The professionals who discover where a movie is shot are some of the first people to be hired on a production — and a film’s success rests on their keen eyes. This year, the Academy Awards will honor outstanding achievement in film for the 95th year. Directors, actors, production designers, editors, costume designers, writers, composers […]
James L. Dolan, the interim executive chairman of AMC Networks, has been perking up some ears with his frank assessments of the state of the entertainment business as studios and TV giants adjust to the realities of streaming. “The current mechanisms for monetizing content are not working,” Dolan said. “The content industry needs to reorganize […]
The last time I talked to Portland filmmaker Noah Bessey in May of last year, he’d just wrapped on his second, Maine-made short film. Our second phone interview, less than a year later, sees Bessey telling me all about writing his first-ever feature film, which has just hit streaming services everywhere. It’s the sort of feel-good […]
The streaming economy — and the writer’s place in it — will be a central theme of the upcoming talks between Hollywood studios and the Writers Guild of America. The union’s current contract expires on May 1,with the industry bracing for a major battle and what could be the first strike in 15 years. That has the […]
For Immediate Release Contact: Contact: Karen Carberry Warhola Karen.CarberryWarhola@maine.gov 207-624-9828 AUGUSTA, Maine – The Maine Film Office (MFO), a division within the Office of Tourism at the Maine Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD), has selected Olsberg•SPI (SPI) to complete a thorough audit of the state’s current film production capacity, its strengths, weaknesses […]
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