Niko Pueringer (Corridor Crew) released CorridorKey , an open-source neural network tool that solves the fundamental problem of green screen keying: unmixin
Netflix Acquires Ben Affleck's InterPositive, Bringing AI Post-Production Tools In-House March 06, 2026 Netflix has acquired InterPositive , Ben Affleck's stealth AI tools startup founded in 2022. The entire 16-person team of engineers, researchers, and creatives will joi
Avatar: Fire and Ash led the 24th Annual VES Awards with 7 wins, including Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature and Outstanding Character in a Photoreal Feature. The
Global AI film investment accelerated, with India and Utah each announcing major studio bets. The announcements signal a shift: AI is attracting capital to regions and contexts where traditional indie production couldn
Dragonframe to Debevec: Academy's Tech Honorees February 24, 2026 The Academy is honoring 15 scientific and technical achievements at its April 28 ceremony, recognizing 27 individual recipients across rendering, animation, sound, pyrotechnics, and stop-motion tooling. The ran
Stars accept AI's inevitability February 19, 2026 Multiple A-list names across music and film are publicly accepting AI's inevitability -- a notable shift from the moral opposition that dominated the 2023 strikes era. Where the conversation two years ago centered on exist
An AI-animated short film won a festival prize that included a national theatrical run, but it never made it to the screen. Screenvision Media, a third-party company that buys pre-show ad time at chains including some AMC locatio
Foundry, the company behind Nuke, is moving from AI features inside individual tools to AI orchestration across entire production pipelines. The acquisition signals a fundament
Oscar Winner Roger Avary Says 'AI' Label Unlocked Film Financing That Was 'Almost Impossible' Before February 16, 2026 Oscar-winning Pulp Fiction co-writer Roger Avary announced three AI-driven films in active production through a partnership between his banner Ge
ByteDance says it will strengthen content filters for Seedance 2.0 after receiving cease-and-desist letters from Disney, Paramount Skydance, and other entertainment companies
Peter Steinberger, the Austrian developer behind the AI assistant OpenClaw , has joined OpenAI to lead the company's next-generation personal agent strategy. OpenClaw wi
Runway raised $315 million in Series E funding at a $5.3 billion valuation, nearly doubling its previous valuation. According to TechCrunch , the round was led by General Atlantic and will fund development of what Runway calls its ne
Production finance platform Saturation has introduced a charge card designed specifically for film and video teams, offering up to 3% cash back on production expenses and access to over $30,00
Amazon MGM Studios has launched an internal division called AI Studio to build proprietary AI tools for film and TV production. Led by Vice President Albert Cheng, the unit operates under a "tw
AI Took Over the Super Bowl: From Svedka's Bot Ad to Grok's $1.75M Contest February 10, 2026 Super Bowl LX was widely described as the "AI Bowl." According to iSpot , 15 out of 66 commercials (23%) featured AI in some capacity, whether using it in production, ad
Darren Aronofsky's AI Studio Launches Revolutionary War Series with SAG-AFTRA Voice Actors February 02, 2026 Director Darren Aronofsky's AI venture Primordial Soup has released On This Day... 1776 , a short-form animated series using Google DeepMind's AI for visuals w
FLORA has raised a $42 million Series A to build a unified creative environment for the generative era. The round was led by Alex Bard and Jordan Segall at Redpoint Ventures , with participati
The Wikimedia Foundation signed licensing deals with Microsoft, Meta, and Amazon, marking the first time the nonprofit has formally monetized access to the volunteer-written encyclopedia that quietly powers much of the internet
The Visual Effects Society announced nominees for its 24th Annual VES Awards, with James Cameron's Avatar: Fire and Ash leading all projects with ten nominations across film categories. The ceremony takes place
CES 2026 was heavy on AI integration, humanoid robots, and hardware companies proving they can ship real products. Here are three announcements that stood out. CES this year felt less about concept demos and more about productio
Apple launches Creator Studio subscription bundle at $12.99/month, taking direct aim at Adobe Creative Cloud. Apps still available individually, but new AI features will be subscription-only. Apple announced Creator Studio , a
The Creators Coalition on AI launched as a cross-industry organization pushing for ethical AI implementation in entertainment. Founded by Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and David Goye
McDonald's Netherlands Removes AI-Generated Holiday Humbug Spot December 13, 2025 McDonald's Netherlands pulled a 45-second AI-generated Christmas spot from its YouTube channel three days after launch, releasing a statement that described the campaign as "an importan
Disney and OpenAI reached a three-year licensing and partnership agreement that makes Disney the first major content licensing partner on Sora , OpenAI's short-form generative video platform, with Disney investing $1 bi
