Author name: Mark It

ProdPro’s latest report paints a sobering picture of the current state of film and TV production. While there was a 22% increase in projects actively filming in Q2 2024 compared to the same period last year, this comparison is against…

Film and TV crew members have ratified a new three-year contract with the entertainment companies after a relatively smooth bargaining period on the heels of two major Hollywood strikes. Members of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees approved the…

Post-apocalyptic series Sweet Tooth was a case of fiction mirroring reality for NZ production workflow solutions provider The Rebel Fleet. The popular Netflix series, about a virus which kills most of the world’s human population as hybrid animal babies are…

Filming for reality television in the Los Angeles area experienced another significant drop in the second quarter of 2024 after a rough start to the year, belying expectations that unscripted production would accelerate amid industry contraction and belt-tightening coming out…

Look out Hollywood here comes the story of a new Pasifika duo ‘Alisi and Semisi the stars in the feature length film Digital Navigators, Legacy of the Islands. The film follows the duo from South Auckland on a journey around the…

Australia’s screen sector lobby group has decried a “lopsided outcome” after the federal government permanently doubled its location incentives for international studios, yet missed the July 1 deadline for streaming quotas. Screen Producers Association boss Matthew Deaner says it’s great…

On a warm summer morning, Ursula Boschet, the iconic Hollywood costume designer, made her way through racks of clothing, brimming from floor to ceiling in the Santa Monica store and workshop that bears her name. Ursula’s Costumes is a 6,000-square-foot…

Execs from the kids’ content industry returned to Sheffield last week for the 2024 edition of the Children’s Media Conference (CMC), where topics included the implications of YouTube on public service programming and what the new UK government should do…