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The New Zealand Writers Guild – Puni Taatuhi o Aotearoa has released a new resource to help screenwriters navigate the creative and legal complexities of using generative AI tools like ChatGPT, Claude, and Google Gemini. AI Advice: NZWG Handbook for…

Remember that time in your life when being forced to consume broccoli felt like a death sentence? Your parents would tell you that it was good for you, that it would make you stronger and healthier, but the scent, texture,…

After years of hustle, film and TV producer Stephen Love found himself in a situation many of his peers would salivate over: He was in four bidding wars. Studios clamored to snap up his projects. Hollywood trade news outlets gushed…

Disney CEO Bob Iger says generative artificial intelligence is an enormously powerful technology that the company is beginning to utilize, but he warned that it is also proceeding with caution to protect its trove of characters and stories, as well…

A Hollywood director has been arrested and accused of using studio funds intended to complete a sci-fi series to buy luxury cars, cryptocurrency and fancy bedding for himself. Carl Erik Rinsch, 47, is charged with federal fraud and money laundering…

To celebrate the release of A Minecraft Movie, Tourism New Zealand, in collaboration with eleven mana whenua groups, the tourism industry, Warner Bros, and Mojang Studios (the developers of Minecraft), has launched New Zealand as the first fully playable destination…

This story was originally published on The Spinoff. James Ashcroft was browsing the horror section of a Hollywood bookshop when he got the email from Stephen King. He’d sent the godfather of modern horror a screener of his new film…