Back in December 2015, Showtime debuted the first trailer for the upcoming Twin Peaks revival, and for the next few months, there was a steady drip of casting info, revealing the involvement of Naomi Watts, Tom Sizemore, and a few others.
While the intermittent peeks at Peaks’ roster have likely piqued fans’ interest, many wondered what the full cast list would look like. Fortunately, the floodgates opened up today, as Showtime revealed the full cast list of the show. According to USA Today, the lineup includes a startling 217 credited actors and actresses, and is replete with bona fide stars from screens both big and small.
Previously unannounced additions include Michael Cera, Jim Belushi, David Duchovny, Monica Bellucci, Ashley Judd, Tim Roth, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Matthew Lillard, Trent Reznor (of Nine Inch Nails fame), and Eddie Vedder (of Pearl Jam fame).
Wow. That’s a lot to chew on. Though we’re not exactly sure what to bite first, Michael Cera’s name certainly sticks out, and it will be interesting to see how his off-beat energy will fit with the mood of this revival. Aside from the Superbad actor, the presence of X-Files star David Duchovny and rock stars Trent Reznor and Eddie Vedder is intriguing to say the least.
A continuation of the hit series that aired from April 1990 to June 1991, the new Twin Peaks was scripted by series creators David Lynch and Mark Frost and is scheduled for an 18-episode arc. Lynch and Frost originally wrote the revival as a longer, continuous movie, but it was later divided into individual episodes.
For the time being, the show’s exact premiere date is still TBA, but it’s expected to be released some time in 2017. We’ll keep you updated as news breaks.
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?