George Miller says AI can imitate human experience without living it. The harder question is whether the film industry will still consider lived experience worth paying for.
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Paramount is developing a Cyberpunk 2077 film with CD Projekt Red. The real challenge may be choosing a story without letting the franchise overwhelm it.
Ben Affleck and Matt Damon are opening Artists Equity Independent Pictures, a new label backed by a dedicated fund for emerging filmmakers. The return to independent cinema sounds nostalgic. Its economics are not.
The Paramount-Warner merger promises more movies. The failure of one expensive bet leaves a less comfortable question behind: who will still have permission to try something different?
At Zurich, MUBI promised to keep the films it produces away from AI while producers debated lower costs, new capital and shrinking financing options. The human may be on its way to becoming cinema's luxury standard.
Nicolas Cage says the Marvel Cinematic Universe is becoming a glorified, heavily financed version of professional wrestling. At the same time, he is preparing another thriller and remains attached to superhero IP. The contradiction is less embarrassing than it looks.
Greta Garbo has been reconstructed with AI for an advertising campaign. Digital likeness vaults suggest a future where stardom can work in many places at once.
The Paramount-Warner merger would bring the CNN and CBS archives under a single owner. For documentary filmmakers, the issue is not only preserving them, but being able to use them.
Lilly Wachowski says Hollywood likes the screenplay for The Hunted but does not want to finance a $10 million thriller with an entirely trans cast.
YouTube and Variety are bringing Mark Vins and Ziwe to the Toronto International Film Festival’s new professional market, where the creator economy is beginning to speak the language of the industry openly.
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