Shamone! Record-breaking biopic “Michael” helped Lionsgate‘s movie division turn in a profit of $105 million — its best-ever result for a June quarter. Lionsgate’s Motion Picture segment revenue of $587.3 million more than doubled from the prior-year quarter. The segment profit was up from a nominal $2.4 million in the year-ago period. The company said
“I have no idea how they got my contact information,” says the engineer. Unlike other interviews for government jobs, the engineer says, there was no recruiter present—only Coristine was on the interview call. “Normally initial screenings are done over the phone, rather than video, to reduce bias in the process,” they say. During the engineer’s
You have to imagine that the team at Game Freak is bursting with ideas. The studio puts out new mainline Pokémon adventures with a machinelike precision. But every so often it launches a curious experiment, whether it’s an action title about a militarized elephant or turning horse races into a card game, showing that it’s
Darren Aronofsky has shown the work his new AI studio, Primordial Soup, can do. Now he wants more money to do it. The company revealed in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission last week that it was looking to raise $15 million in cash in exchange for shares in the studio. The filing
French animation and visual effects company STIM, whose credits include “The Wild Robot,” “The Garfield Movie” and “Coyote vs. Acme,” is opening a production center in Spain’s Canary Islands, with plans to create more than 100 jobs as it expands its European operations. STIM Tenerife will begin operations in August and expects to employ 60
Variety’s Interview Studio will return to San Diego on July 24 and 25 in partnership with Google TV and will feature a series of in-depth interviews and conversations with leading talent and creators. “This event has become a defining element of the entertainment industry, uniting the creative community, talent and fans in a celebration of