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The theatrical success of Barbie, The Super Mario Bros. Movie and Oppenheimer helped propel the Australian box office to its best year since the pandemic in 2023, though it still trailed pre-2019 levels. The local box office exceeded an estimated $985 million, 4.6 per…

Apple has announced that the Apple Vision Pro will launch on February 2 in the US, with pre-orders opening on Friday, January 19. Apple has announced that Apple Vision Pro will be available frtom February 2 at all US Apple…

New Zealander Rhys Darby made a splash in the United States in 2007 for his portrayal of band manager Murray Hewitt in HBO’s Flight of the Conchords, a series that ended after only two short seasons. And while he and…

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The Pan-Asian Screen Collective is proud to announce the fourth iteration of Short Cuts, a development lab for scripted short films under 10 minutes in length. Designed specifically to improve Pan-Asian representation in the short film space, the development lab…

Sadly the great Tony Eversden has passed away. Tony was one of the early film techs who worked on shows like Hunters Gold (1979). Tony majored in lighting and if you didn’t know him, the chances are you’ve worked with…

The threat of AI interrupting the entertainment industry sent writers and actors to a record-breaking strike but a Charles Sturt communications expert said it there could be a place in the industry for AI, if it used responsibly. Charles Sturt…

Jack Black has joined the cast of “Minecraft,” a live-action adaptation of the popular video game. As previously announced, Jason Momoa is starring in the movie alongside “Wednesday’s” Emma Myers and “The Color Purple” actor Danielle Brooks. Production is expected to…

Welcome to the new year — and to some of the biggest moviemaking plot twists of 2024. In this continuing series we’re highlighting the products, trends, and businesses changing the process of making movies in ways no one saw coming…

The UK government’s Culture, Media and Sport (CMS) Committee will begin taking oral evidence from the industry sometime in the next few weeks and months as the independent industry hits the ground running after a difficult 2023.  The year offered…

Color checker cards that allow us to maintain accurate colors through post are part of the industry scenery. Nigel Cooper, though, thinks they are no longer needed in today’s digital workflows. I come from a film background by way of…