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That expanded menu. That collectible popcorn bucket. The reclining seats. Those amenities plus large screen format offerings are all part of how the North American exhibition industry has re-invested more than $1.5 billion in their theaters in the past year.…

The news that Wellington-based visual effects and animation company Wētā FX is planning to cut around 100 jobs has been dubbed a “major blow” to the capital’s creative sector. In a statement this morning, Wētā FX confirmed staff were informed…

Screenrights is proud to share that it distributed a record AU$42.6 million to members in the year to 30 June 2025. Further details will be released in the organisation’s annual report later this year, but the figure is a new…

Forty game development studios across Aotearoa New Zealand will receive a share of $22.44m in the second year of the Game Development Sector Rebate (GDSR), with initial data showing a 20.5% increase in roles and each GDSR-funded employee generating over…

No stranger to building a bone-chilling horror, Ari Aster is sharing one of his greatest fears for Hollywood. The Eddington writer/director recently admitted he has “a lot of fear” regarding the growing use of AI in the industry and how…

Phil Smith knew that as soon as he met Francis and Kaiora Tipene, he had two massive talents waiting to be unveiled on the small screen. But it took almost a year for the founder and owner of Great Southern…

New Zealand actresses Morgana O’Reilly (The White Lotus, Friends Like Her) and Roimata Fox (A Remarkable Place To Die, The Wrecking Crew) will lead all-new Sky New Zealand Originals and ZDF’s procedural crime series Bust Up, due to screen on Aotearoa’s Sky…

I was told when asked to make this address that I should be bold. So I thought that like Captain James Tiberius Kirk I might boldly go where no man had gone before but I was then told that I…

Melissa George (The Mosquito Coast) will star in Ms. X, a darkly comic crime drama commissioned by Warner Bros. Discovery’s TV3 in New Zealand. The series is created by New Zealand duo Hannah Marshall and David de Lautour, and produced…

The New Zealand Film Commission (NZFC) announced today its plan to launch an International Placement Initiative giving local filmmakers the opportunity to apply for internships at selected global film companies in New Zealand, Australia, UK, and Ireland.   The International Placement…

The French industry is bracing itself for the impact of Canal+’s reduced investment in French cinema over the next three years that it is estimated will result in some 30 to 40 less films made a year, mostly auteur-driven European…

In 2023, SAG-AFTRA film and television performers stayed out on strike for a grueling 118 days in no small part due to AI. With DALL-E and ChatGPT still a relatively recent phenomenon but the tech rapidly encroaching on Hollywood, the…

YouTube is frequently giving studios and streamers a run for their money when it comes to capturing audiences, and now it’s coming for their awards, too.  On Sunday night in West Hollywood, Hot Ones‘ Sean Evans, Good Mythical Morning‘s Rhett…

The New Zealand Government will invest an additional $577 million in the International Screen Production Rebate over the next five years, Economic Growth Minister Nicola Willis announced today. The top-up lifts total forecast funding for the rebate scheme to $1.09…