Amazon MGM Studios dropped Luca Guadagnino's nearly finished Sam Altman biopic 'Artificial' after striking a $50 billion partnership with OpenAI. The film, starring Andrew Garfield as the OpenAI CEO, …
Pearl River Film and Media launched a studio with Chinese author Guo Ni to adapt eight of her youth and sci-fi franchises, with Baidu AI Cloud as a technology partner. The first project, animated feat…
At the APOS 2026 conference in Bali, executives emphasized that intellectual property ownership, AI infrastructure, and sports fandom are driving Asia's entertainment industry into a new era of sustai…
Ai Jiang's Hugo Award-nominated novelette 'I AM AI' has been optioned for a feature film adaptation, with Matthias Schweighöfer and Sascha Rosemann attached as producers. The story follows a cyborg na…
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…
Panjaya.ai and Shortical partnered to localize mobile-first microdramas into six languages using AI dubbing, targeting over a billion viewers. The deal, announced at APOS in Bali, aims to preserve emo…
YouTube's Lyor Cohen and Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason Jr. argue that the NO FAKES Act of 2026 is essential to protect artists' voices and likenesses from unauthorized AI replication, as the Sena…
JioHotstar executives outlined plans to use AI, connected TV, and commerce to drive India's next streaming phase during the APOS conference. The platform is leveraging conversational AI for content di…
Ash Koosha's 'Dreams of Violets,' the first AI-generated film programmed at a major festival, premiered at Tribeca. The Iranian protest drama is dramatically numbing but serves as a startling portent …
Tom Holland said AI poses no threat to artists because creativity stems from human emotion and experience, which AI cannot replicate. The actor expressed confidence in artistic job security during an …
Veteran entertainment lawyer Ken Ziffren, reflecting on 50 years of UCLA Law's Entertainment Symposium, advocates for reviving financial interest and syndication rules to require streamers to carry in…
Sinclair has invested in IRCODE, a computer vision startup that enables interactive and shoppable TV, and will roll out the technology in Salt Lake City and Austin starting July 2026. The system lets …
A new Pew Research Center study finds that 67% of Americans have little to no confidence in the U.S. government's ability to regulate AI, while 59% doubt U.S. companies can develop it responsibly. Rou…
Annecy's MIFA market is expanding its Cross IP Area and focusing on AI integration amid a global animation financing crisis, with growing delegations from Asia and new partnerships with Japan. Organiz…
Studiocanal has set a true crime art heist docu-series titled 'The Paris-Tokyo Job (Or How To Rob A Yakuza),' which will debut at the Sunny Side of the Doc festival before airing on Canal+. The four-p…
Actor Andy Serkis, Google executive Jon Zepp, and filmmaker Josh Nelson Youssef discussed AI's impact on storytelling at the APOS conference, emphasizing both creative opportunities and responsibiliti…
France TV Distribution has acquired international rights to 'Apocalypse Civilizations: Rome,' a new installment of the historical documentary franchise that uses AI to recreate the Battle of Actium. T…
The Asia-Pacific screen economy is projected to reach $179 billion in 2026 and $200 billion by 2031, driven by structural shifts in monetization, convergence of video and commerce, and AI, according t…
More than 16,000 people signed a SAG-AFTRA open letter demanding Congress pass the NO FAKES Act, which would ban unauthorized AI-generated images and videos. The bipartisan bill aims to protect indivi…
Universal Content Productions and Universal International Studios are merging into Universal Global Television under president Beatrice Springborn, aiming to streamline operations and align slates. Th…