Interview with Sauron: The Lord of the Rings» actor talks about his connection with Galadriel
The end of the first season of the series «The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power» revealed Galbrand’s secret: he is Sauron. But the main villain is disguised again…
The second season of «The Lord of the Rings» will show Gollum’s ancestors — the ancestors of the river people lived in the desert
In the series «The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power» there are still no hobbits. As the events unfold in the Second Age of Middle-earth, the inhabitants of the Shire from J.R.R. Tolkien’s original works have not yet fully emerged. But their ancestors will be even more represented in the second season.
The second season of «The Lord of the Rings» will reveal the secrets of the dwarven seals and the Desert of Rune hidden by Tolkien
The second season of the series «The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power» will tell the story of the seven rings of the dwarves and the Desert of Rhun, which John R.R. Tolkien paid little attention to. There are also new posters and footage from the series.
The Lord of the Rings «The Lord of the Rings» teaser shows a new wizard — it might be Saruman
The series «The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power» takes place in the Second Age of Middle-earth, so there are few characters familiar from Jackson’s films. But attentive viewers have found one more.
The second big trailer for «The Lord of the Rings» and details about the characters at Comic-Con
Amazon Prime has unveiled a new, almost four-minute trailer for the second season of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power» during San Diego Comic-Con.
The series «The Lord of the Rings» got its own home — Amazon bought the British studio Bray, where it was filmed
Amazon Prime Video has acquired the 70-year-old British film studio Bray, where «The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power». The deal is undisclosed. In particular, Amazon will shoot the second season of the Russo brothers’ «The Citadel» series at Bray in September.
The Stranger from the series «The Lord of the Rings» — Gandalf? Actor Daniel Wayman told the character in season 2
The character in the Series «The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power», known as the Stranger — is Gandalf, according to most fans. However, actor Daniel Wayman knows nothing about this and did not even ask the crew.
The Amazon is on the verge of disaster: a tribe that had no contact with humanity emerged from the jungle for the first time
In Peru, members of one of the most isolated indigenous tribes in the world have fled the Amazon jungle due to loggers approaching their territories.
The second season of the series Fallout already has a «finished script», which will continue the story of the first
Amazon MGM Studios CEO Jennifer Salke and Head of Television Vernon Sanders spoke about the state of readiness of the second season of the Fallout series, which is on schedule, if not ahead of schedule.
The second season of the series «The Lord of the Rings» — unexpected beginning and warlike Galadriel
The next season of «The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power» will not continue where the previous one left off. Showrunner Patrick McKay shared a mysterious emotional scene.
The Lord of the Rings series will show the only bearded elf in Middle Earth
In the second season of the series «The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power» Amazon Prime will feature Kirdan Korabel. According to J.R.R. Tolkien’s works, he was the Lord of the Grey Havens, the oldest elf in Middle Earth and the only one with a beard.
Because of sex with an octopus, «The Boys» Chase Crawford almost had a panic attack
The Boys actor Chase Crawford says that the day before filming a scene in which he has sex with an octopus, he almost had a panic attack. The Amazon Prime series «Guys» is known for its many grotesque and strange sexual moments.
Movie trailer «Red One» — Dwayne Johnson and Chris Evans save Santa Claus from November 14
Amazon MGM Studios has released a trailer for the comedy action-adventure film «Red One». Santa Claus (J.K. Simmons) has been kidnapped and needs to be rescued. Dwayne Johnson and Chris Evans will do it on movie screens starting November 14.
The fourth season of the series The Boys attracted 20% more viewers than the third season
The first three episodes of the fourth season of «The Boys» were released on Prime Video on June 13 and, according to Amazon, have already increased the total number of viewers by 21% compared to the third one (which also debuted with three episodes).
Amazon executives booked Foo Fighters concert amid layoffs and cost-cutting to «keep spirits up»
According to Amazon’s internal Slack messages, referenced by Business Insider, employees criticize the company for holding a private Foo Fighters concert for senior executives after difficult years of layoffs and cost cuts. Since the end of 2022, Amazon has laid off more than 27 thousand employees and allegedly cut its budget to boost team…
Amazon is filming a series adaptation of Like a Dragon: Yakuza — the first season will be released on Prime Video on October 25
It turns out that Amazon works is working on the adaptation of the SEGA game franchise Like a Dragon: Yakuza and is preparing to release the finished product this fall.
Amazon has renewed the series «The Boys for a 5th season
During the Upfront presentation on Tuesday, Amazon announced the renewal of the series «The Boys for a 5th season. This news came about a month before the release of season 4 on Prime Video.
Nicolas Cage to play an alternate version of Spider-Man in «Noir» series for Amazon
The actor has previously voiced the «noir» Spiderman in the animated film «Spider-Man: Across the Universe», which won an Oscar», and will now bring the «live-action» version to life on screen.
Anthropic has launched a mobile app with Claude chatbot — only on iOS for now (Android version coming soon»)
The main competitor ChatGPT was previously available on Anthropic Claude.ai website and in third-party libraries such as Amazon Bedrock, Hugging Face, or Microsoft Azure — and now has a separate mobile app.
North Korean animators are secretly working on Amazon and HBO projects
North Korean animators are secretly working on major international animation series — Invincible by Amazon and Iyanu: Child of Wonder by HBO.
«All competitors do this»: AI researcher sues Amazon for copyright infringement
Vivian Gadery, an AI researcher and ex-manager at Amazon, accuses her former employer of violating copyright requirements. The ones that he set himself.
Power armor in the Fallout series was made without Bethesda’s intervention, but the company insisted on a working Pip-Boy
Except for a few additional functionsThe power armor from the Fallout series is extremely closely based on its prototype from the games. However, it could have looked completely different — according to production designer Howard Cummings, Bethesda never insisted on maintaining an exact resemblance to the games.
Amazon’s Fallout series has been officially extended for a second season
The Fallout series, which has just recently been released on Amazon Prime Video, has already received a second season extension. This announcement came shortly after it was reported that the second season was to receive $25 million in tax breaks due to the transfer of filming to the state of California.
Weekly sales of Fallout 4 in Europe increased by 7500% — other Bethesda games are also in the top ten
Sales of Fallout games have skyrocketed across Europe, and Fallout 4 regained the top spot. The last solo game of the franchise in 2015 was bought by 7500% more than every week. Data GDC include digital game sales in all European markets and physical sales in major countries.
The number of players in Fallout has increased by 2-3 times: 10 differences between games and Amazon series
Amid the success of Amazon’s Fallout series, the number of players in the games of this post-apocalyptic series has increased. The excitement has led to a doubling of the number of players in Fallout 4 and Fallout 76 on some platforms, and a 200% increase in the number of players in Fallout 3. On Steam, the maximum number of players in…
Fallout series: what happens if you call the number on the screen
In the sixth episode of the Fallout series by Amazon Prime, viewers see a pre-war broadcast of Galaxy News hosted by Cooper Howard (Walton Goggins). The broadcast comes from the Vault-Tec Vault, where Howard is giving a tour. He describes the facility as «strong enough to withstand radiation and «red».
A complete makeover: the Fallout actors had working Pip-Boys, and the scenery was very realistic
In a conversation with GamesRadar+ Kyle MacLachlan, who plays the warden Hank MacLean in the Amazon Prime series Fallout, recalled how he used the Pip-Boy, an iconic wrist gadget that works as an inventory and information center in the Fallout games, on the set.
The second season of the Fallout series received tax incentives in California — a hint that it will be
It is expected that the second season of the Fallout series based on the famous game series, which will debut on April 11 on Amazon Prime, will take place and be filmed in California. The state film commission announced on Monday that it has granted $152 million in tax incentives for the filming of 12 series, including Fallout, which received $25…
The creators of the «Fallout» series were inspired by HBO’s adaptation of «The Last of Us»: «We realized it was possible»
Few people dare to adapt a first-person video game, and Prime Video’s «Fallout» is just the latest (and long-awaited) example of this. At the same time, according to one of the series’ creators, Jonathan Nolan, it was easier to work with given the success of another post-apocalyptic game adaptation — «The Last of Us» by HBO.
Amazon closes cash registers Just Walk Out — «AI triumph» was the result of thousands of Indian workers
The Just Walk Out technology allowed people to shop without a cash register — they simply scanned a QR code at the entrance, and Amazon relied on sensors and cameras to track what people were leaving the store with.
Amazon has published an excerpt from the first episode of the Fallout — series and it’s the Wild, Wild (dystopian) West
The TV adaptation of the famous post-apocalyptic game series Fallout will start on Prime Video on April 11 (all 8 episodes will be released simultaneously).
Amazon offers sellers to generate a product page based on its website using artificial intelligence
Sellers on Amazon will soon be able to create product pages automatically using artificial intelligence. The marketplace is releasing a new AI generative feature that takes information from a seller’s external website and then generates a product page on Amazon with a written description and images.
Jonathan Nolan: «We know everything about Fallout 5» — Todd Howard asked the series team to avoid contradictions with the upcoming game
Bethesda Game Studios CEO Todd Howard asked the producers of the Fallout series not to include certain secret things in it, as the developer plans to use them in Fallout 5. In a conversation with Den of Geek The creators of the series did not disclose the details of their show or games, but spoke about the close relationship between their lore.
We’ve had our fun, and that’s it: Microsoft stops supporting Android apps in Windows 11
The Windows Subsystem for Android (WSA) allowed Android applications to run on Windows. Now we can talk about it in the past tense because Microsoft has decided to close the project and cancel access to new programs right now.
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos overtakes Elon Musk to become the world’s richest man again
According to Bloomberg Billionaires Index, on Tuesday Bezos’s fortune reached $200 billion, returning him to the top of the billionaires’ list.
Apple’s «Eco-friendly» FineWoven cases are so bad that Amazon has added a «Recently Returned» mark
Apple’s FineWoven cases for the iPhone 15 have already received several waves of criticism from users, but this time their poor quality has been noted by one of the world’s largest retailers. It turns out that they are so bad that Amazon had to add a warning label — «frequently returned» to FineWoven’s pages.
The showrunners of the series «The Rings of Power» have extended their deal with Amazon and are working on Season 3
The most popular original series on Amazon was nominated for a «Emmy» in 2022, although it received mixed reviews from longtime fans of the Tolkien universe.
Blade Runner 2099 — Jonathan Van Tulleken to direct series for Amazon
Jonathan van Tulleken, who directed the first two episodes of FX’s Shōgun, has been invited to direct and executive produce the first two episodes of another high-profile series, Blade Runner 2099, from Prime Video.
Jeff Bezos sells Amazon shares for the third time in a month — this time for $2 billion
Meanwhile, total sales in February reached $6 billion.
Amazon and the future of e-commerce: how the online bookstore has become a titan of the 21st century
The ITC Book Club is back with you. Today, we are not talking about fiction, pictures or fantasy, but about serious literature that turned out to be unexpectedly interesting. I’m talking about the book «Amazon and the Future of E-Commerce» by Natalie Berg and Mia Knights, published by Vivat. This is a serious study of […]
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