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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…

Huge Film Studio To Break Ground In Texas This Year

The massive $267 million studio has garnered the City of San Marcos and Hays County incentive deals that could be worth more than $6 million. Published: 11:31 AM CDT September 16,…

Major Film Studio Gets Green Light In New Mexico

California-based 828 Productions has chosen Las Cruces, New Mexico for its headquarters with plans in motion to open a major film production studio in the near future. The company plans to…

Showrunner Meeting With WGA Leadership Canceled As Guild Plans Ahead For Studio Talks

A meeting between a group of leading showrunners including Kenya Barris and Noah Hawley and WGA leadership has been canceled. The meeting, which became a hot topic of conversation around Hollywood earlier this week, has been pushed…

Netflix inks deal with Ambani’s Jio to expand India presence

Netflix has inked a “first-of-its-kind” deal with Jio Platforms, India’s largest telecom operator, to bundle the streaming service with the carrier’s two pay-as-you-go plans as the American giant pushes to…

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