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Japan Launches First Official Film And TV Production Incentive

Japan has unveiled details of a highly anticipated production incentive to attract films, high-end TV and streaming projects to shoot in the country. The scheme, first revealed by Screen in May, will be…

WGA & AMPTP Talks “Encouraging” Today; More Negotiations Set For Tomorrow

EXCLUSIVE, updated with WGA/AMPTP statement: The Writers Guild and studios and streamers are set to meet again Thursday for further talks on a new contract for scribes. After a long, CEO-attended session today that…

Toronto: International Producers See Opportunity Amid Strike And Production Slowdown

Those outside the U.S., not bound by SAG guidelines and with easier access to soft money, may be well-positioned to fill a looming production gap as dual Hollywood strikes drag on:…

Barbie Movie Grosses $1.38bn, Bolstering UK’s Cinema Production Boom

Whether you adore it or despise it, the Barbie movie stands as the year’s cinematic triumph, grossing over $1.38bn (£1.1bn) in box office sales to date. Commissioned by Warner Bros…

Desert King: Australian Netflix Neo-Western Series Starts Production

A new Australian neo-western series, Desert King (working title), has begun production on the traditional land of the Larrakia people (Darwin, Northern Territory) and the Kaurna people (Adelaide, South Australia). Desert King is…

The Soundstage Which Housed “The Empire Strikes Back” Is Set To Close

The soundstage which housed some of cinema’s most iconic moments, including the most shocking paternity reveal outside of a certain daytime TV personality, is set to close after 45 years…

For filmmakers, ‘Oppenheimer’s’ $900M-plus haul is an important moment for Hollywood and theaters

Hopes were always high for Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer.” The studio knew the film was great, and commercial. But no one in the industry expected that a long, talky, R-rated drama released…

Why It’s So Hard for Reality Stars to Get Protection From Exploitation

In 2019 Morgan Enselme, a contestant who participated in the French Big Brother adaptation Secret Story France 5 in 2011, did what many other reality stars deemed unthinkable: she spoke out against the superpower…

‘Studios Are Like Ghost Towns’: How Britain’s TV And Film Industry Fell Into A Hole

Excitement about Netflix and Amazon’s investment has evaporated as strikes, falling ad spend and a glut of completed shows leaves crews out of work. Earlier this year things appeared to…

Want To Work In The Movie Business? Try North Carolina

By investing two days of their time next month, area residents could get a whole new lease on a career.The North Carolina Film Office has teamed up with two veteran…

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