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China's first AI film hits cinemas, but ticket sales lag
China's first fully AI-generated feature film opens in cinemas on Friday in what promises to be a tough box-office test for the country's booming tech industry as advance ticket sales lag. SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT More than 10,000 screenings…
The Indian workers filming their work to train AI
Mohammed Ashim has been cutting hair and trimming beards for four years in Bengaluru. But recently the 22-year old has been strapping a camera to his head to record his work. The camera only records his hands and fingers - his client's faces are…
The Indian workers filming their work to train AI
Priti Gupta Technology Reporter, Mumbai Mohammed Ashim has been cutting hair and trimming beards for four years in Bengaluru. But recently the 22-year old has been strapping a camera to his head to record his work. The camera only records his hands…
Windsor Bray Film Studios given permission for major expansion
A historic film production facility has been given the green light to expand. On Thursday, Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead gave Amazon, the owner of Bray Studios, a unanimous permission to build six more sound stages at the premises in…
Windsor Bray Film Studios given permission for major expansion
Galya Dimitrova South of England A historic film production facility has been given the green light to expand. On Thursday, Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead gave Amazon, the owner of Bray Studios, a unanimous permission to build six more…
The Pianist: Not entirely convincing musical of Oscar-winning film
The extraordinary story of how Polish Jewish musician Wladyslaw Szpilman survived the Holocaust in the Warsaw ghetto has been told in his own best-selling memoir and Roman Polanski's 2002 film, for which Adrien Brody won an Oscar. Even though music…
Baby cinema clubs in York to show 18 certificate films
Parent and baby cinema clubs in York will be allowed to show films with a 15 and 18 age certificate following a decision by the council. Mothers told a City of York Council meeting the screenings were one of the few activities catering to them as…
Tom Rhys Harries on bringing DC's first horror film Clayface to life
Tom Rhys Harries has said he is “really proud” of Clayface as DC Studios ventures into horror with its latest big-screen adaptation. The Welsh actor plays Matt Hagen, a Hollywood actor whose pursuit of stardom takes a gruesome turn in…
Baby cinema clubs in York to show 18 certificate films
Joe Gerrard Local Democracy Reporting Service Parent and baby cinema clubs in York will be allowed to show films with a 15 and 18 age certificate following a decision by the council. Mothers told a City of York Council meeting the screenings were…
Prince William, wannabe DJ and film-lover, appears on UK chat show
Prince William talked about his love of Christopher Nolan films and how he once wanted to be a DJ as he appeared on a British television chat show on Friday to promote his annual award for climate change innovation. SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT…
Four finalists' to be James Bond unveiled and film fans all want same actor
A new era for James Bond is taking shape at Amazon MGM Studios, where preparations for the franchise's 26th film are well underway. Known for now as Bond 26, the project will reboot the series after Daniel Craig bowed out as 007 in No Time to Die.
Did Karen Bass Expand Film Incentives? Nithya Raman Campaign Flags 'Whopper' Claim
Nithya Raman ‘s campaign is calling out L.A. Mayor Karen Bass for taking credit for expanding the state film and TV incentive in a recent TV ad. In the ad, Bass looks to the camera and says: “With the film industry struggling, I cut…
Filming Among the Rubble of Nazi Germany
In Pawel Pawlikowski's spare, deeply-felt new film Fatherland, the great novelist Thomas Mann (Hanns Zischler) returns to Germany from his Californian exile, and travels with his daughter Erika (Sandra Hüller) through their ruined, occupied…
Kigali hosts second Japanese Film Festival
The Embassy of Japan in Rwanda, in collaboration with the Centre Culturel Francophone du Rwanda, opened the second Japanese Film Festival in Kigali on October 21, bringing a selection of Japanese films to local audiences. The festival runs from…
Taika Waititi's Star Wars film is the latest to hit the buffers. At some point Lucasfilm is going to have to actually make a movie
Movie-making these days is a very expensive endeavour. In 1977, George Lucas's Star Wars cost $11m to make, which would be approximately $60m in today's money, and has since amassed $775m at the global box office, including rereleases. Fast forward…
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