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Indonesia's capital is pitching itself as Southeast Asia's next major production hub, backed by a six-point government incentive package and fresh talks with Netflix.
The actor's account of his 'Object of My Affection' exit is a small but telling window into how star power shapes creative decisions — and who gets edited out to protect them.
The new venture aims to connect African storytelling infrastructure with U.S. distribution muscle — a bet on a market that Hollywood has historically underserved.
The success of locally shot genre content is giving veteran production executives the market signal they needed to open a new shop aimed at affordable, filmmaker-driven projects.
The gaming giant's Filmworks division is co-producing six original 3D CG shorts with studios including Sunrise, signaling a deliberate push to reposition Japanese animation's technical credibility on a global stage.
The acquisition gives Live Nation a foothold in one of Latin America's busiest live-entertainment markets — and a venue that moves 2.5 million fans a year.
A new estimate places 2,500 L.A. County jobs at potential risk from David Ellison's $111 billion deal — with 6,000 more on the line globally.
Two stories from the same week tell you everything about where music IP is headed: one artist is trying to lock down his voice as a trademark, while a dead one just generated $91.1 million at the box office.
When a studio drops a film about the most powerful man in AI weeks after its parent company writes him a $50 billion check, the creative-freedom debate becomes a corporate-governance story.
The Shubert Theatre specialty show couldn't find a sustainable audience. Its June 21 closing is a reminder that celebrity cachet doesn't automatically translate to ticket sales.
The Walt Disney Company EMEA is deploying a new animated short as both a philanthropic tool and a franchise warm-up ahead of Toy Story 5.
The Teochew-dialect family drama that broke through China's 2026 box office is getting a diaspora-focused theatrical push starting June 25.
Xbox's latest round of studio closures claims one of its most critically acclaimed acquisitions — and raises harder questions about what Microsoft's gaming strategy actually is.
The nearly finished Sam Altman biopic starring Andrew Garfield is being shopped elsewhere — a casualty of corporate partnership math, not creative failure.
Mukesh Ambani's JioStar-anchored media stack is no longer a side bet — it's a scaled business with live sports and film franchises doing the heavy lifting.
The Daily Show's field correspondent turns a Trump-hosted fight event into a case study in political spectacle, fan identity, and late-night's ongoing bet on viral field segments.
The studio's exit from the AI-themed project signals a strategic retreat — and raises real questions about where the film lands next.
Producer Marco Balich is engineering an unprecedented multi-stage spectacle for the 2026 World Cup. What he's really building is a global broadcast event designed to hold audiences across time zones, platforms, and a very long tournament.
Jessie gets her origin story, Disney gets its summer anchor, and the franchise business gets a reminder that IP with 30 years of emotional equity still prints money.
The UFC Freedom 250 broadcast handed a fighter a live mic on the White House lawn and got exactly what that setup was always going to produce.
Studio Pro launches on iOS with batch editing and AI-assisted style matching — and a price tag that puts VSCO in direct competition with Adobe's creative suite.
A INR1.2 crore grant initiative backed by Rohini Nilekani Philanthropies signals that environmental documentary in India is moving from passion project to structured pipeline.
Artist Included is betting that AI-assisted re-recordings can unlock new revenue from catalog music — without the legal headaches of the original masters.
New director general Matt Brittin is canceling shows and putting TV networks under review as the BBC tries to find $107M in savings over two years.
The nation's largest exhibitor is shoring up its balance sheet while pulling back from a live-entertainment diversification play — a telling sign of where the box office recovery actually stands.
The SpaceX IPO pushes Musk past the $1 trillion personal wealth threshold — and his expanding empire is increasingly hard for media, entertainment, and telecom to ignore.
Fox Sports and Telemundo both posted historic numbers in the tournament's opening weekend, with the USMNT's win over Paraguay drawing nearly 16 million English-language viewers and Mexico vs. South Africa setting a Spanish-language benchmark.
Katie Dippold's Apple TV+ horror series began life as a Pawnee-set episode she ultimately decided 'felt more like a spoof.' That pivot tells you a lot about how IP incubates in writers' rooms.
Alien conspiracy culture has gone mainstream, and the media business noticed. From prestige documentaries to congressional hearings, UFO content is no longer a fringe bet.
The studio communications veteran is going independent with a full-service firm, dual-coast offices, and a VP bench already in place.
Microsoft is preparing significant layoffs across its Xbox division, with CEO Asha Sharma's language about 'hard choices' signaling cuts that could include a studio closure.
A franchise song with a music video built from film footage just became the most-streamed country single in a day by a female artist on Spotify. The streaming math here is worth unpacking.
The streamer is moving quickly to extend a psychological drama franchise — with new characters, a masculinity-focused lens, and no writer attached yet.
At Taormina, three of the industry's most prominent women converged on the same uncomfortable conclusion: the greenlight is the only seat that matters.
Both companies are quietly upgrading Apple TV and Google TV Streamer into smarter smart-home hubs, and the timing tells you something about where the hardware bundle war is heading.
Dana White is turning a presidential suggestion into a Paramount+ subscriber play. The economics are unusual. The risk is real.
A soundtrack placement that doubles as a platform event: Swift's return to her roots is also a masterclass in how IP, fandom, and streaming economics collide.
The Arré Studio-produced revenge drama goes free-to-stream exclusively on MX Player — and it's a calculated bet on India's ad-supported tier.
The bit landed. But the business story underneath it is sharper than the punchline.
Six acts joined Australian music's most prestigious honour roll, drawing federal politicians and film stars to a ceremony that doubled as a statement about who the industry chooses to remember.
Aamir Khan, an Arundhati Roy adaptation, and a 'Goodness Gracious Me' reunion signal how LIFF is programming for diaspora identity — and the cultural economy that comes with it.
John Lithgow's quip, Lynn Ahrens' cut-off speech, and Alden Ehrenreich's vision for theater's future were among the moments the broadcast left on the cutting room floor.
Hollywood's IP recycling machine keeps spinning — but a handful of adaptations actually got better when they slowed down and spread out.
'Avatar: Fire and Ash' and 'Hoppers' land on Disney+ this month, turning theatrical momentum into streaming retention fuel.
The Latin music couple pivots from adult contemporary to children's entertainment, bringing in YouTube-native collaborators to build a new audience from scratch.
The action thriller from director Mukunda Michael Dewil wrapped production in Alabama, pairing an unlikely duo in a high-concept, single-location premise.
The actor-turned-author's 'Starlings' skips print and goes straight to Audible Original, with two of British film's most in-demand voices attached.
Kane Parsons' feature debut doesn't just beat A24's opening weekend record — it laps it. Here's what the numbers actually mean for the distributor's business model.
A24 shatters its own opening record while 'The Mandalorian & Grogu' craters 70% in its second weekend — a box office weekend that rewrites the franchise playbook.
TV advertising has more signal than it knows what to do with. The problem isn't the data — it's where the data sits when it's time to actually buy.
Zineuskadi's Talentuaren Gunea returned May 29 with a slate that signals a generation of Basque filmmakers building toward series, genre IP, and international co-production — not graduation-reel glory.
As TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube rewire feeds around entertainment logic, marketers are abandoning the interruption model and building content operations that look a lot like studios.
The actor's warning that 'there are no emergency brakes' isn't just a tease — it's a signal about where prestige satire is placing its bets in a crowded streaming landscape.
The A24/Chernin horror film delivers the highest opening weekend ever for an original debut-director film. The internet-born IP just became a theatrical business case study.
The theatrical debut of Disney's flagship Star Wars property carries cinematic DNA from John Woo and William Friedkin — and that's a deliberate business signal, not just a creative flex.
Two horror films dominated the weekend while 'The Mandalorian & Grogu' stumbled badly — and the business logic behind each result is worth understanding.
Kane Parsons becomes the youngest filmmaker to open a No. 1 movie globally as A24 posts its biggest debut ever — and Focus Features quietly has a monster weekend of its own.
Amazon MGM hosted 2,500 attendees for the conference's most ambitious edition yet. The enthusiasm was real. So was the unresolved tension over jobs, rights, and who actually benefits.
Three films at very different budget tiers are rewriting expectations for what theatrical can still do in 2026.
The A24 horror star explains why she avoided Kane Parsons's original web series. The decision reveals something real about how IP travels from internet subculture to studio release.
The upfronts are getting an algorithmic twist. Major TV sellers are building pitches around AI-driven ad buying — and the implications for pricing, targeting, and the annual negotiation ritual are significant.