Film and TV Briefing: Friday 12 December 2025
Welcome to this week’s round-up of news, commentary and industry announcements that you may have missed from the past week.
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In the news
Paramount goes all in with hostile bid for Warner Bros (IndieWire)
Disney signs major $1bn deal with Open AI (Deadline)
Golden Globes 2026 nominees revealed (BBC)
BBC to boost spend to over £100m from 2027/28 (Pact)
Buyers sought for worlds first fully AI reality show (Broadcast)
AAFCA Awards winners announced (Variety)
Zootopia 2 breaks foreign animation records (Guardian)
Sundance Film Festival 2026 line up (IndieWire)
Riz Ahmed discusses how going to the US boosted his career (Deadline)
YouTube TV to launch genre-specific discounted plans (Variety)
RTS Craft & Design Awards 2025 winners (RTS)
Japan to incentivise international productions (ScreenDaily)
Leonardo DiCaprio expresses his thoughts on AI (Variety)
Hollywood reveals 2025 Black List (IndieWire)
Priya Dogra to become Channel 4's CEO (Broadcast)
Michael Caine retires again (Guardian)
Features and commentary
Netflix and Paramount battle it out for Warner Bros (Variety)
Shivani Pandya Malhotra, MD at Red Sea Film Festival, discusses Saudi’s cinema rise (Hollywood Reporter)
Guardian’s top 50 films of 2025 (Guardian)
Industry announcements
Nigel Warner to become Pact CEO in March 26 (Pact)
MoU signed between British and Italian Film Commissions (British Film Commission)
