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Yoko Higuchi-Zitzmann and AI filmmaker Mark Wachholz have founded DREAMKITE Studios. The new production company, based in Munich and Berlin, aims to develop feature films, high-end series and IP-based short-form formats, utilising generative......
AMC Entertainment is making a permanent move into the film distribution business. To this end, the world’s largest cinema chain and US market leader is launching a new label, Leawood Films. The focus will be on small- and medium-budget films......
The legal dispute over the planned takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery by Paramount Skydance continues to escalate. Whilst California and Paramount are in talks over a possible out-of-court settlement, Iowa......
The planned merger between Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery continues to face considerable legal and political pressure. At the same time, there is a growing chorus of voices from the film and cinema industries calling for a......
The US pay-TV and streaming provider Starz is terminating parts of its output deal with Universal ahead of schedule. The company is paying US$147.2 million to withdraw from certain future film commitments. The move highlights just how much......
The dispute over Paramount Skydance’s planned takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery continues to escalate. Whilst the twelve US states bringing the case, led by California’s Attorney General Rob Bonta, continue to oppose the......
Paramount’s planned takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery has made significant progress in recent days – yet the outcome of the proceedings in the US remains crucial for the......
Even following Banijay’s withdrawal, the US studio Lionsgate remains an attractive takeover target for European media companies. Whilst Banijay CEO François Riahi stated at the end of July that the group would initially focus on......
The planned takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery by Paramount Skydance is receiving increasingly high-profile support from the US entertainment industry amid the ongoing antitrust proceedings. Within the space of a few days, Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison, AMC CEO Adam......
LEONINE Studios is reorganising its operations in the field of branded and creator entertainment. With the establishment of the LEONINE C_ unit, the company is bringing together its expertise in development and production......