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International and German streaming and VoD platforms have agreed to invest a massive NZ$27.5 billion into German screen production over the next five years, a deal that underscores just how small New Zealand’s ambitions are by comparison. The voluntary agreement…

James Cameron revealed in an interview with Discussing Film that he received pushback from the studio when he decided to expand the number of “Avatar” sequels from three films to four. After the record-breaking success of the original “Avatar” in…

There was a time, of course, when Sir Peter Jackson wasn’t one of the most famous directors on the planet. That time is some point prior to the premiere of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring,…

Script to Screen is excited to announce that the Big Screen Symposium will be back on Friday 3rd and Saturday 4th July 2026. This unique screen industry event will be returning to the beautiful Te Pūtahi Mātauranga/ The Faculty of…

This story was originally published on The Spinoff. Gender: Female. Age: 26. Ethnicity: European/Polynesian. Role: Film/TV production contractor. Salary/income/assets: Approximately $60,000 solo income (this varies a lot due to the nature of contracting), or $160k combined household income. Earlier this year my partner and I…

Director Murray Reece experiments with unscripted drama in Time Out, part of the short documentary slot Survey. Featuring Blerta’s Geoff Murphy and Bruno Lawrence, it blurs fact and fiction; Lawrence won Best Actor at the 1971 Feltex Awards.…

Tom Paton, creator of the AI-animated feature film Where the Robots Grow, launched the AI-generated series Non-Player Combat through AiMation Studios in the United Kingdom. The series places six photorealistic AI contestants on a remote island for a deadly survival competition, where outcomes…

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…