The Remarkably Bright Creatures Trailer and Its Narrating Giant Octopus
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The trailer for Remarkably Bright Creatures has been released
At first I thought a deep voice was speaking Trailer for remarkably bright creatures He was just a typical Hollywood storyteller. But as the trailer continued, I realized that it was actually Marcellus, the giant Pacific octopus, at the center of the story. He seems to have a vested interest in the woman who cleans his tank while searching for her son, who went missing years ago. Since its release in 2022, the book on which the film was based has gone mega platinum. It currently has over 1 million ratings on Goodreads, and it’s been on everyone’s bestselling list forever, so I guess it’s no surprise that it got an adaptation – starring Sally Field, no less – so quickly.
The general atmosphere of the trailer is very heartwarming and ultimately feels good, which makes sense given its Mother’s Day weekend release on Netflix (May 8).
Paramount launches new imprint
Three years after selling Simon & Schuster, Paramount is back on the books. They are set to launch Paramount Global Publishing this yearwhich will incorporate Paramount’s intellectual property into new stories that will appear in print, audio and digital formats, and expand across different genres and age demographics. It’s interesting, after a whole decade of Hollywood rehashing one IP after another, things are (somewhat) moving back towards origin stories. Sure, it seems like Paramount wants to add to pre-existing characters and worlds, but at least, we’ll hopefully get an expansion of the world instead of more tired remakes.
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List of Black Book festivals across the country
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The best historical fiction books of the century so far
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