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Even though there’s also an IMAX version of the movie doing the rounds, breakout sci-fi hit The Creator was shot on a sub-$4000 Sony FX3. Over the past decade, Hollywood blockbuster films have become accustomed to using expensive cameras built…

New Zealand actor Sir Sam Neill has been told the experimental treatment he is taking for blood cancer will eventually stop working. The actor, known for his work on films Jurassic Park and Hunt for the Wilderpeople, shared he was…

Australia’s state and federal governments are among the most supportive to the screen industry in the world, but directors on Aussie sets are among the most poorly paid. That was the view of Phillip Noyce, the famed director of Rabbit…

The lives of hundreds of thousands of crew members have been upended, and even a deal between the actors and the studios might not help much in the short term. Katie Reis has been a Hollywood lighting technician for 27…

After years of unprecedented growth, the international television industry is facing soaring costs and falling revenues: “It’s been bad, and everyone I speak to expects it to get a lot worse.” The 2023 MIPCOM Cannes international television market kicks off…

The cofounder of the maker of hit shows including The Kardashians, the Friends reunion special and documentary series Sunderland ‘Til I Die has said that the north-east has been “utterly forgotten” amid the UK’s multibillion-pound TV and film production boom, and…

Without Nancy Hennah, Taika Waititi might look very different onscreen. For the past few years, the Kiwi make-up artist has spent hundreds of hours applying make-up, beards, wigs and tattoos to Waititi for his film and TV roles. “He’s a…

Season 2 of the award-winning series Raised by Refugees sees writer Pax Assadi also take up the role of director to tell a story which is close to his heart. In an abandoned office building in an industrial area of Auckland’s Mt Wellington,…

Spend on Italian TV and film productions shot upwards by 28% to €1.8B ($1.9B) last year, the latest report into the country’s sector revealed today. Closing the MIA Market, the likes of Audiovisual Producers Association (APA)/Cinecittà President Chiara Sbarigia, Netflix …

The era of peak TV looks to have passed, amid strikes, economic uncertainty and buyer caution. But audience expectations for scripted shows remain as high as ever, producers and distributors tell Screen. About 18 months ago, Sally Woodward Gentle, the…

The NZX has suspended trading in Sky Television shares after the company announced it had received an expression of interest in a takeover of the company. Sky TV said it had put a share buy-back on hold as a result…

Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos revealed why the studios walked away from the negotiating table with SAG-AFTRA late on October 11. According to him, the actors guild came in with a new proposal that was simply “a bridge too far to…

The TVNZ Otago-shot comedy has begun production of its third season, with returning leads Rebecca Gibney (Wanted, Packed to the Rafters, Halifax: Retribution) and Charles Edwards (Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, The Crown, Downton Abbey). Read more.…