Metropolis
German silent science-fiction film
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| June 2023 | Universal Content Productions announced the Metropolis series would not move forward due to the WGA strike and rising development costs. |
| February 2023 | Briana Middleton was cast in the lead role of the Metropolis television series. |
| January 1 2023 | Metropolis enters the public domain in the United States as its American reserved copyright expires. |
| March 2022 | Apple TV+ gave the Metropolis adaptation a series order, with Sam Esmail confirmed as writer, director, and showrunner. |
| 2021 | Big Finish Productions released a Doctor Who audio play 'Monsters in Metropolis', featuring the Ninth Doctor on the film's set. |
| March 7 2021 | The New Pollutants performed their Metropolis rescore live during a film screening at Federation Square in Melbourne, an event presented by Insite Arts. |
| 2020 | During RuPaul's Drag Race Season 12's Snatch Game, Gigi Goode portrayed Maria the Robot, winning the episode with a performance inspired by Metropolis. |
| December 2016 | Sam Esmail announced plans to adapt Metropolis into a television miniseries. |
| 2014 | Peter Graham composed 'Metropolis 1927' for brass band. St. Vincent released the 'Digital Witnesses' music video inspired by the film. |
| 2013 | Sepultura named their album The Mediator Between Head and Hands Must Be the Heart after a quote from Metropolis. Lady Gaga also referenced the film in her 'Applause' music video. |
| December 12 2013 | The 2011 re-scored soundtrack is released as a digital download. |
| 2012 | U.S. Supreme Court upholds the constitutionality of the copyright extension in Golan v. Holder case. |
| 2011 | Lady Gaga's music video 'Born This Way' continued to reference Metropolis. |
| 2011 | The New Pollutants performed a live re-score of the Metropolis soundtrack, presenting their musical interpretation of the film in a live performance setting. |
| 2011 | Metropolis was performed at Mona Foma, programmed by Brian Ritchie. |
| March 2011 | The band performs a live re-score of the Metropolis soundtrack at the Piccadilly Cinema in North Adelaide during the Adelaide Film Festival, accompanying the 2010 film restoration. |
| 2010 | Lady Gaga's music video 'Alejandro' made visual references to Metropolis. |
| 2010 | Complete restoration premiere featured a live performance of Huppertz's score, which was subsequently re-recorded by the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Frank Strobel. |
| 2010 | Metropolis was performed as part of Concrete Playground at the Sydney Opera House. |
| February 12 2010 | After extensive restoration, 95% of the film is reconstructed and simultaneously screened in Berlin and Frankfurt. |
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