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Luma, the AI startup whose video generation tool almost immediately started churning out IP-infringing slop when it launched last year, is opening up a “combined meeting, coworking and educational” space in Los Angeles, per The Hollywood Reporter. The venue’s meant to give filmmakers a place where they can experiment with this technology, which has produced pretty lackluster output so far.

After years of working as NASA’s film liaison, Bert Ulrich is reportedly heading to Space 11 Corp — a studio focused on making cinematic projects about and sometimes set in outer space — where he will serve as executive vice president of production development and communications.

The record-breaking animated film is going to be hitting theaters in the US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand on August 22nd, this time with dialogue in English. CMC Pictures has partnered with A24 for the new release, and the cast will include Michelle Yeoh, who described the movie in a statement as “a landmark in Chinese animation and a powerful reminder of how universal our stories can be.”

It won’t be called Dune: Messiah even though it’s an adaptation of that book, Variety reports. The movie is set to release in December 2026.

The racing drama is now Apple’s highest-grossing movie to date after generating $293 million at the global box office over the last ten days, overtaking the $221 million total intake set by Ridley Scott’s Napoleon in 2023. It’s a short leaderboard given that Apple has only released five films theatrically, however, and it already covers the $250 million that F1 cost to produce.

Netflix only released the Sony-animated K-Pop Demon Hunters movie two weeks ago, but its catchy soundtrack is already beating out established K-pop artists in the US. “Your Idol” by the Saja Boys — the movie’s villainous and entirely fictional boy band backed by some respected voices — hit No.2 on the US Spotify chart Thursday, dethroning BTS as the highest-charting K-pop band in US Spotify history.

From director Julian Glander (Summer Camp Island), Boys Go to Jupiter revolves around Billy 5000 (Jack Corbett) — a gig worker whose life is upended when he stumbles across an alien egg that hatches into a small creature he must take care of. The movie looks equal parts inspired, adorable, and like something worth checking out when it hits theaters on August 8th.

You could see that Blumhouse really believed it could recreate the success of the original M3gan with its recently-released sequel. But according to The Hollywood Reporter, M3gan 2.0’s bombing at the box office this month has spooked the studio into reassessing its plans to put out a spin-off next year.