Author: James

Jon Leland, the former Chief Strategy Officer at Kickstarter, and Ivan Askwith, who previously led digital media at Lucasfilm, have launched Popular Demand, a studio and technology company built around developing and distributing content for existing fandoms. The company will develop, finance, produce, and distribute film, television, publishing, gaming, and live experiences, according to a…

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From AI-powered filmmaking to taking Indian mythology to audiences worldwide, a recent gathering of filmmakers, producers, animators and technologists in Hyderabad explored how artificial intelligence is reshaping cinema. Beyond the possibilities of new technology, discussions also turned to the stories filmmakers choose to tell and whether India’s vast repository of mythology, folklore and cultural history…

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