VIZ Media to Co-Produce ‘Hirayasumi’ Anime
California-based manga and anime producer VIZ Media has unveiled its latest anime co-production: “Hirayasumi,” the widely acclaimed manga series by Keigo Shinzo.
The Hirayasumi anime will be a (…)
Big Media Inks True Crime Deals with Pluto TV
Global production company and channel provider Big Media has secured a pair of new licensing deals with Pluto TV for two true crime series.
Season one of Crime Exposé with (…)
Globalsphere Begins Production on Turkish Drama ‘Bitter Justice’
Globalsphere Studios, the joint venture led by MediaHub’s Kerim Emrah Turna and Geophil’s Robin Philip, has begun production on its second original Turkish drama series, Aşka Mahkum (Bitter Justice).
A co-production with India’s Shemaroo Entertainment, Bitter Justice begins (…)
ITV Inks Raft of APAC Sales
ITV Studios has signed a number of content sales in the Asia Pacific region.
In Australia, free-to-air broadcaster SBS has acquired crime drama Code of Silence, which has just been renewed for (…)
Super AI is Ten Years Away
Today, in an interview with Microsoft AI chief Mustafa Suleyman, The Wall Street Journal reported that, contrary to what other AI gurus stated, the super-intelligence (or AGI, as the industry calls it) (…)
Rainbow’s ‘Winx Club’ is Back This Fall
Italy-based Rainbow has released the official trailer for its new animated series “Winx Club: The Magic Is Back,” which is set to launch globally on Netflix on October 2, on the U.K.’s CBBC and (…)
Sequoia Partners with 3Pas Studios
Secuoya Studios has secured a strategic alliance with 3Pas Studios, the company —based in Los Angeles, Miami, and Mexico City —behind international hits such as “Radical” and “Overboard.”
Under (…)
Not Lost in Translation
By Dom Serafini
A new book, Speaking in Tongues, analyzes authors who prefer writing in other languages than their native tongues. This phenomenon is more prominent among non-English writers than English-speaking (…)
Venice Film Festival Finalizes Juries
The Venice Film Festival (August 27-September 6, 2025) has finalized the international juries for its competitions — Venice 82, Orizzonti, and the Venice Opera Prima “Luigi De Laurentiis” Award (…)
Netflix Q2 Revenue Beats Expectations
The second quarter was above expectations for Netflix, the first Big Tech company to post Q2 results. The streamer reported rising revenues and profits in the three months which (…)
