Utopai Studios has come on board as a co-producer and investor in Half Moon, the new German-Korean live-action feature from Hyo-joo Yang, as it continues to advance its global, filmmaker-driven production studio model.

AI actor Tilly Norwood has landed her first starring role, with Particle 6 beginning development on Misaligned.

NEA and NAVER Ventures lead the Series B funding round for TwelveLabs, the tech startup building AI tools to enable the search and tagging of vast video archives.

Banijay Kids & Family has sealed a research and development collaboration with the animation software company Toon Boom Animation to drive the deployment of AI in animation production.

Utopai Studios has boarded as a headline partner of the first MIP AI Entertainment Forum, taking place at MIPCOM Cannes this October, with Cecilia Shen, cofounder and CEO, set to deliver a keynote on the opening Monday.