Entertainment Lawyers

  Hollywood may not quite know how it really feels about AI. But let’s be honest, it is going to change how films get made, like it or not. The real questions are how, and how the industry will have to adapt to it. In what could be one of the first film production-targeted AI projects that actually attempt to answer that question, a new offering made specifically to help with production goals has launched, as entertainment lawyer Brandon Blake is here to share.                                                                                                                      Brandon Blake Asteria Launches New Suite Continuum suite, launched by Asteria, promises to offer a new model oper...

  After a box office year that turned out surprisingly successful despite its initial woes, have we hit the same slump this year? Brandon Blake, take a look at entertainment lawyer at Blake & Wang P.A., is here to share the latest news from the silver screen.                                                                   Brandon Blake                                                                  Good News for Paramount Ahead of their coming deal with Warner Bros., which had a fantastic set of releases last year, Paramount will be happy to see some of that magic rub off on them. Despite critics feeling anything but confident about the latest in...

After Ne Zha 2 ’s extraordinary rise last year, it was inevitable that this Chinese New Year’s cinema takings would look a little drab. However, this is also one of the most influential periods for Chinese cinema. Brandon Blake, the entertainment lawyer with Blake & Wang P.A., offers a look under the hood of this year’s cinematic performance.                                                                         Brandon Blake A Successful Box Office? It’s tempting indeed to note the decline in this year’s takings and leave it at that. However, the Chinese New Year brought home RMB 5.75B, or about $842.3M over the festivities. Admissions were 120 million people.  That’s 18% down on last year’s takings, which hit RMB 7M, or $965M. Was this year likely to match Ne Zha 2 ? No. That was a remarka...

  Despite the many frustrations of the flux US filmmaking currently finds itself in, the independent production circuit is holding up strong, with foreign partners now becoming the go-to way to get media made. Brandon Blake, check the entertainment lawyer Los Angeles with Blake & Wang P.A., looks at how co-productions are now helping to scale and expand productions’ reach globally, with Canada leading the way. Brandon Blake Canadian Filmmaking Expansion Under official local co-production rules, Canadian filmmakers cannot spend more than 25% of their total budgets abroad, meaning that they often need to find foreign partners for additional financing boosts. However, this model can introduce its own complexities along the way, not least of which is the coordination needed to make it work. Co-productions allow a little more flexibility, especially to look for cheaper areas to shoot without skirting the rules (too much). It can also offer the “scaffolding” needed to open up new te...

  While they haven’t formally upped their current all-cash bid for Warner Bros., Paramount has sweetened the deal a little with a ticking fee. To fill us in on this latest development, we have Blake & Wang P.A. check entertainment lawyer Los Angeles USA, Brandon Blake.                                                                     Brandon Blake Ticking Fee Offer   While the underlying $30 all-cash bid per share will stay in place, they have added a new $0.25 per share ticking fee payable to the shareholders for every quarter the deal Paramount wants with Warner Bros. Discovery has not closed, with the timeline starting on the last day of this year.   This should come out to around $650M in value per quarter and, at a deeper level, is also something of a flex from Paramount that it...

  Although the Sony Group overall reported strong gains in its latest earnings report, Sony Pictures Entertainment didn’t fare quite so successfully. Brandon Blake, see entertainment lawyer Los Angeles with Blake & Wang P.A., fills out the details.                                                                        Brandon Blake Revenue Dip Despite $2.3B in revenue overall and $197M for the third quarter, Sony Pictures Entertainment was down 12% on last year, and 11% for the quarter. In quite stark contrast, the Sony Group as a whole saw a 22% growth. They also reported a drop in marketing costs for their theatrical fare, although a decrease in sales still pulled down overall operating income.   However, with some perspective, that looks a little less like a failure. The same quarter la...