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Paramount on Monday announced it has commenced an all-cash tender offer to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Warner Bros. Discovery for $30 per share, an operation it says equates to an enterprise value of $108.4 billion. The aggressive…

The Rocky Horror Picture Show might be a cult hit now, but it was lucky to survive its first few weeks in cinemas. Now it has the longest theatrical release of any film, running for 50 years and counting. But it…

Generative AI is poised to reshape the supply of premium screen content, with VP of Chinese online media giant Tencent and CEO of Tencent Video Sun Zhonghuai forecasting that as much as a third of long-form film and animation could…

Revenues are up, and expenses are down, but the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has more work to do. The film academy, the non-profit best known for the Academy Awards, is on sound financial footing, its fiscal 2025…

The New Zealand screen producers’ guild Spada has accelerated the push for government to regulate international streaming platforms, bolstered by the passing of Australian streaming legislation last month. While the neighbouring territories enjoy close coproduction relationships and reciprocal content licensing…

Netflix has confirmed it will acquire Warner Bros Discovery’s film and television studios and streaming service HBO Max for an equity value of around $108.5 billion. The agreement comes after a weeks-long bidding war where Netflix and David Ellison-led Paramount…

From reality TV meltdowns to Taika Waititi’s rise to Hollywood, NZ On Screen’s new Best of the 10s Collection captures one of the most entertaining decades in New Zealand screen history. Curated by pop culture fanatics Alex Casey and Tara…

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…

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…