British Columbia has given Hollywood producers an early Christmas present by boosting the foreign film tax credit for major studios and streamers that shoot locally. The latest provincial budget has raised the production services tax credit for foreign projects shot locally from 28 percent to 36 percent from Jan. 1, 2025. And tentpole projects with local expenditures exceeding $200 million...

Hollywoods year of strikes in 2023 had a devastating impact on Canadas film and TV production industry. The latest annual economic report from the Canadian Media Producers Association, representing local indie producers, points to foreign location and service production in Canada plunging last year to $4.73 billion in overall expenditures for the year to March 31, 2024, down 26 percent...

One of Fox News Channels original hosts is leaving the network after 28 years. Neil Cavuto, who has hosted the afternoon program Your World on Fox News since the channel launched in 1996, is leaving the network. He has also hosted Cavuto: Coast to Coast on Fox Business Network. Neil Cavutos illustrious career has been a master class in journalism...

Nicholas Stewart, otherwise known as Jynxzi, one of the biggest streamers on Twitch, has signed with Brillstein Entertainment Partners for management representation. The 23-year-old has more than 19 million followers across his various platforms due to his high-energy content around online video games such as Tom Clanceys Rainbow Six: Siege and others. Hewas voted best breakthrough streamer and gamer of...

Fremantleon Thursday said it has promoted Fran Denny to the role of vp commercial, global drama, reporting to Seb Shorr, chief operating officer, global drama. In this newly created role Fran will work closely with Seb on the commercial operations of the global drama team, leading on deal-making for our first-look producers, supporting the broader group film strategy, and sourcing...

Two filmmakers are suing to overturn government guidelines requiring a permit to film in national parks. In a lawsuit filed on Wednesday in Wyoming federal court, Alexander Rienzie and Connor Burkesmith challenge the constitutionality of federal permit and fee requirements on First Amendment grounds. They accuse National Park Services of censoring speech by requiring advance permission to film commercial content....

Two board members of Fortnite studio Epic Games resigned after the U.S. Department of Justice expressed concern that their positions on the board of Epic and that of one of its investors, the Chinese gaming giant Tencent, violated Section 8 of the Clayton Act. The DOJ antitrust division announced the resignations Wednesday, adding that Tencent also decided to amend its...

Warner Bros. Discovery is establishing a new leadership team at its U.S. TV networks business, which will soon report to Channing Dungey. Dungey, who also runs WBDs TV studios group, will add oversight of the U.S. TV networks following the retirement of Kathleen Finch. Dungey announced the new structure Wednesday. Building on the foundation that Kathleen established, I am excited...

The death of comic books has been foretold for many years, but just like the superheros and villains it chronicles, the medium always returns, sometimes bolder than before. Sales from comic books and graphic novels tumbled 7 percent in 2023 (falling from $2.01 billion in 2022 to $1.87 billion) according to an estimate from ICv2, a website that tracks industry...

As Gov. Gavin Newsom readies a plan to double Californias film and TV incentive program from $330 million to $750 million a year in tax relief for producers who shoot in the state, a new coalition is forming to lobby aggressively to keep Hollywood in Hollywood. The group, titled the California Production Coalition, comprises 30-plus businesses and organizations including studio...

Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav has made his first significant sale of stock in the entertainment company since he led the merger of Discovery Communications and WarnerMedia two and a half years ago. According to an SEC filing, Zaslav sold more than 2.5 million shares in the company at an average price of $11.73, netting him just north of...

In an increasingly tit-for-tat race for production dollars, the California Film Commission has lured Apple TV+s Bad Monkey to relocate from Florida. The title, which will get roughly $20.6 million, was one of ten projects announced by the states film office on Wednesday that will receive tax credits for shooting in California. Other productions include an untitled Disney miniseries ($14.7...

Roku is continuing to add exclusive sports rights to its streaming platform. The latest deal will make Roku the exclusive streaming home for the X Games, the extreme sports competition that was founded by ESPN but sold to private equity in 2022. The deal will kick off in January with X Games Aspen, and continue with a major summer competition...