Lead · The Frame Stops Being a Decision You Make Once
Runway Labs tests generative video interfaces that recompose a scene when the viewing window resizes.
Agentic Coding
Model
Grok 4.7 rolls out across every Copilot surface, enabled by default for most administrators.
GitHub Changelog · Sep 21, 2026 ·
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Copilot adds a Sentry canvas, shell-validated reviews and agents running in local Dev Containers.
GitHub Changelog · Sep 18, 2026 ·
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The Messages API adds on-demand compaction, returning a signed block that stands in for earlier messages.
Anthropic release notes · Sep 2026 ·
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Claude Enterprise gets beta smart reports covering usage, cost, friction and reusable shared skills.
Anthropic release notes · Sep 2026 ·
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Film Production & Generative Video
Open Weights
Qwen Image 2.1 launches open-weight with native RGBA output, subject extraction and transparent-layer edits.
VP Land · Sep 21, 2026 ·
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ChatGPT Images 2.5 arrives with better reference preservation and split Flare and Sunburst API models.
VP Land · Sep 21, 2026 ·
readLicensing
Universal Music licenses its artist catalog to ElevenLabs for a fan-remix AI music platform.
VP Land · Sep 11, 2026 ·
readMarket
AFM launches The AFM House, a 15,000-square-foot venue housing its innovation hub and cinemas club.
VP Land · Sep 11, 2026 ·
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AI Editing & Post Workflow
Workflow
Threadline auto-logs, transcribes and organises raw footage inside the editor’s existing NLE.
No Film School · Sep 2026 ·
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Imagen Video exits beta with AI colour grading integrated into Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve.
No Film School · Sep 2026 ·
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Markiplier invests in Strada, whose peer-to-peer editing keeps large files on local drives.
VP Land · Sep 3, 2026 ·
readIndustry
The Visual Effects Society debuts a sold-out Women Who Lead Summit on leadership, equity and technology.
VP Land · Sep 11, 2026 ·
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Lead · The Biggest Merger in Hollywood History Clears Its Last Hurdle
Paramount settles with 12 state attorneys general, agreeing to 30 theatrical releases a year and a 45-day window.
Financing & Deals
Litigation
The WGA settles its antitrust suit over the Paramount–Warner Bros. Discovery merger.
Variety · Sep 2026 ·
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Vimeo doubles its Short Film Grant to $300,000, awarding five filmmakers $60,000 each plus Panavision gear.
Indie Shorts Mag · Opens Sep 21, 2026 ·
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Goldenrod tracks qualified production spend in real time and packages rebate filings in three states.
VP Land · Sep 11, 2026 ·
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New Producing Players
Launch
Wesley Wang launches a creator-led studio, hiring TriStar’s Caellum Allan to head film and television.
Deadline · Sep 2026 ·
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Steve Roy joins CAA as a motion picture literary agent.
Deadline · Sep 2026 ·
readPackaging
Roel Reiné will direct Lunar Colony for three partnered producers, pitched to buyers at TIFF.
ComingSoon · Sep 2026 ·
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Films Being Made
Production
Halsey starts shooting Replacer in Montreal, a horror feature she co-wrote with director Avan Jogia.
Deadline · Sep 2026 ·
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Tessa Thompson and Michael Shannon join Mads Mikkelsen in Last Meals.
Variety · Sep 2026 ·
readTrailer
The first trailer arrives for The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth, with Brad Pitt returning.
Deadline · Sep 21, 2026 ·
readAwards
Egypt selects Amir El-Masry starrer The Stories as its Best International Feature Oscar entry.
Deadline · Sep 21, 2026 ·
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A trailer lands for Thirteen In Gaza, shot in the Palestinian territory and a NETPAC winner at TIFF.
Deadline · Sep 21, 2026 ·
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John Abraham begins shooting Ribhu Dasgupta’s thriller Guru.
Variety · Sep 2026 ·
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Lead · Beneath the Baths of Trajan, Rome
A 33-by-52-foot mosaic under the Baths of Trajan opens to the public, possibly the largest Rome ever made.
Earthworks, Cities & Structures
Chicago, Illinois
Two 28-foot wooden reliefs anchor Jaume Plensa’s Beyond Silence at GRAY Chicago.
Colossal · Sep 2026 ·
readMilwaukee, Wisconsin
Daniel Minter’s carved wooden assemblages and long rows of hand brooms anchor Thresholds at the Haggerty.
Colossal · Sep 2026 ·
readYorkshire, England
Nicola Turner’s Time’s Scythe fills an 18th-century chapel with hand-stitched wool and horsehair forms.
Colossal · Runs to Sep 27, 2026 ·
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Sky-Tech, Fire & Spectacle
Jyväskylä, Finland
Finland’s City of Light festival runs nine nights, hanging lightning from a bridge and rainbows over a river.
City of Light Jyväskylä · Sep 25–Oct 3, 2026 ·
readWisconsin International Speedway
Verge Aero operators fly drones alongside pyrotechnics at the Pyrotechnics Guild International convention.
Middletown Life · Sep 2026 ·
readLas Vegas, Nevada
Pyrotecnico flies 1,020 pyro drones to set a Guinness record for the largest daytime fireworks display.
Pyrotecnico · Feb 21, 2026 ·
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Expeditions & Bodies at the Edge
Choktoi, Pakistan
Thomas Huber answers doubts over Wild Soul, a 21-pitch new route on the unclimbed North Summit of Biacherahi Central.
ExplorersWeb · Sep 2026 ·
readPedra Baiana, Brazil
An all-female team opens Sintonia, an 800m 22-pitch big wall in Brazil, after a drone found the line.
PlanetMountain · Aug–Sep 2026 ·
readPacific, aboard Falkor (too)
Schmidt Ocean Institute’s 98-berth Falkor (too) sails its 2026 season with artists aboard alongside scientists.
Schmidt Ocean Institute · 2026 season ·
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