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As the AI world continues to turn, its reach into the video editing space continues to evolve and advance. Runway, which recently launched its new motion capture model, Act Two, is back with a new state-of-the-art in-context video model called…

After beginning play over the weekend in front of The Fantastic Four: First Steps screenings, 20th Century Studios‘ trailer for James Cameron‘s Avatar: Fire and Ash has dropped. It’s the first look at the third installment of the franchise, and…

Spartacus: House of Ashur took over San Diego Comic-Con on Saturday, as Starz announced a winter premiere for the series and revealed a first look at the series in a teaser trailer below. Spartacus: House of Ashur is a thrilling,…

Hollywood needs better tax incentives, more solidarity from the stars and greater openness to new faces, if it is to survive and may yet be scuppered by algorithms and Silicon Valley.   This was the conclusion of a group of veteran …

TV profits fell by a third in the first half of 2025 to hit £146m, according to the broadcaster’s financial results released today. The 31% decline year-on-year from 2024’s figure of £213m was the headline of a tricky financial performance…

The streaming video revolution is still in full flower — with the sector poised for healthy growth over the next five years, according to the latest projections from PwC. The U.S. total over-the-top (OTT) market is projected to increase at…

Alphabet remains on a roll as its world-beating streaming-video platform YouTube continues to dominate. Wall Street forecast Alphabet Q2 2025 earnings per share (EPS) of $2.20 on revenue of $94.02 billion. The company, formerly known as Google, bested both by…

Production begins this November on A Dog’s Show, a heartwarming family comedy-drama inspired by the beloved New Zealand television series that once turned sheepdog trialling into a national obsession. Set in 1970s rural Aotearoa, the film follows Jack, a disillusioned former…

The woes continued for on-location shoots in Los Angeles during the second quarter of 2025, but there also a modicum of quarter-to-quarter good news on both the feature and small-screen fronts as the regions continues to recover from the wildfires.…

Invisible labor has long powered Hollywood, from blacklisted writers to uncredited directors. But the rise of AI threatens to erase authorship entirely. In 1953, Roman Holiday won the Oscar for best screenplay. The statue went to Ian McLellan Hunter. The…