International
DreamWorks picks filming rights of Eat, Sleep, Poop
MUMBAI: DreamWorks has picked up the filming rights of Eat, Sleep, Poop: A Common Sense Guide to Your Baby‘s First Year for producers Walter Parkes and Laurie MacDonald to adapt into a feature comedy.
This is the first partnership between Dreamworks and Parkes/MacDonald‘s new development fund with Imagenation Abu Dhabi.
Matt Allen and Caleb Wilson, who penned the Vince Vaughn-Reese Witherspoon comedy Four Christmases are on board to write.
Poop is a guidebook by Beverly Hills-based pediatrician Scott W. Cohen. The first book of a planned series is a common sense guide for parents with newborns. It also follows Cohen‘s experiences raising his own child, which in many ways defied much of what he learned in medical school and ultimately altered how he advises his patients.
One of Cohen‘s patients was the wife of Chris Fenton, a principal at comedy production outfit H2F and a father of three-year-old twins. The doctor pitched a book idea to Fenton, who then put the writer in touch with a lit agent and the deal with Scribner was struck.
Fenton brought up the book during a lunch with Parkes/MacDonald exec Anson Avellar, who squired the idea away to his bosses. Before long, a pre-emptive bid was in the works.
Non-fiction guidebooks on birthing and parenthood are hot in Hollywood. Two weeks ago Lionsgate and Phoenix Pictures teamed to bring pregnancy series What to Expect When You‘re Expecting to the big screen.
Scribner is set to launch the book on 30 March.
International
Utopai Studios unveils 4K three-minute video generation for PAI platform
New Story Agent and editing tools aim to streamline AI-led filmmaking workflows
MUMBAI: Utopai Studios has announced a major upgrade to its PAI storytelling AI platform, introducing what it claims is an industry-first capability to generate three-minute videos in 4K resolution, alongside enhancements to its Story Agent feature.
The update, rolling out from April 15, expands the platform’s capabilities across the filmmaking process, from early concept development to post-production. The company said the new features are designed to help filmmakers maintain continuity across characters, scenes and visual styles, a key challenge in AI-driven storytelling.
At the heart of the release is a next-generation model that enables more structured narrative development, allowing creators to move more seamlessly from idea to execution. With tools such as multi-shot sequencing and multi-turn editing, the platform aims to give both studios and independent creators greater control over complex storytelling workflows.
Commenting on the launch, Utopai Studios co-founder and CTO Jie Yang said, “The next phase of AI in media will not be defined by isolated tools, but by systems that can carry story, continuity and collaboration across the full creative process.” He added that the update is a step towards enabling more practical, end-to-end narrative development at a professional level.
Echoing this, Utopai Studios co-founder and chief scientific officer Zijian He said, “Generative video is opening the door to a new production model, where creative ambition is less constrained by traditional cost and complexity.” He noted that the platform combines multimodal models with iterative editing to give creators more speed, control and consistency.
The company said PAI is already being used in professional film and television productions, particularly in Hollywood, for tasks such as pre-visualisation, scene design and post-production refinements. The latest update adds features including improved voice options, character consistency, unlimited editing and more flexible asset management.
Utopai also emphasised that its models are not trained on copyrighted material, positioning the platform as a cleaner alternative for creators and rights holders navigating the evolving AI landscape.
As AI continues to reshape content creation, Utopai’s latest push signals a shift from standalone tools to integrated systems, aiming to make high-quality filmmaking faster, more flexible and increasingly accessible.
