“If It’s AI-Detectable, You’ve Failed”: Meet the Filmmakers Putting Human Craft at the Heart of Artificial Intelligence

As Hollywood wrestles with how to use AI, Obsidian Studio’s Wes Walker and Louis Gheysens are making the case that the technology is only as good as the human hand guiding it.   Source: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/obsidian-studio-ai-filmmaking-1236577409/

Hollywood Petition to Block Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Tops 4,000 Names as Robert De Niro, Sofia Coppola, Holly Hunter and More Join the Fight

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The $111 billion deal that would see Paramount Skydance swallow up Warner Bros. Discovery took another step closer to reality Thursday after WBD shareholders overwhelmingly voted in favor of the merger. But the pact isn’t over the finish line — … Continued

Criterion Venerates Three Essential Works of ’90s Black Cinema with “John Singleton’s Hood Trilogy”

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This is what The Criterion Collection does best: They take a venerated (or sometimes less-known) director, assemble their work in a gorgeously conceived box set, and use archival material, interviews, documentaries, and essays to put that person’s celebrated work in … Continued

Holograms teach public to moonwalk like Michael Jackson

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Fifty-eight Proto Hologram units have been placed in shopping malls and theatres across the US to promote a new film, offering a dance lesson from Jackson’s former choreographer.   Source: https://www.avinteractive.com/territories-news/us-canada/holograms-teach-public-to-moonwalk-like-michael-jackson-22-04-2026/