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U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., where the Motion Picture, Television, and Entertainment Revitalization Act was introduced

The Motion Picture, Television, and Entertainment Revitalization Act Puts Post-Production Jobs Back in the Deal

September 26, 2026

The Motion Picture, Television, and Entertainment Revitalization Act landed in Congress this week, and for once a Hollywood tax bill doesn’t treat editing, color and visual effects as an afterthought.…

Sam Altman, OpenAI CEO, speaking on stage in a TED interview

OpenAI Shut Down Sora’s API, and Disney’s Billion-Dollar Deal Died With It

September 25, 2026

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OpenAI shut off the Sora API this week, closing the last working door into the AI video app that spent a year swinging between “the future of filmmaking” and “proof…

A hand holds Samsung's Portable SSD P9, the professional-workflow drive at the center of its AI-generated launch ad controversy. Photo: Samsung, via Newsshooter.

Samsung Sold Filmmakers a Storage Drive Using an Ad No Filmmaker Made

September 25, 2026

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Samsung’s Portable SSD P9 is built for people who fill drives with 12K RAW: a USB4 unit rated to 4,000MB/s, up to 8TB, pitched squarely at professional production workflows. The…

Camera operator shooting with an ARRI ALEXA 35 Xtreme rigged with a monitor, on a boat with mountains in the background

Premiere Pro 26.5 Can Now Cut ARRI’s ARRICORE Footage Without a Transcode

September 24, 2026

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Premiere Pro 26.5 shipped on September 14, and the headline feature isn’t another generative-AI panel bolted onto the timeline. Buried in Adobe’s release notes is native support for ARRICORE, ARRI’s…

Utopai PAI 2.0 timeline interface showing a generated scene with shot thumbnails, from the official product demo

Half Moon Is Using Utopai’s PAI 2.0 on a Real Festival Set, Not Just Generated Shorts

September 24, 2026

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Half Moon is a live-action feature, shot on location in Germany, from a director with a Silver Bear on her shelf. It is also, as of this year, a real…

Frankenstein creature laboratory set piece with creation apparatus, from the Frankenstein: Crafting a Tale Eternal exhibit of Guillermo del Toro's 2025 film

Frankenstein’s Reborn Cut Hits Criterion in October, and It May Restore the Scene James Cameron Told Del Toro to Cut

September 24, 2026

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Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein arrives on Criterion 4K UHD on October 27, and the disc isn’t just a prestige rerelease of last year’s Netflix film. It ships with The Reborn…

The SIRUI Saturn V2 35mm, 50mm, and 75mm T2.9 anamorphic cinema lenses arranged together

SIRUI’s Saturn V2 Anamorphic Lenses Twist 90 Degrees So You Never Have to Choose Between Widescreen and Vertical

September 23, 2026

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SIRUI’s new Saturn V2 anamorphic lenses do something no anamorphic set has done before: the barrel physically rotates 90 degrees, mid-shoot, without coming off the camera. Unlock a switch, twist,…

Front view of the Canon EOS R8 Mark II full-frame mirrorless camera body

The Canon EOS R8 Mark II Adds In-Body Stabilization, and Keeps the Sensor Everyone Already Liked

September 22, 2026

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Canon announced the EOS R8 Mark II this week, a full-frame mirrorless update that arrives with a strange headline for 2026: the sensor stayed exactly the same. Where the EOS…

A still from Anomaly, the AI-generated short film at the center of the Cinema St. Louis policy debate

Cinema St. Louis Bans Generative AI From Its Festivals, and One Short Film Started the Fight

September 21, 2026

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Cinema St. Louis will no longer accept films made with generative AI at its two signature festivals, starting with 2027 submissions. The new rule, announced August 27, bans any film…

The Hotel Excelsior on the Venice Lido, the historic venue at the center of Venice Film Festival week, where the Reply AI Film Festival holds its ceremony

Hollywood Directors Are Judging an AI Film Festival Steps From Venice, and One Filmmaker Got Death Threats for Winning

September 21, 2026

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While the actual Venice Film Festival ran its usual red carpets, a second, stranger festival was happening a short walk down the Lido: the Reply AI Film Festival, now in…

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The Motion Picture, Television, and Entertainment Revitalization Act Puts Post-Production Jobs Back in the Deal

OpenAI Shut Down Sora’s API, and Disney’s Billion-Dollar Deal Died With It

Samsung Sold Filmmakers a Storage Drive Using an Ad No Filmmaker Made

Premiere Pro 26.5 Can Now Cut ARRI’s ARRICORE Footage Without a Transcode

Half Moon Is Using Utopai’s PAI 2.0 on a Real Festival Set, Not Just Generated Shorts

Frankenstein’s Reborn Cut Hits Criterion in October, and It May Restore the Scene James Cameron Told Del Toro to Cut

SIRUI’s Saturn V2 Anamorphic Lenses Twist 90 Degrees So You Never Have to Choose Between Widescreen and Vertical

The Canon EOS R8 Mark II Adds In-Body Stabilization, and Keeps the Sensor Everyone Already Liked

Cinema St. Louis Bans Generative AI From Its Festivals, and One Short Film Started the Fight

Hollywood Directors Are Judging an AI Film Festival Steps From Venice, and One Filmmaker Got Death Threats for Winning

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