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Since Warner Bros acquired the rights to make more Middle-earth films based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s works and the canon established by New Line’s original trilogy, Peter Jackson and his Lord of the Rings cohorts Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens hovered…

Australian children’s content and the National Film and Sound Archive both received funding boosts in last night’s Federal Budget, with the government also announcing the removal of the cap on ‘above the line’ costs for the Producer Offset from July…

Art Directors Guild is suspending its Production Design Initiative program, designed to give hands-on training and job placement opportunities to those seeking a career in the field, according to an email sent to prospective applicants and acquired by IndieWire. (Read…

A crew member on 9-1-1 died early Saturday morning in a car accident on the highway following a 14-hour overnight shift. Rico Priem, a grip for the Fox procedural and a member of the crew union IATSE Local 80, was involved in…

Nightzone Productions Present – Masterclass Topic: Day and Night Monday 20th May 1030 – 1130 – Bob Buck Costume Designer
1200 – 1300 – Brendan Heffernan Production Designer
1330 – 1430 – Mark Ordesky and Jane Fleming Executive Producers
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For 14 straight years, Ted Sullivan was consistently paid to pen stories for the screen. The Hollywood-based, 53-year-old TV writer and producer’s résumé boasts credits on hit shows such as “Riverdale” and “Star Trek: Discovery.” Now, he spends seven to…

People keep sending me their AI companies and telling me they’re ethical. It’s the fun new thing they put in their bios. “We’re an ethical AI company.” But the thing is, it seems like there’s actually no official definition for…

NEW YORK – With fantastical characters including mud people and giant grandmothers, an AI film festival is giving a glimpse of the storytelling made possible by the novel technology. Nearly 3,000 short films were submitted to the festival organised by…

The Hollywood filmmaking community remembered Roger Corman today as a man who had a “can-do” attitude about making movies. Along the way, he touched many lives, blazing a path for newcomers to enter the business and others to keep the…

It was a night of surprises at the BAFTA TV Awards, with “The Crown” and “Black Mirror” failing to pick up any awards while “Succession” walked away with only one for Matthew Macfadyen for best supporting actor. Macfadyen did not…

Just heard the news that John Charles has passed away. His varied CV included composing music for classic movies Goodbye Pork Pie, Utu and The Quiet Earth. Read more about John at NZ On Screen, and Audio Culture.…