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The rush to develop further screen studio infrastructure in New Zealand has been disrupted by two studio facility projects collapsing in the past month. Studio New Zealand, initially founded in 2009 to develop purpose-built screen industry facilities, has gone into…

“Money” was the one-word reply given by Tobi Brown of the Sidemen when asked by Netflix UK chief Anne Mensah why the successful YouTube collective had chosen to shift the second season of their reality series Inside from YouTube to…

Instead of spending millions and taking years to complete, creative directors are producing high-grade work using the latest software, but critics voice copyright concerns A US stealth bomber flies across a darkening sky towards Iran. Meanwhile, in Tehran a solitary…

It was while working as a guide on a breast cancer fundraising bike ride across the southern states of the US that Lisa Burd found her path. One of the Aussie riders had a handycam. “Flash in those days”, she…

Netflix admitted during its earnings call on Thursday that it used generative AI to create VFX in The Eternaut, a Netflix original from Argentina that was released in April 2025. The company’s co-CEO Ted Sarandos said that generative AI was…

Jason Momoa has an insatiable appetite for New Zealand. And his latest project, Chief of War, is a smorgasbord of Aotearoa – its landscapes, its culture, its actors and even the All Blacks. The series, filmed in New Zealand and in…

Helped by generous tax breaks, Ireland’s film and TV production sector has never been stronger. When Irish director Dearbhla Walsh started her career in Ireland in the late 1980s, opportunities for budding film-makers were limited. “There was no work in…

LA-based Kiwi actor Peter Winkelmann is part of a new breed of creatives whose shoestring budgets are beating the titans at their own game. Mitchell Hageman finds out how – and why they could be saving the cinema experience by…

Netflix topped Wall Street’s second-quarter expectations and raised its full-year forecast for revenue. Earnings per share of $7.19 beat analysts’ consensus by a dime, while revenue of $11.079 billion exceeded the Street’s outlook by a much narrower margin. The bar…

“The MIPCOM Cannes partnership marks a significant milestone as we celebrate our 20th anniversary,” said Pina. “It’s a strategic move to bolster our international TV collaborations and demonstrate YouTube’s role in supporting media companies amidst evolving content consumption.” YouTube arrives…

This story was originally published on The Spinoff. It may have been intended to be ironic, but a 10-minute AI-made trailer created by an American film director for the Hollywood in Avondale was met with ‘full-on pitchforks and torches’ when…