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Netflix's Love, Death and Robots finds the 'nerd joy' of adult animation
Season 3 of Netflix's Love, Death and Robots is a wonderful tribute to the power of animation.
'Love Death and Robots' Season 3 comes to Netflix on May 20th
The third season of Netflix's animation anthology Love, Death and Robots will bow on May 20th.
David Fincher's Netflix documentary series 'VOIR' debuts on December 6th
VOIR, the latest Netflix series from Zodiac and Fight Club director David Fincher, will debut on December 6th.
David Fincher's next Netflix project is VOIR, visual essays about cinema
After a short tease yesterday, Netflix just revealed its next project from renowned filmmaker David Fincher: VOIR, a collection of visual essays about the love of cinema.
Recommended Reading: 'WandaVision' begins Marvel's TV slate on Disney+
Recommended Reading highlights the week's noteworthy writing on technology and more.
David Fincher signs a four-year exclusivity deal with Netflix
For the time being, David Fincher is a Netflix man. Speaking with French magazine Premiere, the director revealed that he’s signed an “exclusive contract with them for another four years.” Fincher was an executive producer on House of Cards, Netflix’s first breakout hit, and directed the first two episodes.
'Mindhunter' season two finally premieres on Netflix August 16th
Netflix announced plans for a second season of Mindhunter almost two years ago, and now it finally has a release date. David Fincher has confirmed through The Treatment podcast that season two of the crime series will premiere August 16th. He didn't divulge details of the plot, but it's believe to take place roughly two years after the first and focus on the Atlanta child murders.
'Love, Death and Robots' gets a second season on Netflix with a new director
Netflix announced today that its out-there, adult-oriented animated anthology series Love, Death and Robots will be coming back for another season. The show's second go-round will be helmed by supervising director Jennifer Yuh Nelson, best known for her work as a director on the Kung Fu Panda franchise. Netflix has yet to provide a release date or other details for season two of Love, Death and Robots.
The TUAW Daily Update Podcast for April 15, 2014
It's the TUAW Daily Update, your source for Apple news in a convenient audio format. You'll get some the top Apple stories of the day in three to five minutes for a quick review of what's happening in the Apple world. You can listen to today's Apple stories by clicking the player at the top of the page. The Daily Update has been moved to a new podcast host in the past few days. Current listeners should delete the old podcast subscription and subscribe to the new feed in the iTunes Store here.
Who else could direct the Jobs movie and what would it be like?
As reported by the Hollywood Reporter, Sony balked at director David Fincher's request to have $10 million upfront to helm the Steve Jobs biopic based on Walter Issacson's book. Fincher is best known for directing "The Social Network," "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" and two episodes of "House of Cards," among other films and a number of music videos. Who do you think should direct the Steve Jobs film? Here's what the TUAW staff (and in some cases, spouses) have to suggest, including some directors we'd bring back from the grave. Let us know your picks in the comments: JJ Abrams: There will be a massive lens flare every time Steve shows up on screen. Wes Anderson: Bill Murray would play Jobs. The whole movie would be too long, make no sense, have no point, and everyone would gush about how awesome it is. Tim Burton: The film would be stop-motion animation, and every role would be voiced by Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter. Frank Capra: The final scene would have Zuzu exclaim: "Whenever we sell another iPhone, an angel gets its wings." Alfred Hitchcock: Jobs would create the Apple I in a Lower East Side apartment in New York while witnessing the murder of Atari across the way, then would be accused of stabbing the MITS Altair in the back at the UN, culminating in a drive to Bodega Bay from Mt Rushmore, where the Angry Birds attack Wozniak before they both reach Silicon Valley with strange tech geeks on a train. It's such a tense situation that they create the iPhone to get past Dialing "M". Oh, and Bill Gates takes the fatal shower, instead of Steve Jobs, who sorely needs one. Peter Jackson: We'd get three movies about the iPhone and iPad, then ten years later we'd get three more just about the original Mac. And he'd make out like Tim Cook and Jony Ive had been there the whole time. Then he'd make up some other character completely and arbitrarily cut Woz out of the story. Stanley Kubrick: A Performa would try (and fail) to murder Jobs. He'd then have a vision of a black monolith in his bedroom. BOOM: iPhone. David Lean: There would be a long track shot of iPad production lines fading into the distance, interrupted by a loud train whistle with a shot Steve Ballmer in a Soviet Army uniform railing against apps, ending with a task force blowing up the bridge of Samsung. George Lucas: If he directed it, 20 years later he'd spend three totally pointless films focusing on Jobs's childhood and teen years. He'd also retool his original Jobs film to make it look like Bill Gates shot first. Brett Ratner: Every time prototype hardware displeased Steve, he'd blow it up. And in a bold bit of casting, the Steves will be played by Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker. Steven Spielberg: The film would focus far more on Jobs the family man than Jobs the mogul. Critics would describe it as "the feel-good hit of the summer." John Williams does the soundtrack. Jobs carries a bullwhip everywhere for some reason never adequately explained. Martin Scorsese: Every other word out of Jobs' mouth would be an F-bomb, Bobby DeNiro would play John Sculley, and Apple would be headquartered in Manhattan. Quentin Tarantino: Every word out of Jobs's mouth would be an F-bomb. Samuel L. Jackson would play Steve Wozniak, Leo DiCaprio would play Jobs, and the film would be about their adventures in the Southern California criminal underworld as they tried to obtain seed funding for Apple. James Cameron: Everyone would be painted blue and it would take place entirely on the Titanic. Leo DiCaprio would still play Jobs. Joss Whedon: He'd just kill Jobs all over again in the most heart-wrenching manner possible after slowly picking off everyone you'd ever care for in the film. The Aaron Sorkin-penned script would be tossed for one co-written by Steven Moffat and George R.R. Martin. Photo from Getty Images
The TUAW Daily Update Podcast for March 21, 2014
NOTE: An issue with the Libsyn player not working on iOS devices has been resolved by moving to an MP3 format from the previous M4A format. We apologize for the inconvenience the past few days. It's the TUAW Daily Update, your source for Apple news in a convenient audio format. You'll get some the top Apple stories of the day in three to five minutes for a quick review of what's happening in the Apple world. You can listen to today's Apple stories by clicking the player at the top of the page. The Daily Update has been moved to a new podcast host in the past few days. Current listeners should delete the old podcast subscription and subscribe to the new feed in the iTunes Store here.
Christian Bale is director's top choice to play Steve Jobs in Aaron Sorkin's upcoming biopic
The JOBS movie starring Ashton Kutcher didn't exactly garner many positive reviews, but a second effort at a Steve Jobs biopic may very well be worth paying attention to. In mid-2012, Sony Pictures announced that it hired famed screenwriter Aaron Sorkin to write a movie screenplay about Steve Jobs. With titles like A Few Good Men and The Social Network to his credit, Sorkin's involvement gave the project a whole lot of buzz. Now comes word via The Wrap that director David Fincher (who has been in talks to direct the film) would like the caped crusader himself, Christian Bale, to take on the role of Jobs. According to the report, Fincher, who previously directed the thoroughly enjoyable The Social Network, will only join the project if Bale is tapped to play the part of the Apple co-founder. Sorkin, who won an Oscar for writing Fincher's Facebook drama "The Social Network," based his script on Walter Isaacson's bestselling authorized biography. That book was, in turn, based on more than 40 interviews that author had with Jobs, as well as interviews with friends, family and colleagues. The film consists of three long scenes regarding Apple's buzzed-about product launches, including the Mac, NeXT (after Jobs had left Apple) and the iPod. Production could begin before the end of the year, though an early 2015 start is more likely, as both Bale and Fincher will be busy this fall promoting their respective movies, "Exodus" and "Gone Girl." Sorkin, who perhaps is best known for his work on The West Wing, reportedly finished the script for the movie this past January. During a November 2012 interview, Sorkin said that the script would consist of just three scenes that all take place backstage prior to important product announcements.
David Fincher in talks to direct upcoming Steve Jobs biopic and other news from Feb. 27, 2014
The Ashton Kutcher 2013 film on Steve Jobs didn't set the world on fire, and fans are eagerly awaiting a new film based on Walter Isaacson's best selling biography of the Apple founder and icon. The Hollywood Reporter and other media say that director David Fincher (The Social Network) is in talks with Sony to do the film, which would re-unite the director with writer Aaron Sorkin. The film has had a long gestation. Sony took on the project in 2011, and the script was started in 2012. Fincher is a director who takes his time on projects, so don't look for a quick appearance of this film. No actor has been selected for the role of Jobs, but Steve Wozniak is along as a consultant. Wozniak was very critical of the Kutcher film because of the way many people were portrayed. Other news from Thursday includes: The Apple store went down late Thursday evening Pacific time. Why it's down, we don't know, but we'll let you know the changes when it comes back up. Google Hangouts has been updated for iOS 7, including picture-in-picture video calling for the iPad. AppleInsider is reporting that users are complaining that OS X 10.9.2 has broken AirPlay Mirroring in Mavericks. A number of failures are being reported to Apple's support forums. ABC is live streaming the Oscars to its iOS app, however it's only available in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Houston, Raleigh-Durham, N.C., and Fresno, Calif. if you subscribe to one of the cable providers there. Kendrick Lamar is the latest to be added to the iTunes Festival lineup. 9to5Mac noticed that Apple has released a new page on its developer site to help them get the most out of design for iOS 7 and OS X.
Halo 4 'Scanned' launch trailer is here
Halo 4's extravagant 'Scanned' launch trailer takes a peek behind the helmet of Master Chief, the stoic cyborg with humanity at heart. It's not exactly a biopic, but you get a decent dose of anguish and cybernetic aliens for your 2:22.
David Fincher producing Halo 4 trailer, premieres October 18
David Fincher will executive produce the launch trailer for Halo 4, Microsoft has announced. Fincher, director of Fight Club, The Social Network and the Jodie Foster tour de force, Panic Room, will produce the trailer, titled "Scanned," which will present "a captivating look at the backstory of Master Chief, and provides a glimpse of the new threat he will encounter in Halo 4."Joining Fincher is visual effects lead Tim Miller, best known for his (amazing) work in Scott Pilgrim vs. The World. Miller will direct the trailer.The trailer will debut on October 18 during Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. It will become available on Halo Waypoint and the Xbox YouTube channel immediately after broadcast. In the meantime, you can gaze at a single still image taken from the trailer. Spoiler: It's Master Chief.Update: Fincher is producing the trailer, not directing it. Miller will direct the trailer.
Netflix schedules its original series 'House of Cards' for release February 1st
While Netflix has built its streaming service on content previously available elsewhere, its dive into exclusive original content begins in earnest February 1st of next year. That's when the David Fincher-directed House of Cards series that it reportedly outbid the likes of HBO and AMC for will debut, with all 13 episodes immediately available for streaming in all of Netflix's service areas. Lilyhammer was an exclusive of sorts that debuted earlier this year, however that was in association with Norwegian broadcaster NRK. Netflix is going it alone backing several original series that will roll out over the next year including the highly anticipated return of Arrested Development (they're apparently looking for walk-ons, check the video after the break), a murder mystery titled Hemlock Grove from Eli Roth, comedy Orange is the New Black from Jenji Kohan, the creator of Showtime's Weeds, and the second season of Lilyhammer. There's no word on why the series will launch next year instead of the originally scheduled "late 2012" window, however production of the second 13 episode season (which Netflix agreed to up front) is already scheduled to begin in the spring as well. We'll see if the new push for exclusive content can cover some of the holes in Netflix's catalog and keep current customers aboard while also attracting new viewers, even as competition in the subscription streaming arena increases.
Netflix is getting into the content biz, confirms 'House of Cards' will launch in late 2012
The rumors are true, instead of simply offering old content from others, Netflix is jumping back into the content business by licensing David Fincher's upcoming drama House of Cards for Watch Instantly streaming in the US and Canada before it airs anywhere else, or has even been produced. In a blog post and interview with AllThingsD, Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos justifies signing up for the series sight unseen by pointing out the popularity of the earlier BBC miniseries on which it is based among Netflix members and the collective skills of both the director and lead actor Kevin Spacey. However, if you're waiting around for fresh content to pop up on Watch Instantly don't hold your breath, the 26 episode run produced by (interestingly, Netflix will neither produce nor own the show) Media Rights Capital isn't due to arrive until late 2012.
Netflix rumored to spend $100 million or more outbidding cable networks for one new TV show
While Netflix CEO Reed Hastings has suggested the company would avoid getting into the content business, Deadline Hollywood reports it outbid cable channels like HBO and AMC for a new David Fincher drama starring Kevin Spacey called House of Cards. The post goes on to suggest that the deal is still being negotiated but Netflix will be on the hook for two season which could cost it more than $100 million. Right now Netflix is flush with the cash of its 20 million strong subscriber base, but so far it has focused on enhancing it's $8 / month streaming package by spending on quantity, not necessarily quality new content even after deals with Relativity Media and Epix. A deal like this changes things completely and puts it directly in competition with the pay-TV biz, but we'll wait and find out how much of the rumor is true before putting up a deathwatch for HBO, Showtime and the rest.
