Author name: Mark It

It’s hard to compare Dunedin to Hollywood. However, for four decades, the small, academic city in New Zealand’s deep south was home to a powerhouse of global documentary filmmaking. Born in Dunedin’s TVNZ studios in the 1970s, Natural History New…

Jason Momoa’s historical epic Chief of War, launching August 1 on Apple TV+, is a triumph of Hawaiians telling their own stories – despite the fact their film and TV production industry now struggles to be viable. The series stars…

BBC Studios Productions is to launch an AI Creative Lab in a bid to explore how the technology can unlock new possibilities for its global content. The lab will serve as a dedicated hub for experimentation across concept development and…

Edward Saatchi isn’t totally sure people will flock to Showrunner, the new AI-generated TV show service his company is launching publicly this week. But he has a vote of confidence from Amazon, which has invested in Fable, Saatchi’s San Francisco-based…

James Cameron said in a new interview with Empire magazine that he’s “good to go” when it comes to directing “Avatar 4″ and “Avatar 5.” The third “Avatar” movie, officially titled “Avatar: Fire and Ash,” opens in theaters later this…

It’s August which means it’s time for the 7th annual NZ Screen Industry Health Check Survey. This survey provides a vital snapshot of how our industry is really doing and your input helps build that picture. It takes less than…

Like it or not, the Government must step up and help Television New Zealand compete in the fight for its life. The state-owned broadcaster is in what military strategists would call a perilous situation: With weakened supply lines, it is…

The Warner Bros Motion Picture Group is undergoing 10% cuts, we’ve learned. This follows Monday’s news about how leadership is getting split between the new Warner Bros and Discovery Global. Layoffs are across marketing, distribution, production, strategy, operations and theatre…

Audiences are about to get an intimate look at one of Aotearoa’s most influential musicians. Life in One Chord, the long-awaited documentary on indie music icon Shayne Carter (Straitjacket Fits, Dimmer), makes its World Premiere at Whānau Mārama: New Zealand…