New Zealand’s Wellington Makes Pitch as Global Games and VFX Hub (EXCLUSIVE)
Currently hosting production of the “Avatar” film series, New Zealand’s capital Wellington is making a renewed pitch as one of the best-equipped games, VFX and animation producing hubs in the world. It...
View ArticleIberseries & Platino Industria’s Co-Directors Samuel Castro and Juan Alía...
Now marking its fourth edition over Oct. 1 – 4 in Madrid, Spain’s annual Iberseries & Platino Industria confab has leapt to must-attend status for Ibero-American audiovisual industry professionals....
View ArticleSpain’s Zeta Studios and Brazil’s Conspiração Team Up to Adapt Globo Hit...
Spain’s Zeta Studios, the company behind Netflix hit “Elite,” has partnered with leading Brazilian indie Conspiração to create “Bajo Presión,” a Spanish remake of the hit Brazilian TV medical drama,...
View ArticleSony-Owned VFX Studio Pixomondo Sets New Business Development Heads in...
Sony Pictures-owned VFX studio Pixomondo has set its new heads of business development in Europe and North America. The pre-production, virtual production and visual effects studio has upped Michelle...
View Article‘Jung Kook: I Am Still – The Party Version’ to Launch, Expanding Music...
Following its limited theatrical release, “Jung Kook: I Am Still,” a feature documentary chronicling the solo journey of Jung Kook, band member of K-pop icons BTS, the film’s producers are to launch an...
View ArticleCannes Prizewinner Vimukthi Jayasundara’s ‘Turtle’s Gaze on Spying Stars’...
Sri Lankan auteur Vimukthi Jayasundara, whose “The Forsaken Land” (2005) won the Camera d’Or at Cannes, has started principal photography on his next film “Turtle’s Gaze on Spying Stars.” One of the...
View ArticleAnimated Robin Origin Story ‘Dynamic Duo’ Set at DC Studios, Featuring Dick...
DC Studios is getting together the Dynamic Duo — just not the one you might expect. Ahead of the debut of DC’s animated Max series “Creature Commandos,” the studio is mounting its first animated...
View ArticleTaratoa Stappard Begins ‘Marama,’ Maori Gothic Horror Film in New Zealand
Production is now under way in New Zealand on “Marama,” a gothic horror film from Māori writer-director Taratoa Stappard (“Taumanu, Emkhatsini”). Production is taking place around Auckland on New...
View ArticleAcademy Museum Unveils New Cyberpunk and Technicolor Exhibitions
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures has unveiled two new exhibitions exploring how science has impacted technology, aesthetics and storytelling in cinema Oct. 6. “Color in Motion: Chromatic...
View ArticleSam Strangis, ‘CSI’ and ‘Happy Days’ Producer, Dies at 95
Sam Strangis, the director, producer and production executive behind shows such as “CSI,” “The Brady Bunch,” and “Happy Days,” died of kidney failure on July 23 at Providence Little Company of Mary...
View ArticleDistribution Workshop Re-Launching ‘Sons of the Neon Night’ as Hong Kong’s...
Asian sales and production firm Distribution Workshop is using the Busan International Film Festival’s market to re-launch ambitious “Sons of the Neon Night,” a film it first became attached to in...
View ArticleNetflix Korean Actioner ‘Uprising’ Sets Controversial Precedent as Busan Film...
Programmers at the Busan International Film Festival have given their opening gala to “Uprising,” an action thriller with an all-star Korean cast that hails not from a traditional Korean studio, but...
View ArticleChile’s Storyboard Media Boards Claudia Huaiquimilla and Joanna Lombardi’s...
Chile’s Storyboard Media, run by Gabriela Sandoval and Carlos Nuñez, has boarded crime drama “Wildness” (“Salvajes”) by two of Latin America’s leading women filmmakers, Claudia Huaiquimilla from Chile...
View ArticleInternational Oscars Race: Dominican Republic Chooses Sci-Fi Thriller ‘Aire’
The Dominican Republic has chosen Leticia Tonos’ sci-fi thriller “Aire,” as its submission to the best international feature film category in the 2025 Academy Awards. A notable addition to the building...
View ArticleEuropean Film Academy to Include Documentaries and Animated Features in...
The European Film Academy has announced that documentaries and animated features will now be considered for the European Film prize at its annual awards. The category had previously only included...
View ArticleNetflix Unveils World Cup Soccer Doc ‘It’s All Over: The Kiss that Changed...
Netflix Spain has unveiled its next feature documentary, “It’s All Over: The Kiss That Changed Spanish Football” (“#SeAcabó: Diario de las campeonas”), which will premiere on the platform worldwide on...
View ArticleKen Page, Voice of Oogie Boogie and Original Cast Member of Broadway’s...
Ken Page, a theater icon who brought Old Deuteronomy to life in the Broadway debut of “Cats” and delighted children everywhere by voicing Oogie Boogie from “The Nightmare Before Christmas,” has died....
View Article‘Dead Talents Society’ Heads Golden Horse Film Awards Nominations
Comedy-horror “Dead Talents Society” picked up 11 nominations for the Golden Horse Film Awards, making it the most acclaimed title among the 169 films in contention for the prestigious Chinese-language...
View ArticleJafar Panahi to Receive Cinema Honorary Award, ‘Stranger Eyes’ to Open 35th...
Iranian cinema icon Jafar Panahi will mark the lifting of his 14-year travel ban by attending the 35th Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF). The festival’s lineup spotlights rising Singaporean...
View ArticlePhilippines to Impose 12% Tax on Foreign Streamers – Global Bulletin
TAXING SITUATION The Philippines is to impose a 12% value-added tax on overseas digital service providers operating in the country, including Netflix, HBO and Disney. The measure was signed into law on...
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