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Uslan spoke at length about the increasing globalization of the movie industry and upcoming Asian partnerships, pointing out that, "The times they are a changin' and we need to be producing global content capable of playing across not only borders but cultures, as well, and not simply continue to make movies for American high school and college boys who play video games. To do this effectively, we have reached out to our friends in China and in South Korea, with whom we have spent years cultivating friendships and trust. We come to the table as full partners in this mutual goal. In China alone, we will have the potential of reaching one-and-a-half billion new consumers for what we do." Looking ahead to new Batman projects, he reports that next for the multi-billion dollar franchise is the February 10 release of The Lego Batman Movie. This November, Justice League will arrive in theaters. In between, some terrific animat- ed Batman movies will be coming direct to DVD with some appearing first theatrically." Uslan also talked about the impact of new technology and, in particular, the rapidly approaching future of virtual and augmented real- ity. "The best way I can describe the immediate future of virtual reality and augmented reality is that we are akin to Hollywood in the year 1925," he explains. "In 1925, there was lots of 'talk' about this upcoming thing called 'talkies,' which most people dismissed as some gimmick or fad. If as a producer in Hollywood in 1925 you were not yet engaged in that technology with the right compa- ny, by the year 1927 when The Jazz Singer premiered, you would be irrelevant as a producer and your company would be bankrupt. That is what I believe will be the impact of virtual reality and augmented reality within two short years from now." After a lively Q&A session with Uslan, Hafer wrapped up the event by addressing the year ahead for CMA. "The Cinema and Media Arts program at Biola is growing in all ways — in enrollment and in new programs with additional high-pro- file faculty," he reports. "We just invested a million dollars in new equipment, an enlarged facility is planned and a new Graduate Program is scheduled to be launched by fall of 2018. Our intern- ship program — which is one of the best in the country — is based in our close relationships with top studios and production companies. The relevance of our programs and level of talent being produced is also re- flected in the recent achievements of several of our alumni, including Scott Derrikson, Vine and YouTube sensa- tion Zach King, Universal Theatrical Division executive Chris Herzberger, and former Sony Imageworks ex- ecutive and current vice president at Lucasfilm, Rob Bredow — just to mention a few success stories." Meanwhile, Hafer adds that Boulevard Pictures has "seven up- coming TV and film projects we are just about to announce. One of the projects, Thirty-Eight, is with Matt Malek, who just produced the recent Scorsese film Silence. — By Iain Blair