Streamers Already Outspending Australian Broadcasters on Local Content, New Data Shows – Undercutting SPADA’s Levy Push
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Jason Momoa Joins ‘Chief Of War’ Co-Star Luciane Buchanan On Her Oscar-Contending Short Film As EP
Jason Momoa has joined Luciane Buchanan‘s short film Lea Tupu’anga/Mother Tongue as executive producer. Buchanan, Momoa’s co-star in Chief of War, wrote and stars in the short, which has been officially submitted for Academy Awards consideration in the Live Action…
Why We Still Shoot Film in the Digital Age
In an industry obsessed with the latest sensors, 8K resolution, and AI-driven workflows, a quiet but powerful movement is growing. It’s a return to the chemical, the tactile, and the analog. Filmmakers, from studio auteurs like Christopher Nolan to independent…
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‘Prime Minister,’ Starring New Zealand’s Dynamic Former Leader Jacinda Ardern, Prepares For Ballot Of Oscar Doc Branch Voters
Who was the biggest star at the 2025 edition of Sundance? Jennifer Lopez, perhaps? Oscar winners Olivia Colman, Daniel Kaluuya? Maybe Sarah Jessica Parker, Rose Byrne or singer-actor Sara Bareilles.
Based on the gaga reaction of crowds on the street…
Netflix Expands Southeast Asian Investment With Major New Initiatives, But Continues to Keep NZ Producers at Arm’s Length
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Screen Industry Survey 2025 – Health and Safety
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A Director’s Take On Microdrama: Dan Löwenstein On Vertical Trends & Why He’s Launching His Own App
Dan Löwenstein started making microdramas in early 2024 and has now made over 20 vertical series. With the traditional biz laser-focused on all things micro – fueled by bullish analyst forecasts – Löwenstein gives Deadline a director’s eye view on …
‘Spartacus: House of Ashur’ Creator, Star Talk Pushing Boundaries of Sex and Violence, Intimacy Coordinators and Not Changing the Written Word
Showrunner Steven S. DeKnight and leading man Nick E. Tarabay partook in a lively conversation at the London Hotel for The Hollywood Reporter’s first ever ‘Heat Vision Live’ event.
Nick E. Tarabay was in France when he got a text…
NZ On Screen – Tuesday Spotlight: ONE MAN’S VIEW – I’VE GOT NERVES, MAN (1976)
Reporter Hanafi Hayes meets idiosyncratic New Zealanders living off the grid in this episode of One Man’s View. From Carl Nielsen’s Far North paddocks to Moturekareka island, the series won the 1976 Feltex Award for Best Series.…
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ARRI Cuts 150 Jobs and Closes Two German Facilities Amid Ongoing Production Decline
Major Hollywood equipment supplier ARRI Group has announced the closure of two German facilities and the elimination of 150 positions by year’s end, marking the latest casualty in the film industry’s prolonged production downturn. The Munich-based company will shut down…
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Older Audiences Now the Fastest-Growing Users of YouTube and TikTok
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Screen Writer and Producer Matthew Metcalfe on RNZ
Will a recent change to the screen rebate make a difference to our struggling screen sector? NZ producer and screen writer Matthew Metcalfe tells Culture 101 we need to look at how to invest and grow New Zealand talent. He…
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Glen Kyne Appointed to New Zealand Film Commission Board
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James Cameron Says It’s ‘Horrifying to Me’ that AI Can ‘Make Up an Actor’: It Creates a ‘Performance From Scratch With a Text Prompt’
Safe to say James Cameron will never cast Tilly Norwood in a movie.
During a recent interview with CBS’ Sunday Morning, the director of “The Terminator” explained that even before the invention of generative AI, some Hollywood insiders thought he…
Man Charged After Allegedly Shutting Down Busy Los Angeles Freeway During Rush Hour to Shoot Music Video
A Los Angeles man who allegedly shut down one of the city’s busiest freeways at rush hour in order to film a music video has been charged nearly two years later.
Eduardo Erik Martinez, 33, pleaded not guilty to one…
