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Category: Arts & Entertainment News
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How Film Distribution Rights Work for Indie Filmmakers
Audience Behavior & Distribution Shifts this week: This piece breaks down the mechanics of film distribution rights, emphasizing that rights are divisible by window; and The Video Advertising Bureau’s June 2026 report documents four…
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World’s First AI Art Museum Opens in, World s First AI Museum Is This Real, and more.
World’s First AI Art Museum Opens in LA this week: Dataland, the world’s first AI museum, opens in Los Angeles with a $129 ticket and a biometric data pipeline that; and Dataland, the world’s first AI-dedicated museum, opens in Los…
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TransPerfect Merges MPC Into The Mill Amid AI Push
Media Production this week: TransPerfect, the language services and AI giant that acquired pieces of Technicolor after its 2025 collapse, is; and Viu’s first original microdrama from Singapore, *Seven Days Reborn*, was shot entirely on a…
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Unreal Engine 6 and 5.8: New, Unreal Engine 6 rumours are terrifying developers it, and more.
Unreal Engine 6 and 5.8: New Features, Release Dates, and Industry Impact this week: Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 6 roadmap signals a strategic shift toward the Verse programming language and deeper AI; and Epic Games’ roadmap for Unreal…
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Star Trek Expands: New Series, Nathan Fillion s Beloved, and more.
Star Trek Expands: New Series, Comics, and Streaming Moves this week: Dynamite Entertainment has secured the rights to produce a new Firefly comic series, written by Mark Russell and; and IDW Publishing is relaunching its Star Trek comic…
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Legislative Roundup: 59 TV and film productions injecting $1.11B into economy; 11,700 jobs
Film and TV Development this week: Pennsylvania’s Film Office awarded a record $117 million in tax credits to 59 productions, projected to inject $1; and This matters for Film and TV Development because it gives a concrete current signal…
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Theatrical Windows Are Stretching Again — and Hollywood’s C …
Streaming & Cinema this week: Omdia’s 2025 data shows the average first TVOD window for wide releases rose to 39 days, up from 36 in 2024, while; and Steven Spielberg’s original film ‘Disclosure Day’ opened to $44 million domestically and…
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Stargate’s Cast and Crew React To Amazon’s Cancellation Shocker
Science Fiction this week: Amazon MGM Studios has canceled its planned Stargate revival series for Prime Video, despite the show having; and Stargate fans have launched the #SaveStargate campaign to reverse Amazon MGM Studios’…
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Wednesday: Mr. X VFX supervisor Mark O. Hammond
Visual Effects and CGI this week: Mr. X VFX supervisor Mark O. Hammond details the studio’s work on Season 2 of Netflix’s *Wednesday*, focusing on; and MTI Film has acquired Mango NewEdit, a Burbank-based dailies and Avid editorial…
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Interactive Light, Sound &, Still Sound Clyfford Still Museum has launched ‘Still, and more.
Interactive Light, Sound & Environmental Installations this week: The Clyfford Still Museum has launched ‘Still in Sound,’ a multi-year exhibition where five sound artists created; and Fabien Léaustic’s ‘Hello World’ light installation…