Production Assistants United is a new group hoping to unionize production assistants in the Film and Television industry. Could we see Hollywood labor struggles intensify further in the near future?Building on the momentum of the newly-chartered IATSE Local 111, which represents thousands of commercial production workers across the country, production assistants in the Film and […]
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Apple TV+ Europe commissioner Tom Williams is leaving the streamer after a year to join the expanding BBC Studios Drama Productions team. Williams was part of Jay Hunt’s European commissioning team, having joined from indie Wall to Wall towards the end of last year. His departure runs contrary to the trend of recent years in the UK, which has […]
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In Hollywood, fears about AI have been widespread among striking actors and writers. But the alarm may be misplaced. “It’s important to understand that technology always augments humans, and the story of Hollywood has been marred by moments like this before,” Cristóbal Valenzuela, CEO of AI video company Runway, said at the Yahoo Finance Invest conference on Tuesday. […]
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Netflix’s Head of Film Production, Scott Stuber, has been chatting about lots of the streaming platform’s upcoming films of late, including Greta Gerwig’s upcoming Narnia films and Noah Baumbach’s next project. While speaking with Variety, Stuber offered an update on several more high-profile projects, but in doing so let slip that on the whole, Netflix’s strategy for film production is markedly different […]
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A huge number of movies and TV shows will resume production now that the actors’ strike has ended. After 118 days of strike action, the Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) reached a tentative agreement with Hollywood studios after protesting for new contract guidelines related to royalties and the use of AI. […]
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MARICOPA COUNTY, Ariz. — A proposed mega-movie studio in the rural area west of Buckeye has gotten an initial approval from zoning officials. The location sits about one-hour west of Pheonix The Maricopa County Planning and Zoning Commission approved last week a change in the land-use designation for a large piece of vacant property near […]
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Great Point Studios, the owner of Lionsgate Studios in Yonkers, broke ground Monday on its new $100 million studio campus. “The No. 1 place in the United States to make film and television, that’s Yonkers now,” said Robert Halmi, CEO and founder of Great Point Studios. “That’s where people are coming from, and that’s where they’re going to […]
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Production expenditure on scripted screen production in Australia in 2022/23 was the second highest on record at $1.49BN (A$2.34BN) across 213 titles, according to Screen Australia’s annual drama report, but spend on Australian theatrical features declined by 54% from last year. Spend on scripted screen production was down 4% on last year’s record expenditure but was still significantly […]
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THE COMPANY WILL PARTNER WITH SONY PICTURES FOR THE FILM Nintendo has announced that it will develop a live-action film of The Legend of Zelda. The film will be produced by Shigeru Miyamoto, representative director and fellow of Nintendo, and veteran Hollywood producer Avi Arad, the former chief creative officer of Marvel Entertainment. The film will be produced […]
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SAN DIEGO — Labor strife in Hollywood and more aggressive recruiting by San Diego officials have spurred a recent surge in local production of reality TV shows and commercials. City officials say they expect the surge to accelerate and spread to movies and scripted TV as they streamline permit approvals under a new pact being negotiated […]
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