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EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate and The Sandbox have formed a partnership to create a film and TV destination in the metaverse, describing it as “part virtual real estate, part amusement park.” The Sandbox, a subsidiary of Animoca Brands, put out popular mobile games hits in the 2010s before shifting its focus to bringing IP and…

The 2022 Tribeca Festival said OKX will become its first cryptocurrency partner and sponsor as it prepares to unspool in NYC June 8-19. The fest over the years has added podcasting, gaming, music and VR/AR experiences to its core in film, television and robust lecture series. A cryptocurrency partner supports an…

A few entertainment museums are climbing aboad the non-fungible tokens (NFT) train, using their images as a fundraising tool. Hammered financially by the drop in attendance during the pandemic, such venues as The Universal Hip-Hop Museum, the Museum of Broadcast Communications, the Asbury Park African American Music…

EXCLUSIVE: Actor Matthew Lillard, best known for his roles in the hit films Scream and Scooby Doo, and writer-director Bill Whirity have launched Midnite Movie Club, an NFT based project that allows holders to participate in the first ever ‘Decentralized Movie Studio’. Lillard and Whirity want to give the power back…

Sir Mix-a-Lot is marking the 30th anniversary of his No. 1 hit “Baby Got Back’ with some cheeky NFT fun to raise money for a serious cause. The project, “Bit Butts,” will partner with developer META-X Studios to launch a collection of 6,666 unique, hand-drawn NFTs.. The depictions of digital derrières will be…

As the digital clock ticks away, Quentin Tarantino and Miramax's legal dust-up over the Oscar winner's plan to auction off NFTs of his Pulp Fiction screenplay just opened a whole new front. A week before the first of seven offerings is set to start of the 1994 film's script, lawyers for the Bill Block-run studio just…

EXCLUSIVE: Exile Content Studio has teamed with Spanish artist Edgar Plans and Curatible to launch a Lil’ Heroes NFT collection inspired by Plans’ work, with an animated children’s series as part of a planned Lil’ Heroes entertainment franchise. The NFTs will launch in January, followed by a multi-phase roll-out…

EXCLUSIVE: A Chakraverse limited edition NFT collection, based on Indian superhero Chakra The Invincible, is being launched later this month to celebrate what would have been the 99th birthday of its co-creator Stan Lee. The collection will feature 7,000 uniquely generated Chakraverse art pieces based on the…

EXCLUSIVE: "That's how you're gonna beat 'em, Butch," says Bruce Willis' pugilistic character in Pulp Fiction. "They keep underestimating you," the Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avery penned script adds. Today those words from the 1994 flick at the heart of a lawsuit between Miramax and Tarantino seem prophetic as the…

UPDATE, 2:06 PM: It is fair to say that there doesn’t look like there is going to be a lot of nuance in the showdown between Quentin Tarantino and Miramax over the Pulp Fiction director’s decision to auction off NFTs of his classic Oscar winning film. Yesterday, the Bill Block run company took its one time Golden boy…

EXCLUSIVE: Dolphin Entertainment CEO and founder Bill O'Dowd said Tuesday that visual designer Anthony Francisco is joining the the company as creative director. Francisco's last position was at Marvel Studios, where he was Senior Visual Development Artist — a post he held for nine years. His design work includes…

ViacomCBS is entering the NFT space in a multi-year partnership with tech group Recur to create a platform for IP and franchise. The platform, to launch in spring of 2022, will allow fans to buy and trade non-fungible tokens. These are unique digital assets increasingly common in the art and entertainment world that…