• Banijay Rights and Telefe revive MasterChef Argentina with a multi-season deal, marking the show’s return after eleven years and expanding the iconic franchise with new twists and multi-platform strategies. (🇫🇷 🇦🇷)
• Sony Music Labels acquires full rights to hit animation Spookiz, marking its first character content deal. Plans include new episodes, musical integration, and global expansion with studio partner Keyring Co. (🇯🇵 🇰🇷)
• TV3 Lithuania will produce a 24-episode local version of Impractical Jokers, following a deal with Warner Bros International Television Production. Filming begins later this year. (🇱🇹 🇺🇸)
• Universal International Studios and Working Title win rights to Celia Walden’s Little Hands in a major bidding war, planning a series adaptation of the crime drama about a woman entangled with Riviera-based female thieves. (🇬🇧)
• Paramount+ is developing NOLA King, a Tulsa King spinoff starring Samuel L. Jackson. Set in New Orleans, the series will debut after Jackson’s guest appearance in Season 3 of Tulsa King. (🇺🇸)

• Netflix’s reboot of Little House on the Prairie has begun filming, unveiling its new Ingalls family cast. The reimagined series blends family drama, survival, and frontier origins of the American West.
• Pedro Almodóvar’s new film Bitter Christmas will premiere in theaters in 2026 via Warner Bros. Pictures Spain, then stream exclusively on Movistar Plus+. Filming is underway in Madrid and Lanzarote. (🇪🇸)
• Prime Video is developing Powerless, a YA fantasy-romance series based on Lauren Roberts’ bestselling book trilogy. Adapted by Maxton Hall writer Daphne Ferraro, the series will follow a powerless girl entangled in deadly trials and royal intrigue. (🇺🇸)
• ZDFneo commissions My Ex, a German adaptation of Keshet’s Mythological Ex. The six-part romantic comedy, starring Palina Rojinski, is set to premiere in 2026 and is now filming in the Czech Republic. (🇩🇪 🇮🇱 🇨🇿)
• Blumhouse and Atomic Monster are developing a film adaptation of the viral horror game Phasmophobia, in partnership with Kinetic Games. Blumhouse, known for M3GAN and Five Nights at Freddy’s, teams up with Atomic Monster, the studio behind Annabelle, The Nun, and The Conjuring universe, for this horror-driven project. (🇺🇸)

• ITV has recommissioned Trigger Point for a fourth season as filming wraps on Season 3. Vicky McClure returns as bomb disposal expert Lana Washington, with the new season set to air in 2026. (🇬🇧)
• Ready or Not 2: Here I Come has wrapped filming and is set for theatrical release on April 10, 2026. Samara Weaving returns, joined by a new cast and the original creative team. (🇺🇸)
• Filming has wrapped on Quezon, the third installment in TBA Studios’ Bayaniverse. Directed by Jerrold Tarog and starring Jericho Rosales, the biopic is set to premiere in 2025. (🇵🇭)
• Filming has wrapped on Neagley, the Reacher spin-off starring Maria Sten. The upcoming Amazon series promises an action-packed ride and expands the Reacher universe beyond Alan Ritchson’s lead character. (🇺🇸)
• Hallmark has wrapped filming Holiday Touchdown: A Bills Love Story in Western New York, spotlighting East Aurora and Buffalo landmarks. The film will premiere during Hallmark’s Countdown to Christmas later this year. (🇺🇸)

• GKIDS secures North American rights to Shin Godzilla, bringing the acclaimed 4K remaster to theaters August 14. Original Japanese audio, English subtitles, and restored text cards included. Home release follows. (🇺🇸 🇯🇵)
• The Match Factory secures international sales for All That’s Left of You ahead of its Karlovy Vary premiere, landing deals with Officine UBU (Italy), Karma Films (Spain), and September Film Distribution (Benelux), among others, with North America in negotiation. (🇮🇹 🇪🇸 🇺🇸)
• Sola Media secures worldwide sales rights to Captain Sabertooth and the Countess of Gral, unveiling first footage at Cannes and building on the global success of its widely sold predecessor. (🇩🇪)
• Global Constellation secures international sales for The Last Whale Singer, unveiling a new promo at Cannes. Pre-sales span 17 territories ahead of the film’s year-end delivery by Telescope Animation. (🇬🇧)
• Front Row Filmed Entertainment secures MENA rights to Andy Serkis’ animated reimagining of George Orwell’s Animal Farm. Featuring a star-studded cast, the film debuts at Annecy and hits regional cinemas later this year. (🇦🇪)

• Vanguard, the Jan Stenbeck drama produced by FLX for SVT, has been acquired by TG4, ERR, Prima+, Vodafone, and platforms including Viaplay SVOD (🇺🇸 🇬🇧 🇵🇱) and Viaplay Select (LatAm).
• The Pink Pill, directed by Aisling Chin-Yee and produced by Everywoman Studios, has been acquired by Paramount+ Canada, which will exclusively premiere the documentary in fall 2025. (🇨🇦)
• Antenna Entertainment, Canal+ Poland, Tanweer Greece, and Czech TV acquire titles like A New Life in the Sun, Château DIY, and Ainsley’s Fantastic Flavours from Cineflix Rights and ITV Studios.
  Angel Eye Media’s true crime doc Social Media Murders: The Murder of Olly Stephens has been acquired by Nine Australia, RTL Germany, TV2 Norway, TV4 Sweden, and others via Silverlining Rights.
• Binge has extended its long-term content deal with Sony Pictures Television, securing British dramas like The Lady and Dear England, U.S. classics, and film franchises including Spider-Man and Ghostbusters.

• Australia-based AI company Othelia Technologies expands to the U.S., appointing former Bento Box CEO Scott Greenberg as Executive Chairman and Alexandra Hooven to lead its new L.A. headquarters as Chief Growth Officer. (🇦🇺)
• Brisbane’s Cosmic Dino expands with a new state-of-the-art facility as it provides full-service CG animation for the Bluey movie and signs with UTA and Fourth Wall to scale internationally. (🇦🇺)
• Secuoya Studios signs its first French development deal with producer Sydney Gallonde, securing a multi-year first-look agreement to create globally focused French dramas, thrillers, and socially conscious stories for international audiences. (🇪🇸)
• London-based ADRENALINE Studios expands into France with a new Lyon facility, adding four studios and a Foley stage to enhance dubbing, audio description, and sound design across animation and live action. (🇬🇧)
• Mega Matrix and Wardour Studios launch AIFLIX, a joint venture for AI-generated short dramas. Combining AI production tools with FlexTV’s global distribution, the platform targets rapid, high-quality content creation for global audiences. (🇺🇸)

• Sketchsoft releases Feather 1.3, expanding its 3D sketching app with new features. Recent updates added a squeeze menu, AR viewer, hover tools, and haptic feedback for Apple Pencil users. (🇰🇷)
• Autodesk launches MotionMaker in Maya 2026.1, an AI-driven tool that rapidly generates customizable character motion from simple guides, aimed at speeding up layout, previs, and stylized animation workflows. (🇺🇸)
• Pulze releases RenderFlow 1.0, a new network render manager supporting 3ds Max, Blender, and Fusion, with Cinema 4D, Maya, Houdini, and Nuke integration planned. Render Manager is now discontinued. (🇭🇺)
• Epic Games releases Unreal Engine 5.6, featuring major animation tool updates, improved Lumen performance, a new Mocap Manager, and integrated MetaHuman Creator for streamlined character creation. (🇺🇸)
• Sony unveils the Crystal LED Capri series, a cost-effective LED wall line for virtual production. Featuring high brightness, wide color gamut, and modular design, Capri integrates with Sony’s VP ecosystem and industry-standard controllers. (🇯🇵)

• Sound Particles launches MiniDust, a budget-friendly synth offering spatial audio tools, dual oscillators, 250+ presets, and advanced modulation, aimed at creators from hobbyists to professionals. (🇵🇹)
• Cinelab Film & Digital acquires Fluent/Image, integrating its VFX and post automation platform Coherence to streamline workflows for film, episodic, and high-end content production. (🇬🇧)
• Symply adds LTO-10 support to its SymplyPro tape portfolio, offering up to 75TB compressed per cartridge and high-speed backup options for media, AI, and enterprise data workflows. (🇺🇸)
• SVGator launches its Collaboration Team Plan, introducing shared workspaces, user-specific access control, in-app feedback, and centralized billing to streamline animation teamwork without third-party tools. (🇺🇸)
• Language Services Associates (LSA) launches its AI Video Dubbing tool, combining advanced AI with expert linguists to deliver culturally sensitive, lip-synced multilingual content across 70+ languages for enterprise and public sectors. (🇺🇸)

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• Tedial partners with Moments Lab to integrate MXT-2 AI into its EVO MAM system, enabling advanced scene recognition, shot analysis, and AI-powered indexing for faster, more efficient media asset management. (🇪🇸)
• Digital Anarchy updates Beauty Box with AI-driven masks for targeted skin retouching and shine removal. The plugin now supports multiple masks, fast rendering, and is available across major editing platforms. (🇺🇸)
• Toon Boom releases Harmony 25, adding a Breakdown Pose Assistant, Photoshop brush support, and USD integration to streamline 2D animation workflows from roughs to export in studio environments. (🇨🇦)
• Latent Technology raises €7M to scale its generative physics animation tech, enabling real-time, AI-driven character movement. The funding supports its push to redefine game animation and reduce development costs. (🇬🇧)
• Cyprus-based GDEV launches Shortly, an AI-powered platform for interactive, vertical mini-series. Developed by GameGears, the platform features non-linear storytelling, gamified choices, and rewards like karma points. (🇨🇾)

• Warner Bros. Discovery will expand HBO Max into 12 new countries this July, targeting 90 global markets. The push includes Europe and Asia, with premium content, sports, and tiered subscription options.
• Bell Media invests in Blink49 Studios through Bell Ventures, forming a global partnership with Fifth Season to co-produce and distribute scripted and unscripted content across Canada, the U.S., and Europe.
• Netflix will invest over €1 billion in Spain from 2025 to 2028, expanding local production at its Tres Cantos hub and supporting jobs, infrastructure, and global Spanish-language storytelling.
• Warner Bros. Discovery will split into two companies by mid-2026: Streaming & Studios, led by David Zaslav, and Global Networks, led by Gunnar Wiedenfels, to sharpen focus and boost shareholder value.