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Creative and Marketing Execs Discuss AI’s Present and Future in Film at Sundance: ‘It’s Going to Touch Every Single Aspect of Production’

The Variety & Adobe The Future of AI Filmmaking panel at the Sundance Film Festival featured a conversation by film executives about how AI is currently being used in entertainment as...

Jim Tauber, Former Sidney Kimmel Entertainment President, Dies at 74

Jim Tauber, a longtime executive and the president of Sidney Kimmel Entertainment for a decade until his retirement in 2015, died Wednesday from complications of multiple myeloma, his family confirmed....

‘Les Hijabeuses’ Wins 2025 Action Grant From Breaking Through The Lens (EXCLUSIVE)

The documentary “Les Hijabeuses” has won the 2025 Action Grant from Breaking Through The Lens, a nonprofit that focuses on using financing to address gender inequity in the film industry. ...

Sundance Short ‘Inkwo for When the Starving Return’ to Be Expanded Into Limited Series (EXCLUSIVE)

Spotted Fawn Productions will produce an animated series based on its film, “Inkwo for When the Starving Return,” which was directed by the company’s owner, Amanda Strong, and plays at Sundance...

Seattle’s Scarecrow Video Names Jonathan Marlow as Executive Director (EXCLUSIVE) – Film News in Brief

Scarecrow Video has named Jonathan Marlow as executive director. The Scarecrow archive of more than 150,000 physical film and television items makes it one of the largest publicly-accessible physical media libraries...

‘Severance’ Season 2 Character Guide: Who’s Who at Lumon

SPOILER ALERT: This guide contains spoilers for Season 1 of “Severance,” streaming on Apple TV+. Praise Kier! “Severance” has finally returned for Season 2, and with it a...

Jeannot Szwarc, French Director of ‘Jaws 2’ and ‘Somewhere in Time,’ Dies at 85

Jeannot Szwarc, the French filmmaker known for directing “Jaws 2,” “Somewhere in Time” and “Supergirl,” died Wednesday. He was 85. Jane Seymour, who played Elise McKenna in Szwarc’s 1980 film,...

Bill Byrge, Who Played Bobby in ‘Ernest’ Movies, Dies at 92

Bill Byrge, an actor who appeared in many of the “Ernest” comedy films as “Bobby,” died on Thursday at the age of 92 in Nashville, Tenn. Byrge’s cousin, Sharon...

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