Two AI tools aimed at independent filmmakers launched at the Cannes Marché du Film from Chris Bird, the former managing director of Prime Vide
Aronofsky-Produced AI Hybrid Short 'Goodnight, Lamby' Premieres at Cannes Classics May 16, 2026 Goodnight, Lamby , a live-action and animation hybrid short film produced by Darren Aronofsky's Primordial Soup and built in part with Google DeepMind's generative AI t
Viewers Downgrade Art When Told It's AI, Even When It's an Actual Monet May 16, 2026 A viral X post asked followers to explain, in as much detail as possible, what made an "AI-generated Monet" inferior to a real Monet painting. The image was a real Monet. The cr
Netflix's INKubator Brings GenAI-Native Animation Pipelines to Shorts and Specials May 16, 2026 Netflix has been building an internal animation studio called INKubator (INK) that will produce short-form animated content using generative AI, The Verge reported . The unit launc
SAG-AFTRA's Tentative AMPTP Deal Expands AI Guardrails, Stretches to Four Years May 06, 2026 SAG-AFTRA and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers reached a tentative agreement on a successor to the 2023 TV/Theatrical Contracts, according to Deadline . AI guar
The Visual Effects Society has launched VFX Women Who Lead , a new initiative chaired by Neishaw Ali (founding partner, CEO, and executive producer of Spin VFX ) that aims to address systemic barriers fa
Wonder Project, the faith-and-family streaming platform behind House of David , has partnered with generative AI lab Luma AI to launch Innovative Dreams , a production company and R
Avid and Google Cloud have signed a multi-year partnership to embed Gemini models and Vertex AI into Avid Media Composer and Content Core, Avid's new cloud-native SaaS platform, acco
Axle AI has purchased the Portfolio digital asset management product line from Extensis, a Monotype company. The acquisition reflects a broader industry shift toward on-premise workflows driven by cost concerns and fears
LucidLink has launched Connect , an API-driven access layer that enables teams to stream data directly from existing AWS S3 buckets in real time. Connect is now generally available on Enterprise plans, with AWS Ma
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
