Fans of Austin-created anime-influenced streaming smash RWBY have reason to rejoice today. After months of rumors in the wake of the closure of parent studio Rooster Teeth, the franchise has now been acquired by Viz Media.

A crime spree is plaguing film and TV production companies and equipment rental houses, as thieves have been targeting these businesses to steal tens of thousands of dollars' worth of high-end lenses and cameras.

Austin-based filmmaker Brian Taylor has teamed with comics legend Mike Mignola to bring his greatest creation, Hellboy, back to screens with Hellboy: The Crooked Man, and the first trailer is here.

Josh Frank, founder of Austin’s Blue Starlite Mini Urban Drive-In, is launching a new collaboration with some of the biggest names in rock, including Radiohead, R.E.M., Pearl Jam, the Pixies and more, intended to bring new energy to silent movies.

There are few more iconic and emblematically American images than the biker gang. The leathers, the patches, the choppers, the camaraderie. But there's also the violence, the depravity, the criminal conspiracies.

It's impossible to talk about the film industry in Texas without crediting Tom Copeland as a behind-the-scenes legend. Now friends, family, and everyone in the industry who knew, worked with, or whose life was touched by Copeland will have a chance to celebrate his legacy.

A massive change is in store for the Alamo Drafthouse: The Austin-based cinema chain and its film festival Fantastic Fest, have been acquired wholly and solely by Sony Pictures Entertainment, and will become part of the new Sony Pictures Experiences division.

The writing and producing duo behind the critically acclaimed FX on Hulu smash Shōgun, Justin Marks and Rachel Kondo, have been named as the latest honorees of the Austin Film Festival. However, they won’t be sharing an award.

It’s easy to set a movie in a country or place. Yet as Ishana Night Shyamalan learned, it’s only when your boots are on the soil that you can really understand the location and its people.