When it was announced that Miles Teller would be playing tough-as-nails boxer Vinny Pazienza in Bleed for This, there were some who doubted that the baby-faced actor was the right choice for the role. Judging by the first trailer for the film, however, he seems plenty comfortable in the shoes of the man known as “The Pazmanian Devil.”
The spot is embedded above and mixes an inspirational, against-all-odds story with a few laughs and plenty of Vinny Paz flash. Highlights include Teller being mummified by cellophane at 0:14, a cringe-inducing workout montage at 1:38, and every time Aaron Eckhart appears as balding boxing trainer Kevin Rooney. Like Teller’s role, it sounds wrong on paper, but feels natural on screen.
For those that don’t follow boxing, Vinny Pazienza was known for his relentless toughness in the ring, where he brawled his way to a 50-10 lifetime record. In 1991, he broke his neck in a car accident and was told he would never fight again. As you’ll see above, however, Paz defied the odds and returned to the sport he loved. He went on to have a long and successful career.
While it’s tough to get a handle on how good a film will be from a trailer, getting a feel for individual performances is a bit easier. That said, Teller looks to be clicking on all cylinders here, from the ripped physique, to the accent, to the swagger that made Paz, Paz.
Director Ben Younger (Boiler Room) is at the helm for Bleed for This and Martin Scorsese — who knows a thing or two about boxing films — is serving as an executive producer. The film also stars Katey Sagal (Louise Pazienza), Ciarán Hinds (Angelo Pazienza), and Amanda Clayton (Doreen Pazienza). It is set for a November 23 release.
China just gave Hollywood a cautionary tale about AI filmmaking. Sanxingdui: Future Past, billed as the country's first fully AI-generated movie, hit theaters on October 23 and bombed at the box office.
According to Futurism, the film's reported $1.5 million production budget landed on more than 10,000 screens. Yet it pulled in only about $181,000, averaging roughly $20 per screen, making the budget difficult to recover.
Some of the best shots in Grok Imagine’s AI-made Odyssey don’t contain actors. Ancient landscapes stretch into the distance. Close-ups of grimy hands suggest people who have touched something rougher than a keyboard. For a few seconds, the illusion holds.
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YouTube videos could soon look better without eating quite so much data, right? Thankfully, the platform plans to introduce a new video format called AV2 on its web player in early 2027, promising more efficient streaming and potentially fewer playback hiccups on slower internet connections. The big headline is a roughly 30% improvement in compression efficiency over AV1, YouTube's existing video format. That doesn't guarantee every video will use 30% less data, but it could make streaming a little easier on both internet connections and data allowances.
What is AV2, and why should viewers care?