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Culver City, CA (October 2, 2026)—The 13th annualMix Sound for Film & Television eventreturned to the post-production facilities of Host PartnerSony Pictures Studioson Saturday, September 26, and packed the house! More than 500 audio professionals came out to take in a full day of expert post-production sound panels, technology demos and sound profiles featuring some…

AI is making movie scenes dramatically cheaper to produce. In China, a film student says a wedding scene that would typically cost about 60,000 yuan, roughly $9,000, to shoot using conventional methods can now be created with generative AI for about 1,400 yuan, roughly $200, a fraction of the original cost.

Everything seemed to be business as usual as filming got underway on a dimly lit set in a basement in Hengdian, a town nicknamed “China’s Hollywood” for its sprawling complex of film studios.

When “One Battle After Another” closed streets in Sacramento’s affluent Fab 40s neighborhood, location manager Tyler Semons expected some resistance — the kind of irritation, or a bill for the inconvenience, that a similar shoot might draw in Los Angeles or San Francisco. Instead, people brought out wine.