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Upscale Officially Launches As One-Stop Shop For Microdramas
Upscale Media Films, which is producing a slate of vertical shows with Hartbeat, has formally launched as a full-service production company for the microdrama market. Founder and CEO Malik Davis is building the business around owning a portfolio of published book properties paired with an in-house crew that develops, casts, shoots and edits content, aiming…
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Ginevra Elkann’s ‘The Roses of Marrakesh,’ Starring Fanny Ardant, Boarded by True Colours (EXCLUSIVE)
Rome-based sales company True Colours has boarded Italian director Ginevra Elkann’s new feature “The Roses of Marrakesh” (“Le Rose di Marrakech”), starring Fanny Ardant, and will launch international sales on the title in Toronto. The deal is notable both for Elkann’s growing profile as a filmmaker — she is a granddaughter of former Fiat chief…
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Anthropic users are taking the company to court over Max subscription terms
A group of Claude users has filed a class-action lawsuit against Anthropic, alleging that the company misled subscribers about the usage limits of its top-tier Max plan. Filed on 8 September and first reported by The Verge, the suit claims Anthropic’s marketing promised “5x or 20x more usage than the Pro plan” without adequately disclosing…
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The War on Drugs release new single after four-year hiatus
The War on Drugs have released “Who’s That,” their first new studio recording since 2022, accompanied by a Max Flick-directed music video that follows frontman Adam Granduciel on a nocturnal walk through Burbank, California. Written and produced by Granduciel at his Southern California studio, the track marks a rare piece of new material during an…
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Sony Pictures CEO Ravi Ahuja On Strategy Of Targeted Expansion Vs “Disruptive” Mega M&A
Sony Pictures Entertainment chairman-CEO Ravi Ahuja has set out a strategy of targeted, smaller-scale expansion rather than pursuing large mergers and acquisitions, arguing that “mega M&A” is overly disruptive to a business. Speaking at the Bank of America media conference, he pointed to the restoration of Hollywood’s historic Cinerama Dome and the reopening of the…
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Sony Pictures Entertainment CEO on Success of ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’: The Movie Is ‘Emotional’ and ‘Some People Come Away Crying’
Sony Pictures Entertainment chairman and CEO Ravi Ahuja has credited the huge box-office success of “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” to its emotional depth, saying the film sets itself apart from other recent superhero releases and leaves some audience members in tears. Speaking at the BofA Securities 2026 Media, Communications & Entertainment Conference in New York,…
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Nintendo Direct September 2026: The biggest news and trailers
Nintendo has now completed its September 2026 double-header of showcases, following Tuesday’s Zelda-focused presentation, which confirmed a 5th November release date for the Switch 2 remake of Ocarina of Time, with a roughly 45-minute Nintendo Direct on Wednesday. The Direct was a relatively low-key affair centred on Switch 2 titles due this winter, but it…
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‘No expense spared’: Inside the luxury death plane that killed beloved company boss and his daughter – as air crash investigators launch probe into ageing aircraft’s service records
An ageing but luxuriously refitted Beechcraft A36 Bonanza crashed into a paddock at Chambers Flat, near Logan, south of Brisbane, on Monday, killing company boss Ian Campbell, 56, and his 23-year-old daughter Hannah. The pair had been airborne for just eight minutes after taking off from Archerfield Airport, with witnesses reporting thick smoke pouring from…
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The War on Drugs Return with “Who’s That,” First New Studio Recording in Four Years: Stream
The War on Drugs have released “Who’s That,” their first new studio recording since 2022, accompanied by a music video directed by Max Flick. The track, written and produced by frontman Adam Granduciel at his studio in Southern California, sees him confront emotional imbalance and depression, notably through the refrain “It’s only my depression, baby,”…
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White House pulls Tetris-style ‘Build The Wall’ game after copyright concern
The White House has removed a Tetris-style browser game called “Build The Wall” from its website, after The Tetris Company objected to the unauthorised use of its game’s likeness. In the game, players stacked falling blocks to construct a border wall to “protect the border”; the firm said on 4 September it was “not involved…