At the APOS conference in Bali, executives outlined eight themes shaping Asia's entertainment industry in 2026, centering on scalable IP, sport, vertical content and government incentives. JioStar's J…
Variety and Google TV will host two exclusive events at Cannes Lions on June 23-24, featuring keynote conversations with Carmelo Anthony and will.i.am, and a panel with CMOs from Crocs, Instacart, and…
Veteran entertainment lawyer Ken Ziffren, a partner at Ziffren Brittenham, reflected on more than 50 years in entertainment law as UCLA's Entertainment Symposium marked its 50th anniversary. Ziffren, …
At the APOS 2026 conference, actor Andy Serkis expressed excitement about AI's creative potential while warning of risks like misinformation and accountability gaps, and Google's Jon Zepp called AI a …
Adobe announced on June 16 that it is collaborating with Walt Disney Imagineering to deploy Firefly Foundry models for Disney Parks design and pre-production visualization, using custom models trained…
At the Shanghai International Film Festival's SIFFORUM panel, industry speakers identified compute costs, content distribution, and AI controllability as key hurdles for AI-driven filmmaking. Yan Yiju…
The visual-effects team behind Peacock's Ted used AI-based face replacement to transform Seth MacFarlane into Bill Clinton for a Season 2 episode, after prosthetics and traditional CGI failed to achie…
The Directors Guild of America reached a tentative four-year agreement with major studios and streamers on June 9, 2026, after about a month of talks with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television…
Lionsgate has taken an equity stake in generative-video company Runway, expanding their 2024 partnership to include a joint development program for new intellectual property and a slate of AI-generate…
The Comeback" creators Lisa Kudrow and Michael Patrick King have ended the HBO comedy after its third season, calling the series a "perfect piece" and a "trilogy" that comes full circle. The show, whi…
Sony’s Innovation Fund has invested a seven-figure sum in Midnight Labs, an AI company that removes pirated content and deepfakes for entertainment companies and creators. The Dublin, Tokyo and San Fr…
Google launched "Search profiles," a new feature allowing creators and publishers to showcase their content directly on the search engine, as the company's AI summaries have caused a 61% drop in organ…
Kane Parsons, director of the film "Backrooms," told Variety he opposes using generative AI in filmmaking, saying he would eliminate it if possible and finds it creatively unrewarding. The 20-year-old…
Backrooms" director Kane Parsons, 20, stated in an interview with The Australian that he would eliminate generative AI if possible, calling the technology "a symptom of a broader cultural and economic…
Filmmaker Boots Riley accused Martin Scorsese of accepting a large payment to join AI company Black Forest Labs as an advisor, suggesting the 83-year-old director "doesn't give a fuck" about the techn…
Martin Scorsese, the 83-year-old Oscar-winning director, joined German AI firm Black Forest Labs as an adviser, becoming the highest-profile filmmaker to embrace generative AI for storyboarding and fi…
Jennifer Aniston and Lisa Kudrow reunited for Variety's Actors on Actors series, where they discussed their roles in The Comeback and The Morning Show, along with their funniest moments. The pair also…
Martin Scorsese has joined Black Forest Labs as an adviser and partner, using the company's FLUX generative AI model to storyboard a scene in a video released by the startup. The Oscar-winning directo…
Adam Shankman denied claims that his upcoming film "Stop! That! Train!" used generative AI, stating in an Instagram post that "every shot" was made by human hands and that "not one job was taken out o…
Stop That Train" director Adam Shankman denied claims that the RuPaul-starring comedy used generative AI, stating in an Instagram post that "every shot" was created by human artists and that zero shot…