Cineverse has entered into a new partnership with Maverick Entertainment Group, an independent channel offering Black indie cinema, to launch a new video-on-demand channel called Maverick Black Cinema. The deal is a direct reflection of Cineverse's mission to be a curated streaming home for independent film and filmmakers.
Sphere Entertainment today announced that on September 1, internationally renowned media artist Refik Anadol will become the first artist to utilize the Exosphere, the fully programmable LED exterior of Sphere in Las Vegas, as an immersive canvas, debuting an AI Data Sculpture created exclusively for Sphere called Machine Hallucinations: Sphere
Fathom Events and Cineverse will release the buzzed-about horror-comedy Onyx the Fortuitous and the Talisman of Souls exclusively in theatres for a one-night event on October 19. The film will show at 7:00 pm and 10:00 pm, local times, in select theatres throughout the country, and fans will be treated to a special introduction from writer/director/star Andrew Bowser ahead of the film.
One of this year's most talked-about documentaries opened the 29th Sarajevo Film Festival, with a surprise appearance by a certain famous Irish rock band and a little help from their cinema technology friends.
Created by Alex Gregory and Peter Huyck and directed by David Mandel, the five-part miniseries White House Plumbers shines a fresh light on the real-life comedy of errors that burst out of the infamous Watergate scandal. Light Iron provided dailies and final color for the project, which reteamed cinematographer Steven Meizler and supervising colorist Ian Vertovec.
The smartphone manufacturer Infinix is partnering with the Italian Pavilion in Venice, during the Venice International Film Festival, for a September 1 panel session entitled New Image, New Lifestyle | Cinema in the New Media, Capture Your Own Story.
AFI Fest, the American Film Institute’s annual celebration of the best in global cinema, has announced that festival passes are on sale now. The 37th edition of the film festival will take place October 25-29 at the historic TCL Chinese Theatre in the heart of Hollywood.
Written and directed by award-winning virtual reality filmmaker Ethan Shaftel and co-produced by easyAction, Veer, and Detona Cultura, the animated virtual reality short film Ajax All Powerful removes the barrier of the fourth wall to provide viewers with a uniquely immersive perspective in which they experience the events and emotions more acutely through the viewpoint of a protagonist.
Angel Studios, the studio behind the independent movie Sound of Freedom, which has become the surprise summer box office hit, says it has paid back the film’s crowdfunding investors their original investment plus a 20 percent profit.
In consideration of the ongoing strikes by SAG/AFTRA and the WGA, the board of the Motion Picture Sound Editors has voted unanimously to waive dues payments for its members for the current year.
