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The fires that ravaged Los Angeles County earlier this year have supercharged calls to bring more production back to Southern California after a period of notable decline. Much of this advocacy has played out on social media and in the…

As part of its first-ever National Arts Advocacy Summit in Las Vegas on Feb. 13, The Creative Coalition hosted a series of panels to engage 50 Fortune 500 leaders, policymakers, actors, musicians and entertainment executives on current events affecting the…

Netflix’s Chief Content Officer Bela Bajaria swears she is open to doing more backend deals with filmmakers, talent, and producers, but she says almost none of them really want one, despite some public lobbying. On his “The Town” podcast, Puck…

The media industry is going through a big transformation. Too many manual workflows, reliance on legacy systems, and relentless pressure to cut costs while producing more, have turned the market into a survival-of-the-fittest arena. Generative AI (Gen AI) and multimodal…

As AI innovation advances, writers are urging entertainment companies to take legal action against AI firms that they allege are using writers’ work to train AI models without their permission. Some major studios have held discussions with AI firms about…

Screenrights has opened applications today for its 2025 Cultural Fund grant round, announcing the annual focus as Creative Intelligence. The Fund offers up to $50,000 per project with a total pool of $300,000 for initiatives that foster the creation and…

The mood at Wednesday’s 40th anniversary Artios Awards may have been celebratory, but several casting directors acknowledged that Hollywood’s ongoing contraction is continuing to have a negative impact on their profession. Before the awards show at the Beverly Hilton that…

A long-held dream for the team behind the University of Canterbury’s (UC) screen and digital production complex has come to fruition, with its first commercial international feature film contract. Kōawa Studios – the first commercial operation of its kind in…

Call it the Kneecap effect. Rich Peppiatt’s raucous Irish-language comedy drama racked up an impressive $2.7m in UK and Irish ticket sales for Curzon and Wildcard when it was released in August 2024. Now UK independent film distributors are striking…