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Extras: An Obituary

July 22, 2026July 30, 2026 Dr. Carlos Flores 1 Comment AI, Alex Garland, animatronics, Arab Legion, Avengers: Endgame, background actors, Battle of Aqaba, blockbusters, Book and Film Globe, CGI, Christopher Nolan, Christopher Nolan films, CIvil War, D Day, David Lean, David Lean films, digital crowds, Dunkirk, epic cinema, Extras, film history, film production, Greece, Hollywood, Jordan, King Hussein, King Hussein of Jordan, Lawrence of Arabia, Lawrence of Arabia battle scene, Matt Damon, Messenia, Normandy, Oppenheimer, Peter Jackson, practical effects, puppetry, Ray Mendoza, SAG-AFTRA, Saving Private Ryan, Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, Steven Spielberg, T.E. Lawrence, Tenet, The Hobbit, The Lord Of The Rings, The Odyssey, union actors, visual effects, William Tecumseh Sherman

AI sounds the death knell for living crowds of people on film

The Year AI Began To Shape Hollywood

December 18, 2025December 18, 2025 Stephen Macaulay 0 Comments 2023 actors strike, Academy Awards, Adrien Brody, AI, AI ethics, AI filmmaking, artificial intelligence, Bob Iger, ChatGPT, collective bargaining, copyright, David Ellison, digital performers, Disney, Emilia Perez, Fantasia, Felicity Jones, film industry, film technology, future of cinema, generative AI, Hollywood, Hollywood studios, intellectual property, Karla Sofía Gascón, labor relations, Larry Ellison, Marvel, Mickey Mouse, Netflix, OpenAI, Oracle, Oscars, Paramount, Particle6, Pixar, Respeecher, SAG-AFTRA, Sora, Star Wars, Steamboat Willie, synthetic actors, The Brutalist, Tilly Norwood, voice technology, Walt Disney Company, Xicoia, Zurich Film Festival, Zurich Film Festival Summit

From AI Oscar wins to Disney handing OpenAI its crown jewels film is racing from talent to tech

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No More Hollywood

September 3, 2025September 8, 2025 Stephen Macaulay 0 Comments A Minecraft Movie, Adobe Firefly, Alphabet, Amazon, Apple Macintosh, Blogger, David Ellison, Deepbrain AI, Disney, Fable, FrontPage, GeoCities, Google, Google Veo, Kling AI, KPop Demon Hunters, Larry Ellison, LaserWriter, Luma Dream Machine, MacPaint, MacWrite, MySpace, Ne Zha 2, Netflix, Oculus, OpenAI Sora, Oracle, Pixar, Ridley Scott, Runway, SAG-AFTRA, Showrunner, Sony Music, Substack, Synthesia, Universal Music, Warner Music, Wondershare, WordPress, YouTube

AI will transform films and tv — animation is showing the way

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Making Entertainment Great Again

August 20, 2025August 24, 2025 Stephen Macaulay 0 Comments David Ellison, Donald Trump, Larry Ellison, Paramount, Paramount Plus, SAG-AFTRA, Skydance, Skydance Media

Could Paramount put UFC on the White House lawn and AI actors in movies?

FILM Politics Tech

‘The Brutalist’ Truth About AI

January 30, 2025February 4, 2025 Stephen Macaulay 0 Comments Adrien Brody, AI, Brady Corbet, Felicity Jones, Register of Copyrights, SAG-AFTRA, The Brutalist, The Current War

Controversy over Oscar nominee’s sound enhancement is just the beginning

NO FAKES

What’s Really in the NO FAKES Act

August 5, 2024August 9, 2024 Stephen Macaulay 0 Comments Amy Klobuchar, Charles Rivkin, Chris Coons, Fran Drescher, George Clooney, Hulk Hogan, Joe Biden, Marsha Blackburn, Motion Picture Association, NO FAKES Act, SAG-AFTRA, Thom TIllis

Will Washington’s proposed bipartisan anti-AI legislation provide actors (and musicians) the protection they need from digital variants?

Elvis

Elvis Has Left the Deepfake

March 25, 2024 Stephen Macaulay 0 Comments AI, Bill Lee, Deloitte, Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, ELVIS Act, SAG-AFTRA, Tennessee, WGA

Tennessee protects the King from AI, but don’t get comfortable: surveys show that Gen-Z is increasingly comfortable with the technology

Baldwin

SAG/AFTRA Runs Cover For Alec Baldwin in ‘Rust’ Shooting Case

January 30, 2024February 7, 2024 Michael Washburn 4 Comments Alec Baldwin, Gloria Allred, Halyna Hutchins, Rust, SAG-AFTRA

In the face of a new indictment, the union sides with a big Hollywood name when it doesn’t have to

Hollywood

Will Act For Food

December 12, 2023 Stephen Macaulay 0 Comments Hollywood, Otis College of Art and Design, SAG-AFTRA, WGA

The strikes are over, but the future for Hollywood employment looks pretty bleak

Drew Barrymore Backs Off

September 18, 2023September 18, 2023 Jake Harris 0 Comments Drew Barrymore, SAG-AFTRA, WGA

Her talk show will not resume as originally intended, as the host decides to honor the Hollywood strikes

Labor Day

Labor Movies For Labor Day

September 4, 2023September 4, 2023 Stephen Macaulay 0 Comments Al Pacino, Blue Collar, Danny DeVito, Harvey Keitel, Hoffa, Jack Nicholson, Justified: City Primeval, Norma Rae, Paul Schrader, Richard Pryor, Robert DeNiro, SAG-AFTRA, Sally Field, The Irishman, WGA, WGA Strike, Yaphen Kotto

If you’re not yet supporting the Hollywood strikes, these films will get you on the worker’s side

Strike

The Strike of the Locust

July 26, 2023July 26, 2023 Michael Washburn 0 Comments Billy Wilder, Bob Iger, John Schlesinger, SAG-AFTRA, Sunset Boulevard, The Day of the Locust, The Player

The downtrodden creatives of Hollywood have long been a favorite topic of the movies

Book and Film Globe Podcasts

BFG Podcast #111

July 24, 2023July 24, 2023 Book and Film Globe Staff 0 Comments Barbie, Christopher Nolan, Greta Gerwig, Oppenheimer, SAG-AFTRA

‘Barbenheimer’ and actors on strike

SAG

You May Be Surprised at What SAG Actors Can Still Do

July 18, 2023July 24, 2023 Stephen Macaulay 0 Comments Network Code, SAG-AFTRA, Soap opera

Soap operas, jingles, and other unusual loopholes in strike prohibitions

Strike

No Endgame

July 16, 2023July 25, 2023 Rob Kutner 0 Comments Bob Iger, Disney, Fran Drescher, Netflix, SAG-AFTRA, WGA

Actors join the Hollywood picket lines as the studio heads twirl their mustaches

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