According to reports, a group of around 20 broke onto the set and threw fireworks at crew before making away with some €300,000 ($333,000) worth of equipment. Police said some of the equipment has now been recovered. – Tom Grater, Deadline Hollywood » https://ift.tt/G4dC3uf

The untitled series will see some of America’s best bakers step into the mind of Theodor Seuss Geisel and use their imaginations to craft cakes inspires by his beloved characters, which also includes Horton the elephant and the Lorax. – Peter White, Deadline Hollywood » https://ift.tt/Ck1XOYj

In cooperation with Kodak, Panavision and FotoKem, Imax will make and deploy at least four new, state-of-the-art film cameras over the next two years — growing its existing group of film cameras by 50% — with plans to put the first new device into use by late 2023. – Rebecca Rubin, Variety » https://ift.tt/3fYRJvP

MGM, founded in 1924, will bring Amazon a catalog of more than 4,000 movies and 17,000 TV shows, including James Bond, Pink Panther and Rocky movie franchises. Amazon believes “the real financial value behind this deal is the treasure trove of [intellectual property] in the deep catalog that we plan to reimagine and develop together with MGM’s talented team,” Hopkins said in announcing the deal last year. – Jennifer Maas, Variety » https://ift.tt/wQxfMOo

In a blog post, Chengyi Long, director of product innovation, says, “While these have been hugely popular, they have also created some confusion about when and how Netflix can be shared. As a result, accounts are being shared between households — impacting our ability to invest in great new TV and films for our members.” – Richard Lawler & Catie Keck, The Verge » https://ift.tt/JmZl0cH

Debuting March 11, the Ryan Reynolds-led pic was viewed for 92.43 million hours in just its first two days on the platform. Meanwhile, “Pieces of Her,” which premiered on March 4, was the No. 1 show for the seven days, drawing 95.72 million hours by March 13. – Jennifer Maas, Variety » https://ift.tt/ThVRpFs

Strange New Worlds follows Captain Christopher Pike (Anson Mount), Science Officer Spock (Ethan Peck), and Number One (Rebecca Romijn/Una Chin-Riley) as they explore new worlds around the galaxy. Their adventures predate Captain Kirk’s ever stepping foot aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise. – Peter White, Deadline Hollywood » https://ift.tt/FRt89hk

Discovery Plus currently costs $4.99 per month with ads or $6.99 without ads and accounts for the bulk of Discovery’s streaming sub total, which the company reported to be 22 million worldwide customers at the end of 2021. For HBO Max and HBO, last year ended with a combined 73.8 million global subscribers. HBO Max is priced at $9.99 per month with ads and $14.99 a month as an ad-free service. On Monday, Gunnar did not give guidance regarding how much the combined streaming platform would cost consumers, though he did note Warner Bros. Discovery will introduce both ad-free and ad-lite products. – Jennifer Maas, Variety » https://ift.tt/TONXDAR

Vanced is a popular third-party YouTube app for Android, particularly because it allows YouTube users to block all video ads on YouTube without a Premium subscription. Vanced also includes a true black theme, and customizations not offered in the official YouTube for Android app. ‘ Tom Warren, The Verge » https://ift.tt/XjVBIJK

The details about the campaign, as well as all other content from the channel, were deleted Wednesday night after VICE News contacted the administrator. However, the job was advertised long enough for a TikTok influencer called d00zenn, who has 480,000 followers, to post a video that matched the requirements perfectly. It’s unclear how much, if anything, d00zenn was paid for taking part in the campaign and he didn’t respond to VICE News’ request for comment. – David Gilbert, VICE » https://ift.tt/0iJdh2j