Entries from 2024-11-01 to 1 month

Lionsgate and Director Francis Lawrence Sign First-Look Deal

Lionsgate and About: Blank Productions, the brainchild of Hunger Games director Francis Lawrence, has entered a new strategic partnership. Our industry insider and entertainment attorney, Blake & Wang P.A.’s Brandon Blake, has all the deta…

Disney Plans $24B Content Spend in 2025

Disney's latest annual report reveals plans for a $24B content investment in the fiscal year 2025, marking a slight increase from their 2024 spend of $23.4 billion. However, this uptick primarily reflects rising sports programming costs ra…

AMC Announces Major Upgrades in Wake of Box Office Success

It’s always good to see positive news from the theatrical industry. While the 2024 box office may not have been everything we anticipated, it has still shown marked success and at least delivers the hope of a real recovery in this sector. …

Japanese Content is Gaining Traction with Viewers

As TIFFCOM, or the Tokyo International Film Festival’s key market, wraps up for another year, one interesting thing has become apparent. Japan is having something of a “cultural moment” right now, with several highly-lauded films boosting …