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Paramount's Warner bid has a deadline nobody is discussing
The $31-a-share offer has been reported everywhere. The clock attached to it, which starts running on 30 September, has not.
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AI can make a whole film for $2,000. It still can't make you care
AI-generated features now premiere at Tribeca and Venice. Guillermo del Toro would rather die than use it. The real threat falls on junior crew, and the real opportunity on filmmakers with no money and something to say.
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Venice boss says only one woman made a film good enough to compete
Venice announced a 20-film competition with one female director. Alberto Barbera blamed the quality of submissions. Maggie Gyllenhaal, who chairs the jury, asked who gets to decide.
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How peer-to-peer camera and crew hire works for UK filmmakers
Record UK production spend has not reached the smallest shoots. Peer-to-peer platforms let owners rent out idle kit and, on Picturental, offer crew on demand. Here is how they work and what to check.
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Netflix paid $587m for AI filmmaking tools as Hollywood pushes back
Netflix paid $587m for an AI company, SAG-AFTRA wrote synthetic performers into its contract and the Oscars now demand human authorship. Here is where the rules stand.
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Ridley Scott's The Dog Stars opens to $8m on a $70m budget
Disney and 20th Century's adaptation of Peter Heller's novel finished fifth in North America. It is Ridley Scott's weakest start since The Last Duel in 2021.
Box Office
The Odyssey is $43m short of Universal's biggest film ever
Spider-Man won at home over Labor Day. The Odyssey won the world. Now it needs about $43 million more to pass Jurassic World as Universal's highest grosser.
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Coyote vs. Acme went from tax write-off to a $15.4m opening
The Looney Tunes film Warner buried for a tax break opened in second place and held third over Labor Day. The numbers are ordinary, which is exactly the embarrassing part.
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Wild Horse Nine puts John Malkovich in the best actor race
Searchlight opens Wild Horse Nine on 6 November. After Venice and a Telluride medallion, John Malkovich has an awards campaign whether or not anyone has announced one.
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The day in film and television: deals, casting, production starts and the moves that reshape a slate.
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AI can make a whole film for $2,000. It still can't make you care
AI-generated features now premiere at Tribeca and Venice. Guillermo del Toro would rather die than use it. The real threat falls on junior crew, and the real opportunity on filmmakers with no money and something to say.
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Venice boss says only one woman made a film good enough to compete
Venice announced a 20-film competition with one female director. Alberto Barbera blamed the quality of submissions. Maggie Gyllenhaal, who chairs the jury, asked who gets to decide.
News
How peer-to-peer camera and crew hire works for UK filmmakers
Record UK production spend has not reached the smallest shoots. Peer-to-peer platforms let owners rent out idle kit and, on Picturental, offer crew on demand. Here is how they work and what to check.
The Grapevine
What the industry is whispering about — feuds, rewrites, walkouts and the stories behind the official statement.
Box Office
Weekend numbers, breakevens and what a result actually means for the people who greenlit it.
Box Office
The Odyssey is $43m short of Universal's biggest film ever
Spider-Man won at home over Labor Day. The Odyssey won the world. Now it needs about $43 million more to pass Jurassic World as Universal's highest grosser.
Box Office
Summer box office hit $4.76bn, and supply is the whole story
Summer 2026 set a US record of $4.76 billion and the year is within reach of $10 billion. The clearest explanation is not a change in appetite, it is a change in release count.
Box Office
A $77m opening built on the audience studios stopped courting
The Devil Wears Prada 2 took $77m domestically and $233.6m worldwide on its opening weekend. The exit polling is the part worth reading.
Streaming
What is landing on the services, what is quietly disappearing, and how the platforms are changing their bets.
