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What started as a fact-finding mission for Netflix culminated in one of the biggest media deals in the last decade and one that stands to reshape the global entertainment business landscape, people with direct knowledge of the deal told Reuters. Netflix announced on Friday it had reached a deal to buy Warner Bros Discovery for $72 billion. Although Netflix had publicly downplayed speculation about buying a major Hollywood studio as recently as October, the streaming pioneer threw its hat in the ring when Warner Bros Discovery kicked off an auction on October 21, after rejecting a trio of unsolicited offers from Paramount Skydance. Details of Netflix’s plan and the Warner Bros board’s deliberations, based on interviews with seven advisers and executives, are reported here for the first time. Initially motivated by curiosity about its business, Netflix executives quickly recognised the opportunity presented by Warner Bros, beyond the ability to offer the century-old studio’s deep catalogue of movies and televis...

Filmmaker Quentin Tarantino has revealed the reason behind his decision to pass on the directing duties for the ‘Once Upon A Time in Hollywood’ sequel. Click here to read more Lifestyle stories Tarantino directed 2019’s original film, starring actors Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, and Margot Robbie. The film was a hit and grossed over $392 […]

Dakota Johnson slams Hollywood’s remake culture and reveals why her superhero film Madame Web underperformed.

KARACHI: It is disappointing that only two Urdu films will be released on Eidul Azha. They are: Love Guru directed by Nadeem Baig and Deemak helmed by Rafay Rashdi. Although half-a-dozen Pakistani films hit the cinema screens on Eidul Fitr (five Urdu and one Punjabi), they did not manage to create a splash in the placid waters of our local movie scene. It is abundantly clear now that the only way for the film exhibitors and cinema owners to do business is by virtue of big Hollywood releases. For example, prior to Eidul Azha, Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning, the popular franchise starring Tom Cruise, did well at the box office. (It is difficult to ascertain the exact number that it has managed to attract because MI is still in theatres.) On Eidul Azha, too, a couple of major English language films — apart from a few Turkish projects dubbed in Urdu — will be there to compete with the Pakistani movies: Ballerina and Karate Kid: Legends. The former is a spin-off of the John Wick series and the latter a th...

Emmy Award-winning actor Katherine Heigl, who moved to Utah with her family, opened up on the possibility of returning to Hollywood. To Read Lifestyle Stories in Urdu – Click Here Hollywood star Katherine Heigl, best remembered for playing Dr. Izzie Stevens in the medical drama ‘Grey’s Anatomy’, the role which brought her both accolades and […]