The agreement between Paramount global and KKR for the sale of Simon & Schuster
The agreement between Paramount Global and KKR to purchase the Simon & Schuster publishing house has been signed. Jonathan Karp, head of the publishing house, said in the press release announcing the news: “With KKR’s support, we look forward to...
Green Screen, the first podcast for the green transition of festivals
The issue of sustainability is increasingly felt in the festival system, so much so that AFIC – Associazione Festival Italiani di Cinema, in March 2022, had drafted together with its members the “Green Festival Guide,” a document to orient this type...
Paramount+ aims to become a leading global streamer
Streaming platform Paramount+ has announced the global launch of internationally produced original content. Series titles produced outside the United States will be available globally as early as September: this is the case with the British drama The Gold, which will...
Mother Vera wins Creativity Media First Look at Locarno
Mother Vera, the documentary directed by Cécile Embleton and Alys Tomlinson won the prestigious Creativity Media First Look Award at the Locarno Film Festival. “From the very first moments of this film, we were immediately attracted by the raw and...
Box office 31 July – 06 August. Barbie breaks through the $1 billion box office mark
Barbie topped the charts again this week and brought home a brilliant new result. The live action based on Mattel’s famous doll, released just three weeks ago, has broken through the $1 billion mark in worldwide box office. The record also concerns the...
Amazon invests over $7 billion in Israel to launch its Amazon Web Services
Tech giant Amazon is planning an investment of about $7.2 billion by 2037 in Israel and has launched its Amazon Web Services (AWS) data centers, cloud platforms capable of sending applications running and storing data directly in the country’s infrastructure....
Agreement is reached at the Anica table on the contract for voice actors
An agreement was reached at the Anica table between the unions and employers on the contract for voice actors, which provides for wage increases in the range of 15-18 percent, within an overall increase of 30 percent. “The parties have come to the signing of an...
Amazon Studios extends Nicole Morganti’s role to southern Europe
Nicole Morganti, Head of Amazon Originals – scripted and unscripted – for Italy, will continue to lead Amazon Studios, extending her role to the Southern European region, spanning Italy, France, and Spain. Morganti had joined the Amazon Studios team in...
Those About To Die, Prime Video acquires series starring Anthony Hopkins
The series Those About To Die by Roland Emmerich, director of collossals such as Independence Day, has been acquired by Prime Video in several European territories and will arrive in Italy in 2024. The series, which was also partly filmed in Italy, in the Cinecittà...
Abu Dhabi invests in cinema and builds new studios
A big studios complex is being built in Abu Dhabi. The UAE capital has decided to invest in international cinema, which had already chosen it to shoot some Hollywood films such as Dune, Star Wars and Fast and Furious, attracting Bollywood productions including...
Mfe-MediaForEurope presents positive results for the first half of the year
Mfe-MediaForEurope, the group that controls Mediaset, Mediaset España and is the largest shareholder in the German broadcaster ProsiebenSat, yesterday presented its results for the first half of 2023, with net income up to 87 million and revenues stable. A note...
Latest news
Box Office 21- 27 April, A Minecraft Movie Takes the Lead
Introducing Cort-IA: A New Contest for AI-Assisted Short Film Scripts
Video Games: In 2024, the Industry in Italy Reaches Nearly €2.4 Billion
The Together Fund launches to boost independent producers across Europe
Italian Cinema Takes Center Stage in Essaouira, The Third Edition of the Incontri del Cinema Italiano Kicks Off