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猬囷笍 Avatar AANG The Last Airbender animated movie at @AnimationIsFilm
Young adult Aang, Katara, Sokka, Zuko, Toph, Apa and Momo team up to find an ancient power before antibender Deniers do.
High-energy action packed!
Aged-up looks reflect their evolution
Released 7/25/26
馃寵 Making of Hexed @AnimationIsFilm
Rebellious teen Billie (Hailee Steinfeld) discovers she has magic powers. She opens a portal to Hexe witch town, learns magic (Intention, Ignition, Witchification) w help of 3-eye cat BR (Walter Goggins) to battle Queen Witch (Jodie Foster)
LA28 will be the largest Olympics Games in history form attendees to global viewers
Tech will help make that easy
- LA28
Post pandemic, people want to connect in-person via shared experiences: events, sports, theatre, immersive activations
LA and London excel in entertainment, theater, live shows, trends and influencers to gen buzz
Startups expanding to Europe can start in London
#latechweek
鈽狅笍 One Piece:
Inaki delivers lines with authenticity and earnestness that would be cheesy by other actors
Inaki did just 3 takes of singing his song to Laboon, and it was live on set, not pre recorded cuz he's that talented
@Impact24PR
鈽狅笍 One Piece: Editing and Score
馃惓 Luffy sings to Laboon scene in Ep 2:
Laboon sounds are orchestra + processed elephant + clarinet + waterphone
Composer Sonya Belousova sang the temp song and Luffy actor sang it w same cadence, pauses, emphasis in his character
馃拃 One Piece: editing and composing panel at AFI
馃悪馃挭馃徑 Nico Robin vs Marines opening scene of S2 accentuates her badass stylish character. Octopus arms led to octopus vocals. Music was
fashion catwalk + horror to match her walk. Drum beat heart beat
@Impact24PR
Backrooms and Obsession box office success is partially due to popular IPs and Gen Z fans online word of mouth via social AND showed up at theaters
This saved million$ in marketing
Film finance companies prefer films w strong fan base / social media cuz cost less
Screamfest
Film Finance panel at Screamfest
Various states and countries have film 5-30% reimbursement incentives, but sometimes they may not pay out on time or at all, so do research where you get your $
US productions cover healthcare so can cost more than Int'l - @spacedj1
AI and Games
AI makes it easier to make games at lower costs. That can increase number of games and expectations for higher quality games
Game makers should use AI to assist humans, not replace
Game auds distrust AI so be careful how it's used
@dmwevents
Indie Games:
4 criteria for if a game (or any entertainment IP) will do well
Authenticity - make sense or cash grab?
Execution - can the producers directors do it? Track record
Original - what's new idea, gameplay etc
Fandom - passionate fans?
@danskdansk @dmwevents
Game IP to Film, TV and Streaming
Big succe$$ w Mario, Minecraft, Last of Us, Iron Lung
馃攽 Popular IP + good script/directors who get IP
Game-based movies don't have to follow game- like Resident Evil
Paramount + Activision making Call of Duty movie for 2028
@dmwevents
Merman creator Chris Capel discusses using AI tools to create Merman, a comedic short about a guy who finds out being a roommate with a merman isn't as fun as it sounds
Renting a sea lion would cost several thou$and.
#aicreatorday
3 x Emmy winner @BernieSu created interactive Whispers, where theater auds 'whisper' suggestions in live chat to detective to help him solve a mystery.
Whispers uses AI tools to create dialogue and render in real time based on aud input
@TheWrap @WhatsTrending
#AIcreatorday
As a creator: 'You know you're doing right when everyone's hatin'' said @DeStorm.
Cuz if people are afraid, you're doing something big and cutting edge
He created 'The 90s' and 'Best Friends with...' Instagram series via Dreamina 馃か
@TheWrap @WhatsTrending
#AIcreatorday
'Nobody Dies on Mars' creator @verenapuhm uses Midjourney for concepts and then agents and more AI tools for video
@thewrap @WhatsTrending
#AIcreatorday
Creative humans are needed more than ever to use AI tools to tell human stories
Start playing w AI tools to create a character, tell a story. And keep your work trail to prove human authorship
@kleverov of Native Foreign
@TheWrap @WhatsTrending
#aicreatorday
Fox uses Gen AI for
visualizations in documentaries, like Princess Diana's car crash from different angles
Goal: AI tools to achieve 20-30% savings
- Jon Flynn Head of FoxNXT, Fox Entertainment
@TheWrap @WhatsTrending #AIcreatorday
Who Decides What's Human: needs to be more AI regulation and legal protection of human creators
Justice vs Deepfakers should not just be removal of deepfakes, but paying for damages in civil suit
@shiralazar moderates panel w IAB, Adobe, 11:11


































