Prime Video is expanding its offering in Germany and Austria: Through a new multi-year partnership, the streaming service will secure exclusive streaming rights to Leonine Studios' cinema films in future. From current......
Several leading associations of the German cinema industry have formulated a renewed demand for more permanent investment funding for cinemas on the occasion of the ongoing debates on film funding policy. In a joint statement, the......
After several days of negotiations, the US actors' union SAG-AFTRA and the producers' alliance AMPTP have ended their first round of talks on a new basic contract without reaching an agreement. This was announced by both sides in a joint statement.......
Who decides when we watch films? New release windows and licensing strategies are changing the economics of streaming services - and therefore the rules of the game for producers and platforms. The strategy of streaming services is shifting......
MMC Studios will open a new live entertainment destination in Studio 52 of the Coloneum in May 2026. The partner is the Explorado Group, known for interactive exhibitions such as "Jurassic World: The Exhibition" and......
Filming is currently underway in Hamburg on two major projects for the long-running ARD series Großstadtrevier. Letterbox Filmproduktion is producing the third feature film in the series with the working title "Knockout" (AT). At the centre......
The European Parliament has spoken out in favour of stricter rules on the use of copyright-protected content by generative AI. By a large majority, MEPs adopted a report calling on the European Commission,......
Filming has begun on the international cinema co-production Gould Lover in Munich and the surrounding area. Director and writer Andy Sommer is realising the film based on a screenplay he wrote together with Gilles Taurand,......
Filming for Robert Thalheim's new cinema film "Don't be a Stranger" has begun in the Black Forest. Filming is currently taking place in Enzklösterle, among other places. Thalheim wrote the screenplay together with Nicole Armbruster.......
Netflix is investing in the future of film production - specifically with artificial intelligence. The streaming company has acquired the small US start-up InterPositive, which specialises in AI tools for film production.......