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Hollywood is bending the knee to OpenAI
Studios' reluctance to acquire Luca Guadagnino's Artificial is a troubling sign for the entertainment industry. Studios' reluctance to acquire Luca Guadagnino's Artificial is a troubling sign for the entertainment industry. Image:…
How Top Creator Dhar Mann Built The Hollywood Studio Of The Future
For a glimpse of where showbiz is headed, walk a few hundred yards off the Burbank Airport runway into a 125,000-square-foot complex of warehouses where Southwest jets roar over the roof and Amtrak trains rattle the walls. Inside is a maze of jail…
Hollywood's 'Artificial' Dilemma: When Tech and Luca Guadagnino Collided
Where can Luca Guadagnino 's OpenAI movie Artificial go now? That's the question that has been whirling around Hollywood since the news broke that Amazon MGM Studios was dropping the feature just months after Amazon entered into a $50 billion…
A24 Wouldn't Tell Hollywood How It Works. Then It Told Google.
How does A24 do it? The entertainment industry has spent a decade trying to reverse-engineer A24 — low key, because unbridled envy is a bad look. But persistently, in the rooms where it's safe to ask how a studio built on taste and restraint…
Below-the-Line Hollywood Talent Agencies Plan Merger
With major Hollywood talent agencies often on the hunt to gobble up boutique shingles or bolt-on acquisitions, some smaller firms are faced with the question of whether to merge — out of necessity or out of choice — to avoid that…
Cannes Lions Feels More Hollywood Than the Film Festival This Year
Cannes Lions and the Cannes Film Festival take place in the same French town one month apart each year. So attendees of both get to enjoy the gorgeous seaside views from the Croisette, they get to complain about the overpriced food and drink…
LGBTQ+ Representation on TV Is Cratering. Does Hollywood Care? | Analysis
This television season brought the end of two of the most significant scripted shows of the streaming era, and with them, some beloved queer characters left the screen for good — the latest casualties in what is shaping up to be a troubling…
Paid $6700 for a $300 million movie? Indie hit ignites bitter Hollywood debate
The indie horror film Obsession is an unmistakable sign of Generation Z's box-office power, an original movie that has made $US300 million ($430 million) in the US on a $750,000 budget. In Australia, it has grossed more than $19 million – an…
Google Invests $75 Million into Hollywood Studio A24 to Develop AI Filmmaking Tools
Google has invested $75 million into the movie studio A24 to develop AI filmmaking tools and new AI-powered technologies. The Wall Street Journal reported that the investment from Google will be tied to A24's partnership with Thrive Capital, which…
To save Hollywood, create simple tax credits - and let stars qualify
The production exodus we're experiencing from California is not a mystery. It is a rational, predictable response to a policy environment that has consistently underdelivered. That's what I can tell you, as someone who manages studio assets across…
Inside Hollywood's Plan to Sell Congress and Trump on a Federal Film Tax Credit
As Hollywood and the American film industry at large fights to claw back productions from global competitors like Canada, the United Kingdom and Australia, there is one piece of policy that has been lobbyists' great white whale: a federal…
Scoop: Death renews calls for Hollywood to keep boats farther from shore
A group of Hollywood divers and snorkelers want the city to reconsider allowing boats closer to shore after a 31-year-old woman was recently struck in the water. Why it matters: Kellie Williams' death has reignited concerns about Hollywood's recent…
15 of the Longest Running Couples in Hollywood
Hollywood relationships are often seen as short lived, shaped by constant travel, public pressure, and lives that don't slow down. That is exactly why the couples who last for decades feel so fascinating. In an industry built on reinvention, these…
Unnamed Hollywood investor linked with €250m sports and entertainment arena in Dublin
AN UNNAMED HOLLYWOOD investor is being lined up to back plans for a €250 million sports and entertainment arena in Dublin. Developers behind the proposed Prime Arena in Cherrywood say discussions are continuing with a celebrity backer as…
Google DeepMind's $75M A24 Investment Signals Growing Push To Integrate AI Into Hollywood Workflows | Metaverse Post
Google DeepMind partners with A24 in a $75M-backed initiative to develop AI tools for filmmaking and explore the future of creative production. Google DeepMind announced a research-focused partnership with independent entertainment company A24…
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