An anime and manga boom is a boon for Japan
Both the US and Japan can’t get enough of anime and manga.
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Grimes wants fans to deepfake her music
Grimes is embracing that her likeness will be co-opted for AI.
Author Stephen Marche builds a co-writer with AI
Author and journalist Stephen Marche “wrote” the novel Death of an Author using three AI systems. The AI co-writer, named Aidan Marchine (also an AI-generation), may test the limits of what constitutes “creation” and actual “writing” in the eyes of the literary industry, the law, and, ultimately, the reading public. A Marche & Marchine novel […]
Audiences are splitting time between active and passive entertainment
Younger generations are dividing their entertainment time equally.
Tim McGraw launches media company focused on “everyday Americans”
Tim McGraw is getting into the business of cross-cultural communication.
Licensing content could be a gold mine for Netflix
Netflix could opt to restart mass licensing of movies and shows to fill its library back up
‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie’ leaps over box office records
The Future. The Super Mario Bros. Movie is a massive win for Universal and Nintendo (who split the production costs), raking in $377 million between last Wednesday and Sunday. The success shows that when family movies are actually available in theaters, families will show up… so expect some execs at studios other than Universal and […]
DeepZen revives voice actors for audiobooks using AI
DeepZen has developed a system that can create deepfake audio recordings of living and dead voice actors.
TikTok lifts professional-dancer discovery
TikTok has opened up doors for dancers around the world,
AI is already streamlining Hollywood VFX
Like any good VFX, AI is already quietly enhancing movie magic.