of 3,500 people at Cannes.
