'I'm Not an AI-Friendly Actor' — Nicolas Cage Says He'll 'Probably Not Work With' Amazon Again After $50 Billion OpenAI Investment
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Nicolas Cage said he'll "probably not work with" Amazon again after declining to sign a waiver to use AI on Spider-Noir.
Nicolas Cage Teases ‘True Detective’ Role, Says He “Probably” Won’t Work With Prime Video Again After Refusing to Sign AI Waiver for ‘Spider-Noir’
Nicolas Cage says he wants to work with more Gen Z directors as Hollywood studios push more into AI.
Cage swung by New York Comic Con on Saturday morning, amid work on the film Perish in Minneapolis, as part of a “Spotlight” panel that spanned a career of critically acclaimed roles, action blockbusters, and indie and cult classics.
A Crimson Desert exec thinks critic review scores were lower because they didn't have enough time to play it, and boy oh boy I wonder whose fault that is
Who would do this?
Crimson Desert looks like a perfectly fine game. I've not played it, and I don't intend to, so my perspective is based predominantly on trailers and reviews from my industry peers. Which, as it happens, also generally seemed to reach a consensus of "yeah, it's fine." Sibling site European Gamer certainly seemed to think so, as did others. But if you ask the European CEO of developer Pearl Abyss Lybee Park, the difference between critic and user scores comes down to the fact that the former didn't have the "the fair chance to explore" the game in full during the review period.
Black Clover is Officially Crunchyroll's Most-Liked Anime Of The Year
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Published Oct 10, 2026, 1:01 PM EDT
Tomas Franzese is the Weekend News Editor at Polygon, following and reporting on the latest goings-on in the gaming and entertainment spaces. During the week, you can find him working on Remastered, his newsletter about video game history and retro gaming, or contributing to GameSpot and other publications. Previously, Tomas was the Gaming Segment Lead at XDA and a Staff Writer at Digital Trends.
Deadlock surpasses Team Fortress 2's all-time concurrent player count peak as it adds a chess wizard
Valve's latest MOBA might still technically be conducting an invite-only test, but it's nevertheless one of the most popular games of its ilk. Yesterday, right as the game added the latest in its current batch of six new democratically released heroes, its concurrent player-count hit a new screaming high: 262,145 simultaneous players, according to SteamDB.
Nicolas Cage Says He’s ‘Probably Not’ Working With Amazon Again After Refusing to Sign AI Waiver for ‘Spider-Noir,’ Teases Joining ‘True Detective’
Oct 10, 2026 9:54am PT
Nicolas Cage Says He’s ‘Probably Not’ Working With Amazon Again After Refusing to Sign AI Waiver for ‘Spider-Noir,’ Teases Joining ‘True Detective’
The studio behind Star Wars Zero Company is bringing back some of its furloughed staff
Just as Star Wars Zero Company was set to launch earlier this year, developer Bit Reactor furloughed over 80% of its staff over sales uncertainty. In other words, much of its staff were receiving no pay, despite technically being employees, right when players were getting their hands on the game. Earlier this week on Bluesky, the studio announced it had begun undoing this "difficult decision" (via gamesindustry.biz).
Blumhouse and Atomic Monster Reveal 2027 Slate of Films and First Looks at New York Comic Con: The Exorcist Martyrs, Paranormal Activity 8, Anything But Ghosts, and More
Friday night at New York Comic Con was all about Blumhouse, with a 90 minute "Blumfest" panel that was devoted to a ton of upcoming films from the combined forces of Jason Blum's Blumhouse and James Wan's Atomic Monster.
‘Rio,’ ‘Ice Age’ Director Carlos Saldanha on ‘Wonderful Homecoming’ With Ambitious Brazilian Adventure Film ‘100 Days’: ‘It Deserved a Big Cinema Treatment’
It might have taken pioneering explorer Amyr Klink one hundred days to cross the Atlantic, but it took Carlos Saldanha almost three thousand to bring his story to the big screen. After nearly a decade working on the epic, the “Ice Age” and “Rio” director is finally bringing “100 Days” to audiences as the Brazilian closing gala of this year’s Rio Film Festival.
Avatar: Seven Havens is a brilliant take-down of Korra's biggest haters
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Published Oct 10, 2026, 12:00 PM EDT
Revenge is a dish best served 12 years later
At the stroke of midnight on Dec. 19, 2014, Nickelodeon unceremoniously dumped the final two episodes of Avatar: The Legend of Korra on Nick.com. That night, I gathered on the couch with my roommate to witness the culmination of an epic four-season story. Unfortunately, 2014 streaming technology still had a long ways to go, and after watching Nickelodeon's online video player buffer for about 15 minutes, I gave up and went to bed. It was Thursday night, and I had work in the morning.