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The story begins with Mark Wahlberg. According to BI in 2020, Netflix paid Wahlberg a whopping $30 million to star in “Spenser Confidential,” which clocks in at 24 on the highest-paid film roles of all time. Critics panned the action…

When RED Digital Cinema recently revealed that it had been purchased by Nikon, it’s probably fair to say that it was unexpected. Who’d have thought a respected, traditional, measured company like Nikon would buy the maverick Californian upstart that broke through the…

TVNZ chief operating officer Brent McAnulty says the broadcaster had to consider “better candidates for investment” in axing Fair Go and Sunday, despite the shows being profitable. McAnulty was amongst a panel of media industry experts fronting a Better Public…

New Zealand’s local production and screen industry is in crisis. But how did it get to this point?  “It’s been years of international streaming companies operating in New Zealand without any regulation,” says Screen Production and Developers Association (SPADA) president…

Behind the scenes, director David Leitch and producer Kelly McCormick have been instrumental in the movement for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts to recognize stunts. The director-producer husband-wife team hasn’t been shy in using their new film, “The Fall…

Documentary as a genre, is more popular than it’s ever been; you only need to look at the top-viewed shows on Netflix, and the audience that programming like BBC’s Earth IIIattracts. But the basic workflows that sit behind creating documentary…

Warner Bros. and Fathom Events are teaming to rerelease the Oscar-winning fantasy blockbusters this summer.  The versions screened will be Jackson’s extended editions (so you might want get the jumbo tub of popcorn), and also the versions that the filmmaker…

Variety’s Entertainment Marketing Summit in Los Angeles, presented by Deloitte, brought together more than 600 marketing professionals, executives, creators and influencers for a daylong event that examined all aspects of marketing as a discipline at a time of massive transition…

Minister for Trade Manoa Kamikamica affirms government support for Fiji’s growing film industry. Kamikamica highlighted Fiji’s vital role in promoting and developing Fiji’s audio-visual industry during the Producers Demo Day event at the Novotel Hotel in Lami yesterday. Read on…

Over the last decade, streaming video platforms have gradually siphoned away viewers from traditional TV networks. But next month, they will be confronting the legacy outlets on their own turf — by going directly for their advertising dollars. For the…