Motion Picture Industry

Some states are abandoning incentives for production.

Multibillion-dollar tax breaks for movie production are getting bad reviews, and some states are walking out More and more states and cities are souring on the breaks they gave Hollywood production companies in hopes of becoming movie meccas.

Movie Directors Over 40 Battle Hollywood Ageism, Study Finds Yeshiva University professors conclude film directors face age bias from their first projects, especially among women that make it to the director's chair.

Studio Executives Roundtable: Netflix, Warner Bros., Universal, Paramount, Disney, Amazon | Close Up Scott Stuber (Netflix), Toby Emmerich (Warner Bros), Donna Langley (Universal), Jim Gianopulos (Paramount), Alan Horn (Disney), Tom Rothman (Sony), and Jenni...

The Mandalorian's MicroLED displays could kill off the green screen for good – here's why Say goodbye to the green screen

The BBC is releasing over 16,000 sound effects for free download The BBC have released their incredible, expansive library of bizarre and obscure sound effects, all available for free download.

‘Riverdale,’ ‘Batwoman,’ ‘Big Sky,’ ‘Nancy Drew’ and ‘Charmed’ Shut Down Over Testing Delays in British Columbia Production has shut down on The CW’s Vancouver-based shows “Riverdale,” “Batwoman,” “Nancy Drew” and “Charmed” due to delays in processing COVI…

Why The Film & TV Industry Needs Producers “The idea of a star being born is bushwa. A star is created, carefully and cold-bloodily, built from nothing, from nobody. Age, beauty, talent, least of all talent, has nothing to do with it. We could make silk purses out of sows’ ears every day of the week.” So says Louis B. Mayer, one of …

Indie Producers, Completion Bond Firms Create Task Force To Push For COVID-19 Liability Protection, Federal Aid A group of production companies, distributors, sales agents and completion bond guarantors have created a new tasks force to push for government funding and support to independent production threat…

U.K. Allows Film, TV Productions to Be Exempt From Quarantine Rules The U.K. government announced that Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden has already spoken with Tom Cruise about how the exemption will allow production to resume on 'Mission: Impossible 7.'

Back to Work Task Force White Paper 6-1-20[2].pdf