After 118 days, the longest in Hollywood history, SAG-AFTRA members celebrated as the union announced a new tentative agreement with studios and streamers. Along with including protections against artificial intelligence, the deal will see most minimums increasing by 7%, and a “streaming participation bonus”. The agreement will go in for SAG-AFTRA national board approval on […]
With the biggest budget of any A24 production thus far, the American independent entertainment company expresses all creative freedom with Beau is Afraid, released on 21 April. Starring Joker star Joaquin Phoenix, the Ari Aster helmed production explores fear in the darkest comedic and obscure way. Whilst jumping throughout settings during its 3 hour time […]
2022 has been another extraordinary year for The Location Guide with plenty of excitement and quality performances from the whole team. Two new issues of makers magazine covered some of the most topical content in our industry, while FOCUS and the makers & shakers Awards, in partnership with Radisson Hotel Group, brought us all together […]
Lindsey Lohan is taking on the role of Sierra Belmont in Netflix’s upcoming holiday movie Falling For Christmas. Starring alongside Chord Overstreet, the film will be directed by Janeen Damian and set against the snowy backdrop of Utah.
Electronic Arts (EA) announced their upcoming project Need for Speed Unbound on 6 October 2022. Taking on a different image, the newest iteration of the street car racing game will feature the likeness of A$AP Rocky and the musical soundtrack of his creative agency AWGE.
A new campaign to normalise alcohol-free beer will see Heineken 0.0 put on draught at two of UK television’s most cherished pubs. Coronation Street’s The Rovers Return Inn and Emmerdale‘s The Woolpack are set to stock Heineken’s zero-percent range. With a combined viewership of 11 million, the deal aims to use the popularity of these ITV […]
Madrid-based director Martin Jalfen has directed two spots for PepsiCo’s 7UP brand. The projects – titled Laughter and Karaoke – respectively feature montages of people laughing and singing. Jalfen street-casted real people from Mexico City, aiming to capture the simple joys of life that are far too often taken for granted. Production company Primo México worked […]
As national rules fluctuate and transform rapidly in the midst of lockdowns and re-openings, it really does pay for filmmakers to have strong connections in a variety of locations across the globe. We caught up with executive producer Pavla Burgetova Callegari, the New York-based managing director of Compass Rose, to learn how to stay ahead […]
A delicate cocktail of production ingredients were needed for the latest video with cookware specialists Anolon X. To bring the campaign to life, founder of Illuminator agency John Reid turned to kaboom productions and James Lovick, a director known for weaving artful tabletop shots into visual narratives. Since kaboom’s headquarters are in the US and […]
Multi award-winning producer Paul Webster will give the keynote interview at 2021’s Film London Production Finance Market (PFM). The PFM is an annual two-day financing event held during the BFI London Film Festival, and Webster is expected to provide real industry insight by drawing from his 46 years of business experience.