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Freak Pulse
Category: Arts & Entertainment News
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Roundup: Creative Power Moves, Obama’s film company goes indie, and more.
Talent & Creative Signals this week: Higher Ground, the production company founded by Barack and Michelle Obama, will not renew its first-look deal with; and Gold prices have surged 50% over the past year, recently nearing $5,000 per ounce.
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Michael Waldron Renews 20th Television Deal as “Chad Powers” Season 2 Eyes Fall Premiere
Talent & Creative Signals this week: Michael Waldron has renewed his overall deal with 20th Television, extending his role as a key creative producer; and Big Machine Records/Nashville Harbor has appointed Allison Jones as Executive Vice…
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Roundup: AI, Free After Effects freemium loss leaders, and more.
AI, DAM, and Post-Production Workflows this week: Maxon and Canva have made their professional motion graphics and compositing applications, Autograph and Cavalry; and A 2026 infrastructure analysis segments the DAM/MAM landscape by…
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Roundup: Hollywood Deals, Tribeca TV Podcast Lineups Survivor 50 Showcase Adults, and more.
Hollywood Deals, Development, and Industry Moves this week: Tribeca Festival’s 2026 TV and podcast lineup reveals a strategic pivot towards established IP, legacy media; and This matters for Film and TV Development because it gives a…
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Roundup: NAB Show 2026 and New Production Tech, Playout Automation Channel-in-a-Box Market
NAB Show 2026 and New Production Tech this week: The playout automation and channel-in-a-box market is consolidating broadcast master control functions into; and MASV is leveraging NAB 2026 to announce a significant expansion of its…
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Dean Devlin Reveals His Role In New Stargate Streaming Series
Dean Devlin confirms his and Roland Emmerich’s executive producer credit on Amazon’s new Stargate series is a legal formality, not a creative homecoming. The arrangement stems from a U.S.
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Netflix, With Warner Bros. Off the Table, Tops Q1 Revenue Expectations With 16% Increase
Streaming & Cinema this week: Netflix’s Q1 2026 revenue of $12.25 billion exceeded expectations, driven by a $2; and The Super Mario Galaxy Movie leads the domestic box office for a third consecutive weekend with $35 million.
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Roundup: Sci-Fi Franchise Flux, Star Trek set auctioned off, and more.
Science Fiction this week: A Canadian auction house has begun selling off set pieces and props from the dismantled ‘Starfleet Academy’; and A TrekMovie podcast episode featuring actors Jonathan Frakes, Armin Shimerman, and Kitty Swink…
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Roundup: VFX artistry under the hood, the science of creature animation, and more.
Industry insights and VFX artist spotlights this week: Senior animation directors from DNEG and Framestore detail the practical constraints and creative compromises in; and A retrospective on three landmark VFX achievements—Terminator 2’s…
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Roundup: VFX & 3D Tools, Maxon ships C4D 2026.2 with iPad beta, and more.
New software and tools for 3D and VFX artists this week: Maxon has released Cinema 4D 2026.