Fresh News 1_19_23

Posted by on February 02, 2023

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Annie Awards Nominations: ‘Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio’ & ‘Marcel The Shell’ Lead Field

 

Annie Awards nominations 2023

Courtesy of Deadline

 

This year's Annie Award nominations are in! One of the many going toe to toe will be Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio with nine nominations and A24's Marcel The Shell falling one short with eight. Dreamworks' latest release, Puss In Boots: The Last Wish, is also up for Best Feature and fellow nominees in this category include Turning Red, Pinocchio, The Sea Beast, and Wendell & Wildwill. To find out more about the Annie Awards, click the link below.

 

 

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‘The Last Of Us’ Becomes HBO’s Second-Largest Debut After ‘House Of The Dragon’ Since 2010 With 4.7M Viewers


Courtesy of Deadline

 

Hailed as the "greatest video game adaptation of all time," The Last of Us has amounted to a "healthy" following on its premiere night this Sunday on HBO Max. Drawing in a total of 4.7B viewers, The Last of Us has only fallen second to the historic viewership of the spinoff series, The House of Dragons. The series has garnered its audience, and the future for this adaptation looks to be secured. 

 

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Disney+ Drops ‘The Mandalorian’ Season 3 Trailer With Pedro Pascal & Grogu Going To Mandalore

Courtesy of Deadline

 

The return of everyone's favorite outlaw is almost here. The Mandalorian, played by the legendary Pedro Pascal, is set to drop on March 1st. Fans were uplifted again with another peak at the series with its most recent trailer drop during the NFL Wild Card match-up between the Dallas Cowboys and Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

 

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Hector Ramirez, Cameraman With 20 Primetime Emmys, Dies at 78

Hector Ramirez

Courtesy of The Hollywood Reporter

 

Columbian Native, 20 Primetime Emmy winner Hector Ramirez, has sadly passed away. Ramirez worked for more than a decade as a camera operator on Dancing With the Stars and contributed to musical specials with legendary artists like Elvis, Cher, and Frank Sinatra. 

 

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Netflix Doubled Spanish TV Originals In 2022 & Premiered More From UK And Japan – Report

Money Heist La Casa de Papel

Courtesy of Deadline

 

As the demand for more new and exciting content increases, Netflix has expanded its Spanish T.V. originals. According to a report from media analyst Enders Analysis, seen by Deadline, Netflix's "Spanish content rose from 64 to 123, while Japan increased from 60 to 109, and the U.K. from 60 to 92". The numbers also show that Netflix's U.S. content makes up less than half of its library.

 

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Alejandro G. Iñárritu On What He Learned On ‘Bardo’, All Those Oscars & Whether He Is An Auteur

 

Courtesy of Deadline
Deadline's Pete Hammond interviews writer, director, and producer Alejandro G. Iñárritu. As part of Deadline's video series, Behind the Lens, Hammond interviews Iñárritu diving deep into his works and accomplish spanning from his first feature film, Amores Perros (2000), to his latest work, Bardo: False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths (2022).
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‘The Last of Us’ Showrunner Explains Just How Real the Cordyceps Fungus Threat Is to Humans

The Last of Us

Courtesy of The Hollywood Reporter
“It’s real — it’s real to the extent that everything he says that fungus do, they do,”
The Last of Us is Fiction, well fiction-ish. The Hollywood Reporter has spoken to show runner Craig Mazin, who also created HBO's Chernobyl, on how the series contains a bit of intertwined truth to its fictionalized story.

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‘The Last of Us’ Star Gabriel Luna Breaks Down the Series Premiere’s Most Emotional and Harrowing Moments

Gabriel Luna

Courtesy of The Hollywood Reporter

 

Since the release of Naughty Dog's video game, The Last of Us, fans old and new have nothing but praise for the video game. At times the perilous journey of adapting an intellectual property (I.P.) like a beloved video game can prove too difficult for all levels of creators. Yet, Gabriel Luna, who takes on the role of Tommy, has done an outstanding job at learning all about the I.P. to please audiences of all levels. By immersing himself into the game and approaching the character as a "biopic," it has given gamers a "true translation of the game."

 

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Ex-Telemundo Top Exec Marcos Santana Launches Mas Ros Media, Targeting Gaming, Esports, Sustainability

Marcos Santana

Courtesy of Variety

 

In a groundbreaking move, Telemundo's icon executive producer and showrunner Marcos Santana will launch a new production company called Mas Ros Media. Having forged strategic alliances, the company has made moves to secure content, purchased equity, and confirmed its post-production with La Corte Post. Santana's goal is "to elevate the quality of Hispanic and Latin T.V. content. My commitment now is to do it responsibly. To have a clear purpose and connect with a young, sensible audience living an entirely new reality."

 

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