Author name: Mark It

Actors Matthew McConaughey and Michael Caine have teamed with AI audio company ElevenLabs to produce virtual replications of their famous voices. McConaughey also is investing an undisclosed sum in New York-based ElevenLabs. He’s collaborated with the company since it was…

This story was originally published on The Spinoff. Back in 2015, YouTube was reaching 32% of New Zealand children aged 2-to-14 every day. NZ On Air’s first survey of children’s media use in New Zealand proclaimed the Alphabet-owned video platform…

This Spot On special explores Mason Valley, the purpose-built 1940s town in Whitemans Valley created for Country GP. Set designer Norman Cook and prop master Gay Berquist reveal the period recreation process, while reporter Helen McGowan documents the 20-minute crew…

Myriad Pictures has added the New Zealand box office smash Tinā to its AFM (November 11-16) sales roster and will commence talks with international buyers next week. Read on…

Banijay Entertainment profits were up 5% over the first nine months of this year but today’s financials revealed production on some of the super-indie’s shows have been postponed until next year. The Banijay Entertainment and Live portion of the Banijay…

When actress and technologist Eline Van der Velden sat down for a Deadline-moderated panel at the Zurich Summit in September, she never could have anticipated the intense global reaction that Tilly Norwood, the first AI-created actress from her fledgling AI…

Lee Tamahori, the New Zealand director behind acclaimed Kiwi drama “Once Were Warriors” alongside blockbuster Hollywood titles such as the James Bond film “Die Another Day,” has died. He was 75. Tamahori’s family said the director passed away following a…

The route to Tuesday’s “landmark” announcement of streaming quotas in Australia has been long and torturous, and the country’s production community is now beginning to assess what the future will look like. Will, as streamers sources often privately claim, the…

We understand that a mighty Totara has fallen with the passing away of Lee Tamahori today. Lee had been battling Parkinson’s disease for some time, and just recently he was diagnosed with liver cancer. It’s a sad day for the…