Playpen: warped moments as robot flick heads for feature finance
Strategy in action - Warp (cousin of Warp Australia) releases a short on the net to support financing for a…
Playpen: scarey fun with a rotoscope
Since 2008, English animator Joseph Pierce has made three short films about public and domestic life in the UK. They…
Iain Banks: great popular fiction writer dead at 59
Iain Banks, aka Iain M. Banks was a very fine novelist, a fabulous ranter, smart on web publishing, and an…
Brief: Aardman goes French to speak sheep
Aardman is now in cahoots with STUDIOCANAL to bring Shaun the Sheep; to the big screen. Besides raw finance, the…
Global music sales up for the first time since 1999
The music industry breathes a collective sigh of relief as new figures reveal that global music sales have risen for…
Doctor Who celebrates 50th birthday with 3D screenings
Famed Time Lord ‘Doctor Who’ is celebrating his 50th anniversary on the big screen in 3D.
FremantleMedia: contemplates major restructure, announces consultation
Content with its structure since 2006, FremantleMedia has proactively announced that it is running a major review of FremantleMedia Enterprises,…
BBC Worldwide: head of international production departs
Matt Paice, executive vice president of international production for BBC Worldwide, has left the position he took up in 2010.…
Lincoln leads the pack in BAFTA nominations
Steven Spielberg's 'Lincoln' has received the highest number of nominations for the British Academy Film Awards.
BBC: details make some sense of the shambles as Director-General leaves with a big jar of hunny
Fresh from the mess of Jimmy Savile, the BBC broadcasts allegations of sexual abuse by Lord McAlpine, once the treasurer…