formerly Mad Cornish Projectionist.
When an actor dies amid filming a television show, the showrunners must decide their character’s fate. Some are replaced, and sometimes productions end entirely. Others are killed off, like these 20 characters. Source: 20 celebrity deaths that were written into … Continued
Transaction approved by both companies’ boards; deal expected to be finalised by end of 2023. Source: Hasbro sells eOne film and TV business to Lionsgate for $500m | News | Screen
Both actors and writers fear that the major studios, including Amazon/MGM, Apple, Disney/ABC/Fox, NBCUniversal, Netflix, Paramount/CBS, Sony, Warner Bros. and HBO, will use generative AI to exploit them. Generative AI is a form of artificial intelligence that learns from text … Continued
New research lab at Studio Ulster is part of government’s ambition to maximise the growth of the creative industries by an extra £50 billion by 2030 and create one million extra jobs. Source: New state-of-the-art lab in Belfast to ‘revolutionise … Continued
The writers strike has officially begun. The Writers Guild of America (WGA) and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) failed to reach a deal on a new minimum bargaining agreement (MBA) by the deadline of May 1, … Continued
Brazil is back. Brazilian President’s Lula Inácio Lula da Silva’s new government, which took office on Jan. 1, looks set to invest just under $1 billion in 2023 into the country’s audiovisual sector. It’s one of the biggest upticks in … Continued