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There’s a bold vision from some to build the screen sector further and add new infrastructure to support it – including sound stages. Whether it is Hollywood blockbusters such as The Lord of the Rings, The Power of the Dog…

A Hollywood-style film studio planned for rural land near Queenstown has drawn strong opposition from residents who say the project risks transforming the area into an urban-scale development. The Ayrburn Screen Hub is a proposed film and television production complex…

“Avatar: Fire and Ash” is blazing past $1 billion at the global box office after 18 days of release. Those ticket sales include $306 million domestically and $777.1 million internationally for a grand total of $1.083 billion. Read on…

2025 was the year that advertising dealt with shocks to the system: AI disruption reverberated across every part of the ecosystem, Omnicom completed its $13 billion megadeal for IPG, creating a marketing Goliath, and tariff uncertainty threw certain sectors into…

A new study describes 2025 as a “Great Recession” for women directors, with just nine women directors attached to the 100 top-grossing films at the U.S. box office. According to the latest report from the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative, of…

Look at the biggest recent mergers and acquisitions in the worlds of entertainment, media and sports, from the record-setting $55 billion buyout of Elec­tronic Arts to the Skydance-Paramount merger and the dueling offers for Warner Bros. Discovery, and you’ll notice…

2025 will be remembered as the year the Fast Track Approvals Act bulldozed its way across Central Otago, Wānaka and the Wakatipu Basin, unsettling local residents including those living adjacent to the Screen Hub and Accommodation proposal at Ayrburn. In…

As usual, the Australian film industry will deliver plenty of tasty cinematic treats in 2026, spanning a wide variety of genres and styles. Here’s 10 films to look out for. Read on…

Educated guesses, smart takes and back-of-the napkin math on what entertainment industry insiders will be talking about in the next 12 months. YouTube decimates TV. Netflix buys Warner Bros. Bob Iger ties Disney to a boundary-pushing AI startup. Donald Trump…

After almost eight years running Thornbury Picture House, the boutique cinema they built in the shell of a 1919 garage, Gus and Lou Berger felt they knew what they were in for with their sibling venue on Sydney Road, the …

On December 11, Disney and OpenAI announced a landmark partnership: The entertainment giant, according to CEO Bob Iger, would pay $1 billion to the artificial intelligence power player for an equity stake, while also licensing its Sora tech for short-form…

SAG-AFTRA is already lined up to be the first Hollywood guild to kick off 2026 contract negotiations with the studios and streamers, and both sides have some big asks of the other. Among them, Deadline has learned, the now Greg…

As microdramas explode in popularity, screenwriting, film and acting professors are jumping on the trend.  Chapman’s Dodge College of Film and Media Arts in Orange, Calif. has incorporated microdramas into its writing for evolving mediums class, which also includes writing…

This documentary follows Coach Murray Ririnui and the Rātana rugby team pursuing the Whanganui Championship — a prize that’s eluded them for 76 years. Interviews highlight the team’s faith, community, and cultural pride, offering a layered view of sport and…