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Joseph Gordon-Levitt Argues 'Your Digital Self Should Belong To You' At UN Internet Forum
Addressing this week's UN Internet Governance Forum, Joseph Gordon-Levitt said he wanted to focus on one basic principle. 'Your digital self should belong to you. That the data that humans produce — or writings and our voices and the connections that the make, our ideas — should belong to us. And that any economic value that's generated from this data should be shared with the humans that produce it,' he said in a short speech. More from Deadline Joseph Gordon-Levitt Directing AI Thriller For Rian Johnson's T-Street; Anne Hathaway To Star Judge Rules For Meta In AI Lawsuit Brought By Sarah Silverman And Other Authors, But Warns Of Illegally Using Copyrighted Works In Training Models Prime Video Is Increasingly Using Generative AI To Enhance In-App Viewing - Here's Where To Expect The Tech From Live Recaps To Language Dubbing A little shot of hope and optimism today from the United Nations. I got to speak about AI at their annual Internet Governance Forum (my first time at a UN thing 🤩) and it really does feel good to see so many people from so many places around the world convening in good faith to… — Joseph Gordon-Levitt (@hitRECordJoe) June 26, 2025 Of course, that very concept is being mulled right now in Hollywood and being litigated between content producers and tech giants. Just yesterday, a federal judge ruled that Meta's unauthorized use of copyrighted works from Sarah Silverman and other authors to train generative AI models is a 'fair use,' but warned that the practice may in many circumstances be illegal. The actual impacts of AI, said Gordon-Levitt in a fireside chat at the UN Forum, could be very broad. 'I think that the impact could mean that creativity as we know it sort of goes away, to be really honest. I hate to put it in grave terms. That's a worst-case scenario, but I think it's on the table. I don't think it has to happen that way. I think if we all figure out how to steer the ship, so to speak, the technology could be a wonderful thing for creativity, and we're sort of at that crossroads right now.' Watch the actor's fireside chat at the event below. AI and its impacts are familiar terrain for Gordon-Levitt. Late last year, Deadline broke the news that he was set to direct an untitled AI thriller for T-Street Productions, the production company of Rian Johnson & Ram Bergman, with Anne Hathaway set to star. And for more than a decade, the actor has run a company in the digital space; HitRecord is an online collaborative media platform he founded with his brother Dan. Best of Deadline 'The Buccaneers' Season 2 Soundtrack: From Griff To Sabrina Carpenter 'The Buccaneers' Season 2 Release Schedule: When Do New Episodes Come Out? 'Nine Perfect Strangers' Season 2 Release Schedule: When Do New Episodes Come Out?
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2 days ago
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Mark Hamill Shares the ‘Much, Much Darker' Luke Skywalker Backstory He Created for ‘The Last Jedi'
Did you know that Luke Skywalker had a wife and child? According to Mark Hamill, the Jedi has a tragic backstory that never made it to screen. The 'Star Wars' actor went on NPR's 'Bullseye With Jesse Thorn' as part of a press tour for Mike Flanagan's latest Stephen King adaptation, 'The Life of Chuck.' On the podcast, the pair discussed Luke Skywalker's role in 'Star Wars: The Last Jedi' — a version of the character Hamill famously struggled to get behind. The original trilogy actor told Thorn that he created a backstory for Luke that would help him understand the character's actions in the eighth film of the Skywalker Saga. Let's just hope it isn't canon. 'I said, 'Can I make up my own backstory of why he is the way he is? I don't want to just say, you know, that I have bumped and I have brain damage,'' Hamill said of a conversation with 'The Last Jedi' director Rian Johnson. 'He said, 'Yeah, do whatever you want.' So I made up a much, much darker backstory that I thought could justify him being that way.' Darker is one word for it. You can watch the interview below: The backstory goes like this: Before cutting himself off from the Force, Luke Skywalker gets married. He and his wife then have a child. When the child is still a toddler, it 'picks up an unattended lightsaber, pushes the button and is killed instantly.' Luke's wife, overcome by grief, kills herself in turn. It's not quite the family-friendly tone George Lucas built the franchise on. Hamill said he drew inspiration for the origin from stories of families who leave guns unattended around children in the United States. It's a tragically common occurrence — in 2025 alone, reports 87 unintentional shootings by children. In 2023, this number surpassed 400. 'That resonated with me so deeply,' Hamill said. 'But he [Johnson] didn't have the time to tell a backstory like that, I'm guessing.' Despite receiving broad critical acclaim, 'The Last Jedi' remains the most divisive 'Star Wars' movie. To this day, the 2017 film often finds itself at the center of renewed discourse on social media. The film can be viewed as a flashpoint moment for culture war debates over franchise entertainment. When he first received Johnson's script, Hamill struggled with his role in the film. 'The Last Jedi' sees Luke abandon the Force after Kylo Ren razes his temple of students for his New Jedi Order. At one point, Luke considers killing a young Ben Solo in his sleep after seeing a vision of Kylo Ren's campaign of terror across the galaxy. Hamill praised Johnson as a director, saying he should have kept a tighter lid on his concerns with the project. 'I've heard comments from fans who think that I somehow dislike Rian Johnson,' Hamill said. 'Nothing could be further from the truth.' The post Mark Hamill Shares the 'Much, Much Darker' Luke Skywalker Backstory He Created for 'The Last Jedi' | Video appeared first on TheWrap.
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2 days ago
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Mark Hamill Once Again Shared His Dark Motivations for Luke in ‘The Last Jedi'
Luke Skywalker had a wife and a kid who both killed themselves. Well, not really, but that's what Mark Hamill internalized in order to get into the headspace of the character for Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi. The actor has shared this information before, but it's been a while, so we figured it was worth discussing again with a little distance. Speaking on Bullseye with Jesse Thorn, Hamill explained the headcanon he created to try and understand why Luke Skywalker would have left the Jedi in the sequel trilogy. You can watch the clip here and we'll quote it below. Mark Hamill's MUCH darker backstory idea for Luke in the sequel trilogy 😳 Check out Saturday's episode of Last Week in Star Wars for our thoughts… — Star Wars Explained (@StarWarsExplain) June 26, 2025'I thought, what could make someone give up a devotion to what is basically a religious entity, to give up being a Jedi. Well, the love of a woman,' Hamill said. 'So he falls in love with a woman. He gives up being a Jedi. They have a child together. At some point the child, as a toddler, picks up an unattended lightsaber, pushes the button and is killed instantly. The wife is so full of grief, she kills herself.' He goes on to explain how that sad story resonated with him because of its parallels to modern society and unattended guns and that he didn't really buy the explanation that writer-director Rian Johnson gave in the movie. Over the years, Hamill has been pretty vocal that he didn't agree with Johnson's plans for Luke, which he reiterates here. But that always bothered us a bit. That's because, if you remember back, it was J.J. Abrams, not Rian Johnson, who put Luke on that island. Abrams made a whole movie about Luke on the island, explained nothing, and then just left it to the next guy. That next guy, Johnson, then created a pretty freaking dark and interesting way to explain it all: Luke almost killed his own nephew, who then betrayed him and murdered many, many children as a result. Why his own version worked better for the actor over the one in the movie is unclear. Maybe it's just that Hamill needed a more direct, emotional connection. Whatever the case though, all that matters is he found something to get him to the place where an audience believed. Which he did. Hamill is fantastic in the movie, which we feel is an unexpected but fitting send-off for Luke Skywalker. We're sure every single other person on the internet agrees. Want more io9 news? Check out when to expect the latest Marvel, Star Wars, and Star Trek releases, what's next for the DC Universe on film and TV, and everything you need to know about the future of Doctor Who.
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17-06-2025
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‘Poker Face' EP & Showrunner Tony Tost On His Season 2 Episode 'Hometown Hero' & Not Overdirecting Natasha Lyonne On The Page
During the early part of Tony Tost's writing career, he was a poet and an academic, however, he found a way to TV writing thanks to his pal, True Detective co-creator Nic Pizzolatto. He tells us about his journey and offers up writing advice to aspiring writers on today's Crew Call. The Poker Face showrunner gets a written by credit for episode 5 in season 2, 'Hometown Hero'. Poker Face creator Rian Johnson wanted to set an episode of the Natasha Lyonne slacker clairvoyant series in the world of minor league baseball. More from Deadline How 'Poker Face', 'Only Murders In The Building' & 'The Residence' Editors Capture The "Difficult Tone" Of Comedic Murder Mysteries 'Materialists' Filmmaker Celine Song Knows Something About Love - Crew Call Podcast From Grammy Nominated Hip Hop Artist To Indie Filmmaker With 'Paradise Records': The Rise Of Logic - Crew Call Podcast 'Hometown Hero' follows a used-to-be-a-contender 100mph pitcher Russ Waddell (Simon Rex) whose bad losing streak nearly puts his minor league team out of business. He's given notice by the couch. He then bands with his team members to bet on their losing streak to make an enormous sum of money. A new firecracker pitcher enters the scene. There's black mail and murder, and you have to watch the episode on Peacock to find out what happens. In the mix Lyonne's Charlie Cale. Tost and Johnson took inspiration for the episode from the John Huston directed 1972 boxing movie Fat City about two boxers who comes to blows as their careers take different directions. Tost takes us into the writing process of Poker Face, what Johnson looks for, the Columbo inspiration of it all, and the trick when it comes to writing for the deadpan and blunt Lyonne: 'So much of that, that gate, that cadence, that way of looking, the line delivery, that's all Natasha. That's what she brings. We try not to overindex it in the script not overwrite it. We do our underwritten version of it. Natasha comes in and tweaks the dialogue…try not to overdirect her on the page; let her go and stay out of the way of it.' Tost's feature directorial debut, Americana, starring Sydney Sweeney and Paul Walter Hauser, hits theaters via Lionsgate on Aug. 22. The movie which world premiered at SXSW 2023, follows the lives of local outsiders and outcasts who violently intertwine when a rare Lakota Ghost shirt falls onto the black market in a small South Dakota town. Here's our conversation with Tost: Best of Deadline 'Bachelor in Paradise' Cast Announcement: See Who Is Headed To The Beach For Season 10 2025 TV Series Renewals: Photo Gallery 2025 TV Cancellations: Photo Gallery
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08-06-2025
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'Knives Out '3: All About the Star-Studded Netflix Film, Including First Teaser and Release Date
Daniel Craig will return in the third Knives Out movie, which premieres later this year New cast members include Josh O'Connor and Glenn Close The first teaser showed Craig's Benoit Blanc solving "the impossible crime"Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) is officially making his return later this year. Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, the third installment of the popular Knives Out murder mystery franchise, is set to debut on Netflix in December 2025. In the first teaser — which was released on May 31 — Blanc can be seen attempting to solve the "holy grail" of mysteries. Following the success of Knives Out and its sequel Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, a third film was first announced in March 2021, when Netflix bought the rights to the Knives Out franchise in a reported $400 million deal that included a second and third film. Filming for the movie wrapped in August 2024, and several details have already been teased by Craig and Rian Johnson, the writer and director of the first two films. Fans also believe that the second film offers a major clue about the plot of the third film. From the returning cast to the release date, here's everything to know about Knives Out 3, a.k.a. Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery. Craig is slated to reprise his role as detective Benoit Blanc in the upcoming film. Seeing as Johnson has described the film trilogy as an anthology, it's unlikely that any other cast members from Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery will return. In May 2024, several new cast members were announced, including Fleabag actor Andrew Scott, Challengers actor Josh O'Connor and Priscilla actress Cailee Spaeny. Glenn Close is also among those joining the cast of Wake Up Dead Man. In August 2024, she told PEOPLE that filming the movie was "truly one of the best experiences of my life." 'I'm filming in London with Rian Johnson,' she said. 'He's such a fine human being. He's kind, he's brilliant. He has a great laugh!' She went on to praise Johnson for creating a "cast from heaven." 'This coming two weeks, we have scenes where all of us are in the same room, and I just can't wait to see what he does and what he does and what she does. It's so much fun," she said. An official plot for Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery hasn't been announced yet, though some fans believe the second film includes an Easter egg about the storyline for the upcoming movie. In one of the early scenes from the film, when everyone is surprised to see Benoit Blanc at the dock, Claire Debella (Kathryn Hahn) asks, "Did you solve the murder of — oh — whatshername — the ballet dancer thing, that's you?" Some viewers believe this is a hint that the third film could actually be a prequel about one of Benoit Blanc's earlier cases. In a clip shared by Netflix announcing the film's official title, a voiceover states that this will be Blanc's 'most dangerous case yet.' Johnson, who directed both Knives Out and Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, will return to direct the third film. He will also pen the script for the upcoming movie. As Johnson revealed on X, filming began on June 10, 2024, and wrapped on Aug. 17, 2024. "Aaaand that's a wrap on Wake Up Dead Man. Went so fast! Best crew, incredible cast, this was a really special shoot and I cannot wait to put it together," he wrote. While a full trailer for Knives Out 3 hasn't been released yet, Netflix did release a new teaser trailer for the upcoming movie in May 2025. The teaser shows a first glimpse of Craig in action as Benoit Blanc, who walks through an old cemetery as he attempts to solve what he calls his "most dangerous case yet.' Though less than a minute of footage is included in the teaser, it seems the new film will take on a darker tone than Glass Onion did, with plenty of religious imagery to go around. At Netflix's 2025 Tudum event, the streaming service announced that Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery will be released on Dec. 12, 2025. While Netflix hasn't greenlit a fourth film, Johnson is on board to make more movies if the script is right. "If each one of these can really be what Agatha Christie did, if it can be not just in a totally new location and a new cast, but also trying something exciting, I'll keep doing it as long as Daniel [Craig] and I are having a good time. I'll keep making these as long as they let me," he told Variety in 2022. Craig echoed those same thoughts while speaking with Deadline, adding, "If people are interested, then we'll make them. But if there ever came a point where either Rian and I thought we were just churning them out, I think we would back away. I mean, I just don't think that's what either of us want to do in life. Unless people are getting genuine fun out of them, forget it." Read the original article on People
