Luminate Intelligence has released its latest Animation & AI Report, offering a detailed look at the impact of generative AI on the animation industry within film, TV and streaming. The report explores how studios, FX houses and animation companies are experimenting with AI tools amid legal, ethical and creative debates – and how audiences feel […]
Netflix and Universal Filmed Entertainment Group (UFEG) have reached an agreement to renew the existing licensing deal for animated films including those from Illumination and DreamWorks Animation (DWA) and, in the future, will add US rights to live-action films from both Universal Pictures and Focus Features. As part of the new agreement, Netflix will continue […]
Netflix has shared its latest Engagement Report, which shows what people watched on Netflix from January to June 2024. Introducing the report, the streaming platform said: “Watchtime — or engagement — is our best indicator of member happiness. When people watch more, they stick around longer and recommend Netflix to others. In the first half of […]
Part 1 of the sixth and final season of Cobra Kai debuted atop Netflix’s English TV List in the week commencing July 15th with 14.8 million views. Part 2 of the celebrated series’ final season drops on November 15th, whilst Part 3 will arrive in 2025. Meanwhile all three seasons of Vikings: Valhalla stormed the […]
Redbox, a Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment company, has announced its customer loyalty members have named Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny as the most anticipated movie of 2023. Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One came in a close second, followed by Aquaman and The Lost Kingdom. The results come from a […]
Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment has announced that Redbox’s Transactional VoD service in the US had its largest revenue week in the company’s history. The Premium VoD and Premium Electronic Sell Through (PEST) debut of the animated hit The Super Mario Bros Movie surpassed the recent record PEST launch of Avatar: The Way of […]
With Q1 completed and Universal’s Super Mario Bros Movie providing a triumphant start to Q2, Gower Street analysts have reviewed their early Global box office estimate of $29 billion (€26.4bn) for 2023 announced in December 2022. The updated projection represents a +10 per cent improvement from the earlier estimate. The announcement comes as the global […]