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    Inside the Heist: Editor Jay Prychidny on Cutting the Monster Mayhem in “Wednesday”

    • 19.10.2025
    • By Jack Giroux

    “If These Woes Could Talk,” the fourth episode of Wednesday season two, is an hour of monster playtime from Tim Burton. The fourth episode wrapped up part one of the season and is built as a heist story with Wednesday Addams (Jenna Ortega) seeking family secrets while Uncle Fester (Fred Armisen), a zombie, and a Hyde (aka a mutant) run amok in an institution. It’s exuberant chaos in the hands of Burton’s frequent editor, Jay Prychidny (Beetlejuice Beetlejuice).

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    AI’s Transformational Role in Redesigning Innovation

    • 19.10.2025
    • By Rohit Pandharkar

    In this episode of Industry Spotlight by Creative First, Rohit Pandharkar, Partner, Technology Consulting at EY India, spoke with Lohita Sujith, Sr. Director, Copyright & Digital Economy, Motion Picture Association to discuss how AI and technology are transforming the media and entertainment industry.

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    Content Without Borders : The Growth of Global Content

    • 17.10.2025
    • By Vivek Lath

    In this episode of Industry Spotlight by Creative First, Vivek Lath, Managing Director of GoQuest Media joined Lohita Sujith, Sr. Director at the Motion Picture Association, to discuss the company’s evolution and its focus on bringing Central and Eastern European stories to global audiences.

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    “After the Hunt” Production Designer Stefano Baisi on Creating Three Generations of History in One Apartment

    • 13.10.2025
    • By Hugh Hart

    It’s no accident that Oscar-nominated Call Me by Your Name director Luca Guadagnino‘s movies look as elegant as they do. The Italian filmmaker has a side hustle as an interior designer. In 2017, he launched his eponymous studio and hired architect Stefano Baisi, who helped him design shops, hotels, Dior fashion shows, and luxury apartments.

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    When the End Does Not Justify the Means, Anthropic’s $1.5 Billion Lesson

    • 13.10.2025
    • By Hugh Stephens

    The stunning announcement on September 5 that AI company Anthropic had agreed to a USD$1.5 billion out-of-court settlement to settle a class-action lawsuit brought by a group of authors was ground breaking in terms of its size, and goes to disprove the old adage that “the end justifies the means”.

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    Canada’s Creative Sector Uneasily Awaits the Carney Government’s Next Steps on AI Training

    • 13.10.2025
    • By Hugh Stephens

    Blasting a Wide TDM Hole in the Structure of Copyright is Not the Answer

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    600 Languages, One Vision: How Producer Reza Servia Bridges Indonesia’s Diversity for Netflix’s Global Audience

    • 10.10.2025
    • By Gavin Blair

    Born into a family steeped in Indonesian filmmaking, Reza Servia was perhaps destined to find his way into the business one way or another. Along the way, his journey took him through the suburbs of Chicago and Atlanta, via New Zealand and software engineering, with a side quest into competitive e-sports.

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    Getting Caught in “Kiss of the Spider Woman” Production Designer Scott Chambliss’s Perfect Web for Jennifer Lopez

    • 08.10.2025
    • By Hugh Hart

    Production designer Scott Chambliss is known in Hollywood for big tentpole movies— Star Trek, Godzilla: King of the Monsters, and Mission: Impossible III are a few of his films—so he was a bit shocked in 2023 when writer-director Bill Condon called him about revamping Kiss of the Spider Woman as an old-fashioned MGM movie musical. Chambliss knew exactly how to win over the man who made Dreamgirls and wrote the movie version of Chicago.

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    Busan 2025: How Locations Shape Asian Productions, From “The Dark Knight” to “K-Pop Demon Hunters”

    • 08.10.2025
    • By Mathew Scott

    A scroll through cinema history reveals a selection of unique, now-iconic locations that have become synonymous with the movies they have helped bring to life.

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    ACE and DAZN Shut Down Calcio, One of Italy’s Most-Visited Illicit Sports Streaming Networks

    • 08.10.2025
    • By The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment

    Calcio Logged More Than 123 Million Visits Worldwide Over the Past Year

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