formerly Mad Cornish Projectionist.
With the transaction now closed, Focal and Naim will operate together with Barco as a dedicated Consumer Experience business unit within Barco’s Entertainment division, alongside Barco’s Cinema and Immersive Experience business units. Source: https://www.hiddenwires.co.uk/news/article/barco-completes-acquisition-of-focal-and-naim-strengthening-its-entertainment-offering
While it’s an iconic line from her career-making film Legally Blonde, it’s also a mantra that Reese Witherspoon lives by. The actress-turned-media-company owner has long had the grit required to ideate, found, and ultimately sell a near-billion-dollar company that flipped … Continued
If there was a common message to be found in the flood of entertainment media company earnings reports over the last several days, one could argue it’s that Hollywood appears to finally be done chasing streaming growth at all costs. … Continued
AI movies designed for your phone are getting the Silicon Valley and Hollywood treatment. Source: https://africa.businessinsider.com/news/a-startup-making-ai-movies-scored-dollar12-million-from-khosla-ventures-jeffrey/w9c4lxz
A production that traditionally would have taken months to shoot and require multiple locations was filmed entirely in one week with a crew of just 100 people — who never left Los Angeles. Source: https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2026-05-13/why-house-of-david-director-thinks-ai-can-save-hollywood-jobs
“There are hierarchies, there are gatekeepers,” Zhang told Business Insider. Without funding or industry connections, making it in film felt “almost impossible.” Source: https://africa.businessinsider.com/news/this-couple-literally-married-ai-and-filmmaking-read-the-pitch-deck-they-used-to/hgrj5e5