Category Archives: News
Disney and YouTube Settle Lawsuit Over Poaching of Exec Justin Connolly
Disney has settled its differences with YouTube over the departure of Justin Connolly, a high-level exec who now oversees YouTube’s media and sports operations. Connolly left Disney in May after...
Oct 29, 2025
‘Hello Kitty’ Movie Sets July 2028 Release Date From Warner Bros.
After several years in development, Warner Bros. Animation and New Line Cinema are finally moving ahead with the “Hello Kitty” feature film, dating it for July 21, 2028. “Hello Holly...
Oct 29, 2025
Australian Horror ‘Nightfall: A Paranormal Investigation’ Acquired by Black Mandala (EXCLUSIVE)
New Zealand-based sales outfit Black Mandala has acquired “Nightfall: A Paranormal Investigation,” an Australian horror film directed by Myles McEwen and Ripley Stevens, with the productio...
Oct 29, 2025
YouTube, as Part of AI-Focused Reorganization, Is Offering Employees Voluntarily Exit Packages With Severance
AI is “the next frontier” for YouTube, according to CEO Neal Mohan — and it might result in the video platform’s shrinking its employee headcount. Mohan, in a memo Wednesday to...
Oct 29, 2025
‘Crouching Tiger’ Oscar Winner Tim Yip Champions Human Touch in Artificial Intelligence Filmmaking at Kling AI Tokyo Awards
In a Tokyo screening room filled with filmmakers and creators from around the world, Oscar-winning art director Tim Yip delivered a clarion call for preserving human emotion in an age of artificial in...
Oct 29, 2025
Dodgers Organist Dieter Ruehle on His Witty, Spontaneous Song Picks, and Keeping Up With the Series’ Epic Game 3: ‘The Game Isn’t Scripted — What’s Better Than Live Accompaniment?’
As social media undertook its own task of informally picking an MVP during the World Series’ epic Game 3 this week, a surprise candidate emerged… and we’re not even talking about the...
Oct 29, 2025
Barco, the Cinema Projection Company, Expands HDR Format in Germany (EXCLUSIVE)
Barco, the cinema projection company, is expanding its premium HDR by Barco format in Germany. Starting in November, the company will install the Barco HDR format at select Cineplex Germany locations ...
Oct 29, 2025
Italian-Filipino Coming-of-Age Comedy ‘I Have to F- – – Before the World Ends’ Lands at Tokyo Gap-Financing Market
Andrea Benjamin Manenti’s debut feature “I Have to Fuck Before the World Ends,” a cross-cultural coming-of-age comedy set between Italy and the Philippines, is seeking financing and ...
Oct 29, 2025
jasmine.4.t’s teams up with Jacob Alon for ‘Find Ur Ppl’ from charity compilation for ‘The Ally Coalition’
jasmine.4.t’s has teamed up with Jacob Alon for ‘Find Ur Ppl’ from charity compilation for ‘The Ally Coalition’ – listen below. READ MORE: Jasmine.4.t on collaborat...
Oct 29, 2025
‘Morte Cucina’ Team Says Asian Co-Productions Face Cash Flow Crisis – Tokyo Market
Film co-production in Asia is still a complex game with substantial challenges, especially in cash flow financing, according to the creative team behind Tokyo International Film Festival competition t...
Oct 29, 2025