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Fans quickly caught on to not just Ciri’s appearance in the announcement trailer of The Witcher 4, but also her voice. She not only looks different, but she also sounds quite different from how she used to back in the day.

Ciri’s character has completely changed. Image Credit: CD Projekt Red

However, a change in her appearance and voice is completely understandable given the amount of time that has passed since the last game. She has now grown into a beautiful woman who looks quite different from the Ciri fans remember.

Ciri’s character has gone through a metamorphosis in The Witcher 4 Ciri’s new appearance has become a subject of debate. Image Credit: CD Projekt Red

The internet seems to be divided on what and how the fans feel about Ciri after the release of The Witcher 4’s announcement trailer. Some people feel that she looks quite different from the Ciri they remember,...

In today’s film news roundup, “The Queen’s Corgi” finds a home, the Overlook Film Festival is postponed and the California Film Commission adjusts its tax credit rules due to the coronavirus.

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Freestyle Digital Media has acquired North American rights to the animated family comedy feature “The Queen’s Corgi,” and plans to make it available on DVD and to rent and own on digital platforms on April 21.

“The Queen’s Corgi” centers on the monarch’s favorite dog, Rex, who lives a life of luxury in Buckingham Palace before he gets lost from the palace and winds up in a London dog’s home surrounded by tough strays.

Directed by Vincent Kesteloot and Ben Stassen, “The Queen’s Corgi” features the voices of Leo Barakat as Rex, Jo Wyatt and Dino Andrade. The script was written by Rob Sprackling and Johnny Smith and produced by Stassen.

Caleb Ward, director of acquisitions for Freestyle Digital Media,...

If you were expecting anything but perfection from Lady Gaga's performance and appearance at this year's Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in Paris, it's time to reassess. The pop star looked spectacular for the event on Wednesday night; after wowing on the red carpet alongside her longtime friend, collaborator and designer Nicola Formichetti, Gaga mingled among the Vs Angels to perform hits from her exceptional fifth studio album, Joanne. It'll be a while before we get to see and hear her onstage domination - it airs Dec. 5 on CBS - but in the meantime, we can at least gawk at all the stunning pictures and the seemingly endless supply of costume changes. Related:The Victoria's Secret Models Saved Their Sexiest Looks For the Show's After Party14 Gifts For the Lady Gaga ObsessedLady Gaga's Stripped-Down "Million Reasons" Performance Is Borderline Perfection...

The Australian International Documentary Conference is calling for entries to The Impact Strategy Hack Competition and The Stanley Hawes Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Documentary Sector..

Winners will join the first keynote speakers:The Jinx filmmakers, Marc Smerling and Zac Stuart-Pontier, for Aidc 2016, which takes place at Acmi Melbourne, February 28 to March 2.

The Impact Strategy Hack Competition is the centrepiece of Aidc 2016.s Impact Producing strand, which is devoted to finding lasting ways for documentary media to generate strategic and innovative social change..

Aidc 2016 dedicates an entire afternoon to providing two selected films a pathway towards a solid campaign strategy.

The two winning films will be .hacked. on the day, with a focus on maximum impact..

Expert hackers confirmed to attend include Jennifer MacArthur (Borderline Media/Impact Producers Group, New York), Sam Griffin (Screen Australia), Mitzi Goldman (Documentary Australia Foundation), Alex Kelly (Impact Producer on This Changes Everything) Malinda...

On the heels of the Toronto world premiere of the environmental call to arms, the film’s director Avi Lewis and author of the book of the same name Naomi Klein have announced special screenings in 13 global cities from September 26.

Organisations including 350.org, Greenpeace, Friends Of The Earth, Fossil Free Berlin, Fossil Free Amsterdam and Stop Skouries Gold Mine are partnering in the event with a goal to inspire people at grassroots level to take action in the fight for climate change.

All of the screenings – taking place in Berlin, Bergen, Oslo, Barcelona, Edinburgh, Manila, London, Dublin, Manchester, Bucharest, Stockholm, Thessaloniki and Amsterdam, where the film will be projected on a coal-fired power station – will be accompanied by panel discussions with environmentalists, anti-austerity activists and labour organisers, along with a Skype Q&A with Lewis and Klein. Questions will be taken via the twitter handle @thischanges and hashtag #thischangeseverything.

The timing is appropriately scheduled ahead of the...

Screen Producers Australia today announced the producers who will to participate in this year.s Ones To Watch mentoring program that aims to guide and nurture the next wave of Australian producers. Now in its third year, Spa's Ones To Watch program focuses on providing expert, one-on-one mentoring and career guidance by a leading, experienced screen industry producer.

This year's participants are: Alex Barnes, Queensland; Lauren Brunswick, Western Australia; Bridget Callow-Wright, Victoria; Dustin Clare, Victoria; Christian Doran, Act; Phyllis Foundis, New South Wales; Jaclyn Hewer, Western Australia; Alex Kelly, Northern Territory; Cindy Li, Act; Rosie Lourde, New South Wales; Ivy Mak, New South Wales; Timothy Parish, Northern Territory; Christina Radburn, Victoria and Ana Tiwary, New South Wales.

They were selected after complying with strict application guidelines, identifying those producers already working within the screen content industry who seeking to further expand their careers and businesses. .Since the program.s...

Tribeca Film Institute (Tfi), in partnership with the Ford Foundation’s JustFilms Initiative has announced five grant recipients of the 2014 Tfi New Media Fund.

Tribeca Film Institute (Tfi), in partnership with the Ford Foundation’s JustFilms Initiative has announced five grant recipients of the 2014 Tfi New Media Fund.

The interactive, non-fiction transmedia projects were selected from a pool of 208 submissions and explore social issues from online tracking to gender-based sexual violence in India.

The Fund will now begin accepting submissions biannually, allowing applicants’ projects to focus on timely events and social issues.

The five developed docu-projects have been awardned between $50,000 and $100,000 apiece, with funding effective immediately.

Grantees will also take part in regular peer-to-peer meetings and a lab focused on interactive storytelling to help them develop their projects and build engagement with audiences.

The jury comprised Local Projects founder Jake Barton, Fledgling executive director Sheila Leddy, Melcher Media and Future Of Storytelling founder Charles Melcher, Trilogy Films founder...

Well, this is just delightful.

Olivia Wilde stopped by Billy on the Street to debut a new game: “John Mayer or Pepé Le Pew?” Host Billy Eichner reads her a quote, and she has to guess which one uttered it: The charming sleaze or the cartoon skunk.

Is the once-and-future Alex Kelly particularly good at guessing? No! Not even a little bit — but she charmingly laughs her way through all the crazy quotes Eichner throws at her, from “Everyone should have a hobby: Mine is making love” to “I really don’t want to be a hunk.” Her sense of...

Adam Brody is picking favorites! The 33-year-old former O.C. star appeared on Bravo's Watch What Happens Live Tuesday, July 30, and played a special O.C. edition of host Andy Cohen's game "Plead the Fifth." "Who is the better kisser: Rachel Bilson or Olivia Wilde?" Cohen asked the actor of his former female love interests. (Brody starred as the funny and lovable Seth Cohen, Bilson as the beautiful Summer Roberts and Wilde as bad girl Alex Kelly on the Fox teen drama series, which aired from 2003 to [...]...

Got a scoop request? An anonymous tip you’re dying to share? Just want to say hi? Send any/all of the above to askausiello@tvline.com

Question: Grey’s Anatomy fan here looking for something, anything, on Meredith and Derek, please! —Jessica

Ausiello: For the most part, they’ll be shielded from all the sturm und drang unfolding around them at Seattle Grace when the season picks up this Thursday. “There are heavier storylines in other places so [the writers] have to create a delicate balance between the heavy storylines and the light storylines,” explained Mer’s portrayer, Ellen Pompeo, during...

Evanna Lynch, best known for portraying Luna Lovegood in the Harry Potter films, has joined the cast of Monster Butler, the indie crime thriller starring Malcolm McDowell. Photos: Growing Up 'Harry Potter': Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint Gary Oldman, Dominic Monaghan, and Joanne Whalley are also in the movie, which tells the true story of Roy Fontaine, aka Archibald Hall (McDowell). Fontaine was a bisexual jewel thief/con man/serial killer, and the movie -- which begins shooting this week in Scotland -- will tell of his personal descent into darkness and his eventual capture. Lynch will play Fiona Carrick-Smith, who is intrigued by her upper-class

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Screen Australia and ABC TV today announced the production of five half-hour documentaries as part of the Opening Shot series for ABC2.

The series, set to air mid-2012, be made by emerging documentary makers, telling entertaining, real life, untold stories of IVF, internet vigilantes, puppets with herpes, the life of abattoir workers, and fashion in indigenous communities.

Alan Erson, ABC TV head of documentaries said: “We are always on the lookout for new talent and it’s invigorating to be working with up-and-coming producers and directors.”

Liz Stevens, Screen Australia’s documentary manager said: “With well over 100 applications received, the next generation of filmmakers certainly have a lot to say on all aspects of life and society. They’re edgy and direct films and I’m really looking forward to seeing them on screen.”

Stuart Menzies, ABC2 Controller said: “ABC2 is the natural home for Opening Shot – new stories, new film makers and challenging ideas.

British actress Carey Mulligan is facing a nervous few months after her beloved brother was posted on a military mission to Afghanistan.

The Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps star's brother, Owain Mulligan, is a captain in the British army was recently deployed to the war-torn country in the Middle East.

Family friend Alex Kelly has revealed the entire family is worried about Owain, 27, as he embarks on his latest assignment, telling Britain's Mail on Sunday, "Naturally the family are incredibly concerned. Owain is a fascinating individual. He taught himself Dari and Pashto, the official languages of Afghanistan, and he is now an intelligence officer.

"He didn't tell us why his posting was brought forward suddenly but we found out later that it was because an Army colleague had been killed."

Kelly also admits Owain is preparing to write about about his war-time experiences, after previously serving in Iraq, adding, "When he was serving in Iraq, he sent back hundreds of emails to friends and family about what he was doing and how he had been affected. It was a funny and wry look at his life there and it gathered a cult following - now he is putting it all together in a book."...

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