Film production stories

Beechbrook Capital has added GBP £2m in working capital to Allegro Finance, boosting the lender's film and television production finance platform.

HONOR and ARRI join forces to embed cinema-grade image science into future smartphones, debuting on the ROBOT PHONE later this year.

Google DeepMind teams with Darren Aronofsky's Primordial Soup to produce three AI-driven short films, starting with ANCESTRA, On This Day...1776.

The pioneer who coined AGI forecasts 2026 as a pivotal year of steady AI gains, from memory-rich assistants to robots in human spaces.

Adobe broadens Firefly Foundry with major Hollywood deals, pitching brand-safe generative AI tools for film, TV and immersive content.

OWC has doubled its ThunderBlade X12 portable Thunderbolt 5 RAID SSD to 192TB, targeting filmmakers needing ultra-fast, on-set shuttle storage.

Luma AI debuts Ray3 Modify, a controllable video model in Dream Machine that reshapes scenes while preserving actors' performances.

Adobe strikes multi-year deal with Runway to bring its latest Gen-4.5 generative video model and pro AI tools into Firefly and Creative Cloud.

Wētā FX and AWS collaborate to develop AI tools that enhance VFX artists' creativity and cut production time on complex visual effects projects.

Adobe launches The Unfinished Creator Film, a global collaborative AI project empowering creators to co-create and remix an evolving short film via Firefly.

Google unveils Flow, an AI tool designed for filmmakers to craft and edit cinematic clips using advanced AI models Veo, Imagen, and Gemini.

Toronto company releases Marey, an AI video model offering filmmakers precise creative control and licensed content for professional film production.

DreamWorks Animation has deepened its partnership with Lenovo, naming it preferred provider to boost film production with advanced computing solutions.

The TV and video streaming industry is now responsible for 4% of global emissions, with 1.75 billion tonnes of CO2 equivalent produced annually, a report reveals.

Blackmagic Design has slashed the price of its Pocket Cinema Camera 4K to USD $995, aiming to enhance accessibility for digital filmmakers and live producers.

Blackmagic Design's new app brings its digital film prowess to Android, offering Samsung Galaxy and Google Pixel users advanced video features and seamless cloud collaboration.