Author name: Mark It

Stars and architects of Middle Earth are lauding the return of the Lord of the Rings franchise to Wellington, saying it is the injection the local film industry desperately needs. Warner Brothers announced on Friday two new Rings films were…

Three-time Emmy nominee Melanie Lynskey has been confirmed as starring in “Pike River,” the upcoming dramatic thriller set and shot in New Zealand and centered around one of the country’s worst disasters in modern history.  Signature Entertainment has unveiled a…

The initial roster of speakers, conference topics, music acts, games, and films has officially been disclosed for SXSW Sydney 2024. Hweiling Ow’s short Vivie, produced by Mia Maramara and Sara Chen, is among the first four titles confirmed for the…

Can television have its own New Hollywood moment? Much like movies such as Bonnie and Clyde, The Graduate, Rosemary’s Baby and Easy Rider took the late 1960s by storm, a group of writers and directors are hoping that their own independent TV projects can…

The growth of France’s VFX sector cannot be overstated, as the implementation of a comprehensive 10% bonus for international productions that spend more than $2.1 million with local companies (and the fact that the full 40% tax rebate can be…

The Americans are back shooting films and TV series in Canada, but the knock-on impacts of the dual Hollywood writers and actors strikes and reduced spending by major streamers will be felt north of the border for years to come.…

Hair and makeup professionals aren’t paid enough to also be an actor’s therapist — nor are they trained for it. A growing wave of intimacy coordinators are. Amanda Edwards has been an intimacy coordinator in film, TV, and theater since…

Daniel Ferguson, in a proposed class action filed on May 3 in Los Angeles Superior Court, claims the studio stiffed him and other background actors on pay, “maintained a policy and practice of not paying” them for all of the…

There are probably three main reasons not to worry – yet – about the AI that’s coming for your job. First among those reasons is that there’s absolutely nothing anyone can do about it. Second and third, though are some…

A French collective representing the interests of French film festival workers has called for a general strike of “all employees of the Cannes Film Festival and of its sidebars.” The Sous les écrans la dèche (Broke Behind the Screens) collective…