Susan Grode, a fine art and entertainment lawyer who spent decades championing the rights of artists and creators, died Feb. 8 in Los Angeles of natural causes. She was known for her independent thinking and for challenging industry norms in pursuit of fair outcomes for the artists she represented. Over a career that spanned several…
Germany’s Zeitsprung Pictures and MMC Studios are partnering with an award-winning up-and-coming producer-director duo to launch Peak Point Pictures in Cologne with the aim to develop and produce high-end international and domestic series and feature films, while also fostering German and European debut filmmakers. Peak Point Pictures was set up by Zeitsprung Pictures managing director…
“Highguard” maker Wildlight Entertainment has laid off multiple members of its staff less than a month after the release of its debut video game. “Today we made an incredibly difficult decision to part ways with a number of our team members while keeping a core group of developers to continue innovating on and supporting the…
Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively failed to settle her sexual harassment lawsuit on Wednesday, after a daylong mediation in federal court. The co-stars of “It Ends With Us” entered the New York courthouse on Friday morning and spent much of the day in separate courtrooms on the 14th floor. At the end of the day,…
“The Wheel of Time” IP owner iwot Studios and VFX company Framestore have struck a deal to launch an AI-enabled platform that will offer brands asset management tools to ease collaboration on projects across multiple platforms. The first IP to utilize the platform will be Robert Jordan’s “The Wheel of Time,” which iwot is currently…
A massive, modern new studio is headed to New Jersey. Alan Mruvka, a real estate developer and the co-creator of E! Entertainment Television, announced today the launch of Filmology Labs: Content Creation Studios. The $250 million studio complex will be located in Paterson, New Jersey, and will focus on next-gen content creation like vertical micro-dramas,…
The company cited attorney-client privilege in rejecting a bid for information related to its deletion of two datasets used to train old versions of its AI system. Image: Markus Winkler / Pexels Source: Hollywood Reporter
Motion Picture Exchange (MPX) is launching worldwide sales at Berlin’s upcoming European Film Market on slasher film “Big Baby,” which is directed by Spider One and executive produced by Cher. Spider One — who besides being a director is the founder and frontman of the rock band Powerman 5000 and is also Rob Zombie’s younger brother…
Local producers have cautiously welcomed the new government guidelines, which will require streamers and channels to invest at least 8 percent of their net local turnover in locally-made content. Image: maks_d / Unsplash Source: Hollywood Reporter
“Those that are opposed don’t fully understand how good the concept of this Deal is for them, but they will in the future,” the president wrote on Truth Social Saturday. Image: Charles Criscuolo / Pexels Source: Hollywood Reporter
