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Former Village Roadshow Exec Bri Hennessey, Producer Amanda Massetti Launch Production Shingle
The new company, Pasta & Tacos Productions, worked on ‘Chili Finger’ starring Judy Greer and is in postproduction on a horror film starring Lucy Hale.
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“You’d Be Perfect for This!” Inside the Devious Casting Scam Sweeping Hollywood
Fraudsters are using AI to impersonate top Hollywood casting directors — targeting aspiring actors looking for their big break.
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Emotions Spill Over at Town Hall of Industry Workers Opposed to Paramount-WBD Merger: “It’s the Death of a Great American Industry”
Writers, actors, crew members and small business owners expressed their opposition to the $111 billion transaction in Beverly Hills on Saturday: “It may be the final domino that knocks everything down.”
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‘Life After,’ ‘Pray Away’ Production Company Multitude Films Becomes a Nonprofit (Exclusive)
Co-founder Anya Rous is taking over as the head of the 10-year-old company, which also produced ‘Power’ and ’Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power.’
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SAG-AFTRA Ratifies Four-Year Deal With Studios and Streamers
The performers’ union greenlit a contract that merges previously separate pension plans and institutes new safeguards for generative AI.
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Unions Decry “Assault” on CBS News’ Independence By Top Brass
The head of the Writers Guild East said management is displaying “a profound contempt for the journalism profession” after the firing of ‘60 Minutes’ correspondent Scott Pelley.
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BET Forms Board of Advisors as It Plots New Future Under David Ellison’s Regime
Queen Latifah, LL Cool J and George Cheeks are among the inaugural members of the group, which BET is calling its “strategic and cultural sounding board.”
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Director Jorge Gutierrez Drops Out of Generative AI Series for Amazon
"My sincerest apology to those I upset. I promise to do better moving forward,” the ‘Maya and the Three’ filmmaker wrote on social media.
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Gareth Edwards Is Excited About AI Filmmaking — Even Though It’s Like a “Second-Unit Director Who Is a Billionaire on Acid”
The ‘Jurassic World Rebirth’ and ‘Rogue One’ director said he has been experimenting with diffusion models and eventually wants to create a hybrid AI film.
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Paul Schrader Is Convinced AI Movie Stars Are Coming Soon
The ‘American Gigolo’ and ‘First Reformed’ director believes “us carbon-based fools” will “spend our money empathizing and caring about silicon-based creations.”
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Laura Poitras, Geeta Gandbhir Sound Alarm Over Paramount-WBD Merger’s Impact on Documentary: “Deeply Problematic on Absolutely Every Level”
The ‘Citizenfour’ and ‘The Perfect Neighbor’ filmmakers cited concerns about the future of independent filmmaking at HBO and CNN as well as access to archival materials.
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Amazon Launching AI Creators Fund, Picks Up Three Animated Prime Video Shows That Use Its New Tech
The projects include work from 'Maya and the Three’ director Jorge Gutierrez, former Nickelodeon exec Albie Hecht and Buzzfeed Studios.
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