Movies

Director Greta Gerwig's reimagined and self-empowered Barbie would love Bitcoin. (Elena Mishlanova/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)
Bitcoin Is 'Big Barbie' Energy
Director Greta Gerwig's reimagined and self-empowered Barbie would love Bitcoin, author and influencer Aubrey Strobel writes.
Director Greta Gerwig's reimagined and self-empowered Barbie would love Bitcoin. (Elena Mishlanova/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Images from “The Rise of Blus: A Nouns Movie.” (Atrium)
First Animated Film Funded by a DAO Brings Nouns NFT Collection to Life
Led by former animators for Pixar, Netflix and Marvel, “The Rise of Blus: A Nouns Movie” has a budget of $2.75 million and is said to be the first animated film funded by a DAO.
Images from “The Rise of Blus: A Nouns Movie.” (Atrium)

Nouns NFT collection (OpenSea)
NounsDAO Approves Proposal for Feature-Length NFT Movie
The decentralized autonomous organization will move ahead with plans to produce an animated film based on its popular 8-bit NFT characters.
Nouns NFT collection (OpenSea)

Warner Bros. tiene grandes planes para llevar sus producciones a la Web3. (Warner Bros. Home Entertainment)
Warner Bros. transformará la película original de “El Señor de los Anillos” en una experiencia Web3
La compañía de entretenimiento tiene grandes planes para crear WB Movieverse y adaptar otras películas de sus archivos a NFT multimedia.
Warner Bros. tiene grandes planes para llevar sus producciones a la Web3. (Warner Bros. Home Entertainment)

LOTR FOTR Lord of the Rings, Fellowship of the Ring: Rivendell Closeup Gallery (Warner Bros. Home Entertainment)
Warner Bros. Is Transforming the Original ‘Lord of the Rings’ Movie Into a Web3 Experience
The entertainment company has big plans to create a WB ‘Movieverse’ and adapt other films in its archives into multimedia NFTs.
LOTR FOTR Lord of the Rings, Fellowship of the Ring: Rivendell Closeup Gallery (Warner Bros. Home Entertainment)

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 02: Quentin Tarantino speaks at Secret Network panel discussion during NFT.NYC at Neuehouse on November 02, 2021 in New York City. (Photo by Noam Galai/Getty Images)
Quentin Tarantino Reaches Settlement With Miramax in ‘Pulp Fiction’ NFT Lawsuit
The director’s copyright infringement saga is finally being put to rest.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 02: Quentin Tarantino speaks at Secret Network panel discussion during NFT.NYC at Neuehouse on November 02, 2021 in New York City. (Photo by Noam Galai/Getty Images)

Movie projector (Alex Litvin/Unsplash)
(Crypto) Action! Indie Movie Studio Received $10M in Bitcoin for Shares in October
Angel Studios’ 2021 fundraise featured Uncorrelated Ventures and Gigafund, the Elon Musk-aligned VC.
Movie projector (Alex Litvin/Unsplash)

(Julie Pacino, modified by Kevin Ross/CoinDesk)
Julie Pacino: Eliminating Middlemen in Film
“The market is going to decide what’s good, not some dude in a suit.”
(Julie Pacino, modified by Kevin Ross/CoinDesk)

LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA - APRIL 09: People gather at the grand opening of the Bored & Hungry pop-up burger restaurant, which uses NFT art for its branding, on April 9, 2022 in Long Beach, California. The restaurant is using images from the popular Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT (non-fungible token) art series with the owner stating that Bored & Hungry is the first food concept to utilize crypto art for branding. The Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT series generated more than $1 billion in sales last year. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
Bored Apes Go Hollywood With Coinbase-Produced Movie Trilogy
The trio of films will tie into the launch of Coinbase’s long-awaited NFT marketplace.
LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA - APRIL 09: People gather at the grand opening of the Bored & Hungry pop-up burger restaurant, which uses NFT art for its branding, on April 9, 2022 in Long Beach, California. The restaurant is using images from the popular Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT (non-fungible token) art series with the owner stating that Bored & Hungry is the first food concept to utilize crypto art for branding. The Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT series generated more than $1 billion in sales last year. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 14: Kevin Smith attends the Saban Films' "Jay & Silent Bob Reboot" Los Angeles Premiere at TCL Chinese Theatre on October 14, 2019 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images)
Kevin Smith to Issue ‘Comedy-Horror’ Film as NFTs on Secret Network
Quentin Tarantino, another filmmaker, released his “Pulp Fiction” NFTs on the same Cosmos-based blockchain in November.
HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 14: Kevin Smith attends the Saban Films' "Jay & Silent Bob Reboot" Los Angeles Premiere at TCL Chinese Theatre on October 14, 2019 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images)