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Type of site | Entertainment news, movie reviews and releases, forums, and videos [1] |
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| Owner | Valnet |
| URL | movieweb |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | Optional, registration needed for some services |
| Current status | Active |
MovieWeb is an entertainment news website and video brand. It is owned by Valnet, parent of publications including Comic Book Resources, Collider, Screenrant and XDA Developers.
MovieWeb reports on entertainment news through its website. The site also maintains a searchable database of films. [2] [3] [4] [ better source needed ]
MovieWeb first launched in 1995; by 1997 it was reported to be in operation supported by a 4-person team publishing movie information that, while not 'slick', had a 'certain charm'. [1] [5] [ self-published source? ][ unreliable source ] [6] In 2012, MovieWeb produced a video which was an '80s-themed parody mashup of The Walking Dead series accompanied by music from Growing Pains that went viral. [7] [8]
Previously, MovieWeb was owned by WatchR Media, Inc., a privately held Las Vegas company. [9] [ self-published source? ][ unreliable source ] In 2021, it was estimated the MovieWeb website had 8 million unique visits for the month of July. MovieWeb has been owned and operated by online publisher Valnet Inc. since September 2021 upon completion of the acquisition from WatchR. [10] [ unreliable source ]
In August 2000, MovieWeb announced a collaboration with video rental chain Video Update and video retail software provider Unique Business Systems Inc. [11] [ unreliable source ]
MovieWeb acts as a distribution partner of Hulu.[ clarification needed ] [12] MovieWeb also produces video content for IMDb.com. [13] [ unreliable source ]
Futurama is an American animated science fiction sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company and later revived by Comedy Central, and then Hulu. The series follows Philip J. Fry, who is cryogenically preserved for 1,000 years and revived on December 31, 2999. Fry finds work at the interplanetary delivery company Planet Express, working alongside one-eyed mutant Leela and robot Bender. The series was envisioned by Groening in the mid-1990s while working on The Simpsons; he brought David X. Cohen aboard to develop storylines and characters to pitch the show to Fox.
Alan Willis Thicke was a Canadian-American actor, songwriter, and game/talk show host. He was the father of singer Robin Thicke. Thicke was best known for playing Dr. Jason Seaver on the 1980s sitcom Growing Pains on ABC. In 2013, he was inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame.
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FX Networks, LLC is a company consisting of a network of the original American version of the channel, plus a production company and a subsidiary of Disney General Entertainment Content, a division Disney Entertainment which itself is a unit of the Walt Disney Company. Originally a part of News Corporation and later 21st Century Fox, the company was acquired by The Walt Disney Company on March 20, 2019. Consequently, FX Networks was integrated into the newly renamed Walt Disney Television unit.
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William Jack Poulter is an English actor. He first gained recognition in School of Comedy and then for his role as Eustace Scrubb in the fantasy adventure film The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010). He received critical praise for his starring role in the comedy film We're the Millers (2013), for which he won the BAFTA Rising Star Award.
Brooke D'Orsay is a Canadian actress, best known for voicing the character of Caitlin Cooke on the Teletoon animated series 6teen (2004–2010) and Brooke Mayo in the 2005 movie King's Ransom.
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