Original article seems to be missing now,

https://www.worldofreel.com/blog/2026/8/30/david-finchers-cliff-booth-will-get-an-imax-only-release-from-netflix-playing-in-just-350-us-theaters

Seems to cover the same content. Source is a tweet so it’s possible it was taken down because despite the tweet saying confirmed there is no source.

Edit: “Source” tweet below.

That same study also includes this figure,

But the study doesn’t measure other surfaces or things like “a nearby sink” or “a hand towel”. Perhaps for airborne particles they roam more freely, but what about surface particles? I feel like there is more to study.

So I was going to say that in general theaters won’t play films that are unrated or rated NC-17, although you might get a small independent theater to play an unrated film.

However in article discussing the film Terrifier 3,

Before the pandemic, few movie theaters would book a title that didn’t have a rating, because of strict limits on TV advertising, among other things. But times have changed, and Terrifier 3 was able to secure a berth in 2,513 cinemas.

…had [Terrifier 3] been submitted, it risked receiving an NC-17 rating, meaning that no one 17 or younger could buy a ticket, period.

theaters carrying the film, including the three biggest circuits (AMC, Cinemark and Regal), are treating Terrifier 3 as if it were an R-rated film

So it sounds like an unrated film could play in a major theater. However the film Terrifier 3 is a horror film and likely has a lot of violence, which culturally speaking Americans are more ok with. Your example is around sex which Americans are usually more taboo about.

Obviously it depends on the film, but I think if you made a film you think would get an NC-17 rating, you’d be better off releasing it as unrated and then trying to convince (major) theaters the film will be successful enough to make money in order to get it shown.

She’s apparently strongly rumored to play,

So technically this new film isn’t based on a book, but really that’s just a difference between “screenplay by” and “written by”. One of the central characters of the new film wrote a book and I’m confident Aaron Sorkin read that book, but it isn’t technically based on that book.

It’s a companion piece or spiritual sequel.

The first film, “The Social Network” was based on a book with the screenplay written by Aaron Sorkin, and directed by David Fincher.

This film, “The Social Reckoning” is written by Aaron Sorkin as well as being directed by Aaron Sorkin.

Can Aaron Sorkin write and direct a good film? Yes, he has in the past I would expect he has again.

I expect what makes this less of a sequel is the focus. The first film was focused on Mark Zuckerberg the person. This film seems to be more focused on Facebook the company and the people involved in the 2021 leak.. Don’t get me wrong, Jeremy Strong us going to play an excellent lizard person Mark Zuckerberg, but compared to the last film it’s going to be a big jump in character.

It’s me, I’m the character with the tragic backstory.

There’s a Hamich prequlel movie coming soon as well.

In November, it’s the reason they’re putting out this five film run.

I like Ghost Rider. I like Ryan Gosling. He certainly wouldn’t have been my pick, but let’s see how it goes.

So that’s a different problem, but yes.

This is a clear shutdown of an existing service.

That was a transfer gone wrong. It went especially wrong because the transfer doesn’t have a guarantee of data. Pokemon games have a weird obsession with data possibly being duplicate. Heaven forbid someone have duplicates of Pokemon.

Ad blocking is done client side in the browser, it’s impossible to hide.

You can obfuscate, but you can do that now.

Why would I be pissed that you don’t eat cake? That’s more cake for me.

Its not possible for them to not use Instagram for at least 1h when we meet up.

I don’t use Instagram, so what does using Instagram mean?

Do they browse Instagram, liking and commenting on things? It’s difficult to leave Instagram if the things they want to see don’t exist elsewhere.

Do they take pictures and share them with friends? Because that’s easier to move if the content moves.

Not nothing. They remade a bunch of games worse than the originals.

(Some people did enjoy Viva Pinata, but I didn’t play that.)

The “DogPack” podcast is represented by the WME talent agency, so if people are pissed at Warner, they should be pissed at them as well. Is it worse to provide the service or worse to buy it?

Anyway it looks like the words are written by humans, and then AI does the animation of dogs talking. It’s difficult to tell but I think the voices are also AI.

The podcast itself isn’t anything deep, think morning talk radio. Basically just dog puns and chatter.

Originally the podcast was used to promote the app “DogPack” which helps people find dog parks. However it grew popular on TikTok/Instagram because “dog who thinks it’s people” is a classic concept, and this one got popular.

I think WME is trying to get their 15 minutes of fame money on this one. I expect we’ll get a competing dog podcast for something like “Air Bud” and then this will oversaturate and go away.

The concept will stay but I just don’t see me ever hearing the word “DogPack” again.

When do the stock ones go bad? I’ve got 500+ hours of playtime on mine and they still feel like new.

The number of people that have it on surprises me.

I’m reminded of the 24 hour news channels who love to put ultra detailed timing. If there is a press conference at 9pm they don’t just say it’s at 9pm, at noon they’ll start a 9 hour countdown.

So if you watch the news at any point that day you’ll know it’s 8:43:22 until the press conference. It’s 6:12:43 until the press conference. It’s 5:24:46 until the press conference.

Those numbers don’t mean anything.

When I started writing this comment I had 92% battery left. Now I have 91% battery left. If I ramble for too long what if it goes to 90%? At the rate it’s dropping am I going to have less than two hours of battery life left? Where is my charger?!?!

Or, I can just look at the list mostly full icon. I’m good.

So you’re not 100% incorrect, but does it happen in 2027? 2028?

Logistically it’ll probably happen eventually, but when?