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Apple TV+ is the exclusive streaming home for Snoopy, Charlie Brown and the gang until 2030, with extended Peanuts partnership. Partnership includes a brand-new slate of original Peanuts series and specials from WildBrain and Peanuts Worldwide, plus the beloved classic Peanuts specials from Peanuts Worldwide and Lee Mendelson Film Productions...

Pedralonga Studios, a joint venture of the Galician Audiovisual Cluster (CLAG) and A Coruña U is bow Coruña Immersive Studio (CEI), a virtual studio which presented billed as the largest in Spain and one of the most advanced of integrated virtual facilities in Europe. Located at A Coruña's Cidade das TIC, the CEI boasts a 750 sq. meter (8,100 sq. ft.) virtual soundstage equipped with a semi-circular LED screen measuring 28 meters (92 feet) wide by 6 meters (18 feet) high and offering 4K resolution with a 1.9 pixel pitch definition. CEI's technology is advanced in that it's totally integrated, uses Pixotope 1.9 definition software. It's tried and tested," José Manuel Deus, managing director of Pedralonga Estudio, told Variety at Iberseries & Platino Industria, noting the CEI will officially open its doors on Oct. 8. It has clients confirmed for commercials, features and TV series..

President Donald Trump has reiterated his intention to impose a 100% tariff on movies produced outside the United States. Trump previously announced this plan in May of this year, which prompted confusion among the entertainment industry and economists about how a tariff on movies would even work. Coverage of this matter several months back questioned whether this meant a movie's tariff would be 100% of the budget (presumably paid for by the studio) or ticket prices (paid for by moviegoers). Tariffs on traditional physical imports are paid for by the importer at customs, but they are then earned back through higher prices paid by consumers. Movies, however, are more nebulous, as they are IP loaned out to cinemas and streamers. There is also the matter of movies that are technically American productions being filmed around the world, due to tax incentives that reduce production costs if a movie is filmed in the United Kingdom, Australia, or New Zealand, as well as filmmakers seeking out specific locations for their movie's desired setting...

Hollywood has been buzzing in recent days after the reveal of Tilly Norwood, whose creator has said is the first AI-generated actress that may sign with a talent agency. Italian producer Andrea Iervolino, who has worked on Hollywood movies like Ferrari and To The Bone, has announced what he says is the first AI-directed movie, The Sweet Idleness. The movie depicts a future society where just 1% of humanity still works, as machines have taken most jobs, allowing the rest of the population to live leisurely. The AI program used to direct the movie is called FellinAI, presumably a reference to the legendary Italian director Federico Fellini. While the technology was designed to "celebrate the poetic and dreamlike language of great European cinema," Iervolino said he was the "human-in-the-loop," serving as a supervisor and producer to monitor the technology. A teaser trailer for the movie says The Sweet Idleness will premiere in February 2026...

For 18 years, Cate Blanchett has railed against the hated garden gadget – and she's not alone. From Hugh Grant to Danny DeVito, the backpack blower has united stars in unlikely, furious contempt Blanchett is not the only A-lister made irate by the commonplace gardening device. Michael Fassbender joined her condemnation ("Bring back the rake!") during a shared interview (to no one's surprise, Fassbender did not introduce the topic). Danny DeVito has a hatred of leaf blowers to rival the Aussie's. DeVito monologued on the show Lovett or Leave It: "I know everyone's got to make a living … I used to be a gardener. We did everything with a broom – you don't take a fucking thing and make all the noise and blow the leaves from one neighbour to the next. And then their gardener blows them back to you. And on a Saturday? Fuck you, man." Hugh Grant, describing them in a junket as one of his pet peeves, and then doubling down – and how – telling Seth Meyers: "Anyone who uses a leaf blower, or hires anyone else to use a leaf blower, should have it rectally inserted." Tom Conti, one of Britain's greatest living thesps, was so enraged by his neighbours' method of lawn maintenance that he went on a Channel 4 documentary to complain, uttering the immortal line: "If these people can't stand the sight of a leaf then it's not a leaf blower they need; it's a psychiatrist."..