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John Krasinski, whose "A Quiet Place Part II" is one of the biggest studio releases to open exclusively in theaters this year, recently returned to the movies, himself.
Krasinski screened the film for his in-laws in London, and the experience of being back in a theater was unexpectedly...
California no longer will require social distancing and will allow full capacity for businesses when the state reopens on June 15, the state's top health official said Friday. This could help to open up film, TV and commercial production--which has already resumed in various forms--even further...
Since the resumption of on-location filming last June, FilmLA--partner film office for the City and County of Los Angeles--reports receiving 6,585 film permit applications, spanning 4,421 unique projects. After the COVID-19 holiday surge and voluntarily industry production pause in December and...
As the pandemic eases--but not nearly enough to let down our guard--reflections on how the challenges of a health crisis impacted production and lessons learned from that experience loom large. Jeff Beverly, EVP, global director of content for Commonwealth//McCann, shared his observations on...
The year 2020 changed forever the way we all work. Many companies around the world developed their own workflows in order to cope with the restrictions they were forced to follow. Even though we are now in 2021, the pandemic is still present, and some countries have even more movement...
The Tribeca Film Festival said Monday that it plans to hold its 20th edition in-person this June and with outdoor screenings spread throughout New York's five boroughs.
The springtime festival — canceled last year due to the pandemic — will instead turn to the summer for its next edition...
Super Bowl ads each year offer a snapshot of the American psyche. And this year, it's a doozy.
After a year of pandemic fear and isolation, a tumultuous election capped by a riot at the Capitol, and periodic uncertainty as to whether there would even BE a Super Bowl, marketers have to...
FilmLA, partner film office for the City and County of Los Angeles and other local jurisdictions, has issued a pair of reports illuminating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Los Angeles film economy.
FilmLA’s year-end report for 2020 sheds light on the industry’s challenges to...
IOC President Thomas Bach and local organizers are pushing back against reports that the postponed Tokyo Olympics will be canceled.
Now set to open July 23, the Tokyo Games were postponed 10 months ago at the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, and now the event appears threatened again...
For the first time since 1983, when Anheuser-Busch used all of its ad time to introduce a beer called Bud Light, the beer giant isn't advertising its iconic Budweiser brand during the Super Bowl. Instead, it's donating the money it would have spent on the ad to coronavirus vaccination awareness...