Film and TV Briefing: Friday 26 September 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
Jimmy Kimmel returns to screens but not in all US States (IndieWire)
‘Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale’ continues to top the UK box office (Variety)
Paul Thomas Anderson's ‘One Battle After Another' is his highest budgeted film (IndieWire)
Hot topics for Pact’s next leader (Broadcast)
Jessica Chastain "not aligned" with AppleTV+’s pause of ‘The Savant’ (BBC)
Content from YouTube creators and podcasts to be added to Delta's inflight entertainment system (The Hollywood Reporter)
Zurich Film Festival’s summit sets key debates on AI, woke films and YouTube (ScreenDaily)
New York’s plan to encourage more productions with new tax incentives (Deadline)
Oscars: International Feature Film submissions for 2026 (Deadline)
Features and commentary
The micro-drama platforms providing work for actors and writers (Deadline)
BAFTA’s view on scripted comedy and climate change (BAFTA)
BFI celebrates 70 years of ITV (BFI)
What AI could mean for storytelling (Broadcast)
From IP to AI: Key takeaways from San Sebastián's European Conference (Variety)
Big Tech is under pressure from AI Giants: will this change Hollywood? (Variety)
Why independent films need to take risks (The Hollywood Reporter)
YouTube Creators show Hollywood a faster, cheaper studio model (IndieWire)
AI makes in-roads into subtitling (The Guardian)
Industry announcements
LFF For Free programme announced at the 69th BFI London Film Festival (BFI)
Speakers and events announced for this year’s LFF Industry Forum (BFI)
Reel Impact announces second Grant Awardee (Film and TV Charity)
Former C4 chief executive, Alex Mahon, has been named chair of the new Centre for Creative AI (Broadcast)
Christopher Nolan elected president of the DGA (ScreenDaily)
Legal updates
Spain and the Philippines set to sign landmark co-production treaty (Variety)
Disney faces lawsuit after enforcing its IP rights to Mickey Mouse (The Hollywood Reporter)
Disney shareholders threaten lawsuit over Kimmel suspension motives (Deadline)
