Matt Braly, Sony Team On Animated Feature – Deadline

[ EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures Animation is in development on a new fantasy-adventure feature from Matt Braly, the creator of Disney’s multiple Emmy-nominated animated series, Amphibia. Braly comes to the as-yet-untitled project after working for the studio as a storyboard artist on The Mitchells vs the Machines, the Academy Award-nominated feature produced by Lord Miller, which … Read more

Wealthier homeowners seeing biggest benefit from falling mortgage rates

[ Homeowners with large amounts of equity in their houses are seeing the biggest benefit from falling mortgage rates – with the deals available to them being slashed more quickly than those available to cash-strapped first-time buyers with small deposits, data shared with i show. Average mortgage rates have tumbled over the past four months, … Read more

A24 Mounting Live-Action Feature – Deadline

[ A24 is teaming with Kojima Productions on a live-action feature adaptation of Death Stranding, the celebrated video game from groundbreaking creator Hideo Kojima. The announcement comes just ahead of the eighth anniversary of Kojima’s banner. While the project had been in development with Alex Lebovici’s Hammerstone Studios as of December 2022, as we were … Read more

‘Spider’ Producer Developing Film Based On Stênio Gardel Novel – Deadline

[ EXCLUSIVE: Pródigo Filmes, the Brazilian production company behind Paramount+’s Anderson Silva drama series Spider, is developing a film based on Stênio Gardel’s award-winning novel The Words That Remain. Pródigo, which produced Netflix’s 2021 drama series Invisible City, is working with the Brazilian arm of international content and advertising production group Iconoclast to co-produce the … Read more

Macro Film Studios Names Christine Otal SVP, Production & Development  – Deadline

[ EXCLUSIVE: Christine Otal has been named Senior Vice President, Production & Development at Macro Film Studios, the company’s President James Lopez has announced. Otal joins from J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot Productions, where she served as Senior Vice President of Film. During her time there, she worked on titles including Star Trek IV, a live-action … Read more

C919: what is China’s home-grown alternative to Airbus, Boeing duopoly, and why is it important?

[ Among the foreign suppliers, the US’ General Electric and France’s Safran provide the engine; American firm Honeywell makes the flight-control system; and US-based Rockwell Collins produces the communication and navigation systems. General Electric also formed a joint venture with the state-owned Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) in 2012 to focus on avionics development … Read more