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Updated 9am Pt May 8 to reflect changes to AI Summit: Brady Corbet’s Oscar and Globe-winning drama The Brutalist wound up in the eye of a brief awards season storm in January after it emerged that AI had been used to modify the dialogue of its co-stars Adrien Brody and Felicity Jones.

The storm was downgraded to a squall after Corbet explained that his sound team had worked with Ukrainian AI voice company Respeecher to “refine certain vowels and letter for accuracy” in the co-stars’ Hungarian-language dialogue, while English-language dialogue had not been touched.

Four months on, Respeecher CEO and co-founder Alex Serdiuk will be at the Cannes Marché du Film for a panel entitled ‘AI Voices for Hollywood and Beyond’, which will touch on the company’s involvement in The Brutalist as well as Jacques Audiard’s 2024 Cannes Jury Prize and Oscar winner Emilia Pérez.

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Over the past two years, the pandemic has transformed the entertainment industry, forcing studios to rethink the way productions are planned. Smaller crews, budget constraints and Covid restrictions propelled virtual production to the forefront of the industry, allowing a crew to go back in time or into the future and travel anywhere on a project without ever leaving the studio. Virtual sets that replace traditional green screens can use 2D playback of photographic footage on LED walls, or 3D tracking that moves with the camera so the image changes like it would on a real set.

For instance, Ilm’s cutting-edge StageCraft LED wall technology, which surrounds the actors with realistic scenes, was used for roughly half the scenes in “ The Mandalorian.” Disney also brought a StageCraft array with 700 LED panels to its new Infinity virtual production stage in Burbank, allowing Hilary Duff to stroll across a virtual Brooklyn Bridge...

The Jokesters to Deliver Pranks and Chills

Random Media and Cinedigm have announced the July 21st release of The Jokesters on DVD, Digital HD and On Demand. Directed by Aj Wedding, The Jokesters is a tension-filled found footage horror film starring Nathan Reid, Gabriel Tigerman, Luis Jose Lopez (American Sniper), Dante Spencer and Jen Yeager. The Jokesters Pulls a Terrifying Prank Available July 21st on ...

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The distributor has acquired Us rights to Camilla Dickinson and The Jokesters.

Cornelia Duryée Moore’s Camilla Dickinson (pictured) stars Adelaide Clemens as the sheltered daughter of a well-heeled Manhattan clan in 1948 who meets a rebellious young man.

Gregg Sulkin, Cary Elwes, Samantha Mathis, Margaret Colin, Camryn Manheim and Robert Picardo also star in the adaptation of Madeleine L’Engle’s novel of the same name.

Random Media svp of acquisitions Bobby Rock negotiated the deal with producer Larry Estes. Camilla Dickinson premiered at the Seattle International Film Festival in 2012.

Aj Wedding’s 2014 comedy-horror The Jokesters centres on a group of pranksters whose farewell surprise on a departing member spirals out of control.

Rock brokered the deal with Eastgate Pictures president Ronna Wallace on behalf of Reinventing Films.

Random Media has acquired two new titles for release in Summer 2015: "Camilla Dickinson" and "The Jokesters." Directed by Cornelia Duryée Moore, "Camilla Dickinson" is an adaptation of Madeleine L'Engle's classic novel about the daughter of a wealthy family in 1948 Manhattan. Fifteen-year-old Camilla (Adelaide Clemens) lives a privileged life in New York City until her parents' marriage grows increasingly rocky. Camilla finds a way to take her mind off things when she meets Frank, her best friend's rebellious brother (Gregg Sulkin). Frank shows Camilla a world outside of her sheltered bubble, and she slowly begins to grow up. Supporting cast includes Cary Elwes, Samantha Mathis, Margaret Colin, Camryn Manheim and Robert Picardo.  Random Media has also acquired Aj Wedding's "The Jokesters," which has been a hit on the horror festival circuit. When Ethan, leader of the internet sensation "The Prankmasters," announces he is...