Utopai Studios has announced that Basketball Hall of Famer and entrepreneur Carmelo Anthony, through his production company Creative 7, has become a strategic partner in the company and will work with Utopai Studios to expand its work with professional athletes, with a focus on developing original sports and entertainment intellectual property using PAI, Utopai Studios’ […]
Over 1,000 Hollywood names have released an open letter expressing “unequivocal opposition” to Paramount‘s acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery (WBD). Released by a collection of organisations including Norm Eisen’s Democracy Defenders Fund and Jane Fonda’s Committee for the First Amendment, the letter is signed by the likes of Hollywood actors Bryan Cranston, Glenn Close, Ben […]
The Hollywood Professional Association (HPA) has announced several updates to its board of directors. As part of HPA’s annual governance cycle, new leadership terms begin on January 1st and include the election of new officers, the appointment of new board members, and the election of a new board president. The board has elected Renard T. […]
Mercury Studios, the music-focused content studio, in partnership with Kiswe, a streaming technology and services company, is allowing fans all over the world to stream Live From the Hollywood Bowl, an event that captures Imagine Dragons’ orchestral debut at one of music’s most iconic venues. Originally screened in cinemas earlier this year by Trafalgar Releasing, […]
US late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel will return to TV screens after he was suspended for making MAGA jokes relating to the assassination of conservative influencer Charlie Kirk. Disney, which owns ABC – the US broadcast network that airs Jimmy Kimmel Live – said that it suspended the show because it “felt some of […]
As part of its continued commitment to the Los Angeles market, Advanced Systems Group (ASG), a technology and services provider for media creatives and content owners, opened a 5,000 square-foot-facility in Burbank. The new space features a Dolby Atmos demo theatre, a video production space with a hard cyc wall, a large video conferencing room, […]
Skydance Media and Paramount Global have completed their $8 billion merger, creating what they describe as a “premier standalone global media and entertainment company”, which will be known simply as ‘Paramount, a Skydance Corporation’. Paramount Class B shares will begin trading immediately on the Nasdaq Stock Market under the new ticker symbol ‘PSKY’. The close […]
Paramount+ has announced that Hollywood legend, Samuel L Jackson, has signed on to headline his first TV series following the greenlighting of Nola King, a spinoff of the hit series, Tulsa King. Jackson’s character will be introduced in the upcoming third season of Tulsa King, starring Sylvester Stallone, set to premiere in September. “Samuel L […]
A man from North Wales has been arrested on suspicion of leaking unreleased Hollywood films online. Officers from the Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU) at City of London Police arrested the man, aged 47, on suspicion of copyright offences. He is suspected to have obtained thousands of films, TV series and music without the […]
SoFast, a FAST TV tech partner and global distributor of FAST and pay-TV channels, has announced a partnership with Deepdub, a specialist in Hollywood-grade AI-powered dubbing and localization. Effective immediately, SoFast will offer all its clients the ability to launch multilingual FAST channels from English-language content, supported by Deepdub’s AI voice solutions for studio-quality localisation. […]