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Spielberg Warns Hollywood Will 'Run Out of Gas' on Franchise IP

His push for longer theater-only runs signals a renewed theater-first strategy.

Netflix, Disney and Paramount Confront ByteDance Over Seedance 2.0 After Rights Notices and 3-Day Deadline

MPA Sets Feb. 27 Deadline as Studios Escalate Fight Over ByteDance’s Seedance 2.0

Netflix Threatens Immediate Legal Action Over ByteDance’s Seedance 2.0

ByteDance Pledges Safeguards for Seedance 2.0 After Disney, Paramount Cease-and-Desist

Mediawan in Advanced Talks to Acquire Peter Chernin’s North Road

Disney Scrapped $1 Billion Tomorrowland Overhaul Under Chapek, Favoring Projects With Clearer Returns

1930 Works Enter U.S. Public Domain, Opening Access to Betty Boop, Early Mickey and Nancy Drew

Fan Filmmaker Accuses Disney and 88 Pictures of Copying Star Wars: Visions Duel

Gary K. Wolf Reclaims Roger Rabbit Rights, Sets Live-Action Jessica Rabbit as Lead Project

Telugu Film Chamber Takes Up Prasanth Varma–Niranjan Reddy Dispute as Producer Seeks ₹200 Crore

Duffer Brothers Detail Paramount Pact for Theatrical Originals as Stranger Things Final Season Sets Holiday Rollout

Morgan & Morgan Sues Disney to Clear Use of Public‑Domain ‘Steamboat Willie’ Mickey in Ad

Disney, Universal and Warner Bros. Sue China’s MiniMax Over Alleged AI Piracy

Midjourney Defends AI Training Under Fair Use as Studios Embed Anti-AI Warnings

Universal Embeds AI-Training Ban in End Credits of Its Major Films

Scarlett Johansson’s Tower of Terror Film Moves Forward as Script Takes Shape

Jason Bourne Franchise Rights Enter Competitive Bidding as Universal Faces New Rivals

Monopoly Movie to Be Written by Dungeons & Dragons Filmmakers

David S. Goyer Launches Collaborative Sci-Fi Franchise 'Emergence' with AI-Powered Platform Incention