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Disney+ is set to launch a new vertical video offering in the US later this year as it looks to tap into the fast-growing short-form market. The move was unveiled at the annual Consumer Technology Association (CES) event in Las…

The moment ricocheted through the Gotham Awards. “Fuck AI,” Guillermo del Toro declared from the stage. And then, just to make sure the room — and world — heard him, the Frankenstein director said it again. Avid viewers of The Studio will…

A worldwide theater network expansion helped Imax post $1.28 billion in global box office for 2025, a new company record. That surpassed Imax’s previous highwater mark of $1.1 billion in global box office for 2019 when measuring ticket sales in…

The Asia Pacific screen biz will hit revenues of $196B by 2030, according to a Media Partners Asia report. This represents an expansion of 2.8% average annual growth between 2025-2030, the analyst noted, with online video accounting for all net…

There’s a bold vision from some to build the screen sector further and add new infrastructure to support it – including sound stages. Whether it is Hollywood blockbusters such as The Lord of the Rings, The Power of the Dog…

A Hollywood-style film studio planned for rural land near Queenstown has drawn strong opposition from residents who say the project risks transforming the area into an urban-scale development. The Ayrburn Screen Hub is a proposed film and television production complex…

“Avatar: Fire and Ash” is blazing past $1 billion at the global box office after 18 days of release. Those ticket sales include $306 million domestically and $777.1 million internationally for a grand total of $1.083 billion. Read on…

2025 was the year that advertising dealt with shocks to the system: AI disruption reverberated across every part of the ecosystem, Omnicom completed its $13 billion megadeal for IPG, creating a marketing Goliath, and tariff uncertainty threw certain sectors into…

A new study describes 2025 as a “Great Recession” for women directors, with just nine women directors attached to the 100 top-grossing films at the U.S. box office. According to the latest report from the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative, of…

Look at the biggest recent mergers and acquisitions in the worlds of entertainment, media and sports, from the record-setting $55 billion buyout of Elec­tronic Arts to the Skydance-Paramount merger and the dueling offers for Warner Bros. Discovery, and you’ll notice…

2025 will be remembered as the year the Fast Track Approvals Act bulldozed its way across Central Otago, Wānaka and the Wakatipu Basin, unsettling local residents including those living adjacent to the Screen Hub and Accommodation proposal at Ayrburn. In…

As usual, the Australian film industry will deliver plenty of tasty cinematic treats in 2026, spanning a wide variety of genres and styles. Here’s 10 films to look out for. Read on…

Educated guesses, smart takes and back-of-the napkin math on what entertainment industry insiders will be talking about in the next 12 months. YouTube decimates TV. Netflix buys Warner Bros. Bob Iger ties Disney to a boundary-pushing AI startup. Donald Trump…